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Record 1 2014-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aboriginal Law
CONT

The Sparrow decision forced the government to respond to a partly-defined and evolving Aboriginal right to fish, protected by the Constitution, without prejudicing the ultimate resolution of the issue through comprehensive claims settlements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit autochtone
CONT

Le jugement Sparrow a forcé le gouvernement à composer avec un droit de pêche des Autochtones partiellement défini et en pleine évolution, protégé par la Constitution, sans nuire au règlement ultime des revendications territoriales globales.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
CONT

Cooling of the [nuclear] reactor fuel in the even of electrical power supply interruption is maintained by the high rotating inertia of the heat transport pumps during reactor power rundown ....

Key term(s)
  • H.T.S. pump

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
DEF

Pompe faisant circuler le caloporteur du réacteur nucléaire.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pulp and Paper
OBS

(forest.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pâtes et papier
OBS

(Termino.) 22-4-71 M.A.B.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surgical Instruments
OBS

There are many types of Adson forceps: Adson artery forceps; Adson dissecting forceps; Adson dressing forceps; Adson dural forceps; Adson ear forceps; Adson hypophyseal forceps; Adson lung grasping forceps; Adson micro forceps; Adson suture forceps; Adson tissue forceps; Adson thumb forceps; Adson thumb and tissue forceps; Adson thumb and tissue micro forceps; etc.

OBS

In medical eponyms, the possessive form, such as "Adson's forceps", often disappears over the years. For that reason, in that specific case, the written forms "Adson's hemostatic forceps", "Adson's haemostatic forceps", "Adson's hemostat forceps", "Adson's hemostat" and "Adson's artery forceps" are not found.

OBS

Alfred Washington Adson (1887-1951), American neurosurgeon.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments chirurgicaux
OBS

Avec l'usage, il arrive que le nom de l'inventeur ne soit plus utilisé comme complément de nom, mais soit mis en apposition et se comporte, dès lors, comme un adjectif de relation. On parlera alors de «pince hémostatique Adson» et non plus de «pince hémostatique d'Adson».

OBS

Avec l'usage, il arrive que le nom de l'inventeur ne soit plus utilisé comme complément de nom, mais soit mis en apposition et se comporte, dès lors, comme un adjectif de relation. On parlera alors de "pince hémostatique Adson" et non plus de "pince hémostatique d'Adson".

Spanish

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Record 6 1992-11-17

English

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

International Federation of Time-keepers is not an official english translation

Key term(s)
  • International Federation of Time-keepers

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Penal Administration
  • Security

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Administration pénitentiaire
  • Sécurité

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Social Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

Centre national d'information sur la violence dans la famille.

Spanish

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Record 9 2011-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Occupational Codes - Non-commissionned Members
Universal entry(ies)
314.04
occupation code
311.20
former designation, occupation code
OBS

314.04: trade specialty qualification code.

OBS

The code 311.20 has been converted to 314.04.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Groupes professionnels militaires pour les militaires du rang
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
314.04
occupation code
311.20
former designation, occupation code
OBS

314.04 : code de qualification de spécialiste (métiers).

OBS

Le code 311.20 a été remplacé par 314.04.

Spanish

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Record 10 1988-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
OBS

Can. J. Chem. 64, 608 (1986) (article en français, auteurs français)

Spanish

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