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THRESHOLD TEST [15 records]

Record 1 2026-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Eye
CONT

The dark adaptation test measures the threshold of sensitivity of the retina to a small spot of light after the patient is placed in the dark and typically is measured over a 40 [minute] period.... Any panretinal disease, which causes rod damage or dysfunction may cause night blindness and can be quantified by the dark adaptation test. Measuring the final threshold in several retinal locations after 40 [minutes] of dark adaptation is a good screening procedure for assessing night vision. This test is useful in functionally accessing complaints of night blindness in cases where dysfunction at night has vocational significance.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Oeil
CONT

Le test d'adaptation à l'obscurité permet d'étudier un des éléments de la fonction visuelle. Bien que peu pratiqué, ses indications restent néanmoins variées : pour évaluer l'aptitude à certaines professions, lors du passage du permis de conduire si nécessaire, ou encore, pour compléter le bilan réalisé à l'apparition des premiers signes fonctionnels en vision nocturne.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
CONT

A second response to the question of how to determine legislative intent is currently labelled intentionalism. Like textualism, this theory makes the legislature's intention the primary touchstone of interpretation. But unlike textualism, it does not rely exclusively on the text of the legislation for evidence of that intent. Intentionalists are willing to consider and, in a proper case, rely on any evidence of legislative intent, so long as it meets a threshold test of relevance and reliability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • The Ear
  • Nervous System
CONT

Acoustic reflex decay measures the ability of the stapedius muscle to maintain sustained contraction. During this test, a signal is presented 10 dB [decibels] above the acoustic reflex threshold for 10 s [seconds]. A response is considered abnormal if the response amplitude decreases to one half or less of its original amplitude within 5 s. Because reflex decay is common in many normal ears at higher test frequencies, frequencies of 500 Hz [hertz] and 1000 Hz are most often used in acoustic reflex decay tests.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Oreille
  • Système nerveux
OBS

test d'adaptation du réflexe stapédien : désignation validée par une technicienne en audiologie.

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Pharmacology
CONT

Companion diagnostic tests are essential for effective personalized medicine. A complimentary diagnostic, on the other hand, still provides valuable information about whether or not a treatment might be beneficial, but it is not required for the administration of the drug. For a complimentary diagnostic test, the associated drug is safe and effective for a broader section of patients, as opposed to a companion diagnostic associated drug, which is only intended for patients that meet a specific threshold or result from the test. Complimentary diagnostics might apply to a class of drugs, as opposed to providing guidance on a specific drug alone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Pharmacologie

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
  • The Eye
CONT

A Maxwellian view system providing a foveal blue test light either superimposed on a yellow adaptation field(increment threshold) or after switching off this field(postadaptation threshold).

Key term(s)
  • clinical maxwellian view system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
  • Oeil
DEF

Instrument conçu pour mesurer l'acuité visuelle en utilisant un fin pinceau de lumière focalisé dans la pupille d'entrée de l'œil.

Key term(s)
  • système de lumière dirigée

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Education (General)
CONT

... today literacy is no longer defined in terms of an arbitrary standard of reading comprehension, distinguishing the few who completely fail the test... from nearly all those who reach minimum threshold...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
CONT

La compréhension de lecture est un processus interactif entre le lecteur et le texte par lequel le lecteur construit la signification du texte. Les objectifs de ce processus sont l'extraction de signification et l'appropriation de l'information véhiculée par l'écrit. Ces objectifs dépendent des connaissances préalables du lecteur sur le sujet et du type de texte et de sa capacité à mobiliser ses connaissances.

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
CONT

The gaps-in-noise test was then conducted on all subjects. The mean gap detection threshold was 4. 19 msec [milliseconds]. A psychometric function by gap duration was constructed, revealing that the percentage of correct responses was less than or equal to 5% for a gap duration of 2 msec, 10-30% for a gap duration of 3 msec, 60-70% for a gap duration of 4 msec, and over 96% for gap durations of 5 msec or longer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
OBS

test de détection du silence : terme proposé par un spécialiste en audiologie.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physical Fitness Training and Bodybuilding
CONT

... AT is an extremely reliable and powerful predictor of performance in aerobic exercise.

CONT

The most accurate method of determining your anaerobic threshold(AT) is to visit a one of a number of establishments who can carry out a test under laboratory conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement physique et culturisme
CONT

L'intensité de l'effort où le sportif a quatre mmol de lactate dans le sang est appelée, par définition et statistiquement, seuil anaérobique.

Spanish

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Record 9 1999-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Audio Technology
  • Music (General)
DEF

Stable tone of known frequency continuously recorded on one track or multitrack signal recordings and intermittently recorded on signal track recordings by the collection equipment operators for subsequent use by the data analysts as a frequency reference.

CONT

It is customary to distinguish between loudness level and true loudness. The former is measured by varying the intensity of a reference tone until it appears to a listener to be as loud as the sound stimulus under test. The number of decibels by which the reference tone has been raised above the minimum audible threshold is said to be the loudness level of the tone under test in phon units.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Électroacoustique
  • Musique (Généralités)
CONT

Le MT-300S produit une vaste étendue de sons de référence sur deux octaves qui vous permettent d'accorder facilement les instruments à vent et à cordes. Le MT-300S est aussi entièrement portatif grâce à sa poignée pratique. Grâce à ses haut-parleurs stéréos amplifiés intégrés, le MT-300S est toujours prêt à vous aider dans vos leçons de musique, peu importe le moment ou l'endroit.

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Arms Control
CONT

A zero threshold Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty is being negotiated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Terme entendu à la radio, pour désigner les cas où l'on en viendrait à l'interdiction absolue de tous types d'armes lors de pourparlers en vue d'un traité sur l'interdiction des armes nucléaires.

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

As the Government supports an incremental, but deliberate and progressive approach to a nuclear test ban, we welcomed the 1990 Bush-Gorbachev agreement on verification protocols, which finalized the 1974 Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the 1976 Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 12 1994-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

As the Government supports an incremental, but deliberate and progressive approach to a nuclear test ban, we welcomed the 1990 Bush-Gorbachev agreement on verification protocols, which finalized the 1974 Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the 1976 Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 13 1994-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

As the Government supports an incremental, but deliberate and progressive approach to a nuclear test ban, we welcomed the 1990 Bush-Gorbachev agreement on verification protocols, which finalized the 1974 Threshold Test Ban Treaty and the 1976 Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Treaty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 14 1991-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Hearing
DEF

a test for abnormal auditory adaptation, in which continuous pure tones are presented at the threshold level to determine the amount of tone decay(auditory adaptation).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Ouïe
OBS

Ce test permet de différencier les surdités par atteinte de l'appareil de transmission ou par atteinte cochléaire [...]

OBS

On fait entendre au sujet un son aigu [...] au seuil. Dès que le sujet de l'entend plus [...] on augmente l'intensité [...] et ainsi de suite pendant 1 mn, durée de l'épreuve.

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-05-27

English

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

The appellant argues that the flyer cannot be said to contravene subsection 22(1) of the Trade Marks Act, that the wrong threshold test was applied in granting the injunction and that the respondents would not have suffered irreparable harm had the injunction not been issued.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)

Spanish

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