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WHEREABOUTS [17 records]

Record 1 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bioengineering
  • Immunology
DEF

The use of antibodies, with a fluorescent marker dye attached, in order to detect whereabouts of specific antigens... by formation of antibody-antigen complexes which show up on appropriate illumination.

OBS

The direct method utilizes a fluorochrome conjugated to an antibody, which is added directly to a tissue or cell suspension for the detection of a specific antigen. The indirect method permits detection of an antigen with a non-fluorochrome-conjugated antibody.

OBS

immunofluorescence method: This term appears under the entry "method" in the Stedman’s medical dictionary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Technique biologique
  • Immunologie
DEF

Technique utilisée pour identifier microscopiquement des antigènes particuliers, dans des cellules ou des tissus, par la fixation d'anticorps couplés à un fluorochrome.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bioingeniería
  • Inmunología
DEF

Prueba de laboratorio que emplea reactivos fluorescentes para observar la presencia de un agente.

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Record 2 2015-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
DEF

A cemetery for unknown or indigent people.

CONT

The common burial ground serves as the final resting spot for people who are indigent or those whose families don’t know their whereabouts when they die.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

[...] une partie non consacrée du cimetière (nommée champ du potier) était réservée aux exclus (enfants non baptisés, paroissiens excommuniés, suicidés, etc.) [...]

OBS

Le champ du potier couvrait le plus souvent une section d'un cimetière, mais ce pouvait également être un terrain.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes
OBS

A person who removes a child from the child's known place of residence with the intent to conceal the child's whereabouts from the child's parent or guardian, unless concealment is authorized by court order or is a reasonable response to domestic violence or child abuse, commits a felony of the third degree.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

L'article 365 du Code pénal luxembourgeois relatif au recel d'enfant ne vise également que l'enfant mineur de moins de 7 ans accomplis.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
DEF

Any information, entertainment, or social media service that is available on a mobile device, and makes use of geographical position.

CONT

LBS include services to identify a location of a person or object, such as discovering the nearest banking cash machine... or the whereabouts of a friend or employee. LBS include parcel tracking and vehicle tracking services. LBS can include mobile commerce when taking the form of coupons or advertising directed at customers based on their current location. They include personalized weather services and even location-based games.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
CONT

[...] chaque fois qu'une personne utilise des services basés sur la localisation à partir de son appareil mobile, l'identificateur unique des points d'accès sans fil traçables à proximité [...] est relayé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Comunicaciones móviles e inalámbricas
CONT

Los servicios basados en la localización proporcionan contenido que se personaliza dinámicamente, de acuerdo con la ubicación del usuario. Estos servicios se encuentran comúnmente en los dispositivos móviles [...]

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Record 5 2013-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices
  • Penal Administration
DEF

An electronic device worn by home-bound offenders [on their ankle] that allows the authorities to keep track of their whereabouts.

CONT

EMPP [Electronic Monitoring Program Pilot] involved participating offenders wearing an ankle bracelet utilizing global positioning system (GPS) and cellular technology to monitor movement at all times.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
  • Administration pénitentiaire
DEF

Micro-émetteur porté à la cheville qui alerte la police dès que son porteur s'éloigne de plus d'une certaine distance du lieu de détention ou du domicile.

CONT

Dans le cadre du PPSE [Programme pilote de surveillance électronique], les délinquants participants portaient un bracelet électronique à la cheville utilisant la technologie cellulaire et celle du système mondial de localisation (GPS) pour surveiller leurs déplacements à tout moment.

PHR

Désactiver le bracelet émetteur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Dispositivos de seguridad
  • Administración penitenciaria
CONT

La pulsera telemática es [...] una tobillera que el reo debe llevar puesta las 24 horas del día, aunque el control se concentre generalmente en las ocho horas diarias dedicadas a dormir. En su casa, o donde el juez lo determine, debe instalarse un receptor que sólo detecta la señal de la tobillera en esa zona prefijada, que luego se reenvía al centro de control, situado en el centro penitenciario.

OBS

A pesar de que la mayoría de los diccionarios indica que "pulsera" se usa en la muñeca, en el contexto penitenciario se emplea tanto para la muñeca como para el tobillo.

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Record 6 2010-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
CONT

An article is "lost" when the owner has lost the possession or custody of it, involuntarily and by any means, but more particularly by accident or his own negligence or forgetfulness and when he is ignorant of its whereabouts or cannot recover it by an ordinarily diligent search.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
DEF

Perdu, égaré (en langage juridique ou administratif).

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Rights and Freedoms
OBS

The Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances(WGEID) was established in 1980 by Commission on Human Rights resolution 20(XXXVI). The WGEID's mandate is to assist families in determining the fate and whereabouts of their relatives who, having disappeared, are placed outside the protection of the law. The WGEID endeavours to establish a channel of communication between the families and the Governments concerned, to ensure that individual cases which families have brought to the Group's attention are investigated with the objective of clarifying the whereabouts of disappeared persons. Clarification occurs when the fate or whereabouts of the disappeared person is clearly established, irrespective of whether the person is alive or dead.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Droits et libertés

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Derechos y Libertades
OBS

Extraído de "Human Rights: Names of International Bodies and Instruments and Other Titles = Droits de l'homme : noms d'organes et instruments internationaux et autres titres = Derechos Humanos: Nombres de Organos e Instrumentos Internacionales y Otros Títulos" con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 8 2008-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

CCES : Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport. The RTP is made up of top-ranked athletes based on an internationally recognized formula, with consideration given to risk levels and other subjective factors. RTP athletes have specific requirements under the Canadian Anti-Doping Program, including : Therapeutic Use Exemptions and Athlete Whereabouts Program.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport Registered Testing Pool

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

CCES (Centre canadien pour l'éthique dans le sport). Le GCE est constitué des meilleurs athlètes selon une formule reconnue internationalement, qui considère les éléments de risque et autres facteurs subjectifs. Les athlètes du GCE ont des exigences spécifiques selon le Programme canadien antidopage. Celles-ci incluent : Autorisation d'usage thérapeutique et Programme de localisation de l'athlète.

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
DEF

A person whose whereabouts are unknown and who is sought.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
DEF

Personne qu'un service de police a été prié de retrouver.

OBS

Une personne mineure qui quitte sans permission un foyer nourricier ou une institution pour jeunes est inscrite dans cette catégorie.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
DEF

... person who has been taken into custody by agents of the state, yet whose whereabouts and fate are concealed, and whose custody is denied.

CONT

The organization welcomed President Carlos Menem’s pledge in 1992 to track down any information on the "disappeared" and asked the authorities to take all necessary measure to disclose the information on the "disappeared" allegedly available in police and military archives.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
CONT

Ces chaussures abandonnées symbolisaient l'absence des «disparus» et des personnes tuées dans ce pays.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derechos y Libertades
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Record 11 2005-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
CONT

Co-inventor: One of two or more inventors working together on a single invention. A [name] listed on a patent must have made an essential contribution to the invention.

CONT

... the other inventors or their legal representatives may make application, and a patent may be granted in the name of the inventors who make the application, on satisfying the Commissioner that the joint inventor has refused to make application or that his whereabouts cannot be ascertained after diligent inquiry.

Key term(s)
  • coinventor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
CONT

Un individu peut être considéré comme co-inventeur s'il se contente de suggérer une idée quant au résultat à accomplir sans offrir les solutions pour y parvenir.

CONT

... les autres inventeurs ou leur représentant légal peuvent soumettre une demande, et un brevet peut être accordé au nom des inventeurs qui font la demande, si le commissaire est convaincu que l'inventeur conjoint a refusé de soumettre une demande ou que le lieu où il se trouve ne peut être déterminée après une enquête diligente.

OBS

La vedette anglaise et ses équivalents proviennent de la Loi sur les brevets, L.R. (1985), chapitre P-4, art. 31(1) et des Règles sur les brevets, C.R.C., chapitre 1 250, art. 62.

Key term(s)
  • co-auteur d'une invention

Spanish

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Record 12 2001-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

... inmate movement control to ensure the whereabouts of every inmate during waking hours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

[...] contrôle des déplacements des détenus pour surveiller les allées et venues de chaque détenu pendant les heures de veille.

Spanish

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Record 13 1998-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Document Classification (Library Science)
DEF

A record used in country libraries for tracing the whereabouts of particular books. It consists of book cards bearing the names or numbers of the centres to which the books have been sent, and is arranged in alphabetical order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Classification des documents (Bibliothéconomie)

Spanish

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Record 14 1992-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Records Management (Management)
OBS

notes on file cover, used to record whereabouts of file.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)

Spanish

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Record 15 1989-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
DEF

A debtor who has moved to avoid his creditors and whose whereabouts is unknown.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
OBS

study/analytic study: An epidemiologic study designed to test hypotheses about associations between the occurrence of disease and other characteristics of a population or its subgroups.

OBS

surveillance : The maintenance of oversight or tracking of the whereabouts of a person known to have been or suspected of having been exposed to infection, with a view of preventing further spread and of treating the person being watched should the disease develop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
OBS

Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 17 1987-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
OBS

surveillance : The maintenance of oversight or tracking of the whereabouts of a person known to have been or suspected of having been exposed to infection, with a view of preventing further spread and of treating the person being watched should the disease develop.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
OBS

Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada.

Spanish

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