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HALLMARK [31 records]

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Record 1 2026-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Respiratory System
  • Collaboration with Health Canada
CONT

Asthma is a prevalent chronic inflammatory respiratory condition affecting millions of people worldwide and presents substantial challenges in both diagnosis and management. This respiratory condition is characterized by inflammation of the airways, causing intermittent airflow obstruction and bronchial hyperresponsiveness. The hallmark asthma symptoms include coughing, wheezing, and shortness of breath, which can frequently be exacerbated by triggers ranging from allergens to viral infections.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Appareil respiratoire
  • Collaboration avec Santé Canada
CONT

L'asthme est une maladie inflammatoire chronique des voies respiratoires, en particulier des bronches. Il se caractérise par des épisodes répétitifs et intenses de difficulté respiratoire. En raison de l'inflammation, les bronches sont enflées et produisent des sécrétions épaisses (mucus), ce qui contribue à fermer en partie les voies respiratoires. De plus, les muscles des bronches qui se contractent (bronchospasme) accentuent la difficulté respiratoire, car l'air ne peut pas circuler librement dans les poumons.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Aparato respiratorio
  • Colaboración con el Ministerio de Salud de Canadá
DEF

Enfermedad consistente en accesos de dificultad para respirar debidos a la contracción espasmódica de los bronquios.

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Education Theory and Methods
OBS

The Banff Centre is Canada's only learning centre dedicated to the arts, leadership development, and mountain culture. We serve the needs of accomplished artists, business and community leaders, and members of the global mountain community through year-round programs designed to enrich professional practice beyond the realm of traditional education. The Centre is also home to a world class conference facility. The convergence of our resources, multidisciplinary programming, and spectacular physical location affords an inspirational learning experience. Creative excellence is our hallmark.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
OBS

Appellation confirmé par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Blood
DEF

... a disorder characterized by the abnormal accumulation of T lymphocytes and macrophages in normal tissues.

CONT

Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis(HLH) is a rare but potentially fatal disease of normal but overactive histiocytes and lymphocytes that commonly appears in infancy, although it has been seen in all age groups.... The pathological hallmark of this disease is the aggressive proliferation of activated macrophages and histiocytes, which phagocytose other cells, namely RBCs [red blood cells], WBCs [white blood cells], and platelets, leading to the clinical symptoms. The uncontrolled growth is nonmalignant and does not appear clonal... The spleen, lymph nodes, bone marrow, liver, skin, and membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord are preferential sites of involvement.

PHR

Acquired, familial, primary, secondary hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Sang
DEF

Affection caractérisée par une accumulation anormale de lymphocytes T et de macrophages dans des tissus normaux.

CONT

Les lymphohistiocytoses hémophagocytaires (LH) se distinguent en primitives et secondaires. Dans le premier cas, la LH est liée à un déficit immunitaire primitif. Les LH secondaires sont liées à différents états pathologiques (infections en particulier, ainsi qu'affections néoplasiques et auto-immunes) qui aboutissent au tableau de LH à cause d'un déficit acquis des fonctions cytotoxiques des lymphocytes T et des cellules «natural killer».

PHR

Lymphohistiocytose hémophagocytaire familiale, primaire, primitive, secondaire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Institutions
DEF

Academically oriented secondary schools taking their name originally from the Latin grammar which was the hallmark of their teaching in the fourteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements d'enseignement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Establecimientos de enseñanza
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Record 5 2016-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
Universal entry(ies)
Na2Si3Al2O10•2H2O
formula, see observation
DEF

A tectosilicate mineral species belonging to the zeolite group [and consisting of] a hydrated sodium and aluminium silicate.

CONT

Natrolite is a common and popular zeolite mineral. Its radiating sprays of ice clear acicular crystals are not exclusive to natrolite but they are a hallmark of this mineral. Natrolite can make a fine specimen in itself but it often is an accessory to other minerals and can enhance the beauty of associated minerals such as apophyllite, heulandite, benitoite and others.

OBS

natrolite: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

OBS

Chemical formula: Na2Si3Al2O10•2H2O

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Na2Si3Al2O10•2H2O
formula, see observation
DEF

Minéral (silicate) du système cristallin orthorhombique, du groupe des zéolites, aciculaire, fibreux.

CONT

Parmi les zéolites fibreuses, la natrolite (du grec «natron», soude, et «lithos», pierre) est la plus fréquente. C'est un tectosilicate, dans lequel une partie de la silice est remplacée par de l'alumine. [...] La symétrie est de type orthorhombique.

OBS

natrolite : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

OBS

Formule chimique : Na2Si3Al2O10•2H2O

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Mineralogía
Entrada(s) universal(es)
Na2Si3Al2O10•2H2O
formula, see observation
DEF

Aluminosilicato hidratado de sodio [...]

OBS

[La natrolita] es una ceolita que cristaliza en el sistema rómbico.

OBS

Fórmula química: Na2Si3Al2O10•2H2O

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Record 6 2015-10-30

English

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

The hallmark of vicarious liability, then, is that it is based neither on any conduct by the defendant himself nor even on breach of his own duty. Personal liability, in contrast, is always linked to breach of one's own duty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

responsabilité personnelle : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Bowels
  • Immunology
CONT

... a hallmark of the aberrant immune response to gluten is production of antibody molecules targeted to an enzyme called tissue transglutaminase. This enzyme leaks out of damaged cells in inflamed areas of the small intestine and attempts to help heal the surrounding tissue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Intestins
  • Immunologie
CONT

On sait que le système immunitaire se dérègle en présence de gluten et fabrique des anticorps dirigés à tort contre une enzyme : la transglutaminase tissulaire. En temps normal, cette enzyme quitte les cellules endommagées dans les zones enflammées de l'intestin grêle et participe à la cicatrisation du tissu environnant.

Spanish

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Record 8 2011-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
OBS

Main target of HIV [human immunodeficiency virus] are two white blood cells; the lymphocyte and the macrophage. In particular, a subset of lymphocytes called T4 cells are infected; the hallmark of AIDS is a depletion of the T4 population. Unlike T4 cells, the macrophage is not killed by HIV. It may serve as a reservoir for the virus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Le VIH [virus de l'immunodéficience humaine] est, tout comme les autres virus, un parasite intracellulaire : isolée, la particule virale est inerte; elle ne nuit que lorsqu'elle pénètre dans une cellule. Les infections virales débutent par la fixation des particules virales sur un récepteur membranaire des cellules cibles : c'est la molécule CD4 [cluster de différentiation 4] pour le VIH.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Microbiología y parasitología
DEF

Célula que presenta un antígeno combinado con moléculas del [...] complejo mayor de histocompatibilidad (familia de genes del cromosoma 6), en los linfocitos T citotóxicos.

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Record 9 2011-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
DEF

Sedimented fibril, seen under the electron microscope, which is an aggregate of the proteinase-resistant isoform(PrPsc) and a pathological hallmark of all transmissible spongiform encephalopathies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Structure fibrillaire torsadée ou bâtonnet présent dans le cerveau d'un sujet atteint d'une encéphalopathie spongiforme transmissible et observée au microscope électronique après ultracentrifugation de la PrPres.

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Heart
DEF

A heart murmur which occurs during diastole (heart muscle relaxation between beats).

CONT

The hallmark of aortic regurgitation/insufficiency is a high-pitched decrescendo diastolic murmur at the left sternal border after the second heart sound.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Cœur
DEF

Souffle survenant pendant la diastole. Les souffles diastoliques peuvent être holodiastoliques (occupant toute la diastole), mésodiastoliques (n'occupant que la partie moyenne de la diastole) et protosystoliques (seulement dans la partie terminale).

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The hallmark of an invitor's duty... is that his responsibility extends not only to dangers which he knows, but also to those which he ought to know. In short, he is under an obligation to take affirmative steps to ascertain the existence of, and eliminate, perils that a reasonable inspection would disclose.

CONT

... it is only when (the occupier) has failed to warn of special dangers actually known to him, or is responsible for quite unusual hazards ... that he may be liable as an invitor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 12 2007-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coining
OBS

In England, an official mark stamped on gold and silver articles (but not on coins) to attest their purity and comprised of the king’s or queen’s mark, the maker’s mark, the essayer’s mark, and a letter of the alphabet for the year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Monnayage
OBS

La Monnaie royale canadienne estampille son logotype et d'autres données (numéro, titre, date, etc.) sur ses lingots.

Spanish

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Record 13 2007-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Names of Events
  • Exhibitions (Arts and Culture)
  • Exhibition Themes (Museums and Heritage)
OBS

This exhibition included 77 seriagraphs and serigraphic proofs produced for the Christmas card series. Twenty-six Canadian artists contributed to the series, among them several members of the Group of Seven who had already gained international recognition, including A. Y. Jackson, Lawren Harris, and Franklin Carmichael. It was A. Y. Jackson who encouraged William E. Coutts to issue the series. Jackson saw the production of the series as a source of revenue for some of the artists who were experiencing financial difficulties and also as an opportunity to create contemporary Canadian greeting cards. The "Painters of Canada" series began at the end of the 1920s and started an on-going tradition for Hallmark Cards Canada, the successor to the William E. Coutts Company. Unfortunately, the series that at first promised to be a great success was begun during the Depression and proved to be a financial failure. Nevertheless, the series was an artistic success. This exhibition was produced by the National Archives of Canada using many of the cards donated by Hallmark Cards Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de manifestations et d'activités diverses
  • Expositions (Arts et Culture)
  • Thèmes d'expositions (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
OBS

Présenté par les Archives nationales du Canada avec la collaboration de Hallmark Cards Canada.

Spanish

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Record 14 2006-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
OBS

Term usually used in the plural.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)
OBS

Terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Spanish

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Record 15 2005-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

About 2500 Hallmark employees have access to the company intranet and can partake of the knowledge sharing program.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
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Record 16 2005-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Social Organization
  • Electronic Commerce
DEF

A community or group of users with active participation in cyberspace.

OBS

Cybercommunity people share some discussion groups or chat rooms and behave socially much like people in a small village who know all their neighbors.

OBS

Hallmark has an online community with its Gold Crown Retailers to share best practices, as well as a virtual community of 250 customers to brainstorm new product ideas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Organisation sociale
  • Commerce électronique
DEF

Communauté ou groupe d'utilisateurs participant activement au cyberespace.

OBS

Les gens de cette communauté partagent des groupes de discussion ou des «chat rooms» et se comportent socialement comme les habitants d'un petit village qui connaissent tous leurs voisins.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Organización social
  • Comercio electrónico
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Record 17 2004-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrodiagnosis
  • Nervous System
DEF

The frequency of abnormal respiratory events per hour of sleep. These events are classified as Apneas or Hypopneas. Apnea is when breathing (airflow) stops for 10 seconds or more. Hypopnea is a partial blockage of airflow resulting in arousal and a possible drop in oxygen level. An RDI of 45 would indicate that the patient is experiencing complete or partial airflow blockage 45 times per hour.

CONT

Sleep-disordered breathing, which may include apneas, hypopneas and respiratory effort related arousals(RERAs), is the hallmark of OSA [obstructive sleep apnea]. It is currently standard in clinical practice and epidemiologic studies to assess the severity of sleep-disordered breathing by combining the number of apneas and hypopneas per hour of sleep in an index called the apnea-hypopnea index(AHI) or the respiratory disturbance index(RDI). This index has been shown to be both a reproducible measurement and a predictor of associated cardiovascular disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrodiagnostiques
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Fréquence d'épisodes de respiration anormale pendant une heure de sommeil.

CONT

La survenue de plus de cinq apnées ou dix apnées + hypopnées par heure de sommeil (index apnées hypopnées, IAH) et l'existence de symptômes nocturnes (le ronflement essentiellement) et diurnes (la somnolence diurne excessive, en particulier) définissent le syndrome d'apnées du sommeil (SAS).

Spanish

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Record 18 2004-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Management Operations (General)
CONT

In another creative use of the KM program, Hallmark has an online community to share best practices, as well as a virtual community of 250 customers to brainstorm new product ideas.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
CONT

Objectifs de la journée : Cette session vise à se familiariser avec la définition de la gestion des connaissances, les différentes manières de gérer les connaissances, apprendre les grandes étapes à suivre pour mettre en place un programme de gestion du savoir et découvrir les sources d'information pertinentes sur le sujet.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «logiciel de gestion du savoir».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Operaciones de la gestión (Generalidades)
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Record 19 2003-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bacterial Diseases
DEF

Afflicted with or resembling a carbuncle.

OBS

The hallmark of skin anthrax is a carbuncle, a cluster of boils that ulcerates...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies bactériennes
DEF

Qui se rapporte à la maladie du charbon [aussi appelée charbon].

OBS

Le charbon («anthrax» en anglais, à ne pas confondre avec le terme français anthrax qui désigne une infection à staphylocoque) est une anthropozoonose due à Bacillus anthracis [...] l'homme acquiert la maladie au contact d'animaux malades ou de produits animaux contaminés. La maladie humaine existe sous trois formes : cutanée, d'inhalation ou gastro-intestinale.

Spanish

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Record 20 2003-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

Refined gold, usually of a minimum fineness of 995 parts per 1, 000, in bar or wafer form, the most widely accepted and secure investment method; each bar or plate carries the hallmark of the refiner, its weight and fineness, and is individually numbered. The market price of gold is quoted on gold bullion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Or raffiné, ordinairement d'un aloi d'au moins 995 parties sur 1 000, sous la forme de barres ou de plaquettes; c'est la forme d'investissement la plus sûre et la plus répandue; chaque barre ou plaquette porte le poinçon de l'affineur, son poids et son aloi, ainsi qu'un numéro qui lui est propre; le cours du marché de l'or est coté pour l'or en lingots.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
  • Inversiones
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Record 21 2003-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reprography
CONT

The digital features of the [copier] DL355 are nothing without the impressive copying features that have historically been the hallmark of Pitney Bowes copiers. A combination of high quality imaging capabilities, speed, paper capacity and finishing options minimizes the time associated with jobs, maximizes user productivity and subsequently lowers overall cost.

OBS

A feature offered on some copier models.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reprographie
CONT

Lexmark X810 MFP offre aux services d'entreprise [en plus des ] fonctions courantes de télécopie et de numérisation [...] des option de finition comme l'agrafage, la perforation et le tri décalé.

OBS

Option offerte sur certains modèles de copieurs.

Spanish

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Record 22 2002-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Forestry Operations
DEF

A commercial system based on the certification of timber at its country of origin and on its tracking from its port of entry in the Netherlands through to the end-user.

OBS

Hallmark system : term used in the Netherlands.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Exploitation forestière
DEF

Système commercial reposant sur la certification des produits du bois dans le pays fournisseur et sur leur suivi depuis la frontière néerlandaise jusqu'au consommateur.

OBS

système Hallmark : terme employé aux Pays-Bas.

Spanish

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Record 23 2000-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

Excessively shortened tubular bones in hands and feet.

OBS

During the period of bone growth, the hallmark is "cone epiphysis, "the apex of which protrudes into the adjacent metaphysis. Epiphyses close prematurely leading to short, broad tubular bones.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Diminution congénitale de la longueur des doigts qui est sous la dépendance de certains gènes.

Spanish

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Record 24 1999-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
CONT

Stereospecificity is the hallmark of enzyme catalysis, so a knowledge of the basic principles of stereochemistry is essential for appreciating enzyme mechanisms.... In fact, it is the absolute stereospecificity of many enzymes that is especially remarkable, since man-made catalysts are generally unable to select one of a pair of stereoisomers...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
CONT

La stéréospécificité des réactions enzymatiques dépend de divers facteurs, dont le simple fait que les molécules d'enzymes elles-mêmes ont un nombre très important de centres d'asymétrie moléculaire. (...) Sur le plan pratique, la stéréospécificité enzymatique est intéressante. En effet, par l'emploi d'un enzyme de synthèse stéréospécifique, on pourra obtenir un composé biologique optiquement actif, alors que les techniques usuelles du laboratoire ne permettent d'obtenir que le racémique.

Spanish

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Record 25 1998-05-01

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé

Spanish

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Record 26 1994-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bones and Joints
CONT

Abundant pseudocallus formation at the site of stress fractures is a hallmark of corticosteroid-induced osteoporosis.

OBS

Osteoporosis due to glucocorticoid excess should be considered when there is associated osteoporosis of the skull, fractures of the ribs and pelvic rami, and prominent partially mineralized callus at the site of fracture.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Os et articulations
OBS

cal : Nom donné à la substance fibreuse néoformée, (cal primaire), apparaissant au sein d'un foyer de fracture et aboutissant à la consolidation par ossification (cal secondaire).

OBS

Ce tissu est appelé cal primaire (...) S'il n'y a pas de stimulation par la suite, ce cal régresse. Cette observation s'applique à la formation du tissu de granulation plutôt qu'à la formation d'un cal véritable. Les signaux émis par les sollicitations de l'os contrôlent la formation du cal.

Spanish

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Record 27 1993-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
DEF

Characterized by an extreme degree of anaplasia ...

OBS

anaplasia... Lack of differentiation... [it] is the hallmark of malignant cells.

OBS

The degree of anaplasia, or deviation from the normal, has been used to grade tumors ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
OBS

Une tumeur est dite indifférenciée ou anaplasique lorsqu'elle ne présente aucun élément permettant de reconnaître le tissu d'origine.

Spanish

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Record 28 1986-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports

Spanish

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Record 29 1986-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
CONT

A 19th century Church piece in silver bearing the hallmark of 2nd title guarantee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
OBS

Dans chaque communauté [d'orfèvres], les gardes étaient chargés de vérifier l'exactitude des titres. Lorsque l'essai était favorable, ils apposaient sur l'ouvrage leur poinçon de jurande.

Spanish

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Record 30 1982-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Working Practices and Conditions
OBS

(...) the hallmark of the quality of working life co-operative approach is developing a new kind of mutual respect between worker and supervisor, subordinate and manager, organization and union(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régimes et conditions de travail

Spanish

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Record 31 1980-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing
OBS

This system of evaluation and reward means that the marketers are encouraged to generate change, which is one hallmark of the competitive market-place.

Key term(s)
  • evaluation and reward system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation
OBS

Ce système d'évaluation et de gratification encourage les responsables du marketing à susciter des changements, ce qui est normal sur un marché concurrentiel.

Spanish

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