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FOCUS TESTING [17 records]

Record 1 2023-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Ecosystems
CONT

To support decision-making for [wetland] restoration efforts, wetland ecologists have tailored adaptive management to focus on experimental testing of alternative restoration approaches in phased modules, using knowledge gained in early modules to design later modules and experiments. Adaptive restoration... is an efficient way to advance both the science of restoration ecology and the practice of ecological restoration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Le génie écologique œuvre favorablement sur les problématiques suivantes: • Amélioration ou restauration adaptative des fonctionnalités et continuités écologiques, • Dépollution ou épuration en milieu terrestre ou aquatique, • Réintroduction ou revalorisation d’espèces endémiques, • Transplantation de stations floristiques (déplacement d’espèces), • Restauration de milieux dégradés, • Lutte contre les espèces envahissantes terrestres et aquatiques, • Lutte contre l’érosion surfacique ou linéaire, • Réhabilitation d’espaces publics ou privés, recréation d’écosystèmes locaux urbains, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
  • Ecosistemas
CONT

Será importante que la información del monitoreo permita desarrollar una restauración adaptativa, de tal forma que la Información respalde la toma de decisiones con respecto a las acciones de restauración.

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Record 2 2020-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Nervous System
OBS

Research initiatives at the Aphasia Institute focus on observing what happens within on-site programs, exploring critical questions about the aphasia experience, and testing ideas on how to better deliver care and support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Système nerveux

Spanish

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Record 3 2020-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hygiene and Health
  • Labour and Employment
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
DEF

... a field of health care made up of multiple disciplines dedicated to the well-being and safety of employees in the workplace.

OBS

[Occupational health] has a strong focus on injury prevention and employee education. Occupational health services include employee wellness, pre-placement testing, ergonomics, occupational therapy, occupational medicine, and more.

OBS

The term "industrial health" should be reserved to industrial contexts, especially factories.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé
  • Travail et emploi
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Higiene y Salud
  • Trabajo y empleo
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
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Record 4 2019-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
  • Software
DEF

The application or program that is the focus of the testing process.

CONT

System under test (SUT) refers to a system that is being validated by the testers. The terminology is also known as application under test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
  • Logiciels

Spanish

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Record 5 2019-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Food Safety
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

The CSA [comparative safety assessment] is basically a two-tiered approach. The initial step comprises a thorough comparison with the closely related conventional counterpart to identify any differences that may have safety implications for the consumer. This comparison includes both phenotypic characteristics as well as a compositional analysis. The phenotypic analysis should also include comparative health parameters. The compositional analysis will focus on key substances in the animal products under scrutiny and will be subject to changes according to the latest scientific state of the art. The second step of the CSA comprises the toxicological and nutritional evaluation of the identified differences between the GM [genetically modified] animal and its conventional counterpart. As a result of this second step, additional testing may be required and can result in an iterative process in order to obtain all relevant information for the final risk characterization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

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Record 6 2019-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Food Safety
  • Collaboration with the FAO
CONT

The CSA is basically a two-tiered approach. The initial step comprises a thorough comparison with the closely related conventional counterpart to identify any differences that may have safety implications for the consumer. This comparison includes both phenotypic characteristics as well as a compositional analysis. The phenotypic analysis should also include comparative health parameters. The compositional analysis will focus on key substances in the animal products under scrutiny and will be subject to changes according to the latest scientific state of the art. The second step of the CSA comprises the toxicological and nutritional evaluation of the identified differences between the GM [genetically modified] animal and its conventional counterpart. As a result of this second step, additional testing may be required and can result in an iterative process in order to obtain all relevant information for the final risk characterization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Salubrité alimentaire
  • Collaboration avec la FAO

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Environment
OBS

Greenpeace is an international environmental organization founded in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1971. It is known for its campaigns to stop atmospheric and underground nuclear testing and campaigning against whaling. In later years, the focus of the organization turned to other environmental issues, including bottom trawling, global warming, ancient forest destruction, nuclear power, and genetic engineering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Environnement
OBS

L'organisation non gouvernementale Greenpeace (de l'anglais paix verte) a été fondée en 1971 à Vancouver, Canada, par des opposants aux essais de bombes atomiques dans les îles Aléoutiennes dont Paul Watson. Greenpeace est un des principaux acteurs en faveur de la préservation de la nature et des espèces menacées dans le monde.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités del sector privado
  • Medio ambiente
OBS

Greenpeace (del inglés green: verde, y peace: paz), fundada en Canadá en 1971, es una organización ecologista internacional. Para proteger el medioambiente, pregonar por la paz en el mundo y promover la paz. El objetivo de la ONG ecologista es proteger y defender el medio ambiente, interviniendo en diferentes puntos del planeta donde se cometen atentados contra la Naturaleza. Greenpeace lleva a cabo campañas para detener el cambio climático, proteger la biodiversidad, en contra de los transgénicos, contra la contaminación, para acabar con el uso de la energía nuclear y de las armas y fomentar la paz.

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Record 8 2008-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Marketing Research
  • Food Industries

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Étude du marché
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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Record 9 2008-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Marketing Research
  • Economic Planning
DEF

Focus testing is a market research technique in which you assemble a group of people for moderated discussion about a document, service or other product in order to gather opinions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Étude du marché
  • Planification économique
CONT

Le processus de consultation et les essais auprès des groupes cibles ont permis d'obtenir l'apport des participants sur les autres priorités en matière d'information et sur la faisabilité de déclarer les données répondant à ces besoins.

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Surveying Instruments
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

An instrument which produces parallel rays of light.

OBS

A collimator usually consists of a tube having an objective converging lens with an arrangement of cross hairs placed in the plane of its principal focus. It is used in testing and adjusting certain optical surveying instruments.

OBS

collimator: term officially approved by the RADARSAT-2 Terminology Approval Group (RTAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Instruments d'arpentage
  • Télédétection
DEF

Appareil lenticulaire de visée portant deux lignes de foi (perpendiculaires) et permettant le pointage rapide (souvent à l'infini) d'un appareil d'observation.

OBS

collimateur : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie de l'Artillerie royale canadienne par le Comité de terminologie française de doctrine et de tactique de l'Armée de terre et par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de RADARSAT-2 (GTTR).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Óptica
  • Instrumentos de agrimensura
  • Teledetección
DEF

Instrumento óptico que produce rayos paralelos de luz.

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Record 11 2002-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

All sites must be tested with a variety of browser software to ensure Web page content and navigation remains intact regardless of what platforms end-users employ. These include graphic as well as character-based browsers. Testing should focus on ease of use, navigation, screen layout, comprehension and user satisfaction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Tous les sites doivent être mis à l'essai en utilisant différents logiciels de navigation pour s'assurer que la mise en page et la navigation demeurent intactes, quelle que soit les plates-formes employées par les utilisateurs finaux. Celles-ci comprennent les navigateurs graphiques ainsi que les navigateurs n'utilisant que des caractères. Les essais doivent permettre de mesurer la facilité d'utilisation, la capacité de navigation, la disposition de l'écran, et la compréhension et le taux de satisfaction de l'utilisateur.

OBS

Termes (et définitions) tirés des Normes et lignes directrices pour la Normalisation des sites (NSI) intranet, extranet et autres réseaux électroniques.

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Federal Administration
OBS

Drawn from Government On-Line Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Administration fédérale
OBS

Tirés du Lexique du Gouvernement en direct.

Spanish

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Record 13 2002-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
  • Optics
  • Optical Telecommunications
CONT

The suite is the industry's first to focus on testing the optical control plane, the software protocols and hardware that guide optical functions and communications between multiple switches and routers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
  • Optique
  • Télécommunications optiques
CONT

Les fonctions optiques pour l'imagerie, le stockage et le traitement de l'information reposent sur les composants passifs, notamment micro-optiques, mais aussi sur la maîtrise de la photonique non linéaire.

Spanish

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Record 14 1994-04-13

English

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

Prosperity Initiative.

French

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

Initiative de la prospérité.

Spanish

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Record 15 1989-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
DEF

In a bite-sized architecture of the tutoring module, combination of diagnostic and didactic purposes into adaptive sequences of hemistically generated tasks. This supplements sequencing optimization à la BIP with diagnostic information based on issues à la WEST, in the context of a learner-oriented organization of knowledge à la genetic graph.

CONT

MHO(Lesgold et al., 1987) is a system for learning principles of electricity that supports both free exploration and guided problem solving. Its tutoring component exploits the curriculum organization to implement the concept of steering testing. When it takes control of the interaction, MHO dynamically generates tasks-electrical circuits and questions about them-that have to fulfil two conditions. First, observing the student's performance on each task should maximize the information made available concerning possible changes in her knowledge state. Second, each task should concentrate on elements of the curriculum that are in the current focus so that diagnostic information can direct the course of instruction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
OBS

Genetic testing in the workplace. Methods of genetic testing are reviewed and evaluated. Of particular focus are : 1) "genetic hypersusceptibility" tests which are used as part of pre-employment screening programs to detect individuals who may be more susceptible to workplace hazards...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Graph searching method that uses heuristic knowledge about the domain to help focus the search. It operates by generating and testing intermediate states along potential solution paths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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