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UNUSUAL DESIGN [7 records]

Record 1 2024-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
DEF

A method of confirming [the auditor's] understanding of the process flow and design of controls by tracing individual transactions, both recurring and unusual, from initiation through recording and processing by the entity's information system until they are reported in the entity's financial statements.

CONT

The internal auditor must conduct a walkthrough test after documenting the auditee’s processes. This involves following one or two transactions or activities step-by-step through the process from beginning to end. ... The auditor’s primary objective when performing a walkthrough is to develop an understanding of the transaction flow ...

Key term(s)
  • walk-through
  • walk-through test

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
DEF

Méthode permettant à l'auditeur de confirmer sa compréhension de l'enchaînement des processus et de la conception des contrôles[, qui] consiste à suivre à la trace les opérations individuelles, récurrentes et inhabituelles du déclenchement des opérations à leur enregistrement, à leur traitement par le système informatique de l'entité et, enfin, à leur communication dans les états financiers de l'entité.

Spanish

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Record 2 2023-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences
  • Electronics and Informatics
  • Medicine and Health
  • Industries
CONT

High aspect ratio, or fiber-shaped, nanoparticles(HARNs), represent a growth area in nanotechnology as their useful properties become more apparent. Carbon nanotubes, the best known and studied of the HARNs, are handled on an increasingly large scale, with subsequent potential for human inhalation exposure. Their resemblance to asbestos fibers precipitated fears that they might show the same type of pathology as that caused by asbestos and there is emerging evidence to support this possibility. The large number of other HARNs, including nanorods, nanowires and other nanofibers, require similar toxicological scrutiny. In this article, we describe the unusual hazard associated with fibers, with special reference to asbestos, and address the features of fibers that dictate their pathogenicity as developed in the fiber pathogenicity paradigm. This paradigm is a robust structure-toxicity model that identifies thin, long, biopersistent fibers as the effective dose for fiber-type pathogenic effects. It is likely that HARNs will in general conform to the paradigm and such an understanding of the features that make fibers pathogenic should enable us to design safer HARNs.

CONT

(Nanowerk News) A UK consortium of scientists, led by the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, has published a key report examining whether high aspect ratio nanoparticles (HARN) should raise the same concerns as asbestos fibres. HARN includes materials such as carbon nanotubes (CNT) and metal nanowires. The review, which was published by DEFRA [Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs] this week, identified many similarities between HARN and asbestos with regard to their physico-chemical properties and toxicological effects, and it concluded that there is sufficient evidence to suggest that HARN, which have the same characteristics (diameter, length and biopersitance) as pathogenic fibres such as asbestos, are likely to have similar pathology.

OBS

HARNs: plural.

Key term(s)
  • high aspect ratio nano-particle
  • hi aspect ratio nano-particle
  • hi aspect ratio nanoparticle
  • HARNs

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques, physique et sciences naturelles
  • Électronique et informatique
  • Médecine et santé
  • Industries
CONT

Les nano-objets sont des structures fabriquées volontairement dont une, deux ou trois dimensions extérieures sont de l’ordre nanométrique (entre 1 et 100 nm environ). Les nanoparticules et les nanofibres (respectivement trois et deux dimensions extérieures nanométriques) sont deux catégories importantes de nano-objets. Les nanoparticules sont obtenues par réduction de grosses particules ou par synthèse. Les nanofibres peuvent également avoir une forme tubulaire, tels les nanotubes de carbone; ces derniers peuvent être monoparoi (ou monofeuillet, SWCNT en anglais pour Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes) ou multiparois (ou multifeuillets, MWCNT en anglais pour Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes). Pour les nanofibres, lorsque le rapport entre la longueur et le diamètre est élevé, on parle de nanoparticules à fort aspect ratio (HARN en anglais pour High Aspect Ratio Nanoparticles).

OBS

Le diamètre des nanoparticules varie du nanomètre à quelques dizaines de nanomètres, et leur longueur, du micromètre à plusieurs millimètres. Ces dimensions leur confèrent un rapport d'élongation (longueur sur diamètre) élevé, ainsi que des propriétés toxicologiques similaires à celles de l'amiante.

Key term(s)
  • nano-particule à rapport longueur/diamètre élevé
  • nano-particule à rapport d'aspect élevé
  • nano-particule à rapport d'élongation élevé
  • nano-particule à fort aspect ratio
  • nano-particule à rapport d'allongement élevé

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Airframe
CONT

Aircraft had [the] following outstanding maintenance carry overs -- altitude alert system, captain’s indicator out, left elevator position indicator inoperative, aft airstair compartment service light system pops circuit breaker, right gear door indicator inoperative.

OBS

An airstair is a passenger staircase that is built in to an airliner-often, though not always, on the inside of a clamshell-style door. The stairs can be raised or lowered while the aircraft is on the ground, allowing passengers and ground personnel to board or depart the aircraft without the need for a mobile staircase or a jetway.... The most unusual airstair design was found on the Lockheed L-1011, which was a full-height airstair which was stored in a cargo compartment and allowed access from the right aft passenger door to the ground.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cellule d'aéronefs
OBS

logement : Cavité dans laquelle l'escalier est logé.

OBS

logement de l'escalier escamotable : terme uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Maintenance.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Techniques and Equipment
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Radio Broadcasting
DEF

[A] term [which] covers all radios that are highly collectible due to their unusual case, whether they sport a Mickey Mouse, a Charlie McCarthy, a built-in camera, look like a baseball or a bar or a bottle of any other design where one would not expect to find a radio.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Audiovisuel (techniques et équipement)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Radiodiffusion
DEF

Poste de radio qui emprunte une forme originale telle qu'une radio en forme de ballon de soccer ou de locomotive, s'éloignant ainsi des modèles traditionnels.

OBS

Les premiers modèles de radios de fantaisie, plus rares que ceux rencontrés de nos jours, sont très prisés par les collectionneurs.

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Home Furniture
OBS

Novelty : a small manufactured article intended mainly for decoration or adornment and marked by unusual or novel design...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mobilier domestique

Spanish

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Record 6 1986-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Conditioning and Heating
CONT

Indoor design conditions. The indoor conditions to be maintained within a building are the dry-bulb temperature and relative humidity of the air at the breathing line... in an area... which is not affected by... unusual heat gains or losses...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conditionnement de l'air et chauffage
CONT

Il est (...) assez difficile de définir des conditions intérieure de base permettant de satisfaire dans les meilleures conditions de confort tous les occupants d'un local.

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aeronautics and Aerospace Industry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aéronautique et aérospatiale
OBS

AIR/181 6.2.1.

Spanish

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