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Record 1 2025-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Contrastive learning is an approach aimed at learning meaningful representations by contrasting pairs of data points that are either similar(positive pairs) or dissimilar(negative pairs). The main idea is to ensure that similar instances are closer together in the learned representation space, while dissimilar instances are pushed farther apart.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
CONT

L'apprentissage contrastif, en opposant des paires de données similaires et dissemblables, permet au modèle un apprentissage efficace.

Spanish

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Record 2 2019-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Testing and Debugging
CONT

Mutation analysis explores the programs’ behavior by injecting artificial defects into its code. The main idea behind this approach is that by running the artificially defective programs, some valuable information can be gained.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Test et débogage
DEF

Méthode pour déterminer la complétude des [logiciels ou applications] en mesurant le degré selon lequel la suite de tests [les logiciels ou applications peuvent] distinguer les variantes légères (mutations) de ce programme.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Supports and Reinforcement (Construction)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
CONT

Once you’ve cleared fallen debris--or if a structure is liable to collapse further--you should shore it up with timbers. Strutting is the same process applied to doors and windows. There are three main types of shoring--raking, flying and dead shore. Don’t overdo things with shoring. The idea is support, not reconstruction.

OBS

staying: based on «stay» from the Dictionary of Architecture and Construction, 1993. (source ARCCO)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Étayage et consolidation (Construction)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
CONT

Entretoisement et étaiement. Après avoir enlevé les décombres -- ou si une structure menace de s'effondrer davantage -- il faut étayer la surface avec des madriers. Lorsqu'il s'agit de portes et de fenêtres, on parlera d'entretoisement. Il existe trois principales sortes d'étais : la contre-fiche, l'étai volant et l'étai fixe. Ne tombez pas dans l'excès. Il s'agit de soutenir et non de reconstruire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Provincial Administration
OBS

The mandate of the Ministère de la Famille, des Aînés et de la Condition féminine is to see to it that families live in an environment affording them services that meet their diverse needs, especially those associated with housing, health care, education, childcare, security and recreation. This guide gives readers a general idea of the main Québec and federal governments programs that have an impact on families and children.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Administration provinciale
OBS

Le ministère de la Famille, des Aînés et de la Condition féminine a comme mandat de veiller à ce que les familles aient un milieu de vie offrant des services qui répondent à la diversité de leurs besoins notamment en matière d'habitation, de santé, d'éducation, de garde d'enfants, de sécurité et de loisirs. Dans cette perspective, le présent guide donne un aperçu des principaux programmes des gouvernements québécois et fédéral ayant un impact sur les familles et les enfants.

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coke
CONT

Although there are difference in the various procedures for producing formcoke, the main idea of each is to break coal apart physically, carbonize it..., add a binder... and shape it into sized pieces...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cokes
CONT

Le coke moulé FMC est préparé par agglomération de semi-coke avec un liant et par carbonisation en four à cuve des boulets ainsi obtenus.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
OBS

scoop : A specialized-shape skirt which, on American balloons, narrows to an inch or two on one side and widens to extend all the way from the top of the poles to the base of the envelope proper, forming a tilted mouth. The idea of the scoop is to provide better control of the aerostat's orientation. Ideally, the front(or main part of the scoop) will always be kept in the direction of travel. It may also aid in keeping the envelope full.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeroindustry
  • Aerodynamics and Theory of Gases
CONT

Pressure scoop: Hanging down from the bottom of the balloon, this fireproof material is used to direct cool air into the balloon. The cool air helps pressurize the inside of the balloon.

OBS

Semi-circular shape, used to scoop in air into the hot air balloon, hence increases the pressure inside. It gives a protection from gusts, just like a skirt.

OBS

scoop : A specialized-shape skirt which, on American balloons, narrows to an inch or two on one side and widens to extend all the way from the top of the poles to the base of the envelope proper, forming a tilted mouth. The idea of the scoop is to provide better control of the aerostat's orientation. Ideally, the front(or main part of the scoop) will always be kept in the direction of travel. It may also aid in keeping the envelope full.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions aéronautiques
  • Théorie des gaz et aérodynamique
OBS

Pluriel : des coupe-vent ou des coupe-vents.

OBS

coupe-vents (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landscape Architecture
DEF

Seedlings grown outdoors and pulled from the ground for transplanting.

CONT

Choose a tree with a good strong root system, that is, with a healthy main root and many fine feeder roots. Being able to see the roots is the main advantage of buying bareroot!... It's very important to keep the roots of bareroot stock moist. Soaking the roots in a bucket of water for an hour before planting is an excellent idea. After this soaking, handle the tree quickly so it doesn’t dry out, especially if it's a windy day. Any bareroot stock bought before you’ve prepared a planting area should be heeled into a moist planting medium. Sawdust works well for this because you can lift the plant out easily, with minimal damage to roots.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture paysagère
CONT

À la livraison, planter de préférence immédiatement les végétaux [...] à racines nues afin d'éviter le gel ou le dessèchement des racines. S'il n'est pas possible de planter rapidement, on pratiquera la mise en jauge des sujets à racines nues et on couvrira d'un paillasson, de feuilles ou d'une protection quelconque les sujets livrés en bacs, en paniers ou en tontines.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Education Theory and Methods
OBS

The main objective is that the students can access to this teletraining application without any extra software. The idea of this platform is that the teachers publish their courses in a non-linear form, and control the evolution of their students, when and how much time they spend on each page, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Logiciel qui assiste la conduite des enseignements à distance.

OBS

Ce type de logiciel regroupe les outils nécessaires aux trois principaux utilisateurs : formateur, apprenant et administrateur, avec un dispositif qui a pour finalité la consultation à distance de contenus pédagogiques, l'individualisation de l'apprentissage et le télétutorat.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 10 1994-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

believing that nothing is impossible.

CONT

The essence of Mrs Thatcher's big idea--indeed, its main virtue--is that it is a wholly unintellectual one, founded on just the kind of "can do" individualism which characterises the modern Tory conference.(The Guardian, 22 Oct. 1989, p. 12;3.).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 11 1992-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
  • Taxation
CONT

First, the contribution limit is based on the previous year's earnings and pension benefits, a useful idea. Secondly, the information to be supplied is only part of the disclosure to employees which will be required by pension reform in any event. The main difficulty is that this information must be furnished very early in the year, possibly, in February or March.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
  • Fiscalité
CONT

D'une part, le plafond de cotisation est fonction du revenu gagné et de la rente constituée l'année précédente - très pratique. D'autre part, les renseignements à donner font déjà partie de ceux que l'employeur devra transmettre aux employés dans le cadre de la réforme des pensions. Le seul inconvénient de cette contrainte sera probablement l'obligation de soumettre l'information au tout début de l'année, sans doute en février ou en mars.

Spanish

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Record 12 1986-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

The main idea is to represent a pattern by a string, a tree or a graph of pattern primitives(subpatterns) and their relations, and then to construct a syntax analyzer or parsing procedure according to a pattern grammar, which characterizes the class of patterns for the recognition of a pattern.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 13 1985-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

To emphasize the smoothness of a surface, use a single light source at a somewhat higher angle than a raking texture light. The light should be directed toward the camera, with the source in a position that might be used for angled backlighting. The idea is to create surface reflections without directing the main specular reflection straight into the lens. Reflections directed off to one side, or away from the camera, cannot be seen. Of course, the angle of the light must not be so low that the source is seen directly by the lens; a deep lens shade is a great help.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie

Spanish

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