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Hace 10 horas · Etymology. The term "fractal" was coined by the mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975. Mandelbrot based it on the Latin frāctus, meaning "broken" or "fractured", and used it to extend the concept of theoretical fractional dimensions to geometric patterns in nature.. Introduction A simple fractal tree A fractal "tree" to eleven iterations. The word "fractal" often has different connotations ...
Hace 10 horas · e. Second-wave feminism was a period of feminist activity that began in the early 1960s and lasted roughly two decades, ending with the feminist sex wars in the early 1980s [1] and being replaced by third-wave feminism in the early 1990s. [2] It occurred throughout the Western world and aimed to increase women's equality by building on the ...
Hace 10 horas · Church origins Statue of John Wesley in Savannah, Georgia, where he served as a missionary. The movement which would become the United Methodist Church began in the mid-18th century within the Church of England.A small group of students, including John Wesley, Charles Wesley, and George Whitefield, met at Oxford University.They focused on Bible study, methodical study of scripture, and living ...
Hace 10 horas · Dementia is a syndrome associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, characterized by a general decline in cognitive abilities that impacts a person's ability to perform everyday activities.This typically involves problems with memory, thinking, behavior, and motor control. Aside from memory impairment and a disruption in thought patterns, the most common symptoms of dementia include ...
Hace 10 horas · Cholera (/ ˈ k ɒ l ər ə /) is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea lasting a few days. Vomiting and muscle cramps may also occur. Diarrhea can be so severe that it leads within hours to severe dehydration and electrolyte imbalance.
Hace 10 horas · The global average sea level has risen about 250 millimetres (9.8 in) since 1880. Between 1901 and 2018, average global sea level rose by 15–25 cm (6–10 in), with an increase of 2.3 mm (0.091 in) per year since the 1970.: 1216 This is faster than it ever rose over the past 3,000 years, if not longer.: 1216 This rate accelerated to 4.62 mm (0.182 in)/yr for the decade 2013–2022.
Hace 1 día · A neighborhood in the Kozhukhovsky Bay of the Moskva River with a large sign promoting the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Moscow, 1975. The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), at some points known as the Russian Communist Party, All-Union Communist Party and Bolshevik Party, and sometimes referred to as the Soviet Communist Party (SCP), was the founding and ruling political party ...
