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Fiche 1 2023-05-16

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Microbiology and Parasitology
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Bacterial Diseases
  • Food Safety
OBS

A medium containing peptone, lactose, dipotassium phosphate, agar, sodium sulfite, basic fuchsin, and distilled water. Originally developed for the isolation of Salmonella typhi, this medium is now most useful in the bacteriologic examination of water. Coliform organisms [namely Escherichia coli] ferment the lactose and their colonies become red and stain the surrounding medium [whereas] non-lactose-fermenting organisms [namely Salmonella sp. ] produce clear, colorless colonies against the faint pink background of the medium.

OBS

Endo agar (also called Endo’s medium) is a microbiological growth medium with a faint pink colour. ... now used mostly as a coliform medium. Most gram-negative organisms grow well in this medium, while growth of gram-positive organisms is inhibited. ...

OBS

A selective medium for the differentiation of lactose fermenting and lactose non-fermenting intestinal organisms according to Endo (1904). A standard method for the examination of drinking water and wastewater, dairy products and foodstuffs.

OBS

Endo agar; Endo’s medium; Endo medium; Endo fuchsin agar: named after a Japanese bacteriologist, Shigeru Endo (1869-1937).

Terme(s)-clé(s)
  • Endo-type medium
  • Endo's fuchsin agar

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Microbiologie et parasitologie
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Maladies bactériennes
  • Salubrité alimentaire
CONT

Mode d'emploi – Milieux en boîtes de Petri – Prêts à l'emploi : La BD Endo Agar (gélose Endo) est un milieu différentiel légèrement sélectif servant à l’isolement et à la différenciation des Enterobacteriaceae et de plusieurs autres bâtonnets Gram négatifs provenant d’échantillons cliniques. [BD : nom d'un fabricant.]

OBS

Endo est le nom d'un milieu de culture utilisé en bactériologie pour l'isolement et l'identification des bactéries.

OBS

La couleur rose du milieu Endo est due à la fuchsine basique.

OBS

gélose Endo; milieu Endo : nommés d'après le bactériologue japonais Shigeru Endo (1869-1937).

PHR

Culture bactérienne sur gélose Endo, en milieu Endo.

Espagnol

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Fiche 2 2019-09-16

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
CONT

The crystal ball allows you to take refraction photos, which reveal the background scene within the ball.... The photographic technique has now become so popular that photographers have re-branded the crystal ball as a lensball.

Terme(s)-clé(s)
  • lens ball

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
CONT

Lorsque vous expérimentez la photographie dans une boule de cristal, assurez-vous que la lumière passant à travers l'objet réfracteur est forte. Si votre sujet est peu éclairé, il se peut que des reflets indésirables [...] à proximité apparaissent dans la boule.

Espagnol

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Fiche 3 2018-07-23

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

... the equality of all persons regardless of sex, race, religion, or ethnic background has become a "general principle of law. "

OBS

general legal principle: terminology related to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiating process.

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droits et libertés
CONT

... l'égalité de toutes les personnes sans égard au sexe, à la race, à la religion ou à l'horizon ethnique constitue maintenant un «principe général de droit».

OBS

principe général de droit : terminologie du processus d'établissement de la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLEA).

Espagnol

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
  • Derechos y Libertades
DEF

principios generales del derecho: Principios de derecho natural consistentes en un conjunto de verdades jurídicas establecidas universalmente por la recta razón (doctrina iusnaturalista).

OBS

principio general del derecho: designación utilizada generalmente en plural.

OBS

principio general del derecho: terminología relacionada con el proceso de establecimiento del Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA).

Terme(s)-clé(s)
  • principios generales del derecho
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Fiche 4 2017-08-08

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Painting (Arts)
DEF

The reappearance on the surface of an oil painting of paint or drawing that the artist had covered by overpainting, as the result of the increasing transparency of the overpainting on aging; ...

CONT

Flora(c. 1650), by Rembrandt. The artist first painted his subject's hat with a much broader brim at the front; his original intention has become known through the appearance of the dark oval area through the lighter, overpainted background. This phenomenon is called pentimento.

OBS

pentimenti: plural.

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Peinture (Arts)
DEF

Changement apporté, correction faite en cours d'exécution [...]

CONT

L'auteur n'invente pas ses personnages, il les ressuscite du fond de ses souvenirs, grattant comme le peintre la toile [...] pour découvrir sous les personnages et le paysage visibles, d'autres personnages, d'autres paysages oubliés. Ainsi apparaît le dessin [...] originel [...] «On appelle ce phénomène pentimento, car il est dû à un repentir du peintre qui, entre-temps, a modifié son sujet primitif.»

OBS

Il s'agit plus particulièrement de la réapparition du repentir causée par le vieillissement du médium.

Espagnol

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Fiche 5 2015-03-19

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

... the juror had admitted the possibility that, because of her background, she might become an “unsworn witness in the jury room. "

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve

Espagnol

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Fiche 6 2012-09-13

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Illumination Engineering
CONT

Light produced by an electronic display has to be of adequate intensity, often vaguely described as its "brightness". A more scientific term is luminance in candels per square metre(cd/m2). Visual perception of a pattern depends crucially on contrast. This becomes very noticeable when the controls are adjusted on a CRT [cathode-ray tube] display. Characters may become hard to distinguish and may be lost in the background luminance when the controls are wrongly set.

OBS

cd/m2: cd/m2

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Éclairagisme

Espagnol

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Luminotecnia
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Fiche 7 2010-07-28

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Engineering
OBS

The Canadian Aboriginal Science and Engineering Association is a private, non-profit organization, which seeks to significantly increase the number of Aboriginal scientists and engineers in the nation and to develop technologically informed leasers within the Aboriginal community. CASEA's ultimate goal is to be catalyst for the advancement of Aboriginal peoples as they seek to become self-reliant and self-determined members of society. CESEA in partnership with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society begins working as early as elementary school through the development of science and math camps, teacher training and mentor ship programs to strengthen Aboriginal students’ educational background in math and science, and to prepare them for the academic pressures of post-secondary school life. At the college and university levels, scholarships will be developed and sought from corporate sponsors. Recruiting opportunities to further prepare Aboriginal students for successful science and engineering careers will be available through the CASEA contact network. Each CASEA student is asked to give back to the Aboriginal community after graduation; thus CASEA students become more than professionals in the technology field, they become architects of a new destiny for Aboriginal peoples.

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Ingénierie

Espagnol

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Fiche 8 2003-07-21

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
CONT

Unfortunately, the Horsehead is virtually impossible to see in even very large telescopes because of the weakness of the background nebulosity and the dazzling brightness of very close Zeta. This most interesting object had to wait for the invention of photography to become the most famous "dark nebula" in the sky.

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie

Espagnol

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Fiche 9 2000-02-23

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
CONT

It is against a background of "general irritability", [Freud] suggests, that different kinds of anxiety appear; chronic anxiousness or anxious expectation apt to become bound to any ideational content which is able to lend it support...

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)

Espagnol

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Fiche 10 1993-04-02

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Field Artillery
OBS

The aim of the Soldier Apprentice Programme is to train selected young men as soldier tradesmen and to provide them with a requisite academic background to enable them to advance to senior non-commissioned ranks in the CA(R). Apprentices are selected from young men with Grade 8 education who have attained their 16th but not their 17th birthday and are enrolled for seven years, with the option of release on completion of fives years of service. On graduation from apprentice training, consisting of two years of academic, military and trades training at corps schools, they are posted to units of their corps and become serving soldiers.

OBS

This CF programme existed in the sixties.

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Artillerie de campagne
OBS

Équivalent proposé par un major (ancien du 22e Régiment).

OBS

Le programme n'existe pas en français.

Espagnol

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Fiche 11 1991-04-15

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

The rules and procedures within the culture of the railroader had become "background" and ritual.

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

étaient devenues secondaires.

Espagnol

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Fiche 12 1989-03-31

Anglais

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Air Pollution
CONT

Because of its high reactivity, chemiluminescent detection has become the most practical way of detecting ozone. The chemiluminescent reaction used in NOx monitors is also used in some chemiluminescent ozone monitors. Because of interference with NO ambient background levels, the device most widely used is one which employs a chemiluminescent reaction with ethylene. This reaction is fast and of a high intensity. Sensitivity is excellent being less than 1 ppb.

Français

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Pollution de l'air

Espagnol

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