Also the preliminary questioning of witnesses (especially experts) to determine their competence to testify.
In our interviews, we found only little evidence that interviewees made use of general competence assessments in determining their response.
We are not saying that unregulated practitioners, per se, are incompetent but note there is no easy way to determine their status, experience or competence by reference to recognised objective independent standards.
We thus argue that the importance of our findings is not only of research interest (since we conducted the first longitudinal study), but also of practical concern: We sought, and were significantly able, to explain how students learn and what determines their growth in accounting competence.
Placement exams at the outset of studies assess students' musical competence, and determine their place in the required lower-division theory and harmony courses.
Our obligations here at home extend from the generations that answered the call in past conflicts, to the children whose health and competence will determine their futures and the nation's.
Information and advice on determining mental competence, guardianship, financial planning and government benefits.
Initially, Smurfs have been implicated in determining the competence of cells to respond to TGF-β/BMP signaling pathway.
The proposed user-centric framework could help in determining the competence level of social networks users in detecting cyber-attacks and this could provide new technical solutions that rely upon monitoring of human activities.
Rep. Katie Porter (D-Irvine) tried Thursday to get Kraninger to calculate the annual percentage rate for a specific short-term loan as a way of determining her competence for the job.
The primary focus was determining BBB competence in brain structures known to experience neuropathological changes such as the cerebral cortex, hippocampus, striatum, and cerebellum.
