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FOOD POWER [15 records]

Record 1 2024-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Food Industries
OBS

Community Food Centres Canada(CFCC) builds health, belonging and social justice in low-income communities through the power of food. [The organization works] with partners to build and support vibrant, food-focused community food centres(CFCs) that provide nutritious food, skill-building opportunities and peer support in a welcoming and dignified environment.

Key term(s)
  • Community Food Centers Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
OBS

Centres communautaires d'alimentation du Canada (CCAC) est un organisme caritatif national qui met sur pied, dans les quartiers à faible revenu, des centres et programmes communautaires d'alimentation dynamiques et où l'on utilise la nourriture pour cultiver la santé, l'esprit d'appartenance et la justice sociale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Grain Growing
OBS

Hulls(husks). The hulls are valueless as food, not only because of their low nutritive value, but because their high silicon content renders them harmful to the digestive and respiratory organs of animals... The chief use of hulls is as fuel to supply power for the mill...

OBS

rice husk; rice hull: terms extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Culture des céréales
DEF

Enveloppe du grain de riz.

CONT

Les balles de riz servent de combustible et leurs cendres d'engrais.

OBS

écorce de riz; balle de riz : termes extraits du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 3 2012-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Foreign Trade
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

In international politics, food power is the use of agriculture as a means of political control whereby one nation or group of nations offers or withholds commodities from another nation or group of nations in order to manipulate behaviour.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

Ce concept du pouvoir alimentaire connut une popularité croissante auxÉtats-Unis, à la suite de l'étude de la C.I.A. qui prédisait des avantages politiquesextraordinaires et une hégémonie encore plus grande des États-Unis dans lesaffaires mondiales à cause des pénuries futures de nourriture.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labelling (Packaging)
CONT

The increase in consumer purchasing power spurred growth in sales of imported and luxury food items. At the same time, the protracted period of recession spawned a growing new market for own-label food products in most of the leading self-service chains, mainly for basic food items

Key term(s)
  • own label

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étiquetage (Emballages)
CONT

L'amélioration du pouvoir d'achat des consommateurs a éperonné la croissance des ventes de produits alimentaires importés de luxe. En même temps, la récession prolongée a engendré un nouveau marché en expansion pour les produits alimentaires à étiquetage exclusif dans la plupart des grandes chaînes de libre-service, en particulier pour les produits alimentaires de base.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
DEF

A hierarchical arrangement of human needs in five stages, beginning with insistent biologic needs, as for water, food, or sleep; to safety needs(order, security, and predictability) ;to affiliative needs(belongingness and love) ;to social needs(competence, prestige, and power) ;and finally to the highest and most weakly impelling of human needs, that is, knowing, understanding, esthetics, and self-fulfilment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

Ordre dans lequel se manifestent les besoins.

OBS

Selon Maslow (1970), chaque individu doit combler ses besoins "inférieurs" avant que ceux d'un niveau supérieur puissent se manifester.Leur hiérarchie est la suivante : a) besoins physiologiques (besoin d'aliments et d'eau); b) besoin de sécurité (recherche d'un milieu exempt de dangers pour la vie); c) besoin d'appartenance et d'affection (rapports affectifs avec les autres); d) besoin de valorisation personnelle; e) besoin d'actualisation de soi, qui ne peut faire surface qu'après la satisfaction des autres besoins.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología clínica
  • Psicología social
DEF

Teoría de la motivación propuesta por Maslow en 1954, basada en la hipótesis de que la persona tiene diversas necesidades que se pueden ordenar por importancia. Una vez satisfecha la necesidad más importante deja de ser un motivo, y se trata de satisfacer el siguiente nivel. Maslow distinguió cinco niveles: necesidades fisiológicas, de seguridad, de aceptación y cariño, de estima social, y de autorrealización.

OBS

jerarquía de necesidades: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 6 2011-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
CONT

The International Nuclear Event Scale [INES]. Level 4. Accident without significant off-site risk. Criteria. External release of radioactivity resulting in a dose to the most exposed individual off-site of the order of a few milisieverts. With such a release the need for off-site protective actions would be generally unlikely except possibly for local food control. Significant damage to the nuclear facility. Such an accident might include damage to nuclear plant leading to major on-site recovery problems such as partial core melt in a power reactor and comparable events at non-reactor installations. Irradiation of one or more workers which results in an overexposure where a high probability of early death occurs.

Key term(s)
  • accident without significant offsite risk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
CONT

Structure fondamentale de l’échelle INES [échelle internationale des événements nucléaires]. [Niveau] 4. Accidents sans risque hors du site. Conséquences à l’extérieur du site. Rejets mineurs. Exposition du public de l’ordre des limites prescrites. Conséquences à l’intérieur du site. Endommagement important du cœur du réacteur ou des barrières radiologiques ou exposition mortelle d’un travailleur.

OBS

Il y a eu plusieurs cas d’accidents de niveau 4 dont, en France, l’endommagement du cœur du réacteur français de la filière uranium national — graphite — gaz, Saint-Laurent A2 maintenant arrêté (1980).

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Food Additives
  • Pharmacology
Universal entry(ies)
C6H11NHSO3Na
formula, see observation
DEF

White, crystalline, practically odorless powder; sweet taste. Freely soluble in water; practically insoluble in alcohol, benzene, chloroform and ether... Sweetening power approximately 30 times that of sucrose... Claimed to cause cancer in laboratory animals. Prohibited by FDA for food use. Use : Nonnutritive sweetener.

OBS

Chemical formula: C6H11NHSO3Na

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Pharmacologie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
C6H11NHSO3Na
formula, see observation
DEF

Édulcorant utilisé dans certaines boissons destinées aux diabétiques. Se présente sous la forme d'une poudre cristalline blanche, inodore, très soluble dans l'eau, insoluble dans l'alcool et l'éther. Cancérogène.

OBS

Formule chimique : C6H11NHSO3Na

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Aditivos alimentarios
  • Farmacología
Entrada(s) universal(es)
C6H11NHSO3Na
formula, see observation
OBS

Fórmula química: C6H11NHSO3Na

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Record 8 2007-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Living Matter - General Properties
DEF

The turning of living cells toward or away from a food source.

CONT

The single-celled animal most commonly studied by medical students is the paramecium, found in stagnant water.... Under the microscope these tiny animals are seen to possess the ability to respond to certain external stimuli such as light, heat, food, etc. These responses to stimuli are called tropisms, from the Greek word tropein, meaning to turn. Response to chemical action is called chemotropism; to light, heliotropism; to heat, thermotropism; to food, sitotropism; to electricity, electropism or galvanotropism; to touch, thigmotropism; to oxygen, oxytropism; to gravity, geotropism.... By sitotropism, or response to food, a cell has power not only to be attracted by food but also to select the kind of food best suited to its need by what we call selective absorption.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés générales de la matière vivante
DEF

Tendance des cellules à être attirées ou repoussées par certains aliments nutritifs.

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-01-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

Malt syrup is yeast food, and it gives products a pleasant taste, color and aroma. There are two types, enzyme-active(diastatic) and enzyme-inactive(nondiastatic). Triticale malts are said to have higher diastatic power then other cereal malts, and their average soluble protein content is nearly twice that of other malts.

OBS

The grains used to make "malt syrup" are usually barley, but it could also be made from wheat or rice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Les sucres ajoutés sont définis comme étant «les sucres et sirops ajoutés aux aliments pendant le traitement ou la préparation» et comprennent «le sucre blanc, la cassonade, le sucre brut, le sirop de maïs, les solides de sirop de maïs, le sirop de maïs à teneur élevée en fructose, le sirop de malt [...]

OBS

Le «sirop de malt» est habituellement fabriquer à partir de l'orge, mais on peut trouver des sirops de malt de riz ou de blé

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-05-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Industrial Operations
  • Food Industries
CONT

Heinz is the most global U. S.-based food company, with a world-class portfolio of powerful brands holding number-one and number-two market positions in more than 50 countries. The Heinz brand is a $2. 5 billion global icon and Heinz's top-15 power brands account for two-thirds of annual sales.

OBS

food company: term extracted from the Glossaire de l’agriculture anglais/français and reproduced with the authorization of the OECD.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types d'exploitation industrielle
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
CONT

Nestlé est la première entreprise alimentaire dans le monde, elle est présente dans plus de 180 pays, son chiffre d'affaires atteint 260 milliards de francs français, avec 500 usines réparties sur les cinq continents et 225 000 collaborateurs.

Spanish

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Record 11 2004-05-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Trade
OBS

Trade Team Canada Sectors(TTCS) [which operate under the umbrella of Team Canada Inc,... ] bring government and industry together to coordinate national trade development planning and activities in key industries. These industries include : Aerospace and Defence; Agriculture, Food, and Beverages; Automotive; Bio-Industries; Building Products; Electric Power Equipment and Services; Environmental Industries; Health Industries; Information and Communications Technologies; Plastics; and Service Industries and Capital Projects.

Key term(s)
  • Team Canada Sectors

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Commerce
OBS

Exploitées par Équipe Canada inc, les équipes sectorielles commerciales assurent la collaboration du gouvernement et de l'industrie en vue de coordonner la planification et les activités liées à la promotion du commerce dans 12 industries clés, soit : les technologies de fabrication de pointe; l'aérospatiale et la défense; l'agriculture, l'alimentation et les boissons; l'automobile; les bio-industries; les matériaux de construction; le matériel et les services d'énergie électrique; les industries environnementales; les industries de la santé; les technologies de l'information et des télécommunications; les plastiques; les industries de services et les grands projets.

Key term(s)
  • Équipes sectorielles commerciales

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités del sector privado
  • Comercio
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Record 12 2001-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Soil Improvement and Fertilizer Management
CONT

Ammonium nitrate (AN) and urea are used as feedstocks in the production of urea-ammonium nitrate (UAN) liquid fertilizers. Most UAN solutions typically contain 28, 30 or 32% N but other customised concentrations (including additional nutrients) are produced.

CONT

Urea and urea ammonium nitrate are commonly used fertilizers on the Canadian prairies. Both fertilizers are subject to volatile losses of ammonia when applied to the soil surface.

CONT

Power Organics Fish Fertilizer. This new fertilizer may be the world's most ideal plant food-an excellent combination of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium in convenient form. The uniform size granules release nutrients gradually, which means plants receive a steady daily feeding over several weeks time. This is far better than ammonium-urea or manure fertilizers that evaporate or wash away from the root zone.

OBS

A fertilizer carried in tanks in solution with water which has no synergistic effect on people when mixed with toluene.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Fumure et amélioration du sol
OBS

engrais à base de nitrate d'ammonium et d'urée : Composé de nitrate et d'ammonium utilisé comme engrais. Renseignement obtenu d'un chimiste aux Laboratoires Nutrite à Montréal.

CONT

Engrais minéraux ou chimiques azotés. [...] Mélanges d'urée et de nitrate d'ammonium en solutions aqueuses ou ammoniacales.

CONT

[...] procédure anti-dumping concernant les importations de mélange d'urée et de nitrate d'ammonium en solution originaire de Bulgarie et de Pologne [...]

CONT

L'urée et le nitrate d'ammonium et d'urée sont des engrais couramment utilisés dans les Prairies canadiennes. Les deux engrais subissent des pertes par volatilisation de l'ammoniac lorsqu'ils sont appliqués à la surface du sol.

Key term(s)
  • nitrate d'ammonium et urée

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Household Refrigerators and Freezers
  • Electrical Domestic Appliances
DEF

Visible... warning that power to the food freezer is off, or that the temperature is not correct for freezing or for storing foods.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réfrigérateurs et congélateurs domestiques
  • Appareillage électrique domestique
DEF

Signal lumineux (...) destiné à attirer l'attention de l'utilisateur.

Spanish

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Record 14 1994-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Motors
DEF

A new type of electric motor, a brushless motor with no windings or permanent magnets on its rotor. When a current flows in one of the group of windings in the case around the rotor, it creates a magnetic effect which pulls a tooth on the rotor into a position of "minimum reluctance". Rotation continues by switching the current to another winding and pulling another tooth into position. Switch the current fast enough, and the motor spins.

CONT

Such motors have been turning since 1840, but the new SRM designs provide a practical way of switching large currents many thousands of times a second. Several companies including Black and Decker(power tools), Kenwood(food mixes) and Vent-Axia(fans) are sponsoring an SRM development programme. This technology may produce smaller and even simpler electric motors that could be integrated within the hub of a carwheel or of a boat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Moteurs électriques

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cooking Appliances
CONT

One microwave oven can do so many jobs for your food service business...-700 Watts of cooking power... at the touch of a button.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de cuisson des aliments
CONT

Le four à micro-ondes facilite les nombreux travaux requis par votre commerce alimentaire (...) - Puissance de cuisson de 700 watts (...) par simple contact de la touche.

Spanish

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