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Competency Testing is defined as the application of knowledge, skills and behaviors designed to test one or more specific skills. It is an assessment of someone's capabilities against the requirements of their job.
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APR 27, 2020Plants & Animals
It seems like turtles are always hungry. Just the mere mention of food gets their heads bobbing, and don’t even ge ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 23, 2020Immunology
Authorities are caught between dealing with the competing urgencies of abating the COVID-19 health crisis and the ...Written By: Tara FernandesDEC 22, 2019Microbiology
Our world is filled with microbes, and in every kind of environment, they compete for supremacy, a competition that date ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 22, 2019Cannabis Sciences
Two federal agencies are alerting CBD companies that their marketing claims are illegal. The FTC and FDA sent out letter ...Written By: Julia TraversNOV 08, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have developed a new way to determine what our genes ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 11, 2019Microbiology
Scientists have deciphered the X-ray crystal structure of an enzyme that generates a unique broad spectrum antibiotic ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2019Technology
Soft robots are unique—they can dominate assembly lines, perform backflips, dance to the latest pop music video, a ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 23, 2019Plants & Animals
When you’re just an itsy-bitsy spider, you tend to be particularly vulnerable to predation by the plethora of larg ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 23, 2019Chemistry & Physics
A group of Department of Energy (DOE)-funded researchers has developed a new, inexpensive approach to harvest uranium fr ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 10, 2019Cardiology
Tests exist today that could easily determine if a female were introducing synthetic testosterone into their system in h ...Written By: Abbie ArceAPR 25, 2019Cardiology
The Female Athlete Triad is a combination of three interconnected health issues. The three components are energy deficie ...Written By: Abbie ArceMAR 04, 2019Health & Medicine
Sarcoidosis is a rare, granulomatous disease that is found in the lungs of 90% of people diagnosed, but it can affect an ...Written By: Dena ArutaFEB 04, 2019Microbiology
Like many other organisms, bacteria have to compete for resources and have developed a wide array of strategies to use, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2018Microbiology
It's no secret that antibiotic resistance is a problem that already poses a serious threat to public health, and it's ex ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 27, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Testing positive for marijuana, or rather its metabolite, COOH-THC, can cause a prospective applicant her chances at get ...Written By: Amy LoriauxDEC 20, 2018Health & Medicine
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer found in women, globally, for incidence (6.6%) and mortality (7.5%). It ...Written By: Dena ArutaOCT 01, 2018Immunology
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine provides insight into the effectiveness of a fecal microbiome t ...Written By: Nicholas BreehlAUG 08, 2018Videos
What's the first thing you do when you get home with freshly bought fruits and vegetables? You wash them off to make ...Written By: Amanda KahlJUL 16, 2018Videos
In a court of law, it’s all about the evidence. Whether criminal or civil, the outcome of any legal proceeding mus ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUL 02, 2018Plants & Animals
While you might be able to tell if somebody else is injured merely by looking at them, it appears as though lemurs use a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 22, 2018Cannabis Sciences
Northern spotted owls and other wildlife are being exposed to high levels of rat poison in northwest California, and ill ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)JUN 14, 2018Neuroscience
It has been said that “silence is golden” and it’s definitely true, even in science. New research into ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 23, 2018Neuroscience
Any woman who has had a child knows what "baby brain" is. Pregnant women are often forgetful and have trouble ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJAN 07, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Worms that can reproduce by fertilizing themselves might have lost around a quarter of their genome to do so.Written By: Carmen Leitch
APR 27, 2020
Plants & Animals
It seems like turtles are always hungry. Just the mere mention of food gets their heads bobbing, and don’t even ge
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 23, 2020
Immunology
Authorities are caught between dealing with the competing urgencies of abating the COVID-19 health crisis and the
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
DEC 22, 2019
Microbiology
Our world is filled with microbes, and in every kind of environment, they compete for supremacy, a competition that date
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 22, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
Two federal agencies are alerting CBD companies that their marketing claims are illegal. The FTC and FDA sent out letter
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
NOV 08, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Geneticists at the University of Virginia (UVA) School of Medicine have developed a new way to determine what our genes
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 11, 2019
Microbiology
Scientists have deciphered the X-ray crystal structure of an enzyme that generates a unique broad spectrum antibiotic ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2019
Technology
Soft robots are unique—they can dominate assembly lines, perform backflips, dance to the latest pop music video, a
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 23, 2019
Plants & Animals
When you’re just an itsy-bitsy spider, you tend to be particularly vulnerable to predation by the plethora of larg
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 23, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
A group of Department of Energy (DOE)-funded researchers has developed a new, inexpensive approach to harvest uranium fr
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 10, 2019
Cardiology
Tests exist today that could easily determine if a female were introducing synthetic testosterone into their system in h
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
APR 25, 2019
Cardiology
The Female Athlete Triad is a combination of three interconnected health issues. The three components are energy deficie
...
Written By:
Abbie Arce
MAR 04, 2019
Health & Medicine
Sarcoidosis is a rare, granulomatous disease that is found in the lungs of 90% of people diagnosed, but it can affect an
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
FEB 04, 2019
Microbiology
Like many other organisms, bacteria have to compete for resources and have developed a wide array of strategies to use,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2018
Microbiology
It's no secret that antibiotic resistance is a problem that already poses a serious threat to public health, and it's ex
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 27, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Testing positive for marijuana, or rather its metabolite, COOH-THC, can cause a prospective applicant her chances at get
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux
DEC 20, 2018
Health & Medicine
Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer found in women, globally, for incidence (6.6%) and mortality (7.5%). It
...
Written By:
Dena Aruta
OCT 01, 2018
Immunology
A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine provides insight into the effectiveness of a fecal microbiome t
...
Written By:
Nicholas Breehl
AUG 08, 2018
Videos
What's the first thing you do when you get home with freshly bought fruits and vegetables? You wash them off to make
...
Written By:
Amanda Kahl
JUL 16, 2018
Videos
In a court of law, it’s all about the evidence. Whether criminal or civil, the outcome of any legal proceeding mus
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 02, 2018
Plants & Animals
While you might be able to tell if somebody else is injured merely by looking at them, it appears as though lemurs use a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 22, 2018
Cannabis Sciences
Northern spotted owls and other wildlife are being exposed to high levels of rat poison in northwest California, and ill
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
JUN 14, 2018
Neuroscience
It has been said that “silence is golden” and it’s definitely true, even in science. New research into
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 23, 2018
Neuroscience
Any woman who has had a child knows what "baby brain" is. Pregnant women are often forgetful and have trouble
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JAN 07, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Worms that can reproduce by fertilizing themselves might have lost around a quarter of their genome to do so.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch