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UPHEAVAL [13 records]

Record 1 2023-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
CONT

Conflict, political uncertainty and the resulting social upheaval can lead to personal trauma.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Fluctuations
DEF

A phase of the economic cycle that is characterized by a general decline in economic activity.

CONT

Recession is a normal, albeit unpleasant, part of the business cycle. Recessions are characterized by a rash of business failures and often bank failures, slow or negative growth in production, and elevated unemployment. The economic pain caused by recessions, though temporary, can have major effects that alter an economy. This can occur due to structural shifts in the economy as vulnerable or obsolete firms, industries, or technologies fail and are swept away; dramatic policy responses by government and monetary authorities, which can literally rewrite the rules for businesses; or social and political upheaval resulting from widespread unemployment and economic distress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fluctuations économiques
DEF

Phase du cycle économique caractérisée par un déclin général de l'activité économique.

CONT

Bien que les récessions puissent avoir des effets importants sur l'économie, elles font partie intégrante des cycles économiques : l'économie connait une phase d'expansion jusqu'à atteindre un sommet et pour enfin se rétracter. Un pays est considéré comme étant en récession lorsqu'il passe le pic de croissance et entre en phase de contraction économique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fluctuaciones económicas
DEF

[Fase caracterizada por el] descenso relativamente pasajero de la actividad económica, de la producción y del consumo, con el consiguiente decrecimiento de los beneficios, salarios y nivel de empleo.

OBS

[La recesión es] menos profunda y grave que la depresión.

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Record 3 2020-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • News and Journalism (General)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
DEF

... journalism that is conducted by people who are not professional journalists but who disseminate information using Web sites, blogs and social media.

CONT

Citizen journalism has expanded its worldwide influence despite continuing concerns over whether citizen journalists are as reliable as trained professionals. Citizens in disaster zones have provided instant text and visual reporting from the scene. People in countries affected by political upheaval and often in countries where print and broadcast media are controlled by the government have used a variety of technological tools to share information about hot spots.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
DEF

Intervention de citoyens qui témoignent, analysent ou commentent l'actualité au moyen d'outils de communication, sous forme de microbillets, d'articles, de blogues, de photos, de fichiers audio ou de vidéos.

OBS

On emploie généralement le terme «journalisme citoyen» par opposition au terme «journalisme professionnel».

OBS

journalisme citoyen : terme et définition entérinés par le Comité de terminologie de Radio-Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 2020-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • News and Journalism (General)
  • Collaborative and Social Communications
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Usually, the witness [of a first moment or hours of a disruption such as a natural disaster or a political upheaval] produces fragments or snippets of accidental journalism as [he or she captures] moments from the "right place at the right time"...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
  • Communications collaboratives et sociales
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Long-Distance Pipelines
CONT

A pipeline operated at varying temperatures due to occasional shut down of theproduction will expand at positive temperature changes. If the pipeline is not free toexpand but restrained by friction, the pipe will be subjected to an axial compressive load. If the force exerted by the pipe on the soil cover exceeds the vertical restraint created by the pipe's submerged weight, its bending stiffness and the soil cover, the pipe will tend to move in the vertical plane, and considerable displacements may occur.... This model is a consistent semi-analytical linearized procedure and may as such only be considered sufficiently accurate when the upheaval displacement is relatively small.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Canalisations à grande distance

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • History
CONT

Contact Period in the Champlain Valley(1609-1664 AD)... 1609 the Mahican living in the Hudson Valley came in contact with Dutch explorer Henry Hudson. Shortly thereafter, the Dutch began to trade metal tools to the Mahican in exchange for furs. The Mahican also developed alliances with the French. When the English captured New Amsterdam in 1664, a region which included much of the Mahican's traditional territory, the Mahican were forced to develop alliances with the British. By 1700 the Mahican population had been decreased from an estimated 4, 000 to about 500 through European diseases, famine, wars, and political pressures. Many of the Mahican merged with other groups, including the Dutch, the Western Abenaki, the French, and the Mohawk Iroquois. By 1720 the Mahican no longer existed as an organized native tribe in the Champlain and Hudson Valleys. The influx of Europeans to the Northeast caused great upheaval among the region's Native American populations. Disease, confusing political and economic relations, and continuous warfare split native communities apart and forced them to join outlying groups....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earthmoving
CONT

Thawing of permafrost terrain along the pipeline right-of-way could contribute to loss of pipe cover and soil strength due to thawing of ice-rich backfill. This could lead to increased potential for erosion along the sunken ditch, pipe exposure and/or upheaval displacement of the pipe.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Terrassement
CONT

Le dégel de terrain de pergélisol le long de l'emprise du pipeline pourrait contribuer à la perte du remblayage de la conduite et de la force du sol attribuables au dégel de matériaux de remblai riches en glace. Cela pourrait mener à un potentiel accru d'érosion le long de la tranchée effondrée, à l'exposition de la conduite et/ou au déplacement vers le haut de la conduite.

Spanish

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Record 8 2010-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science (General)
CONT

We have seen international stability shaken by military hostilities in the Persian Gulf and by political upheaval in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
CONT

La stabilité internationale a été ébranlée par les opérations militaires dans le golfe Persique et par les bouleversements politiques survenus en Europe de l'Est et en Union soviétique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias políticas (Generalidades)
CONT

Agitación política en Colombia. El ambiente político colombiano está fuertemente agitado por las acusaciones hechas contra altos dignatarios del gobierno, dirigentes políticos y generales retirados del ejército y la policía por [el] máximo jefe de los paramilitares de derecha.

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Record 9 2005-02-17

English

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

Whether the couple realize it or not, in many relationships there is a major upheaval in the emotional dynamics between husband and wife upon the arrival of their child.

French

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

Il arrive fréquemment qu'un symptôme physique ne trouve sa correction définitive qu'une fois la dynamique émotionnelle sous-jacente résolue.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Special Years, Weeks, Days
  • Heritage
OBS

The "Great Upheaval" refers to the expulsion of the Acadians from their lands in the actual Nova Scotia from 1755 to 1762, still considered a dark moment in Canadian history.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations d'années, de semaines et de jours spéciaux
  • Patrimoine
OBS

Le «Grand Dérangement» (1755-1762) est le nom donné par les Acadiens à ce que l'histoire du Canada appelle la «Déportation des Acadiens».

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tectonics
CONT

Every geological period begins with a significant expansion of the area of subsidence, and ends with the diminishing of step folds and expansion of upheaval surfaces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tectonique
DEF

[...] style tectonique comprenant à la fois des flexures et des plis, ceux-ci pouvant être ouverts, basculés, isoclinaux, ou même être représentés par des écailles.

Spanish

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Record 12 1991-11-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
CONT

We have seen international stability shaken by military hostilities in the Persian Gulf and the political upheaval in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
CONT

La stabilité internationale a été ébranlée par les opérations militaires dans le golfe Persique et par les bouleversements politiques survenus en Europe de l'Est et en Union soviétique.

Spanish

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Record 13 1983-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neuroses
DEF

A neurotic disorder precipitated by a trauma such as incident or emotional upheaval.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Névroses
DEF

réaction anxieuse provoquée par un choc affectif, parfois accompagnée de manifestations viscérales et de troubles divers.

Spanish

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