Construct validity was demonstrated in relation to the AD-Maker competence questions and scales assessing psychotic symptoms.
Construct and discriminant validity were evaluated using the AD-Maker competence questions, symptom and functioning scales, and clinical and demographic characteristics.
Fujitsu apart, none of the others has shown any sign of concentrating on its core competence, as chip makers elsewhere have learned to do.Thus, none of Japan's big microchip makers has suggested that it might be better off becoming a "fabless" firm that designs and markets its own devices, but gets others actually to make them.
In the process, each car on the grid seems to inherit a unique set of characteristics ("phenotype" in evolutionary terms) derived from its maker's traditional values and competences (its "genotype", if you will).
The events of the past months have prompted a reassessment of the true state of China's economy, and of the competence of its policy makers.
In general, their fears appear to be founded on a 'common sense' that largely ignores the continued efforts of many scientific expert groups at European and international level as well as the expertise and competence of European decision makers.
Exposure and visibility involve creating opportunities where important decision makers can observe and appreciate a person's competence, abilities, and special talents.
At the national level, actions guided by boards of national decision makers and advisors, or the creation of national competence centres, can deal with challenges such as legal, regulatory or structural issues that delay or hinder the development of eHealth.
Capital spending could fall this year by a massive 34%, according to Morgan Stanley, an investment bank.Telecoms-equipment makers such as Lucent now have a new "core competence": downsizing.
Advance directives (AD) and/or a health care surrogate decision maker (HCS) are potentially helpful for caregivers to respect the patients' autonomy whenever their competence is affected.
This indicates that achieving turnarounds in poor performance will be particularly difficult in the UK where policy-makers imply that most of the variation in performance is down to the competence of the school staff and the school's "effectiveness".
