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Record 1 2024-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

The emergence of AI candidates in global politics signifies a paradigm shift in our understanding of governance and representation. On one hand, AI can process vast amounts of data, engage with constituents on an unprecedented scale, and propose policies grounded in empirical evidence rather than political expediency.... However, the ethical and practical implications of AI in politics are far-reaching and complex.

Key term(s)
  • artificial intelligence generated political candidate
  • AI generated political candidate
  • artificial intelligence generated candidate
  • AI generated candidate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Soil Science
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

Having properties that vary from point to point, when viewed at a scale suitable to the job in hand.

OBS

Opposite of homogeneous.

OBS

heterogeneous: term related to sampling to test soil quality.

OBS

heterogeneous: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • heterogenous

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Science du sol
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Dont les propriétés sont variables d'un point à l'autre lorsqu'elles sont analysées à une échelle adaptée à la tâche à exécuter.

OBS

Contraire d'homogène.

OBS

hétérogène : terme relatif à l'échantillonnage dans le cadre d'essais de la qualité du sol.

OBS

hétérogène : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-11-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Industries - General
  • Patents (Law)
DEF

The process of making(by hand, by machine, industrially, by mass production) technical articles or material(in modern use on a large scale) by the application of physical labour or mechanical power.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries - Généralités
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
DEF

Action de fabriquer (à la main, à la machine, industriellement, en grande série) des objets ou une matière (en grande quantité, selon l’usage contemporain) par l’application d’une énergie manuelle ou mécanique.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences
  • Electronics and Informatics
  • Medicine and Health
  • Industries
DEF

A carbon nanotube composed of stacked truncated graphene nanocones.

CONT

Cup-stacked carbon nanotubes (CSCNTs) differ from other quasi-1D carbon structures, which normally behave as quasi-metallic conductors of electrons. CSCNTs exhibit semiconducting behaviors due to the stacking microstructure of graphene layers.

CONT

While carbon nanotubes(CNT) and carbon nanofibers(CNF) are both hollow, nanometer in scale, and produced in a similar manner, there are distinct differences which significantly impact their performance and ability to be processed. The primary differences between the materials are morphology, size, ease of processing, and price. Carbon nanofibers, also known as Stacked-Cup Carbon Nanotubes(SCCNT), have a unique morphology in that graphene planes are canted from the fiber axis, resulting in exposed edge planes on the interior and exterior surfaces of the fiber. CNTs, on the other hand, typically resemble an assembly of concentric cylinders of graphene. To illustrate the difference in morphology, Figure 1... shows a side by side comparison of A) multi-walled carbon nanotubes [MWCNT] and B) stacked-cup carbon nanotubes.... Figure 1. A) Multi-wall CNTs are composed of concentric cylinders of graphene where the basal planes form an inert surface. B) The stacked-cup structure of CNF has exposed graphitic edge planes along its length, providing opportunities for chemical modification of the surface for covalent bonding directly with the matrix.

OBS

This is completely different from single-wall or multiwall carbon nanotubes in structure. The open top and bottom edges of truncated graphene nanocones appear on the inner and outer surfaces of the nanotube, respectively.

OBS

cup-stack carbon nanotube; cup-stacked carbon nanotube: terms describing specific types of carbon nanofibres and nanoplates.

OBS

cup-stack carbon nanotube; cup-stacked carbon nanotube: terms and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • cup-stacked carbon nanofibre
  • cup-stack carbon nanofibre
  • cup-stack carbon nanofiber
  • cup-stacked CNF
  • cup-stack CNF
  • CS-CNF
  • cupstacked carbon nanotube
  • cupstack carbon nanotube
  • cup-stacked CNT
  • cup-stack CNT
  • CS-CNT
  • cupstacked carbon nanofiber
  • cupstacked carbon nanofibre
  • cupstack carbon nanofiber
  • cupstack carbon nanofibre
  • stacked-cup carbon nanofibre

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques, physique et sciences naturelles
  • Électronique et informatique
  • Médecine et santé
  • Industries
DEF

Nanotube de carbone composé de nanocônes de graphène tronqués et empilés les uns dans les autres.

OBS

La structure de ce type de nanotube est complètement différente de celle de nanotubes de carbone simple paroi ou multi-parois. Les bords ouverts supérieur et inférieur des nanocônes de graphène tronqués apparaissent, respectivement, sur les surfaces intérieure et extérieure du nanotube.

OBS

nanotube de carbone de type «cup-stack» : terme décrivant des types spécifiques de nanofibres et nanofeuillets carbonés.

OBS

nanotube de carbone de type «cup-stack» : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO)

Key term(s)
  • nanotube de carbone de type «cupstack»

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Methods
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Soil Science
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

Having the same properties at all points, when viewed at a scale suitable to the job in hand.

OBS

Opposite of heterogeneous.

OBS

homogeneous: term and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • homogenous

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes statistiques
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Science du sol
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Ayant les mêmes propriétés en tous points, lorsqu'elles sont analysées à une échelle adaptée à la tâche à exécuter.

OBS

Contraire d'hétérogène.

OBS

homogène : terme et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2010-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial Institutions
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

A CVECA is a self-reliant village savings and credit bank from the French Caisse Villageoise d’Epargne et de Crédit Autogérée. CVECAs are designed to operate in rural areas with clients who are primarily subsistence farmers, with minimal non-farm income. While most banks have less than 250 members, they achieve service flexibility and economies of scale through networking together into regional federations [...] CVECAs are member-based microfinance intermediaries inspired by external technical support. Structurally they lie between informal financial market actors like moneylenders, collectors, and ROSCAs on the one hand, and formal actors like microfinance institutions and banks on the other.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Institutions financières
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
  • Agricultural Economics
DEF

[A] scale in which the weight-indicating and the weight-recording devices are activated by hand.

OBS

Term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure
  • Minoterie et céréales
  • Économie agricole
DEF

Balance dont les dispositifs indicateurs et enregistreurs de poids sont actionnés manuellement.

OBS

Terme en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
CONT

The Peabody Developmental Motor Scales (PDMS) is a standardized, norm-referenced test used to assess the fine and gross motor development of children, birth to 83 months of age.

CONT

The Peabody Developmental Motor Scales and Activity Cards(PDMS) is an assessment evaluation test designed to assess early childhood motor development. Standardized on 617 children, this test provides both in-depth assessment of special needs and instructional plans for training/remediating gross and fine motor skills. Divided into a Gross Motor Scale and a Fine Motor Scale, the test evaluates grasping, hand use, eye-hand coordination, and finger dexterity. The instructional component is organized developmentally by skill area. The complete kit includes a manual, 15 response/scoring booklets, 282 activity cardsa set of two blacline masters and manipulatives, and a storage box.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique
  • échelle de développement moteur de Peabody
    correct, feminine noun
CONT

Les examens de la fonction motrice comprennent : l'évaluation du mouvement de l'enfant; les échelles de développement moteur de Brunuinks-Oseretsky; l'échelle de développement moteur de Peabody.

CONT

Comparaison du développement psychomoteur d'enfants âgés entre 3 et 4 ans fréquentant ou non une garderie ayant un programme d'éducation psychomotrice. [...] deux groupes [d'enfants] ont été évalués à l'aide de l'Échelle de développement moteur Peabody (Folio & Fewell, 1983) lors du pré- et du post-test.

OBS

Test d'évaluation psychomotrice. On parle aussi souvent du test baptisé Échelle de vocabulaire en images Peabody - Révisé (EVIP-R), en anglais «Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test - Revised (PPVT-R)», conçu pour mesurer le vocabulaire compris par les enfants de 4 et 5 ans.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
CONT

Glasgow Coma Scale. A means of describing the severity of brain impairment. Can the individual respond verbally? Do the eyes open responsively? Is there a response when you speak the person's name, when you ask them to squeeze your hand, if you pinch their arm? Abbreviated GCS. The scale is from 3(the lowest) to 15(the highest). A score of 3 is a deep coma. A score of 15 is a very light coma with a much better prognosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
CONT

Coma stade 3 : c'est le coma profond ou coma carus. Il n'y a plus aucune réaction aux stimuli douloureux. Les troubles oculaires et végétatifs sont apparus, par exemple respiratoires avec encombrement pulmonaire. L'électroencéphalogramme montre des ondes delta diffuses sans réactivité aux stimuli extérieurs.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-05-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
DEF

[Said of a] flow involving intergranular movement, i.e. mechanical displacement of particles relative to each other.

CONT

Cataclastic flow refers to distributed microfractures at grain level such that at a mesoscopic level or hand specimen scale the rock appears to flow, and therefore is "ductile".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
DEF

Se dit d'un fluage caractérisé par des déformations dans lesquelles les unités de fluage en déplacement relatif sont des fragments de roches ou de cristaux.

PHR

Fluage cataclastique.

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
  • Rehabilitation (Medicine)
CONT

Minimum Evaluation Equipment : Jamar Hand Dynamometer; Dynamic Lifting Tools(shelves, weights, and crates) ;Spinal Function Sort, Push/Pull Cart, Step Ladder, Hand Dexterity Activity, Stethescope, Blood Pressure Cuff, Timer/Stopwatch, Metric Wall Tape, Weight Scale, Measuring Tape and Stairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
  • Réadaptation (Médecine)
OBS

En ergothérapie.

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
  • Gold and Silver Mining
CONT

The term disseminated [gold] refers to ores in which veins are minor and gold is "finely dispersed in host rocks of variable composition where little or no fabric control on mineralization is apparent, at least at the hand specimen scale"(Romberger, 1986).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
CONT

L'expression «or disséminé» qualifie des minéralisations auxquelles ne sont associées que de faibles quantités de filons et qui se composent d'or «finement dispersé dans des roches hôtes de composition variable où l'on décèle peu ou pas de contrôle des fabriques sur la minéralisation, du moins à l'échelle des échantillons macroscopiques» (Romberger, 1986).

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gold and Silver Mining
  • Petrography
CONT

The term disseminated [gold] refers to ores in which veins are minor and gold is "finely dispersed in host rocks of variable composition where little or no fabric control on mineralization is apparent, at least at the hand specimen scale"(Romberger, 1986).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
  • Pétrographie
CONT

L'expression «or disséminé» qualifie des minéralisations auxquelles ne sont associées que de faibles quantités de filons et qui se composent d'or «finement dispersé dans des roches hôtes de composition variable où l'on décèle peu ou pas de contrôle des fabriques sur la minéralisation, du moins à l'échelle des échantillons macroscopiques» (Romberger, 1986).

Spanish

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Record 14 2005-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gold and Silver Mining
DEF

... ores in which veins are minor and gold is "finely dispersed in host rocks of variable composition where little or no fabric control on mineralization is apparent, at least at the hand specimen scale"(Romberger, 1986).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
DEF

[...] minéralisations auxquelles ne sont associées que de faibles quantités de filons et qui se composent d'or «finement dispersé dans des roches hôtes de composition variable où l'on décèle peu ou pas de contrôle de fabriques sur la minéralisation, du moins à l'échelle des échantillons macroscopiques» (Romberger, 1986).

Spanish

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Record 15 2003-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

The relationship of hydrogen to carbon usually as atomic ratio, such that H/C for methane, CH4, is 4.

CONT

The gas chromatograph could not be used to quantify water and heavy hydrocarbons. Therefore, we used the hydrogen-to-carbon (H/C) ratio to obtain an atom balance and approximate a mass balance.

CONT

The driving force in substitutions between primary energies is twofold. On one hand we have the economies of scale involved in the technology and distribution infrastructures of each energy source. On the other hand we have the fact that during the last 200 years, the fuel mix of the world's primary energy sources has evolved toward "lighter" forms, i. e., fuel forms richer in hydrogen. The hydrogen/carbon(H/C) ratio increased from wood(H/C=0. 1) to coal(H/C=1) to oil(H/C=2) to natural gas(H/C=4).

OBS

H/C: This might be an in-house or a non-recognized abbreviation; not to be used alone, to avoid any risk of confusion.

Key term(s)
  • hydrogen/carbon atomic ratio

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Études et analyses environnementales
DEF

Rapport atomique entre le carbone et l'hydrogène.

CONT

[...] le rapport carbone/hydrogène dans toutes les planètes géantes et, semble-t-il, le rapport azote/hydrogène dans Jupiter et Saturne sont plus élevés que dans le Soleil.

CONT

La lutte contre la pollution passe par des motorisations un peu nouvelles comme les hybrides, ces moteurs avec une composante électrique variable. [...] Le gaz naturel semble [...] prometteur; sa formule chimique CH4 lui confère un bon rapport carbone/hydrogène, favorable à la lutte contre l'effet de serre, mais il se heurte aujourd'hui à des problèmes de stockage et de distribution.

CONT

Recours à des combustibles de substitution (abaissement du rapport carbone/hydrogène (C/H), énergies renouvelables) [...]

OBS

C/H : abréviation non officielle; ne pas l'utiliser seule, pour éviter tout risque de confusion.

Key term(s)
  • rapport atomique carbone/hydrogène

Spanish

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Record 16 2001-10-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mineralogy
CONT

Transport along grain boundaries has been assumed to be faster than volume diffusion, but recent data indicate that this type of transport is also slow on the scale of a hand sample for geologic times for many rocks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minéralogie
DEF

Diffusion des atomes à travers le réseau cristallin d'un système.

Spanish

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Record 17 2001-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paints and Varnishes (Industries)
  • Chemistry
  • Surface Treatment of Metals
DEF

The removal, in flakes, of paint or rust and mill scale, by use of hand or power tools. [Definition standardized by ISO. ]

OBS

chipping: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peintures et vernis (Industries)
  • Chimie
  • Traitements de surface des métaux
DEF

Action d'enlever par plaques des produits de peinture, de la rouille ou la calamine, en utilisant des outils à main ou mécanique. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

piquage : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 18 2000-11-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Measuring Instruments

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesure

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumentos de medida
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Record 19 2000-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Education
  • Educational Psychology
DEF

Researchers define handedness based on different theoretical assumptions. For instance, some define handedness as(a) the hand that performs faster or more precisely on manual tests, while others define it as(b) the hand that one prefers to use, regardless of performance. Some think that there are two types of handedness :(a) either left or right or non-right, while others think there should be three categories(to include ambidexterity). Some think there are two different kinds of ambidexterity. Some think that handedness should not be lumped into 2 or 3 or 5 categories, but rather measured along a scale of a continuum.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation spéciale
  • Psychologie scolaire
DEF

prédominance de l'une ou de l'autre main (droiterie ou gaucherie).

Spanish

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Record 20 1986-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

Device used to facilitate comparisons of the situation at hand with the scale of probabilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 21 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Keyboard Instruments
OBS

D. one of [the dual keyboard] manuals designed for the right hand and the other for the left... one ascending the scale and the other descending it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments de musique à clavier
OBS

D. le double clavier renversé [...] dont l'un intervertit le sens de l'échelle qui «descend» de gauche à droite.

Spanish

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