following a thorough survey of the available literature and concentrating on the wax and wane of testing pragmatic competence so far, the present study firstly is an attempt to develop a comprehensive test of inter-language pragmatics mainly focusing on academic situations in the iranian context. secondly, the study aims to investigate the criteria required for the selection of speech acts of a...

We have identified three new Haemophilus influenzae mutations causing cells to exhibit extreme hypercompetence at all stages of growth. The mutations are in murE, which encodes the meso-diaminopimelate-adding enzyme of peptidoglycan synthesis. All are point mutations causing nonconservative amino acid substitutions, two at a poorly conserved residue (G(435)-->R and G(435)-->W) and the third at ...

Purpose: The aim of this research was identifying the components of the integrated curriculum of arts education from the perspective of specialists, managers and graduates. Methodology: The present study in terms of purpose was applied and in terms of implementation method was qualitative. The research population was the curriculum experts included of specialists, managers and graduates of Far...

conclusions it is likely that learning social skills in adolescents with deafness would improve their sense of competence, and emotional well being. results the intervention led to significant improvement in total perceived competence scores of adolescents with deafness (p < 0.001) as well as in three domains of socio-emotional competence (p = 0.003), communication competence (p < 0.001), and s...

Purpose: This study aimed to determine the effect of debriefing interventions on clinical competence in nursing students.Methods: A systematic review with a meta-analysis was conducted. Korean and English studies were retrieved from eight databases: KERIS, KISS, KoreaMed, NDSL, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, EMbase, PubMed through January 2022. Fifteen selected for based inclusion criteria low risk ...

Authors G. Höffken1,2, J. Lorenz2, W. Kern3, T. Welte2,4, T. Bauer1,2, K. Dalhoff2, E. Dietrich1, S. Ewig1,2, P. Gastmeier1, B. Grabein1, E. Halle1, M. Kolditz2, R. Marre3,4, H. Sitter5 Institutions 1 for the Paul-Ehrlich-Society of Chemotherapy 2 for the German Respiratory Diseases Society 3 for the German Infectious Diseases Society 4 for the competence network CAPNETZ 5 for the Arbeitsgemein...

1Communication Laboratory, Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology, Samsung Electronics, Yongin-Si 446-712, South Korea 2Department of Information and Communication Technologies, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 08002 Barcelona, Spain 3 ST-NXPWireless SW/FW/Algorithm Group, European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI), Mobile Competence Center, 06921 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France 4Wireless ...

It has been found that university students who were the least skilled at managing their emotions also had the lowest intention of seeking help from a variety of nonprofessional sources (e.g. family and friends). The present study sought to extend these findings by focusing on adolescents, examining a larger number of emotional competencies, and exploring the possibility that social support expl...

The present study investigated the relationships between mental toughness (MT), resilience, and stress among competitive South African tennis players. A total of 351 tennis players participating at various competitive standards completed the Sports Mental Toughness Questionnaire, the Resilience Scale for Adults, and a modified version of the Recovery-Stress Questionnaire for Athletes. The resul...