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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"competence development"”.
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Molecular investigation of competence development by streptococcus pneumoniae during in vivo infection
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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A contextualized instructional design approach : integrating intercultural competence development into email computer training
<p>Email communication within a diverse workplace poses intercultural communication challenges (Martin & Nakayama, 2007). This study aims to make a contribution to the literature by examining how these challenges can be addressed through email computer training. For this study, I set out to …
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Competence development through the lens of structuration - Does age matter in Finnish IT workplaces?
This thesis is about existing employees’ competence development, with a particular focus on middle-aged and late-career employees in the Finnish information technology field. Research on adult education, workforce development and workplace learning has traditionally relied on economic, psychosocial …
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Intercultural Competence Development: Exploring International Graduate Student Leaders' Journeys through Contemplation and Mindfulness-Based Inquiry
… the globalization of education, intercultural competence (IC) is a pivotal learning outcome in student mobility and internationalization. While scholars conceptualize IC as the ability to communicate effectively and appropriately in cross-cultural contexts, few studies have explored …
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Intercultural Competence: A Quantitative Study of the Significance of Intercultural Competence and the Influence of College Experiences on Students' Intercultural Competence Development
This research is a detailed look at intercultural competence, an issue showing escalating importance in today's higher education and the society at large. In this study, intercultural competence was defined in light of the concept of culture and the contact hypothesis. Person-environment …
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The contribution of the authentic virtual, high-fidelity simulated and practice environment in supporting children's nursing students' competence development in medication dosage calculation problem solving
… a lack of medication dosage calculation competence amongst nursing students as well as registered nurses.<br/><br/>The aim of this programme of research is to evaluate the contribution of an authentic virtual, high-fidelity simulated environment and a range of clinical practice …
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Exploring competence development through the transfer of specialist knowledge and skills from engineering lecturers to students in South African Technical and Vocational Education and Training colleges: A COMET study
… Measurement in Electrotechnology) occupational competence diagnostic model to assist TVET (Technical and Vocational Education and Training) college lecturers in transferring skills, knowledge and competencies to their students by applying the dynamics of the model and through various pedagogical …
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Developing intercultural competence of faculty and staff members at Hanze International Business School
<p>lntercultural competence is seen as a necessary skill for international business studies graduates. Can faculty and staff members at international business studies programs improve their intercultural competence by participating in a series of intercultural learning activities? In this study 10 …
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Edukacinės bendrųjų kompetencijų plėtojimo galimybės suaugusiųjų mokymo centre /
General competences are the conveyed multifunctional whole of knowledge, skills and principles that enables to ensure the personal development, social integration and work of each individual. Everyone must be provided with an opportunity to acquire it, including pupils who have not completed the …
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The Reluctant Change Agent : Change, Chance and Choice among Teachers, Educational Change in the City
… district in Sweden and one of its projects on competence development, named 'Striving for Action Teachers' in the dissertation. The project has involved 75 teachers and both pre-school, primary, secondary and special ed. schools. By interviewing some of the participating teachers and analysing …
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The contribution of competence system to the virulence of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Competence induction in Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is initiated by the binding of the 17-amino acid competence stimulating peptide (CSP) to its membrane-associated histidine sensor kinase ComD. ComD autophosphorylates and subsequently phosphorylates and activates its cognate response …
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Regulation of horizontal gene transfer by intercellular peptide signaling in Bacillus subtilis
… the environment. A variety of factors regulate competence development. Initiation of genetic competence is controlled by a transcription factor, ComA, that also activates expression of genes that encode degradative enzymes, antibiotics, and secreted products important for biofilm formation.
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Phenomenological study of student nurses’ preparedness for delivering culturally competent care upon graduation
Cultural competence is an essential requirement for delivering appropriate care to patients from diverse cultural backgrounds. An analysis of the literature revealed notions of cultural competence was mainly from the United States (US). In contrast, the number of publications in this field from the …
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Studying the Competence Regulon Quorum Sensing Circuity in Streptococcus mitis
… factor production, biofilm formation, and competence development bacteria rely on the production and release of signaling molecules into their environment. QS could thus be utilized as a potential non-antibiotic therapeutic strategy to control infections without affecting the survival of …
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The Effect of a Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Curriculum on Cultural Competence Among Students at a Public, Midsize, Midwestern University
… DPT program curriculum on student cultural competence at a public, midsize, midwestern university. The Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) was administered to three separate student cohorts across four different timepoints, including upon entry into the program (baseline) and at the …
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Molecular dissection of competence regulated virulence in Streptococcus pneumoniae
… to improving genome plasticity, a natural competence system directly contributes to pneumococcal virulence during pneumonia and bacteremia, independent of DNA uptake. Competence is activated when the competence stimulating peptide (CSP), encoded by the comC gene, is processed and exported …
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Summer Camp for Adolescents with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder: A Naturalistic Context for Enhancing Social Competence
… (ADHD) experience difficulties in social competence (Ros & Graziano, 2018). Social difficulties in adolescents with ADHD have been tied to poor long-term outcomes and are predictive of global impairment (Morris et al., 2020). Summer camp programs have been overlooked as an opportunity for …
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Characterization of a transcriptional response to population density in Bacillus subtilis
… regulator ComA, resulting in the regulation of competence development and other processes. I characterized the signaling pathway and the ComA-mediated cellular response by examining global changes in gene transcription. Under the conditions tested, the ComX-P-A pathway is linear; the ComX …
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An Exploration of Digital Literacy Enhancement for Translation Students in China: A Case Study at a Chinese University
… translation students acquire essential digital competences and how such training can be optimised in an AI-driven learning environment. The research is underpinned by the accelerating development of artificial intelligence (AI) and its transformative impact on translation technologies, …
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