The phrase "alternative scales" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing different methods or systems of measurement, evaluation, or comparison in various contexts, such as music, education, or research.
Example: "In our study, we considered alternative scales to assess the participants' performance more accurately."
Alternatives: "different measures" or "varied metrics".
Alternative scales have been developed in both Japan and Europe for local conditions.
He determined to revive archaic modes of plainchant and Renaissance polyphony, and imposed upon them experiments in alternative scales and unconventional harmony.
Severity of stroke at initial diagnosis is measured using two alternative scales, the Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) and the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) [14].
However, we note that damage/impact states for other hazards such as earthquakes, cyclones/hurricanes and tsunami are often classified on alternative scales (e.g. Damage Level categories of 0 5), as are previous volcanic damage/impact states (e.g. Blong 2003c, Baxter et al. 2005).
"I found interesting pieces that play with electronic nuances and alternative scales".
Only a few scales of classifications are used officially by the meteorological agencies monitoring the tropical cyclones, but some alternative scales also exist, such as Accumulated cyclone energy, the Power Dissipation Index, the Integrated Kinetic Energy Index, and Hurricane Severity Index.
At least, one of the alternative scale parameter has to be fixed in HEV model.
Green scale inhibitors are considered as alternative scale inhibitors due to their value-added benefits to the environment with respect to the methods of treating oilfield scales.
For the very small devices of recent process, some parameters cannot be scaled down properly and an alternative scaling-law is required.
We created an alternative scale for use in children and adolescents, Dalhousie pictorial scales [11], to measure dyspnea and perceived exertion during work requiring leg exercise such as cycling or running.
Our primary analysis uses GCS as a measure of severity of stroke because it is available in our data set for all patients (at the time of admission) whereas the NIHSS (an alternative scale) is not recorded for about 25% of our working sample and hence serves as a secondary measure for robustness checks.
