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Record 1 2023-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

Exercise Advice : Place a barbell under your chin, resting it securely across the tops of your shoulders. Hold the barbell in place with your hands with elbows elevated so that [they] are parallel to the floor. Your feet should be just beyond shoulder width apart. Begin this exercise by squatting as though you are going to sit down in a chair. Squat to a point to where your thighs become parallel to the floor and then return to the start position. It is very important that you keep your back as straight as possible throughout this movement(one way to help do this is to focus your eyes on a spot high on the wall in front of you throughout the entire exercise).

OBS

This exercise mainly targets the hamstrings and the quadriceps.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
OBS

Pour effectuer une flexion des jambes avec barre devant la tête, placez-vous debout, le dos droit, avec une barre au niveau des pectoraux. Accroupissez-vous jusqu'à ce que vos cuisses soient parallèles au sol et retournez ensuite à la position de départ.

OBS

Cet exercice sollicite principalement les ischio-jambiers et les quadriceps.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
OBS

The flagship urban-development project of the NCC in the last several decades has been Confederation Boulevard-the Capital' s ceremonial and discovery route. In collaboration with federal and municipal partners, the NCC designed and constructed this 7. 5-kilometre route around the heart of Canada's Capital Region. Aside from providing an elegant streetscape for some of the most important sites and institutions of the nation, the Boulevard is a focus for year-round national celebrations, events and interpretation programs that help people to discover important aspects of Canada's government, culture, heritage, landscape and relations with other nations of the world. The idea for a ceremonial route in the heart of the Capital goes back to the 19th century. However, it was not until 1967-centennial year-that planners began to talk about a ceremonial route for processions and state visits, as a unifying element in the core areas of Ottawa, Ontario, and Hull(now Gatineau), Quebec, and as a vehicle for communicating the Capital of Canadians. Planning began in 1982 and construction in 1985. The central part of Confederation Boulevard was officially opened by Prime Minister Jean Chrétien on June 30, 2000. The last phase of three-phase construction will be completed in 2006.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
OBS

Parcours d'honneur et voie de la découverte de la capitale, le boulevard de la Confédération constitue, depuis plusieurs décennies, le projet vedette d'aménagement urbain de la CCN [Commission de la capitale nationale]. De concert avec des partenaires fédéraux et municipaux, la CCN a conçu et construit cette voie d'une longueur de 7,5 kilomètres en plein cœur de la région de la capitale du Canada. En plus de servir d'écrin élégant à certains des lieux et des institutions les plus importants du pays, le boulevard agit, pendant toute l'année, comme point de convergence pour des festivités, des manifestations et des programmes d'interprétation grâce auxquels les gens découvrent des aspects majeurs du gouvernement, de la culture, du patrimoine et du paysage du Canada et des relations de celui-ci avec les autres pays du monde. L'idée d'un parcours d'honneur au cœur de la capitale remonte au XIXe siècle. Ce n'est toutefois pas avant 1967, année du centenaire de la Confédération, que les urbanistes ont commencé à parler d'un parcours d'honneur qui accueillerait des défilés et des visites officielles, qui servirait de lien unissant les centres-villes d'Ottawa et de Hull (maintenant Gatineau) et qui ferait connaître la capitale à la population canadienne. La planification a commencé en 1982 et la construction, en 1985. La partie centrale du boulevard a été inaugurée officiellement par le premier ministre Jean Chrétien le 30 juin 2000. La dernière des trois phases de construction sera terminée en 2006.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de acontecimientos
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Record 3 2017-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Diplomacy
  • Military and Security
CONT

An effective AU [African Union] post-conflict strategy must also focus on disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration(DDR) of ex-combatants with a view to ensuring that demobilised fighters have access to rehabilitation programmes that enable them to acquire new skills and facilitate their transition back into society.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Diplomatie
  • Militaire et sécurité
DEF

Ensemble de mesures politiques, diplomatiques ou militaires planifiées pour être mises en œuvre à l'issue d'un conflit.

OBS

stratégie post-conflit : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 16 janvier 2015.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Atomic Physics
DEF

The art and science of arranging conditions so that the parts themselves spontaneously assemble into the desired structure.

CONT

A basic principle in self assembly is selective stickiness: if two molecular parts have complementary shapes and charge patterns, one part has a hollow where the other part has a bump, and one part has a positive charge where the other part has a negative charge, then they will tend to stick together in one particular way. By shaking these parts around, something which thermal noise does for us quite naturally if the parts are floating in solution, the parts will eventually, purely by chance, be brought together in just the right way and combine into a bigger part. This bigger part can combine in the same way with other parts, letting us gradually build a complex whole from molecular pieces by stirring them together and shaking.

CONT

The key to building electronic devices out of individual molecules is self assembly.

OBS

Historically, the idea of supramolecular interactions dates back to the famous metaphor of Emil Fischer(1894), who described a selective interaction of molecules as the lock and key principle. Today, supramolecular chemistry has by far surpassed its original focus. Molecular self-assemblies combine several features of covalent and non-covalent synthesis to make large and structurally well-defined assemblies of atoms. Single van der Waals interactions and hydrogen bonds are weak relative to typical covalent bonds and comparable to thermal energies. Therefore, many of these weak non-covalent interactions are necessary in order to achieve molecular stability in self-assembled aggregates. In biology, there are many complex systems of nanoscale structures such as proteins and viruses which are formed by self-assembly. Living systems sum up many weak interactions between chemical entities to make large ones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Opération par laquelle des molécules s'associent spontanément pour donner une structure complexe de géométrie bien définie.

CONT

L'autoassemblage [offre] la possibilité de construire une molécule complexe et hautement structurée en une seule opération au cours de laquelle plusieurs liaisons [...] sont simultanément formées.

CONT

L'autre avantage de l'autoassemblage est de permettre la mise en place provisoire de deux fragments moléculaires en vue d'une réaction ultérieure que l'on souhaite effectuer dans une disposition bien déterminée.

PHR

Autoassemblage sur surface.

Key term(s)
  • auto-assemblage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Biología molecular
  • Física atómica
CONT

En el autoensamblaje, el nanoconstructor introduce átomos particulares o moléculas dentro de una superficie o dentro de una naoestructura preconstruida. Entonces, las moléculas se alinean (ellas mismas) dentro de posiciones particulares, algunas veces formando uniones débiles y otras veces formando uniones covalentes fuertes, en orden de minimizar la energía total.

CONT

Se comienza con una estructura nanométrica como una molécula y mediante un proceso de montaje o autoensamblado, totalmente automático, se crea un mecanismo mayor que el mecanismo con el que comenzamos.

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Record 5 - external organization data 2003-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Following this discussion, [he] undertook to examine how best to create the focus groups considering the various privacy issues involved, and to report back to the committee within approximately one month.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Suite à cette discussion, [il] décide d'examiner la meilleure manière de créer ces groupes de consultation en tenant compte des diverses questions relatives à la protection de la vie privée qui s'y rattachent, et de faire rapport au Comité dans environ un mois.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Weapon Systems
CONT

When the sleeve is folded back, the extra space from the exit lens to the point of focus accommodates prescription glasses or even gas masks. This is called eye relief and is usually between 12 and 22 millimetres.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

The vertical swing front [of a view camera] is used to focus and increase the depth of field when the vertical swing back is set off centre. When the vertical swing back is tilted away from centre, the film plane is not parallel to the image produced by the lens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

[With the view camera, ] focusing is accomplished by moving the front standard or back frame along the camera bed. This is accomplished by loosening the focusing shaft lock knob of either the front or back carriage and turning the focusing shaft knob while checking the focus on the ground glass.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie

Spanish

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