this study investigated effective parameters in the leadership and management among commanders of the army ground force, hierarchy of each criterion and ultimately proposal of a desirable leadership and management model from the respective commanders and senior managers’ perspectives. characterized as an applied and field study, the research employed the participation of the 100 commanders and ...

the present experiment was carried out to assess the general combining ability (gca) and specific combining ability (sca) of six important commercial cultivars of gossypium hirsutum l. of venezuela, viz., ‘deltapine 16’, ‘tamcot-sp-21’, ‘cabuyare’, ‘stoneville’, ‘ospino’ and ‘acala 90-1’ and their 15 f1 hybrids, respectively. the data were analyzed using griffing’s model i method ii. significan...

Individuals can use both linguistic and non-linguistic features of the speech signal to identify talkers. For instance, listeners have more difficulty identifying talkers in unfamiliar languages compared to a native language (language familiarity effect), implying that language-specific knowledge aids talker identification. In the present study, the source of the language familiarity benefit on...

Participants were tested on two analogous task switching paradigms involving Shape/Size tasks and Vertical/Horizontal tasks, respectively, and three measures of psychometric intelligence, tapping fluid, crystallized and perceptual speed abilities. The paradigms produced similar patterns of group mean reaction times (RTs) and the vast majority of the participants showed switching cost (switch RT...

General cognitive ability (g), often referred to as 'general intelligence', predicts social outcomes such as educational and occupational levels far better than any other behavioural trait. g is one of the most heritable behavioural traits, and genes that contribute to the heritability of g will certainly be identified. What are the scientific and social implications of finding genes associated...

Article history: Received 9 May 2013 Received in revised form 22 July 2013 Accepted 23 July 2013 Available online xxxx While many studies have examined the linear relationship between intelligence and economic success, only few, if any, examined their nonlinear relationships. The current study examines such relationships in a large, nationally representative sample, using pay as an indicator of...

PURPOSE The objective of this study was to evaluate parents' perceptions of their child's quality of life following dental rehabilitation under general anesthesia and to assess their satisfaction with that treatment modality. METHODS A survey was sent to 400 parents of patients who had undergone dental rehabilitation. Quality of life outcomes, such as continued presence of pain and inability ...