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Record 1 2024-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Hygiene and Health
CONT

Currently used general and central obesity anthropometric measures for assessing adiposity-related risk include: body mass index (BMI; weight in kilograms divided by square of height in meters), waist circumference (WC), hip circumference (HC), waist-to-hip ratio (WHR; ratio of WC to HC), waist-to-stature ratio (WSR; ratio of WC to height) and body adiposity index ... (BAI; HC divided by height, and subtracting 18 from the result).

Key term(s)
  • waist to stature ratio
  • waist to height ratio

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Hygiène et santé
Key term(s)
  • rapport tour de taille-stature
  • rapport taille-stature

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Materiel Maintenance
  • Weapon Systems (Air Forces)
CONT

[A] weapon system release is an airworthiness certification that is conducted after the completion of any maintenance activity. It is a declaration by signature that certifies the weapon system is airworthy and may be released for operations.

OBS

weapon system release; WSR: designations officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maintenance du matériel de l'air
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces aériennes)
CONT

La remise en service du système d'arme est une certification de navigabilité effectuée à la suite de toute activité de maintenance. C'est alors la signature de la certification après maintenance qui atteste que le système d'arme est en état de navigabilité et prêt pour les opérations.

OBS

remise en service du système d'arme; RSSA : désignations uniformisées au ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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