Argentina’s Economic Boom: Key Factors (1880s Onward)
The significant economic expansion experienced by Argentina since the 1880s was driven by a combination of three crucial elements:
Institutional Reforms
The year 1880 marked a pivotal moment, aligning with the potential to strengthen an economic process already showing substantial advances. It was only after this date, through the final establishment of a national authority, that the necessary policy framework could be achieved to safeguard and promote the economic expansion of this period.
Infrastructure
Spain in the Late 19th Century: Society, Economy, and Labor
Late 19th Century Spain: Demographics
Population grew more slowly than in Europe. A U.S. birth reduces mortality, but tuberculosis. In Spain, there was high mortality and a low birth rate.
There were famines, epidemics (such as cholera), and wars (the Carlist Wars, the Cuban War of Independence). Emigration occurred to Argentina and Brazil (including Catalans to Cuba). Since 1885, mortality slowly normalized. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw migration from rural areas to central and peripheral
Read MoreMachine Learning Algorithms: KNN, LWR, Random Forest, SVM
K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) Algorithm Implementation
This section demonstrates the implementation of the K-Nearest Neighbors (KNN) algorithm using the Iris dataset in Python with scikit-learn.
Python Code for KNN
from sklearn.datasets import load_iris
from sklearn.neighbors import KNeighborsClassifier
from sklearn.model_selection import train_test_split
import numpy as np
# Load the Iris dataset
dataset = load_iris()
# Split the dataset into training and test sets
X_train, X_test, y_train, y_test =Franz Marc’s The Yellow Cow: Symbolism and Expressionism
Franz Marc’s The Yellow Cow: Painting Description
Franz Marc’s The Yellow Cow, created in 1911, is a vibrant and dynamic oil painting that reflects Marc’s bold use of colors and expressive forms. The central subject is a bright yellow cow, leaping joyfully across the canvas, filled with energy and movement. The cow’s exaggerated, rounded form contrasts with the angular shapes of the mountainous background, creating a visually striking composition. The background includes rolling hills, jagged
Read MoreWorkplace Safety & Health Essentials: Prevention to Ergonomics
Understanding Risk Prevention & Cycles
Risk prevention is a profession and set of activities aimed at preventing and avoiding accidents and occupational diseases. It primarily involves two major disciplines: industrial hygiene and industrial safety.
Defining Industrial Hygiene
Industrial hygiene focuses on identifying, evaluating, and controlling environmental factors or stresses arising in or from the workplace that may cause sickness, impaired health and well-being, or significant discomfort
Read MoreBilingualism, Language Acquisition, and CLIL in Education
Module 1: Bilingualism, Benefits, and Second Language Acquisition
1. Understanding Bilingualism
In the 1950s, it was commonly believed that learning a second language (L2) negatively affected one’s first language (L1) proficiency. However, this view evolved significantly.
In the 1980s, Jim Cummins’ Developmental Interdependence Hypothesis emerged, stating that second language acquisition depends on the development of one’s first language. If students have strong skills in their first language, they
Read MoreLinguistic Strategies in Argumentative Texts
Discourse Mode & Argumentation
To convey their viewpoint, the text utilizes an expository-argumentative discourse, with argumentation being the most important part of the text. The arguments used are many:
- Argument by objection
- Argument from analogy
- Exemplification
- Argument from authority
Vocabulary & Subjectivity
While drawing from the field of journalism and using idiomatic language, as well as registers used in worship, it is important to remember that this is a humanistic text. The author employs
Read MoreCrisis Communication Plan: Response & Recovery Strategy
Outlining Your Crisis Plan: People & Departments
Key Departments Involved in Crisis Response
Internal Communication Team
- Crafting and Disseminating Internal Messages: Responsible for clear, transparent, and reassuring messages to employees about the incident, company stance, and corrective actions. Ensures effective communication to all relevant internal stakeholders.
- Coordinating with Other Departments: Acts as a liaison to ensure unified messaging and a cohesive front, avoiding conflicting information.
Matilda’s Journey: Magic, Friendship, and New Beginnings
Matilda’s Extraordinary Abilities Unfold
The second miracle occurred when Matilda was in school, shortly after the first. Matilda decided to tell Miss Honey what had happened. When Miss Honey heard Matilda’s account, she initially thought it was a product of Matilda’s vivid imagination.
To play along, Miss Honey decided to test Matilda’s power. She placed a glass on the table and asked Matilda to do it again. Matilda, excited, began to concentrate on making the glass drop. Suddenly, Matilda felt a
Read MoreDon Juan Tenorio: Plot, Characters, and Literary Analysis
Don Juan Tenorio: Plot Summary
Part One: The Bet and Betrayal
Don Luis Mejía had lost the bet he made with Don Juan Tenorio a year ago. When they meet to see who has lost, Don Juan bets Don Luis that he will seduce his fiancée, Doña Ana de Pantoja, and also conquer a novice.
Commander Don Gonzalo de Ulloa, father of Doña Inés (who was to marry Don Juan), undoes the marriage upon learning of Don Juan’s challenge.
Don Juan swears to Don Gonzalo that he will abduct his daughter, who is in a convent
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