owner-manager's skill | entrepreneur's skill | entrepreneurial skill

Definition: This category differs from others in that it includes disorders identifiable on the basis of not only symptoms and course but also the existence of one or other of two causative influences: an exceptionally stressful life event producing an acute stress reaction, or a significant life change leading to continued unpleasant circumstances that result in an adjustment disorder. Although less severe psychosocial stress ( life events ) may precipitate the onset or contribute to the presentation of a very wide range of disorders classified elsewhere in this chapter, its etiological importance is not always clear and in each case wi ...[+++]ll be found to depend on individual, often idiosyncratic, vulnerability, i.e. the life events are neither necessary nor sufficient to explain the occurrence and form of the disorder. In contrast, the disorders brought together here are thought to arise always as a direct consequence of acute severe stress or continued trauma. The stressful events or the continuing unpleasant circumstances are the primary and overriding causal factor and the disorder would not have occurred without their impact. The disorders in this section can thus be regarded as maladaptive responses to severe or continued stress, in that they interfere with successful coping mechanisms and therefore lead to problems of social functioning.

cognitive ability [ cognitive intelligence | cognitive skill ]

supplementary general conditions | supplementary conditions | special conditions

person of ordinary care and skill

Definition: These may take the form of ideas, mental images, or impulses to act, which are nearly always distressing to the subject. Sometimes the ideas are an indecisive, endless consideration of alternatives, associated with an inability to make trivial but necessary decisions in day-to-day living. The relationship between obsessional ruminations and depression is particularly close and a diagnosis of obsessive-compulsive disorder should be preferred only if ruminations arise or persist in the absence of a depressive episode.

Definition: The essential feature is recurrent attacks of severe anxiety (panic), which are not restricted to any particular situation or set of circumstances and are therefore unpredictable. As with other anxiety disorders, the dominant symptoms include sudden onset of palpitations, chest pain, choking sensations, dizziness, and feelings of unreality (depersonalization or derealization). There is often also a secondary fear of dying, losing control, or going mad. Panic disorder should not be given as the main diagnosis if the patient has a depressive disorder at the time the attacks start; in these circumstances the panic attacks are p ...[+++]robably secondary to depression. | Panic:attack | state

agricultural meteorological station for specific purposes | agrometeorological station for specific purposes

The specific skills of the cheese-makers mean that, at the time of cutting the curd, which is obtained without cooking or very gentle semi-cooking, a graininess can be achieved which strikes a perfect balance between the cheese mass and the whey.

The area's specific weather conditions, in the form of high rainfall and humidity and characteristic levels of sun exposure, combined with the skills of the local cheese-makers, who have been able to take full advantage of these conditions, have enabled ‘Toma Piemontese’ to benefit from the maximum potential of the defined production area, resulting in a cheese essentially characterised by its particularly soft texture.

The human factor is of utmost importance also in the cheese’s processing cycle, in particular during the following operations which are all carried out manually on the basis of traditional skills acquired locally: the addition of vegetable rennet, which requires particular skill given that it coagulates less easily than animal rennet; the cutting of the curd, which is carried out gently with the help of a pointed tool (the ‘spino’ whisk); and the moulding, obtained by applying just the right pressure to allow the whey to be properly drained.

I should like to congratulate the German Presidency, and particularly you, Mrs Merkel, for your skill and clear-sightedness during the negotiations.