BACKGROUND The main purpose of this study was to determine which correlate, perceived motor competence or motor skill competence, best predicts girls' physical activity behavior. METHODS A sample of 352 girls (mean age=8.7, SD=0.3 yr) participated in this study. To assess motor skill competence and perceived motor competence, each child completed the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 and Phys...

The environment surrounding organizations is characterized by an increasing necessity of competent personnel but with finite competence level. From the scope of the management of those human resources, one of the most crucial aspects is to be able to measure the competence level of each professional as quickly and precisely as possible. This paper introduces a tool, based on HR-XML standard, to...

Growing role of intellectual capital within organizations is affecting new strategies related to knowledge management and competence development. Among different aspects related to this field, knowledge diffusion has become one of interesting areas from both practitioner and researcher’s perspective. Several models were proposed with main goal to simulate diffusion and to explain the nature of ...

Introduction: Clinical competence of nurses working in the neonatal intensive care units together with advancements in medical science and technology increased the survival rate of newborns that need specialized care. To ensure the quality of care and provide the safety of patients, evaluating the clinical competence of nurses seems necessary. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical competenc...

Azotobacter vinelandii (ATCC 12837) became competent to be transformed by exogenous deoxyribonucleic acid towards the end of exponential growth. Competence in wild-type and nitrogenase auxotrophic (nif-) strains was repressed by the addition of ammonium salts or urea to the transformation medium. Transformation of wild-type cells and nif- strains was optimal on nitrogen-free or nitrogen-limitin...

abstract background and objectives: study of clinical competence in nursing helps determine the quality of health care delivered to patients. given the priority of observance of principles over caretaking and necessity of spirituality existence at the core of health care provision, this study was conducted to investigate clinical competence and its relationship with professional ethics and spir...

Using various envelope mutants of Escherichia coli, the relationship between cell surface struc­ ture and the Ca2*or Ba2+-dependent competence for transfection was investigated. In contrast with rough strains, smooth bacteria treated with Ca2+ or Ba2+ were incompetent for the trans­ fection by 0 A RF. In E. coli K12 D21 derivatives, Ca2+-dependent competence remarkably in­ creased by IpsA l mut...