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PACS [17 records]

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Record 1 2017-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Provincial Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Provincial Administration
OBS

Ministry of Health.

Key term(s)
  • Heart Health Action Programme

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Administration provinciale
OBS

Ministère de la Santé.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
  • Economics
OBS

Sources Foundation was officially launched on June 23, 2015. The Sources Foundation works with the community to raise funds to support the work of Sources Community Resource [Centres]. The Foundation is a non-political, non-governmental charitable institution and public foundation governed by a dedicated board of directors who serve voluntarily to represent [the] community. [The Foundation operates] independently of the [centres].

OBS

Mission. To secure and grow funds to strengthen the ability of the Sources Community Resource Centres to respond to the needs of people in the communities [they] serve.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Services sociaux et travail social
  • Économique

Spanish

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Record 3 2017-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

Sources is a community-based non-profit agency dedicated to supporting the needs of children, youth and families, persons with disabilities and seniors that reside throughout the communities of White Rock, Surrey, Langley, Delta and Prince George.

OBS

Today known as Sources, the agency answers 30,000 calls for help each year. Volunteers drive for seniors and answer calls for information. Caring professionals work with families in distress. The food bank, treatment facilities, group homes, and family and individual counselling services are among the many programs provided by Sources Community Resource Centres.

Key term(s)
  • Sources Community Resource Centers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Services sociaux et travail social
Key term(s)
  • Sources Community Resource Centers

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Government Accounting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Comptabilité publique

Spanish

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Record 5 - external organization data 2008-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Programs (Canadian)
  • Farm Management and Policy
  • Compartment - Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
OBS

Canada-Saskatchewan Adjustment Program; CSAP: name and abbreviation used at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes nationaux canadiens
  • Gestion et politique agricole
  • Tiroir - Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
OBS

Programme d’ajustement Canada-Saskatchewan; PACS : nom et abréviation en usage à Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Immunology
OBS

The AIDS Community Action program (ACAP) supports a community response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. ACAP provides both operational and regional project funding to community-based AIDS organizations in four program areas: Prevention education; Creation of supportive environments for those infected with and affected by HIV/AIDS; The strengthening of community-based organizations; Health promotion for people living with HIV/AIDS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Immunologie
OBS

Le Programme d’action communautaire sur le sida(PACS) appuie une réponse communautaire à l'épidémie de VIH/sida. Le PACS offre aux organisations communautaires de lutte contre le sida des fonds de soutien ainsi que le financement régional de projets dans les quatre domaines suivants : l'éducation préventive; la création d’environnements sociaux propices pour les personnes atteintes du VIH/sida; le renforcement des organisations communautaires; la promotion de la santé pour les personnes atteintes du VIH/sida.

Spanish

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Record 7 2007-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

Attestation sur l'honneur par laquelle le citoyen canadien certifie qu'il n’ a pas avec son partenaire de lien de parenté ou d’alliance faisant obstacle à la conclusion d’un PACS [Pacte civil de solidarité].

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Graphics
  • Medical Imaging
DEF

A filmless method of communicating and storing radiographs.

CONT

Images are recorded onto an imaging plate by a laser, quality assured by a RT, and stored on a server. Through the PACS system, radiographs are made available for viewing immediately. There is no chemical processing involved. Moreover, the images can be viewed by a radiologist from a local office, a remote office, or home using a web browser, a program called RadWeb1000, and a secure Virtual Private Network.

Key term(s)
  • picture archiving & communication system
  • picture archival & communication system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infographie
  • Imagerie médicale
DEF

Système électronique ayant recours à un ordinateur et une technologie de télécommunication hautement sophistiqués en vue de l’acquisition, de la récupération et de la transmission d’images numériques et d’informations connexes sur le patient/client à l’aide de diverses modalités d’imagerie et pour la communication de l’information en réseau.

OBS

Bien que l'abréviation «PACS» soit l'abréviation du terme anglais «picture archiving and communication system», elle est couramment utilisée dans les textes français.

Key term(s)
  • système d’archivage et de communication des images

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

In the PACS, the definition of "union" will differ from a marriage - couples will be asked to register at a court, rather than at a town hall, and they will earn the right to a joint tax return after three years of fidelity, compared with instantly for married couples.

OBS

A French law adopted in October 1999 ... allows unmarried heterosexuals and homosexuals to register their unions and have inheritance, housing and social welfare rights, as well as the right to pay joint taxes.

OBS

Compare to the North-American concept of "registered domestic partnership".

OBS

In France, the Civil Solidarity Pact bill would provide a judicial framework for unmarried couples, both heterosexual and homosexual, and tax and inheritance advantages.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
DEF

Cadre juridique spécifique ouvert à tous les couples non mariés, homosexuels ou hétérosexuels, dont les partenaires ne se contentent pas du concubinage, qui est une union libre de nature privée, et ne veulent pas ou ne peuvent pas s’engager dans les liens du mariage (Catherine Tasca, le garde des Sceaux).

CONT

Le Pacs, qui concerne uniquement les couples ayant «toit partagé et lit partagé» serait inscrit dans un registre tenu à la mairie du lieu de naissance de chaque partenaire, ce qui devrait permettre d’éviter de cumuler plusieurs Pacs, ou Pacs et mariage.

OBS

Les signataires d’un Pacs sont des «pacsés».

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Organization
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

Relationship between same-sex partners.

OBS

This partnership could be recorded at a court to become a "same-sex union" (France), at a city hall to become a "same-sex marriage" (Netherlands), or remain an unregistered, "free union".

Key term(s)
  • same sex relationship
  • same sex partnership

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation sociale
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Relation entre partenaires de même sexe.

CONT

Avec le vote du PACS, la loi reconnaîtra l'existence du concubinage homosexuel.

Key term(s)
  • concubinage homo

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Sociology of Human Relations
OBS

The sexual partnership may be homosexual or heterosexual, but it cannot be of a nonsexual nature.

Key term(s)
  • registered domestic relationship

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Document pour amoureux méfiants, ou prudents.

OBS

Contraster avec le pacs et avec contrat d’union libre.

Key term(s)
  • pacte de relation sexuelle
  • pacte sexuel

Spanish

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Record 12 1999-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Federal Administration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Administration fédérale

Spanish

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Record 13 1998-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Human Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Version minimale du Pacs qui se contente d’arranger les biens financiers entre deux partenaires, qu'ils soient concubins, frères ou amis, mais qui ne propose aucune reconnaissance juridique du couple. Il est intégré au Code civil, mais dans la partie réservée aux sociétés.

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Immunology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Immunologie
OBS

PACS [Programme d’action communautaire sur le sida].

Spanish

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Record 15 1998-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Physics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Physique
OBS

PACS(Physics Abstracts Classification Scheme)

OBS

Revues scientifiques

Spanish

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Record 16 1994-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Imaging
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Imagerie médicale
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
CONT

Les trois pôles d’un réseau intrahospitalier d’imagerie : HIS(«hospital informatic system») : système d’informatisation des données concernant le dossier administratif et médical(hormis les images) ;PACS(«picture archiving and communicating system») : système de stockage, de transport et d’affichage d’images dans l'hôpital; IA et SE(Intelligence artificielle et système expert) : un ensemble SE de programmes permettant d’utiliser automatiquement des données stockées dans HIS et PACS.

Spanish

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Record 17 1985-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes

Spanish

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