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Record 1 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings and Assemblies (Administration)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions et assemblées (Administration)
OBS

(relève de l'Office international du travail SL 9-75

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Respiratory System
DEF

Any of many lung diseases caused by the inhalation of a variety of organic or inorganic dusts or chemical irritants, usually over a prolonged period of time.

CONT

The disease appears in different forms, depending on the type of dust you inhale. One of the most common forms is black lung disease, also known as miner's lung. It's caused by breathing in coal dust. Another is brown lung, which comes from working around dust from cotton or other fibers. Other types of dusts that can cause pneumoconiosis include silica and asbestos. Diacetyl, the compound used to give movie popcorn its buttery flavor, also can lead to the disease. This is known as popcorn lung.

OBS

pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis: A word invented ... in imitation of polysyllabic medical terms, alleged to mean "a lung disease caused by the inhalation of very fine sand and ash dust" but occurring only as an instance of a very long word.

Key term(s)
  • pneumokoniosis
  • pneumonokoniosis
  • pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Appareil respiratoire
DEF

Ensemble des affections bronchopulmonaires dues à l'inhalation prolongée de poussières minérales ou organiques [...]

OBS

[...] la dénomination de ces affections varie selon la nature des particules en cause : silicose (silice), sidérose (fer), byssinose (coton), bagassose (canne à sucre), etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades humanas varias
  • Aparato respiratorio
DEF

Nombre genérico aplicado a ciertas enfermedades crónicas producidas por el polvo de diversas substancias minerales, como carbón, hierro, sílice o calcio; las padecen, por ejemplo, los mineros, canteros o picapedreros, o los que trabajan en la elaboración del tabaco.

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Record 3 2004-06-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Economics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie agricole
DEF

Type d'agriculture pratiquée par les paysans.

OBS

L'agriculture paysanne, qui existe surtout dans les pays du tiers monde, se caractérise par le recours à des techniques traditionnelles, peu exigeantes en capital et souvent favorables à la conservation du milieu naturel. Elle exige généralement beaucoup de travail et de terre par unité de produit et, de ce fait, ne permet qu'une faible rémunération de ces facteurs de production.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía agrícola
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Record 4 1986-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statutes and Regulations (Transportation)
  • Transport of Goods
OBS

Terms used in the Express Traffic Reporting and Accounting System (XTRAS) of Canadian National Railways.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Législation et réglementation (Transports)
  • Transport de marchandises
OBS

Termes utilisés dans le système Comptabilité de la gestion centralisée du traffic messageries (XTRAS) du Canadien National.

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
OBS

Canadian Centre for Management Development Act

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements
OBS

Loi sur le Centre canadien de gestion

Spanish

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Record 6 2003-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Institutions
DEF

The quotient of the average number of beds occupied for a given period and the average number of beds available during that period, generally one year, expressed as a percentage.

OBS

HOHEA: Hogarth, J., Glossary of health care terminology. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1978. (Public Health in Europe, No. 4).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements de santé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Establecimientos de salud
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Record 7 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Courts
DEF

An estoppel arising from sworn statements made in the course of judicial proceedings.

CONT

The general theory of judicial estoppel or estoppel by oath is that a party is bound by his judicial declarations and may not contradict them in a subsequent action involving the same parties if one party has changed position in reliance on such declarations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

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Record 8 - external organization data 2022-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - National Occupational Classification (NOC)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Classification nationale des professions (CNP)

Spanish

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Record 9 2017-04-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
Loxigilla noctis
Latin
OBS

A bird of the family Thraupidae.

OBS

According to some authors, all elements of names of bird species require capital letters except for hyphenated adjectives where the second word is not capitalized, for example, Black-crowned Night Heron.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Loxigilla noctis
Latin
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Thraupidae.

OBS

sporophile rougegorge : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

Selon certains auteurs, les noms des espèces d'oiseaux acquièrent une valeur de nom propre; tous les substantifs génériques de même que tous les qualificatifs spécifiques qui précèdent le substantif générique doivent prendre la majuscule, par exemple : Pétrel minime, Petit Butor.

Key term(s)
  • sporophile rouge-gorge
  • pèrenoir rouge-gorge

Spanish

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Record 10 2015-08-02

English

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

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

tutelle de fait : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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