ALLOCATION OF UNIFORM MARKS IN GCSE (APPLICABLE FROM JUNE 2010) What is a UMS? The Uniform Mark Scale (UMS) is used in unitised specifications as a device for reporting‚ recording and aggregating candidates’ unit test performances. Why do we need the UMS? In a unitised specification candidates may take units at different stages during the course and may retake units before certification. Each exam paper is unique‚ and so the difficulty of exams may vary slightly from year to year. Senior
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Running head: BIOLOGICAL AND HUMANISTIC APPROACHES TO PERSONALITY Mileva Repasky PSYC 250 Jean M. Porter University of Phoenix Personality can be defined as “the complex of all the attributes-behavioral‚ temperamental‚ emotional and mental-that characterizes a unique individual.” (Princeton University‚ n.d.) Personality has been studied and explained for a long time and is linked directly to Maslow’s humanistic and biological theories. This paper seeks to describe the biological
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Comcast and AT&T: A Cable-Industry Merger The Cable Industry of the 1990s‚ and Comcast’s/AT&T’s Places Therein From 1990 to 2001‚ the cable industry was compelled to almost completely restructure; buffeted by forces both internal and external‚ cable operators were forced to make drastic changes in the name of survival. Influences at play in the early 1990s were only augmented when Congress passed the Telecommunications Act of 1996‚ allowing “competitive distribution technologies…to
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HR APPROACHES AND STRATEGIC INITIATIVES The Dekalb County Board of Health is a public health care entity that services the individuals of Dekalb County that has Medicaid or no form of health insurance. Dekalb County’s vision is to promote‚ protect and improve the health of those individuals that live‚ work and play in Dekalb County. The Dekalb County Board of Health has approximately 430 employees that assist the 6 health centers in maintaining this aforementioned vision. The organizational
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Seven Organizational Approaches Paper Hca 220 * Body planes and body direction * Body cavities * Quadrants and regions * Anatomy and physiology * Microscopic to macroscopic * Body system * Medical specialties Body planes and body direction are splitting up in the body and divided into sections from top to bottom‚ from left to right and from front to back. These three groups are called transverse plane‚ coronal plane‚ and midsagittal plane. The approach that is used
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Matt Paul 11/24/14 English 111 Classification Sports Fans Sports fans come in all shapes and sizes. Some are loud and obnoxious‚ while others are calm and intellectual. Some back their arguments using statistics while others base their arguments on emotions and heart. Either way‚ they each come with their different personalities. Everyone knows at least one type of these fans‚ and it takes a certain type of person to be able to get along with all of them. Although the hometown try-hard fans are
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Case Study n1: W.L. Gore & Associates‚ Inc. Entering 1998 Question 1: Gore has repeatedly appeared on the "Best Companies to Work For" lists both in the United States and several European countries. The company topped the UK Sunday Times "100 Best Companies to Work For" list for 4 consecutive years‚ 2004-2007. At least part of this must be attributed to "The Gore Method." Bill Gore created an organization with a flat lattice-like organizational structure where everyone shares the same title: associate
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Nicole Blum 11/15/09 AP US History Epstein 1998 DBQ AP Essay The origins of the Federalist and Democratic-Republican parties can be traced back to the early 1790s. Initially‚ the Federalists‚ or broad constructionists‚ favored the growth of federal power and a strong central government. The Federalists promulgated a loose interpretation of the Constitution‚ which meant that they believed that the government
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There are many approaches to clinical psychology; the four major approaches are in psychodynamic‚ cognitive-behavioral‚ humanistic‚ and family systems. Using the four major approaches contributes to the effectiveness in treatment by identifying the goals of each approach. The paper will break down the approaches‚ goals‚ techniques‚ and the overall approaches used. Philosophical Origins of Clinical Psychology ApproachesAs Thomas Plante (2005) cleverly suggested‚ clinical psychology is both a science
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5 Critical Approaches to Literature Structuralist- Is a theory of a human kind thought to be parts of a system of signs. It is described as a reaction to "modernist" alteration and despair. It is heavily influenced by linguistics especially by the work of Ferdinand de Saussure. Useful was Saussure’s concept of phoneme which is the smallest basic speech sound or unit of pronunciation‚ the idea that phoneme exists in two kinds of relationships (diachronic and synchronic). Diachronic is a "horizontal"
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