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GENERAL INQUIRY [10 records]

Record 1 2024-11-25

English

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

As a general rule of Canadian evidence law, the previous out-of-court statements of a witness or victim are not to be the subject of testimony in court. In regard to statements by a child who is not called as a witness, any statements made by the child to others would normally be regarded as hearsay and therefore inadmissible. Although the general rules about the exclusion of previous consistent statements and hearsay are basically sound, they can be problematic when applied to cases involving children who are victims of abuse. Not infrequently in child abuse cases, the initial disclosures of abuse by the child to a parent or another trusted person are graphic and highly revealing. Conversely, if the accused argues that a child has been subject to improper coaching or interviewing to make the allegations, [an] inquiry into the circumstances in which the allegations were first made can be vitally important. As a result of these types of concerns Canadian judges have significantly liberalized the rules about admitting this type of evidence, making changes to the common law that in some other countries have been achieved by legislative reforms.

French

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

victime de maltraitance : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research
CONT

There are at least three potential general categories of multimethods research that revolve around the basic distinction that has been constructed between qualitative and quantitative approaches to inquiry. In other words, once you create a distinction or binary between qualitative and quantitative approaches, you have the potential for multimethods research that involves :(1) two or more quantitative approaches,(2) two or more qualitative approaches, or(3) inquiry that involves a combination of at least one qualitative and one quantitative method.

Key term(s)
  • multi-method research
  • multi-methods research

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
Key term(s)
  • recherche multi-méthode

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Administration
  • Intelligence (Military)
OBS

The new CMP Administrative Response Centre(ARC) is a DGMPP [Director General Military Personnel Policy] initiative designed to streamline the inquiry response process and create a centre of expertise for all Military Personnel Command(MPC) policy-related matters.

Key term(s)
  • Chief Military Personnel Administrative Response Center
  • Administrative Response Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Administration militaire
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
OBS

Une initiative du DGPPM [Directeur général – Politique du personnel militaire], le nouveau Centre de réponses administratives (CRA) du CPM (Chef du personnel militaire) permettra de simplifier le processus de réponses aux demandes de renseignements et servira de centre d’expertise pour toutes les questions relatives aux politiques du CPM.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Operations Research and Management
DEF

A field of inquiry that focusses on health problems or diseases and that is essentially aimed at evaluating the care delivered by multidisciplinary teams in general, real-world settings.

OBS

This type of research looks at a wide range of indicators, including mortality, morbidity, functional status, mental well-being and other aspects of health-related quality of life. It may also include an evaluation of the economic impact of clinical outcomes a cost-effectiveness or cost-utility analysis, for example. It may be based on any method for collecting original data or for summarizing data from original studies.

OBS

outcomes research: term and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
DEF

Champ d’investigation axé sur des problèmes de santé ou des maladies visant essentiellement l’évaluation des soins offerts par des équipes multidisciplinaires dans des milieux de soins généraux réels.

OBS

Ce type de recherche porte sur un vaste éventail d’indicateurs, dont la mortalité, la morbidité, l’état fonctionnel, le bien-être mental et d’autres aspects de la qualité de vie liée à la santé. Il peut également comprendre une évaluation des répercussions économiques de résultats cliniques, comme une analyse coût/efficacité ou coût/utilité. Il peut reposer sur n’importe quelle méthode de collecte de données originales ou de synthèse des données d’études originales.

OBS

recherche sur les résultats d'une intervention : terme et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-09-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
  • Animal Diseases
  • Risks and Threats (Security)
DEF

A general inquiry conducted at the site of an animal disease event by animal health inspectors whose role is to interview farmers and other people and take a look at the animals having or suspected to have an infectious disease, in order to determine if further epidemiological investigation is needed.

OBS

A written report of the animal health investigation is submitted to the appropriate authorities.

OBS

animal health investigation; animal health inquiry: terms and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Risques et menaces (Sécurité)
DEF

Enquête générale qui est menée sur les lieux d'une occurrence de maladie animale par des inspecteurs en santé animale dont le rôle est d'interroger les agriculteurs et d'autres personnes et d'examiner les animaux qui ont ou sont soupçonnés d'avoir une maladie infectieuse, en vue de déterminer s'il faut faire une investigation épidémiologique plus poussée.

OBS

Un rapport écrit de l'enquête zoosanitaire est transmis aux autorités compétentes.

OBS

enquête zoosanitaire; enquête en santé animale : termes et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Experimental Education
DEF

Any systematic inquiry conducted by teacher researchers to gather information with the goals of gaining insight, developing reflective practice, effecting positive changes in the school environment and on educational practices in general, and improving student outcomes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie expérimentale
DEF

Recherche conduite dans une situation scolaire locale dans le but d'aider les enseignants de ce milieu à s'apercevoir de la valeur de leurs actions pédagogiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pedagogía experimental
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Record 7 2004-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

The NIST Office of Standards Code and Information(SCI) serves as the U. S. GATT(General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade) inquiry point for information on standards and certification activities that might significantly affect U. S. trade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 8 2002-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Rules of Court
DEF

An initiating charge document requiring an accused to stand trial in the court named without a preliminary inquiry or where the accused has been discharged at a preliminary inquiry, requiring him to stand trial in any event ...

CONT

The Attorney General may decide to send the case to trial. This is called a "direct indictment". Rarely, the Attorney General may choose to send a case to trial on a direct indictment without having a preliminary inquiry at all.

Key term(s)
  • direct-line indictment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Règles de procédure
DEF

Procédure reposant sur un document d'inculpation introductif d'instance aux termes duquel l'accusé doit subir son procès devant un tribunal désigné sans enquête préliminaire, ou malgré le fait qu'il a été libéré à l'issue de son enquête préliminaire [...].

OBS

La mise en accusation directe est la présentation par le ministère public d'un acte d'accusation contre un accusé sans qu'une enquête préliminaire ait lieu ou malgré la libération de l'accusé à l'issue d'une telle enquête.

Spanish

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Record 9 1990-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
CONT

A trial balance is produced at the end of each month, along with reconciliation reports, the detailed general ledger and the account inquiry report for special accounts.

Key term(s)
  • account enquiry report

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique

Spanish

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Record 10 1989-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

SMITHTOWN(Shute an Glaser, 1986; Shute and Bonar, 1986) is a system for teaching economics, which combines a microworld for exploratory learning with a(bite-sized tutoring module.) The student is presented with a simulated town; she can vary parameters such as the supply or the price of certain goods to study the modifications induced in other parameters. Figure 7. 11 shows a snapshot of SMITHTOWN's "notebook" facility, which allows the student to record her experiments. The system implements two simultaneous pedagogical intentions : teaching principles of economics and teaching general investigative behaviors. Bites at the economics level monitor which laws the student is discovering, supplying the name of the new concept when she makes a relevant hypothesis. If the student flounders excessively, the system can become more directive and suggest experiments according to a curriculum that organizes the(domain bites). Bites for investigative behaviors monitor various skills of scientific inquiry such as the ability to collect and record data in a systematic way. At this level, the system acts as a coach, but it does not address inquiry skills directly, since these bites constitute a sort of(metacurriculum).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

module pédagogique : macrocomposante d'un didacticiel intelligent qui contient et gère les informations nécessaires au choix des interventions pédagogiques en fonction des informations fournies par le modèle de l'apprenant.

OBS

micro-expertise : unité d'apprentissage du module expert ou du module pédagogique.

Spanish

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