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IMMOBILITY [21 records]

Record 1 2024-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Epidermis and Dermis
OBS

DDEB is an autosomal dominant condition. One parent of an affected person will usually also have the condition.

OBS

There is usually generalized blistering noted at birth. Blistering may be generalized or appear only on the hands, feet, elbows or knees : this is usually due to mechanical trauma. Rarely does scarring cause immobility and deformity of the hands and feet. Small cysts or milia are seen at sites of scarring. There may be mild involvement of the mucous membranes, nails may be thick, dystrophic or destroyed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Épiderme et derme
CONT

L'EBD [épidermolyse bulleuse dystrophique] comprend deux sous-types, soit les formes dominantes (EBDD) et récessives (EBDR [épidermolyse bulleuse dystrophique récessive]), qui diffèrent par leur mode de transmission.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Epidermis y dermis
CONT

Las formas más localizadas, como la epidermólisis bullosa distrófica dominante pretibial y la pruriginosa, no presentan complicaciones específicas, salvo en el caso de la segunda, las derivadas del rascado.

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Record 2 2024-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

[That is] characterized by marked motor abnormalities including immobility(catalepsy or stupor), excessive motor activity(purposeless agitation), extreme negativism, mutism, posturing or stereotyped movements, echolalia, and/or echopraxia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Symptômes (Médecine)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Psicología clínica
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
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Record 3 2023-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anesthesia and Recovery
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Posology
  • Medication
CONT

The minimum alveolar concentration(MAC) of a potent inhaled anesthetic agent is the concentration that produces immobility in 50% of patients who undergo a standard surgical stimulus.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anesthésie et réanimation
  • Pharmacodynamie
  • Posologie
  • Médicaments

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Anestesia y reanimación
  • Farmacodinámica
  • Posología
  • Medicamentos
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Record 4 2023-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Muscles and Tendons
CONT

Thick filament myopathy shows a selective loss of myosin filaments in the context of significant corticosteroid or neuromuscular blocker exposure and immobility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Muscles et tendons

Spanish

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Record 5 2018-12-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A lack of psychomotor activity ...

OBS

[It] may range from not actively relating to the environment to complete immobility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Manque d'activité psychomotrice [...]

OBS

[Ce manque] peut varier de l'absence d'interaction active avec l'environnement à une immobilité totale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Psicología clínica
DEF

Trastorno consistente en disminución de la actividad de las funciones intelectuales, acompañada de un aire de asombro o indiferencia.

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Record 6 2018-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Drugs
DEF

A chemical substance used to induce immobility and sedation in wild animals.

Key term(s)
  • immobilising drug
  • immobilising agent
  • immobilisation drug
  • immobilisation agent

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments vétérinaires
DEF

Substance chimique utilisée pour provoquer l'immobilisation et la sédation d'un animal sauvage.

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

immobility of manpower : term extracted from the "Glossaire de l'économie" and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
OBS

manque de mobilité de la main-d'œuvre; manque de fluidité de la main-d'œuvre; rigidité de la main-d'œuvre : termes extraits du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduits avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
CONT

All four socio-occupational groups display positive and statistically significant coefficients of social immobility, which demonstrates that, as a general rule, sons took on their father's profession.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
DEF

Situation d'une société caractérisée par une absence de mobilité sociale.

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
CONT

Those who take this point of view immediately deduce from it that inequality of educational opportunity is largely responsible for the high degree of social heredity found in industrial societies. In other words, this form of inequality is taken to be a prime cause of social and professional immobility as between one generation and the next.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
CONT

Désigne une situation où la mobilité sociale est faible. La probabilité de ne pas changer de catégorie sociale par rapport à celle occupée par son père est alors forte. Cette hérédité sociale ne se traduit pas forcément par une similarité des professions exercées.

Spanish

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Record 10 2011-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
CONT

Dressage test No. 2 : Halt(immobility 10 seconds) ;rein back 3 meters. To be judged :immobility, obedience, reaction to aids.

OBS

rein: [For a horse,] to move or pull in or as if in response to tightened reins; usually used with "back", "in" or "up".

OBS

Do not conf use with the nominal form "rein-back".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
DEF

Pour un cheval, marcher en rétrogradant et de façon symétrique, s'exécutant par bipèdes diagonaux, l'antérieur et le postérieur se levant et se posant en même temps.

CONT

Épreuve de dressage n° 2 : Demi-immobilité (10 secondes); reculer de 3 mètres. À évaluer : immobilité, obéissance, réaction aux aides.

OBS

Bien distinguer entre le verbe «reculer» (équivalent du verbe anglais «to rein back») et le nom «le reculer» (équivalent du nom anglais «rein-back»).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Carreras de caballos y deportes ecuestres
DEF

Andar hacia atrás.

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Record 11 2009-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security Devices

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dispositifs de sécurité
CONT

Système de protection et de sécurité des travailleurs isolés. [...] Options : dispositif d'alarme en cas d'arrachement, récepteur alphanumérique, capteur d'immobilité.

Spanish

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Record 12 2008-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

Total immobility occurring in some animals as a reaction to certain stimuli.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
DEF

État particulier d'absence de mouvement prenant en général chez un animal une valeur de dissimulation dans l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 13 2008-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

The immobility of some animals in the presence of a threat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
CONT

[...] beaucoup d'animaux menacés s'immobilisent. Cette réaction d'immobilisation a été souvent interprétée comme une simulation de la mort [...]

Spanish

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Record 14 2008-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Racing and Equestrian Sports
  • Horse Husbandry
DEF

Standing still for a certain time, as part of a test.

OBS

Competitive horseback riding term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Courses hippiques et sports équestres
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Immobilité temporaire commandée lors d'une épreuve.

OBS

Terme d'équitation.

Spanish

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Record 15 2004-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Real Estate
  • Trade
OBS

Impairment of desirability or useful life arising from factors external to the property, such as economic forces or environmental changes which affect supply-demand relationships in the market. The term "economic obsolescence" is most widely and traditionally used, but it is something of a misnomer. All elements of accrued depreciation are "economic" in their impact on utility and value. "Locational obsolescence" is preferred terminology because it is descriptive of the condition that leads to a charge for accrued depreciation or diminished utility. This type of obsolescence is generally classified as incurable due to the immobility of property.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Immobilier
  • Commerce
OBS

Perte de valeur due à des influences économiques non favorables qui exercent leur action en dehors d'une structure.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Planificación urbana
  • Bienes raíces
  • Comercio
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Record 16 2002-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
CONT

A trochanter roll is used to prevent external hip rotation.

CONT

Using accessories and equipment that minimize adverse effects of immobility : bed cradle, foot board, fracture board, sandbags, trochanter roll and special mattresses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux

Spanish

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Record 17 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Bones and Joints
CONT

Once present, ankylosis results in marked immobility and subsequent generalized osteoporosis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Perte de la mobilité d'une articulation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Huesos y articulaciones
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Record 18 1998-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

If the world could be divided into regions, within each of which there is factor mobility and between which there is factor immobility, then each of these regions should have a separate currency which fluctuates relative to all other currencies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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Record 19 1998-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
CONT

If the world could be divided into regions, within each of which there is factor mobility and between which there is factor immobility, then each of these regions should have a separate currency which fluctuates relative to all other currencies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes

Spanish

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Record 20 1986-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Animal Diseases
  • Horse Husbandry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Élevage des chevaux
DEF

Vice rédhibitoire affectant le système nerveux d'un cheval.

OBS

Les six vices rédhibitoires qui s'appliquent à l'achat de chevaux de sang sont la boiterie, l'immobilité, la fluxion périodique des yeux, le tic (crib biting), l'emphysème pulmonaire et le cornage chronique. On désigne l'ensemble par le sigle B.I.F.T.E.C. qui est composé des lettres initiales de chacun des vices en question.

Spanish

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Record 21 1977-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
OBS

In favour of the immobility of inclusions, one can recall the classic observations of the alignments of inclusions prolonging in the granite certain layers of the surrounding rock. Such alignments may coincide with differentiation bands in the granite of a hybrid facies, which mark the place of particular layers within the framework of the granite mass, layers which can be continuously followed throughout it. As H. H. Read(1953) says :"phantom stratigraphies within the interior of granite masses are the only proof of a granitization in place".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie
OBS

En faveur de la fixité des enclaves on retient l'observation classique d'alignements d'enclaves prolongeant dans le granite certains bancs des roches encaissantes. Ces alignements révèlent parfois une "stratigraphie fantôme", comme la nomme Read (1953) quand la composition des enclaves correspond à la lithostratigraphie des formations extérieures du massif.

Spanish

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