Semester/session grade-point average and cumulative grade-point average are calculated to represent numerically a student's quality of performance. These averages are used to determine if a student qualifies for certain academic actions (e.g., Dean's List, academic warning/drop, entrance to and changes in college/major, and graduation) and programs (e.g., student aid and study abroad). Grades and Grade-Point Equivalents. Semester/Session Grade-Point Average.
Another example of an amphiarthrosis is the pubic symphysis of the pelvis. This is a cartilaginous joint in which the pubic regions of the right and left hip bones are strongly anchored to each other by fibrocartilage. This joint normally has very little mobility.
Any damage to upper motor neurons results in increased tone and partial weakness of the muscles which is called paresis. One good example is stroke where people get hemiparesis or partial weakness in one side of the body. Paresis is described with the muscle, region or the organ affected. Here are some examples where the term âparesisâ is commonly used. 1  Monoparesis â One leg or one arm is weakened.  Paraparesis â Both legs are weakened usually occurs in spinal cord damage at the lower level.