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POLY PLASTIC [8 records]

Record 1 2022-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bedding
  • Technical Aids for Persons with Disabilities
  • Mental health and hygiene
  • Cognitive Psychology
CONT

A weighted blanket resembles a regular blanket but with an added weight to it. It is filled with materials like glass beads and plastic poly pellets, and the blanket is meant to help people calm down, relax, and sleep well.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Literie
  • Aides techniques pour personnes handicapées
  • Hygiène et santé mentales
  • Psychologie cognitive
CONT

Les couvertures lestées sont constituées de cellules remplies généralement d'écales de sarrasin ou de billes d'acier pour en répartir le poids. Elles peuvent peser de 2,25 à 16 kg. La housse peut être faite de divers matériaux comme le denim, le polar ou le nylon imperméable.

OBS

En plus d'aider à lutter contre les troubles du sommeil, la couverture lestée permet de réduire [le] stress et [l']anxiété.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ropa de cama
  • Ayudas técnicas para personas minusválidas
  • Higiene y salud mental
  • Psicología cognitiva
DEF

Manta con un relleno especial que le aporta mayor peso que el de una manta convencional; provoca una estimulación táctil profunda que ayuda a relajar el sistema nervioso.

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Record 2 2016-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A vinyl acetate plastic based on polymers made with vinyl acetate as essentially the sole monomer.

OBS

poly(vinyl acetate) plastic; PVAC plastic : term, shortened form and definition standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • polyvinyl acetate plastic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Plastique acétovinylique à base de polymères produits avec l'acétate de vinyle comme pratiquement le seul monomère.

OBS

plastique poly(acétate de vinyle); plastique PVAC : terme, forme abrégée et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • plastique polyacétate de vinyle

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Plástico de acetato de vinilo a base de polímeros producidos con acetato de vinilo prácticamente como el único monómero.

Key term(s)
  • plástico poliacetato de vinilo
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Record 3 2016-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A plastic based on polymers of vinyl chloride or copolymers of vinyl chloride with other monomers, the vinyl chloride being in the greatest amount by mass.

OBS

poly(vinyl chloride) plastic; PVC plastic : term, shortened form and definition standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • polyvinyl chloride plastic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Plastique à base de polymère du chlorure de vinyle ou de copolymères du chlorure de vinyle avec d'autres monomères, le chlorure de vinyle représentant la plus grande partie en masse.

OBS

plastique poly(chlorure de vinyle); plastique PVC : terme, forme abrégée et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Key term(s)
  • plastique polychlorure de vinyle

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Plástico a base de polímeros de cloruro de vinilo o copolímeros de cloruro de vinilo con otros monómeros, siendo el cloruro de vinilo el de mayor cantidad por masa.

Key term(s)
  • plástico de policloruro de vinilo
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Record 4 2013-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Plastic Materials
DEF

An acrylic plastic based on polymers made with methyl methacrylate as essentially the sole monomer.

OBS

poly(methyl methacrylate) plastic; PMMA plastic : terms and definition standardized by the International Organization for Standardization(ISO).

Key term(s)
  • polymethyl-methacrylate plastic
  • polymethylmethacrylate plastic
  • poly(methylmethacrylate) plastic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Matières plastiques
DEF

Plastique acrylique à base de polymères produits avec le méthacrylate de méthyle comme pratiquement le seul monomère.

OBS

plastique poly(méthacrylate de méthyle); plastique PMMA : termes et définition normalisés par l'Organisation internationale de normalisation (ISO).

Key term(s)
  • plastique polyméthacrylate de méthyle
  • plastique polyméthylméthacrylate
  • plastique (poly)méthylméthacrylate

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Elementos y compuestos químicos
  • Materiales plásticos
DEF

Plástico acrílico a base de polímeros producidos con metil metacrilato como prácticamente el único monómero.

Key term(s)
  • plástico polimetilmetacrilato
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Record 5 2007-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
  • Vegetable Crop Production
CONT

Greenhouse plastics affect tomato pollination by influencing bee activity and bee loss through the ventilation systems. There is a significant difference in bee loss among plastic types.... CT plastic, one of the less commonly used greenhouse plastics, experienced less bee loss than AT Duratherm, Patilux, and both AT Bee Poly and De Klerk together.... The likely explanation for these results is that under CT plastic, bees are less able to visually detect the open vents because of the relatively small contrast between the transmitted light and the light through the vents. Our spectrophotometry results... indicate that of the plastics tested, only CT plastic allows transmission of UV light. Because of this, fewer bees fly out of these greenhouses and die during the winter months.

OBS

Greenhouse tomatoes and pollination by bumblebees. ... Bumble bee keeping in greenhouses has encountered some problems because of the escape of the bees ... through open vents in late winter and early spring. ... New understandings in insect colour vision (Backhaus 1993) have suggested ways by which the visual target of the open vents (daylight with UV) ... versus the greenhouse roof and walls (attenuated UV) can be disguised by coloured transparent flaps or blocked by screening so that the bees are not attracted and can not escape. The former would be easier and cheaper. UV light encourages the germination of spores of grey mould (Botrytis), so UV opaque plastics are favoured.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
  • Production légumière
CONT

Plastique de serre : contribution des matériaux plastiques à la maîtrise du microclimat.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Materiales plásticos
  • Producción hortícola
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Record 6 2003-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastic Materials
  • Optics
  • Beekeeping
  • Vegetable Crop Production
CONT

Greenhouse plastics effect tomato pollination by influencing bee activity and bee loss through the ventilation systems. There is a significant difference in bee loss among plastic types.... CT plastic, one of the less commonly used greenhouse plastics, experienced less bee loss than AT Duratherm, Patilux, and both AT Bee Poly and De Klerk together.... The likely explanation for these results is that under CT plastic, bees are less able to visually detect the open vents because of the relatively small contrast between the transmitted light and the light through the vents. Our spectrophotometry results... indicate that of the plastics tested, only CT plastic allows transmission of UV light. Because of this, fewer bees fly out of these greenhouses and die during the winter months.

OBS

Greenhouse tomatoes and pollination by bumblebees. ... Bumble bee keeping in greenhouses has encountered some problems because of the escape of the bees ... through open vents in late winter and early spring. ... New understandings in insect colour vision (Backhaus 1993) have suggested ways by which the visual target of the open vents (daylight with UV) ... versus the greenhouse roof and walls (attenuated UV) can be disguised by coloured transparent flaps or blocked by screening so that the bees are not attracted and can not escape. The former would be easier and cheaper. UV light encourages the germination of spores of grey mould (Botrytis), so UV opaque plastics are favoured.

Key term(s)
  • colored transparent plastic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Matières plastiques
  • Optique
  • Élevage des abeilles
  • Production légumière

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A vinylidene chloride plastic based on polymers made with vinylidene chloride as essentially the sole monomer.

OBS

poly-vinylidene chloride) plastic;PVDC plastic : Terms and definition standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • polyvinylidene chloride plastic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Plastique chlorovinylidénique à base de polymères produits avec le chlorure de vinylidène comme pratiquement le seul monomère.

OBS

plastique poly(chlorure de vinylidène);plastique PVDC : Termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

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Record 8 1984-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
OBS

A vinylidene chloride plastic based on polymers made with vinylidene chloride as essentially the sole monomer.

Key term(s)
  • polyvinylidene chloride plastic

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
OBS

Plastique chlorovinylidénique à base de polymères produits avec le chlorure de vinylidène comme pratiquement le seul monomère.

Key term(s)
  • plastique polychlorure de vinylidène

Spanish

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