Enterprise-level information system (IS) implementations are risky endeavors that require the active engagement of diverse parties from within the organization to meet the technical and functional requirements of the implementation, and mitigate possible resistance to the implemented system. Past research on IS implementation has traditionally pointed to the IT department as the sole source of ...

OBJECTIVE To analyze the association between sociodemographic determinants and the development of social competence and behavior problems in children. METHODS Cross-sectional study performed with 479 school children aged between six and 13 years, enrolled in the first grade of public elementary schools of the city of São Gonçalo, Southeastern Brazil, in 2005. Socioeconomic variables, family s...

An adequate incorporation of migrants in the labour market, able to fully unleash their potential, is a major challenge for EU development. In this direction, the recognition of migrants skills, knowledge and competence acquired in formal and non/informal contexts represents a crucial issue. Based on a comparative research work conducted at European level, this paper highlights the ambivalence ...

The Satter Eating Competence Model (ecSatter) conceptualizes eating competence as having 4 components: eating attitudes, food acceptance, regulation of food intake and body weight, and management of the eating context (including family meals). According to ecSatter competent eaters are confident, comfortable, and flexible with eating and are matter-of-fact and reliable about getting enough to e...

UNLABELLED The alternative sigma factor σ(H)has two functions in Gram-positive bacteria: it regulates sporulation and the development of genetic competence. Listeria monocytogenes is a nonsporulating species in which competence has not yet been detected. Nevertheless, the main competence regulators and a series of orthologous genes that form the competence machinery are present in its genome; s...

Under the basic framework of self-determination theory, the present study examined a moderated mediation model in which exhibitionism mediated the relationship between online basic psychological need satisfaction and self-disclosure on the mobile Internet, and this mediation effect was moderated by narcissism. A total of 296 Chinese middle school students participated in this research. The resu...

Do individual differences in the brain mechanisms for arithmetic underlie variability in high school mathematical competence? Using functional magnetic resonance imaging, we correlated brain responses to single digit calculation with standard scores on the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) math subtest in high school seniors. PSAT math scores, while controlling for PSAT Critical Readi...

OBJECTIVE to determine the evidence-based practice (EBP) competence of Spanish and Latin-American nurses participating in professional forums on the Internet and estimate the influence of socio-demographic and professional factors on their competence, which was defined as knowledge of, attitude towards, and implementation of EBP. METHODOLOGY An online survey was administered to a convenience ...