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CENTRO INFORMACAO [8 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toxicology
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
CONT

A scorpion sting is an injury caused by the stinger of a scorpion resulting in the medical condition known as scorpionism, which may vary in severity.

CONT

[...] scorpionism is an actual public health problem in several parts of the world because, either incidence, or severity of envenomations is high and managed with difficulty by health services, or for these two reasons at the same time.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toxicologie
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
CONT

Médicalement, l'envenimation par piqûre de scorpion chez l'humain s'appelle «scorpionisme».

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
Key term(s)
  • information center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
DEF

Organisme indépendant ou dépendant d'une institution, ayant pour tâche de collecter, de gérer et de mettre à la disposition de l'utilisateur l'information relative à un domaine donné.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de las comunicaciones y la información
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Record 3 2015-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
  • Protection of Property
Key term(s)
  • information protection center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
  • Sécurité des biens

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y asociaciones (Admón.)
  • Protección de los bienes
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Record 4 2015-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport Personnel and Services
  • Flights (Air Transport)
DEF

A unit established to provide flight information service and alerting service.

OBS

flight information centre: term standardized by NATO.

OBS

flight-information centre; FIC: term and abbreviation standardized by the British Standards Institution (BSI).

OBS

flight information centre; FIC: term, abbreviation and definition standardized by the Glossary for Pilots and Air Traffic Services Personnel Committee and officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

Key term(s)
  • flight information center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Personnel et services (Transport aérien)
  • Vols (Transport aérien)
DEF

Organe chargé d'assurer le service d'information de vol et le service d'alerte. [Définition uniformisée par l'OACI.]

OBS

centre d'information de vol : terme normalisé par l'OTAN et uniformisé par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie aéronautique (CUTA) - Opérations aériennes.

OBS

centre d'information de vol; FIC : terme et abréviation normalisés par le Comité sur le Glossaire à l'intention des pilotes et du personnel des services de la circulation aérienne et uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Personal y servicios (Transporte aéreo)
  • Vuelos (Transporte aéreo)
DEF

Dependencia establecida para facilitar servicio de información de vuelo y servicio de alerta. [Definición aceptada oficialmente por la OACI.]

OBS

centro de información de vuelo; FIC: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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Record 5 2009-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Quality Control (Management)
OBS

A section of the Canadian International Development Agency that functions as its corporate level responsibility centre for performance measurement and reporting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Contrôle de la qualité (Gestion)
OBS

Section de l'Agence canadienne de développement international qui constitue le centre de responsabilité principal de celle-ci en ce qui concerne la mesure du rendement et l'information sur le rendement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités federales (canadienses)
  • Control de la calidad (Gestión)
OBS

Sección de la Agencia Canadiense de Desarrollo Internacional que constituye el centro de responsabilidad principal de ésta en relación con la medición del rendimiento y la información sobre el rendimiento.

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Record 6 2007-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
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Record 7 2003-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
OBS

Drawn from Government On-Line Glossary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
OBS

Tiré du Lexique du Gouvernement en direct.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
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Record 8 2002-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Environmental Management
CONT

The Minister may, for the purposes of encouraging and facilitating pollution prevention, establish and maintain a national pollution prevention information clearing-house in order to collect, exchange and distribute information relating to pollution prevention.

OBS

Statute cited: Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

Key term(s)
  • information clearinghouse

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Gestion environnementale
CONT

Pour encourager et faciliter la prévention de la pollution, le ministre peut établir un bureau central d'information en vue de la collecte, de l'échange et de la diffusion de l'information s'y rapportant.

OBS

Loi citée : Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Administración federal
  • Gestión de las comunicaciones y la información
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
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