Protected Natural Areas in the Canary Islands: Legal Framework
Commentary on the Chart of the Autonomous Region Protected Areas
Legal Framework for Conservation
Our current assessment of the ecological heritage has led to the development of policies for conservation and protection of natural areas and wildlife.
In 1916, the National Parks Act was created, establishing the first two National Parks (PN): Covadonga and Valle de Ordesa two years later.
At present, the law of Natural Heritage and Biodiversity (2007) regulates and sets standards for the conservation
Read MoreChemical Agents in the Workplace: Health and Safety
Comparison of Chemical Agents
- Fiber and Particle: A fiber has a diameter of less than 1/3 of its length.
- Gases and Vapors: Gases are substances whose state is a gas under high pressure and temperature. Vapors come from solids or liquids under normal conditions and are now acting on the vapor pressure or temperature.
- Mists and Fogs: Mists have a size between 0.01 and 10 microns, are produced by condensation of a gaseous state, and fog condensation and disintegration of a liquid. Its size is between
Cellular Biology: Epithelial and Connective Tissues
Epithelial Tissue
Formed by one or more layers of cells attached tightly to each other, epithelial tissue has little or no extracellular matrix. It is avascular, meaning its nutrition depends on the blood supply to neighboring tissue, and it is innervated with nerve endings.
Functions
- Protection
- Absorption
- Excretion
- Filtration
- Drainage
- Sensation
Types
- Lining epithelium
- Glandular epithelium
- Neuroepithelium (which forms the sense organs)
Epithelial Cell Junctions
- Tight junctions (occlusion zones)
- Areas of accession
- Desmosomes
- Interdigitations
- Gap
Ancient Civilizations: Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome
The First Civilizations: Mesopotamia and Egypt
Mesopotamia, Land Between Two Rivers
Mesopotamia was one of the earliest civilizations that arose in the plains between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates. Its inhabitants created new offices and city-states.
The First City-States
To the south of Mesopotamia, in the territory of Sumer, the first cities arose (Ur, Uruk), with a population of between 10,000 and 50,000. The workshops of artisans gathered around the temple, or ziggurat, dedicated to the god who
Read MoreFranco’s Regime: Repression, Laws, and International Relations
**Legal Basis**
During this stage, the legal basis of the new scheme was established:
- In 1938, the **Fuero del Trabajo** was approved, introducing the right of Spaniards to work.
- In 1942, the **Constitutive Act of the Cortes** was proclaimed, which formed a legislative chamber, although it never truly had such a capacity.
- One year later, the **Fuero de los Españoles** was adopted. This excluded individual rights such as freedom of expression or assembly, although in practice, it was impossible to enforce.
Mentoring Action Plan: Principles and Implementation
Defining Mentoring
Mentoring is a feature acquired through an individual’s personal relationship with another. It is a process where one person, typically more experienced, guides and supports another. This involves teaching, coaching, and facilitating the mentee’s integration into the learning process. Mentoring is done with the same intensity and in parallel with teaching. It is a process of school counseling, focusing on instructional processes but analyzing the whole context of the subject. The
Read MoreSolar System and Earth’s Formation: A Comprehensive View
Copernicus and the Heliocentric Theory
Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that to explain the constitution of the universe, we must acknowledge that the Sun is the center of the world, a concept known as the Heliocentric Theory.
The Sun and the Milky Way
The Sun is one among the 100,000 million stars in our galaxy, the Milky Way. The solar system resides in one arm of the Milky Way, rotating at a speed of 760,000 Km/h. It takes 230 million years to complete one orbit, known as a galactic year.
Earth’s Age
Read MoreQualitative Research Methodology: Social Knowledge and Creativity
What Constitutes the Tip of Social Knowledge?
Pretends to be above the world to observe beyond time, history, and geography of space, outside of life, from a place no one suspected that science allows maximal exercise and definitive otherness. The distance program is crowned supreme knowledge of wholeness.
Explaining Observation as First, Second, and Third Order Reflection
First order: The look looks, looking.
Second order: The strict field of methodological reflection.
Third or fourth order: The look
Read More19th Century Spain: Society and Economy
**Economy and Society in 19th Century Spain**
**A. Society in the 19th Century: From Estates to Classes**
**Demographic Trends**
The Spanish population increased over the period despite high mortality rates. This trend can be explained by the decline in mortality and the maintenance of a high birth rate.
Most of the population remained rural. Urban growth was limited, and the agricultural crisis of the century sparked overseas emigration.
**Social Evolution**
The main feature of this period is the gradual
Read MoreThe Cortes of Cádiz and the 1812 Constitution: A Turning Point in Spanish History
The Cortes of Cádiz and the Constitution of 1812
In 1808, Spain was invaded by France, resulting in the War of Independence, which lasted until 1813, when the Treaty of Valençay was signed. In this context, Napoleon Bonaparte’s Bayonne abdication of the Spanish monarchy, and an imperial decree, appointed his brother Joseph I as King of Spain and the Indies, a decision that would not be accepted by the Spanish people.
The Cortes of Cádiz
Provincial Boards emerged to govern the resistance against
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