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Analyze the Impact of Worldwide Mass Migrations Between 1840 and 1914

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Analyze the impact of worldwide mass migrations between 1840 and 1914 on the economies and societies of the places in which the migrants settled.


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All-Or-Nothing Principle

The principle that once the electrical impulse reaches a certain level of intensity (its threshold), it fires and moves all the way down the axon without losing any intensity.

Electrical Impulse

A sudden surge of energy in one direction, particularly in the context of neurons firing and transmitting information in the body.

Axon

A long, slender projection of a neuron that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Firing

In the context of neural activity, it refers to the action of a neuron when it sends an electrical signal down its axon to communicate with other neurons.

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