Sustainable Agriculture & Bioeconomy: Key Terms and Project Insights
Agricultural & Bioeconomy Glossary
Hubs
Hubs: Central points or areas where certain activities or resources are concentrated. Centros o núcleos
Kegging
Kegging: The process of transferring and storing beverages in a keg, a pressurized container often used for serving drinks on tap. Barrilado
Kernel
Kernel: Part of a plant used for propagation. Grano, semilla
Landfill
Landfill: A place where waste is disposed of by burying it, in order to control environmental impacts. Vertedero
Leachate
Leachate: Liquid
Read MoreEnglish Vocabulary and Grammar for Professional Development
Key Vocabulary for Social and Economic Topics
- Gender inequality: Desigualdad de género.
- Gender gaps: Diferencias entre sexos, brecha entre géneros.
- Literacy skills: Nivel de alfabetización.
- Workforce: Personal, empleados.
- Glass ceiling: Techo de cristal (limitación velada del ascenso laboral de las mujeres al interior de las organizaciones).
- Wage gap: Diferencias salariales, brecha salarial.
- Child care: Cuidado infantil.
- Average: Promedio, media.
- Role models: Modelos de comportamiento.
Family Vocabulary
- Verb,
Ear Health Conditions: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
Acute Suppurative Otitis Media
- Definition & Age Group: ASOM is a painful bacterial infection of the middle ear, most common in infants aged 6–24 months.
- Causative Agents: The primary pathogens include Streptococcus pneumoniae (35%), Haemophilus influenzae (25%), and Moraxella catarrhalis (15%).
- Pathophysiology: Infection causes eustachian tube blockage, leading to fluid buildup, bacterial superinfection, pressure increase, and possibly tympanic membrane perforation.
- Clinical Features: Symptoms
Neoliberalism Unpacked: Ideology, Governance, and Economic Policies
Neoliberalism, an influential economic and political philosophy, traces its intellectual origins to 1947, though it rose to prominence in the 1980s. It can be understood through three distinct dimensions:
- An ideology
- A mode of governance
- A policy package
Neoliberalism as an Ideology
Ideologies are systems of ideas that offer a picture of the world and how it ought to be. Neoliberalism, as an ideology, is shaped by its codifiers, who are primarily global power elites (e.g., managers, executives, politicians)
Read MoreAnimal Farm: Napoleon’s Absolute Power and the Betrayal of Ideals
Chapter 8: Napoleon’s Ascent and Shifting Truths
Napoleon receives a new, more majestic name: “Our Leader, Comrade Napoleon.” A few days after the bloody executions, the animals discover that the commandment reading “No animal shall kill any other animal” now reads: “No animal shall kill any other animal without cause.” As with previous revisions, the animals attribute the apparent change to their faulty memories, believing they must have forgotten the final two words.
Throughout the year,
Read MoreThe Dynamics of Language Change: English Evolution & Linguistic Factors
Understanding Language Change: Core Concepts
Historical linguistics studies how languages evolve. Two main approaches are:
- Diachronic: Studies changes in language over time.
- Synchronic: Studies the linguistic elements and usage of a language at a specific point in time.
Several elements can change in a language, and can even disappear, such as pronunciation, meaning, vocabulary, and structure. Languages change naturally, though they are modified by various external factors, which are often interconnected.
Read MoreAristotle vs. Plato: Justice, State, and Governance
Aristotle and Plato: Competing Visions of Justice and the State
Aristotle’s Conception of Justice
For Aristotle, justice is the virtue that consists in total compliance with laws. However, he also refers to it as a particular virtue that regulates interpersonal relationships by imposing equal treatment. These conceptions of justice reveal the connection between ethics and politics in Aristotle’s thought:
- The idea of legal justice shows that ethics depends on politics; if virtue is to obey all laws,
Hume’s Empiricism: Analyzing Causality, Substance, and Self
Hume’s Theory of Knowledge: Ideas and Facts
Philosophical propositions can be categorized into two types:
Relations of Ideas
These propositions can be reached by reasoning alone, without recourse to experience. They are based on the rational principle of contradiction, making them universal and necessary propositions.
Matters of Fact
Matters of fact refer to propositions that rely entirely on experience. The only thing that guarantees the truth of propositions asserting facts is experience. These propositions
Physics of Periodic Motion and Wave Propagation
Periodic and Oscillatory Motion
A movement is called periodic when its position, velocity, and acceleration repeat after a certain time interval, known as the period. An example is uniform circular motion.
These movements are also called oscillatory movements. Whenever an object returns to its starting position, it has completed an oscillation (or swing), and the time taken is its period. If these oscillations are very fast, they are called vibrations or vibratory motion.
A typical case of vibratory
Read MoreThe Rise and Impact of Imperialism: Causes, Forms, and Global Effects
Defining Imperialism
The term imperialism refers to an attitude, doctrine, or action that leads to the dominance of one state over another or others through the use of military, economic, or political force.
Historical Context: From Colonialism to Imperialism
The transition from colonialism to imperialism occurred in the first half of the nineteenth century. Its causes included the expansion into new markets due to technological and military development, geographical exploration, and missionary activities.
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