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Record 1 2021-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Economic Conditions and Forecasting
CONT

The federal government will ... continue to play a role in stabilizing revenues of provincial governments, but only in times of severe economic shocks, as was originally intended when the program was introduced.

PHR

domestic economic shock, foreign economic shock, severe economic shock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Prévisions et conjonctures économiques
CONT

[Ce budget] suit une année où nous avons agi avec rapidité et à grande échelle pour soutenir les Canadiens pendant le plus grand choc économique de notre pays depuis la Grande Dépression.

PHR

choc économique intérieur, choc économique extérieur, choc économique sérieux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
  • Previsiones y condiciones económicas
PHR

Conmociones económicas externas, internas, profundas.

Key term(s)
  • conmociones económicas
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Record 2 2017-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

Edema around the macular region of the retina, caused by a severe blow to the eyeball, and producing a permanent central scotoma as a result of destruction of the delicate cones in the fovea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision
DEF

Lésion de la rétine par traumatisme oculaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
CONT

La conmoción retiniana, la concusión retiniana y el edema de Berlín constituyen una misma entidad. [...] algunos autores la describen como el resultado de un traumatismo ocular contuso que provoca edema macular. El edema aumenta progresivamente en veinticuatro horas para desaparecer de forma paulatina tras algunos días, restableciéndose la visión. [...] en otros casos, aunque inicialmente la visión puede ser buena, disminuye gradualmente, asociándose con el desarrollo de depósitos pigmentarios en la mácula, formaciones quísticas e incluso agujeros.

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Record 3 2012-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Nervous System
DEF

A condition resulting from the stunning, damaging, or shattering effects of a hard blow.

Key term(s)
  • cerebral concussion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Système nerveux
DEF

Ébranlement produit dans l'organisme ou dans le système nerveux par un choc violent, direct ou indirect, et entraînant des troubles fonctionnels sans lésion apparente.

PHR

Commotion cérébrale, violente, viscérale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Sistema nervioso
Key term(s)
  • conmoción cerebral
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Record 4 2001-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Utilization (Oil and Natural Gas)
  • National and International Economics
CONT

Even when the oil shocks of the 1970s caused growth to stall, America's commitment to the open trading system hardly wavered.

CONT

In recent computer simulations, von Hippel and his colleagues have gone beyond the 60 m.p.g. benchmark, to the levels of fuel economy that might suddenly become attractive in the event of another oil price shock.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Exploitation commerciale (Pétrole et gaz naturel)
  • Économie nationale et internationale

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Explotación comercial (Petróleo y gas natural)
  • Economía nacional e internacional
OBS

Se denominan así a las crisis económicas inducidas por alzas bruscas en los precios del crudo.

Key term(s)
  • crisis petrolera
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Record 5 2000-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
  • Insurance
DEF

Events which have all the characteristics of a riot but which are more widespread and of longer duration, without, however, attaining the status of civil war, revolution, rebellion, or insurrection.

OBS

Note ... that the War Risk Exclusion does not extend to such occurrences as strikes, riots, or civil commotion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
  • Assurances
DEF

Manifestation plus ou moins violentes, même non concertées, de groupes sociaux ou de la foule qui, sans qu'il y ait guerre civile ou révolte contre l'ordre établi, expriment le désordre et s'extériorisent par des actes illégaux.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Incendio, accidentes y riesgos varios (Seguros)
  • Seguros
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