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Record 1 2025-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • News and Journalism (General)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • IT Security
OBS

The Media Ecosystem Observatory(MEO) is an interdisciplinary collaboration between McGill University and the University of Toronto that studies media ecosystem health. It is the coordinating body of the Canadian Digital Media Research Network(CDMRN), a pioneering initiative launched in June 2023 committed to fortifying and fostering resilience within Canada's unique information ecosystem.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Information et journalisme (Généralités)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Sécurité des TI
OBS

L'Observatoire de l'écosystème médiatique est une collaboration interdisciplinaire entre l'Université McGill et l'Université de Toronto qui étudie la santé de l'écosystème de l'information. L'Observatoire combine des analyses de données numériques à grande échelle avec de la recherche par sondage afin de comprendre comment la [mésinformation, la] désinformation et l'exposition à certains flux d'informations peuvent influencer les attitudes et comportements des citoyens, ainsi que la santé de notre démocratie.

OBS

Observatoire de l'écosystème médiatique : traduction non officielle donnée à titre d'information seulement.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-07-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

[Les organisations communautaires] ont tendance à lancer des initiatives novatrices, à mettre en œuvre des pratiques sociales différentes de celles des institutions publiques ou privées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
CONT

Iniciativa innovadora de FONDEPES [Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Pesquero] permitirá que consumidores accedan a valiosa información sobre los pescados que comprarán en Semana Santa.

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Record 3 2019-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

At the latest or most advanced stage of development; innovative, pioneering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Qui est novateur, qui devance, qui rompt avec la tradition, qui entend donner une impulsion au développement des idées, des techniques.

Spanish

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Record 4 2017-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Sociology
OBS

The Hunger Project Canada is a national chapter of The Hunger Project whose headquarters are situated in Toronto, Ontario. There, [it has] a small, dedicated staff supporting a country-wide network of volunteer activists. [The mission of this project] is to work within Canada to further the goals of the global movement of The Hunger Project. [Its] two primary objectives are to educate and raise public awareness in Canada about the issue of chronic, persistent hunger and its solutions through the empowerment of people in the developing world and to raise and provide funds for these programs in the developing countries where The Hunger Project works.

OBS

Mission. To end hunger and poverty by pioneering sustainable, grassroots, women-centered strategies and advocating for their widespread adoption in countries throughout the world.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Sociologie

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Industry/University Relations
  • Labour and Employment
OBS

Formally inaugurated in September 2006 and headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, the African and Caribbean Synergic inter-organizational Network of Canada-called the ACSioN Network for short-is the organization pioneering the greatest collaboration of post-secondary students and professionals of African descent in Canada.

Key term(s)
  • African & Caribbean Synergic inter-organisational Network of Canada
  • African & Caribbean Synergic interorganisational Network of Canada
  • African & Caribbean Synergic interorganizational Network of Canada

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Relations industrie-université
  • Travail et emploi
Key term(s)
  • African & Caribbean Synergic inter-organisational Network of Canada
  • African & Caribbean Synergic interorganisational Network of Canada
  • African & Caribbean Synergic interorganizational Network of Canada

Spanish

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Record 6 2017-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Operations Research and Management
CONT

A citizens’ jury is an innovative means of involving everyday people in the process of government decision-making. These projects are genuinely pioneering and each one expands the critical mass of knowledge and understanding around how citizens can best influence the decisions their governments make.

CONT

A citizens’ jury is generally composed of around 12-24 randomly selected citizens (through stratified random sampling) representative of the demographics of the area, who come together to deliberate on a given issue. [A] citizens’ jury should take place over 4-7 days. However, most juries are held over 2 days.

OBS

Not to be confused with "citizens’ assembly," which is a larger body of citizens.

Key term(s)
  • citizen’s jury

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Recherche et gestion opérationnelles
CONT

La particularité du jury citoyen tient au fait qu'il est composé de citoyens choisis par tirage au sort, sur le modèle d'un jury criminel, et qui n'ont donc pas d'expertise en la matière. Le but du jury citoyen est donc de donner à un groupe de citoyens «ordinaires» le pouvoir et la responsabilité de participer à un choix collectif en tant que membres d'un groupe de consultation formé expressément à cette fin.

OBS

Un jury citoyen est composé d'environ 12 à 24 citoyens sélectionnés au hasard.

OBS

Ne pas confondre avec «assemblée citoyenne», qui est composée d'un plus grand nombre de membres.

Spanish

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Record 7 2017-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Scientific Research
  • Genetics
OBS

The mission of the Down Syndrome Research Foundation is to empower individuals with Down syndrome to reach their full potential throughout life by pioneering and providing educational programs and services, grounded in foundational research.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Recherche scientifique
  • Génétique

Spanish

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Record 8 2017-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Honorary Distinctions (Canadian)
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

During the International Year of Volunteers 2001, Human Resources Development Canada announced the launch of the Thérèse Casgrain Volunteer Award. The purpose of this award is to commemorate the work of Thérèse Casgrain and honour those who have demonstrated a lifelong commitment of volunteering. The award is presented annually to two Canadians, one man and one woman. This award recognizes the voluntary contributions of men and women from communities across Canada whose pioneering spirit, social commitment and persistent endeavors have contributed significantly to the advancement of a cause and the well-being of their fellow citizens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations nationaux canadiens
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Au cours de l'Année internationale des volontaires 2001, Développement des ressources humaines Canada a annoncé la création du Prix Thérèse-Casgrain du bénévolat. Ce prix, qui sera décerné à la mémoire de Thérèse Casgrain et de son œuvre, vise à honorer ceux et celles qui se sont distingués leur vie durant par leur engagement bénévole. Le Prix Thérèse-Casgrain du bénévolat sera attribué annuellement à un Canadien et à une Canadienne dont l'esprit d'avant-garde, l'engagement social et la persévérance dans l'action auront contribué de manière significative à l'avancement d'une cause sociale et au mieux-être de leurs concitoyens et concitoyennes à travers le Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos honoríficos y condecoraciones nacionales (Canadá)
  • Servicios sociales y trabajo social
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Record 9 2017-01-18

English

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

Petrolia Discovery is a centre to learn, experience and enjoy the stories of Canadian ingenuity, talent and the pioneering spirit of Lambton County and its people.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Industrie du gaz

Spanish

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Record 10 2016-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Botany
CONT

Dubbed in recent years the "Indiana Jones of the plant world, "George Forrest formed part of a wider, yet exclusive community of intrepid plant-hunters who travelled the globe in search of exotic plant species. Their early pioneering forays into unchartered forests and valleys left an indelible mark upon the topography of so many ornamental gardens in Britain and the United States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Botanique
CONT

Sir Joseph Hooker (1817-1911), [...] a vécu des dizaines d'expéditions, d'abord vers l'Antarctique en tant que médecin et botaniste, et pour finir dans les montagnes de l'Himalaya, y cueillant les plus beaux rhododendrons. Et quand il a signé son contrat avec la Royal Horticultural Society de Londres, Robert Fortune (1812-1880) devenait un autre chasseur de plantes.

CONT

De son côté, Christopher Grey-Wilson, botaniste (il a exploré la Chine, l'Himalaya, le Sri Lanka, l'Iran et l'Afghanistan) et chasseur de plantes, qui fut entre autres, chercheur au jardin de Kew, en Grande-Bretagne, tiendra une conférence [...] sur le thème : «La grande famille des pavots».

OBS

chasseur de plantes : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 11 2015-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
  • Ecosystems
DEF

Process of colonization and replacement of pioneering species by others characteristic of a climax biocenose in an environment after several decades or even centuries.

CONT

The strategy ... capitalized on the opportunity to make quantitative predictions of future habitats based on the process of natural succession and the capability to determine the relationships between water levels and various successional stages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Écosystèmes
CONT

Le processus d'évolution des lacs passe par les stades suivants : oligotrophie, mésotrophie, eutrophie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
  • Ecosistemas
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Record 12 2014-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Works of Art

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres d'œuvres d'art
OBS

œuvre d'Arthur Lismer à la Galerie nationale.

Spanish

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Record 13 2014-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optics
CONT

An instrument located at the Fred Lawrence Whipple Observatory on Mount Hopkins, Arizona, at an altitude of 2, 606 m(8, 550 ft). It employed six mirrors, each 1. 82 m(72 in.) across, working together to give the equivalent of a single mirror 4. 45 m(176 in.) in aperture. In 1998, the MMT was used in a pioneering demonstration of nulling interferometry to image the dust cloud around Betelgeuse. Following this, the telescope was closed and work began to upgrade it by replacing the 6 small mirrors with a single mirror 6. 5 m in diameter.

OBS

The MMT kept its original name after it was converted to a single 6.5m diameter mirror on May 20, 2000.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Optique
CONT

L'observatoire d'astrophysique Smithsonian et l'Université d'Arizona présentèrent, en 1979, un tout nouveau type de télescope: le MMT ("Multiple-Mirror Telescope", ou télescope à miroir multiple). Installé sur le mont Hopkins en Arizona, le MMT se compose de 6 miroirs de 183 cm (72"), disposés en hexagone et alignés par ordinateur.

OBS

Il existe d'autres types de télescopes à miroirs multiples : le télescope Keck, situé à l'observatoire du Mauna Kea, à Hawaii, aux États-Unis, est constitué de 36 petits miroirs hexagonaux de 90 cm. Le télescope spatial James Webb (JWST), dont le lancement est prévu pour 2010, sera constitué de 18 miroirs de 6.5 mètres.

Spanish

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Record 14 2013-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial and Territorial Laws and Regulations (Canadian)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements provinciaux et territoriaux canadiens

Spanish

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Record 15 2012-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Landing Gear (Aeroindustry)
CONT

To allow efficient design optimization of the aircraft landing gear component and other such problems, a pioneering approach has been developed coupling advanced simulation capabilities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Atterrisseur (Constructions aéronautiques)
Key term(s)
  • composant de trains d'atterrissage

Spanish

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Record 16 2012-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

Lawyer, human rights activist, teacher and author, Shirin Ebadi was awarded the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize for her significant and pioneering efforts for democracy and human rights, especially women's and children's rights.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
CONT

Avocate, activiste des droits de la personne, professeure et auteure, Shirin Ebadi a reçu le prix Nobel de la paix en 2003 pour son action considérable et son rôle de précurseur en faveur de la démocratie et des droits de la personne, particulièrement ceux des femmes et des enfants.

OBS

Il est utile de noter que ce n'est pas tous les défenseurs des droits de la personne qui sont des activistes. Un activiste est un militant des droits humains qui œuvre à la promotion et à la protection des droits fondamentaux. Ce militant adopte des stratégies et prend des actions concrètes pour faire respecter ces droits.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derechos y Libertades
CONT

El reconocimiento de la condición de entidades consultivas a las Organizaciones No Gubernamentales ante la OEA y la adopción de una Declaración Interamericana de Protección a los Defensores de Derechos Humanos.

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Record 17 2012-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

The company is pioneering ’digital intuition’, artificial intelligence designed to assist everyday users separate the signal from the noise.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

On constate d’ailleurs qu’Internet est de plus en plus «infocentrique», c’est-à-dire centré autour de données stockées en quantités considérables, plutôt que de terminaux qui meurent avant l’information. L’information est donc l’objet de nombreuses innovations intéressantes [...] Il s’agit d’une évolution vers«l’intuition numérique», un concept intéressant s’appuyant sur l’ampleur de laconnaissance disponible sur Internet.

Spanish

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Record 18 2010-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metallography
CONT

... Light microscope fractographs [at high magnification]... are of historical importance as a successful pioneering effort that was the forerunner of the very sophisticated fractographic expertise that is now widely shared.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Métallographie
CONT

[...] Comme les techniques fractographiques ne sauraient dans la pratique être appliquées systématiquement à toutes les cassures, et dans toute leur étendue, seule l'analyse morphologique macroscopique permet de déterminer où et comment il convient de recourir à ces techniques [...]

Spanish

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Record 19 2010-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
DEF

The notation of sunshine data.

CONT

Systematic solar radiation measurements in southern Africa commenced in the early 1950s and pioneering research on the spatial patterns of radiation, using very few data, was first published in 1957 by Drummond and Vowinckel. Schulze and McGee(1978) updated summer and winter solar radiation patterns from subsequent radiation observations using linear interpolative techniques, while Reid(1981) used sunshine duration as a surrogate to derive solar radiation for each month of the year. Reid's distribution patterns, however, remain artifacts of the point distribution of sunshine recording stations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Rayonnements électromagnétiques
DEF

Opération qui consiste à recueillir les données relatives à l'insolation.

Spanish

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Record 20 2009-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ecology (General)
DEF

A species that is the first to colonize a new site or a new ecosystem.

Key term(s)
  • early-successional species

French

Domaine(s)
  • Écologie (Généralités)
DEF

Espèce qui est la première à coloniser un nouveau site ou un nouvel écosystème.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ecología (Generalidades)
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Record 21 2008-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Units (Obsolete Titles, Armed Forces)
  • Electronic Warfare
OBS

This was a special unit, pioneering what we now call electronic warfare.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités (anciennes, Forces armées)
  • Guerre électronique
OBS

C'était une unité spéciale à l'avant-garde de ce que nous appelons maintenant la guerre électronique.

Spanish

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Record 22 2008-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Informatics
OBS

Digital Equipment Corporation was a pioneering American company in the computer industry. It is often referred to within the computing industry as DEC.(This acronym was frequently officially used by Digital itself, but the official name was always DIGITAL.) Its PDP and VAX products were arguably the most popular minicomputers for the scientific and engineering communities during the 1970s and 1980s. DEC was acquired by Compaq in June 1998, which subsequently merged with Hewlett-Packard in May 2002. As of 2007 its product lines were still produced under the HP name. From 1957 until 1992 its headquarters was in an old woolen mill in Maynard, Massachusetts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Informatique

Spanish

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Record 23 2007-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Acoustics (Physics)
  • Building Insulation and Acoustical Design
DEF

A sound diffuser based on a sequence of numbers derived from number theory.

CONT

Towards the end of the last century, there appeared to be an increase interest in the use of scattering surfaces within concert halls. Certainly there was an explosion in their use in listening and studio control rooms. One catalyst for this was Schroeder's pioneering design of diffusers, such as the Quadratic Residue Diffuser(QRD), which gave acousticians the possibility of designing diffusers with known acoustic characteristics. This was further helped by the successful application of these diffusers...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Acoustique (Physique)
  • Isolation et acoustique architecturale
DEF

Diffuseur cellulaire dont la conception se fonde sur une séquence de nombres elle-même dérivée de la théorie des nombres.

OBS

Recommandé pour l'enregistrement des chorales, du piano et des cuivres, le diffuseur à résidu quadratique trouve bien sûr sa place dans les studios mais il améliore aussi l'intelligibilité dans les auditoriums de cinéma et dans les salles de concert.

OBS

Le diffuseur à résidu quadratique est parfois appelé «diffuseur de Schroeder», en raison du principe mis au point par cet inventeur, mais comme ce dernier a aussi créé d'autres modèles de diffuseurs, il serait avisé de ne pas considérer ces deux expressions comme de parfaits synonymes.

Spanish

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Record 24 2006-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Honorary Distinctions (Canadian)
  • Scientific Research
OBS

The Belleau-Nickerson Award is strictly Canadian and is named after two eminent researchers who left their mark on pioneering research in Canada-Dr. Bernard Belleau and Dr. Mark Nickerson. The Belleau-Nickerson Award is selected by a jury of the deans of pharmacy faculties in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations nationaux canadiens
  • Recherche scientifique
OBS

Le prix Belleau-Nickerson est essentiellement canadien et sa désignation provient des noms de deux éminents chercheurs ayant fait leur marque à titre de pionniers dans ce domaine au Canada - les docteurs Bernard Belleau et Mark Nickerson. Le prix Belleau-Nickerson est déterminé par un panel constitué des doyens des facultés de pharmacie au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 25 2004-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Climatology
DEF

Climatic characteristic defined by the ratio of the difference between precipitation and evapotranspiration to the potential evapotranspiration.

CONT

[The] Thornthwaite moisture index [is] a method for monitoring the soil water budget for relatively large areas based on the pioneering work of C. W. Thornthwaite(1948) using the concept of potential evapotranspiration. The Palmer Drought Severity Index and the companion "crop moisture index, "developed by W. C. Palmer, are modifications of the earlier Thornthwaite work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Climatologie
DEF

Caractéristique climatique définie par la différence entre la précipitation et l'évapotranspiration divisée par l'évapotranspiration potentielle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Climatología
DEF

Característica climática cuyo valor es la diferencia entre la precipitación y la evapotranspiración dividida por la evapotranspiración potencial.

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Record 26 2003-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Orbital Stations
CONT

The shuttle Endeavor in 1992 embarked on pioneering rendezvous/extravehicular mission.

OBS

extravehicular mission; EVM: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Space Station official approval Group (ISSOAG).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations orbitales
CONT

[...] intervention d'astronautes au cours de missions extravéhiculaires.

OBS

mission extravéhiculaire; EVM : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Groupe de travail de la terminologie de la Station spatiale internationale (GTTSSI).

Spanish

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Record 27 2003-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

Unit of radiant energy per unit area equal to 1 gram-calorie per cm².

CONT

The intensity of insolation or shortwave solar radiation is normally expressed in langleys (cal/sq.cm) per unit of time (min., hr., or day).

OBS

Named for Samuel P. Langley(1834-1906), a pioneering solar energy researcher at the Smithsonian Institution...

OBS

Langley (L): Now obsolete.

OBS

Modern meteorologists tend to use the mks unit W m².

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Unité d'énergie rayonnante par unité de surface égale à l calorie-gramme par cm².

CONT

L'intensité de l'insolation ou rayonnement solaire de courte longueur d'onde est normalement exprimée en «Langleys» (cal/cm²) par unité de temps (minutes, heures ou jours).

CONT

274 langleys (ly), soit 274 petites calories par centimètre carré de surface horizontale par jour moyen ou 2637 Kilowatts (kW) par hectare, en ne comptant que les heures de jour.

OBS

langley, Ly : CGS - 1 cal/cm². Étymologie : vient du savant Samuel Langley.

OBS

[...] symbole lg.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
DEF

Unidad de energía radiante igual a 1 caloría-gramo por cm².

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Record 28 2003-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Honorary Distinctions
  • Prizes and Awards (Arts and Culture)
OBS

This annual award has been created in the memory of Suzanne Peters(1948-1999), a pioneering advocate and practioner of engaging citizens in Canadian public policy research.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations du gouvernement fédéral
  • Prix et récompenses (Arts et Culture)
OBS

Ce prix annuel a été créé à la mémoire de Suzanne Peters (1948-1999), qui a facilité et pratiqué la mobilisation des citoyens dans la recherche sur les politiques publiques canadiennes.

Spanish

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Record 29 2002-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Earth-based Stations
  • Astronautics
CONT

The Minitrack system that was developed in the late 1950s for the NRL Vanguard Satellite Program used the signals emitted by Sputnik and later satellites to determine their positions and orbits. This pioneering tracking system led to the concept of tracking nonradiating, or noncooperative, satellites by signals reflected off them.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations terriennes
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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Record 30 2002-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
CONT

Another very clever way-out was pioneered by the blind physicist Plateau already in the XIX century : the isodense tank(Plateau tank) with an immiscible liquid to balance the(high) hydrostatic gradient. But on both cases(millimetric-size liquid bridges and Plateau simulation) the mechanical behaviour(statics and dynamics) of liquid bridges is difficult to investigate under ground conditions because both techniques make experimentation difficult, imprecise and can mask effects only measurable under reduced gravity conditions. That explains why so many experiments with liquid bridges have been performed under microgravity since the pioneering demonstrations in Skylab in 1974, and how different the real behaviour of liquid bridges in space has been found.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
OBS

Avec deux liquides de même densité, on reconstitue une sorte de pesanteur.

Spanish

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Record 31 2002-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

In 1897, the [Psychology] department head [of the University of Illinois] Professor John H. Hyland, did pioneering laboratory studies of the fluctuatuion of attention.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
CONT

[Les] fluctuations de l'attention sont dues à un processus physiologique de saturation corticale, entraînant une inhibition momentanée de l'excitation nerveuse.

Spanish

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Record 32 2001-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Optical Instruments
OBS

National Research Council of Canada.

OBS

Naturally emitted microwaves are the target of this unusual telescope. Located near the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawaii, the JCMT [James Clerk Maxwell Telescope] is helping to open a new window on the universe. Named after the pioneering Scottish physicist who gave us a fundamental understanding of electricity and magnetism, the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope is used to investigate a part of the electromagnetic spectrum that is only now beginning to be explored. The telescope is capable of exploring radio waves with a range of about 0. 3 to 2 mm... JCMT was built jointly by the United Kingdom and the Netherlands and is funded by the UK, Canada and the Netherlands. It is operated from the Joint Astronomy Centre in Hilo, Hawaii and used by astronomers from the funding countries and world-wide, who visit the observatory for the few days that they are scheduled to use the telescope each year.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Instruments d'optique
OBS

Conseil national de recherches du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 33 1999-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 34 1998-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
OBS

Information confirmed by the organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
OBS

Information confirmée par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 35 1998-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Theory
  • Work Study
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories de la gestion
  • Étude du travail
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 36 1997-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

Although many people can be identified with cognitive behavioural counselling... the work of Albert Ellis will be described, since his pioneering work stimulated a lot of research in the area of cognitive behavioural counselling.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Travail et emploi

Spanish

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Record 37 1994-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Office Automation
CONT

Valeri Ward was a pioneering telecommuter at O’Donnell Property Services when she linked into the office network during a maternity leave.... Portable computing today is a different world. The trend in business is that the office is disappearing... which makes PC networking or LAN cards and adapter cards for multimedia computing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Bureautique

Spanish

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Record 38 1992-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
  • Residential Architecture
DEF

the pattern made by the forms and colours of rural buildings grouped into a village.

CONT

... the quality and results of Essex County Council' s pioneering 1974 Design Guide for Residential Areas, which set a pattern for a new "villagescape" of traditional pitched roofs, authentic regional forms and colours and above all the close and varied grouping of buildings in narrow lanes and closes.(The Countryman, Winter 1984-1985, p. 156.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Néologie et emprunts
  • Architecture d'habitation

Spanish

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Record 39 1991-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Preservation and Canning
CONT

P & T Foods N. V. in Belgium is pioneering a technology which may eventually revolutionize shelf-stable foods. This report profiles the company's development of microwave-sterilized meals in barrier-plastic packaging.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie

Spanish

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Record 40 1989-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

Author: K.M. Molson; 1974.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres

Spanish

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Record 41 1988-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Logic (Philosophy)
CONT

Building on Putnam's pioneering attempt to tackle the issues of knowledge in an idiom that makes sense in the contemporary cognitive milieu, certain philosophers have put forth their own analytic schemes. The Concept of "intentional system"(Daniel Dennett) is designed to play a role in the legitimation of mental descriptions parallel to the role played by the abstract notion of a Turing machine in setting down the rules for interpreting an artifact like a computer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Logique (Philosophie)
OBS

intentionnel : doté d'intentions. Voir ce concept chez Husserl.

OBS

Voir aussi "apprentissage intentionnel" et modèle.

Spanish

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Record 42 1986-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Display Technology
CONT

Engineering without paper. Ever since the pioneering days of computer graphics in the early 1970s, experts have predicted the impending arrival of "paperless engineering" systems, wherein all engineering work from design through production would be carried electronically via interconnected workstations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Infographie
  • Techniques d'affichage (Ordinateurs)
OBS

Voir la notion de «bureau sans papier», et de «poste de travail d'ingénieur». Bientôt le travail à l'écran cédera la place aux robots commandés à la voix pour l'exécution de tâches de conception et fabrication robotisée.

Spanish

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Record 43 1985-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Launching and Space Maneuvering
CONT

The pioneering Spacelab 1 mission of late-November/early-December 1983 was officially described as a verification flight to prove that the European-designed and-built habitable space laboratory aboard Shuttle could actually work.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lancement et manœuvres dans l'espace

Spanish

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Record 44 1981-09-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Marketing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commercialisation

Spanish

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Record 45 1980-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
OBS

The pioneering investigation of glycocalyx formation in bacteria was actually a study of Streptococcus mutans, an organism that colonizes the human tooth(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
OBS

Les premières recherches concernant la formation du glycocalyx bactérien ont été entreprises chez Streptococcus mutans, un microorganisme qui colonise la dent humaine (...)

Spanish

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Record 46 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 47 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Roads

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies de circulation

Spanish

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Record 48 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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Record 49 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce

Spanish

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Record 50 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising
  • Advertising Agencies and Services
  • The Product (Marketing)
CONT

pioneering advertising must implant a new custom, develop a new level of expectation, change habits, and set a new standard of living so that there will be a desire for the goods offered.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Publicité
  • Agences et services de publicité
  • Produit (Commercialisation)
CONT

l'une des premières caractéristiques [...] d'une publicité de lancement est de souligner la nouveauté du produit. [...] La seconde [...] de montrer le produit au public, de permettre son identification

Spanish

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