And though teachers and other educational professionals administer the scales, experts say that parents play a crucial role in the initial recognition of giftedness in their own children.

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Beyrer points to the Thais' determined and pragmatic response, from the initial research and swift recognition of the AIDS threat to the distribution of free condoms.

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It said it followed some "initial teething problems with the recognition of the combination of numbers and letters in postcodes, rather than being an issue with accents".

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