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HAVE PIONEERED [8 records]

Record 1 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metal Beams and Girders
CONT

Wide-flange beams and columns were developed soon after World War I in Luxembourg. These have wider and thicker flanges than normal sections and the flanges are of uniform thickness, making the connections, splices, fixings, and joints much simpler and cleaner. In the U. S., which pioneered their use on a large scale, these larger and heavier sections were rolled with varying widths of flange for the same depth of beams, simplifying the range of connection details needed in complex structures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poutres métalliques
OBS

aile de poutre : renforcement d'équerre aux deux extrémités de l'âme de la poutre.

OBS

Équivalent proposé par Louis Wauters, section Plans et devis.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
DEF

Delicate surgical thumb forceps with longitudinal ribs, designed for delicate, nontraumatic vascular surgery.

OBS

Proper Name: DeBakey Tissue Forceps. ... Features; Jaws - 1x2 interlocking microscope teeth - rounded tip; Cutter shank - deep horizontal serrations. Uses: Instrument for grasping delicate tissues, organs and vessels. Widely used in cardiovascular surgery, however, also used in other surgical procedures.

OBS

Pioneered by and named after Dr. Michael Ellis DeBakey, the DeBakey pattern is used in a wide variety of surgical instruments including but not limited to clamps and forceps. DeBakey tissue forceps are very commonly used in a variety of procedures. They have atraumatic jaws with the standard DeBakey pattern filed in the tips. Used for grasping blood vessels and fine tissue especially in cardio procedures.

OBS

There are many surgical instruments bearing the name of Michael Ellis DeBakey, a world renowned cardiovascular surgeon, medical inventor, medical statesperson, and teacher : DeBakey atraumatic forceps; DeBakey dissecting forceps; DeBakey grasping forceps; DeBakey ligature forceps; DeBakey atraumatic hemostatic forceps; DeBakey-Mosquito haemostatic forceps; DeBakey-Rankin haemostatic forceps; DeBakey tissue forceps; DeBakey vascular forceps; De Bakey peripheral vascular clamp; DeBakey multipurpose vascular clamp; DeBakey anastomosis clamp; DeBakey aortic aneurysm clamp; DeBakey aortic clamp; DeBakey bulldog clamp; DeBakey-Satinsky bulldog clamp; DeBakey needle holder; DeBakey vascular scissors; DeBakey vascular dilators; etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
CONT

La pince à dissection de Debakey permet une prise viscérale atraumatique grâce à la texture des cannelures de ses mors.

Spanish

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Record 3 2005-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Sea Operations (Military)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Water having a depth between 10 and 200 metres.

CONT

Lightweight grenade launchers for anti-submarine warfare in shallow waters have been pioneered in Sweden.

OBS

shallow water: term and definition standardized by Nato.

Key term(s)
  • shallow

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Opérations en mer (Militaire)
  • Aquaculture
DEF

Eau dont la profondeur est telle que la propagation des houles et celle de la marée sont affectées sensiblement par la topographie du fond de la mer.

DEF

Eau dont la profondeur se situe entre 10 et 200 mètres. [Définition normalisée par l'OTAN.]

CONT

C'est en Suède qu'ont été développés les premiers lance-grenades ASM légers pour petits fonds.

OBS

petits fonds : terme normalisé par l'OTAN.

Key term(s)
  • eaux peu profondes
  • eau maigre
  • petit fond

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Operaciones marítimas (Militar)
  • Acuicultura
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Record 4 2002-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
CONT

Another very clever way-out was pioneered by the blind physicist Plateau already in the XIX century : the isodense tank(Plateau tank) with an immiscible liquid to balance the(high) hydrostatic gradient. But on both cases(millimetric-size liquid bridges and Plateau simulation) the mechanical behaviour(statics and dynamics) of liquid bridges is difficult to investigate under ground conditions because both techniques make experimentation difficult, imprecise and can mask effects only measurable under reduced gravity conditions. That explains why so many experiments with liquid bridges have been performed under microgravity since the pioneering demonstrations in Skylab in 1974, and how different the real behaviour of liquid bridges in space has been found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
OBS

Avec deux liquides de même densité, on reconstitue une sorte de pesanteur.

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Government Programs (Non-Canadian)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Non-Surgical Treatment
OBS

Part of the harm reduction programs initiated for drug users(for example, in Europe, for heroin addicts). Doctors in community health centres prescribe heroin, for example, to users to enable them to stay on heroin(thereby preventing withdrawal symptoms) and to get safe heroin. Advantages of these programs : keep users off the streets, maintains contact with physicians, less risk of HIV, make support available when users are ready to go off drug, undercut underground drug trade, reduce crime related to drug trade. The methadone maintenance programs are another example of harm reduction programs. They eliminate the need for needles because methadone is taken by mouth. These programs were pioneered in the city of Merseyside, England, and have been adopted in various European cities, but not yet in Canada. They have been in existence for more than 20 years.

OBS

Source: PASAN (Prisoners with HIV/AIDS Support Action Network], Toronto.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes gouvernementaux non canadiens
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Traitements non chirurgicaux

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Simulation (Cybernetic Systems)
CONT

Nicholas Negroponte and Richard Bolt pioneered the notion of computerized work-arounds for transmitting facial presence, but their apparatus required each participant to have a mask of the others present in his or her communication space; images of facial movements would be projected into the masks, creating an inexpensive and relatively effective three-dimensional simulation of a literal talking head. The facial mask is created solely within the computer through the use of shape-acquisition and facial modeling systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Simulation (Systèmes cybernétiques)

Spanish

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Record 7 1995-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
OBS

A major national conference, to be held in 1995, will highlight eminent world cultural figures who have pioneered social and political changes that reflect UN themes. Member UN countries will be invited to participate in this important event, which is preparatory for Canada's role as host of the 1997 International Conference on the Status of the Artist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
OBS

Une grande conférence nationale qui se tiendra en 1995 mettra en vedette d'éminentes personnalités mondiales des milieux culturels qui ont été à l'origine de changements socio-politiques correspondant à des thèmes de l'ONU. Les États membres de l'ONU seront invités à participer à cette manifestation importante, qui servira à préparer le Canada à accueillir les participants à la Conférence internationale de 1997 sur le statut des artistes.

Spanish

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Record 8 1986-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Literature
CONT

"the French have indeed pioneered in producing the modern book de luxe"(ph. hofer).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Littérature
CONT

"les Français ont été vraiment les premiers dans le domaine du livre d'art moderne". (Viany et Darbelnet, styl. comp. 1964, p. 97).

Spanish

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