Further studies should focus on competence of mosquito vectors, identifying bird species involved in the cycle of transmission, and the persistence mechanisms of the virus in WNV-endemic areas.
Worldwide educational thinking and assessment of health professionals have moved towards a focus on competence in real world situations [ 1- 4].
The Self-Determination theory and its focus on competence, relatedness, and autonomy attest to the importance of recognition for motivation.
While the content of the programme was concerned with the principles of sustainability, its methodological focus on competences was associated with a change in communication practices between teachers and students that have been gradually liberated from the traditional transmission model in favour of a more open and interactive one.
It focuses on competence, relatedness and autonomy as key aspects of intrinsic motivation.
Along with the experience in CHW programmes, training is now becoming more practical and focusing on competence acquisition [ 9], although the evaluation of training is still commonly focused on theory and not on acquired practical competences.
One reason for this finding can be seen in the general behavioral focus of social competence trainings [ 51], although different types of social problems in patients with social anxiety disorder (e.g., cognitive deficits, communication deficits, performance deficits) occur [ 36].
The first one, mastery goals, focused on development of competence and tasks and is related to learning outcomes.
Our primary outcomes focus on mothers' sense of competence and self-efficacy in areas relevant to parenting and problem solving with infants.
Obama's success not only is a good sign about the focus and competence of this administration, but it forced the Republicans to reveal something of how they will play the admittedly bad hand they have been dealt, or more accurately, have dealt to themselves.
But the setbacks have also focused attention on issues of competence and whether the government is failing to adequately execute what amounts to a sweeping counterinsurgency effort.
