Railway Operating Procedures and Rules
Restrictive Track Warrant Rules
Do not issue a track warrant electronically if it restricts authority or movement and the train or MW foreman has previously received authority to leave the station. Verbally issue the restricting track warrant to a crew member or MW foreman. Do not issue the second paragraph of GCOR/MWOR 14.13.
Suspending Block System Signals
A Division General Manager must authorize a block system or section of a block system to be removed from service.
Whistle Warning Procedures
For
Read MoreUnderstanding Agrarian Activities and Their Impact
Agrarian Activities: These are activities that involve the production of animal or plant materials. They are classified into agriculture, livestock, and forestry.
Factors of Production: These are elements that facilitate the development of agricultural activities. There are two main groups:
- Physical Factors: Relief, ground, and climate.
- Human Factors: Technological and economic advances, population.
Production Systems: Agrarian activities use a range of crop, livestock, and forestry production systems.
Read MoreAdolescent Psychosexual Development Stages
Psychosexual Development Stages
Individuals go through different stages of development in which changes occur within themselves and in their relationships with others. These are called stages of psychosexual development, driven by libido, the psychic energy associated with sexual drives.
In these phases, the individual seeks various forms of sexual satisfaction and engages in fantasies.
The Latency Stage
This stage is characterized by a focus on acquiring skills necessary for life. Childhood sexual
Read MoreNietzsche’s Challenge to Western Thought
The philosophy of Nietzsche involves a radical confrontation with much of the Western tradition. He is opposed to dogmatism, whose roots lie in Socrates, Plato, or Christian philosophy.
The distinction or opposition, made in his earlier works, between the Dionysian and Apollonian leads him to develop an original interpretation of the history of philosophy. According to this view, thought moves away from life, from Socratic reflection, leading him to oppose it, denying it through the invention of
Read MoreBuguental’s Humanistic Psychology Concepts and Techniques
Buguental: Basic Postulates
- The person is the sum of their components.
- Existence of a self consumed within relationships.
- The lives of conscious human beings.
- The self chooses and decides.
- Goal-oriented lives.
Position of the Therapist
- The self is in the center of psychology, against scientific requirements of objectivity.
- Give more importance to the sense of ‘what’ than to procedural issues.
- Validations are based on human criteria.
- Rely on phenomenological guidance.
- Attaches importance to qualitative methods.
Criteria for Truth in Epistemology
Epistemology and Truth Criteria
Epistemology concerns the criteria we use to determine truth.
Criteria in the Plane of Vision
This involves pure speculation:
- Truth in Perception
- Truth in the Trial
Criteria in the Rational Plane
In this rational plane, beliefs or opinions arise, which are often false.
The Criterion of Evidence
Here we must refer to the criterion of intellectual evidence proposed by Descartes, whose components are clarity and distinction.
A different way to formulate the criterion of evidence
Read MoreKey Concepts in Argumentation and Rhetoric
Argumentation vs. Opinion Differences
Argumentation and opinion both involve expressing viewpoints but differ in their foundation and purpose. An opinion is a subjective belief reflecting personal feelings or preferences, often expressed informally and without requiring evidence. In contrast, argumentation aims to persuade through a structured presentation of logical reasons and solid evidence, such as data, expert insights, or statistics, while also addressing counterarguments to strengthen its
Read MoreSpain 1936: Election, Conflict, and Conspiracy
Popular Front Program & Feb 1936 Election
International communism’s change of strategy dictated that policy should continue through the establishment of Popular Fronts. These involved an alliance of socialist and communist parties with bourgeois parties, united against a common enemy: fascism. The Popular Front project was implemented in Spain. As the government was embroiled in bribery and financial scandals, it called for elections on February 16, 1936. Republicans and Socialists prepared for
Read MoreHuman Respiratory and Digestive Systems & Illnesses
Human Respiratory and Digestive Systems
The respiratory system exchanges gases with the external environment. It takes oxygen (O₂) from the air and transfers it to the bloodstream, while taking carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the blood and expelling it from the body.
The Respiratory System
Components of the Respiratory Tract
- Nasal passages
- Pharynx
- Larynx
- Trachea
- Bronchi
- Bronchioles
These tubes carry air from outside the body into the lungs and vice versa.
The Lungs
Spongy organs located in the rib cage and separated
Read MoreSpanish Literary Periods: Baroque to Naturalism
Baroque Theater (17th Century)
Baroque Theater Features
- Collapse of the rules of unity (place, time, and action).
- Mixture of tragedy and comedy.
- Parallel actions, not a single action.
- Division of comedy into three acts: the problem arises in Act 1, is developed in the second, and concludes in the third.
- Interspersed lyric elements.
- Main themes are love and honor (often recovered with vengeance).
Example work: Francisco de Quevedo – Life of Don Pablos the Sharper.