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IMPACT MARK [4 records]

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Record 1 2013-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
CONT

Why is easy bruising so common in older adults? Most bruises form when small blood vessels(capillaries) near the skin's surface are broken by the impact of a blow or injury-often on the arms or legs. When this happens, blood leaks out of the vessels and initially appears as a bright or dark red, purple or black mark. Eventually your body reabsorbs the blood, and the mark disappears.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme
CONT

Si le nombre de plaquettes devient très bas, les effets suivants peuvent se manifester : tendance aux ecchymoses ou apparition de points rougeâtres minuscules sous la peau (pétéchies) [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
  • Air Forces
CONT

Weapon delivery accuracy testing is a full systems test of the aircraft's mission computer, ranging devices, suspension systems, ballistic equations, navigation systems, etc. When these systems are all working properly and the pilot places his aiming mark on the target, the weapon will impact the target.

Key term(s)
  • weapon-delivery accuracy
  • weapon-delivery precision

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif
  • Forces aériennes

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geology
DEF

A short tool mark oriented parallel to the current and produced by an object that plowed into and was then raised above the bottom; its longitudinal profile is asymmetric. The mark deepens gradually downcurrent where it ends abruptly (unlike a flute).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géologie

Spanish

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Record 4 1987-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
CONT

Time series studies. These suggested that the US dollar might not have been a perfect substitute in international investors’ portfolios for the Canadian dollar, French franc, Deutsche Mark, Italian lira, Japanese yen or the pound sterling, thus implying that sterilised intervention is likely to have had a direct impact on exchange rates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
CONT

Des études de séries temporelles. Elles ont conduit à penser que le dollar américain peut ne pas avoir été dans les portefeuilles des investisseurs internationaux un substitut parfait du dollar canadien, du franc français, du deutsche mark, de la lire italienne, du yen japonais ou de la livre sterling, ceci signifiant que les interventions stérilisées sont susceptibles d'avoir eu une influence directe sur les taux de change.

Spanish

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