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Record 1 2000-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Federal Administration
OBS

In the new occupational group definitions published in the Canada Gazette on March 27th, 1999, this occupational group was integrated into the Education and Library Science Group.

OBS

Terms and abbreviation approved by the Universal Classification Standard Division, Treasury Board Secretariat.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Administration fédérale
OBS

Dans les nouvelles définitions des groupes professionnels publiées dans la Gazette du Canada le 27 mars 1999, ce groupe professionnel est intégré au groupe Enseignement et bibliothéconomie.

OBS

Termes et abréviation entérinés par la Division de la Norme générale de classification, Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor.

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Graphs and Diagrams
  • Information Theory
CONT

Nevertheless, clustering real-world data sets often raises problems, since the data space is usually a high dimensional feature space. A prominent example is the application of cluster analysis to gene expression data. ... In general, most of the common clustering algorithms fail to generate meaningful results because of the inherent sparsity of the data space. In such high dimensional feature spaces data does not cluster anymore.

OBS

The modern world is full of large data sets: census data, multimedia databases, and remote sensing data, to name a few. With the aid of computers it is possible to collect scientific data on a grand scale. These examples are not "large" merely because they have many data points. They are also high dimensional, meaning that there are many measurements taken of each person, multimedia object, or point on the ground. The "data point" representing one person is made up of their age, gender, educational level, occupation, and whatever else was recorded. Suppose there are 12 attributes recorded for each person. We can think of that person's record as a point in 12 dimensional space.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diagrammes et graphiques (Statistique)
  • Théorie de l'information

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-01-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
  • Optical Telecommunications

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
  • Télécommunications optiques

Spanish

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Record 4 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dams and Causeways

French

Domaine(s)
  • Barrages et chaussées
Key term(s)
  • anneau
  • arc

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims
OBS

A gambler's metaphor, after Julius Caesar's exclamation before crossing the Rubicon.

Key term(s)
  • alea jacta est

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons
OBS

La décision est prise irrévocablement.

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Constitutional Law
DEF

The diminution of a person's legal status as a result of being reduced to slavery.

CONT

There were three changes of state or condition attended with different consequences, maxima, media and minima. The greatest, capitis deminutio maxima, involved the loss of liberty, citizenship, and family (e.g. being made a slave or prisoner of war).

Key term(s)
  • capitis diminutio maxima

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Droit constitutionnel
CONT

La perte d'un état s'appelait : diminution de tête (capitis deminutio) qui, comme l'état lui-même était triple : la grande diminution de tête (capitis deminutio maxima) - s'opérait par la perte de la liberté, qui naturellement entraînait celle des deux autres états (perte du droit de cité, perte du statut de famille).

OBS

L'expression «capitis deminutio maxima» se traduit littéralement par «grande diminution de tête» dans le contexte du droit romain. Elle comprend à la fois la perte de la liberté, de la citoyenneté et du statut de famille. De ce fait, nous suggérons l'équivalent «perte totale de personnalité civile» en guise de «grande diminution de tête».

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

Also known as Acid Rain Club.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computers and Calculators

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Ordinateurs et calculateurs
OBS

Vocabulaire Rint-Nouvelles Technologies de l'information, 1994.

Spanish

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Record 9 2023-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Viral Diseases
DEF

A test to measure the concentration of a virus RNA or DNA.

CONT

Results are reported as the number of copies of HIV RNA per mL of blood plasma. The two types of HIV viral load test are reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and branched chain DNA (bDNA).

CONT

The viral load test provides important information that is used in conjunction with the CD4 cell count: to monitor the status of HIV disease, to guide recommendations for therapy, and to predict the future course of HIV. ... A viral load test is ordered when a patient is first diagnosed with HIV. The test result functions as a baseline measurement that shows how actively the virus is reproducing and whether treatment is immediately necessary. If and when therapy is started, your doctor should order a viral load test and a CD4 count about two to eight weeks after you start a treatment to evaluate whether therapy is being effective. ... If the viral load measurement is high, it indicates that HIV is reproducing and that the disease will likely progress faster than if the viral load is low.

OBS

There are several commercialized tests to determine HIV and hepatitis B blood plasma viral load. Viral load in semen plasma is used in the field of medically assisted reproduction when there is a risk for contamination with HIV, HBV [hepatitis B] or HCV [hepatitis C].

PHR

Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, HIV, plasma viral load test.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Maladies virales
DEF

Mesure de la concentration des copies de l'ARN ou de l'ADN d'un virus.

CONT

Le test de la charge virale mesure la quantité d'ARN du VIH dans le plasma. Cette mesure est un indicateur de l'ampleur de la réplication du VIH responsable de la destruction des lymphocytes T CD4 +. Combinée à la mesure de ces derniers, la mesure de la charge virale plasmatique permet d'estimer le risque de progression de l'infection vers le sida ou de décès. Elle permet aussi l'évaluation de l'efficacité des thérapies antirétrovirales.

OBS

Il existe des tests commercialisés pour mesurer la charge virale plasmatique du VIH et de l'hépatite B. La mesure de la charge virale dans le plasma séminal est utilisée dans le domaine de la procréation médicalement assistée s'il y a risque de contamination par le VIH ou par le virus de l'hépatite B ou C.

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cheese and Dairy Products

French

Domaine(s)
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie

Spanish

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