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ACTUAL AGE [16 records]

Record 1 2024-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Social Problems
CONT

Systemic stigmatization refers to a systematic social process of devaluing individuals or groups based on actual or perceived differences, such as gender, race, age, sexual orientation, socioeconomic positions, behavior, or ethnicity...

Key term(s)
  • systemic stigmatisation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Problèmes sociaux
CONT

[...] les désavantages dont sont victimes les populations vulnérables ne s'expriment pas uniquement par les condamnations des tribunaux ou par l'incarcération, mais par la stigmatisation systémique que subissent ces populations à travers leur parcours judiciaire, de leur entrée jusqu'à leur sortie du système pénal.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Employment Benefits
CONT

... if his shown income exceeds his actual income, there shall be paid to him any amount by which the supplement that would have been paid to him for months in that year if his actual income had been equal to his shown income exceeds the supplement paid to him for those months [Old Age Security].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Avantages sociaux
CONT

[...] si son revenu déclaré dépasse son revenu réel, il doit être payé le montant par lequel le supplément qui lui aurait été payé pour des mois de cette année, au cas où son revenu réel aurait été égal à son revenu déclaré, dépasse le supplément qui lui a été payé pour ces mois. [Loi sur la sécurité de la vieillesse].

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Problems
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

Social discrimination is defined as the differentiating treatment of an individual based on their actual or perceived characteristics(e. g., race/ethnicity, age, gender, income status, or medical condition)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Droits et libertés

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Sociology (General)
CONT

The concept of "infantilism" and its main features are defined as an organization of the personality that includes traits and behavioral models that are typical of one's earlier age periods and not appropriate to the person's actual age, which is most articulately manifested in emotional and volitional immaturity of an individual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
CONT

L'infantilisme correspond à l'état d'une personne qui se caractérise par la persistance à l'âge adulte de caractères propres à l'enfance. Il peut s'agir de caractères physiologiques (par exemple, un retard de développement de croissance et de la puberté) ou psychiques.

Spanish

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Record 5 2022-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrophysics and Cosmography
  • Space Physics
CONT

For a Hubble constant of 71 km/s/Mpc [kilometer/second/megaparsec], as given by current measurements, the Hubble time is around 14 billion years. In practice, the actual age of the Universe is slightly less than the Hubble time because the expansion rate was faster in the past, although it is now believed to be accelerating again.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrophysique et cosmographie
  • Physique spatiale

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems (Land Forces)
  • Target Acquisition
CONT

... the gun barrels are fitted with muzzle velocity sensors, which are linked to the fire control computer, so the actual speed of the round can be taken into account when the computer calculates the lead angle necessary to hit a moving target. This is necessary as the speed of the round when leaving the barrel may vary depending on the ammunition manufacture date and age, moisture content, the barrel wear, etc.

CONT

Projectile muzzle velocity sensor mounted on T-84 MBT [main battle tank] turret roof. As an option, the tank fire-control system can also include a projectile muzzle velocity sensor, which measures the velocity in question and feeds information to the tank’s fire control ballistic computer after each firing of the gun to allow to automatically correct for gun bore wear, charge temperature and other factors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes (Forces terrestres)
  • Acquisition d'objectif

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
CONT

The person making the Will is called the Testator and he must be at least eighteen(18) years of age and of sound mind unless he is a soldier in actual military service or a mariner or seaman at sea.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Viticulture
  • Winemaking
CONT

As it age(s) properly, the harsh taste and yeasty odor diminish and a smooth mellowed flavour and clean odor are produced.

OBS

The term age refers to the actual duration of storage while maturity expressed the degree to which chemical changes occur during storage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Viticulture
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Acquérir certaines qualités par l'effet du temps (surtout en parlant de substances alimentaires).

CONT

[...] aujourd'hui nous cherchons à faire vieillir harmonieusement des vins jeunes de façon à développer des arômes tertiaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Viticultura
  • Industria vinícola
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Record 9 2003-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Economics
  • Finance
  • National Accounting
CONT

The gross fixed capital stock is defined as the value, at a point of time, of fixed assets held by producers with each asset valued "as new" price i. e. at prices for new assets of the same type, regardless of the age and actual condition of the assets.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie nationale et internationale
  • Finances
  • Comptabilité nationale

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Government Accounting
  • National Accounting
CONT

The value of the capital consumption on a fixed asset may be estimated by applying either the linear or geometric depreciation formula to the actual or estimated current purchaser's price of a new asset of the same type. In case of geometric depreciation, the absolute value of the consumption of fixed capital depends on the age of the asset in question, but not, of course, in the case of linear depreciation.

Key term(s)
  • geometric depreciation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Comptabilité nationale
OBS

La dépréciation géométrique est un profil de dépréciation basé sur l'efficacité et les loyers d'un actif fixe qui diminuent d'une période à l'autre selon un taux géométrique constant.

Key term(s)
  • dépréciation géométrique

Spanish

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Record 11 1999-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Education
DEF

an expression of reading ability in terms of age, based on preestablished norms; thus, if a child reads as well as the typical 12-year-old, his reading age is 12 years, regardless of his actual chronological age.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éducation spéciale
OBS

L'acquisition de la lecture se fait par étapes: On dit qu'elle est sous-syllabique quand l'enfant distingue les sons sans les assembler en syllabes (A.M. 6 à 7 ans). Elle est hésitante lorsque l'élève connaît tous les sons, les assemble, mais hésite encore pour les prononcer dans un texte (A.M. 7 à 9 ans). [...] Le développement intellectuel joue un rôle important dans les étapes ci-dessus, les âges indiqués selon les barèmes de Vaney établis sur enfants normaux ne sont donnés qu'à titre de points de repère.

Spanish

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Record 12 1990-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
CONT

The studies were done by comparing the actual numbers of cancers among specific groups of workers with the expected number, calculated from an unexposed group matched for sex, age, place of residence, and other characteristics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
CONT

On a observé un excès de mortalité par cancer du rectum (4 cas observés pour l,19 attendus) (...)

Spanish

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Record 13 1989-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Real Estate
OBS

The age of a structure based on the use and care it has received. Depending upon maintenance, replacement or remodeling, and the degree of use or abuse by occupants, effective age may be greater than or less than actual or chronological age.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Immobilier
OBS

L'âge d'un bâtiment qu'indiquent sa condition et son apparence architecturale. Il peut être moindre que l'âge chronologique si le bâtiment est modernisé et lui être supérieur s'il n'est pas entretenu. Le calcul se fait en déduisant la durabilité restante de la durabilité normale.

Spanish

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Record 14 1988-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Swimming
DEF

Card showing the event number, the event name, the actual age bracket of the competitor, the competitor's name and affiliation, used to record all times taken by assigned timers and electronic timing devices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Natation
DEF

Fiche portant le numéro de l'épreuve, le nom de l'épreuve, la catégorie d'âge à laquelle appartient le (la) concurrent(e), le nom du (de la) concurrent(e) et son affiliation, employée pour enregistrer tous les temps contrôlés par les chronométreurs désignés et par les appareils électroniques de contrôle.

Spanish

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Record 15 1985-11-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

One method of representing tactual knowledge; it is the method used in EMYCIN. A context is an actual or conceptual entity in the domain of the consultant(e. g., a patient, an aircraft, or an oil well). Parameters are properties associated with each context(e. g., age and sex of a patient or location and depth of an oil well). Each parameter(or attribute) can take on values : the parameter, age, could take the value "13" years.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
OBS

triplet : en math. association ordonnée de trois éléments appartenant à trois ensembles.

Spanish

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Record 16 1983-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Water Transport

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Transport par eau
OBS

(âge véritable du bateau, par opposition à son âge apparent) voir effective age.

Spanish

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