Glossary: Aging and Gerontology Aging: a progressive deterioration of physiological function, an intrinsic age-related process of loss of viability and increase in vulnerability. In humans, aging is characterized by a complex phenotype. Allele: one of two or more variant forms of a gene. Aphagy: inability to feed oneself due to anatomical deficiencies, common in the adult phase of some species of animals. Thank you for visiting my website. Terminology databases LISTA + LINKS Termsciences: is a terminology portal developed by INIST in association with LORIA and ATILF. Its aim is to promote, pool and share the terminological resources (specialist vocabularies, dictionaries, thesaurus) of public sector research and further education establishment to thus create a common terminological reference resource. Glossaries from EU institutions and bodies : a compilation of nearly 300 glossaries on various topics of EU legislation such as agriculture, taxation, migration or technology, containing relevant EU jargon, many of them in all 24 official EU languages. Tilde Terminology: terminology extraction and lookup in the cloud – about 5 million standardised and reliable terms; cloud facilities for terminology management and sharing; integrated terminology recognition and lookup in Translation Environment Tools: SDL Trados Studio, Wordfast Anywhere, OmegaT, memoQ. IATE (InterActive Terminology for Europe): the European Union’s terminology database. ESCWA Glossary Humanterm
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Urban Geography Glossary Amenities: These may be within the home, in which case they refer to baths, toilets (w.c.'s), hot water etc., or outside people's homes in which case they would include parks, shops, public transport provision, etc.. Break of Bulk Point: the place where goods have to be unloaded e.g. a port. Bridging Point: a settlement site where a river is narrow or shallow enough to be bridged. The bridge becomes a route centre and trading centre, the natural location for a market. It is also a good defensive site. Brownfield land: urban land that has previously been developed, such as a the site of a demolished building or factory. Burgess Model: an urban land use model showing five concentric zones, based upon age of houses and wealth of their inhabitants. By-pass: A road built around a busy urban area to avoid traffic jams. CBD: Central Business District or city centre; the commercial and business centre ot a town or city where land values are at the highest. City: cities are urban places.
Abbreviations and acronyms dictionary Sustainable Development Goals launch in 2016 As 2015 comes to an end, and with it the 15-year cycle of the anti-poverty Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the United Nations officially will usher in – on 1 January 2016 – an even more ambitious set of goals to banish a whole host of social ills by 2030. “The seventeen Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are our shared vision of humanity and a social contract between the world’s leaders and the people,” UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted unanimously by 193 Heads of State and other top leaders at a summit at UN Headquarters in New York in September. “They are a to-do list for people and planet, and a blueprint for success,” he added of the 17 goals and 169 targets to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle climate change over the next 15 years. The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development calls on countries to begin efforts to achieve the 17 SDGs over the next 15 years. Via UN News Centre
ANLE Glosario consumo responsable - Consum responsable - FGUV Agricultura Biológica: sistema de ordenación de la producción que promueve y mejora la salud del agrosistema, con inclusión de la biodiversidad, los ciclos biológicos y la actividad biológica del suelo. Su prática excluye compuestos sintéticos o alimentos transformados genéticamente. Biodiversidad: la variabilidad de organismos vivos de cualquier fuente, incluidos, entre otras cosas, los ecosistemas terrestres y marinos y otros sistemas acuáticos, y los complejos ecológicos de los que forman parte; comprende la diversidad dentro de cada especie, entre las especies y de los ecosistemas. Cadena Alimentaria: A nivel ecológico se refiere a la corriente de energia y nutrientes que se establece entre las distintas especies de un ecosistema en relación con su alimentación. Cambio Climàtico: Variación lenta de las características climáticas en un lugar a lo largo del tiempo. Ciclo de vida del producto: proceso completo necesario para fabricar un producto, incluyendo su reciclado o destrucción.
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Glossary of Demographic Terms Abortion Rate The number of abortions per 1,000 women ages 15-44 or 15-49 in a given year. Abortion Ratio The number of abortions per 1,000 live births in a given year. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Applies to the most advanced stages of HIV infection. Age-Dependency Ratio The ratio of persons in the ages defined as dependent (under 15 years and over 64 years) to persons in the ages defined as economically productive (15-64 years) in a population. Age-Sex Structure The composition of a population as determined by the number or proportion of males and females in each age category. Age-Specific Rate Rate obtained for specific age groups (for example, age-specific fertility rate, death rate, marriage rate, illiteracy rate, or school enrollment rate). Aging of Population A process in which the proportions of adults and elderly increase in a population, while the proportions of children and adolescents decrease. Depopulation The state of population decline.
Diccionarios | Castellano Español - Bilingües - Técnicos - Regionales Español Diccionario de la Real Academia EspañolaConsulta en línea directamente con la Academia Diccionario panhispánico de dudasObra conjunta de las veintidós academias. María MolinerDiccionario de uso del español Diccionarios VoxVarios diccionarios para consultas en línea Corpus del español con 100 millones de entradasPermite diversos tipos de búsqueda Diccionario combinatorio español contemporáneo ClavePermite consultas sobre palabras por su comienzo, terminación o contenido Diccionario básico escolarDesarrollado en Santiago de Cuba Diccionarios de la Universidad de OviedoConsultas a varios diccionarios electrónicos GlosariumNumerosos diccionarios monolingües y bilingües Lista de topónimosDel Diccionario panhispánico de dudas Diccionario de topónimosPor Guido Gómez da Silva, de la Academia Mexicana Diccionario etimológico castellanoPor Ricardo Soca Diccionario de términos geográficos y meteorológicos Ediciona Regionales
Sustainability: Sustainability Glossary Editor’s Note: a primary source for this glossary was Wikipedia.org. Adaptive Reuse is the process of adapting old structures for purposes other than those initially intended. Asset-Based Community Development is a methodology that seeks to uncover and utilize the strengths within communities as a means for sustainable development. The basic tenet is that a capacities-focused approach is more likely to empower the community and therefore mobilize citizens to create positive and meaningful change from within. Instead of focusing on a community's needs, deficiencies and problems, the ABCD approach helps them become stronger and more self-reliant by discovering, mapping and mobilizing all their local assets. Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or on an entire planet. Biofiltration is a pollution control technique using living material to capture and biologically degrade process pollutants. Smart Buildings (see Building Automation.)