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IMPAIRMENT [8 records]

Record 1 2022-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
DEF

Any loss, malformation or abnormality of a psychological, physiological or anatomical structure or function due to observable and measurable medical conditions that can be diagnosed.

French

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

Perte, malformation ou anomalie d'une structure ou d'une fonction mentale, [physiologique] ou anatomique résultant d'un état pathologique observable, mesurable et pouvant faire l'objet d'un diagnostic.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
  • Sociología de las personas con discapacidad
DEF

Toda pérdida o anormalidad de una estructura o función psicológica, fisiológica o anatómica.

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Record 2 2003-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
CONT

An enforcement officer shall not exercise any of the powers referred to in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (d) if doing so would result in (a) impairment or serious risk of impairment of the quality of the environment for any use that can be made of it ...

OBS

Statute cited: Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
CONT

L'agent de l'autorité ne peut toutefois exercer les pouvoirs visés aux alinéas (1)a), b) ou d) si cela devait occasionner : a) la dégradation ou un risque grave de dégradation de la qualité de l'environnement relativement à tout usage que l'on peut en faire [...]

OBS

Loi citée : Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
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Record 3 1998-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Television (Radioelectricity)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Télévision (Radioélectricité)

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 1994-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Science and Technology
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Impairments shall be categorized by reference to directly quantifiable limits (such as numbers of redundant components required to be operable, or directly measurable quantities such as level of fluid in a tank) ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences et techniques nucléaires
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Les défaillances sont classées selon des limites directement quantifiables (nombre de composants redondants nécessaires au fonctionnement ou quantités directement mesurables, comme le niveau de fluide dans un réservoir) [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 1992-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

The most promising candidates for somatic cell therapy are disorders caused by impairment of a single gene that has been isolated and cloned and so is available for transplant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

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Record 6 1990-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
CONT

impairment of the value of a security.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

réduction de la valeur d'un titre.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost Accounting
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
CONT

Dry holes and impairments of unproved properties must be depleted and interest capitalizations must cease when depletion begins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité analytique
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

Where the level of capital and reserves falls below the minimum $5 million, an injection from the parent bank is necessary to offset this impairment.

OBS

See the section "Interpretation Bulletins" in CMFCB.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque

Spanish

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