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Record 1 2026-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Eye Surgery
CONT

Submacular surgery is [an] invasive option used to remove abnormal blood vessels or blood that has leaked into the macula. This surgery can help reduce the risk of further damage to the retina and may improve vision in some cases.

CONT

In the pre-anti-VEGF [vascular endothelial growth factor] era, submacular surgery was investigated as an option for managing subfoveal CNV [choroidal neovascularization]. This was motivated the dismal visual outcomes and potential risk of acute loss of vision with thermal laser photocoagulation in these cases. The technique of submacular surgery has also been used to access extrafoveal, juxtafoveal, peripapillary and occult CNVs in the subretinal space.... The surgical technique of submacular surgery is well-defined... Access is created through initial three-port pars plana vitrectomy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie de l'œil
CONT

La chirurgie sous-maculaire. On pratique une vitrectomie, on ouvre la rétine et on extrait le néovaisseau (l'œil est rempli avec du gaz pour appuyer sur la rétine pour la recoller par la suite).

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgery
  • Digestive Tract
CONT

Revision weight loss surgery is a surgical procedure that is performed on patients who have already undergone a form of bariatric surgery and have either had complications from such surgery or have not successfully achieved significant weight loss results from the initial surgery.

Key term(s)
  • revision weight-loss surgery
  • revisional weight-loss surgery
  • weight-loss revision surgery
  • weight-loss revisional surgery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chirurgie
  • Appareil digestif

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Mental Disorders
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Pathological mourning can involve getting stuck in the initial or middle phases of grief. There is an inability to move on to resolution and resumption of normal activities. The person remains immobilized by intense feelings of sadness and loss, anxiety and fear, guilt or anger and cannot function effectively with friends, family or in the workplace.

CONT

Freud advanced the idea that many psychiatric illnesses are caused by pathological mourning. Both "excessive grief" and the failure to grieve define such mourning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

Le deuil pathologique débouche sur la maladie mentale. Ses critères sont un retard dans l'apparition de l'affliction puis une prolongation de son évolution au-delà de deux ans et une menace réelle sur la santé psychique. Il peut s'agir d'une véritable psychose mélancolique ou manique (manie de deuil avec négation de la perte) ou d'un deuil obsessionnel, ou encore d'une hystérie de deuil.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The doctrine of "continuous trespass" applies only to omissions to remove something which has been brought on land and wrongfully left there; it does not extend to other cases where a defendant fails to restore the land to the same condition in which he found it, there the plaintiff can only treat the initial entry as trespass and must content himself with one action in which damages are recoverable for both past and future loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The doctrine of "continuous trespass" applies only to omissions to remove something which has been brought on land and wrongfully left there; it does not extend to other cases where a defendant fails to restore the land to the same condition in which he found it, there the plaintiff can only treat the initial entry as trespass and must content himself with one action in which damages are recoverable for both past and future loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
DEF

Dommage déjà réalisé, par opposition au dommage futur.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
CONT

In order to minimize the plasma loss arising from interactions with background gas particles, the plasma is contained in an ultra-high vacuum system. The high vacuum is obtained by using turbo-molecular pumps for the initial vacuum and liquid helium cryopumps for the pumping to very low pressure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
DEF

[A] condition in which a second concussion occurs before a first concussion has properly healed, causing rapid and severe brain swelling and often catastrophic results.

CONT

Second impact syndrome can result from even a very mild concussion that occurs days or weeks after the initial concussion. What is Second Impact Syndrome? In patients who sustain a second concussion when the first one has not fully healed, the brain loses its ability to auto regulate intracranial and cerebral perfusion pressure. This may lead to cerebral edema(severe swelling of the brain) and possible brain herniation. Loss of consciousness after the initial injury followed by secondary brain damage creates ionic fluxes, acute metabolic changes, and cerebral blood flow alterations. All of these characteristics enhance the vulnerability of the brain and greatly increase the risk of death, even if the second injury was far less intense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
CONT

Sans conteste, le plus tragique dénouement qui puisse survenir dans la phase aiguë à la suite de commotions cérébrales répétées s’avère le syndrome du second impact (SSI). Le SSI surgit habituellement lorsqu’un athlète subit un coup à la tête avant la disparition des symptômes aigus d’une commotion cérébrale récente [...]. Dans les secondes ou minutes qui suivent le second impact, l’athlète s’écroule typiquement au sol dans un état semi-comateux. Les conséquences du SSI sont bien souvent catastrophiques, allant de séquelles permanentes au cerveau au décès de l’athlète. Des études s’intéressant aux mécanismes d’action du syndrome du second impact font état d’une encéphalopathie diffuse, principalement caractérisée par une enflure du cortex cérébral («diffuse cerebral swelling»), qui entraîne de sévères complications [...]. Bien qu’il s’agisse de phénomènes plutôt rares [...], leurs conséquences catastrophiques justifient à elles seules que les cliniciens œuvrant auprès de la clientèle sportive adoptent une attitude particulièrement conservatrice dans la gestion du retour au jeu des athlètes [...].

Spanish

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Record 8 2014-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
  • Production Management
DEF

A method of estimating the cost of the production loss resulting from the absence of an employee during the period needed by the organization to replace the employee and return to the initial level of productivity.

OBS

friction-cost method: term and definition standardized by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Gestion de la production
DEF

Méthode d’estimation du coût de la perte de production engendrée par l’absence d’un employé durant la période nécessaire à l’organisation pour le remplacer et retrouver le niveau de productivité initial.

OBS

méthode du coût de friction : terme et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
DEF

A disease of beef cows with large energy requirements, e.g. during very cold weather or when fed poor quality roughage with low energy content and poor digestibility. The abomasum impacts with dry roughage and the abdomen distends on the right; clinical signs are scant feces and emaciation.

CONT

Abomasal impaction. Impaction of the abomasum develops in pregnant beef cows during cold winter months when cattle have decreased water intake and are fed poor-quality roughage. It also has been seen in feedlot cattle fed a variety of mixed rations containing chopped or ground roughage(straw, hay) and cereal grains and in late-pregnancy dairy cows on similar feeds. Complete anorexia, scant feces, moderate distention of the abdomen, weight loss, and weakness are usually the initial signs. Body temperature is usually normal but may be subnormal during cold weather. A mucoid nasal discharge tends to collect at the external nares and on the muzzle; the muzzle is usually dry and cracked due to the failure of the animal to lick its nostrils and to the effects of dehydration. The heart rate may be increased, and mild dehydration is common.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
DEF

Estado de sobrecarga en el cual dicha víscera [abomaso] se encuentra distendida por presentar en su interior cantidades anormalmente elevadas de material alimenticio, el cual suele ser de consistencia fibrosa y seca. Esto conlleva a un estado obstructivo subagudo a crónico, impidiendo que el paso del contenido pre-estomacal al intestino delgado ocurra en forma normal [...] se caracteriza por anorexia, constipación, distensión y dolor abdominal, enflaquecimiento progresivo con pérdida del estado general, deshidratación, debilidad y muerte.

CONT

En los bovinos es más frecuente en hembras preñadas durante el último tercio de la gestación. Las causas que pueden desencadenar la impactación del abomaso son múltiples, y se agrupan en primarias o secundarias. Se consideran primarias cuando la impactación ocurre como consecuencia de las características de la dieta que los animales consumen.

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Record 10 2006-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geophysics
  • Chronology
CONT

A nine-point, Rb-Sr whole-rock isochron defines an age of 360 +/- 8 m.y. for the pluton (initial /sup 87/Sr//sup 86/Sr = 0.7056 +/- 3).

OBS

Holland and Lambert... carried out Rb-Sr isotopic analyses on a set of 13 samples of pegmatite but the data do not form a single coherent isochron and are, therefore, difficult to interpret. A selected nine-point isochron implies a crystallisation age of 1663 [more or less] 22 Ma with an initial 87Sr/86Sr ratio of 0. 705, coincident with that of the Tollie gneisses.... Holland and Lambert considered that the scatter of points might be the product of an open isotopic system involving variable loss of 87Sr into the host gneisses. If this were the case and if there were no comparable loss of Rb, the upper boundary of the data spread(i. e. the nine-point 1663 Ma isochron) would be expected to give the closest approximation to the age.

OBS

nine-point Rb-Sr isochron: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géophysique
  • Chronologie
OBS

isochrone Rb-Sr à neuf points : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

Spanish

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Record 11 - external organization data 2005-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atomic Physics
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Any power reduction causes a transient xenon peak. The smaller the power reduction the smaller the peak, and the earlier it occurs. For example, on a power reduction from 100% to 60%, there is still an initial excess of production over loss, but significant neutron flux remains to burn out the xenon. The peak height and its duration are reduced, and the peak occurs earlier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique atomique
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Toute réduction de puissance cause un pic de xénon transitoire. Plus la réduction de puissance est faible, plus le pic est faible et plus il se produit rapidement. Par exemple, pour une réduction de puissance de 100 % à 60 %, il y a encore une production en excès initial par rapport aux pertes, mais un flux de neutron important demeure pour effectuer la combustion du xénon. La hauteur du pic et sa durée sont réduites, et le pic survient plus tôt.

Spanish

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Record 12 - external organization data 2005-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
  • Nuclear Fission Reactors
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Any power reduction causes a transient xenon peak. The smaller the power reduction the smaller the peak, and the earlier it occurs. For example, on a power reduction from 100% to 60%, there is still an initial excess of production over loss, but significant neutron flux remains to burn out the xenon. The peak height and its duration are reduced, and the peak occurs earlier.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
  • Réacteurs nucléaires de fission
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Toute réduction de puissance cause un pic de xénon transitoire. Plus la réduction de puissance est faible, plus le pic est faible et plus il se produit rapidement. Par exemple, pour une réduction de puissance de 100 % à 60 %, il y a encore une production en excès initial par rapport aux pertes, mais un flux de neutron important demeure pour effectuer la combustion du xénon. La hauteur du pic et sa durée sont réduites, et le pic survient plus tôt.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

An initial review of the main considerations in the context of public risk management suggests that they include : exposure to legal liability(associated with a breach of a duty of care, i. e. the duty to avoid causing loss or damage to others through negligence)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
CONT

Il ressort d'un premier examen des principales considérations relatives à la gestion publique des risques qu'il s'agit notamment : du risque de responsabilité légale (associé au manquement à une obligation de diligence, autrement dit, au devoir d'éviter de causer une perte ou des dommages à autrui par négligence) [...]

Spanish

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Record 14 1995-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geology
DEF

Loss of water by infiltration from a canal, reservoir or other body of water or from a field during the process of initial filling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géologie
DEF

Perte d'eau par infiltration à partir d'un canal, d'un réservoir ou d'une autre formation aquatique ou dans un terrain, lors d'une mise en eau.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geología
DEF

Pérdida de agua por infiltración en un cauce, embalse (u otra masa de agua), o en el terreno, durante el proceso de llenado inicial.

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Record 15 1986-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

In hydrology, rainfall preceding the beginning of surface runoff. It includes interception, surface wetting, and infiltration unless otherwise specified.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Eau de pluie tombée avant le début du ruissellement.

Spanish

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Record 16 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
DEF

Loss of express received at initial or junction point and carried under perfect record, except that the loss develops before delivery to consignee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises

Spanish

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