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Record 1 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of Old Age
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Federal laws on child abuse and domestic violence fund services and shelters for victims, but there is no comparable federal law on elder abuse. [In the United States, the] federal Older Americans Act... does provide definitions of elder abuse and authorizes the use of federal funds for the National Center on Elder Abuse and for certain elder abuse awareness, training, and coordination activities in states and local communities, but it does not fund adult protective services or shelters for abused older persons.

OBS

elderly victim of abuse: The adjective "elderly" is seen as pejorative by several authors because it can imply infirmity, frailty or diminished capacity.

Key term(s)
  • elder abuse victim
  • elder-abuse victim
  • elderly abuse victim
  • elderly abuse-victim

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la vieillesse
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

aîné maltraité; aînée maltraitée : termes tirés du Mini-lexique sur la violence familiale et reproduits avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

... the global financial safety net refers to a set of crisis prevention and resolution instruments, encompassing self-insurance(reserves) ;bilateral arrangements(e. g., swap lines between central banks during periods of stress) ;regional arrangements such as those in Asia, Europe and Latin America; and multilateral arrangements with the IMF [International Monetary Fund] at their center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

filet de sécurité financière mondial; filet de sécurité financière mondiale : termes fautifs parce que l'accord des modificateurs doit se faire avec «filet», au masculin.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
CONT

Estas decisiones amplían y refuerzan los instrumentos de prevención de crisis del FMI [Fondo Monetario Internacional] y constituyen un paso importante en el trabajo que hemos venido desarrollando con los países miembros para reforzar la red de seguridad financiera mundial. La línea de crédito flexible reforzada y la nueva línea de crédito precautorio permitirán al FMI "ayudar a sus países miembros a protegerse frente a una excesiva volatilidad en los mercados" [...]

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Record 3 2014-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games of Chance
DEF

The area of the casino that records, tracks and monitors all financial transactions.

CONT

The casino cage is the financial center and an important component of the casino operation. The casino cage maintains an accountability of the cash, chips, and tokens that are used to fund the operations of the casino. When additional chips are needed for the table games, the cage is the source of these chips. The cage also provides the funds to conduct transactions with casino customers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux de hasard

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Juegos de azar
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Record 4 2002-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Banks and Databases
  • Astronautics
CONT

NASA must require Principal Investigators(PIs) and other original holders of space data to release to the public and to the appropriate data center calibrated data in a discipline-recommended format with appropriate metadata when the proprietary data period expires. NASA should appropriately fund this activity and reward or penalize PIs for accomplishing or not accomplishing this responsibility. Data acquired by NASA and models developed under NASA funding remain the property of NASA and the public.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banques et bases de données
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Taxation
DEF

Funds placed in banks in other countries or in other assets in other countries so that they are beyond the direct reach of the tax authorities in the investor’s home country. Offshore funds are often placed in tax havens.

OBS

Not to be confused with "offshore fund", an investment trust or company located in an offshore financial center.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Sociology of the Family
OBS

Organized by UNFPA [United Nations Population Fund] and the Center for Population and Family Health(CPFH) of Columbia University, New York 11-12 December 1986.

Key term(s)
  • Workshop on Operations Research Issues in Family Planning Programs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Sociologie de la famille

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de cursos
  • Operaciones de la gestión (Generalidades)
  • Sociología de la familia
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Record 7 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Food Industries
OBS

Supported by UNICEF [United Nations Children's Fund] and UNDP [United Nations Development Programme], as well as other governmental agencies; based in Atlanta, Georgia, in which Emory University, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Carter Center participated in 1992.

Key term(s)
  • Program against Micronutrient Malnutrition

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas y cursos
  • Industria alimentaria
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