For example, AA is sometimes referred to as. 1  Performance Assessment (or Performance-based) -- so-called because students are asked to perform meaningful tasks. 2  Alternative Assessment -- so-called because AA is an alternative to traditional assessments.
Gua sha is a common practice in Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), and an invaluable technique in an acupuncturistâs armamentarium. Gua sha is an ancient healing technique used by many clinicians of TCM. In this procedure, a lubricating medium, such as massage oil, is applied to the skin of the area to be treated.
Muda (ç¡é§) is a Japanese word meaning futility; uselessness; idleness; superfluity; waste; wastage; wastefulness, and is a key concept in the Toyota Production System (TPS) as one of the three types of deviation from optimal allocation of resources (muda, mura, muri).uda has been given much greater attention as waste than the other two which means that whilst many Lean practitioners have learned to see muda they fail to see in the same prominence the variation of mura (unevenness) and muri (overburden).