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FOOD BREAK [11 records]

Record 1 2024-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Pollutants
CONT

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) constitute a class of over 14,000 chemicals extensively used in industrial applications and consumer products because of their distinct water and oil repellent properties and high heat tolerance. PFAS are defined as fluorinated substances that contain at least one fully fluorinated methyl or methylene carbon atom.

CONT

Known as "forever chemicals" because they don’t break down in the environment or in our bodies, PFAS—resistant to water, grease, and heat—are found in a range of everyday products including food packaging, clothing, cosmetics, and toilet paper.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Agents de pollution
CONT

Les substances perfluoroalkylées et polyfluoroalkylées (PFAS) forment une classe chimique complexe de plusieurs milliers de composés organiques fluorés. Ce sont des produits de synthèse qu'on ne retrouve pas naturellement dans l'environnement. La stabilité thermique et chimique des PFAS les rend très résistantes à la dégradation et persistantes dans l'environnement. Ils ont aussi des propriétés chimiques particulières.

OBS

PFAS : L'abréviation «PFAS» provient du terme anglais «perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances».

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Nervous System
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Motor nerves in the peripheral nervous system carry information from the brain to the body. Scientists came up with the name "motor" because the first motor nerves studied were those that help with muscle movement, or what scientists call motor function. It was later discovered that motor nerves have other purposes in addition to making muscles move. They also send messages from the brain and the spinal cord to body organs. For example, motor nerves help the process of digestion by stimulating cells in the stomach to break down food chemically.

OBS

motor nerve; nervus motorius: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Système nerveux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Les nerfs moteurs (efférents) conduisent les influx provenant du SNC [système nerveux central] seulement.

OBS

nerf moteur : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

nervus motorius : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecosystems
  • Nutritive Elements (Biological Sciences)
CONT

One significant knowledge gap necessary for assessing ecosystem-wide impacts of restoration in... estuaries is a characterization of baseline lower trophic levels. These lower tropic levels are the lowest part of the food web where organisms such as plant-like phytoplankton serve as food to animals such as zooplankton in the water column. Other organisms of lower trophic levels include plant-like microphytobenthos and marine worms living within the sediments. These organisms form an important part of the estuary ecosystem [and] provide energy at the base of the food chain [that] support the growth of larger predators at the top[, ] such as speckled trout or red fish[. These] organisms also help to break down debris, put oxygen back into sediments, and can provide a biological window into the health of an estuary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écosystèmes
  • Éléments nutritifs (Sciences biologiques)

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anti-pollution Measures
  • Biotechnology
DEF

The breakdown of contaminants in the soil through microbial activity that is enhanced by the presence of the rhizosphere [root zone].

CONT

Rhizodegradation... is a much slower process than phytodegradation. Microorganisms(yeast, fungi, or bacteria) consume and digest organic substances for nutrition and energy. Certain microorganisms can digest organic substances such as fuels or solvents that are hazardous to humans and break them down into harmless products through biodegradation. Natural substances released by the plant roots-sugars, alcohols, and acids-contain organic carbon that provides food for soil microorganisms, and the additional nutrients enhance their activity.

Key term(s)
  • rhizo-degradation
  • rhizo degradation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures antipollution
  • Biotechnologie
DEF

Dégradation des polluants par les racines (processus internes) et par l'activité microbienne associée (processus externes).

OBS

[...] les plantes stimulent la croissance de micro-organismes aux alentours de leurs racines (zone appelée rhizosphère) par la sécrétion de substances naturelles.

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Digestive Tract
  • Food Industries
CONT

Food sensitivities and intolerances are more common than food allergies, according to the British Allergy Foundation. Neither involves the immune system. A food triggers an intolerance in your digestive tract. This is where your body can’t properly break it down, or your body reacts to a food you’re sensitive to.

CONT

A food sensitivity is an adverse reaction to a food that other people can safely eat. Food sensitivities include food allergies, food intolerances and chemical sensitivities.

PHR

food sensitivity testing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Appareil digestif
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Une sensibilité alimentaire se manifeste par une réaction indésirable à un aliment que d'autres personnes peuvent consommer sans danger. La sensibilité alimentaire englobe les allergies et les intolérances alimentaires, ainsi que la sensibilité aux produits chimiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Aparato digestivo
  • Industria alimentaria
CONT

¿Qué es la alergia a un alimento? [...] La alergia es una reacción muy específica del sistema inmunológico, que reacciona a una sustancia como si fuera un ataque y libera anticuerpos para defenderse. [Mientras que] la sensibilidad a los alimentos [presenta] muchos síntomas [...] que ni siquiera [pueden] afectar al tracto intestinal (migrañas, fatiga, etc.). Las sensibilidades pueden afectar prácticamente a cualquier órgano, como respuesta al consumo de un alimento.

PHR

prueba de sensibilidad alimentaria

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Record 6 2011-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Agricultural Chemicals
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Pollutants
OBS

organochlorines : A family of insecticides [which includes] nearly all of the "hard", persistent insecticides-those that do not break down quickly in the environment and are passed along the food chains of various species, including man.

OBS

Organochlorines include the best known of all the synthetic poisons: endrin, heptachlor, aldrin, toxaphene, dieldrin, lindane, DDT, chlordane, and methoxychlor.

OBS

The term "organo-chlorine insecticide" is modelled on "organo-chlorine pesticide" found in source GILEN (Dictionary of environmental terms by Alan Gilpin), 1976, p. 24. This written form, however, is rarely used.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Agents chimiques (Agriculture)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Agents de pollution
DEF

Insecticide obtenu par chloration d'hydrocarbures aromatiques ou hétérocycliques.

OBS

Les insecticides organochlorés les plus connus sont le DDT, l'aldrine, l'endrine et le lindane. Très stables, ces insecticides peuvent rester des années dans le sol sans se décomposer et sont pour la plupart interdits.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Pollutants
CONT

The gradual decline in the use of organochlorine pesticides has allowed predatory birds to re-establish themselves.

OBS

organochlorines : A family of insecticides sometimes called the chlorinated hydrocarbon insecticides. They include nearly all of the "hard", persistent insecticides-those that do not break down quickly in the environment and are passed along the food chains of various species, including man.

OBS

organochlorine pesticide: Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Agents de pollution
DEF

Produit chimique organique de synthèse dérivé du chlore utilisé pour la protection ou le traitement des végétaux.

OBS

D'après la source FRIEC (Dictionnaire de l'écologie et de l'environnement, par Henri Friedel), la législation française préfère l'expression «produit antiparasitaire à usage agricole» à celle de pesticide.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
DEF

The force applied to cause a food sample to break or fracture.

OBS

A "brittle fracture" is one where there is little or no plastic deformation prior to the break. A "ductile fracture" has substantial deformation before the fracture. Every fracture process involves three steps: crack initiation; crack propogation; and final fracture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Waste Management
DEF

[A] process whereby vital activities of bacteria or other microorganisms in search of food break down complex organic compounds into simple, more stable substances.

OBS

Compare with "biochemical process" and with "biological pathway."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

Processus selon lequel les activités vitales des bactéries et d'autres microorganismes à la recherche de nourriture dégradent des composés organiques complexes en substances simples plus stables.

OBS

processus biologique; procédé biologique; voie biologique : Ces trois expressions sont parfois utilisées l'une pour l'autre dans les textes mais ne doivent pas être confondues. Le terme «processus» (en anglais : «process») se rapporte à des phénomènes qui se produisent; le terme «procédé» (en anglais : «process» aussi) se rapporte à une méthode que l'on utilise; le terme «voie» (en anglais «pathway») se rapporte au chemin suivi, aux actes effectués dans un procédé. Il ne faut pas confondre non plus les adjectifs «biologique» et «biochimique» (en anglais «biological» et «biochemical», respectivement).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
  • Tratamiento de aguas residuales
  • Gestión de los desechos
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Record 10 2003-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
  • Wheeled Vehicles (Military)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
DEF

An all-terrain vehicle used to transport soldiers. A modern version of the jeep but larger and designed specifically for military purposes.

CONT

The pall cast over Kuwait continued last week to darken lives in the freed country. A humvee(the modern version of the jeep) on a makeshift track carries U. S. Marines over oil-covered sands; Kuwaitis eager to leave the country for a break or to see relatives, hand passports and other documents to officials; children line up for food distributed by the American military.

OBS

The dumvee is a humvee altered to accommodate extra fuel, water, and weapons.

OBS

Compare to "dumvee" or "desert mobility vehicle".

Key term(s)
  • dumvee

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes
  • Véhicules à roues (Militaire)
  • Néologie et emprunts
OBS

Comparer à VTT.

Spanish

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Record 11 1993-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acupuncture
CONT

The six Yang Organs are the Gall Bladder, Stomach, Small Intestine, Large Intestine, Bladder, and Triple Burner. The Yang Organs receive, break down, and absorb that part of the food that will be transformed into Fundamental Substances, and transport and excrete the unused portion.(The Web that has no Weaver, Understanding Chinese Medicine, 1983, p. 53).

CONT

The Fou are the Yang Organs, consecrated to the digestion of food and the elimination of waste; Yang Organs of an intermittent physiology, all of which is related to the exterior milieu. (Chinese Acupuncture, 1974, p. 157).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acupuncture
CONT

Les six entrailles sont : l'Intestin Grêle, l'Estomac, le Gros Intestin, la Vessie, la Vésicule Biliaire, le Triple Réchauffeur. (...) Le rôle des entrailles est de recevoir et de digérer les aliments, les transformer et excréter les résidus. (Le diagnostic en médecine chinoise, 1983, p. 51).

CONT

La méthode dialectique des Organes et des Entrailles est établie par la classification fondée sur la qualité des symptômes de froid/chaleur, de vide/plénitude, de l'énergie perverse/énergie normale, de l'énergie forte/énergie faible. (Traité d'acupuncture, 1977, p. 93).

Spanish

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