amplitude‚ respectively‚ which have been largely used for the description of pathological voice quality. Jitter is also known as frequency perturbation and refers to the minute involuntary variations in the timing variability between cycles of vibration. In essence‚ it is a measure of frequency variability in comparison to the client’s fundamental frequency. Research shows that jitter values in normal voices range from 0.2 to 1 percent. (Ferrand‚ 2007) Jitter values above this level indicate that
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TOK essay LANGUAGE: To what extent can language shape our beliefs? Maja Pivk‚ 3.h In my essay for TOK I will deal with an issue regarding language. We think and express our mind using language. But does the language affect our ability of perceiving things? Would we be able to think the same way if we wouldn’t speak any language‚ like animals? Do other cultures‚ which use other languages perceive world in a different way than us? Those are the main questions with which I will deal in my
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INTRODUCTION The World Health Organization has already informed of increasing Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among adolescents as a major public health problem. These age groups are important and also lie in the fact that many serious diseases in adulthood have their roots in adolescence. For these reasons‚ we research to assess the proportion of lifestyle risk factors for NCDs and habits among the adolescence in Victoria University College (VUC). Non-communicable disease (NCD) is also known
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does a lot of things such as cause air pollution‚ harming nonsmokers‚ and harming the smokers themselves. The biggest problems are the locations for controversial smoking which is restaurants and movie theaters. Second-hand smoke‚ also known as passive smoke‚ is the combination of smoke from the end of the cigarette and the smoke exhaled from the smoker. Being around second-hand smoke is an involuntary way of smoking the actual cigarettes or cigars. Secondhand smoke can be obtained in homes‚ restaurants
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Victoria Rey April 30th‚ 2014 The Voice Thomas Hardy The poem “The Voice” by Thomas Hardy‚ deals with a man’s pain of loss and the difficulty of accepting the absence of his loved one. By seeing the lexical choices‚ language and punctuation of the poem‚ we can notice his sense of grief‚ by showing the reader how alone he feels without her‚ and how much he misses and loves her. Stanza one begins with the phrase “Woman much missed” which conveys feelings of mourning and regret
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noises of the midnight revelry in the apartment below. He denied it at first‚ the sounds were coming from his house‚ but its muffled nature struck him with the truth. Nothing but a thick layer of concrete could distort those chorus voices to such an extent‚ voices of glasses clanging together in celebration‚ of soul touching conversation‚ of passionate moaning and of selfish happiness. Only then did the nature of the situation weigh on him‚ the room was ruthlessly soaked in darkness‚ a lonely ray
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Cigarettes are seen as an instrument to calm the nerves as countless say that after they take in a cigarette it reduces their stress. However‚ over the years people have begun to notice the negative effects that smoking can have on both the active and passive smoker. In this essay I will be discussing whether a ban should be placed on the sale of cigarettes. Firstly‚ the negative effect that smoking can have on people that don’t smoke‚ especially children will be discussed. Secondly‚ how being distracted
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frog in Bingle Bog‚ who croaked all night long from the foot of a sumac tree‚ in his loud and unpleasant voice. All the creatures hated his “singing” but endured it as they had no other option. He was so stubborn and shameless that nothing from stones to insults to prayers could stop him from singing. One night‚ a nightingale came to the tree and sang in such a beautiful‚ melodious voice‚ that it left the frog and all the other creatures dumbstruck. The whole bog applauded and cheered her on
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are full of many harmful substances and if many people knew what they were inhaling they would probably quit immediately. Cigarette smoke contains thousands of chemicals of chemicals‚ over sixty of which can cause cancer. Secondly‚ the hazards of passive smoking people is more than smokers‚ it will significantly increase the chance of non-smokers to develop lung cancer and heart disease‚ as well as other issues such as respiratory diseases‚ in addition‚ The knowledge of six smoking-related diseases
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surveys‚ studies and scientific research has proved that smoking is injurious to health. Smoke is unhealthy and suffocating. It pollutes the environment. There are two types of smokers - active and passive. The person who smokes is active and other who are near to him and inhales the smoke are passive smokers. Both are equally affected by the ill effects of smoking. Smokers and non-smokers meet at many places like offices‚ hotels and other public places. So‚ considering the bad effects of smoking
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