Workplace 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
Read MoreMuscle Dynamics: Roles, Kinetic Chains, and Strength Factors
Understanding Muscle Roles in Human Movement
In any movement, muscles perform different functions. For example, in a vertical jump, the extensor muscles of the lower limb (such as the gastrocnemius, quadriceps, and glutes) contract, pulling on bones and levers to cause movement. These muscles, which are the primary movers of a gesture, are called AGONISTS.
However, for the gesture to be successful, it is necessary for the opposing muscles (flexors of the leg: tibialis anterior, hamstrings, and iliopsoas)
Read MoreSpain’s Political Evolution: From Transition to 21st Century
The UCD Government and the 23-F Coup (1979-1982)
After the constitutional consensus, the political situation was marked by various factors, including:
- Problems in tackling the economic crisis and its effects on the hard-hit population.
- A new decentralized state organization.
- Escalating terrorist actions, especially by ETA.
- Unrest and coup threats from ideologically linked military sectors.
In January 1981, Adolfo Suárez presented his resignation as President of the Government due to divisions within
Read MoreBaroque Literary Themes and Poetic Styles
Baroque Literature: Themes and Characteristics
Thematic Foundations of Baroque Literature
Baroque literature reflected the climate of political-economic decline and social tension of the times, which is why its works are filled with realism. The themes and topics used recreate a pessimistic and disconcerting vision of the world and life. These include:
- The Vanities of Life: Baroque authors expressed their criticisms and vicious irony by depicting the vanities of the world.
- Transience and Ephemeral Existence:
Spain’s Economic Miracle and Social Evolution (1950-1973)
Spain’s Economic and Social Transformation (1950-1973)
Spanish economic policy between the 1950s and 1960s was severely restricted by the state of ruin after the Civil War, depriving Spain of access to foreign resources and facing an international embargo imposed on the nation.
Autarky and Early Economic Challenges (1950s)
During this stage, an economic policy based on autarky was implemented, driven by necessity and the regime’s political decisions. Its goal was rapid industrialization, but the results
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