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Record 1 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Administrative Structures (Publ. Admin.)
  • Personnel Management (General)
OBS

This organization has changed names several times in the last 4 years due to restructuring of the branch.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Structures de l'administration publique
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
OBS

Nom officiel. «Services» prend la majuscule, et «du» plutôt que «de» ressourcement. Le Bureau du directeur insiste sur l'emploi du mot «ressourcement». Mise en garde générale : «ressourcement» ici ne signifie pas retour aux sources, perfectionnement. «Ressourcement» signifie obtention de nouvelles ressources, remaniement de l'effectif, recyclage, etc. pour mieux répondre aux nouvelles réalités.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacology
Key term(s)
  • Oral Rehydratation Solutions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacologie
OBS

OMS.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Paleontology
CONT

Found in Wales and Scotland, in England where it borders those two, and in the area around Omagh, Northern Ireland, the Old Red Sandstone is a huge set of sedimentary rocks (primarily brown and red, giving it its name) dating to the Devonian. It is a marine formation, having been laid down from 408 to 370 million years ago as earlier Silurian rocks uplifted by the formation of Pangaea eroded and slid into a body of fresh water (probably a series of large river deltas). They are extremely thick, up to 11,000 meters in places, and can be subdivided into three categories "Lower", "Middle", and "Upper" from oldest to youngest. As a result, the Old Red Sandstone is a rich source of marine fossils.

OBS

The Old Red Sandstone is a rock formation of considerable importance to early paleontology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Paléontologie
DEF

Ensemble caractérisé par des arkoses et des grès de couleur rouge renfermant une faune typiquement lacustre ou lagunaire [...] typique du Dévonien sur le continent Nord Atlantique (Canada, Irlande, Angleterre).

CONT

Parmi les formations anciennes, les plus remarquables sont les «vieux grès rouges» [«Old Red Sandstone»] d'âge dévonien, qui forment des couches parfois épaisses de plusieurs milliers de mètres en Angleterre, Scandinavie, Russie [...]

CONT

dévonien (système), ou formation dévonienne : Série de roches paléozoïques comprenant le vieux grès rouge.

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Internet and Telematics
Key term(s)
  • Online Re-entry System
  • Online Reentry System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Source(s) : Glossaire des sigles utilisés par Revenu Canada, Impôt.

OBS

Source(s) : Vocabulaire de la DGTI [Direction générale de la technologie de l'information].

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Management Operations (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
OBS

Source : Agriculture Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes

Spanish

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Record 7 1990-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
OBS

Le sigle SID désigne le Système d'information sur les détenus.

Spanish

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Record 8 1989-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie

Spanish

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Record 9 1985-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire

Spanish

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