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Record 1 2013-01-18

English

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

In looking out of the window of the tenth story one may see a purse lying on the street, but if before such observer gets down to the street and the purse has been picked up by X, the latter is clearly the finder, and the former has no rights which X has encroached upon. Finding, in short, involves and necessitates possession. Of course, such possession may be acquired by two or more concurrently, in which case they are tenants in common.(Fryer, 3rd ed., 1938, p. 381)

French

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

invention : 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 2 2001-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

Every element absorbs X rays in a distinctive manner. At X-ray wavelengths between 23 and 44 angstroms, oxygen-and therefore water-is much more transparent to radiation than is organic material. This fact opens up the possibility of discerning features through water, which makes up about three quarters of the mass of most cells. This part of the X-ray spectrum, called the water window, is quite useful for biological microscopy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
CONT

Compte tenu de la faible absorption par l'eau dans la gamme d'ondes 2,4-4,4 nm (la fenêtre d'eau) et du contraste créé par les rayons X entre C, N et O, des échantillons vivants (l'intérieur de cellules, par exemple) peuvent être étudiés. Le potentiel est considérable en biologie et médecine. Le contraste dû aux différentes caractéristiques d'absorption des éléments chimiques peut être utilisé pour obtenir des images haute résolution et tridimensionnelles de structures internes (os ou tissus, par exemple).

Spanish

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

[...] Este hecho abre la posibilidad de distinguir estructuras a través del agua que forma alrededor de las 3/4 partes de la masa de las células. Esta zona del espectro de los rayos X se denomina ventana del agua [...]

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Record 3 1997-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Information Processing (Informatics)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

A network-based windowing system that provides a programmatic interface for graphic window displays.

OBS

X Window permits graphics produced on one networked workstation to be displayed on another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement de l'information (Informatique)
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

L'interface graphique du monde Unix. Conçue à l'origine par le MIT, elle est indépendante des matériels mis en place. Il s'agit d'une interface de bas niveau, sur laquelle peuvent s'établir des fonctions plus avancées, un «look and feel» Open Look de Sun/ATT ou Motif d'OSF.

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
CONT

[Video digitizing cards] All the cards do have a capacity for controlled capture : The card captures a frame; the source device advances to the next frame, which is then digitized; and so on. This type of capturing requires not only a special capture application but also a video-source device with a serial port through which it can be controlled. The advantage of controlled capture is that cards that cannot capture 30 fps in real time, even at 160 X 120 pixels, can capture 30 fps at much larger window sizes with controlled capture, because the card can take as much time as it needs to digitize each frame before moving to the next.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie

Spanish

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Record 5 1994-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Image analysis technique in which a rectangular window is projected onto the X and Y axes using summation : two one-dimensional waveforms are generated, which simplifies subsequent analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

Projet de norme ISO sur la visionique.

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
DEF

A transformation which maps the contents of the workstation window into the workstation viewport, preserving aspect ratio in X and Y, but not necessarily in Z.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
DEF

Transformation d'une coordonnée d'appareil en coordonnée d'appareil.

Spanish

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