Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Protect your hands from cold weather. Keep your fingers away from your mouth. Avoid drying agents. Eat a healthy diet Stay hydrated Choose your manicurists carefully.

Answer: Cold weather can be very drying to your hands, causing cuticles to crack and peel.  Therefore, it is important to pay special attention to protecting your hands in wintertime, or whenever you are experiencing very cold weather. Always wear gloves when you are outdoors and remember to carry a small hand cream in your purse that you can apply at regular intervals. People who tend to bite their nails or nibble at their cuticles are much more likely to develop dry, peeling skin around their fingers than those who don't.  You are also at risk of developing an infection, as your mouth contains bacteria which can easily transfer to your nails. Saliva also contains enzymes which break down the skin, leading to further dryness. Therefore one of the most effective measures you can take to prevent dry, peeling cuticles is to stop biting and keep your hands away from your mouth. To help you, you can purchase special foul-tasting ointments for your nails. They make your fingers taste so bad that you'll think twice before biting again! Having dry hands can accelerate the cracking and peeling of cuticles, so make sure to protect them from any unnecessary exposure to drying agents.  Frequently washing the dishes in hot, soapy water can be very drying for your hands, so protect them by wearing rubber gloves every time you do the washing up. If you don't like wearing the gloves, then at least invest in a more moisturizing dish soap designed to hydrate hands as you wash. When your nails get wet, make sure they thoroughly dry. Steer clear of acetone-based nail polish removers, as these sap moisture from your nails like nobody's business. You should also try to keep hand washing to a minimum, as frequent washing removes important natural oils from the surface of the skin and nails. . A healthy, balanced diet will provide the vitamins and minerals your body needs for healthy hair, skin, and nails. Your cuticles will be moist, and your nails will grow more quickly. Eat lots of vegetables and fruits, choosing organic options when you can. To strengthen your nails, eat more eggs, almonds, strawberries, chicken, flaxseed oil, coconut oil, lentils, watermelon, bell peppers, and whole grains. . Just as staying hydrated keeps your skin moist, it can also help keep your cuticles healthy. Drinking at least 8 glasses of water daily will help moisturize your cuticles, preventing dryness.  If you are very active, drink more water! Carry around a reusable water bottle to make it easier for you to drink water on the go. Be careful when choosing a nail technician for your manicures and pedicures, as a poorly executed manicure can do more harm than good.  Some nail technicians can be very rough with your nails and cuticles, which can result in peeling, cracking and soreness. If your nail technician tries to cut your cuticles, or tries to push your cuticles back too far, politely ask her to stop. They're your nails, so you get to decide what happens to them. If your nail technician cuts your cuticles and you end up with soreness or an infection, this could be the result of improperly sterilized equipment. If this happens, you should consider switching to a different nail salon.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Ask your patient to sit straight up and breathe normally. Use the diaphragm of your stethoscope to listen to your patient’s lungs. Listen for normal breath sounds. Listen for abnormal breath sounds.

Answer: As you listen, you can ask the patient to take a deep breath if you cannot hear breath sounds or if they are too quiet to determine if there are any abnormalities. Listen to the patient’s lungs in the upper and lower lobes, and on the front and back of the patient.  As you listen place the stethoscope on the upper part of the chest, then the midclavicular line of the chest, and then the bottom part of the chest. Make sure to listen to the front and back of all of these regions. Make sure to compare both sides of your patient’s lungs and note if anything is abnormal. By covering all of these positions you will be able to listen to all of the lobes of your patient’s lungs. Normal breath sounds are clear, like listening to someone blowing air into a cup. Listen to a sample of healthy lungs and then compare the sounds to what you hear in your patient’s lungs. There are two types of normal breath sounds: Bronchial breath sounds are those heard within the tracheobronchial tree. Vesicular breath sounds are those heard over the lung tissue. Abnormal breath sounds include wheezing, stridor, rhonchi, and rales. If you do not hear any breath sounds, the patient may have air or fluid around the lungs, thickness around the chest wall, or airflow that is slowed down or over inflation to the lungs. There are four types of abnormal breath sounds:  Wheezing sounds like a high pitched sound when the person exhales, and sometimes when they inhale as well. Many patients who have asthma also have wheezes, and sometimes you can even hear the wheezing without a stethoscope.  Stridor sounds like high-pitched musical breathing, similar to wheezing, heard most often when the patient inhales. Stridor is caused by a blockage in the back of the throat. This sound can also often be heard without a stethoscope.  Rhonchi sounds like snoring. Rhonchi cannot be heard without a stethoscope and happens because the air is following a “rough” path through the lungs or because it is blocked.  Rales sounds like popping bubble wrap or rattling in the lungs. Rales can be heard when a person inhales.


Problem: Write an article based on this summary: Introduce a little rhythmic variety with duplets and triplets. Get a little swing behind your scatting. Learn the chord progressions to improvise like a jazz singer. Scat through your vocal solos to bridge classical singing and scatting. Get a little weird with tone, voice, and coloring.

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Once you feel comfortable with straightforward rhythms, it is time to start playing with shorter, but more complex, phrases. Duplets are simply two sounds thrown quickly together ("da-DA!"), and triplets are three sounds ("BEEP-da-BOP"). Instead of using straight quarter notes, where you have one sound per beat (1, 2, 3, 4), start stringing together these other phrases, leaving spaces in between them for a bouncy, swinging feel.  Hold some notes for three beats, cram 10 notes into two beats, and then leave some silence before launching back in. Rhythmic variety is about playing with the beat to create tension and surprise. Alternating different types of rhythms is a great way to craft a complex, enjoyable scat solo without crazy notes or vocal range. Check out both Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald, for example, on "Stomping at the Savoy" for a master class in rhythmic variation. An extension of rhythmic variation, this is when you transcend the "written" rhythm and get into the song with improvisational fervor. Most scatting is over a swing feel, where the 2nd and 4th beats are emphasized. Think of counting out your "1 and, 2 and, 3 and, 4 and" with a little extra emphasis on these two beats. If you're going to hit a high note, or pause and come back in, make it on the swinging beats. Great scat singers, like any great soloist or musician, are locked into the underlying chords and melody of the song they sing over. They know when chord changes are coming, and adjust their melody right in time with the rest of the band. Listen to the song several times until the chords' feel natural, and you know exactly what your band is doing behind you. If you're hoping to play professionally, there are a few progressions you should know:   12-Bar Blues-- the most common progression in Western Music. No matter what the key, the chords will always change in the same order, meaning you can quickly scat to any 12-bar blues once you know the form.  I Got Rhythm -- known as the most covered chord progression in jazz, these changes are found in hundreds of songs, including popular music. Listen to versions from Duke Ellington to Django Reinhardt If you are classically trained, there is no reason to abandon your skills just to start scatting. Run through your exercises, scales, and warm-ups with improvised syllables and sounds, and start putting your vocal scales to music. As a warm up, read music but ignore the lyrics, trying to sound out just the notes of vocal, brass, and woodwind sheet music. Listen to Ella Fitzgerald closing out "Tenderly," a dear, calm, and loving song, with a deep and almost monstrous scat sound. And yet, it fits, complementing her smooth tone with an unexpected burst of passion and power. Scatting isn't about sounding "human." So, the further you can modulate and adjust your voice to sound more instrumental the better scat singer you'll become.