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Record 1 2026-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental health and hygiene
CONT

Mental fitness refers to the intentional practices and skills that help the mind function at its best. It's a proactive approach, more like physical training than physical health monitoring. Where mental health is a state of being, mental fitness is the deliberate strengthening of the mind. Mental fitness involves developing qualities such as resilience, focus, adaptability, emotional regulation, and cognitive flexibility. It's not about eliminating difficult emotions or striving for constant positivity. It equips people with the capacity to navigate challenges more effectively, recover from stress, and maintain clarity during pressure. Crucially, mental fitness is not the absence of mental illness. Someone managing depression, anxiety, or another condition can still practise mental fitness and benefit from it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
CONT

La forme mentale désigne l'état de bien-être psychologique dans lequel un individu possède un esprit vif, des émotions équilibrées et une approche adaptative des défis. Elle s'apparente à la forme physique, mais se concentre sur la force cognitive et émotionnelle plutôt que sur la puissance musculaire. Alors que la santé mentale concerne des troubles tels que la dépression ou l'anxiété, la forme mentale consiste à cultiver des attributs tels que la concentration, la clarté, la créativité, la résilience et l'équilibre émotionnel. L'adoption d'une bonne forme mentale permet non seulement de combattre les symptômes d'une mauvaise santé mentale, mais aussi d'améliorer nos expériences quotidiennes, en nous rendant plus aptes à gérer les facteurs de stress, à nouer des relations fructueuses et à savourer les plaisirs de la vie.

OBS

forme mentale; force mentale : Les expressions «forme mentale» et «force mentale» sont parfois employées comme équivalents de l'anglais «mental fitness». Toutefois, il n'existe pas d'équivalent français clairement établi pour ce concept.

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Record 2 2026-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Optics
CONT

Optogenetics is a technique that, as its names implies, combines genetics and optics to control protein function with light—a principle initially developed by neuroscientists with the aim of controlling neuronal activity with cellular and millisecond-temporal precision... [A scientist] first suggested that light could help with understanding the complexity of the brain by allowing the activation or inhibition of individual neurons :"The ideal signal would be light, probably at an infrared wavelength to allow the light to penetrate far enough. This seems rather farfetched but it is conceivable that molecular biologists could engineer a particular cell type to be sensitive to light in this way. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Optique
DEF

Technique qui consiste à rendre des cellules photosensibles par génie génétique afin d'en étudier l'activité en les exposant à une lumière de longueur d'onde appropriée.

OBS

L'optogénétique met en évidence des relations entre l'activité de populations cellulaires, telles que des neurones ou des myocytes, et des phénomènes physiologiques, physiopathologiques ou comportementaux.

OBS

optogénétique : désignation et définition publiées au Journal officiel de la République française le 4 mars 2017.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • IT Security
OBS

[A document that] recommends guidelines for providers of any systems that use artificial intelligence(AI), whether those systems have been created from scratch or built on top of tools and services provided by others. Implementing these guidelines will help providers build AI systems that function as intended, are available when needed, and work without revealing sensitive data to unauthorised parties.

Key term(s)
  • Guidelines for secure artificial intelligence system development

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Sécurité des TI
OBS

Document disponible en anglais seulement.

Key term(s)
  • Guidelines for secure artificial intelligence system development
  • Lignes directrices pour le développement de systèmes d'intelligence artificielle sécurisés

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

Your metabolic age reflects the state of your overall metabolic health and function. This number is calculated by comparing how many calories your body burns at rest compared to other people your age, and some research shows it can help detect metabolic health issues.... The concept of metabolic age suggests that a value that is the same or younger than your real age indicates better metabolic health.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
  • Hygiène et santé

Spanish

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Record 5 2023-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neurosurgery
  • Information Technology (Informatics)
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
CONT

[He] wants to place a Bluetooth-enabled implant into [the] brain to enhance its capabilities. Among other things, he hopes this process can help repair motor functions in people with injuries(e. g. stroke victims and quadriplegics), facilitate the use of artificial intelligence to boost brain function and – not kidding – even enable telepathy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Neurochirurgie
  • Technologie de l'information (Informatique)
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles

Spanish

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Record 6 2023-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Nervous System
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

Motor nerves in the peripheral nervous system carry information from the brain to the body. Scientists came up with the name "motor" because the first motor nerves studied were those that help with muscle movement, or what scientists call motor function. It was later discovered that motor nerves have other purposes in addition to making muscles move. They also send messages from the brain and the spinal cord to body organs. For example, motor nerves help the process of digestion by stimulating cells in the stomach to break down food chemically.

OBS

motor nerve; nervus motorius: designations found in the Terminologia Anatomica.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Système nerveux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Les nerfs moteurs (efférents) conduisent les influx provenant du SNC [système nerveux central] seulement.

OBS

nerf moteur : désignation dérivée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

OBS

nervus motorius : désignation tirée de la Terminologia Anatomica.

Spanish

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Record 7 2023-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
CONT

A standard medical approach, indeed a common lay-person's approach, to thinking about disability involves viewing it as a problem that exists in a person's body. As a consequence, that individual is thought to require treatment or care to fix the disability, to approximate normal functioning, or perhaps as a last measure, to help the individual adapt and learn to function despite the disability. So construed, disability is primarily an individual' s medical problem in need of treatment.... this medical model of disability holds that "a person's functional limitations(impairments) are the root cause of any disadvantages experienced and these disadvantages can therefore only be rectified by treatment or cure. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
CONT

Pour le modèle médical du handicap, [...] «le handicap est le problème d'individus désavantagés par leur état biomédical. Selon le modèle médical, les désavantages sont vus comme les résultats naturels et inévitables de simples faits biomédicaux.»

Spanish

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Record 8 2021-12-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Textile Industries)
  • Textile Weaving (Textile Industries)
CONT

While tapestry looms come in many forms, they all accomplish the basic function of holding a set of ordered warp threads under tension. Some looms have devices built into them that help open the sheds and space the warp threads evenly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Industries du textile)
  • Tissage (Industries du textile)
CONT

Il existe deux types de métier à tapisserie : le métier haute lisse et le métier basse lisse. Les lisses sont les fils tendus sur les chaînes arrière et qui permettent, en les tractant, de ramener la nappe de chaînes arrière sur l'avant. C'est ce système qui permet d'alterner les entrecroisements de trame.

Spanish

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Record 9 2021-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

The ability to successfully face an intensely stressful situation as well as to adapt and grow despite unfavourable circumstances.

CONT

Resilience can mean many different things : recovering from traumatic events, overcoming disadvantages to succeed in life, and withstanding stress to function well in the tasks of life. It was thought initially that resilience was a characteristic of the child; however, more and more, research indicates that family and social factors help a child to offset environmental stress.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Aptitude à faire face avec succès à une situation représentant un stress intense ainsi qu'à s'adapter et à s'épanouir en dépit de circonstances défavorables.

CONT

Le mot «résilience» signifie plusieurs choses : se remettre d'événements traumatisants, surmonter les difficultés pour réussir dans la vie, et résister au stress pour réussir à effectuer les tâches quotidiennes. On a tout d'abord pensé que la résilience était une caractéristique de l'enfant, cependant, de plus en plus, la recherche indique que la famille et les facteurs sociaux aident l'enfant à compenser le stress environnemental.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología clínica
DEF

Capacidad humana de asumir con flexibilidad situaciones límite y sobreponerse a ellas.

OBS

La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la palabra "resiliencia" figura ya en el avance de la vigésima tercera edición del Diccionario de la Real Academia Española como una voz propia de la psicología.

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Record 10 2019-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biological Sciences
DEF

[Science that] studies complex biological systems as integrated wholes, using tools of modeling, simulation, and comparison to experiment[, with] focus ... on natural systems, often with some, at least long term, medical significance.

CONT

Systems biology... means the application of many currently defined disciplines with the goal of bringing together information from the smallest units of the biological system(genes) to help understand the function of the whole organism, [by incorporating] not only what we know about biology, but also the expertise of [those] in the sciences of physics, chemistry, mathematics, and the computer sciences.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences biologiques
CONT

La biologie des systèmes comporte deux volets. Le premier tire parti de nouvelles technologies telles la génomique et la protéomique afin d’identifier les composantes des machines moléculaires et de comprendre comment elles accomplissent leurs fonctions au sein de la cellule et de l'organisme. Le second porte sur l’analyse mathématique des processus biologiques.

OBS

Approche interdisciplinaire de la biologie qui élargit le champ de la biologie moléculaire pour étudier des ensembles d’éléments en interaction les uns avec les autres, c'est-à-dire des systèmes de molécules (ADN, protéines, complexes moléculaires, édifices supramoléculaires, petites molécules, etc.).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciencias biológicas
DEF

[...] ciencia centrada en el estudio [de] las propiedades biológicas [de los organismos vivos, las] interacciones entre los componentes de los sistemas vivos [y la creación de] modelos matemáticos, simulaciones y técnicas de procesamiento de datos [para] predecir propiedades y comportamientos de los sistemas vivos que podrían no ser deducibles mediante la observación directa.

CONT

Debido a su carácter multidisciplinar, la BS hace uso de principios, conocimientos y herramientas provenientes de la biología, la informática, la medicina, la física, la química y la ingeniería, acortando las brechas entre estas disciplinas.

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Record 11 2018-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Physiotherapy
CONT

Physical rehabilitation technicians teach and motivate patients to learn or improve necessary activities such as walking, climbing and general mobility. They watch patients during treatment and record and report their progress to physical therapists. They also fit patients for and teach them to use corrective equipment, which may be braces or artificial arms and legs or supportive devices such as wheelchairs. Physical rehabilitation technicians aid people who have been injured or ill return to a healthy lifestyle. They also help those with permanent disabilities to try and achieve the highest possible level of physical function.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Physiothérapie
CONT

[...] le technicien en réadaptation physique [...] détermine à partir d'une évaluation faite par le physiothérapeute, un plan de traitement et en réalise les interventions appropriées, dans le but d'obtenir un soulagement des douleurs, une augmentation de la mobilité ou le maintien des acquis.

Spanish

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Record 12 2018-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
CONT

Plastics technicians are skilled professionals who help engineers, scientists, research groups, and manufactur­ers design, develop, manufacture, and market plastics products. Plastics technicians may work in research and development or manufacturing. In these settings, they function at a level between the engineer or scientist in charge of a job, and the production or laboratory workers who carry out most of the tasks. Other plastics technicians handle mold and tool making, materials and machinery, sales and services, and related technical tasks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Plasturgie

Spanish

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Record 13 2018-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Service Industries
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Cloud service brokers, which function as intermediaries between cloud providers and enterprises, help strengthen the relationships providers have with customers by offering consulting and integration services for them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Entreprises de services
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Le gouvernement entend confier [à l'organisme] la responsabilité d'agir à titre de courtier en infonuagique en vue d'élaborer un catalogue de services infonuagiques et d'accompagner les organismes publics dans leurs acquisitions en cette matière.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sector de servicios
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 14 2018-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
DEF

A function found in many programs that displays tips and instructions on how to use the program by selecting a button on the screen or in a menu or by pressing a function key.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
DEF

Fonctionnalité de nombreux programmes qui affiche des conseils ou des instructions sur leur emploi, lorsque l'utilisateur le demande, par un bouton à l'écran, un élément de menu ou une touche de fonction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Programas y programación (Informática)
DEF

Una o varias imágenes visualizadas que describen cómo usar la programática de aplicaciones o cómo ejecutar una operación del sistema.

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Record 15 2017-12-03

English

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

A small national organization founded in 1979 ... member of [the] Federation of Eastern European Family History Societies.

OBS

Objectives... Promote a sense of identity for families who have connections originating in Ukraine and those who have been affected by such origin. Encourage individuals and families to research their family tree. Provide assistance to individuals or families who request help with their ancestral lineage. Encourage individuals to write their personal histories as well as those of their ancestors. Function as a historical resource center to collect and preserve the family history of our heritage for future generations. Emphasize the value of Ukrainian language, through the written and spoken word. Encourage fellowship on a local, provincial, state, national, and international level. Encourage the formation of genealogical chapters promoting the preservation of Ukrainian heritage. Collect family histories, pedigree charts, family group sheets, books, manuscripts, pertaining to Ukrainian genealogy and heraldry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens

Spanish

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Record 16 2017-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Human Diseases
OBS

The mission of the Stroke Recovery Association of Manitoba Inc. is to improve the quality of life for stroke survivors and their families.

OBS

Mandate. To function as a non-profit organization for the benefit of stroke survivors and their families throughout the province of Manitoba. To help the stroke survivor again become a participating member of society through mental stimulation, self-help, and socialization. To educate the public in matters relating to stroke.

OBS

Established in 1971 SAM is the oldest stroke recovery association in Canada. SAM provides supports and services to stroke survivors, family, and friends.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Maladies humaines

Spanish

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Record 17 2017-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Rehabilitation (Medicine)
  • Military (General)
OBS

... the Rehabilitation and Vocational Assistance Program... works to give eligible Canadian Armed Forces Veterans and others access to services that will help them function to their maximum capability at home, at work or within their communities after suffering a service-related illness or injury.

Key term(s)
  • Rehabilitation Services and Vocational Assistance Programme
  • Rehabilitation and Vocational Assistance Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Réadaptation (Médecine)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
OBS

[Le] Programme de services de réadaptation et d'assistance professionnelle [...] vise à donner aux vétérans des Forces armées canadiennes et aux autres clients admissibles un accès aux services qui les aideront à fonctionner à leur capacité maximale à la maison, au travail ou dans leur collectivité après avoir contracté une maladie ou subi une blessure liée au service militaire.

Spanish

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Record 18 2017-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Agriculture - General
  • Indigenous Peoples
OBS

The First Nations Agricultural Association fosters the social and economic well-being of Aboriginal business by providing extension services and funding to Aboriginal farmers.

OBS

One of the primary reasons for creating the First Nations Agricultural Association was to help Aboriginal Agricultural Businesses to succeed.... To this end, the organization has an agricultural funding and promotion function, and a strategic partnership with the Aboriginal Agricultural Education Society. These organizations operate independent of each other, while respecting the values of the FNAA and the developmental opportunities it provides.

Key term(s)
  • First Nations Agriculture Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Agriculture - Généralités
  • Peuples Autochtones
Key term(s)
  • First Nations Agriculture Association

Spanish

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Record 19 2016-03-22

English

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

Zone of proximal development is the difference between the child's capacity to solve problems on his own, and his capacity to solve them with assistance. In other words, the actual developmental level refers to all the functions and activities that a child can perform on his own, independently without the help of anyone else. On the other hand, the zone of proximal development includes all the functions and activities that a child or a learner can perform only with the assistance of someone else. The person who intervenes in this scaffolding process could be an adult(parent, teacher, caretaker, language instructor) or another peer who has already mastered that particular function.

French

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

Distance entre ce que l'apprenant est capable d'apprendre tout seul et ce qu'il apprend avec l'aide d'autrui.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teorías y métodos pedagógicos
  • Capacitación del personal
  • Internet y telemática
OBS

ZDP, por sus siglas en inglés.

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Record 20 2016-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economics
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

A total mesure of money supply.

CONT

Financial indicators that may help policy-makers differentiate between inflows caused by a shift in the money demand function and those driven by exogenous factors include asset prices, monetary and credit aggregates, balance of payments data, and key international variables, such as interest rates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économique
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía
  • Política monetaria y mercado de cambios
CONT

Entre los indicadores financieros que pueden ayudar a los responsables de las políticas a diferenciar las corrientes causadas por cambios en la función de demanda de dinero de las generadas por factores exógenos están los siguientes: precios de los activos, agregados monetarios y crediticios, datos sobre la balanza de pagos y variables internacionales clave, como tasas de interés.

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Record 21 2015-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
  • Decision-Making Process
CONT

Moving towards an integrated risk management function, everyone has a role to play. Combining share leadership with a team approach will help contribute to the success of integrated risk management throughout the organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Processus décisionnel
CONT

Tous les employés sont appelés à jouer un rôle lors de la création d'une fonction de gestion intégrée du risque. Le leadership partagé, jumelé à une approche d'équipe, contribuera au succès de la gestion intégrée du risque dans l'ensemble de l'organisation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación de organización
  • Proceso de adopción de decisiones
CONT

[...] el Banco cuenta con un marco metodológico para identificar, evaluar, responder y monitorear los riesgos claves que afectan el logro de sus objetivos, que contiene una descripción de las etapas a seguir, factores a considerar, posibles técnicas a utilizar, principales roles y responsabilidades, guías para la documentación y mecanismos de reporte necesarios para llevar a cabo la función de gestión integral de riesgos.

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Record 22 2015-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Federal Administration
CONT

This directive... promotes collaboration between the evaluation function and program managers to help improve the design, delivery, performance and performance measurement of the organization's policies and programs...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

La présente directive [...] favorise la collaboration entre la fonction d'évaluation et les gestionnaires de programmes afin d'aider ces derniers à améliorer la conception, l'exécution, le rendement et la mesure du rendement des politiques et programmes de l'organisme [...]

Spanish

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Record 23 2015-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
CONT

Simply put, the purpose of this Guide is to help departments perform their costing function.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
CONT

En d'autres mots, le présent guide vise à aider les ministères à exercer leur fonction d'établissement des coûts pour ainsi produire des renseignements sur les coûts plus précis et mieux justifiés qui profiteront aux décideurs des ministères et du Secrétariat.

Spanish

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Record 24 2015-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Courses
  • Training of Personnel
Universal entry(ies)
P803
classification system code, see observation
OBS

This course develops the knowledge and skills needed to ensure compliance with the legislative and administrative requirements governing the staffing process. Participants will gain a solid understanding of the staffing function and will learn how they can help to further facilitate the staffing process.

OBS

P803: a Canada School of Public Service course code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de cours
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
P803
classification system code, see observation
OBS

Ce cours développe les connaissances et les compétences nécessaires pour se conformer aux exigences législatives et administratives liées à la dotation. Les participants acquerront une solide compréhension de la fonction de dotation et apprendront comment ils peuvent aider à faciliter le processus de dotation.

OBS

P803 : code de cours de l'École de la fonction publique du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 25 2014-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising
  • Sales (Marketing)
CONT

[The] merchandising department... includes a... sales-promotion man and a specialist in displays... Its function is to help sales departments of clients... It also studies the clients’ products and the way they are sold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Publicité
  • Vente
DEF

[Service] chargé d'établir les plans de promotion des ventes et de recommander les moyens à mettre en œuvre en fonction des objectifs [...] Ce service est également chargé de missions auprès de la distribution.

Spanish

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Record 26 2014-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
  • Aircraft Maneuvers
CONT

A balance tab is similar in function to the control tab in that it is designed to assist the pilot in moving the control surface.... As the control surface begins to move in a certain direction, the balance tab moves in the opposite direction. This produces an aerodynamic force to help move the control surface. In some designs, the balance tab is combined in function so that it can be actuated in flight. In these cases it also serves as a controllable trim tab.

OBS

geared tab: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
  • Manœuvres d'aéronefs
OBS

tab automatique : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

volet compensateur d'évolution; tab compensateur d'évolution; compensateur d'évolution : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

OBS

volet de compensation : terme uniformisé par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

compensateur automatique : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Célula de aeronaves
  • Maniobras de las aeronaves
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Record 27 2013-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
  • Management Control
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

TBS [Treasury Board Secretariat] is also developing an internal audit guide to help departments further strengthen internal audits and their usefulness in improving departmental contracting and the effectiveness of the management of this function.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

renforcer l'audit interne : Le Bureau de la traduction du gouvernement du Canada recommande l’usage du terme «audit» comme équivalent de l’anglais «audit» dans le domaine de la comptabilité (REC-13/2013-02).

Spanish

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Record 28 2013-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Forwarding, Folding, and Binding (Printing)
DEF

The leaves of paper at the front and end of a book which cover the inner sides of the boards and serve together with the linings to secure the book to its case or binding.

CONT

The function of the endpapers is to conceal the inner sides of the boards and the flexible joints between boards and outermost sections, to help boards and section together, and to share the strain of opening and closing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Façonnage, pliage et reliure (Imprimerie)
DEF

Pages qui se trouvent au début et à la fin d'un livre.

CONT

Les pages de garde (les gardes) sont des feuilles, sans texte ni illustration, placées au début et à la fin du livre. Elles sont en général blanches, sauf la page au revers du plat et la suivante qui peuvent être colorées grâce à divers procédés : marbrure, travail à la cuve, etc.

Spanish

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Record 29 2011-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dietetics
DEF

[A diet that] will contain enough vitamins and minerals to help your body function well, and enough carbohydrates, protein, and fat to meet your energy requirements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diététique

Spanish

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Record 30 2010-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Hardware
  • Software
CONT

[help key] … The keyboard key that is pressed in order to obtain help when working in an application. In the Windows environment, the help key is the function key F1.

CONT

Should the operator become confused as to what action is required, the unique "HELP" key can be depressed causing the system to display "next-step" instructions for the entire operation.

CONT

Static text help, advice and examples ... make up part of this aspect of the system. This textual information, only partially context sensitive, is typically invoked by typing a single character command or hitting an appropriate help key.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matériel informatique
  • Logiciels
DEF

[Touche] permettant d'obtenir du système des informations complémentaires.

DEF

Touche de fonction permettant d'appeler un texte d'aide durant l'utilisation d'un programme informatique.

CONT

Est-ce que l'élève a besoin d'aide? L'élève peut en faire la demande explicite en appuyant sur une touche d'aide.

CONT

[...] une «touche-aide» permet à l'utilisateur d'interrompre le déroulement normal du dialogue pour afficher un texte qui explique la signification de la donnée demandée plus explicitement que le message standard.

CONT

Au début du didacticiel, dans le manuel d'accompagnement ou sur une bande annonce en bas de chaque écran, sont indiqués les usages que l'apprenant peut faire de certaines touches du clavier de l'ordinateur. [...] s'il tape la touche «HELP» il sera orienté sur des explications plus complètes avant de revenir à l'endroit où il est...

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo físico de computadora (Hardware)
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
DEF

Tevcla de función que, al ser pulsada, visualiza la ayuda.

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Record 31 2007-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • National and International Security
  • Customs and Excise
OBS

When Leaders met in Cancun for the first anniversary of the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America(SPP), they recognized that more direct advice from the private sector would help to drive progress on measures that would be most effective in enabling North American companies to attract investment and create jobs. The results was the creation of the North American Competitiveness Council(NACC), a trilateral advisory body made up of business leaders from each of the three countries. In doing so, Leaders decided that the NACC should function fully independently of governments. NACC members then requested the support of organizations with relevant expertise in each country to act as their secretariats, and my Council is pleased to be serving as the Canadian secretariat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
  • Douanes et accise
OBS

La création du Conseil nord-américain de la compétitivité (CNAC) s'inscrit dans la reconnaissance du fait que la participation du secteur privé constitue une étape essentielle en vue du renforcement de la position concurrentielle de l'Amérique du Nord sur les marchés mondiaux, la véritable force motrice de l'innovation et de la croissance. Le CNAC, un conseil trilatéral, s'est vu confier le mandat de proposer des recommandations concrètes sur des questions d'une importance immédiate ainsi que de fournir des conseils d'ordre stratégique à moyen et à long terme à l'intention des ministres responsables de la sécurité et de la prospérité économique ainsi qu'aux chefs de gouvernement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Seguridad nacional e internacional
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
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Record 32 2007-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Track and Field
CONT

The main function of the upper body and arm action is to provide balance and promote efficient movement.... The normal arm action during distance running involves shoulder extension to pull the elbow straight back; then as the arm comes forward, the hand will move slightly across the body.... The arm action also contributes a little to the vertical lift during the propulsion phase which may help the runner to be more efficient, reducing the work done by the legs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Athlétisme
CONT

Pour un coureur de 100 mètres, l'action des bras est loin d'être négligeable, il faut donc effectuer beaucoup de travail du haut du corps, d'où ces musculatures importantes.

CONT

La technique de course. [...] L'oscillation des bras : orientée dans le sens de la course, elle «tire» vers l'avant.

CONT

[...] il est nécessaire de coordonner en permanence le mouvement des bras en opposition du mouvement des jambes.

Spanish

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Record 33 2006-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

The three main IMAAC missions are : provide an international forum to serve the materials community for more effective management and utilization of traditional as well as new materials taking into account their techno-economic aspects and impact on sustainable industrial development. Function as a proactive institution in building up awareness in industries and governments in the face of technology trends impacting on development of national materials and human resources within the rapidly changing global economic environment. Assist developing economies to absorb and apply the rapidly emerging knowledge in materials and to enable them to cope with the demands of competitive global markets as well as meeting quality and environmental standards. It will also help entrepreneurs and investors to look for new businesses and partnerships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

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Record 34 2006-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

An Internet information service not available by mail. (J.S. Quarterman, The E-Mail Companion, 1994, p. 291).

OBS

An experimental information service on the Net intended to function as a robotic librarian(Knowbot) that can search databases and... help find e-mail addresses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 35 2005-02-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
CONT

Post-Acute Care Services provides an interdisciplinary, multi-site service system that offers a full spectrum of coordinated care for patients who need rehabilitation. This integrated, multidisciplinary approach provides a continuum of patient care from acute care settings through recovery to help each patient achieve their highest possible level of function.

Key term(s)
  • post acute care

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
CONT

Il semble que le virage ambulatoire modifie le mandat des CLSC [Centre local des services communautaires] et les a amenés à offrir des soins en phase postaiguë, plus spécialisés. La prestation de services d'intraveinothérapie à domicile est l'archétype d'un tel changement : le but explicite est de réduire la durée du séjour à l'hôpital et de confier l'administration et la surveillance du traitement au personnel des CLSC.

OBS

soins en phase postaiguë; soins postactifs : termes retenus par le réseau Entraide Traduction Santé.

Spanish

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Record 36 2004-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • School and School-Related Administration
DEF

The part of an interactive system responsible for providing the user with information about the workings of the program on request. Help can be obtained in a number of ways : by typing the word "help", by pressing a particular function key on the keyboard, or by using a mouse or other pointing device to select a "help" item from a menu.

CONT

A help system supports the user in handling and mastering an information processing system. ... A comprehensive help system not only answers questions of users, but also "looks over their shoulders" and interrupts when appropriate.

CONT

One of the problems with traditional assistance systems is that users have to often formulate their requests for help in terms of [Bstem commands and keywords which they may not remember or even know in the first place. ... An effective assistant must, therefore, have the capability to interpret user queries which are posed in natural language, so that users are not burdened wit the task of translating their requests in terms of system terminology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Administration scolaire et parascolaire
DEF

Textes d'aide pour un programme d'application, incorporés à un système permettant, par exemple, de se déplacer à travers les différents textes vers l'avant et vers l'arrière. Il dispose également d'un index des sujets traités ainsi que de références à d'autres sujets. Contrairement aux fichiers d'aide habituels, un système d'aide est généralement piloté par des options particulières de menus.

CONT

Le système d'aide à l'utilisateur vise à réaliser une interface homme/machine intelligente qui assiste l'élève dans l'emploi du didacticiel. Son objectif principal est d'accélérer le temps d'apprentissage du logiciel. Un objectif secondaire du système d'aide est de réaliser un système sans manuel, c'est-à-dire un système où il n'est pas nécessaire d'avoir lu la documentation pour s'en servir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Inteligencia artificial
  • Administración escolar y paraescolar
DEF

Parte de un sistema interactivo, responsable de ofrecer al usario la información solicitada sobre cómo trabajar con un programa.

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Record 37 2001-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship and Boat Parts
  • Pleasure Boating and Yachting
DEF

Long narrow pockets fitted to a yacht’s mainsails and sometimes jibs, to receive battens to keep the sail taut.

CONT

In the leech of the mainsail and in the leech of the jib are usually found a series of long narrow pockets... known as batten pockets; their function is to receive light, narrow strips of wood called battens which help hold the sail to its proper curvature.

OBS

batten pocket: sailing term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Parties des bateaux
  • Yachting et navigation de plaisance
DEF

Poche de toile cousue le long de la chute d'une voile et destinée à recevoir une latte.

OBS

fourreau de latte : terme de voile.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Partes de los barcos
  • Vela y navegación de placer
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Record 38 2000-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
  • Dredging
CONT

Hoisting and lowering speeds can also be automatically controlled as a function of depth with the help of computerized electronic equipment, control software and a video monitor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
  • Dragage
CONT

L'utilisation d'un équipement électronique informatisé couplé à un logiciel de contrôle et à un moniteur vidéo peut permettre le réglage automatique des vitesses de descente/remontée en fonction de la profondeur déterminée à chaque endroit.

Spanish

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Record 39 2000-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dredging
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Hoisting and lowering speeds can also be automatically controlled as a function of depth with the help of computerized electronic equipment, control software and a video monitor.

Key term(s)
  • computerised electronic equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dragage
  • Études et analyses environnementales
CONT

L'utilisation d'un équipement électronique informatisé couplé à un logiciel de contrôle et à un moniteur vidéo peut permettre le réglage automatique des vitesses de descente/remontée en fonction de la profondeur déterminée à chaque endroit.

Spanish

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Record 40 1997-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

Financial indicators that may help policy-makers differentiate between inflows caused by a shift in the money demand function and those driven by exogenous factors include asset prices, monetary and credit aggregates, balance of payments data, and key international variables, such as interest rates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
CONT

Divers indicateurs financiers - prix des actifs, agrégats de la monnaie et du crédit, données de balance des paiements, variables internationales clés telles que les taux d'intérêt - peuvent aider les autorités à distinguer les entrées de capitaux dues à un déplacement de la demande de monnaie de celles qui obéissent à des facteurs exogènes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
CONT

Entre los indicadores financieros que pueden ayudar a los responsables de las políticas a diferenciar las corrientes causadas por cambios en la función de demanda de dinero de las generadas por factores exógenos están los siguientes: precios de los activos, agregados monetarios y crediticios, datos sobre la balanza de pagos y variables internacionales clave, como tasas de interés.

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Record 41 1997-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
  • Economics
CONT

Financial indicators that may help policy-makers differentiate between inflows caused by a shift in the money demand function and those driven by exogenous factors include asset prices, monetary and credit aggregates, balance of payments data, and key international variables, such as interest rates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
  • Économique
CONT

Divers indicateurs financiers - prix des actifs, agrégats de la monnaie et du crédit, données de balance des paiements, variables internationales clés telles que les taux d'intérêt - peuvent aider les autorités à distinguer les entrées de capitaux dues à un déplacement de la demande de monnaie de celles qui obéissent à des facteurs exogènes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Finanzas
  • Economía
CONT

Entre los indicadores financieros que pueden ayudar a los responsables de las políticas a diferenciar las corrientes causadas por cambios en la función de demanda de dinero de las generadas por factores exógenos están los siguientes: precios de los activos, agregados monetarios y crediticios, datos sobre la balanza de pagos y variables internacionales clave, como tasas de interés.

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Record 42 1995-05-04

English

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

A specialized kind of intelligent programming assistant is a programming tutor. In this application, the assistant helps a novice programmer to learn programming rather than helping a expert programmer to construct programs. An interesting aspect of this application is that... the assistant is expected to know much more about programming than the user.... A key function of a programming tutor is to examine a program written by a student programmer, find any errors in it, and then explain the errors to the student in a way that will help the student learn.

CONT

With its curriculum information network, BIP uses a representational scheme that is more in the AI tradition. However, BIP’s curriculum is an organization of topics, not an operational model of expertise. This limits BIP’s diagnostic capabilities and its usefulness as an active programming tutor.

CONT

Programming Tutors ... The PROUST system [Johnson and Soloway ....] ... matches student programs against a description of the correct solutions to an exercise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
DEF

Système expert (tels MENO-II et PROUST) construit par le groupe d'Elliot Soloway à l'Université de Yale, orienté vers une utilisation par des programmeurs novices, et possédant des connaissances stéréotypées sur la programmation.

Spanish

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Record 43 1989-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
CONT

[The] second, related function [of commercial banks] is that of credit : they help manufacture and transfer short-term credit for business and families; they make long-term mortgage loans...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 44 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Economic Fluctuations
OBS

(...) it is part of the government's function to help stabilize acute and chronic cycles of unemployment and inflation and to help achieve and maintain healthy economic growth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Fluctuations économiques

Spanish

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Record 45 1981-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Economic Fluctuations
OBS

(...) it is part of the government's function to help stabilize acute and chronic cycles of unemployment and inflation and to help achieve and maintain healthy economic growth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Fluctuations économiques

Spanish

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