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Record 1 1993-01-21

English

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

Main focus of program is the availability of a committed and trained volunteer who will work on a one-to-one basis with an individual who has needs and help that individual meet them

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-11-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Economics
DEF

The acquisition of the appropriate quantity and quality of financial, human and physical resources at the appropriate times and at the lowest cost.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie de l'entreprise
DEF

Acquisition de ressources financières, humaines et matérielles appropriées, tant sur le plan de la qualité que sur celui de la quantité, aux moments opportuns et au coût le moins élevé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía empresarial
DEF

Obtención de los recursos financieros, humanos y materiales apropiados, tanto en cuanto a calidad como a cantidad, en el momento oportuno y al menor coste.

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Record 3 2017-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Supply (Military)
CONT

As part of a broader approach to looking at defence procurement performance overall, a performance measurement framework is being developed and is expected to be implemented in 2017 ...

Key term(s)
  • defense procurement performance overall

French

Domaine(s)
  • Approvisionnement (Militaire)
CONT

Dans le cadre d’une approche plus générale visant à examiner le rendement global de l’approvisionnement en matière de défense, un cadre de mesure du rendement est en cours d’élaboration.

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Health Institutions
  • Cancers and Oncology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Établissements de santé
  • Cancers et oncologie
OBS

Source : Laboratoire national d'oncologie virale, LLCM.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Records Management (Management)
OBS

Library and Archives Canada.

French

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

Bibliothèque et Archives Canada.

Spanish

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Record 6 2005-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
DEF

Analysis of the structure and development of a region in the atmosphere in terms of air masses and fronts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
DEF

Analyse de la structure et de l'évolution d'une région de l'atmosphère quant aux masses d'air et aux fronts.

PHR

Analyse frontologique avancée, préliminaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Previsiones meteorológicas, medición y análisis de datos
DEF

Análisis de la estructura y evolución de una región de la atmósfera en términos de masas de aire y frentes.

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chains and Cables (Mechanical Components)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Câbles et chaînes (Composants mécaniques)

Spanish

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Record 8 2016-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A bird of the family Scolopacidae.

OBS

In English scientific usage, 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)
OBS

Oiseau de la famille des Scolopacidae.

OBS

bécasseau roussâtre : nom français uniformisé par la Commission internationale des noms français des oiseaux.

OBS

En français, 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.

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electric Rotary Machines
  • Thermoelectricity and Thermoelectronics
  • Conductors and Resistors

French

Domaine(s)
  • Machines tournantes électriques
  • Thermoélectrique et thermoélectronique
  • Conducteurs et résistances

Spanish

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Record 10 2001-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Waste Materials
DEF

Wastes from the use of naturally radioactive materials in industries, with no intent to exploit their radioactive properties.

CONT

Incidental wastes are those wastes arising from industrial processes not related specifically to the generation of radioactive material but where such material is naturally present in the raw material. This is the case, for example, in the production of carborundum and phosphogypsum.

CONT

Incidental wastes are generated by industry as by-products of non-radioactive processes and contain small amounts of natural radioactivity. The phosphate industry was the largest producer of incidental waste ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Déchets nucléaires
OBS

accidentel : Qui arrive par hasard, qui est produit par une circonstance occasionnelle.

OBS

Choisir entre «indirect» ou «accessoire» (produit de manière accessoire) et «accidentel» (produit par une circonstance occasionnelle) en fonction de l'aspect que l'on désire faire ressortir.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Desechos nucleares
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