It also encodes proteins that are not competence-induced, but that are known to participate in DNA uptake or recombination (i.e., RecA, TopA, AtpA, and DsbA, additional file 2: Table S2) [ 30].
Challenges identified include: curricula that are not competence-based; unclear distinctions between nursing and midwifery especially in francophone countries; shortage of teachers; and inadequate training and teaching materials and infrastructure [ 19].
For once, the Knicks' greatest ailment was not competence but, in fact, ailments.
Bolton is by all accounts a clever and energetic fellow, but cleverness is not competence, and energy can amplify vice as readily as virtue.
The solution is not competence or character but the right mixture of both.
Deasy ended the evening with an emotional avowal, saying "poverty is not destiny" and "language proficiency is not competence".
"What I want to see in students," he told me, "is not competence with a computer, but curiosity, enthusiasm, a yearning to fool around with the very mundane world around them, not disappear into movies.
"Intelligence matters and those of national security are not the competence of the EU," he said, echoing the UK's objection.
It is important to keep in mind that the seven functions, labelled here as themes, are not generic competences as such but they are used in the identification of them.
Defence aspects are not within the competence of the EU and consequently must be tackled at interstate level.
It is conceivable that in children "immature values" might be present that are not covered by competence assessment using MacCAT-scales.
