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Record 1 2026-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Organized Recreation
CONT

Play is young children's primary mode of relating to their environments; their interactions with place demonstrate a deep desire to connect, understand and be in relationship with other species and humans... This innate drive for connection may be supported or prevented by physical and social characteristics of urban neighbourhoods, acting through multiple pathways, including opportunity for outdoor free play, to influence life-long health and well-being.... Playability index domains include : spaces for play, social environments, traffic/pedestrian environments, natural environments and child-relevant destinations.... Across Canadian cities, children's access to playable neighbourhoods varies widely. The playability index enables small area-level assessment of supportiveness, barriers and facilitators to young children's outdoor play.

OBS

The playability index indicates the extent to which an environment meets children’s need to play.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Loisirs organisés
OBS

L'indice de potentiel ludique indique dans quelle mesure un environnement répond au besoin de jouer des enfants.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Water Transport
  • Insurance
  • Shipping and Delivery
DEF

A clause included in marine insurance policies to cover loss and damage from external causes, such as fire, collision, pilferage, etc. but not against innate flaws in the goods, such as decay, germination, nor against faulty packaging or loss of market, nor against war, strikes, riots and civil commotions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Transport par eau
  • Assurances
  • Expédition et livraison

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Transporte por agua
  • Seguros
  • Expedición y entrega
DEF

Cláusula de seguros que cubre la mercancía asegurada contra todos los daños y pérdidas, con excepción de aquellos que fueren inherentes a la naturaleza de dicha mercancía (demoras, riesgos de guerra, huelga, motines, levantamientos, etc.).

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Record 3 2024-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Immunology
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

The main functions of PRRs are to stimulate phagocytosis and mediate inflammation by sensing various pathogens and molecules from damaged cells... As a result, PRRs activate inflammatory signaling pathways to induce innate immunity...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Immunologie
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Chez les vertébrés et les invertébrés, [la] reconnaissance des antigènes [potentiellement nocifs] est induite par les récepteurs de reconnaissance de formes [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Cytology
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
CONT

Mannose-binding lectin(MBL) is a serum protein... that has a specific role in [innate] immunity.... MBL binds to mannose in the cell surface of bacteria and yeasts, facilitating opsonization by phagocytes and initiating complement activation through the classic pathway.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Cytologie
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
CONT

Au sein du système immunitaire inné, des lectines telles que la MBL, la lectine liant le mannose, aident à la médiation de la défense de première ligne contre les micro-organismes pathogènes.

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Molecular Biology
  • Immunology
CONT

Damage-associated molecular patterns(DAMPs) are conserved molecular motifs that result from cell death or tissue injury... They serve as important mediators linking sterile inflammation to end-organ damage and life-threatening disease through the modulation of the innate immune response.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biologie moléculaire
  • Immunologie

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biochemistry
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
DEF

[A] key enzyme of which the activity determines the overall rate of a metabolic pathway.

CONT

Rate-limiting enzymes(RLEs) are innate slow points in metabolic pathways, and many function in bio-processes related to nutrient sensing. Many RLEs carry causal mutations relevant to inherited metabolic disorders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biochimie
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
DEF

Enzyme clé dont l'activité détermine la vitesse de l'ensemble d'une voie métabolique.

Spanish

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Record 7 2024-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Innate tolerance refers to preexisting interindividual variations in sensitivity to the drug, i. e., variations that are present before the first administration of the drug.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacodynamie
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

La tolérance naturelle s'observe dès la première fois qu'un psychotrope est administré. Elle est présente dès la naissance. Elle est liée à des facteurs génétiques [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2023-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

The main construct in Bowlby's … attachment theory is the attachment behavioral system, an innate psychobiological system that motivates people to seek proximity to supportive others(attachment figures) in times of need. Although the attachment system is most crucial in the early years of life, because of human infants’ extreme immaturity and dependence on others, Bowlby … claimed that it is active throughout life and is manifested in thoughts and behaviors related to proximity and support-seeking and in the resulting sense of security.

Key term(s)
  • attachment behavioral system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Le système d'attachement a pour but de favoriser la proximité de l'enfant avec une ou des figures adultes afin d'obtenir un réconfort lui permettant de retrouver un sentiment de sécurité interne face aux éventuels dangers de l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 9 2022-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nonverbal Communication (Psychology)
  • Communication (Public Relations)
  • Oral Presentations
DEF

[The] study of the relationship between time and communication ...

OBS

[Chronemics includes] time orientation, understanding and organization; use of and reaction to time pressures; our innate and learned awareness of time; wearing or not wearing a watch; arriving, starting, and ending late or on time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Communication non verbale (Psychologie)
  • Communications (Relations publiques)
  • Exposés et communications orales
CONT

La chronémique a trait au rapport au temps, dont elle rend compte en termes de temps monochronique (consacré à une seule activité à la fois), de temps polychronique (activités simultanées) et de synchronie culturelle, relative à la façon dont sont collectivement réglés les mouvements et déplacements, les rythmes et l'organisation temporelle.

Spanish

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Record 10 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

A departure from what is considered typical in a person’s neurological function or behavioural traits.

OBS

Neurodivergence can be innate or acquired through alterations in brain functioning caused by trauma or other experiences.

OBS

Examples of neurodivergence include autism, dyslexia and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

Key term(s)
  • neuro-divergence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

Différence en ce qui a trait aux fonctions neurologiques ou aux traits de comportement d'une personne par rapport à ce qui est considéré comme étant typique.

OBS

La neurodivergence peut être innée ou découler d'une altération du fonctionnement du cerveau causée par un traumatisme ou une autre expérience.

OBS

L'autisme, la dyslexie et le trouble du déficit de l'attention/hyperactivité sont des exemples de neurodivergence.

Key term(s)
  • neuro-divergence

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema nervioso
  • Psicología cognitiva
CONT

La neurodivergencia es un término general para referirse a los individuos que viven con autismo principalmente, pero también abarca dislexia, dispraxia, déficit atencional con hiperactividad, u otras afecciones que les llevan a pasar por procesos cognitivos y emocionales de manera distinta a la norma.

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Record 11 2022-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Drugs
  • Cattle Raising
CONT

... the keratin plug can take weeks to form and can be expelled from the teat in response to increased intramammary pressure in the late dry period, thus weakening the innate defensive capacity of the teat canal and rendering the quarter vulnerable to IMI [intramammary infection]... To overcome this challenge, producers often inject an internal teat sealant(ITS) into the teat canal and teat cistern of quarters at the time of dry-off to establish an immediate, robust barrier to pathogens. As inert pastes, ITS products have excellent persistence as barriers throughout the dry period...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments vétérinaires
  • Élevage des bovins
CONT

À la base, les obturateurs internes de trayon sont destinés aux vaches aux sphincters lâches, accusant des pertes de lait ou pour des animaux sujets à de l'hyperkératose, à des blessures ou encore à des verrues qui empêchent la bonne fermeture naturelle du canal du trayon.

Spanish

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Record 12 2021-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases
  • Fish
  • Aquaculture
CONT

Salmonid furunculosis... causes severe septicemia and acute mortality in susceptible salmonid hosts. The mode of infection, nature of pathology, and the degree of mortality, however, is interrelated with the quality of environmental parameters and furthermore affected by the age and innate resistance of the host.

OBS

The causative agent is Aeromonas salmonicida subspecies salmonicida.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
  • Poissons
  • Aquaculture

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
  • Peces
  • Acuicultura
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Record 13 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Endocrine System and Metabolism
  • Morphology and General Physiology
CONT

The inflammasome is a key integration point for innate immunity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes endocrinien et métabolique
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
CONT

Malgré la diversité des signaux qui lancent sa formation, l'inflammasome fabrique le même produit : des cytokines, lesquelles déclenchent la réaction inflammatoire complète.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas endocrino y metabólico
  • Morfología y fisiología general
CONT

El inflamasoma es una estructura conformada por proteínas intracelulares implicadas en el inicio de la respuesta inflamatoria por estímulo intracelular.

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Record 14 2020-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Animal Biology
  • Plant Biology
DEF

A periodic endogenous change occurring in all living organisms, operating independently of daily rhythmical changes in the environment but normally synchronized to the 24-hour light/dark cycle.

CONT

... circadian rhythms are widely held to be endogenous, or innate, to living systems, governed by shadowy physiological mechanisms known as biological clocks.

OBS

Such rhythms occur in the leaf, flower, and growth movements of plants and the changes in body temperature and fluctuations in hormone secretion in animals.

PHR

circadian rhythm high and low points

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Biologie animale
  • Biologie végétale
DEF

[Cycle biologique] dont la périodicité est voisine de 24 heures.

PHR

hauts et bas du rythme circadien

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Biología animal
  • Biología vegetal
DEF

Cambio rítmico de naturaleza bioquímica o biofísica que ocurre en un organismo con periodicidad aproximada de veinticuatro horas.

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Record 15 2019-06-25

English

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

Niagara Action for Animals(NAfA) is an all-volunteer registered charity founded in 1989.... NAfA's mission is to work through public education and community outreach to foster a more compassionate society that respects the innate worth of all beings. NAfA advocates for animals through community programs, education and outreach.

OBS

... NAfA has an ongoing commitment to improve the environment. While continuing to raise awareness of animal suffering and exploitation, NAfA encourages a vegan lifestyle as the most effective means to reduce [humanity’s] collective carbon footprint.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Élevage des animaux

Spanish

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Record 16 2017-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neuroses
  • Human Behaviour
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Sociopathy [is] likely the product of childhood trauma and physical/emotional abuse. Because sociopathy appears to be learned rather than innate, sociopaths are capable of empathy in certain limited circumstances but not in others, and with a few individuals but not others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Névroses
  • Comportement humain
  • Psychologie clinique
OBS

Terme par lequel certains auteurs désignent plus particulièrement, parmi les personnalités antisociales, celles qui peuvent s'intégrer à un groupe en respectant ses règles (mafia, "milieu", etc.).

Spanish

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Record 17 2017-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Bowels
DEF

A condition that occurs in individuals who are unable to tolerate gluten and experience symptoms similar to those associated with celiac disease.

CONT

NCGS is a condition in which gluten ingestion leads to morphological or symptomatic manifestations despite the absence of CD [celiac disease]. As opposed to CD, NCGS may show signs of an activated innate immune response but without the enteropathy, elevations in... antibodies and increased mucosal permeability characteristic of CD.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Intestins
CONT

La sensibilité au gluten non cœliaque (SGNC) se manifeste par des symptômes qui apparaissent peu de temps après l'ingestion de gluten et qui disparaissent suite au retrait du gluten de l'alimentation. Elle se caractérise par des problèmes intestinaux et extra-intestinaux semblables à ceux qui sont observés dans les cas de maladie cœliaque et de syndrome du côlon irritable.

Spanish

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Record 18 2017-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Immunology
DEF

[An immunotherapy] that aim[s] to restore the body’s normal immune response.

CONT

SSIs are designed to stimulate an innate immune response in targeted organs or tissues to potentially reverse the chronic inflammation underlying many conditions including cancer and immune-related disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Immunologie
CONT

[Les] immunomodulateurs à cible spécifique [...] consistent en des immunothérapies qui visent la stimulation du système immunitaire de l'organisme contre le cancer ou une maladie auto-immune.

Spanish

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Record 19 2017-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Given the importance of parental skills in children's development and the fact that optimal parenting practices are not necessarily innate, a large number of programs exist to help parents improve their parenting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

compétences parentales : équivalent adopté par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie des services sociaux.

OBS

compétences parentales : terme tiré du Mini-lexique de la garde des enfants et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la familia
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Record 20 2014-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie

Spanish

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Record 21 2014-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Ideologies
  • Social Problems
  • Social Organization
CONT

Cultural racism is based not on ideas of innate biological superiority but on the supposed incompatibility of cultural traditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des idéologies
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Organisation sociale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la ideología
  • Problemas sociales
  • Organización social
CONT

El racismo cultural se manifiesta especialmente en su teoría de que estas diferencias históricas impiden una convivencia armoniosa entre distintas razas dentro de un mismo Estado, ya que cada una de ellas ha sido educada mediante valores culturales distintos [...]

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Record 22 2014-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paramedical Staff
  • Hygiene and Health
DEF

A person (often a family member or friend), paid or unpaid, who regularly provides a person with a disease or disability with any form of care.

OBS

natural caregiver : This term seems to be used often in Health Canada public health texts to mean a family member or friend who provides care, for example, for an older person or a person with HIV/AIDS. The adjective "natural" does not seem to refer so much to innate caregiving abilities as to the fact that these caregivers do not generally have any training for the role, and are usually not providing care in a professional capacity.

OBS

Volunteers are not usually included within the category of informal caregivers.

OBS

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

Key term(s)
  • informal care giver
  • substitute care giver
  • natural care giver

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel para-médical
  • Hygiène et santé
DEF

Personne, rémunérée ou non (souvent un parent ou un ami), qui fournit régulièrement toutes formes de soins à une personne atteinte d’une maladie ou d’un handicap.

OBS

aidant naturel; aidant : termes et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Personal paramédico
  • Higiene y Salud
DEF

Persona que procede del círculo familiar (en más del 80% de los casos), de amistades o vecinos, que asume los cuidados de una o más personas no autónomas que viven a su alrededor, y que no recibe remuneración alguna por realizar estas tareas.

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Record 23 2014-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
  • Cancers and Oncology
DEF

A new class of cancer treatment that works to harness the innate powers of the immune system to fight cancer.

OBS

Because of the immune system’s unique properties, these therapies may hold greater potential than current treatment approaches to fight cancer more powerfully, to offer longer-term protection against the disease, to come with fewer side effects, and to benefit more patients with more cancer types.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
  • Cancers et oncologie
OBS

L'immunothérapie permet de renforcer les défenses immunitaires de l’organisme de sorte qu’il puisse lutter et détruire lui-même les cellules cancéreuses.

Spanish

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Record 24 2012-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

Behavioral mannerism that serves a stimulus for eliciting an innate behavioral response from another member of the species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
DEF

En éthologie, caractères morphologiques et modes de comportement qui, dans leur développement dans l'espace et dans le temps, ont acquis une adaptation à transmettre des informations. Leur fonction est de déclencher une action déterminée chez le récepteur. Les couleurs, les différents mouvements et modes de locomotion peuvent être des déclencheurs.

OBS

Pluriel : des stimulus, des stimuli.

OBS

stimulus (pl.) : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2006).

Spanish

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Record 25 2012-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

Those modes of activity or response to stimuli that are ascribable primarily to the influence of experience, practice, and learning rather than to the influence of innate or inherited factors.

Key term(s)
  • learned behaviour
  • acquired behaviour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
OBS

[...] dans le comportement acquis [le petit chat] apprend à faire ses besoins hors de la maison : c'est une conduite acquise [...]

Spanish

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Record 26 2011-12-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

The innate willingness or habit of target groups to comply with policy, laws and regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Volonté ou habitude innée des groupes cibles de respecter la politique, les lois et les règlements.

Spanish

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Record 27 2011-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company’s catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 28 2011-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy (Physics)
  • Atomic Physics
CONT

It has been well established in pure and applied chemistry of simple molecules that reaction energies at room temperature can be understood in terms of two contributions, one related to energy differences at 0 K [Kelvin](the innate inherent chemical bond energy) and the other associated with integrals of heat capacity data over a range of temperatures(the thermal agitation energy). The necessity of a comparable separation of energy terms for biological reactions, however, has not been obvious to most workers in structural and molecular biology.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie (Physique)
  • Physique atomique

Spanish

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Record 29 2011-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Characterology
DEF

Pertaining to drives or innate predispositions.

Key term(s)
  • ergic behavior

French

Domaine(s)
  • Caractérologie

Spanish

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Record 30 2011-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

Gestalt arising from innate factors as opposed to stimulus factors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 31 2010-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Games and Competitions (Sports)
CONT

Among the physically challenged athletes, there are classification systems developed to remove bias based on innate level of function. These systems have considered classification based on medical diagnosis alone, functional ability, and a hybrid model considering issues of function and the medical diagnosis. These systems attempt to place persons with a particular impairment on equal functional terms with other competitors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Jeux et compétitions (Sports)

Spanish

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Record 32 2010-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

... innate behaviour patterns which appear at a given point during the animal' s life cycle without practise.

CONT

Changes in behaviour occur either as a result of "maturation" or "learning."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
DEF

[...] apparition, au moment adéquat, de comportements innés dont l'apprentissage n'est pas nécessaire.

CONT

La maturation détermine les étapes successives du développement de l'organisme. À chacune de ces étapes correspondent [...] des comportements différents. Ainsi, en observant un comportement à deux moments dans le temps, on peut constater des différences s'expliquant surtout par la maturation.

Spanish

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Record 33 2009-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Production (Economics)
DEF

The stock of economically productive human capabilities.

OBS

These capabilities are formed or produced by combining innate abilities with investments in human beings. Examples of such investments include expenditures on education, on-the-job training, and health and nutrition.

OBS

The essence of human capital is that investments are made in human resources so as to improve their productivity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production (Économie)
DEF

Les capacités, la connaissance et les compétences incorporées dans les personnes et acquises par l'éducation, la formation et l'expérience.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Producción (Economía)
DEF

Cantidad de conocimientos que posee una sociedad o un individuo, adquiridos mediante la escolarización formal o el aprendizaje por experiencia.

CONT

La teoría del capital humano estudia su importancia en el proceso de crecimiento y/o desarrollo económico.

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Record 34 2008-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
CONT

Often, indeed, behaviour is labelled as innate on the basis of a "deprivation experiment"-animals which develop in an environment lacking some factor believed to be important are compared with animals living normally.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
OBS

privation : isolement expérimental (en caisse d'isolement, sous terre) ayant pour but d'étudier les réactions psychophysiologiques d'un sujet privé de l'environnement perceptif habituel.

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Record 35 2008-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Behaviour
DEF

The instinctive, selective readiness of an animal to respond to a "releaser," or specific sign- or key-stimulus, with a specific reaction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement animal
CONT

Le MDI est un mécanisme déclencheur que l'espèce a acquis au cours de son évolution par adaptation à des situations déterminées de l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 36 2008-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Reports
  • Management Operations (General)
OBS

Canada Public Service Agency, Office of Public Service Values and Ethics. In this article, we challenge the idea that leaders are special people with some innate capacity that allows them to become leaders.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de rapports
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
OBS

Agence de la fonction publique du Canada, Bureau des valeurs et de l'éthique de la fonction publique. Dans le présent article, nous remettons en question l'idée que les leaders sont des personnes spéciales dotées d'une capacité innée qui leur permet de devenir des leaders.

Spanish

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Record 37 2007-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
CONT

The yeast cell wall is the portion remaining after the inner contents of the yeast cell have been removed ... Yeast cell wall products consist of two major active components: Mannan oligosaccharides [and] Beta glucans.

OBS

Beta-glucan is an immunomodulator that can be extracted from the cell walls of yeasts, fungi, and some grains. It has enhanced the innate immune system providing protection against bacterial, protozoan, and viral diseases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
CONT

Fibosel® est un produit composé de parois cellulaires de levure de boulangerie, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, riches en béta-glucans [...] Les ß-glucans, contenus dans Fibosel sont des composés essentiels de la paroi des cellules de levure. Ils sont particulièrement intéressants pour leur pouvoir de stimulation du système immunitaire non spécifique chez l'animal [...] Fibosel® est une matière première réservée exclusivement à la fabrication des aliments pour animaux.

Spanish

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Record 38 2007-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Biotechnology
DEF

A primary transmembrane protein of immune cells that serves as a key part of the innate immune system.

OBS

[Toll-like receptors] are a group of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs) that bind to pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). Their function is the recognition of pathogens and the activation of immune cell responses directed against those pathogens.

Key term(s)
  • Toll like receptor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Biotechnologie
CONT

En revanche, ces cellules expriment des récepteurs spécialisés de description récente, les récepteurs Toll ou TLR (Toll-like receptors) se liant à différents composés bactériens: des peptidoglycanes et des lipoprotéines bactériennes dans le cas de TLR2 [...]

OBS

TLR : Bien que la plupart des ouvrages utilisent l'abréviation TLR pour désigner la notion, on devrait éviter de l'utiliser, lorsque c'est possible, car elle est issue du syntagme anglais Toll-like receptor.

OBS

récepteur TLR : Bien que plusieurs auteurs utilisent cette expression, issue de l'anglais (Toll-Like Receptor), il vaudrait mieux lui préférer l'expression française récepteur Toll, qui n'est guère plus longue à écrire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
  • Biotecnología
CONT

La porción citoplasmática del receptor de IL-1 tipo I también es homóloga a la de un receptor de superficie de Drosophila denominado receptor de tipo Toll, que está implicado en la defensa frente a las infecciones.

OBS

receptor de tipo toll; receptor de tipo Toll: Los expertos no se ponen de acuerdo si se debe escribir "toll" con mayúscula o minúscula. Algunos afirman que las normas de nomenclatura génica prefieren la minúscula si la palabra no se refiere a un nombre propio. En este caso, "toll" es una palabra alemana que significa "extraordinario".

OBS

receptor tipo peaje: La palabra "toll" no proviene del inglés, que en español equivale a "peaje". Es un adjetivo alemán que significa "extraordinario".

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Record 39 2004-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

An innate pattern of behavior, elicited by certain stimuli and fulfilling certain basic biological functions for the organism. The term refers both to the drive and to the activity

OBS

A term not currently in good standing in psychology because of its connotation. (Ok if used according to directions).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Ensemble complexe de réactions extérieures, déterminées, héréditaires, communes à tous les individus d'une même espèce et adaptées à un but dont l'être qui agit n'a généralement pas conscience.

Spanish

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

Comportamiento innato [...] que consiste en un sistema complejo de reflejos que se activa como respuesta a un estímulo.

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Record 40 2004-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Human Biological Requirements
DEF

... any of various mysterious mechanisms by which living things adjust themselves to periodic changes in their environment. Every organ and even every cell appears to have them. They are remarkably stable, and temperature changes or chemicals that speed or slow ordinary bodily processes do not affect the clocks’ accuracy, a most useful attribute.

CONT

... circadian rhythms are widely held to be endogenous, or innate, to living systems, governed by shadowy physiological mechanisms known as biological clocks.

CONT

In sickness, as in health, rhythm is a critical factor. Effective treatments must work with the body’s clocks, not against them.

CONT

Jet lag occurs when the circadian clock gets out of step with its environment.

OBS

The German term "Zeitgeber" is frequently used in English papers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Besoins biologiques de l'homme
DEF

Ensemble des mécanismes biochimiques et physiologiques qui ont pour effet de maintenir chez l'individu une répartition rythmique de l'activité de l'organisme, aussi bien sur le plan physiologique que sur le plan comportemental, et dont l'effet se poursuit en l'absence de synchroniseurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Necesidades biológicas del hombre
DEF

Conjunto de estrategias y procesos rítmicos que gobiernan el comportamiento de seres vivos para adecuarlo al ritmo del planeta.

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Record 41 2002-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Existing in or belonging to some persons or other living organism from birth.

CONT

... only two specific innate cravings have been demonstrated : one for salt and one for water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Se dit, chez un être vivant de ce qui existait dès sa naissance, par opposition à ce qu'il a acquis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
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Record 42 2001-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nervous System
OBS

The precise, externally conditioned, sleep/wakefulness rhythm has a cycle length of roughly 24 hours,(there are shorter cycles as well, with the most important of these being a secondary sleep/wakefulness cycle that is around 12 hours), is different from the innate circadian physiological cycling with a periodicity of 24. 5 to 25 hours-initiated in infancy and continually reinforced throughout life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Système nerveux
OBS

La rythmicité nycthémérale (oscillations physiologiques des fonctions de l'organisme au cours d'une journée) n'implique pas obligatoirement la veille et le sommeil.

Spanish

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Record 43 1999-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Law
CONT

The sources of international law. There is innate in man a consciousness of right and wrong, regulating his behaviour towards his fellows, the recognition of the requirement to "co-exist" with them on a reasonable footing. Human society, on the other hand, cannot function without a certain number of binding rules of conduct which must be such as to enable it to avoid bellum omnium contra omnes. These factors are the underlying causes of the birth of law in any human community. The accent may be laid on one or other of these fundamental elements, but the two are always present. These are the "sources" of the law in their philosophical, psychological, sociological connotation, the "material" sources.... The concrete ways and means, the "formal" sources of the law, differ from community to community : they are not the same in secular as in ecclesiastical communities, nor in national as in international society. These "formal" sources,... necessarily reflect the nature and structure of the community concerned : they appear as custom, legislation, bye-laws, national case law, papal bulls, treaties, resolutions of international bodies, etc., as the case may be. There is still a third sense in which the expression "sources" is used in respect of law; in this sense the metaphor does not refer to the basic or to the "formal" origins of legal rules, but to the documents and writings in which they can be found, just as in another field historians work with their "sources". These are not, of course, genuine sources of the law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international
OBS

Ces sources englobent les sources matérielles (ensemble des éléments auxquels se rattache la formation des règles du droit international, c'est-à-dire les sources du droit des gens, la conscience juridique commune, les principes et les faits qui expliquent l'origine profonde de l'apparition des règles juridiques) et les sources formelles (qui extériorisent, qui expriment les règles de droit), c'est-à-dire les quatre catégories de sources que la CIJ [Cour internationale de Justice] utilise pour déterminer le droit applicable aux différends dont elle est saisie.

OBS

Reproduit de la Liste provisoire de termes juridiques se rapportant aux travaux de la Commission du droit international avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 44 1993-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
OBS

physical beauty; loveliness.

CONT

A person's innate characteristics, size, intelligence, pulchritude will render them more appropriate and capable for certain types of work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
DEF

Qualité d'une personne belle.

Spanish

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Record 45 1993-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Immunology
DEF

Innate resistance to certain diseases that affect another species. A nonspecific defense mechanism with which humans(and other animal species) are equipped to ward off certain types of infection.

OBS

Training Manual Claritin, Schering Canada, 1987, p. 1.1-2.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Immunologie
DEF

Résistance innée à certaines maladies qui affectent une autre espèce. Mécanisme de défense non spécifique dont les êtres humains et d'autres espèces animales sont munis pour ne pas succomber à certains types d'infection.

OBS

Manuel de formation Claritine, Schering Canada, 1987, page 1.1-2.

Spanish

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Record 46 1988-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

Fodor uses the assumptions-that mentalese predicates are concepts, that all concepts are innate, or some boolean function of innate primitives-against the Piagetian general picture of conceptual development. The picture includes the three following claims : 1) the development of the child's cognitive abilities exhibits an orderly transition between stages; 2) each stage reflects the child's conceptual competence; 3) every later stage is conceptually richer than any of its predecessors and learning mediates the transition from one stage to the next.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 47 1985-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sexology
DEF

Innate or acquired, organic and/or behavioral differences between the two sexes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sexologie

Spanish

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Record 48 1984-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
DEF

the innate mechanism common to all human children which operates on linguistic data supplied by parents to produce a given language structure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

Selon Mc Neill, comme pour Noam Chomsky, il existerait en chaque être humain un dispositif inné d'acquisition du langage, capable de construire la compétence d'une langue à partir de la parole entendue; [...]

Spanish

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Record 49 1981-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Psychometry and Psychotechnology
OBS

One who argues that behavioral tendencies, especially perceptual organizing tendencies, are inborn, or innate.

OBS

Note: Term defined in a specialized glossary of psychometrics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Psychométrie et psychotechnique

Spanish

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Record 50 1980-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
DEF

selected group of colors an artist has chosen to use in a particular picture.

CONT

Renoir, with his innate love for bright colours, and Pissarro, who proclaimed that it was necessary to use only the three primary colours and their derivatives, also moved towards a brighter palette.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
DEF

l'ensemble des teintes utilisées par un peintre.

CONT

Sa vision est pleine de fraîcheur et de naturel, attentive aux mouvements de la lumière, à la spontanéité de l'esquisse, sa palette légère mais encore soumise à la pratique tonale.

Spanish

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