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Record 1 2025-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Protection of Life
CONT

What will the PRRA officer take into account in assessing my application? In the examination of your application, the PRRA officer will determine whether or not you would face risks if you were to be returned to your country of nationality or habitual residence. The officer will consider the following information : 1. The information on your completed Application for a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment(IMM 5508) ;2. Your immigration file; and 3. Your written submissions and any new evidence that you have submitted; 4. If you have had a refugee protection claim heard by the Immigration and Refugee Board, the decision and reasons your refugee claim was refused, as well as any documents completed by the... Board in its assessment of your claim.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Sécurité des personnes
CONT

Lorsqu'il examinera votre demande, l'agent d'ERAR déterminera si, oui ou non, vous serez exposé à des risques advenant votre retour dans votre pays de nationalité ou de résidence habituelle. L'agent prendra en compte les éléments suivants : 1. l'information que vous avez incluse dans le formulaire Demande d'examen des risques avant renvoi (IMM 5508); 2. l'information figurant à votre dossier d'immigrant; et 3. vos observations écrites et tout élément de preuve nouveau que vous avez soumis; 4. si vous avez présenté une demande d'asile à la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié, la décision de la Commission et les motifs pour lesquels elle a rejeté votre demande, ainsi que tout document établi par la Commission dans son évaluation de votre demande.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Decision to have a hearing. A RAD [Refugee Appeal Division] hearing will only be held if you provided new evidence... and the member agrees that the new evidence : shows that there might be a serious issue about your credibility; is central to the decision on your claim; and if accepted, would provide a good reason to allow or reject your refugee protection claim.

Key term(s)
  • reject a claim for refugee protection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Si vous indiquez dans votre dossier de l'appelant que vous présentez de nouveaux éléments de preuve pour appuyer votre appel, la SAR [Section d'appel des réfugiés] déterminera si ces nouveaux éléments de preuve satisfont aux critères suivants : ils n'existaient pas encore au moment où la SPR [Section de la protection des réfugiés] a rejeté votre demande d'asile [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Genetics
  • Epidemiology
DEF

A SARS-CoV-2 [severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2] variant with genetic changes that are suspected to affect virus characteristics with some indication that it may pose a future risk, but evidence of phenotypic or epidemiological impact is currently unclear, requiring enhanced monitoring and repeat assessment pending new evidence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Génétique
  • Épidémiologie
DEF

Variant du SARS-CoV-2 [coronavirus 2 du syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère] qui présente des modifications génétiques soupçonnées d'affecter les caractéristiques du virus, certains éléments indiquant qu'il peut poser un risque futur sans que les preuves de répercussions phénotypiques ou épidémiologiques ne soient claires à l'heure actuelle, et qui doit donc faire l'objet d'une surveillance renforcée et d'une évaluation répétée en attendant de nouvelles preuves.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Genética
  • Epidemiología
CONT

Realizar investigaciones de campo para mejorar la comprensión de las características de la variante bajo vigilancia en la epidemiología de la COVID-19 (infectividad, neutralización, gravedad, etc.)

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Record 4 2025-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Genetics
CONT

A new lineage is designated when there is support for a clade of viruses being epidemiologically distinct from their parental viruses. A lineage needs to be a clade within the phylogenetic tree that has one or more defining evolutionary events. The lineage also needs to exhibit evidence of onward transmission...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Génétique
CONT

La surveillance continue des données génomiques mondiales sur le SRAS-CoV-2 a permis d’identifier des modifications qui se produisent dans le génome du virus à mesure qu’il se propage dans les diverses populations. Ces modifications ou mutations aléatoires se produisent au fil de l’évolution d’un virus. L’accumulation de ces mutations peut communément entraîner l’apparition d’une nouvelle lignée virale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
  • Genética
CONT

Como conclusión general se puede indicar que, si bien un mismo linaje viral puede encontrarse simultáneamente en distintas regiones geográficas, el patrón general observado es la introducción viral y diversificación zonal restringida, más que la circulación irrestricta de los linajes entre las distintas zonas.

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Record 5 2024-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

Routing slip. Former practice : to have persons initial routing slip as evidence that they have read circulated materials. This required a new routing slip for each circulation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
DEF

Feuille portant la liste des destinataires successifs d'un document, d'un dossier, de revues, etc.

CONT

fiche de circulation : Cette expression indique [...] que les documents en cause doivent circuler dans un certain ordre et revenir à leur point de départ. Des expressions comme «liste des destinataires» ou «liste de communication» seraient moins précises.

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Examinations and Competitions (Education)
DEF

A determination of student’s level of learning or achievement following instruction.

CONT

... the mindset of ex-post facto assessment. The typical pattern has been to provide some type of instructional experience or treatment and then to test participants for learning outcomes. New forms of assessment, such as portfolios and journals, are gaining acceptance and are intended to enhance the learning process in addition to providing evidence of learning.

Key term(s)
  • ex post facto assessment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Docimologie
CONT

Le processus d'évaluation a posteriori, dans sa plus simple expression, consiste à demander à l'étudiant de fournir une description détaillée de son engagement sous forme écrite, soit à l'aide d'un formulaire préétabli, soit en soumettant un rapport sous forme de texte suivi.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Exámenes y oposiciones (Educación)
CONT

El presente informe presenta la evaluación a posteriori del proyecto llevado a cabo en el Ecuador siguiendo los términos de referencia del apéndice 1.

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Record 7 2023-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Statistics
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
  • Sociology of Work
CONT

There is little evidence that [the] local life scientist salary level has significant impacts on [the] performance [of new technology-based firms] in catch-up regions. The life scientist absolute salary rate... is measured by the ratio of local average salary rate to the national average rate...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Statistique
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
  • Sociologie du travail

Spanish

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Record 8 2023-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Public Administration
  • National and International Security
CONT

High-performing countries activated comprehensive responses across the determinants’ domains, including through whole-of-government approaches and the creation of multi-ministry task forces, to ensure adequate translation of evidence into policy and practices that preserve health system capacity, while protecting public health and livelihoods. Specific measures taken include training health workers, bolstering public health functions(including offering designated isolation facilities, either for all or for those unable to safely self-isolate at home) and preparing for new technologies and medicines through purchase agreements, while also engaging communities through routine communications on the epidemiological situation and emergent policies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Administration publique
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
CONT

La capacité du système de santé à gérer un afflux massif de patients repose sur la combinaison de quatre facteurs : le personnel, le matériel, les espaces physiques et le système en place.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
  • Administración pública
  • Seguridad nacional e internacional
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Record 9 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Co-operation
DEF

A knowledge-transfer activity in which a third party liaises between researchers and research users to facilitate networking and information exchange, diffusion of innovation and mutual support.

CONT

Knowledge brokering links decision makers and researchers, facilitating their interaction so that they are able to better understand each other's goals and professional cultures, influence each other's work, forge new partnerships, and promote the use of research-based evidence in decision-making. Knowledge brokering activities include finding the right players to influence research use in decision-making, bringing these players together, creating and helping to sustain relationships among them, and helping them to engage in collaborative problem-solving. Knowledge brokering in this context is ultimately about increasing evidence-based decision-making in the organization, management, and delivery of health services.

CONT

There is one refinement that sets those doing knowledge brokering apart from others involved in knowledge transfer: the broker role is about bringing people together.

OBS

knowledge brokering: term in use at Environment Canada.

OBS

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération scientifique
DEF

Activité de transfert des connaissances dans laquelle un tiers assure la liaison entre les chercheurs et les utilisateurs de la recherche dans le but de faciliter le réseautage et l'échange d’informations, la diffusion des innovations et un soutien mutuel.

CONT

La Fondation canadienne de recherche sur les services de santé accorde beaucoup d’importance aux pratiques de courtage de connaissances («knowledge brokering»). Le courtage consiste à inciter les personnes concernées par un même problème à collaborer pour trouver des solutions, en utilisant des données probantes afin de prendre des décisions éclairées. Le courtage vise également à construire des réseaux pour mettre en commun les connaissances existantes ainsi que pour développer des projets d’intervention et de recherche novateurs.

OBS

courtage du savoir : terme en usage à Environnement Canada.

OBS

courtage du savoir; courtage de connaissances : termes et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cooperación científica
CONT

Es necesario que los enfoques [del desarrollo de la capacidad] puedan aumentar de escala. Una posibilidad sería establecer mecanismos de comunicación entre pares, “intermediación” de conocimientos, “concatenación” y aprovechamiento de los medios de comunicación modernos.

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Record 10 2023-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Medication
OBS

This policy applies to a New Drug Submission(NDS) or Supplemental New Drug Submission(S/NDS) for a serious, life-threatening or severely debilitating disease or condition for which there is substancial evidence of clinical effectiveness that the drug provides : effective treatment, prevention or diagnosis of a disease or condition for which no drug is presently marketed in Canada; or a significant increase in efficacy and/or significant decrease in risk such that the overall benefit/risk profile is improved over existing therapies, preventatives or diagnostic agents for a disease or condition that is not adequately managed by a drug marketed in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Médicaments

Spanish

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Record 11 2019-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

While much has been made of the ability to use the Internet to raise money, circulate petitions and drive voters to a campaign's website, [a] study offers the new evidence that online political advertising also helps build candidates’ name recognition and favorability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Publicité
  • Internet et télématique
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Publicidad
  • Internet y telemática
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
CONT

Las medidas incluyen una mayor transparencia de la propaganda política en línea y la posibilidad de imponer sanciones por el uso ilegal de datos personales con el fin de influir deliberadamente en el resultado de las elecciones.

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Record 12 2019-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scholarships and Research Grants
  • Scientific Research
CONT

Secondary analysis grants are intended to provide an opportunity for expert analysis of existing data sets and by doing so, improve the evidence for decision-making and create new knowledge in maternal and child population health and health care, aging, neurosciences, mental health and addiction, Aboriginal health and health services and policy research.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourses d'études et subventions de recherche
  • Recherche scientifique

Spanish

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Record 13 2019-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

Unlike general humility — which is defined by traits like sincerity, honesty, and unselfishness — intellectual humility has to do with understanding the limits of one's knowledge. It's a state of openness to new ideas, a willingness to be receptive to new sources of evidence … People with intellectual humility are both better learners and better able to engage in civil discourse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
CONT

Si l'humilité générale se définit par des traits associés à la sincérité, au désintéressement et à l'honnêteté, l'humilité intellectuelle est plutôt associée à la compréhension des limites de ses propres connaissances caractérisées par une ouverture aux nouvelles idées, et à un désir d'apprendre.

Spanish

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Record 14 - external organization data 2016-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Universal entry(ies)
004494
occupation code, see observation
OBS

004494: Royal Canadian Mounted Police job code.

OBS

The member is responsible for : examining, collecting, analyzing and preserving fingerprint, physical, biological, and other trace evidence at crime scenes, on exhibits at detachments, other locations, and in a laboratory setting; writing reports for use by other Integrated Identification Services employees, operational police employees, other law enforcement agencies, and the Courts; presenting the results of such examinations and analysis in criminal court proceedings; providing technical administrative and operational support functions for Integrated Forensic Identification Services Units; investigating and reviewing new methodologies and protocols within the field of Integrated Forensic Identification Services; and providing guidance and advice to internal and external clients in the basics of forensic investigation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
004494
occupation code, see observation
OBS

004494 : code d'emploi de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada.

OBS

Le membre remplit les fonctions suivantes : examiner, recueillir, analyser et préserver notamment des preuves dactyloscopiques, matérielles et biologiques dans des lieux de crime, sur des pièces à conviction dans des détachements, en d'autres lieux et en laboratoire; rédiger des rapports destinés à être utilisés par d'autres employés du Service intégré de l'identité judiciaire, par des policiers opérationnels, par d'autres organismes d'application de la loi et par les tribunaux; présenter les résultats de ces examens et analyses dans le cadre de poursuites criminelles; remplir des fonctions de soutien administratif et opérationnel technique pour des groupes du Service intégré de l'identité judicaire; étudier et examiner de nouveaux protocoles et méthodes dans le domaine du Service intégré de l'identité judiciaire; donner des conseils aux clients internes et externes sur les rudiments de l'enquête judiciaire.

Key term(s)
  • identité judiciaire - adjoint
  • identité judiciaire - adjointe

Spanish

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Record 15 2016-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

When the hearing resumes, the grievor will have the opportunity to lead reply evidence within the limitations normally associated with reply evidence. That is to say, reply evidence will be limited to rebutting testimony of the employer on new issues that could not have been canvassed by the grievor in her evidence-in-chief.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

Lorsque l'audience reprendra, [la personne] s'estimant lésée aura la possibilité de présenter une contre-preuve, dans les limites associées normalement à cette forme de preuve, c'est-à-dire que les éléments de preuve contraires pourront servir uniquement à réfuter le témoignage de l'employeur à propos de nouvelles questions auxquelles [la personne] s'estimant lésée n'avait pas pu répondre au moment de la présentation de sa preuve principale.

Spanish

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Record 16 2016-02-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
CONT

Program intended to explore new interventions with at-risk populations. Unlike model or promising programs, they are not rooted in the existing evidence base in crime prevention. The innovative program may, for example, come from another field such as health, mental health or education, and the purpose of the project is to adapt and test the approach as a crime prevention measure.

Key term(s)
  • innovative programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
CONT

Les programmes novateurs sont conçus pour explorer de nouvelles formes d'intervention ciblant les populations à risque. Contrairement aux programmes modèles ou aux programmes prometteurs, ils ne se basent pas sur les preuves fournies par la recherche scientifique en matière de prévention du crime. Les programmes novateurs peuvent être empruntés à d'autres domaines, comme, par exemple, les domaines de la santé, de la santé mentale ou de l'éducation, pour savoir si de telles approches se prêtent à être utilisées de façon efficace dans le domaine de la prévention de la criminalité.

Spanish

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Record 17 2015-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
CONT

As evidence of the substantial improvement in business tax competitiveness that has been made since 2006, Canada now has the lowest overall tax rate on new business investment in the G-7...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
CONT

La nette amélioration de la compétitivité fiscale des entreprises depuis 2006 est illustrée par le fait que le Canada affiche maintenant le plus faible taux global d'imposition des nouveaux investissements des entreprises parmi les pays du G-7 [...]

Spanish

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Record 18 2014-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Nervous System
CONT

The perirhinal cortex is a polymodal association area that contributes importantly to normal recognition memory. A convergence of recent findings from lesion and electrophysiological studies has provided new evidence that this area participates in an even broader range of memory functions than previously thought, including associative memory and emotional memory, as well as consolidation functions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Système nerveux
CONT

De nombreuses études confèrent au cortex périrhinal des fonctions mnésiques particulières, indépendantes de celles sous-tendues par la formation hippocampique. Selon ces travaux, le cortex périrhinal aurait un rôle capital dans la mémorisation des faits dénués de toute référence spatiale ou temporelle. Cette mémoire des faits décontextualisés intervient au quotidien dans l’acquisition de connaissances générales, qu’elles soient didactiques ou concernent les faits de l’actualité.

Spanish

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Record 19 2014-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
CONT

The adolescent phase of development is one where athletes face many competing demands. As a result, whilst their need for sleep has not changed to that of childhood, evidence suggests their perception of their need for sleep has decreased.... In other words, they are more likely to stay up later because they do not feel inherently as sleepy.... These elite junior athletes face a number of additional sources of stress outside sport training and competition that include employment, participation in other sports and activities, academic studies, social activities and family.... At the same time, they are also developing and establishing their own personal identity and progressive independence skills and dealing with many new life and social challenges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
CONT

Cette brillante athlète au statut d'athlète de haut niveau junior 2e année [...] est un atout majeur du sprint national et international.

Spanish

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Record 20 2014-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Courts
CONT

Motion to reopen. At any time after the close of a hearing and prior to a decision being rendered, a party may move to reopen the record if there is new evidence to be introduced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Tribunales
CONT

Después de preguntarles a las partes si tienen más pruebas que ofrecer o testigos que presentar [...], el tribunal podrá declarar cerradas las audiencias.

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Record 21 2013-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

Evidence existing at the time of a motion or trial but then unknown to a party, who, upon later discovering it, may assert it as grounds for reconsideration of a new trial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

preuve nouvellement découverte : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 22 2013-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

There is now very substantial evidence for the existence of a new elementary particle called the tau... the properties of the [tau] are analogous to the properties of the electron(e) and muon... Therefore, the [tau] has been classified as a member of the lepton particle family... even though it is much heavier than the e or [the muon], having a mass of almost 1, 800 MeV [megaelectron volt]/[c-squared].

OBS

The word "tau" must be replaced by the corresponding Greek letter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
DEF

Lepton lourd de masse voisine de 1850 MeV [mégaélectron volt].

CONT

[...] il semble de plus en plus certain, comme l'ont montré les résultats du SLAC et DESY présentés cet été [en 1977], qu'il existe un lepton lourd, le tau [...] de masse voisine de 1 850 MeV.

OBS

Le mot «tau» doit être remplacé par la lettre grecque correspondante.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física atómica
DEF

Partícula elemental masiva que pertenece a la tercera generación de leptones [...] junto al muón que pertenece a la segunda y al electrón de la primera.

CONT

Los miembros confirmados de la tercera familia son los dos leptones, el leptón tau y el neutrino tauónico, y el quark "fondo" o quark b.

Key term(s)
  • τ
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Record 23 2013-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

Evidence discovered after the verdict or judgment in a case.

OBS

Newly discovered evidence is a ground for a new trial if it involves material facts discovered after trial which occurred prior to the trial, if those facts could not have been discovered in time for the trial, even by the exercise of due diligence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

nouvelle preuve : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 24 2013-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

Any evidence that repels, counteracts or disproves evidence given by a witness ... that which explains away, contradicts, or otherwise refutes the adverse party’s evidence "by any process which consists merely in diminishing or negating the force" of it.

CONT

In law, special rules apply to rebuttal. Rebuttal evidence or rebuttal witnesses must be confined solely to the subject matter of the evidence rebutted. New evidence on other subjects may not be brought in rebuttal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho probatorio
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Record 25 2013-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Records Management (Management)
  • Emergency Management
CONT

The recovery and evidence collection team performs the following tasks relating to the recovery of bodies :... preparation and compilation of recovery documents and submission of documentation to the recovery command centre; procurement of new recovery documents as needed, transfer of the body/body part and recovery documents to the recovery command centre.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
  • Gestion des urgences
CONT

L'équipe chargée du relevage des corps et de la récupération des indices matériels [s'occupe de l'] obtention de nouveaux documents de relevage, si nécessaire, [et du] transfert du corps ou du fragment de corps [...]

Spanish

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Record 26 2013-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Overholding with consent. Until rent is paid or something said or done on the part of the landlord to indicate an intention to treat the tenant holding over as his tenant for a further term, the landlord may treat him as a trespasser and bring an action of ejectment. When, however, a tenant is allowed to continue in possession after the expiration of a tenancy by agreement, the terms on which he continues to occupy are matters of evidence rather than of law. If there is nothing to show a different understanding he will be considered to hold on the terms of the old lease in so far as these terms are applicable. It is also a question of intention whether the parties, when the lease provides for overholding, intend the tenant to remain under the overholding provisions or under a new lease.(Anger and Honsberger, 2nd, p. 285-286)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

occupation après terme : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 27 2012-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Social Legislation
CONT

If the judge is convinced that you are a danger and there is no other way to arrange an examination, the judge can issue a Mental Health Warrant. The warrant is authority for a peace officer to apprehend the person identified in the warrant and convey them to a facility for examination.

CONT

Two days later... the provincial authorities made a second application, introducing new evidence and joining a claim for custody of the fetus with a mental health warrant against the pregnant woman.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Législation sociale

Spanish

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Record 28 2012-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

For... years, researchers have accumulated hints that the "sterile neutrino"—a more-elusive cousin of the nearly undetectable neutrinos—might be out there. But most physicists have found the evidence unconvincing, as most of the results pointing toward sterile neutrinos are of marginal statistical significance. Recently, however, the case for sterile neutrinos has grown stronger, bolstered by a new analysis of data from nuclear reactors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
CONT

Les neutrinos stériles sont d'hypothétiques particules liées aux neutrinos du modèle standard mais n'interagissant que par l'intermédiaire de la gravité.

Spanish

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Record 29 2012-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restrictive Practices (Law)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
  • Trade
CONT

The Bureau will also be more apt to pursue an investigation under the criminal predatory pricing provisions when there is evidence that the competitor was a new entrant or a vigorous competitor in the relevant market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pratiques restrictives (Droit)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
  • Commerce
CONT

Il est également plus probable que le Bureau poursuive l'enquête, aux termes des dispositions pénales réprimant la fixation de prix d'éviction, lorsqu'il y a des éléments tendant à établir que le concurrent était un nouveau venu sur le marché pertinent ou un concurrent dynamique.

Spanish

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Record 30 2010-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
OBS

Since 1978, the Oceanic Flux Program(OFP) time-series sediment traps have continuously measured particle fluxes in the deep Sargasso Sea. The OFP program is by far the longest time-series of its kind, and has produced a unique record of temporal variability in the "biological pump". Results provided the first direct evidence for the existence of seasonality in the deep ocean, and evidence that fluxes of both biogenic and abiogenic materials to the deep ocean were directly linked to seasonal patterns in upper ocean productivity. The time-series particle flux record has documented significant interannual and longer timescale variability in material fluxes to the deep ocean, and in the composition of the sinking material. The record is now becoming long enough to identify and study longer-term periodicities and quasi-decadal trends in material fluxes to the deep ocean, and their coherence with North Atlantic climate variations. The Oceanic Flux Program provides new insights into interannual variability and decadal scale changes in ocean functioning. This information is of paramount importance for predicting future, possibly anthropogenically induced, climate changes. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
OBS

Appellation et abréviation confirmées par l'organisme.

Key term(s)
  • Programme flux océaniques
  • PFO

Spanish

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Record 31 2010-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

[The] simulation models classical conditioning on top of this framework, using the output of the habituation, dishabituation, and sensitization routines to determine the familiarity of encountered stimuli and, therefore, whether new rules may need to be generated to cover a novel situation.

CONT

After waning has occurred, the response can often be elicited again if the stimulus is given in the presence of a previously irrelevant stimulus. This is often referred to as "dishabituation" and used as evidence that the waning is due to a process of inhibition which the new stimulus "disinhibits".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
CONT

La déshabituation consiste en une annulation de l'habituation, et donc en une réapparition de la réponse, à la suite de l'interférence d'un nouveau stimulus, dit stimulus parasite.

CONT

Après le déclin, la réponse peut souvent être redéclenchée lorsque le stimulus est fourni en présence d'un stimulus indépendant, préalablement présenté. On parle souvent alors de «déshabituation», qui met en évidence le fait que le déclin est dû à un processus d'inhibition que le nouveau stimulus «désinhibe».

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Record 32 2010-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
CONT

If the decision is made to undertake multiple strategies, several elements are required : for strategies involving the UN or the local legal system(s), the use of data that are acceptable to the courts or UN bodies(involving either the use of existing data or collecting new or additional evidence, viz., documentation work)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
CONT

Le système juridique local dans les états du Nord du Nigéria [...]

Spanish

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Record 33 2006-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

Bill C-11 also introduces a Pre-removal Risk Assessment(PRRA) during which new facts or evidence that clearly demonstrate that a person is now at risk of persecution, torture or cruel and unusual treatment, or that there is a risk to his or her life, may come to light. PRRAs will be conducted as close to removals as possible, taking into account removal priorities. This will lead to greater efficiency at the back end of the refugee process and, it is anticipated, a more effective removals program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

En outre, le projet de loi C-11 prévoit la mise en application de l'évaluation des risques avant le renvoi (ERAR), qui permettra aux responsables de tenir compte de nouveaux faits ou éléments de preuve montrant clairement qu'une personne risquerait d'être persécutée, torturée ou de subir des traitements cruels et inhabituels, ou encore que sa vie serait en danger si elle était renvoyée. L'ERAR sera effectuée le plus près possible de la date du renvoi en fonction des priorités de renvoi, ce qui donnera lieu à une plus grande efficacité à la fin du processus de détermination du statut de réfugié et, par conséquent, du programme de renvoi.

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Record 34 2005-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
  • Viral Diseases
CONT

WHO [World Health Organization] on an Influenza Pandemic. The WHO has defined different alert levels in relationship to an influenza pandemic : phase 0 : the inter-pandemic period, when occasional outbreaks raise concern about the possibility of a pandemic. The following levels of preparedness are defined by WHO : preparedness level 1 : isolation of a novel virus subtype from a single human case, without clear evidence of spread of such a virus; preparedness level 2 : confirmation that two or more human infections have occurred with a new virus subtype, but without confirmation of human to human transmission; preparedness level 3 : human to human transmission confirmed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
  • Maladies virales
CONT

Le dispositif national de lutte contre une pandémie grippale reprend les différentes phases et niveaux d'alerte définis par l'OMS [Organisation mondiale de la santé] dans son plan de lutte contre une pandémie grippale [...] Le dispositif national distingue ainsi 2 phases d'alerte principales, la première étant subdivisée en 8 niveaux pour tenir compte de facteurs supplémentaires de préoccupation : phase 0 niveau 0 : en cas d'épizootie lié à un virus grippal hautement pathogène [...] établissant des mesures communautaires de lutte contre l'influenza (mais sans cas d'infection humaine à ce stade) [...]; phase 0 niveau 1 : détection d'un nouveau virus grippal sur un seul cas humain [...]; phase 0 niveau 2 : apparition d'un nouveau virus grippal avec plusieurs cas d'infection humaine, mais sans transmission inter humaine à ce stade [...]; phase 0 niveau 3 : transmission inter humaine confirmée, liée à un nouveau sous-type de virus, mais qui reste limitée [...]. Phase 1 : phase pandémique.

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Record 35 2005-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
CONT

In the past decade, spectacular fossil discoveries in lacustrine rocks in northern China and central Spain... and in fluvial rocks elsewhere... have provided critical new evidence for the evolution of avian flight and perching and the origin of feather structure and arrangement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie

Spanish

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Record 36 2005-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Of the Health Policy Working Paper Series, by Ilene Hyman, 2001, vii, 89 pages. The purpose of this report is to review research on the health determinants of health of Canadian immigrants and to discuss the implications of this research for policy makers. Specific attention is placed on reviewing evidence of the healthy immigrant effect. The healthy immigrant effect refers to the observation that immigrants are often in superior health to the native-born population when they first arrive in a new country, by lose this health advantage over time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

De la Série de documents de travail sur les politiques de santé, par Ilene Hyman, 2001, viii, 101 pages. L'objectif du présent rapport est de passer en revue les recherches effectuées sur la santé et les déterminants de la santé chez les immigrants canadiens et d'examiner les répercussions de ces travaux pour les décideurs. Une attention particulière est apportée aux éléments de preuve corroborant l'hypothèse de l'«effet de l'immigrant en bonne santé». La notion d'effet de l'immigrant en bonne santé découle de l'observation selon laquelle les immigrants à leur arrivée dans leur pays d'accueil sont souvent en meilleure santé que les natifs de celui-ci, mais perdent cet avantage avec le temps.

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Record 37 2005-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Legal Actions
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Section 16. 1 will also clarify that the new test for the receipt of a child's evidence is that the child is able to understand and respond to questions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Actions en justice
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

[L'article 16.1] précise que toute personne âgée de moins de 14 ans est présumée habile à témoigner et que le nouveau critère à respecter pour admettre le témoignage d'un enfant est sa capacité de comprendre les questions et d'y répondre.

Spanish

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Record 38 2005-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Legal Actions
CONT

Section 16. 1 will also clarify that the new test for the receipt of a child s evidence is that the child is able to understand and respond to questions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Actions en justice
CONT

[L'article 16.1] précise que toute personne âgée de moins de 14 ans est présumée habile à témoigner et que le nouveau critère à respecter pour admettre le témoignage d'un enfant est sa capacité de comprendre les questions et d'y répondre.

Spanish

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Record 39 2005-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Medical and Dental Services (Military)
OBS

New evidence on the effects of early experiences on brain development, school readiness and health in later life has sparked a growing consensus about early child development as a powerful determinant of health in its own right. At the same time, we have been learning more about how all of the other determinants of health affect the physical, social, mental, emotional and spiritual development of children and youth. For example, a young person's development is greatly affected by his or her housing and neighborhood, family income and level of parents’ education, access to nutritious foods and physical recreation, genetic makeup and access to dental and medical.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Service de santé et service dentaire (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 40 2004-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Medication
OBS

Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment. The Common Drug Review(CDR) is a single process for reviewing new drugs and providing formulary listing recommendations to participating publicly-funded federal, provincial and territorial(F/P/T) drug benefit plans in Canada. All jurisdictions are participating except Quebec. The objectives of the CDR are to : Provide a consistent and rigorous approach to drug reviews and an evidence-based listing recommendation; reduce duplication of efforts by drug plans; maximise the use of limited resources and expertise and provide equal access to the same high level of evidence and expert advice by all participating plans.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Médicaments
OBS

Office canadien de coordination de l'évaluation des technologies de la santé. Le Programme commun d'évaluation des médicaments (PCEM) est une initiative pancanadienne mise de l'avant par les régimes d'assurance-médicaments fédéral, provinciaux et territoriaux participants. Le Québec est la seule province qui n'adhère pas au PCEM. Le PCEM a pour objectif de réduire le dédoublement des tâches, d'optimiser l'utilisation des ressources limitées et de l'expertise, et de rehausser l'uniformité et la qualité du processus d'examen des médicaments.

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Record 41 2004-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
CONT

How do we determine past climate? Information about past climate is obtained from piecing evidence together from various sources, including : Ice cores... Fossil Pollen... Lake sediments... Ocean sediment cores... Loess... Glaciers... Speleothems... Tree ring width... Boreholes... Instrumental Measurements and written or oral records : In New Zealand, quantitative records of temperature and other meteorological records are available only for the past 150 years. Such records must be analysed carefully, to identify the influence of any non-climate factors(such as changes in observing site or method, or encroaching urban development).

CONT

Paleoclimatology is the study of past climate. ... Paleoclimate is climate that existed before humans began collecting instrumental measurements of weather (such as temperature from a thermometer, ...).

OBS

Contrary to "paleoclimate", "past climate" also refers to climate in the "near" past (e.g.: approximately 150 years old) where information was also recorded by instrumental weather measurements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
CONT

Les climats passés peuvent être reconstitués. L'étude des arbres, des sédiments lacustres et marins, ainsi que des pollens permet une bonne reconstitution des températures d'années successives. Les observations instrumentales du climat (au moyen d'instruments de mesures comme les thermomètres, pluviomètres, baromètres, etc.), n'existent guère que depuis le milieu du XIXe siècle. Pour reconstituer les périodes antérieures, on fait appel à des indicateurs sensibles au climat que l'on trouve dans différents milieux naturels.

CONT

Ce sujet de doctorat [...] se répartit sur deux pôles d'intérêt principaux, c'est-à-dire l'étude du climat passé récent de ces dernières décennies ainsi que le développement d'outils d'analyse du climat futur.

OBS

paléoclimat : Climat d'une période préhistorique dont les caractéristiques principales peuvent être reconstituées, p. ex. selon des faits géologiques ou paléobiologiques (fossiles).

Spanish

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Record 42 2003-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

... the former Immigration Appeal Board... does not have jurisdiction to reopen an application for redetermination of refugee status which it has already disposed of solely in order to hear evidence of new facts...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

[...] l'ancienne Commission d'appel de l'immigration [...] n'a pas le pouvoir de rouvrir une demande de réexamen de la revendication du statut de réfugié au sujet de laquelle elle s'est déjà prononcée, au seul motif d'entendre la preuve de faits nouveaux [...]

Spanish

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Record 43 2003-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Provincial Administration
OBS

Justice and Attorney General-New Brunswick. The Court Attendance Services include providing support for the scheduling of cases and assignment of courtrooms, providing attendance at court, preparing transcripts of evidence for criminal and family proceedings, typing decisions of the court and providing support services to provincially and federally appointed judiciary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Administration provinciale
OBS

Justice et Procureur général du Nouveau-Brunswick. Les Services des préposés aux tribunaux comprennent notamment l'établissement des rôles, l'affectation des salles d'audience, la présence des préposés devant les tribunaux, la préparation des transcriptions de la preuve en matière criminelle et familiale, la dactylographie des décisions des tribunaux et la prestation des services de soutien à l'ensemble de la magistrature provinciale et fédérale.

Spanish

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Record 44 2003-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
  • Urban Sociology
CONT

For more than six decades the US Government has been implementing policies to stem urban blight and decay. Despite massive investments in social programs for decaying inner cities there is growing evidence of accelerating slumification and increasing social problems. Unknown to many, people in the slums and hyper-ghettos have, in their daily struggle for basis needs, developed new and innovative mechanisms for survival. These help to maintain both human dignity and a sense of community. In addition, they visibly change the community and serve as an impulse to revitalizing neighborhoods. The Community Garden Movement of New York City is a successful example of a grassroots initiative that made a visible impact on the slums by motivating the community and mobilizing endogenous potentials.

CONT

What Allen advocates increases the pressure for more new housing elsewhere in the region. If these pressures are not met to offset the constraints imposed in the Upper East Side and in similar NIMBY strongholds, all consumers will see prices escalate. Further, consumers who cannot afford increased housing prices where it is allowed of within the strongholds of constrained upper class neighborhoods, will have to crowd into older areas where only code enforcement will avoid slumification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Sociologie urbaine
DEF

Résultat découlant du délabrement, de la détérioration ou de l'abandon des logements.

CONT

La baisse relative des prix résultant de ce stock abondant a amené les utilisateurs de locaux anciens à déménager vers de nouveaux bureaux, entraînant un mouvement des marchés au terme duquel les surfaces les plus anciennes ne trouvent plus preneur et sont vouées à une "taudification" rapide (Métropolis, vol. 5, no 39, (1979), p. 64).

CONT

Pour les ménages plus modestes, les contraintes sont plus nombreuses. La proximité au lieu d'emploi et le bas coût du logement se combinent pour expliquer la densification et la paupérisation des quartiers centraux et péricentraux (Joubert Park, Mayfair et Fordsburg en particulier, où se concentrent de nombreux immigrés travaillant dans la petite industrie et le commerce), en logement locatif dont la suroccupation et la taudification progressive deviennent parfois préoccupantes.

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Record 45 2002-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Human Diseases
CONT

A MYSTERIOUS immune deficiency syndrome in people not infected with HIV is extremely rare, scientist have concluded. Reports of the syndrome, dubbed "non-HIV AIDS", caused a furore [at] last July's AIDS conference in Amsterdam, but after extensive research scientists have come up with no evidence that it is new, nor that it is linked with any infectious agent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Maladies humaines
Key term(s)
  • SIDA non-VIH
  • SIDA non VIH

Spanish

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Record 46 2001-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Trace evidence in the form of semen, blood, or even a single hair can prove useful even in the absence of a suspect. DNA evidence, once useless without a comparison standard, has been taken to a new level. The Combined DNA Index System-(CODIS) was established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation--(FBI) to assist in cases that have no suspect, link serial crimes occurring across state lines, and to identify and prosecute repeat offenders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

Le FBI (Bureau fédéral d'investigation) dispose depuis octobre 1998 d'un gigantesque système de gestion de profils d'ADN de délinquants, le CODIS (Combined DNA index system). Il intègre les données stockées depuis des années à l'échelon des villes, des États et finalement au niveau fédéral dans un répertoire national [...]. Actuellement, les différents répertoires d'ADN réunis dans le CODIS contiendraient plus de 250 000 profils génétiques, dont les empreintes de délinquants condamnés, de victimes, et des ADN d'origine inconnue collectés au cours des enquêtes.

Spanish

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Record 47 2000-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

Evidence of ownership of a new or script issue of shares, before the definite certificate is ready. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

OBS

Source: 100% Capital Cost Allowance for Certified Canadian Film and Videotape Review of the Certification Program: Discussion Paper, July 8, 1980 p.34.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Bourse
OBS

Source : Déduction pour amortissement de 100% des films et bandes magnétoscopiques canadiens Étude des programmes d'émission des visas : Document de travail, le 8 juillet 1980 p.37.

Spanish

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Record 48 2000-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Environment
OBS

The Northern River Basins Study(NRBS), done in northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories, is different from initiatives such as the Fraser River Action Plan and the St. Lawrence Action Plan in that it does not have funding for cleanup activities. Instead, it has a mandate to conduct investigative science for the purpose of obtaining authoritative evidence on the state of the aquatic resources and the cumulative effects of industrial, municipal, and agricultural development. Recommendations from the Study will be used to guide future resource management actions(e. g., new regulations, cleanup, adoption of ecosystem health indicators), recognizing that all stakeholders have a role to play.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Environnement
OBS

L'Étude sur les bassins des rivières du Nord (EBRN), menée dans la partie septentrionale de l'Alberta et dans les Territoires du Nord-Ouest, diffère d'autres initiatives comme le Plan d'action du Fraser et le Plan d'action Saint-Laurent parce qu'elle ne comporte pas le financement d'activités d'assainissement. Elle a plutôt pour mandat de mener des recherches scientifiques dans le but d'obtenir des observations fiables sur l'état des ressources aquatiques et sur les effets cumulatifs du développement industriel, municipal et agricole. Les recommandations qui découleront de l'Étude seront utilisées pour orienter les mesures ultérieures de gestion des ressources (p. ex. nouveaux règlements, assainissement, adoption d'indicateurs de la santé des écosystèmes), d'une façon qui tienne compte du point de vue de tous les intervenants.

Key term(s)
  • Étude des bassins hydrographiques du Nord

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Record 49 1999-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Theory
CONT

As evidence builds that the Theory Y model of management, built on commitment and involvement, is far more successful in the workplace than the bureaucratic and authoritarian Theory X model, organizations seek new and more specific guidance in how to reinvent themselves into the Theory Y mode. Schuster outlines a step-by-step process to transform management theory into practice--he calls it Strategy A.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories de la gestion

Spanish

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Record 50 1999-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Morphology and General Physiology
CONT

The pigment found by the UNC team is called cryptochrome and absorbs blue light. Sancar said there is evidence from the studies that the pigment is in the skin and brain as well as the eye. Understanding cryptochrome's connection to the body's internal clock could change how doctors treat certain illnesses. Sleep irregularities as temporary as jet lag and as serious as insomnia could eventually be addressed with a better understanding of the circadian rhythm. Sancar said a major benefit of the research could be new treatments for people who suffer from seasonal affective disorder(SAD), a major depression that comes on with the shorter days of fall and winter.

OBS

The UNC researchers found that cryptochrome runs on vitamin B-2, hich could mean that SAD sufferers could be treated with a vitamin regimen or perhaps with gene therapy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
CONT

L'Équipe de Haziz Sancar de l'Université de Caroline du Nord vient en effet de montrer que l'absence du gène de la forme prédominante du cryptochrome dans la rétine de la souris (CRY2) perturbe l'expression de PER (pour period), une protéine de l'horloge interne.

OBS

Pigment sensible à la lumière bleue impliqué dans la modulation de l'horloge interne chez Arabidopsis thaliana.

Spanish

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Record 51 1998-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Translation (General)
CONT

Would women be pushed back into traditional caregiving roles? What protection against this needs to be built in? How is unpaid caregiving work to be measured if it is to be financially rewarded? Will men do caregiving work too? What evidence is there of new trends in this area?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Les femmes seraient-elles repoussées dans des rôles traditionnels de dispensatrices de soins? Quelle forme de protection contre cette éventualité doit être intégrée aux mesures? Comment mesurer la prestation de soins non rémunérés s'il doit y avoir une rétribution financière? Les hommes dispenseront-ils aussi des soins? Quelles sont les preuves de ces nouvelles tendances dans ce domaine?

Spanish

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Record 52 1997-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

The overlap between gene pathways controlling embryonic development and those involved in regulating cell proliferation are becoming very compelling. A new celebrity that performs in both of these is the human patched gene, which plays many roles during development and now makes an entrance as a tumor suppressor. The evidence exposing this latest alias of «patched», a faulty version of which is associated with a complex of cancers kwown as nevoid basal cell-carcinoma(NBCC) syndrome was described last month in Cell and Science.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
CONT

Nous avons déjà vu que des mutations du gène «patched» (PTC), codant pour un récepteur de Sonic Hedgehog, étaient à l'origine de la naevomatose basocellulaire de Gorlin.

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Record 53 1994-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Sexology
DEF

A sexual crime against a child.

CONT

The changes to the Criminal Code and the Canada Evidence Act on January 1, 1988, created new child sexual abuse offences and expanded the opportunities for courts to receive children's testimony in cases of child sexual abuse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Sexologie
CONT

Infractions sexuelles à l'égard des enfants. Le Code criminel définit actuellement 16 infractions sexuelles pouvant mettre en jeu des enfants : les contacts sexuels, l'incitation à des contacts sexuels, l'exploitation sexuelle d'un adolescent, les relations sexuelles anales [...]

Spanish

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Record 54 1994-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Domain rules are referenced by name, so the student can examine the knowledge base, using already available M. 1 commands like "list" and new commands supplied with the tutor, such as "evidence. "

CONT

... domain rules (hereafter, d-rules) are applied in a forward (antecedent) direction to maintain an exhaustive, dynamic record of rule applications and subgoal conclusions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

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Record 55 1994-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

... new software is making the use of color increasingly easy.... there is evidence that color can be used effectively to enhance learning... Color is effective for attracting and focusing attention, but the more color is used, the less it will do so, because attention is always drawn to what is novel.... The attention-getting effect of color can and should be used, like that of graphics, to attract attention to important information.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
CONT

L'aspect esthétique des écrans est très important [dans l'évaluation d'un didacticiel]. On évaluera donc leur esthétique générale, leur disposition, leur lisibilité, les différents effets d'attraction réalisés (dessins, mouvements, clignotements, défilements ...).

Spanish

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Record 56 1993-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

The process of drawing inferences, from less than conclusive evidence, in the absence of any information to the contrary. It is characteristic to such reasoning that its conclusions are tentative : they may well be withdrawn in the light of new information. Bob Moore(1983) distinguishes between "default reasoning" and "autoepistemic reasoning".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Raisonnement à partir d'informations incomplètes.

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Record 57 1992-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

discipline which studies the mind’s influence on the body’s immune system.

CONT

But imply that the emotions play an important role in people's ability to resist or recover from diseases such as cancer-or even the common cold-and things get controversial. Just a decade ago, all but a handful of researchers rejected the idea completely. Now a group of scientists in a new discipline known as psychoimmunology are collecting intriguing evidence that the mind does directly influence the body's disease-fighting immune system. Recent studies are gaining converts, even though the discipline remains an uneasy alliance of psychologists and biologists. "The field is new, complex, and sticky", says Barry Flint, director of the Institute for the Advanced of Health, a New York group that promotes psychoimmunology research.(Source : Vocable/Business Week, 3 Feb. 1986).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Psychologie clinique

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Record 58 1991-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
  • Veterinary Medicine
CONT

The information provided here relates to C. 08. 002(h) of the Food and Drug Regulations, which requires substantial evidence of the clinical effectiveness of the new drug for the recommended purpose and under the recommended conditions of use.

OBS

The structure of a veterinary new drug submission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fabrication des produits pharmaceutiques
  • Médecine vétérinaire
CONT

Ces renseignements ont trait à l'article C.08.002(h) du Règlement sur les aliments et drogues qui stipule qu'il faut fournir des preuves substantielles de l'efficacité clinique de la drogue nouvelle aux fins et selon le mode d'emploi recommandés.

OBS

La structure d'une présentation de drogue nouvelle à usage vétérinaire.

Spanish

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Record 59 1985-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Pollution
CONT

In addition, two possible indirect effects of acid deposition have been reported : the contamination of edible fish by toxic metals, principally mercury; and the leaching of watersheds and corrosion of water storage and distribution systems, which have caused elevated levels of toxic elements in drinking water supplies. There is evidence of altered groundwater chemistry from southern Sweden, from parts of Ontario, Canada, and from the Adirondack region of New York State.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'air

Spanish

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