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US PERSON [7 records]

Record 1 2020-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Yoga and Pilates
CONT

The navel chakra can be found between the navel and the bottom of the rib cage. The parts of the body affected are the navel, small intestine, pancreas, gall bladder, digestive system, kidney and the liver. This chakra is in charge of a person's sense of self, where your self-esteem and will power come from. It is sometimes shown as meaning fire, and has aspects of powers that let a person "burn" out the pessimistic aspects of the past and achieve the power to rule and direct your life effectively. It can also help a person learn to meditate and cleanse their spirit from negative thoughts that sometimes cause us to take actions that we later regret. This chakra is a fire element and so it is related to feelings of being thirsty or hungry, or being tired.

OBS

The seven chakras from the base of the spine to the crown of the head are muladhara (root chakra), swadhisthana (sacral chakra), manipura (solar plexus chakra), anahata (heart chakra), vishuddha (throat chakra), ajna (third eye chakra) and sahasrara (crown chakra).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Yoga et pilates
CONT

Grâce au symbole du soleil, le chakra du plexus solaire est le centre du corps, siège des énergies, de la force, de la chaleur, de la lumière et donc de la purification spirituelle. Le 3e chakra est en prise directe avec le corps astral. Il est le point par lequel les émotions sont véhiculées : sympathies et antipathies s’y croisent. De ce fait, il agit directement sur notre comportement en société. Le chakra du plexus solaire est le centre du bien-être personnel, pour être en harmonie avec soi et avec son entourage dans un esprit de tolérance.

OBS

Les sept chakras sont, du bas de la colonne vertébrale au sommet de la tête : muladhara (chakra racine), swadisthana (chakra sacré), manipura (chakra du plexus solaire), anahata (chakra du cœur), vishuddha (chakra de la gorge), ajna (chakra du troisième œil), sahasrara (chakra de la couronne).

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation
  • Investment
OBS

[For] U.S. tax purposes ..., the term ’’United States person’’ means: a citizen or resident of the United States; a domestic partnership; a domestic corporation; any estate other than a foreign estate; any trust if a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over the administration of the trust, and one or more United States persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust; or any other person that is not a foreign person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Population Movements
  • Citizenship and Immigration
DEF

A person not having proper documentation especially for immigration.

OBS

indocumentado : used in English, for Mexican illegal immigrants to the US; undocumented person : used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements de population
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

La longue marche des sans-papiers. La lutte continue pour ces irréguliers irréductibles.

OBS

personne sans papiers : employé par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Movimientos de población
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
DEF

Extranjero que carece de documentación alguna con la que poder acreditar su identidad y circunstancias personales.

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Record 4 2005-11-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • CBRNE Weapons
  • CBRNE Operations
CONT

There has been much talk in the United States recently about the risks of chemical and biological terrorism, but there has only been one death in the US caused by the use of a chemical agent and none through biological terrorism. That one death occurred in 1973 when members of the Symbionese Liberation Army(which later became famous for kidnapping Patty Hearst) shot one person with a cyanide-tipped bullet.

Key term(s)
  • cyanide tipped bullet

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes CBRNE
  • Opérations CBRNE

Spanish

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Record 5 2002-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Biotechnology
CONT

[Hereditary hemochromatosis(HH) ] is an autosomal recessive disease meaning a person has to get a copy of the gene(double mutation) from each parent. At present there are two different gene mutations(C282Y and H63D) that are associated with the disease... Usually the parents are carriers, meaning they do not have the disease. It is estimated that about 1 out of 200 people in the US has a double mutation and that about 3-5 per 1000 people have HH.

Key term(s)
  • amphi-mutation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Biotechnologie
Key term(s)
  • amphi-mutation

Spanish

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

No se ha encontrado mutación doble, es decir la C282Y y la H63D, en el mismo cromosoma. Hay formas de hemocromatosis no dependientes de las mutaciones antes señaladas como es el caso de la hemocromatosis juvenil, y la de los africano-americanos.

Key term(s)
  • anfi-mutación
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Record 6 1997-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

We way confuse the objective theory to be criticised and the person who advances it, but that is why we have the explicit ideal to help keep us on track.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
CONT

Governments are regularly guilty of nonfeasance, malfeasance and "overfeasance. "Finer coins the word overfeasance to remind us that the good person(independent, objective, responsible, trained and intelligent) is as terrifying as the bad :"Each in his own way may give the public what it doesn’t want. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
CONT

Les gouvernements sont régulièrement trouvés coupables de non-intervention, de délit par abstention et d'intervention excessive. Finer a créé cette dernière expression pour nous rappeler que la bonne personne (indépendante, objective, responsable, informée et intelligente) est aussi terrifiante que la mauvaise : «chacune, à sa façon, peut donner au public ce qu'il ne souhaite pas».

Spanish

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