1 Center for Latin American Studies, Stanford University. Bolivar House, 582 Alvarado Row, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-8545. The findings presented in this study are drawn from Internet Entrepreneurship in Venezuela: Opportunities and Obstacles, a larger work by the authors submitted in fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Arts Thesis, June, 1998. ABSTRACT: The Internet...

entrepreneurship education is one of the most important informal training programs that are conducted in most training centers. the aim of this research is to investigate the relationship between need for cognition, training self-efficacy, and learning training motivation with training transfer. the method of research is correlational and 164 trainees of entrepreneurship center of university of...

the purpose of this study was to determine the importance of eleven professional competencies related to needs assessment and program development; a secondary purpose was to identify the best time these competencies should be learned. the study followed a survey research design, in which 441 randomly selected extension educators in the north central region of the united states responded to a qu...

The paper describes a generic framework of software process for interactive training simulators (ITS) development. The framework outlines an operational concept to describe how the developer team will accomplish work and includes specifications of team roles, artifacts and core workflow of life cycle activities. A basic architecture of an ITS is also presented.

The main aim of this study was to investigate the effects of short burst speed and change-of -direction exercises on sprint and agility performance in youth female soccer players 15.5 (± 0.7) years. One training group (n=10) followed an eight-week, once per week training program consisting of short-burst sprinting exercises in addition to two normal soccer training, while a control group (n=9) ...

Acceleration, sprint and agility performance are crucial in sports like soccer. There are few studies regarding the effect of training on youth soccer players in agility performance and in sprint distances shorter than 30 meter. Therefore, the aim of the recent study was to examine the effect of a high-intensity sprint and plyometric training program on 13-year-old male soccer players. A traini...

Background: A systematic and comprehensive mental training program to enhance athletes’ toughness is critical. The aim of this study was develop validate a set programs. Methods: developed, the validity reliability were tested on experts, practitioners, athletes. Training analyzed using content index (I-CVI S-CVI) modified Kappa (<...