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Record 1 1999-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Paramedical Staff
CONT

The Research Council for Complementary Medicine (RCCM) was set up to find research methods acceptable to both complementary and conventional practitioners.

OBS

Contrast "general practitioner".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Personnel para-médical
OBS

Médecine alternative : l'adjectif «alternatif» est impropre en ce sens en français.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
DEF

Replacement of alphanumeric keyboards and crt terminals with hand-written incident cards and a conveyor belt in radio dispatching operations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)

Spanish

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Record 3 1988-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Also known as Single MAP. Information confirmed with the organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Renseignement obtenu de l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Homeopathy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Homéopathie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Homeopatía
CONT

Las drogas naturales tienen tres grados de acción: mecánico, químico y dinámico. [...] El pleno poder de la droga en su acción dinámica se revela en la potencia, en tanto que los ele­mentos materiales más groseros, por su propia bastedad, no desarrollan carac­terísticas individuales finas en sus experimentaciones.

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Record 5 2000-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Medical and Hospital Organization

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

Conseil d'examen du prix des médicaments brevetés

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
OBS

The ECLO specifically monitors the locust threat and the possibility of destruction by large flocks of birds. When infestation do occur, FAO experts can mount eradication and treatment programmes.

Key term(s)
  • Emergency Center for Locust Operations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
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Record 7 2016-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
Universal entry(ies)
(Ce,La)2Ca(CO3)3F
formula, see observation
Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2
formula, see observation
DEF

A brownish-yellow hexagonal mineral related to synchysite.

OBS

parisite: named after J.J. Paris.

OBS

Chemical formula: (Ce,La)2Ca(CO3)3F or Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
(Ce,La)2Ca(CO3)3F
formula, see observation
Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2
formula, see observation
DEF

Fluocarbonate de calcium et de métaux du groupe du cérium cristallisant dans le système rhomboédrique, de couleur jaune à brune [que l'on] trouve en petits cristaux prismatiques ou bipyramidés en Colombie, au Massachusetts (États-Unis) et à Montorfano, en Lombardie (Italie).

OBS

parisite : étymologie : en l'honneur de J.J. Paris, propriétaire de mine.

OBS

Formule chimique : (Ce,La)2Ca(CO3)3F ou Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
Entrada(s) universal(es)
(Ce,La)2Ca(CO3)3F
formula, see observation
Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2
formula, see observation
DEF

Fluocarbonato complejo de calcio, serio, lantano y didimio [...]

OBS

[...] su color es entre amarillo y pardo.

OBS

Fórmula química: (Ce,La)2Ca(CO3)3F o Ca(Ce,La)2(CO3)3F2

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
CONT

the middle part of a flexible pipe should show a certain flexibility of movement when pushed lightly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
CONT

la partie médiane d'une tuyauterie souple doit présenter une certaine souplesse de débattement lorsqu'on l'a sollicitée légèrement

OBS

atterrisseur

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics of Solids
  • Semiconductors (Electronics)
DEF

For a semiconductor or insulator, an energy level lying within yet near the bottom of the energy band gap, which may accept electrons from the valence band, leaving behind holes.

OBS

The level is normally introduced by an impurity atom.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique des solides
  • Semi-conducteurs (Électronique)
DEF

Niveau d'énergie d'un semiconducteur reposant à l'intérieur quoique adjacent à la base de la bande d'énergie interdite, qui peut accepter des électrons provenant de la bande de valence, y laissant des trous.

Spanish

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Record 10 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

[An] immunoassay in which an enzyme is used as a marker to indicate the presence of specific antigens, [or] antibodies ...

CONT

Several enzyme immunoassays (EIA) have been developed commercially to detect IgG [immunoglobulin G] or IgM [immunoglobulin M] to specific T. [Treponema] pallidum antigens and are useful in HIV co-infected patients.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Épreuve fondée sur la spécificité de la réaction antigène-anticorps et dans laquelle une enzyme est utilisée à titre de marqueur pour déterminer la présence ou la quantité d'antigènes ou d'anticorps spécifiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
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