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HRF [5 records]

Record 1 2018-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
OBS

high-readiness force; HRF: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
OBS

force à haut niveau de préparation; HRF : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

A cytokine which triggers allergic reactions. It acts on basophils to release histamine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Cytokine qui induit la dégranulation des basophiles qui libèrent alors des médiateurs, dont l'histamine.

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
  • Research Experiments in Space
  • Aerospace Medicine
CONT

The U.S. Laboratory's major initial science facilities will be the Human Research Facility, to assess crew health and to survey how the human body responds and adapts to microgravity - particularly the heart and lungs, muscles and bones, and sense of balance and body regulatory systems such as temperature control and wake-sleep cycles.

CONT

The Human Research Facility [include the following] equipment [:]a Gas Analyzer for metabolic analysis physiology[;] a Dynamometer to measure the mechanical power of arm muscles[;] a Space Linear Acceleration Mass Measurement Device to learn the exact body mass of individual crew members[;] simple instruments to draw blood and urine samples, assess pulse rate, and study balance and eye, head and body coordination.

OBS

human research facility; HRF: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

PHR

HRF rack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
  • Médecine aérospatiale
OBS

[...] six étagères bourrées d'équipements [...] seront installées dans le laboratoire scientifique Destiny. L'un de ces bâtis scientifiques, dit le «Human Research Facility», servira à la conduite d'expériences biomédicales.

OBS

appareillage de recherche sur l'humain; HRF : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le G roupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Key term(s)
  • appareillage de recherche sur l'Homme

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
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Record 5 1996-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
CONT

The most recent group of regulatory proteins to be described and the least well characterized are erythrocyte membrane proteins which inhibit the insertion of C8 and C9. A C8-binding protein of MWW 65 000 (homologous restriction factor, HRF) in human erythrocyte membranes inhibits the lysis of human erythrocytes bearing C5B67 by C8 and C9.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
CONT

Très récemment, une protéine de membrane, le «homologous restriction factor» (HRF) a été isolée des globules rouges humains. Il inhibe le complexe lytique en liant le C8.

Spanish

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