Multiscale simulation models, in particular, couple together modeling elements from different scales of description.
Investigations of a bacterium's metabolism are typically fed by knowledge (ultimately from observations) at two different scales of description of the chemistry at work within cells.
The second phase of Ricoeur's (2004, 136) historical operation, explanation/understanding, is, as he puts it, concerned with "responding to the question 'why?': Why did things happen like that and not otherwise?" According to Ricoeur (2004, 235), answering such questions requires adjusting the scale of historical description from a local to a more distant perspective.
Description scheme is multiscale (actually – double-scaled): it uses both coarsened scale for overall concentrations and phases redistribution, and it uses fine-scale for description of growth or shrinking of each precipitate.
Cognitive ability is to be assessed by scales of narration, description, exposition, argumentation, instruction and interaction.
A summary sheet was used to record the following: rationale for measuring QoL; choice of QoL instrument, quality of scale description and scoring methods; sample size justification; quality of summary statistics for QoL and analysis; discussion of the clinical importance of QoL findings and general methodological quality in relation to QoL A total of 16 trials were identified.
The spatial scale of land-use description affects the ability to detect a significant relationship between the land-use gradient and atopy; statistically significant relationships were observed at intermediate scales, from 2 to 5 km (Fig. 3C), which encompasses the scale of 3 km used in the other analyses.
Due to the nature of the comparison (surgical vs bedside procedure), we felt that other features of the scale (description of a double blind nature) could not be appraised during our quality assessment.
Firstly, large scale experiences of the use of description logic-based classification and reasoning are still missing.
