Scales

characteristics for the corresponding regions. Incorporating stylistic features of another culture while composing for a Western audience as described by Locke’s idea of transcultural composing, is realized in this set. Debussy’s incorporation of distinctive scales, rhythmic patterns, harmonies, and colors commonly associated with the exotic also follows Locke’s idea of submerged exoticism. La soirée dans Grenade allows both submerged exoticism and transcultural composing to intersect. Although…

gender with a 0-10 scale? The 0-10 scale represents a continuum and allows for the representation of various forms of gender expression. In class, we gave examples of celebrities and other famous figures who were classical 0’s or 10’s, such as Hulk Hogan and Beyoncé. But we realized that the vast majority of people fall somewhere in between, and we were able to name others who did not fall on either end of the spectrum, such as Ellen DeGeneres and Ruby Rose. The idea of a scale allows for…

On one side, The Social Readjustment Rating Scale SRRS), is a psychometric tool/ questionnaire developed by Holmes and Rahe in 1967 and revisited in 1997. It was initially used for well-established adults. The purpose of the scale is to detect the major stressful events, which can cause stress and its allies (depression, anxiety, and desperation) in your life. They also wanted to know its correlation with illness. This questionnaire evaluates the influence of internal or external stressors that…

Abstract: A truck scale fraud occurred in Pratt Recycling recently. There was collusion between the scale operator and several peddlers. The operator overstated the net weight information on the weight tickets and would create fictitious weight tickets when no weighing had taken place. Pratt started to require more documentation from peddlers and updated an automated scale system. Moreover, Pratt strengthened its monitoring process and adopted other internal control methods. Also, Pratt…

Simmons and Sutter examined the impact of the installation of Doppler radar on the quality of tornado warnings and occurrence of tornado casualties. The researchers provided information on what Doppler radars were used, such as the Next Generation Radar (NEXRAD) and WSR-88D radars. The NEXRAD radar system has 159 radars in the United States (U.S.) and overseas, as well as 121 radars installed at National Weather Service (NWS) Weather Forecast offices. The NEXRAD system is used to monitor and…

however, there are no specific tools provided in the guideline on how to put the recommendation into practice. Therefore, this project will apply the modified Beck Oral Assessment Scale and oral care policy as a useful tool to ensure a higher quality of oral hygiene is implemented(appendix1&2). However, this scale does not assess the ability to swallow or voice quality . According to Holmes and Mountain (1993), it is difficult to assess the tool of validity and reliability because of the mouth…

The Leadership Scale for Sports (LLS) (Chelladurai & Saleh, 1980) as described previously, consist of 40 items that measure five types of leader behavior styles. The LLS scale is made up of 40 items that are divided into 5 subscales. 13 items refer to Training and Instruction, 9 items to Democratic Behavior, 5 items to Autocratic Behavior, 8 items to Social Support, and 5 items to Positive Feedback. These 40 items are answered on a 5 point Likert scale. Response categories are: always, often,…

The Allen Cognitive Scale is just one of several tools we use to create a personalized recommendation for care. Created by occupational therapist Claudia Allen, it’s an advanced way to identify a resident’s abilities, monitor change over time, help plan treatment and guide placement in our residences. There are six levels in the Allen Scale ranging from Coma (0.8) to "Normal" (6.0). Each level has three components: attention, motor control and verbal performance. In "Level 1", all needs must be…

Life Change Scale After completing Life Change Index Scale (The Stress Test) I received my score added up to 506 points. I am not surprised that my score was high because I am the type of person that does not like change. Every time I perceive that there is going to be changes in my life my stress level becomes high. I get worried about what might happen and how I will have to change my behavior towards the new change. I begin to worry about the future and what will happen and it makes me feel…

The observational rating scale (CIWA-Ar) assessed by a physician, is a standard measuring tool, which uses a set of compared scores that was valued at a global rating of severity (Williams et al., 2001). The CIWA-Ar includes a 7-point-rating scale pertaining to anxiety levels. A clinician or nurse asks the client to rate themselves from 0 (no anxiety) to 7 (equal to acute panic state as seen in severe delirium or acute schizophrenic reactions). Metcalfe et al. (1995) looked at concurrent…