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SHIFT [4 records]

Record 1 2021-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Sexology
OBS

Shift provides support services to adults currently and formerly working in the sex industry to improve their quality of life and achieve individualized goals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Sexologie

Spanish

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Record 2 2005-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Veterinary Medicine

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Médecine vétérinaire

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Medicina veterinaria
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Record 3 2003-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
DEF

Temps de travail de quatre heures pour un docker et qui peut se situer à diverses heures du jour ou de la nuit, à l'inverse des vacations.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cargamento (Transporte por agua)
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Record 4 1986-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
DEF

Specific rearrangement including the splitting of a chromosome into three segments, which is followed by a very particular reorganization: the segment situated between the two breaks is placed in one of the two other segments of this chromosome after a third break.

CONT

Shifts are three-break chromosome rearrangements and involve movements of the chromosome region lying between two of the breakage points into the position of a third breakage point on the same chromosome and subsequent reunion of all three breaks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
DEF

Réarrangement spécifique qui consiste en la séparation d'un chromosome en 3 segments, suivie d'une réorganisation très particulière : le segment compris entre les 2 cassures s'intercale dans un des 2 autres segments de ce chromosome, suite à une troisième cassure.

CONT

Ces modifications dans la séquence des gènes peuvent résulter aussi d'un réarrangement (shift) des fragments après trois cassures.

Spanish

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