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functional independence [3 records]

Record 1 2022-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Sociology
CONT

Functional independence is the ability to perform daily living tasks without help.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Sociologie
DEF

[...] capacité de pouvoir réaliser les activités de la vie quotidienne sans l'aide d'autrui.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
  • Sociología
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Record 2 2012-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Probability (Statistics)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

The relation between two dependant variables in a situation in which one variable does and the other one does not vary as a function of an independent variable.

CONT

[The author] argued that stochastic rather than functional independence of two memory task measures provides better evidence for independence of two memory systems. Briefly, if a given memory task engages two completely separate memory systems, then the product (measure) of one system should be uncorrelated with that of the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Probabilités (Statistique)
  • Psychologie cognitive
CONT

L'indépendance fonctionnelle renvoie à l'effet d'une variable expérimentale indépendante dans deux situations différentes (interaction de premier ordre ou simple dissociation) ou à l'effet de deux variables expérimentales indépendantes dans deux situations (interaction de second ordre ou double dissociation).

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
DEF

... the property of a system ensuring that the operating characteristics of the components making up the system are not influenced, beyond acceptable limits, by the normal or abnormal behaviour of other systems ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
DEF

caractéristique d'un système qui fait que le fonctionnement des composants qui le constituent n'est pas influencé, au-delà de limites acceptables, par le comportement normal ou anormal d'autres systèmes (...)

Spanish

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