Urban Evolution: Industrial to Postindustrial Cities in Spain
Industrial Urbanization
The period marked by generalized growth in most cities benefited from the location of certain government services and institutions. The arrival of substantial immigration resulted in the need to tear down the old walls. Widenings appeared with orthogonal geometric plans. These expansions were dedicated to the residence of the emerging commercial and industrial bourgeoisie. At the time of its creation, it took a regular grid plan with straight roads, most of them wider than
Read MoreSocrates vs. Sophists: Understanding Truth and Knowledge
Why Socrates Did Not Charge for His Teachings
Why Socrates Didn’t Write Any Books
How Socrates’ Doctrine Differs from Protagoras’ on Truth
Protozoan Parasites: Characteristics, Diseases, and Prevention
Protozoa: An Introduction
Protozoa are unicellular organisms. Some may be parasitic. They have core mitochondria, are eukaryotic, feed by phagocytosis, and reproduce by bipartition. Their vegetative form is the infective trophozoite cyst.
Entamoeba histolytica
Kingdom: Protista. Family: Entamoebidae. Genus: Entamoeba. Species: Entamoeba histolytica. It is an anaerobic eukaryotic parasite that lives in the lumen and the wall of the intestine. Its reservoir is humans only. It is found in three forms:
Read MoreUnderstanding and Mitigating Risk: Danger, Exposure, Vulnerability
Understanding Risk: Danger, Exposure, and Vulnerability
Danger (P)
Danger is the probability of the occurrence of a phenomenon whose intensity is detrimental in a potentially determined time and space. To understand each phenomenon, three questions must be answered:
- Geographic distribution: Historically locating the most affected areas, as well as its range, can increase damages.
- Return time: How often an event is repeated in an area must be determined to have historical knowledge.
- The extent or degree
David Hume’s Philosophy: Key Concepts and Principles
Enlightened World
In the preface, Hume manifests as an enlightened thinker. The compendium is intended to communicate his message, illustrating and explaining the “main argument of the book.” He advocates for a philosophy for the good of the people. As an enlightened thinker, he struggles against superstition, religious fanaticism, and intolerance, as well as any philosophical doctrine that somehow encourages and supports such dogmatism.
Science of Nature
Just as Newton had applied the analytic-inductive
Read MoreMastering Project Management Fundamentals
Kinds of Organizations
- Functional Organization: There isn’t communication between functional managers and staff.
- Weak Matrix Organization: Its problem is the degree of authority of the project manager. When they need something, they have to talk to the functional manager.
- Balanced Organization: The project manager has more authority.
- Strong Matrix Organization: The project manager has authority over the staff in charge.
- Projectized Organization: Has an administrative staff helping the PM full time.
Project
Read MoreConfucius: Life, Teachings, and Impact on China
Confucius: Life and Philosophy
Three names have been attributed to the same person: Kong Qiu, Kong Fuzi, and Kong Zi. “Kong” means “master”, someone who teaches something. He has been a huge influence upon China; it is almost impossible to talk about China without talking about him.
Humble Origins and the Warring States Period
Confucius had humble origins; he came from a family of peasants (he wrote about his origins). He never got a substantial government position and he claimed he was not an innovator
Read MoreUnderstanding Global Regions: A Demographic and Cultural Study
Key Terms
- Demographic: The science that statistically studies human population, its composition, state, and distribution.
- Culture: Beliefs, values, and customs shared by a society.
- Literacy Rate: Percentage of people who can read and write.
- External Debt: Money borrowed from another country or an international institution.
- Maghreb: Region of North-West Africa that includes Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and Mauritania.
- Ethnic Group: Group of people with similar physical or cultural characteristics.
Java Fundamentals: Arrays, Loops, Classes, and Methods
Java Arrays
In Java, arrays are a fundamental data structure used to store collections of elements of the same type. Here’s how you can declare and initialize a String array:
String[] cars = {"BMW", "Ford", "Mazda"};
You can determine the length of an array using the .length property:
System.out.println(cars.length);
Iterate through an array using a for loop:
for (int i = 0; i < cars.length; i++) {
Multidimensional Arrays in Java
Java supports multidimensional arrays, which are essentially arrays of
Read MoreAdministrative Process for Business Development
Administrative Process
A Project to Develop Business
Planning
Planning is the management function that determines in advance which are the target audiences and what must be done to reach them adequately. It consists of determining in advance who is going to do it, how it will be done, and when it will be done.
Planning = Rationality
Advantages of Planning
- a) Contributes to orderly activities with a purpose.
- b) Notes the need for future changes.
- c) Provides a basis for monitoring.
- d) Forces the display of