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KTS [4 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Training
OBS

Establishments used to provide trade-specific courses and general RCAF [Royal Canadian Air Force] courses to non-air specific trades for which no established RCAF school existed.

Key term(s)
  • Composite School

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Instruction du personnel militaire

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
  • Telephone Facilities
DEF

[A] customer controlled switching system whose purpose is to provide its users with the ability to pick up selectively any of several lines and to hold calls associated with any of these lines.

CONT

A PBX [private branch exchange] is differentiated from a key telephone system (KTS) in that users of a key system manually select their own outgoing lines on special telephone sets that control buttons for this purpose, while PBXs select the outgoing line automatically ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
  • Installations (Téléphonie)
DEF

Installation téléphonique la plus utilisée lorsque le nombre de postes supplémentaires est peu élevé, qui permet aux usagers de s'appeler directement entre eux et de communiquer en départ et en arrivée avec les abonnés du réseau public.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Bones and Joints
  • Vessels (Medicine)
DEF

A rare [congenital] condition usually affecting one extremity, characterized by hypertrophy of the bone and related soft tissues, large cutaneous hemangiomas, persistent nevus flammeus, and skin varices.

CONT

Klippel-Trenaunay syndrome is a group of findings consisting of: a) multiple port wine stains or other blood vessel malformations (dark spots of skin); b) excessive growth of bones and soft tissue in the area of increased blood vessels (this may also occur in areas without increased vascularity, most commonly in the lower limbs, but may affect any limb, the face and head, or internal organs, and c) varicose veins.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Os et articulations
  • Vaisseaux (Médecine)
DEF

Malformation congénitale associant une hypertrophie d'un membre [plus souvent] inférieur, avec des varices et un angiome. Dans certains cas, il existe une malformation vasculaire qui peut être corrigée chirurgicalement.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
OBS

Instruments used were the Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS), a 70-item questionnaire to ascertain personal preferences of the respondent, and the Abbreviated Leisure Activities Survey (ALAS) that measures extent of participation. (abstract) (The Relationship Between Personality Type and the Participation in Education of Older Adults - Master's Thesis, University of Minnesota)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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