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RPA [17 records]

Record 1 2020-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Applications of Automation
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

... the use of ... software robots to automate ... repeatable business processes.

OBS

[The robots] work directly across application user interfaces, mimicking the actions a person would perform, including logging in and out of applications, copying and pasting data, opening emails and attachments, and filling out forms.

Key term(s)
  • robotic process automatisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Automatisation et applications
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
CONT

L'automatisation robotisée des processus consiste à mettre en œuvre des «robots logiciels» pour automatiser au maximum [des] tâches fastidieuses et répétitives [...]

OBS

automatisation des processus robotisés : Bien que cette désignation soit utilisée, elle est à éviter, car sa construction est erronée. En effet, ce ne sont pas les processus qui sont robotisés, mais bien l'automatisation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Automatización y aplicaciones
  • Tratamiento de la información (Informática)
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Record 2 2017-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
CONT

Viewing Distance at Computer Workstations. ... Accommodation is when the lens capsule in your eye changes shape to focus on a close object. The eyes have a default accommodation distance, called the resting point of accommodation (RPA). That is the distance at which the eyes focus when there is nothing to focus on. In total darkness our eyes are set to focus at a particular distance, so that if the lights were turned on, an object at that distance would be in clear focus. The RPA averages 30 inches for younger people and gets farther away with age.

CONT

... reading from a computer screen ... Our eyes have what is called a "dark focus." This is the point in space where your focus would be if your eyes were totally relaxed. Imagine a pitch black room. In such an environment, where you can't see anything, your eyes are actually focusing on a fixed point in space, that is why it is called the "dark" focus. This focus is known as the Resting Point of Accommodation (RPA) and is unique to every individual, but it usually rests more than three feet away from your face (and does not depend on time of day or age).

Key term(s)
  • accommodation resting point
  • accommodation resting state

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
DEF

État passif de l'accommodation de l'œil en absence de stimulation (lorsqu'un sujet est plongé dans l'obscurité ou lorsqu'il fixe un espace lumineux vide).

OBS

L'accommodation, de la position de repos au punctum proximum, serait la réponse à la stimulation du système parasympathique; l'accommodation de la position de repos au punctum remotum serait la réponse à la stimulation du système sympathique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Aircraft
  • Operations (Air Forces)
DEF

An unmanned aircraft that is controlled from a remote pilot station by a pilot who has been trained and certified to the same standards as a pilot of a manned aircraft.

OBS

remotely piloted aircraft; RPA: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by NATO and officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel and the Defence Terminology Standardization Board.

OBS

remotely piloted aircraft: term standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

OBS

remotely piloted aircraft; RPA: term and abbreviation standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'aéronefs
  • Opérations (Forces aériennes)
DEF

Aéronef sans pilote qui est contrôlé, depuis un poste de télépilotage, par un pilote formé et breveté suivant les mêmes normes qu’un pilote d’un aéronef piloté.

OBS

aéronef télépiloté : terme, et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

OBS

aéronef télépiloté; ATP : terme, abréviation et définition uniformisés par le Groupe d’experts en terminologie interarmées et par le Conseil de normalisation de terminologie de la Défense.

OBS

aéronef téléguidé : terme normalisé par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

OBS

aéronef télépiloté; RPA : terme et abréviation normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tipos de aeronaves
  • Operaciones (Fuerzas aéreas)
OBS

Subcategoría de las aeronaves no tripuladas.

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Record 4 2011-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
Universal entry(ies)
C6Cl5SH
formula, see observation
133-49-3
CAS number
OBS

RPA is a trademark for a group of peptizing agents for natural and synthetic rubber.

OBS

Chemical formula: C6Cl5SH

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C6Cl5SH
formula, see observation
133-49-3
CAS number
OBS

Formule chimique : C6Cl5SH

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Radiobiology
  • Radiation Protection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Radiobiologie
  • Radioprotection

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Instruments
  • Plasma Physics
  • Measurements of Magnetism
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
CONT

Already at about 600,000 km from the nucleus, i.e. 12 hours before the closest approach, the Johnstone Plasma Analyser (JPA) detected the first presence of cometary ions. At a distance of 18-15,000 km, both the JPA and the Reme Plasma Analyser (RPA) reported what looked like a bow shock or a bow wave, much more distinct than had been predicted for such a weak comet. The magnetometer measurements carried out during the inbound trajectory could not confirm this finding, but reported exciting wave phenomena not seen in a natural plasma before. However, on the outbound trajectory the magnetometer saw clear indications of a shock.

Key term(s)
  • Reme Plasma Analyser
  • Reme plasma analyzer
  • Reme Plasma Analyzer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments scientifiques
  • Physique des plasmas
  • Mesures de grandeurs magnétiques
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
CONT

This analysis of the socio-economic impacts of ... Okanagan chinook is based on recovery measures proposed in the recovery potential assessment (RPA) and developed in consultation with fisheries and/or habitat managers. ... The RPA states that implementing a full stop to all fisheries impacting the species (i.e. both U.S. and Canadian fisheries) as the sole measure for recovery (e.g. without additional recovery measures) would inevitably result in extirpation of the species by 2050.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
CONT

À partir de l'information sur la rivière Shubéanacadie comme indicateur de la viabilité de l'habitat, le projet servira de base à l'évaluation du potentiel de rétablissement d'une frayère pour le bar rayé dans les estuaires d'Annapolis et de Saint-John. Le bar rayé dans ces deux estuaires a subi d'importants déclins, probablement en raison de la perte d'habitats associée à l'activité économique des êtres humains.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Biotechnology
CONT

Ribonuclease protection assay (RPA) is a highly sensitve and specific method to detect and quantitate RNAs [ribonucleic acids].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Biotechnologie

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
  • Military Materiel Management
OBS

Records all materiel accountable and non-accountable held as stock at a contractor's plant and required for the repair, manufacture, overhaul, modification, relifing or investigation of CFSS assets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
  • Gestion du matériel militaire
OBS

Enregistre tout le matériel comptabilisable et non comptabilisable conservé dans l'établissement d'un entrepreneur à titre de stock et nécessaire aux fins de réparations, de fabrication, de révision, de modification, de remise en état ou de vérification des actifs du SAFC.

Spanish

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Record 10 1999-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
OBS

Public Works and Government Services Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
OBS

Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada.

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Decision-Making Process
OBS

Source: Memorandum from Assessment and Collections.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Processus décisionnel
OBS

Source : Note de service de Cotisations et recouvrements.

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Taxation
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
OBS

A tax-assisted retirement savings vehicle intended to supplant Registered Retirement Savings Plans and to accumulate monies transferred out of RPPs (Registered Pension Plans) for various reasons. Funds in RPAs would be locked in.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Fiscalité
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Moyen d'épargne-retraite exonéré d'impôt, visant à remplacer les régimes enregistrés d'épargne-retraite, et à accumuler les fonds qui sortent des RRA (régimes de retraite agréés), pour diverses raisons. Les fonds [...] seraient immobilisés.

Key term(s)
  • compte de pension enregistré
  • CPE

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
  • Real Estate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes
  • Immobilier
OBS

Titre non officiel décerné aux personnes qui ont suivi le cours pertinent de la BOMA.

Spanish

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Record 14 1994-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Science
OBS

based on the breeding value of an animal and on certain nongenetic factors

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zootechnie
OBS

d'un animal basé sur sa valeur génétique et sur certains facteurs non génétiques

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes

Spanish

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Record 16 1985-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
Key term(s)
  • RPA
  • R.P.A.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
OBS

J.F. Walsh.

Spanish

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Record 17 1984-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Financial Accounting
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Comptabilité générale
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
OBS

Système régionale de paye

Spanish

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