Industrial Production: Elements, Energy, Regions
Goods Production
Elaborated products are not consumed directly; they are intermediate products that serve as feedstock for other industries. Heavy industry is characterized by handling huge amounts of product. Heavy industry requires large facilities, large amounts of manpower, and significant capital investment.
Light Industry
These industries produce goods for the market and consumers, such as footwear. Often called light industries because facilities are usually smaller and require less labor and
Read MoreAlcover, Costa i Llobera: Figures de la Poesia Mallorquina
Joan Alcover: Palma, 1854 – Palma, 1926
Poeta i dramaturg en llengua catalana. Participà als Jocs Florals de Barcelona (1909), i en les conferències d’intel·lectuals mallorquins a l’Ateneu Barcelonès (1904); també en el Primer Congrés Internacional de la Llengua Catalana (1906). En pocs anys esdevingué una de les figures cabdals de la poesia catalana, fet que l’aparició de Cap al tard (1909) confirmà. Fou corresponent de la Reial Acadèmia Espanyola (1904), de l’Acadèmia de Bones Lletres
Geological Hazards and Associated Risks
Erosion Risks and Impacts
Drivers of Erosion Risk Factors
- Slopes
- Unconsolidated geological materials
- Climate, aridity, sporadic and torrential rainfall
Erosion Loss and Desertification
- Loss of soil biological-geological system
- Plant and animal life
- Arable land (agricultural resources)
- Desertification
- Silting of reservoirs (Loss of reservoir capacity, hydro damage)
- Sedimentation in river channels (Floods)
Risks from Eroded Material Storage
- The possibility of impact from moving materials, razing or burying people,
Environmental Degradation and Energy Source Definitions
Desertification
An ecological degradation process whereby productive land loses part or all of its production potential, leading to the appearance of desert conditions. This process results from the combination of climatic factors and human activities.
Erosion
A natural process involving the wearing away of the land’s surface by external geological agents (such as runoff, glacial ice, wind). It can be intensified by human activities, leading to serious consequences.
Erodibility
The susceptibility of
Read MoreCytology Sample Collection, Processing, Staining
Cytology and Sample Processing
Hematoxylin Staining Process
Hematoxylin (Htx) is a colorant used to be oxidized to Hematein (chromogen = benzene + chromophore groups). This process can occur spontaneously through contact with atmospheric oxygen or through the use of oxidants (e.g., mercuric oxide, potassium dichromate). Oxidation causes the appearance of an aniline molecule which acts as a chromophore and has the property to stain. The oxidation of Hematoxylin is called maturation. To the Hematein
Read MoreKey Environmental and Landscape Terms
Soil Horizon
Each of the layers or strata that form soil. All these layers together form the soil profile. Depending on their distribution, soils are classified into different types, such as those with poorly differentiated profiles or those that are deteriorated or deteriorating.
Leaching
The dissolution and flushing of soluble elements from the upper horizon of soil by water.
Humus
Composted organic matter found in the topsoil, resulting from the decomposition of plant and animal material mixed with
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