Enter a term and click the search icon to use the site's internal engine, or navigate directly using the "A-Z" below. There are more than ten thousand topics analyzed!
ABC Definition Index
Miscellanea / / April 02, 2023
In today's world, and even in the not so current one, we coexist with a series of people who may present differences with respect to us, be it in gender,...
By inhibiting distractors, it is possible to pay selective and sustained attention instead of being subject to external stimuli, emotions or behavioral tendencies. To the...
It arises from a necessity in the geographical task; the researcher must not only know the location of his object of study, he has to ask himself its origins, that is, how is it that human settlements and their activities have configured the territory that is watching. In the words of...
Starting from the known processes on Earth, with specific reference to volcanism, we can generate hypotheses about the formation of the Luna, detailing that it comes from the separation of a great superplanet, from which three new stars were generated that we know today as Venus,...
But why is a hierarchy needed? In order to answer it, we first have to understand well the nature of mathematical operations, which consists of a transformation that is applied to the elements of a set. Consider, for example, the set of real numbers,...
The electron is one of the tiny particles that make up an atom along with protons and neutrons. Electrons always remain outside the nucleus of the atom, made up of a combination of protons and neutrons. To show how small the electron is, we can say that...
We live in a time of constant changes in natural environments. Many of these changes are negative and the product of human activities and lead to the degradation of natural environments, the loss of biodiversity and increased pollution. Despite attempts to...
There are many factors by which a group of microorganisms develops this capacity. Antibiotics or antimicrobial agents are produced by other microorganisms, however, there are genes that provide resistance to these products that are present in most...
In the field of Social Sciences and Humanities, the concept of multiculturalism is used to give account of the recognition of the cultural diversity that exists between the different groups that cohabit a territory. The term refers to the presence of many (multi-)...
At present, the DIP aims to achieve the purposes established in the Charter of the United Nations, as world peace through the peaceful settlement of disputes, cooperation between states and respect for rights humans. A first conceptual approach...
Iron manifests chemical and physical characteristics, identifying itself as an element of the periodic table whose atomic number is 26, that is, the atom has 26 electrons and 26 neutrons neutral. It is located in group 8 and period 4 and its atomic mass is 55.85 umas. Generally your...
In the scientific literature, textbooks and even in the medical context, it is very common to come across the term "heartburn" or well, the adjective "acid", in reference to food, substances present in our daily lives and even biofluids such as blood. In a school setting...
Probably, for example, the sensations facing death have been a less shocking issue than in contemporary days, given that, In the Middle Ages, for example, the average life span was shorter and the chances of dying from suffering from some disease or accident...
Written on October 21, 1805 in the area of Cape Trafalgar, located between the city of Cádiz and the Strait of Gibraltar in the context of Napoleonic Wars and, more specifically, of the Third Coalition, faced, on the one hand, a combined Franco-Spanish fleet of 33 ships...
From the investigations that include genetic data, some important questions have been resolved, for example, the issue of the dates when humans arrived on this continent. For years it was certain that human beings inhabited North America (what is now the United States...
We all know the magnificent explosions in action or science fiction movies, the unreal characters that appear many times on the scene and beautiful locations that seem not to exist. Indeed, many times they do not exist, but are placed on the tapes at a time after...