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Record 1 1997-11-11

English

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

Also seen as: Commission for the Reintegration of Demobilized Military Personnel. Subsidiary to the Supervisory and Monitoring Commission (Mozambique) appointed on November 4, 1992 by the interim Special Representative. Previously charged with the responsibility of the reintegration of demobilized military personnel. Could expand to include displaced persons and returnees.

Key term(s)
  • Commission for the Reintegration of Demobilized Military Personnel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Militar (Generalidades)
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Record 2 2001-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lasers and Masers
  • Optics
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The common ring laser gyro uses a mixture of He-Ne gas to generate coherent monochromatic radiation in two directions. Normally, the RLG is a triangular cavity filled with gas, in which two oppositely directed traveling light waves are generated by stimulated emission of light. In this case we speak of an active laser gyroscope. If, on the other hand, the lasing medium is external to the cavity, then we speak of a passive gyroscope.

Key term(s)
  • passive gyro
  • passive laser gyro

French

Domaine(s)
  • Masers et lasers
  • Optique
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

Hyperfréquences, optoélectronique et lasers appliqués aux mesures [...] Éléments de circuits hyperfréquences (dipôles, quadripôles et multipôles spécifiques). Amplificateurs et oscillateurs hyperfréquences : klystrons, tubes à ondes progressives, transistors, oscillateurs YIG et à résonateur diélectrique, lasers passifs et actifs.

Spanish

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Record 3 1985-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smoker's Articles
Key term(s)
  • incised molded

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de fumeur

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

Excessive shopping cognitions and buying behavior that lead to distress or impairment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Manie liée au besoin irrépressible d'acheter, peu importe les besoins et sans se soucier des conséquences.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Psicología clínica
DEF

Impulso morboso que mueve a ciertos individuos a hacer compras sin necesidad alguna.

OBS

oniomanía: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, explica que "oniomanía" es una voz bien formada en español y no necesita destacarse con comillas ni cursiva.

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Record 5 1992-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
OBS

Nom que portaient les troupes allemandes envoyées en Libye, en 1941.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Binders and Mastics (Constr.)
  • Petroleum Asphalts
DEF

Emulsified asphalt in which the asphalt globules are electro-positively charged.

OBS

With an anionic emulsion this asphalt surface charge is negative and for cationic emulsion it is positive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Liants et mastics (Construction)
  • Bitumes
CONT

Les émulsions sont des mélanges d'eau, de bitume et d'agents émulsifiants et stabilisants. Il y en a deux types : les émulsions anioniques [...] et les émulsions cationiques, utilisées avec des granulats acides dont les charges négatives attirent les charges positives.

CONT

Le caractère lipophile du radical R assure une émulsion du type bitume dans l'eau [...] et procure ensuite, par absorption à la surface des micelles de bitume une couche protectrice à charge négative (émulsion basique) ou positive (émulsion acide).

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Mining Rights and Concessions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit minier

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Author: Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Information found in the DOBIS data base.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
OBS

Auteur : Ministère des pêches et des océans. Information retrouvée dans la base de données DOBIS.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
  • Interplanetary Space Exploration
  • Research Experiments in Space
CONT

IMP (Interplanetary monitoring platform). A series of NASA probes, managed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, aimed at investigating plasma (ionized gas) and magnetic fields in interplanetary space. The placement of IMPs in a variety of solar and Earth orbits enabled the study of spatial and temporal relationships of geophysical and interplanetary phenomena simultaneously by several spacecraft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
  • Exploration interplanétaire
  • Travaux de recherche dans l'espace
OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • plateforme d'observation interplanétaire

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

The Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale in a sample of normal French children: ... Standardized mean scores of French children were comparable to those of the American normative sample ... overall findings support the cross-cultural stability of the psychometric properties of this instrument, attention is drawn to potential problems in the use of the Vineland scales, with special reference to autistic samples. (Source: PASCAL database).

OBS

"Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales", 1984 revision of the "Vineland Social Maturity Scale".

OBS

Vineland Social Maturity Scale: a scale designed to assess social maturity in terms of the ability to come to terms with one's social needs and assume responsibility. Norms are available up to age twenty-five. One scale may also be used with younger or retarded people. A "social age" (SA) and a "social quotient" may be answered from the 117 items. The Vineland Social Maturity Scale, originally developed by Edgar A. Doll, represented an early attempt to measure social competence. Doll defined social competence as "a functional composite of human traits which subserves social usefulness as reflected in self-sufficiency and in service to others." This aspect of human behavior has also been termed adaptive behavior and has been incorporated as a major component in the definition of mental retardation.

Key term(s)
  • Vineland Adaptive Behaviour Scale

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
OBS

Dans les sources consultées et dans la base de données PASCAL, le titre anglais de cette échelle bien connue en psychiatrie n'est pas traduit en français. Néanmoins le terme «comportement adaptatif» est bien consacré, d'où la proposition «échelle de comportement adaptatif de Vineland».

CONT

Échelle de maturité sociale Vineland. Cette échelle peut être utilisée dans les cas suivants : - Un index qualitatif des variations dans les cas «anormaux». - Une mesure d'amélioration suivant une thérapie. - Lors d'études cliniques sur la détérioration ou le déclin des facultés mentales. - Pour distinguer le retard mental associé d'incapacité sociale du retard mental associé de capacité sociale. - Pour aider à l'orientation d'un enfant (à l'école ou à la maison). - Pour évaluer l'influence de l'environnement et des handicaps.

Spanish

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