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GOOD LITERATURE [7 records]

Record 1 2021-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

The use of reading materials for help in solving personal problems or for psychiatric therapy.

CONT

Bibliotherapy, a therapeutic approach that uses literature to support good mental health, is a versatile and cost-effective treatment option often adapted or used to supplement other types of therapy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

[Utilisation] d'un ensemble de lectures sélectionnées en tant qu'outil thérapeutique [...] en psychiatrie [ou] moyen de résoudre des problèmes personnels par l'intermédiaire d'une lecture dirigée.

CONT

Les livres nous font réfléchir ou nous divertissent, mais ils peuvent aussi nous aider à guérir. C'est la prémisse de la bibliothérapie, une approche qui s'inscrit dans la foulée de l'art-thérapie et de la musicothérapie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratamiento sin cirugía
  • Psicología clínica
DEF

Uso de toda letra escrita como recurso terapéutico, sea prosa, poesía, canciones, aforismos o reflexiones, [es una] disciplina que emplea la relación de las personas con la forma y el contenido de los libros.

OBS

Este concepto surge de la identificación con personajes y con personas reales. La palabra escrita es un testimonio, que muestra los valores y actitudes de una persona y lleva al lector hacia sentidos que aclaran su propia vida.

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Record 2 2018-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
CONT

Medical writers require an understanding of the medical concepts and terminology, knowledge of relevant guidelines as regards the structure and contents of specific documents, and good writing skills. They also need to be familiar with searching medical literature, understanding and presenting research data, the document review process, and editing and publishing requirements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • The Genitals
Universal entry(ies)
307.9
classification system code
CONT

The proposed DSM-III-R diagnostic category, late luteal phase dysphoric disorder(LLPDD), is a severe form of premenstrual disturbance. Core symptoms include mood lability and dysphoria with no psychotic symptoms during the late luteal phase and during menstruation have been noted in the literature for decades. Although good prospective data are lacking, patients with these disturbances may variably be subsumed under diagnostic categories of atypical psychosis, periodic-psychosis, and cycloid psychosis. [Source : PASCAL database].

OBS

307.9: International Classification of Diseases code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Organes génitaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
307.9
classification system code
OBS

307.9 : Code de la Classification internationale des maladies.

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

A number of submarine fan "lobe" models, implying widely different reservoir properties, has been introduced into the sedimentological literature. Four of these models are compared to contrast their differences in reservoir properties. Braided suprafan lobes, which are characterized by stacked sand bodies with good lateral and vertical communication, constitute excellent reservoir facies.

CONT

Specifically, canyon-fed systems common along western North America tend to have a single-leveed valley terminating in a suprafan depositional lobe; some fans, such as the Monterey, have slightly more complex features where more than one canyon is involved in fan development.

CONT

The middle-fan lobe is aggradational, convex in cross section, with a channel-levee complex on its apex.

OBS

suprafan lobe: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

Key term(s)
  • middle fan lobe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
CONT

Cette sédimentation de type «deep sea fan» s'effectue dans les fossés, à proximité des talus rajeunis par une tectonique extensive active. Elle s'organise en séquences de dépôt de 3ème ordre comportant un prisme de bas niveau marin (PBN) constitué par des conglomérats de cône interne, des corps gréseux de lobes de cône moyen ou de pélites alternativement grossières et fines de cône externe (proches de turbidites distales), mis en place par gravité (slumps), et un prisme de haut niveau marin (PHN) à pélites fines, hémipélagiques, renfermant des Ammonites.

OBS

L'éventail moyen («middle fan», «outer fan», «suprafan») est formé par une succession de lobes selon un réseau de canaux secondaires en éventail, ramifiés, plus ou moins sinueux et de levées associées [...]

OBS

«midfan» : éventail moyen ou éventail médian : partie d'un éventail sous-marin situé entre l'éventail supérieur et l'éventail inférieur et caractérisée par le développement de plusieurs lobes sédimentaires progressants (turbidites proximales).

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-10-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Environmental Economics
  • Economic and Industrial Sociology
CONT

Ethical consumption, also known as socially responsible consumption, is a trend where consumers ask questions about the company that produced the goods -- choosing to patronize the companies which have "positive" profiles and avoiding those with "negative" profiles.

OBS

The very name of "ethical consumption" is still an open issue, and varies from ethical consumption to consumption in solidarity, responsible consumption, and fair consumption.... The idea of "ethical consumption" should initially be based on a definition of ethics. For those who understand the concept of Ethics as the definition of criteria to identify Good and Evil, it is important for the concept of Ethical Consumption to include another idea of consumption that is not based on individualism. The word that best defines this relationship with the rest of the world is "solidarity. "It qualifies it and defines the importance of others in the ethical values on which consumption is based. In this case we are talking about "ethical consumption in solidarity. "There is also a simplified version called "consumption in solidarity", which appears in the literature referring to consumption that not only considers our personal welfare but also considers general welfare. This is a consumption in which production is completed, generating an impact on the ecosystem and society in general. Under this idea, the choice of type of consumption can benefit or hinder the creation or maintenance of the productive jobs in a specific society, the preservation of ecosystems and the promotion of the general welfare of communities, countries and the entire planet. "Responsible consumption"(an expression used in Europe, particularly in France), appears where there is an awareness of the power of consumers, which become economic units with an important role to play, just as important as businesses and market regulatory boards. It implies an idea of economy that wishes to provide answers to citizens who belong to an economic and political world that considers man as a mere consumer. In this respect, consuming in a different way represents paying attention to what the money that we give to buy goods and services is financing, thus bringing economic pressure to bear from below that compensates

CONT

The CSI [Clark Sustainability Initiative] shall be approached as a process of continuous learning and innovation open to all members of the university community. The concepts and means of measuring "sustainability" and "socially and ecologically responsible consumption practices" shall be subject to regular reassessment and reconsideration in light of new experiences and understandings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Économie environnementale
  • Sociologie économique et industrielle
CONT

Le mode de consommation durable est fondé sur des modes de production et de consommation pouvant durer sans dégrader l'environnement humain ou naturel. C'est favoriser la consommation responsable, par le choix de produits sains, favorables à l'environnement et produits dans des conditions sociales respectueuses des droits de l'homme.

Spanish

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Record 6 1998-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Humanities and Social Sciences
OBS

The objectives of this organization, which is established in Elfros, Saskatchewan, are to foster and promote good citizenship among people of Icelandic origin; to foster and promote knowledge of the Icelandic language, literature and other Icelandic cultural heritage.

Key term(s)
  • Vatnabyggd Icelandic Club of Saskatchewan
  • Vatnabyggd Icelandic Club of Saskatchewan Incorporated
  • Saskatchewan Watnabyggd Icelandic Club
  • Saskatchewan Watnabyggd Icelandic Club Inc.
  • Saskatchewan Watnabyggd Icelandic Club Incorporated

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Sciences humaines
OBS

Organisme établi à Elfros (Saskatchewan).

Spanish

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Record 7 1985-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

The Grammar-Translation Method was time-honored, and many, many Canadians learned their languages in this fashion. The mental discipline of memorizing conjugations and declensions, of parsing sentences, of translating into and out of English, was believed to be an extremely good one.... The ability to read... literature... was the ultimate goal of the instructional approaches of the time...

OBS

Le terme method s’emploie ici comme synonyme de approach, non pas au sens plus restreint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

(...) Le but principal était la lecture des textes, et on y parvenait à coup d'analyses grammaticales et de traduction. (...) On sait que cette méthode de grammaire et traduction (...) fut adoptée sans modification quand on se proposa d'enseigner des langues vivantes.

CONT

Avant la deuxième guerre mondiale, l'enseignement des langues vivantes (...) était calqué sur celui des langues anciennes. La méthode dite de grammaire et traduction était à peu près la seule à être utilisée dans les écoles (...).

CONT

Sous l'influence de la littérature anglo-saxonne spécialisée, ce qu'il est convenu d'appeler "méthode traditionnelle" est parfois aussi décrit comme méthode "grammaire et traduction".

Spanish

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