All SCP examined to date (n = 34) are not naturally competent, but competence has been shown in SI (Lacroix, Grinwis and Surette, unpublished data).
In this model, the ancestors of many bacterial families were naturally competent but competence has been and continues to be frequently lost.
In addition, several strains are unable to become competent, suggesting that competence has been lost at least once.
A crucial question in informed consent is, when psychiatric patients in need of seclusion or restraint due to their condition, mainly their psychotic state, are capable of giving consent and are truly competent to understand the participation and by whom the evaluation of their competence has been made [ 22].
Under Welch, G.E.'s real "core competence" has been financial engineering.
One casualty may yet be Mr Darling himself, whose reputation for competence has been sorely strained.
The issue of mental competence has been an especially sensitive one since the end of the Reagan presidency.
His reputation for competence has been badly damaged by the series of political blunders he has made since his appointment.
After 18 years of management during which his competence has been questioned frequently, but his integrity never, Mick McCarthy suddenly stands accused of defecting to the dark side.
Some sense a coming reaction not only against the Brothers, whose image of piety and competence has been tarnished, but against the Islamist trend in general.
On more routine matters, such as applying formulae or extracting data from tables and charts, their mathematical competence has been better than average.
