TERMIUM Plus®

The Government of Canada’s terminology and linguistic data bank.

THESE PRESENTS [28 records]

Record 1 2025-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Penal Administration
OBS

Heads of Corrections are the senior executives responsible for correctional services in the provinces and territories. They meet biannually to discuss issues regarding offender management. CSC' s [Correctional Service Canada] Commissioner participates in these meetings and presents the federal correctional point of view.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Administration pénitentiaire
OBS

Les responsables des services correctionnels sont les cadres supérieurs chargés des services correctionnels dans les provinces et territoires. Ils se rencontrent deux fois par année pour discuter de questions concernant la gestion des délinquants. Le commissaire du SCC [Service correctionnel du Canada] prend part à ces réunions et présente le point de vue des services correctionnels fédéraux.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
CONT

Ground-based weather radars emerged during World War II and have since been used to observe precipitation, mostly over land. Ground-based radars send out pulses of microwave energy in narrow beams that scan in a circular pattern. When the microwave pulse encounters precipitation particles in the atmosphere, the energy is scattered in all directions, sending some energy back to the radar. These measurements are used to estimate intensity, altitude, precipitation type(e. g., rain, snow, hail), and motion. Obtaining continuous measurements of precipitation from ground-based systems(e. g., from rain gauges and radar systems) presents a challenge due to large gaps between monitoring sites on land and huge gaps over the ocean.

Key term(s)
  • ground based weather radar
  • ground based meteorological radar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques

Spanish

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Record 3 2022-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • Space Physics
CONT

Reionization is an important phenomenon in our universe's history as it presents one of the few means by which we can(indirectly) study these [first] stars. But scientists do not know exactly when the first stars formed and when this reionization process started to occur.

Key term(s)
  • reionisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Physique spatiale
CONT

La fin de l'âge sombre était-elle le fait des premières étoiles, dont la lumière intense aurait progressivement arraché les électrons de l'hydrogène dans un processus dit de réionisation? Ou l'énergie nécessaire pour la réionisation avait-elle été apportée par le rayonnement que libérait le gaz chaud englouti par les trous noirs?

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-01-20

English

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

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. This document presents the results of an analysis of risks pertaining to the principles and commitments described in Results for Canadians : A Management Framework for the Government of Canada. The views on risk are offered from the perspective of Internal Audit. These views substantially represent a synthesis of input from the federal government Internal Audit community.

French

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

Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada. Le présent document énonce les résultats d'une analyse des risques liés aux principes et aux engagements décrits dans la publication intitulée «Des résultats pour les Canadiens et les Canadiennes : un cadre de gestion pour le gouvernement du Canada». Les points de vue sur les risques sont présentés dans la perspective de la vérification interne. Ils représentent essentiellement une synthèse des commentaires du milieu de la vérification interne du gouvernement fédéral.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

... the Simuliidae... presents us... with some troublesome pests. These are small, compact insects, commonly called black flies or buffalo gnats... Similar species of the genus occur in North America.

Key term(s)
  • black fly
  • blackfly

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Ce sont des diptères de petites dimensions car ils atteignent cinq millimètres de long au maximum; ils ont un corps de couleur sombre couvert d'un duvet jaunâtre [...] ils ont des pattes courtes et un corps trapu.

OBS

Cette vedette se retrouve généralement au pluriel, autant en français qu'en anglais.

Key term(s)
  • mouche noire

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education
CONT

Interactional reflective practice : The relationship between reflective practice and verbal interaction in initial teacher training programs... This article presents a conceptualization of interactional reflective practice that sheds light, at the theoretical level, on the relationship between reflective practice and verbal interaction in a collective perspective of reflection. These aspects are commonly associated within initial teacher training programs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie
CONT

La pratique réflexive interactionnelle. À certains égards, le rapport entre l’interaction en ligne et la pratique réflexive peut paraître paradoxal. En effet, la pratique réflexive en formation initiale est majoritairement conceptualisée comme un processus individuel [...] alors que l’interaction en ligne renvoie, de par sa définition même, à une activité interpersonnelle.

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
  • Exhibitions (Arts and Culture)
OBS

Exhibit : Iitl' hlaangaay-Inuusivut Our World-Our Way of Life presents two different aboriginal communities in Canada-the Inuit and Haida. From "origins stories" going back thousands of years to the challenges facing these communities today. The virtual display shows how the Haida and Inuit integrate new technologies into their lives while respecting their traditional knowledge and explores the similarities and differences between these cultures, highlighting the diversity of aboriginal groups in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Arts et culture autochtones
  • Expositions (Arts et Culture)
OBS

Exposition : Iitl'hlaangaay - Inuusivut Notre monde - Notre vie présente deux collectivités autochtones du Canada, les Inuit et les Haïda. Des histoires originelles qui remontent souvent à des milliers d'années jusqu'aux défis que doivent relever aujourd'hui ces collectivités. L'exposition virtuelle illustre la façon dont les Haïda et les Inuit intègrent les nouvelles technologies à leurs modes de vie tout en respectant leur savoir traditionnel, et elle permet d'explorer les similitudes et les différences entre ces cultures, faisant ressortir la diversité des groupes autochtones du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

Inside corners, jamcracks, and chimneys are normally climbed with a technique involving methods used in both types of climbing, face and interior.

CONT

Rock climbing can be divided roughly into two types: face climbing, and interior or counterforce climbing.

OBS

Research has shown that while in French climbing techniques are divided into "escalade intérieure" and "escalade extérieure" depending on the configuration of the rock, such a division does not usually appear in recent English texts. Furthermore, it appears that no consensus has yet been reached as to the number of classes in which to divide the climbing techniques. Both these observations have been confirmed by the manager of Toronto's Mountain Equipment Co-op, who said that the terms "interior" and "exterior"/"face" climbing are not used, and that each climber names the climbing according to the climbing technique required which, in turn, is determined by the type of rock(the way it presents itself to the climber).

OBS

crack climbing: The specialized set of techniques involving lodging the climber’s body or wedging the hands and feet in cracks in the rock. ... Except for the lieback, you climb a crack by lodging or jamming your body or some part of it inside the crack.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Escalade. [...] Action d'escalader une pente abrupte de rocher, de neige ou de glace. Selon la configuration du rocher, on distingue : l'escalade extérieure, le corps dans le vide, par appuis et prises; l'escalade intérieure, le corps (ou une partie du corps) engagé dans la cheminée, le dièdre ou la fissure.

CONT

Une [...] façon d'utiliser les reliefs et les trous du rocher, essentiellement utilisée dans les passages en fissures, consiste à coincer ses pieds ou ses mains. Coincements et verrous sont à la base de ce qu'on appelle l'escalade intérieure.

OBS

Le français recourt aux génériques «escalade intérieure et extérieure» là ou l'anglais préfère les spécifiques. D'où le fait que ces termes soient équivalents.

Key term(s)
  • ramonage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de montaña
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Record 9 2008-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Exhibition Themes (Museums and Heritage)
  • History
OBS

Ottawa, July 5, 2000-The National Archives, in cooperation with the National Library, presents the Heritage Fairs Programme's travelling exhibition-History's What You Make It!-from July 5 to August 8, 2000, at 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa. The exhibition showcases the products of young people aged 10 to 14. Created as expressions of their perspectives on Canadian history and culture, these projects reflect the student's innovative and enthusiastic approach to discovering their heritage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Thèmes d'expositions (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Histoire
OBS

Ottawa, le 5 juillet 2000 - Les Archives nationales, en collaboration avec la Bibliothèque nationale, présentent l'exposition itinérante du programme des Fêtes du patrimoine - Fais-en toute une histoire! - du 5 jullet au 8 août 2000, au 395, rue Wellington, à Ottawa. L'exposition met en valeur les travaux de jeunes Canadiens de 10 à 14 ans qui ont tenté d'exprimer, à leur façon, leur perception de l'histoire et de la culture du pays. Les projets réalisés témoignent de l'approche novatrice et enthousiaste de ces jeunes à la découverte de leur patrimoine.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Government Accounting
OBS

PWGSC' s raison d’être is to ensure optimum value to government and Canadians in the provision of common, central and shared government services. We provide these services through a single program, for which Parliament provides funding-the Government Services Program. The PWGSC Expenditure Summary for 2005-08 presents the expenditures for PWGSC(i. e. Government Services Program) by our seven key government services. These services are : Real Property; Acquisition; Information Technology; Receiver General and Compensation; Government Information; Business Integration; and Special Operating Agencies.

Key term(s)
  • GSP

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Comptabilité publique
OBS

Le ministère de Travaux publics et Services gouvernementaux Canada a pour mission d'offrir la meilleure valeur possible au gouvernement et à la population canadienne en fournissant des services communs, centraux et partagés. Il offre ces services par le biais d'un seul programme, financé par le Parlement : le Programme des services gouvernementaux. Le Résumé des dépenses de TPSGC de 2005 à 2008 fait état des dépenses du Ministère (c'est-à-dire dans le cadre du Programme des services gouvernementaux) engagées par nos sept services gouvernementaux clés, soit : Biens immobiliers, Approvisionnements, Technologie de l'information, Receveur général et rémunération, Services d'information du gouvernement, Intégration des affaires et Organismes de service spéciaux.

Key term(s)
  • PSG

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas federales (Gobierno canadiense)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Contabilidad pública
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Record 11 2007-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

[The] ability to induce various types of allergic responses ...

CONT

Advances in biotechnology have the potential to bring foods containing proteins derived from genes of non-food origin into the marketplace. Assessing the potential allergenicity of these transgenic proteins as part of the overall food safety evaluation process presents a challenge for the biotechnology industry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Caractère d'une substance susceptible de provoquer une réaction allergique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inmunología
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Record 12 2006-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Reports
  • Federal Administration
OBS

This report presents the findings from a qualitative research project with federal government employees. The overall objective of this process was to investigate the perception that official languages policies pose a specific barrier to career advancement for visible minorities in the Federal Public Service in order to better understand the nature of the concern. This qualitative research process is one part of a larger research initiative, and is intended only to shed light on the perceptions surrounding these issues, and the perceived nature of problems encountered.

Key term(s)
  • Official Languages and Visible Minorities in the Public Service of Canada
  • A Qualitative Investigation of Barriers to Career Advancement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de rapports
  • Administration fédérale
OBS

Le présent rapport expose les conclusions d'un projet de recherche qualitative réalisé auprès de fonctionnaires fédéraux. Ce projet avait pour objectif de vérifier la perception voulant que les politiques en matière de langues officielles constituent un obstacle spécifique à l'avancement professionnel des minorités visibles dans la fonction publique fédérale, dans le but de mieux comprendre la nature du problème. Ce processus de recherche qualitative s'inscrit dans une initiative globale et vise uniquement à mettre en évidence les perceptions entourant ces questions et la façon de percevoir les problèmes relevés.

Key term(s)
  • Les langues officielles et les minorités visibles dans la fonction publique
  • Une enquête qualitative sur les obstacles à l'avancement professionnel

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

The present document does not intend to review the whole literature existent on trade in services, but rather it attempts to present the diverse viewpoints from which the main conceptual topics can be analyzed. The document is composed of four parts. The first presents different ways to define services. The second section refers to international transactions in services, examining the existent literature on the categories of these transactions, the evolution that has had the concept of trade in services, and its process of internalization. The third part of the document reviews the basic principles that govern the liberalization. Finally, the fourth part examines the measures which affect the access to the services market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de monografías
  • Comercio exterior
OBS

El presente documento no pretende revisar toda la literatura existente sobre el comercio de servicios, sino que busca presentar los diferentes ángulos desde los cuales se pueden enfocar los principales temas conceptuales referentes a este comercio según lo planteado por distintos autores. El documento se compone de cuatro partes. En la primera se exponen distintas posibilidades en cuanto a la definición de servicios. La segunda sección se refiere al tema de las transacciones internacionales de servicios, examinado lo que dice la literatura existente sobre las categorías de estas transacciones, la evolución que ha tenido el concepto de comercio de servicios a través del tiempo y, su proceso de internacionalización. La tercera parte del documento revisa los principios básicos que rigen la liberalización de los servicios tanto en lo referente a la no discriminación como a lo que concierne a los aspectos discriminatorios. Finalmente, la cuarta parte examina lo correspondiente a las medidas que afectan el acceso al mercado de servicios.

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Record 14 2002-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
OBS

Instead of relationships between two entities, ORM presents the "roles" that entities, attributes and domains play in the organization's structure. Indeed, these roles define the relationships between entities. Roles(Relationships for our purposes here) are represented by adjacent boxes containing the two or more relationship names and connected to the entities by solid lines. Relationships are not limited to being binary. Tertiary and higher order relationships are permitted. In many ways, ORM is the most versatile and most descriptive of the modeling techniques presented here. It has an extensive capability for describing constraints that apply to sets of entities and attributes. It is not oriented just towards entities and relationships, but toward objects and the roles they play--where an "object" may be an entity, an attribute, or a domain. It is constructed to make it easy to describe diagrams in English, although it lacks a discipline for constructing the English sentences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
OBS

Technique de modélisation qui permet d'établir le rôle des différentes entités (objets) dans la structure de l'organisation.

Spanish

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Record 15 2002-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mountain Sports
CONT

Face climbing is almost totally an exercise in balance and mental adjustment to exposure.

CONT

Rock climbing can be divided roughly into two types: face climbing, and interior or counterforce climbing.

OBS

Research has shown that while in French climbing techniques are divided into "escalade intérieure" and "escalade extérieure" depending on the configuration of the rock, such a division does not usually appear in recent English texts. Furthermore, it appears that no consensus has yet been reached as to the number of classes in which to divide the climbing techniques. Both these observations have been confirmed by the manager of Toronto's Mountain and Equipment CO-OP, Mr Bob Matheson, who said that the terms "interior" and "exterior"/"face" climbing are not used, and that each climber names the climbing according to the climbing technique required which, in turn, is determined by the type of rock(the way it presents itself to the climber).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de montagne
CONT

Selon la configuration du rocher, on distingue : l'escalade extérieure, le corps dans le vide, par appuis et prises; l'escalade intérieure, le corps (ou une partie du corps) engagé dans le cheminée, le dièdre ou la fissure.

CONT

L'alpiniste parle de paroi et de mur lorsque le rocher se présente sous forme d'un plan plus ou moins vertical. Le grimpeur y progresse face au rocher lui-même; l'escalade est dite alors extérieure.

OBS

Le français recourt aux génériques «escalade intérieure et extérieure» là où l'anglais préfère les spécifiques. D'où le fait que ces termes soient équivalents.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de montaña
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Record 16 2002-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
CONT

The Nass Skeena Transition is an area located in British Columbia(BC), Canada, where a large introgression zone occurs between Sitka spruce... and interior spruce(white spruce, Picea glaucaa Moench) Voss M Engelmann spruce, Picea engelmannii Parry ex. Engelm.). When these species hybridize in this transition area, forestry programs face special problems in identifying seedlots that have the desired genetic makeup of source material collected from traditional seed zones. This paper presents an overview of a program that combined the disciplines of molecular genetics and ecophysiology to assist in defining the genetic makeup of seedlots based on DNA analysis results.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
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Record 17 2001-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments (Engineering)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The paper presents the results of development of the precision gyro device complex, designed to be used as part of control systems for carrier rockets and boosters, and also basic inertial measuring devices involved in this complex. These devices are a single-degree-of-freedom gyro unit and a gyroscopic integrator of linear accelerations with gas-static support. Essential advantages of the gas-static support usage when designing precision inertial devices as against the floated support are stated.

Key term(s)
  • gyroscopic integrator of linear acceleration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de mesure (Ingénierie)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
OBS

La navigation inertielle utilise des gyromètres, des gyroscopes ou parfois des accéléromètres pour mesurer les vitesses de rotation ou les accélérations linéaires du véhicule. Ces mesures sont ensuite intégrées une ou deux fois pour obtenir les variations de position ou d'attitude. Ici encore, le processus d'intégration favorise la croissance des erreurs au cours du temps et il est nécessaire d'effectuer des recalages absolus périodiques.

Spanish

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Record 18 2001-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • IT Security
  • Micrographics
CONT

This standard provides symbols for microfilm operations, and symbolic language for labelling these symbols in order to delineate specific operations, functions and features. The standard also presents guidelines and recommendations for flowcharting management systems and operational systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Micrographie
CONT

Cette norme énonce les symboles à utiliser en microfilmage et le langage symbolique à employer pour étiqueter ces symboles de manière pouvoir délimiter les opérations, les fonctions et les caractéristiques particulières. La norme présente en outre des lignes directrices et des recommandations touchant les systèmes d'exploitation et de gestion d'organigrammes.

Spanish

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Record 19 2001-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • IT Security
  • Micrographics
CONT

This standard provides symbols for microfilm operations, and symbolic language for labelling these symbols in order to delineate specific operations, functions and features. The standard also presents guidelines and recommendations for flowcharting management systems and operational systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Micrographie
CONT

Cette norme énonce les symboles à utiliser en microfilmage et le langage symbolique à employer pour étiqueter ces symboles de manière pouvoir délimiter les opérations, les fonctions et les caractéristiques particulières. La norme présente en outre des lignes directrices et des recommandations touchant les systèmes d'exploitation et de gestion d'organigrammes.

Spanish

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Record 20 1997-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

Unplasticized PVC presents some processing difficulties due to its high melt viscosity; in addition, the finished product is too brittle for some applications. To overcome these problems and to produce toughening, certain polymeric additives are usually added to the PVC. These materials, known as impact modifiers, are generally semicompatible and often somewhat rubbery in nature. Among the most important impact modifiers in use today are butadiene-acrylonitrile copolymers(nitrile rubber), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene(ABS) graft terpolymers, methacrylate-butadiene-styrene(MBS) terpolymers, chlorinated polyethylene, and some polyacrylates.

CONT

The advantage of the [stretch blow molding] process is an improvement in resin performance, such as bottle impact strength, cold strength, transparency, surface gloss, stiffness, and gas barrier, which permit lighter weight, lower cost bottles, use of lower cost resins with less impact modifiers, or products packaged that normally would not be suitable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
CONT

Les antichocs sont des polymères (PE chloré) et surtout copolymères du type ABS ou MBS (méthacrylate-butadiène, styrène) qui forment des systèmes multiphases avec le polymère à renforcer et améliorent de ce fait sa résistance au choc. On les utilise en concentration de quelques pour cents, en particulier dans le PVC.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
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Record 21 1995-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Staff
  • Urinary Tract
CONT

The pediatric nephrologist has traditionally not been involved in the care of the diabetic child since diabetic nephropathy presents in adulthood. Recent studies suggest that diabetic kidney disease develops silently during childhood. Measurement of urinary albumin excretion(UAE) allows earlier detection of patients at risk of nephropathy, often in adolescence. In addition to diabetic nephropathy, diabetic children are at risk of urinary tract infections, renal papillary necrosis, and various forms of glomerulonephritis. The role of the pediatric nephrologist in the care of the child with diabetes might include advising on the administration and interpretation of screening for UAE and the measurement and interpretation of glomerular filtration rate, and blood pressure. Children with evidence of renal dysfunction should be evaluated and treated by the pediatric nephrologist. Frequently, renal biopsy will be necessary in these patients. Future research may allow the detection of diabetic kidney disease earlier in childhood, further expanding the role of the pediatric nephrologist. In particular, early renal biopsy may eventually be used to select those patients at risk of diabetic nephropathy for specific treatment alterations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel médical
  • Appareil urinaire
CONT

Beaucoup d'enfants avec une insuffisance rénale chronique sont de petite taille lorsqu'ils sont vus par le pédonéphrologue. Une stricte attention au régime, à l'équilibre électrolytique et acido-basique et à la prévention de l'ostéodystrophie peut entraîner une spectaculaire croissance de rattrapage chez certains nourrissons qui sont traités au cours des 2 premières années de la vie. Si le traitement est différé jusqu'après l'âge de 2 ans, une lente amélioration de la croissance a lieu chez la plupart des enfants. Il reste cependant un groupe d'enfants dont la croissance est résistante à un traitement théoriquement optimal. Beaucoup de ces enfants ont un poids de naissance bas et présentent une dysplasie rénale avec ou sans reflux.

Spanish

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Record 22 1995-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
CONT

The program Self offered as an example is a small, admittedly rudimentary version of a Socratic tutor. Self acknowledges some of the problems that a procedural model presents, including its potentially poor descriptive value and the difficulty of comparing programs and defining measures. In fact, current runnable student models do not really follow Self's vision since maintaining a purely procedural model dynamically can be equivalent to automatic programming, a notoriously difficult AI problem. Nevertheless, these ideas were ahead of their time and have had much influence on later research.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
OBS

Voir sémantique procédurale, système procédural, connaissances procédurales.

CONT

Certains modèles procéduraux ont un objectif explicatif.

Spanish

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Record 23 1994-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents
  • Private Law
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Commercial Law
DEF

the present words or statements; the present legal instrument (as a deed of conveyance, lease, or power of attorney), or other writing; the document in which these words are used.

OBS

In witness whereof the parties hereto have executed these presents on the date first written above.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques
  • Droit privé
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Droit commercial

Spanish

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Record 24 1994-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

In hypermedia, sound re-establishes the audio space of conversation, and presents the possibilities of parallel and branching narrative soundtracks, which can be presented graphically so the user can choose between them, switching from one sound-track to another. It then becomes possible to participate in choosing the direction for the evolution of a story, or to access different viewpoints on a particular subject or body of knowledge, or even to choose a preferred language from several foreign language commentaries. "Interactive audio" techniques like these are used within the context of a graphical interface that provides special screen buttons or "icons" on which the user has to click to trigger the audio sequences-so that, for example, clicking on an icon featuring the French tricolour might call up a spoken commentary in French.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 25 1993-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
CONT

... a computer-based microworld, called the Envisioning Machine, presents graphical models of velocity and acceleration(see Roschelle, 1987).... The Envisioning Machine is a computer program designed to teach students about velocity and acceleration. It is a microworld-based system with two windows. The bottom window depicts the "Observable World". In this window, different motions of a ball are modeled. The top window depicts the "Newtonian World" which can contain two particles. These particles are graphical representations of properties of motion.... The students’ task is to watch a ball in the Observable World and then set the position, velocity, and acceleration of a particle in the Newtonian World so as to model the motion of the ball.

CONT

The envisioning machine by Jeremy Roschelle at Xerox (Roschelle, 1987) ... presents a visualisation of concepts that have been very difficult to learn in the past.

OBS

The trademark is "The Envisioning Machine".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente

Spanish

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Record 26 1991-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Pollution
  • Pollutants
  • Climatology
CONT

Most of the mineral matter in fossil fuels such as coal or lignite is converted during combustion to a fused, glassy bottom ash which presents no air pollution problems. Smaller ash particles called fly ash enter furnace flues and, in a properly equipped stack system, are collected efficiently. However, some of the fly ash particles escape through the stack and enter the atmosphere. Unfortunately, these tend to be the smaller particles which do the most damage to human health, plants, and visibility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pollution de l'air
  • Agents de pollution
  • Climatologie
CONT

Ces noyaux de condensation comprennent d'une part des "noyaux neutres" - poussières d'origines diverses, cendres volcaniques, débris végétaux (pollens), petites particules hygroscopiques de sel marin [...] - qui sont surtout abondants dans les deux ou trois premiers kilomètres de l'atmosphère, et d'autre part des particules électrisées, les ions, présents partout.

OBS

"Poussière" bien qu'il soit généralement synonyme de "particule" pour désigner tous les éléments, de la grosseur d'une molécule aux agrégats sédimentables, peut prendre un sens spécifique : particule solide de taille supérieure à un micron.

Spanish

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Record 27 1989-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
CONT

In recent years "slide-tape" presentations have become increasingly popular. These are achieved by coupling a slide projector with a tape recorder(or cassette(audio) player) ;slides in the projector are advanced automatically by an inaudible pulse on one of the stereophonic channels, while the second channel of the tape presents the audio message, narration, or music.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
CONT

Le son participe certes parce qu'il est message direct avec discours mais le message sonore d'un audio-visuel n'est pas composé que de mots : il peut y avoir aussi musique et bruits qui contribuent à la qualité de transmission du message. (...) Il faut (...) que le message sonore soit cohérent avec le message visuel.

Spanish

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Record 28 1979-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
CONT

The deviation-bar chart presents bars extending left or right [of a common base line], each item having only one bar. It is useful for comparing differences between actual results and a program standard, especially when these differences are so small that they would be hard to compare on a chart showing the totals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
OBS

Le graphique "Semi-log Plus-Moins" (...) a pour but d'enregistrer clairement les variations [positives et négatives] de trésorerie d'une entreprise.

Spanish

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