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FACT LIFE [34 records]

Record 1 2023-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Automatic thoughts are the thoughts that automatically arise in our minds throughout the day. Often, we are completely unaware we are even having thoughts, but with a little instruction and practice, you can learn to easily identify them, and as a result, get a better handle on your mood and behavior.

CONT

Automatic thoughts are images, words, or other kinds of mental activity that pop into your head in response to a trigger. These thoughts can seem mundane or unimportant, but they can, in fact, be extremely impactful. The types of automatic thoughts a person has, can affect their health outcomes as well as their overall quality of life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

Les pensées automatiques se matérialisent par des paroles spontanées que l'on se dit à soi-même, dans l'action, mais qui passent souvent inaperçues. Elles s'enchaînent les unes aux autres, comme une cascade, sans aucun effort intentionnel, et prédisposent à agir de manière stéréotypée en face de situations précises. Les pensées automatiques jouent un rôle extrêmement important dans la santé psychologique. En effet, elles déterminent en grande partie les émotions!

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Record 2 2019-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Environmental Management
  • Zoology
OBS

Environment Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Integrated Land Management for Wild life-Fact or Fiction
  • Integrated Land Management for Wildlife
  • Integrated Land Management for Wild life

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Zoologie
OBS

Environnement Canada.

Key term(s)
  • Gestion intégrée du territoire pour respecter la faune

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Grain Growing
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The Indian-meal moth has a wing-spread of about 2 centimetres. The forewings are creamy white next to the body, and have a reddish-brown colour with a coppery lustre on the outer two-thirds. The female moth lays about 200 eggs, either singly or in groups, on food material. The larvae are dirty white in colour, often with a greenish or pinkish tint. The newly hatched larvae are almost never seen because of their small size and the fact that they burrow as far as two metres into the grain mass. They normally remain in the grain until they have completed their larval growth. When fully grown they are about 1. 2 centimetres long. In summer their life cycle is about six weeks.

CONT

The Indian-meal moth is cosmopolitan in distribution, feeding on stored grain as well as nuts, dried fruits and packaged cereals. The principal damage caused to wheat is to the germ: a single larva may destroy the germ of approximately 50 kernels in completing its development. Degermed kernels reduce the grade and produce flour inferior in baking quality.

OBS

indian-meal moth; indian meal moth; Plodia interpunctella: terms used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Culture des céréales
  • Minoterie et céréales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

La pyrale indienne de la farine est un insecte cosmopolite qui se nourrit du grain entreposé ainsi que de noix, de fruits secs et de céréales en boîte. Elle s'attaque principalement au germe du grain de blé; en effet, une seule chenille peut détruire le germe d'environ cinquante grains au cours de son développement. La présence de grains dégermés diminue la qualité des céréales ainsi que la valeur boulangère de la farine.

OBS

Les ailes de la pyrale indienne de la farine ont une envergure d'environ 2 cm. Les ailes antérieures sont, à la base, d'un blanc crème et, sur les deux tiers restants, d'un brun roux aux reflets cuivrés. La femelle pond environ deux cents œufs, qu'elle expulse isolément ou en groupe sur ce qui lui sert de nourriture. La chenille est de couleur blanc jaunâtre, souvent teintée de verdâtre ou de rosâtre. Il est difficile de déceler la présence de la chenille nouvellement éclose parce qu'elle est très petite et qu'elle pénètre jusqu'à 2 m de profondeur dans la masse des grains. Elle y demeure habituellement jusqu'à la nymphose. Elle mesure à ce moment environ 1,2 cm. En été, le cycle évolutif demande environ six semaines.

OBS

pyrale indienne de la farine : terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Molinería y cereales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
DEF

Insecto lepidóptero originario de Europa que [...] ataca a los alimentos almacenados y se puede encontrar sobre todo en frutos secos como nueces o almendras, aunque también se alimenta de chocolate y a veces de cereales.

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Record 4 2017-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

The act or fact of coming into life, or of being born; nativity

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Commencement de la vie indépendante (caractérisé par l'établissement de la respiration pulmonaire); moment où le fœtus est expulsé de l'organisme maternel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 5 2016-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crop Protection
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
OBS

The insecticidal nature of [Bacillus thuringiensis] is attributed to crystal-like proteins that are produced by Bt cells during the spore-forming stage of its life cycle. The crystal protein in Bt kills insects by binding to and disrupting the midgut(stomach) membranes. Susceptible insects will stop feeding within hours of ingesting Bt and will generally die within 2-5 days. The specificity of Bt lies in the fact that particular stomach enzymes(present only in certain insects) must activate the crystal proteins before they are considered toxic. Under normal conditions the crystal protein is insoluble(not active) and is therefore safe to humans, mammals and the majority of insects.

OBS

insecticidal crystal protein; ICP: term and abbreviation extracted from the “Glossaire de l’agriculture” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Protection des végétaux
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
CONT

Le Bacillus thuringiensis [...] est une bactérie Gram positif que l'on rencontre fréquemment dans le sol. Au stade de la sporulation, la bactérie produit une protéine cristalline insecticide Cry1A(c) non toxique pour l'être humain, les autres vertébrés et les insectes utiles. Cette protéine ainsi que des protéines semblables sont employées contre les lépidoptères, à titre d'insecticides foliaires acceptables sur le plan environnemental.

OBS

protéine cristalline à action insecticide : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
CONT

Both evolutionists and economists argue that individuals do things for the larger group only if it is also for the good of the individual. Animals rarely do selfless things for their species. And people rarely do selfless things for the good of society. But even desiccated economists had noticed the "voter paradox. "People vote in elections despite the fact that no individual can expect to influence the outcome. People give to charity. Executives work long hours on behalf of their firms. Travellers tip waiters they will never see again. Soldiers willingly risk their lives for their country. Trust, cooperation and altruism are all part of human life. They are also part of animal life. The question is how do you reconcile altruism with the invisible hand and survival of the fittest?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Homeopathy
DEF

Spirit-like dynamic of life as possessed or manifested by living things.

CONT

Ever since the time of the Greek physician Hippocrates, in the fifth century BC, some doctors have believed that the various functions of the body are controlled and maintained by a vital force which exists independently of the cells, tissues and organs of the body... many scientists now believe that the vital force is, in fact, a form of electromagnetic energy which organizes all the functions of life [and] has a positive effect in reorganizing the response of electrical, chemical and physical processes and restoring health and vitality.

CONT

Since diseases, in general, are dynamic attacks on the life principle (vital force), the dynamic inimical disease principle exerting its destructive influence upon the vital energy brings out the external signs of the inner, malignant miasms by recognition of which a correct remedy may be selected, in such disorders.

OBS

This force is similar to the "chi" in Chinese medicine and "prana" in Indian Ayurvedic medicine.

OBS

In the sixth edition, Hahnemann changed the term "vital force" to "vital energy," probably to keep it in line with the Oriental concepts of "Qi," and "Prana" with which he was totally familiar.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Homéopathie
DEF

Énergie ainsi appelée par Hahnemann dans la préface de son ORGANON et qui réside dans tout être vivant et par laquelle le remède homéopathique peut guérir grâce à la réaction de la défense naturelle.

CONT

[...] la notion d'«énergie vitale» fait à son tour l'objet d'un renouveau [...] la présence d'un champ de force électromagnétique, indispensable à l'organisation du vivant, est reconnue par une part de plus en plus grande de scientifiques de pointe.

CONT

L'énergie telle que comprise par la médecine traditionnelle chinoise; ici, nous l'envisagerons sous un angle plus «occidental» en parlant de l'énergie vitale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Homeopatía
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Record 8 2013-05-15

English

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

Restricted ownership occurs where either concurrent or successive rights of user are vested in persons other than the owner; thus land may be subject to easements or rights of common, or the right of user possessed by the owner for the time being may be restricted by the fact that he has only a limited interest in it, as in the case of a joint tenant, tenant for life, or lessee.(Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1301)

CONT

Restricted ownership is ownership limited to some extent, or a life tenancy, or where the property is charged with the payment of a sum of money, or subject to an easement. (Osborn’s, 6th ed., 1976, p. 243)

French

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

Terme explicatif ayant une compréhension large.

OBS

propriété restreinte : 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 9 2013-03-18

English

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

Where a married woman died and her husband took curtesy, the element of succession required to make the land settled land was satisfied by the fact that he took a mere life estate and that subject thereto the land passed to his wife's heir. Nevertheless, the land was not settled land within the meaning of the [Act], since the husband's interest arose by operation of law and not under any document.(Megarry and Wade, p. 319)

French

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

intérêt viager par effet de la loi : 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 10 2013-02-12

English

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

A phrase indicating the liability of the life tenant for waste as to conduct in encroaching upon the corpus of the estate.... Also indicating the liability of a tenant under a lease for years for waste. (Ballentine’s, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 585).

OBS

A life tenant who is impeachable for waste may not commit voluntary waste, but it is not such waste unless it is in fact injurious to the inheritance either by diminishing the value of the estate, or by increasing the burden on it.(Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 169).

French

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

responsable des dégradations : 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 11 2012-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade Names
  • Baby and Child Care
OBS

The Period of PURPLE Crying® is the phrase used to describe the point in a baby's life when they cry more than any other time. This period of increased crying is often described as colic, but there have been many misunderstandings about what “colic” really is. The Period of PURPLE Crying® is a new way to help parents understand this time in their baby's life, which is a normal part of every infant's development. It is confusing and concerning to be told your baby “has colic” because it sounds like it is an illness or a condition that is abnormal. When the baby is given colic medicine it reinforces the idea that there is something wrong with the baby when in fact the baby is going through a very normal developmental phase. That is why we prefer to refer to this time as the Period of PURPLE Crying®. No, it is not because the baby turns purple when he/she cries but provides a meaningful and memorable way to describe what parents and their babies are going through. The Period of PURPLE Crying® begins at about 2 weeks of age and continues until about 3-4 months.

OBS

The letters in PURPLE stand for P (Peak of crying); U (Unexpected); R (Resists soothing); P (Pain-like face); L (Long lasting); E (Evening).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations commerciales
  • Soins du bébé et puériculture
OBS

D’un point de vue positif, l’évaluation croissante de la relation entre le syndrome du bébé secoué et le nourrisson qui pleure indique qu’on pourrait réduire ce syndrome en offrant tôt aux nouveaux parents des programmes éducatifs universels. L’objectif serait de les aider à comprendre que ces pleurs sont normaux, peuvent être frustrantes, et que réagir en secouant le bébé cause des blessures graves au cerveau et peut même entraîner la mort. À cette fin, le National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome a publié des brochures et des DVD/vidéos d’intervention intitulés The Period of PURPLE Crying® afin d’encourager la plus grande diffusion possible auprès des services de santé et du grand public. Dans le mot PURPLE, chaque lettre renvoie à chacune des six caractéristiques des pleurs normaux typiques des premiers mois de la vie (P pour pleurs d’intensité maximale; U pour le moment inattendu auquel se produit l’accès prolongé de pleurs; R pour résistance à l’apaisement; P pour visage qui semble souffrir même si le nourrisson ne souffre pas; L pour long accès de pleurs, et E pour pleurs concentrés dans la soirée).

OBS

période de pleurs extrêmes et inconsolables : terme retenu par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

OBS

Le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé propose de traduire, lorsque nécessaire, le terme Period of PURPLE Crying® par «période de pleurs extrêmes et inconsolables».

Spanish

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Record 12 2012-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Motor Vehicles and Bicycles
CONT

Top 10 Features for Commuter Cars. For most of us, the daily commute is an inescapable fact of modern life. It makes sense, then, to purchase a car that keeps the slog to and from work as pleasant as possible. Sometimes that means foregoing certain features that make a car "fun, "because they’re not practical on a day-by-day basis in bumper-to-bumper traffic.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sortes de véhicules automobiles et de bicyclettes

Spanish

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Record 13 2012-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

An individual who ... regularly posts specious arguments, flames or personal attacks to a newsgroup, discussion list, or in email for no other purpose than to annoy someone or disrupt a discussion.

CONT

Trolls are recognizable by the fact that they have no real interest in learning about the topic at hand--they simply want to utter flame bait. Like the ugly creatures they are named after, they exhibit no redeeming characteristics. As such, they are recognized as a lower form of life on the Net, as in "Oh, ignore him. He's just a troll. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Un troll est un usager d'un service en ligne qui pour une raison personnelle ou interactionnelle va commencer à bombarder un site de commentaires désobligeants. Ces propos vont entraîner une dynamique d'échanges [...] de moins en moins civilisée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

Persona que escribe mensajes groseros u ofensivos en Internet, por ejemplo en foros, para interrumpir la discusión o enfadar a sus participantes.

OBS

trol: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda que es preferible usa la forma española "trol". En cuanto a su plural, aunque en el uso está extendida la forma trols, de acuerdo con las reglas de pluralización españolas debería ser troles.

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Record 14 2011-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

Large stirred tank into which are placed enzyme and substrate. The reaction is allowed to proceed to completion, the reactor drained, and the product separated from the enzyme.... The traditional stirred tank reactors consist of a vessel, a stirrer, and frequently baffles attached to the walls of the vessel to improve the mixing of the reactants.

CONT

When immobilized enzymes are used in a batch reactor, the immobilized preparation should subsequently be separated from the product stream. Batch reactors using immobilized biocatalysts therefore have limited potential in industry. In fact,... unless the immobilized enzyme can easily be recovered for reuse after the reaction has run its course, this type of reactor fails to take advantage of one of the fundamental assets of immobilized enzymes, long life or enzyme stability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
DEF

Type de réacteur agité à support particulaire (ou fibres) avec lequel on doit procéder entre chaque cycle à la récupération de l'enzyme, par filtration, centrifugation ou sédimentation. (...) Le réacteur est un récipient dans lequel le mélange des matières premières et du catalyseur biologique est effectué dans un environnement optimal permettant la réaction biologique. La température et le pH sont réglés et surveillés en permanence. De l'air filtré, parfois enrichi en oxygène, barbote dans le mélange. (...) Après quelques heures ou quelques jours, on vide le réacteur pour isoler et purifier les produits de réaction.

CONT

Le réacteur à fonctionnement discontinu est encore le plus employé en microbiologie industrielle. (...) Ce type de réacteur est généralement utilisé pour des substrats de haute viscosité et pour des enzymes possédant une activité assez faible.

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Record 15 2010-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
DEF

Detriment or disadvantage resulting from deprivation or change of condition; an instance of this

CONT

Loss. The fact of losing....(E. g.) loss of power, of sight. Loss of a mother, of life.

OBS

loss: Const. with "of" or objective genitive.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé
OBS

perte : Sens général. Plus explicitement : perte ou privation de quelque chose.

OBS

privation : sens général.

Spanish

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Record 16 2008-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Religion (General)
OBS

The CCCB is the national assembly of the Bishops of Canada. It was founded in 1943 and officially recognized by the Holy See in 1948. Since the Second Vatican Council, it became part of a worldwide network of Episcopal Conferences, established in 1965, as an integral part of the life of the universal Church. Up until 1977, it was called the Canadian Catholic Conference. The change reflects more clearly the fact that it is an association of Bishops.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Religion (Généralités)
OBS

Fondée en 1943 et reconnue officiellement par le Saint-Siège en 1948, la Conférence des évêques catholiques du Canada (CECC) est l'assemblée des évêques catholiques du Canada. Depuis le Concile Vatican II, elle fait partie du réseau des conférences épiscopales du monde entier établies en 1965 comme interlocutrices officielles de l'Église universelle. Jusqu'en 1977, la CECC portait le nom de Conférence catholique canadienne; la nouvelle appellation vise essentiellement à refléter la réalité associative des évêques.

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Record 17 2008-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

A molecule or oxygen atom with one or more electrons in its outerest orbite non parallel with other of opposite rotations(spins) in the same orbital layer, fact which gives it high reactivity and makes it unsteady, with a short life.

CONT

Theories about aging were almost [15 years ago] as common as fruit flies. Senescence was caused by a strict genetic program for death. Or by random damage to DNA or to some of the critical enzymes that keep the body running. Or by changes in hormone levels, a decline in the functioning of the immune system or the relentless activity of highly reactive, potentially destructive molecules called oxygen free radicals.

CONT

Oxygen free radicals, unless they are quickly neutralized by antioxidants, can cause considerable damage to the membranes of mitochondria and to mitochondrial DNA.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Radical contenant deux électrons non appariés, chacun sur une orbitale séparée, de spin identique (état de restriction de spin).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
DEF

Molécula extraordinariamente inestable, con uno o más electrones desparejados.

OBS

Estos radicales pueden dañar la estructura de las membranas celulares y el ADN.

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Record 18 2007-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Etiquette and Protocol (General)
OBS

The Royal Victorian Chain is an award, instituted in 1902 by King Edward VII as a personal award of the Monarch(i. e. not an award by the British or any other Commonwealth Realm government). Although it is similar in appearance to the Royal Victorian Order, the two awards are unrelated. The Royal Victorian Chain does not confer upon its recipients any style or title-in fact, the Chain is not even given a precedence within any Commonwealth honours system-but it represents a personal token of high distinction and esteem from the Monarch. The Chain can be conferred upon men and women, both of the Realms and foreign. The chain is in gold, decorated with motifs of Tudor rose, Thistle, Shamrock and Lotus Flower(symbolizing England, Scotland, Ireland and India respectively), and a crowned, red enamelled cipher of King Edward VII "ERI"(Edwardus Rex Imperator), surrounded by a gold wreath for men, upon which the badge is suspended. The chain is worn around the collar by men, or with the four motifs and some chain links fixed to a riband in the form of bow(blue with red-white-red edges) on the left shoulder by women. However the Queen's sister Princess Margaret in later life wore her chain around the collar, as male recipients do.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Étiquette et protocole (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 19 2006-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Honorary Distinctions
  • Scientific Research
OBS

The results have certainly proven that in the life sciences, Canada's young people are among the brightest and best in the world. The winners share thousands of dollars in prizes and many go on to success at international scientific competitions. In fact, there is now a similar program based on the Canadian SABC(Sanofi Aventis Biotech Challenge) model— the BioGeneius Awards which are held each year at the international BIO Conference in different cities across the U. S.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations internationaux
  • Recherche scientifique
OBS

Il ressort clairement des résultats obtenus à ce jour que nos jeunes sont doués pour les sciences de la vie. Les gagnants se partagent des milliers de dollars en prix et sont nombreux à aller décrocher d'autres palmes dans des concours internationaux. Un programme semblable a été créé suivant le modèle canadien du DBSA (Défi Biotech Sanofi-Aventis) : les Prix BioGENEius décernés lors de la Conférence BIO internationale tenue chaque année dans des villes américaines différentes.

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Record 20 2005-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phobias
DEF

An abnormal, excessive, and persistent fear of pleasure.

OBS

Sufferers with this most puritanical of phobias typically feel guilty about experiencing pleasure even though they usually realize rationally there is nothing at all wrong with taking pleasure. Their guilt usually arises from the fact that they are participating in a pleasurable activity while others around them or in the world at large are experiencing nothing but illness, grief, economic hardship and other painful problems. Their guilt may also arise from the belief that life is best lived ascetically(similar to the idea that, for a medicine to do good, it must taste bad).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phobies
DEF

Crainte excessive du plaisir.

Spanish

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Record 21 2003-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

Agreement made between spouses as an incident of a divorce proceeding. Such agreement may contain provisions for division of property owned or acquired by the spouses during the marriage, periodic payments by one of the spouses or a lump sum payment or one time conveyance of property.

CONT

... the fact that the husband had started to build a new life for himself in the home and was contributing to the maintenance of the children residing with the appellant are not grounds for affecting her claim to a property settlement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

[...] le fait que l'époux a tenté de refaire sa vie dans la maison et a contribué à l'entretien des enfants vivant avec l'appelante ne peut avoir d'effet sur sa revendication visant la répartition du droit de propriété.

Spanish

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Record 22 2003-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
  • Cultural Practices (Agriculture)
CONT

In spite of nice weather, the vine has been growing slowly because of low temperatures (cold and dry). ... The frost risks are to be feared till May 15th ...

CONT

Frost risk is an important fact of life for agriculture. Freezing temperatures restrict the length of the growing season and are responsible for reductions in yield and quality of agricultural crops.... Risk can be reduced by careful management of the land and effective reaction to forecasts. Late spring and early fall frosts usually involve minimum temperatures just slightly below freezing, It is in these situations that preventive measures can be most effective.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
  • Soin des cultures (Agriculture)
CONT

Le drainage de l'air froid le long des pentes et son accumulation en amont des obstacles et dans les cuvettes contribuent à accentuer les écarts thermiques entre les diverses zones d'un territoire [...] et à accroître, dans certains secteurs où stagne l'air froid, le risque de gel.

CONT

Le secteur de Rimouski ainsi que la Gaspésie ont reçu beaucoup plus d'eau. Le risque de gel au sol de la fin mai dû à la pleine lune n'a été que crainte car la température fut d'environ 30 °C le jour et très humide la nuit.

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Record 23 2002-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance Law
  • Life Insurance
DEF

Clause by virtue of which an assurance company renounces its right to dispute the validity of a policy after a prudent time period has elapsed, despite the fact that there may be inaccuracies, hidden facts or even fraudulent declarations in the insured's proposal form. The aim is to make life assurance policies absolutely safe, reducing the possibility that the assurer delay payment of insured sums to an absolute minimum.

OBS

incontestability clause: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des assurances
  • Assurance sur la vie
DEF

Clause aux termes de laquelle l'assureur renonce à invoquer [...] l'irrégularité dans la déclaration du risque [...] à l'expiration d'un délai de deux ans.

OBS

clause d'incontestabilité : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguros (Derecho)
  • Seguro de vida
DEF

Cláusula en virtud de la cual, transcurrido un plazo prudencial de tiempo, el asegurador renuncia a discutir la validez de la póliza, a pesar de que existan declaraciones inexactas, ocultación de hechos materiales y en algunos contratos incluso declaraciones fraudulentas. Su finalidad es la de hacer que las pólizas de seguros de vida sean consideradas como absolutamente seguras, reduciendo al mínimo la posibilidad de que la compañía aseguradora pueda retrasar el pago de los capitales asegurados.

OBS

cláusula de indisputabilidad: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 24 1998-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lithography, Offset Printing and Collotype
CONT

The name "deep-etch plate" is related to the fact that the printing image is recessed in the plate metal, though only very slightly. The non-printing areas of deep-etch plates are, consequently, on the surface of the plate and slightly above the printing areas. The differences in depth, or in elevation, between the printing and the non-printing areas of deep-etch plates are indeed very slight-on the average about two or three ten-thousandths of an inch. Deep-etch plates have considerably longer press life than do surface plates; they are more dependable, run cleaner, and can be made from positives which lend themselves better to dot-etching than do photographic negatives, the intermediate elements of surface plates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lithographie, offset et phototypie
CONT

Beaucoup de plaques, surtout pour les tirages en couleurs, sont en creux. Une plaque en creux suppose l'utilisation de positifs photo dont le contrôle au développement et la retouche sont plus aisés que celui des négatifs. La définition de l'image est meilleure. Elle est bien délimitée par les creux et bien accrochée par la laque. On ne court pas le risque des particules de couche restées dans les régions non imprimantes. Les parties imprimantes présentent un creux maximum de 5 à 7 millièmes : ce creux protège le fond des tailles, donc l'image, contre l'usure par frottement des rouleaux.

Spanish

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Record 25 1998-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Industry
CONT

Scrap is a fact of life in plastics processing plants. Runners and sprues, reject molded parts, and trim from film extrusion and thermoforming operations, represent significant amounts of material that must be dealt with by the manufacturer. Whether the scrap is to be disposed or reused, it is usually put through a size reduction process for easier handling. In the case of thermoplastics, scrap is easily reused by reducing its size to the point where it can be fed into processing equipment in the same manner as virgin resin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie des plastiques
CONT

Les avantages par rapport à l'extrusion-soufflage sont les suivants : absence de déchets, tolérances extrêmement précises à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur du goulot [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria de plásticos
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Record 26 1994-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Psychology
DEF

Goffman's term referring to the fact that every person's social life is judged constantly by others. Thus social life can be seen as a moral career.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie sociale
DEF

Terme utilisé par Goffman pour signifier que la vie sociale de chaque personne est constamment jugée par les autres. La vie sociale peut donc être vue comme une carrière morale.

Spanish

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Record 27 1992-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Anthropology
CONT

Biocentrism refers to the consideration of the humans as a species within the planetary system and not in dominance of the planet.

OBS

"biocentric" : Centering in life : taking life as a central fact.

OBS

As opposed to "anthropocentrism". See that record.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Anthropologie
OBS

Proposition sur le modèle de "anthropocentrisme". Voir cette fiche.

Spanish

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Record 28 1992-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Anthropology
DEF

Centering in life : taking life as a central fact.

OBS

Compare with "anthropocentric".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Anthropologie
OBS

Proposition sur le modèle de "anthropocentrique". Voir cette fiche.

Spanish

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Record 29 1992-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Philosophy (General)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Anthropology
OBS

[A derivative from "biocentric", which means :] Centering in life : taking life as a central fact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Philosophie (Généralités)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Anthropologie

Spanish

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Record 30 1986-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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Record 31 1981-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
OBS

The group life insurance plan with the GOLI option is based upon all the fundamental principles described for group insurance in this text and is, in fact, a Group Term Life Insurance plan with the option to take part or all of the insurance, according to the insurance schedule, on either a term insurance basis or a permanent insurance basis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
OBS

Le régime, d'assurance-vie collective avec option ACVE est fondé sur tous les principes fondamentaux donnés dans ce texte, pour l'assurance collective, et est, en fait, un régime d'assurance-vie collective temporaire avec l'option de prendre une partie ou la totalité de l'assurance, selon la table d'assurance, sur une base d'assurance temporaire ou permanente.

Spanish

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Record 32 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
  • Production (Economics)
OBS

"Economic scarcity" refers to the basic fact of life that there exists only a finite amount of human and nonhuman resources, which the best technical Knowledge is capable of using to produce only a limited amount of each and every good(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois du marché (Économie)
  • Production (Économie)

Spanish

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Record 33 1980-06-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
OBS

A "fact of life" in the industry is the ever-present threat of self-manufacture by large users.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
OBS

(...) pressées (...) par la menace d'auto-production, les entreprises du secteur des emballages métalliques ont dû s'accommoder de marges et de prix particulièrement faibles.

Spanish

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Record 34 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
OBS

we are dealing with the facts of life

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
OBS

nous étudions la réalité, les faits concrets. (Clichés, Guide du traducteur, p. 325)

Spanish

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