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IMPROVEMENT AREA [23 records]

Record 1 2022-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Municipal Administration
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

A business improvement area(BIA) permits local businesses and property owners within a defined district to join together and, with the support of the municipality, organize, finance, improve and promote the area as a business and shopping district.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration municipale
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

Une zone d'amélioration des affaires (ZAA) est une région urbaine géographiquement délimitée qui contient principalement des immeubles non résidentiels.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

[The] automatic target tracker(ATT) is one... improvement in main [the] battle tank... ATT performs normalized area correlation algorithm on real time video and computes the deviation of target with respect to bore-sight(tracking window) and sends error signal to the main sight system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 3 2018-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marine Terminals
  • Ports
DEF

A sloped surface structure or man-made improvement to a shoreline area that facilitates the launching and landing of boats into or from a water body.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gares maritimes
  • Ports

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones marítimas
  • Puertos
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Record 4 2017-08-03

English

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

The BVA Chamber of Commerce is a non-profit organization that works to bring together the business community in order to promote and foster [a] healthy business environment in the Baie Verte Area. [It strives] to be the business voice of the area, working [on] economic and political issues that affect [the] business community. [The Chamber's] main goals are to band together as a unified voice to enhance opportunities for members, promote the improvement of the economic climate and help eliminate barriers in the business community.

OBS

Mission. To promote the economic development of the Baie Verte Peninsula by encouraging entrepreneurs to pursue potential business opportunities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Commerce

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Indigenous Sociology
OBS

The Family Life Improvement Program(FLIP) was initiated in 1977 by Native Counselling Services of Alberta. The program originally focused on providing developmental opportunity for Aboriginal families in the Edmonton area, and has since expanded to include numerous additional locations across the province. The core program remains the Edmonton location FLIP, where program development, direction and change evolves from. With its strong family orientation, FLIP is designed to intervene on family problems through emphasis on family interaction, problem solving and the prevention of chronic family disruption. The program is specifically directed towards personal growth and development in three key areas ~ Me, Me and My Family, and Me and My Community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Sociologie des Autochtones
OBS

Ce programme est offert dans les unités de guérison, en collaboration avec le Service correctionnel du Canada et le Native Counselling Services of Alberta.

Spanish

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Record 6 2012-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
DEF

A development or an improvement is considered ingenious if it is not obvious to workers of average skill in this area of technology.

CONT

Ingenious: Characterized by or productive of new things or new ideas: creative, innovative, innovatory, inventive, original.

Key term(s)
  • ingenious patents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
DEF

Se dit d'un changement ou d'une amélioration qui n'aurait pas été évident pour les personnes du métier normalement compétentes.

Key term(s)
  • brevets ingénieux

Spanish

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Record 7 2010-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

Attention is especially placed upon the operation of such frameworks for local chambers of commerce, travel councils,---& visitor bureaux business improvement area associations & ethno cultural community organizations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Terme fourni par un agent de voyage CUTS.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
  • Finance
CONT

By 2000, transaction fees alone cost consumers about $430 million a year, and that amount continues to increase. In 1993, the average cost of an over-the-counter transaction was 80 cents; by 2000 it was $2,48.

CONT

According to the latest survey of your satisfaction level, the confidentiality of counter transactions is one area where there is room for improvement. As a result, the Caisse is reviewing the layout of some of its offices.

Key term(s)
  • over the counter transaction

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
  • Finances
CONT

Les banques aussi prennent le virage, lentement. Ainsi, TD Canada Trust a prolongé ses heures d'ouverture pour satisfaire ses clients âgés, qui préfèrent encore faire leurs opérations au comptoir. Dans quelques succursales, on a aménagé une salle où les clients peuvent attendre assis plutôt que debout, en file; un commis vient les chercher lorsque c'est leur tour d'être servis.

CONT

[...] les Québécois favorisent de plus en plus la transaction de type électronique par rapport à la transaction au comptoir, pour opérer des dépôts ou des transferts de fonds d'un compte vers un autre.

Key term(s)
  • transaction directe

Spanish

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Record 9 2007-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Marketing
OBS

Industry Canada. The Marketplace Framework Policy Branch(MFPB) has the primary responsibility at Industry Canada for the development and coordination of marketplace framework policies in the areas of corporate and insolvency law policy and intellectual property(IP) policy(including patent law and copyright law). The Branch plays an important role in support of departmental and government priorities by ensuring that Canada's IP and corporate and insolvency regimes create the conditions for entrepreneurship, innovation, investment and competitiveness, while promoting the public interest. These objectives will be achieved by assessing the need for legislative, regulatory and policy improvement; monitoring domestic and international developments; undertaking research and consulting with stakeholders; facilitating the legislative process and working to enhance public and stakeholder understanding; and by participating in international discussions and negotiations in its area of responsibility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Commercialisation
OBS

Industrie Canada. C'est à la Direction générale des politiques-cadres du marché (DGPCM) qu'incombe tout d'abord la responsabilité, à Industrie Canada, d'élaborer et de coordonner les politiques d'encadrement du marché en ce qui concerne la politique du droit des sociétés et de l'insolvabilité et la politique de la propriété intellectuelle (y compris le droit des brevets et la législation du droit d'auteur). La Direction générale joue un rôle important à l'appui des priorités ministérielles et gouvernementales en assurant que les régimes de PI, d'entreprise et d'insolvabilité soient propices à l'entrepreneuriat, à l'innovation, à l'investissement et à la concurrence tout en favorisant l'intérêt public. Elle atteindra ces objectifs par les moyens suivants : évaluer la nécessité d'améliorer les lois, les règlements et les politiques; suivre l'évolution de la situation nationale et internationale; réaliser des études et consulter les intervenants; faciliter le processus législatif et s'efforcer d'éclairer le public et les intervenants; et participer à des pourparlers et à des négociations internationales dans les domaines qui relèvent de ses compétences.

Spanish

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Record 10 2004-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
OBS

The primary purpose of Wakamow is to coordinate the use, development, conservation, maintenance, programming and improvement of public land in a 365 hectare management area.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Aménagement du territoire
OBS

Officiellement il n'y a pas d'équivalent en français. Information obtenue par l'Office de coordination des affaires francophones (OCAF) et le Bureau de la minorité de langue officielle (BMLO).

Key term(s)
  • Régie de Wakamow Valley

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Military Logistics
DEF

The improvement or expansion of the resources and facilities of an area or a location to support military operations.

OBS

base development: term and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Logistique militaire
DEF

Amélioration ou développement des ressources et facilités d'une région ou d'un lieu donné en vue du soutien d'opérations militaires.

OBS

aménagement d'une base : terme et définition normalisés par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones de la gestión (Generalidades)
  • Logística militar
DEF

Mejoramiento o expansión de los recursos e instalaciones de una zona o emplazamiento, para apoyo de las operaciones militares.

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Record 12 2001-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Techniques
CONT

Early participation by residents and business operators will ensure greater success for improvement in the target area. Specific outreach efforts include : advertising in local newspapers, door-to-door distribution of bilingual information...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques publicitaires
CONT

Le «Advertising Index» mesure concrètement le degré d'acceptation ou de rejet des annonces dans les régions-cibles. Dans la région-cible de BMW (la ceinture nord-ouest de la carte), les annonces BMW ont régulièrement l'impact le plus positif de la branche.

Key term(s)
  • région cible
  • secteur cible

Spanish

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Record 13 1999-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Public Administration
OBS

In Thunder Bay, Ontario.

OBS

Source(s) : Heart of the Harbour Business Improvement Area.

Key term(s)
  • Heart of the Harbor Business Improvement Area

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Administration publique
Key term(s)
  • Zone d'amélioration commerciale : Heart of the Harbour
  • Zone d'amélioration commerciale - Heart of the Harbor
  • Zone d'amélioration commerciale : Heart of the Harbor
  • Heart of the Harbour
  • Heart of the Harbor

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Programs and Courses
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

Three components : planning assistance towards preparation of a commercial rehabilitation plan; business improvement area grants; storefront grants.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes et de cours
  • Coopération et développement économiques
OBS

Trois éléments : aide à la planification, c.-à-d. à la préparation d'un plan de revitalisation commerciale; subventions à la zone d'amélioration des affaires; subventions pour l'amélioration des devantures.

OBS

Source : Traduction des débats, Assemblée législative du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Spanish

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Record 15 1997-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial Government Programs (Canadian)
OBS

Ministry of Municipal Affairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
OBS

ministère des Affaires municipales.

Spanish

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Record 16 1995-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Environment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Environnement

Spanish

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Record 17 1993-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Administration
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
CONT

The combat tip of the Harrier wing can be removed and replaced by a ferry tip... The increased span wing spreads the weight of the aircraft over a larger area of sky in ferry flight... this gives a 9% range improvement for a given fuel weight. To obtain this range improvement in the combat configuration, additional fuel would need to be added which would amount to over fifty times the weight of the ferry tips themselves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration militaire
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
CONT

Caractéristiques du Hawker Siddeley Harrier Mk. 50. 1. Moteur: Rolls-Royce Peagasus 11 [...] 3. [...] Envergure (avec réservoirs de convoyage) [...]

OBS

convoyage : opération qui consiste, en temps de guerre, à diriger des avions neufs sur les bases aériennes des zones d'opération.

Spanish

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Record 18 1990-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

Renseignement obtenu de l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 19 1988-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 20 1987-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
CONT

Industrial development revenue bonds are a company's use of a government's ability to issue tax-free obligations. The bonds are available at lower interest-rates than conventional types of financing(generally 1 1/2 to 3 percentage points lower), and they provide 100 percent of the financing of land, building, and equipping a facility, with the money generally available within 45 days. The ’players’ required for this type of financing are-the company, which is required, primarily, to create new jobs in the geographic area where the financing is to take place; a bank, which acts as trustee; a local development ’agency’(such as an economic development board of a community improvement corporation) ;an underwriter who specializes in municipal financing; bond counsel(lawyers) with a national reputation in municipal finance; and the government entity that will issue the bonds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 21 1986-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

In parameter optimization via hill climbing... the plateau problem comes up when there is mostly a flat area separating the peaks. In extreme cases, the peaks may look like telephone poles sticking up in a football peak. The local improvement operation breaks down completely.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 22 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
OBS

habitations insalubres.

Spanish

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Record 23 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Renewal
  • Urban Housing
  • Urban Planning
CONT

It follows that urban renewal embraces a wide range of programs : control area development [, slum clearance, improvement of old buildings, etc. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Rénovation urbaine
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Aménagement urbain
CONT

La personne publique ne se borne pas à démolir, elle construit [...] en France, le renouvellement des logements dégradés est extraordinairement timide.

Spanish

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