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BCI [8 records]

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Record 1 2022-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organic Farming
OBS

[These researchers] developed a biocontrol index(BCI) reflecting the ability of natural enemies to control pests in corn and perennial energy crops, and examined changes in BCI in relation to energy crops’ expansion.

Key term(s)
  • bio-control index

French

Domaine(s)
  • Agriculture biologique

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Real Estate
DEF

A roll-up of the evaluation of individual building system components.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immobilier
DEF

Valeur cumulative des résultats d'évaluation des diverses composantes particulières des systèmes du bâtiment.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Informatics
CONT

A BCI ia a system that measures CNS [central nervous system] activity and converts it into artificial output that replaces, restores, enhances, supplements, or improves natural CNS output and thereby changes the ongoing interactions between the CNS and its external or internal environment... A BCI records [the] brain signals, extracts specific measures(or features) from them, and converts(or translates) these features into artificial outputs that act on the outside world or on the body itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Informatique
DEF

Système de liaison directe entre un cerveau et un ordinateur, permettant à un individu de communiquer avec son environnement sans passer par l’action des nerfs périphériques et des muscles.

CONT

La structure d’une ICM comprend un système d’acquisition et de traitement des signaux cérébraux, un système de classification et traduction de ces signaux dans un ordinateur, un système de commande mécanique d’un élément de l’environnement (un clavier sur écran, un fauteuil roulant, une prothèse, etc.), et une boucle finale d’apprentissage par rétroaction, permettant à l’utilisateur de progresser dans la maîtrise de l’ICM et à l’ICM d’affiner l’interprétation des activités cérébrales du patient (biofeedback). Les signaux proviennent de l’activité électrique des neurones.

Spanish

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Record 4 2007-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Environment
OBS

Battery Council International is a trade organization that brings together the leading lead-acid battery manufacturers in North America and other major players from around the world. Externally, BCI provides information and resources on the industry to numerous outside organizations and researchers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Environnement

Spanish

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Record 5 1996-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
Key term(s)
  • Bell Canada International
  • Bell Canada-International Management, Research and Consulting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
Key term(s)
  • Bell Canada International
  • La Société internationale de gestion, recherche et consultation-Bell Canada

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Name changed June 1978.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Blissymbolics Communication Institute s'est dissoute et a formé deux (2) organismes distincts dont Blissymbolics Communication International et Easter Seal Communication Institute.

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 8 1984-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Construction Standards and Regulations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réglementation et normalisation (Construction)

Spanish

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