significant symptoms

σημαν-τικός, ή, όν,

A significant, opp.

ἄσημος, ὄνομά ἐστι φωνὴ σ. κατὰ συνθήκην ἄνευ χρόνου Arist.Int. 16a19

;

ῥῆμα.. φωνὴ συνθετὴ σ. μετὰ χρόνου Id.Po. 1457a14

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λόγος.. ἐστι φωνὴ σ. κατὰ συνθήκην Id.Int. 16b26

, cf. Stoic.2.48: c. gen.,

σ. ὑγιείας Arist.Top. 106b36

;

σ. πάσης κακίας D.S.3.4

; σ. ὄρη mountains giving signs of the weather, Thphr.Sign.51; σ. παρωτίδων indicative of mumps, Gal.17(1).405; - κά significant symptoms, Hp.Praec.11. Adv.

- κῶς Arist.Top. 106b37

: c.gen., M.Ant.10.7: [comp] Sup.

- ώτατα Longin.31.1

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decrease, abatement, decline, reduction.

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► nombre femenino

1 decrease, reduction

\

ir en disminución to diminish, decrease

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1) (=reducción) [de población, cantidad] decrease, drop, fall; [de precios, temperaturas] drop, fall; [de velocidad] decrease, reduction

2) (Med) [de dolor] reduction; [de fiebre] drop, fall

3) (Cos) [de puntos] decreasing

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a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall

b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling

c) ( al tejer) decreasing

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= decline, drop, dropping off, lessening, shortfall [short-fall], shrinkage, diminution, abatement, deceleration, falling-off, waning, downward spiral, fall, slowdown, ebbing, minimisation [minimization, -USA], depletion, subsidence, lowering, effacement.

Ex. Library automation was in its ascendancy at precisely the same time that the nation's economy was firmly embarked on its present calamitous decline.

Ex. Perfect recall can only be achieved by a drop in the proportion of relevant documents considered.

Ex. There is a sharp dropping off, particularly where activities require going beyond the library walls = Se da un marcado descenso, especialmente allí donde las actividades necesitan ir más allá de los muros de la biblioteca.

Ex. It was concluded that when one tries to hold the fragile interest (through library publications) of a new customer, a mere lessening of sentence and word lengths work wonders in preventing the impeding of that interest.

Ex. It seems likely that it is between 80-90% complete but since there are some notable absentees the shortfall in total coverage is a significant one.

Ex. DBMS systems aim to allow data to be re-organised to accommodate growth, shrinkage and so on.

Ex. Most adults feel the awakening of interest in biography and a diminution at the same time of the fondness for fiction.

Ex. The asbestos literature is discussed under its industrial, medical, legal, control and abatement aspects.

Ex. He observes that at the junction points of sciences there is an almost twofold deceleration of the processes of application and spreading of knowledge.

Ex. A slight decline -- about 1% -- in the book title output of US publishers took place in 1988, compared with 1987, largely attributable to a falling-off of mass market paperback output, especially in fiction.

Ex. This article discusses the impact of growing number of students and waning financial resources on library services and acquisition focusing on book shortages, security problems and inadequacy of staffing.

Ex. The downward spiral of increasing serial prices and decreasing subscriptions is well documented.

Ex. There has been a rapid increase in the number and costs of science, technology and medicine scholarly titles in recent years, and a fall in subscriptions.

Ex. A new solution to the problem of predicting cyclical highs and lows in the economy enables one to gauge whether an incipient economic downswing will turn out to be a slowdown in economic growth or a real recession.

Ex. The article is entitled 'The ebbing of municipal documents and the flow of public information in New York'.

Ex. A strategy for deciding the optimal volume of a library's periodical holdings is formulated, based on minimisation of the total costs incurred by the use of periodical articles.

Ex. Results indicated that there will be a serious depletion of resources in library schools before the year 2001.

Ex. Decision making by the Water Board on water levels was based on information on agricultural effects and the risk of damage to buildings and roads as a consequence of subsidence.

Ex. Irrespective of the depth of indexing, however, the essential simplicity of post-coordinate indexing is a factor that can lead to a lowering of precision at the search stage.

Ex. Meanwhile a coalition of cells has been effected at intervals through the effacement of their walls.

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* disminución de la calidad = lowering of standards.

* disminución de la confianza = sapping of confidence.

* en disminución = dwindling, on the wane.

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a) (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; ( de población) decrease, fall

b) (de entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling

c) ( al tejer) decreasing

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1 (de gastos, salarios, precios) decrease, drop, fall; (de la población) decrease, fall

la disminución de las tarifas the lowering of o reduction in charges

la disminución de la población estudiantil the decrease o fall in the student population

2 (del entusiasmo, interés) waning, dwindling

una disminución del interés del público waning o dwindling public interest

3 (al tejer) decreasing

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disminución nf

la disminución del desempleo/de la contaminación the decrease in unemployment/pollution;

una disminución salarial a decrease o drop in wages;

ir en disminución to be on the decrease

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f decrease

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disminución nf, pl - ciones : decrease, drop, fall

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disminución n fall / drop

рус Реакции на тяжелый стресс и нарушения адаптации

eng Reaction to severe stress, and adjustment disorders. This category differs from others in that it includes disorders identifiable on the basis of not only symptoms and course but also the existence of one or other of two causative influences: an exceptionally stressful life event producing an acute stress reaction, or a significant life change leading to continued unpleasant circumstances that result in an adjustment disorder. Although less severe psychosocial stress ("life events") may precipitate the onset or contribute to the presentation of a very wide range of disorders classified elsewhere in this chapter, its etiological importance is not always clear and in each case will be found to depend on individual, often idiosyncratic, vulnerability, i.e. the life events are neither necessary nor sufficient to explain the occurrence and form of the disorder. In contrast, the disorders brought together here are thought to arise always as a direct consequence of acute severe stress or continued trauma. The stress

SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology, Chemical technology

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Sustained by the family tanning business in Dole, near the Swiss border, Pasteur's school career was undistinguished, sufficing to gain him entry into the teacher-training college in Paris, the Ecole Normale, There the chemical lectures by the great organic chemist J.B.A.Dumas (1800–84) fired Pasteur's enthusiasm for chemistry which never left him. Pasteur's first research, carried out at the Ecole, was into tartaric acid and resulted in the discovery of its two optically active forms resulting from dissymmetrical forms of their molecules. This led to the development of stereochemistry. Next, an interest in alcoholic fermentation, first as Professor of Chemistry at Lille University in 1854 and then back at the Ecole from 1857, led him to deny the possibility of spontaneous generation of animal life. Doubt had previously been cast on this, but it was Pasteur's classic research that finally established that the putrefaction of broth or the fermentation of sugar could not occur spontaneously in sterile conditions, and could only be caused by airborne micro-organisms. As a result, he introduced pasteurization or brief, moderate heating to kill pathogens in milk, wine and other foods. The suppuration of wounds was regarded as a similar process, leading Lister to apply Pasteur's principles to revolutionize surgery. In 1860, Pasteur himself decided to turn to medical research. His first study again had important industrial implications, for the silk industry was badly affected by diseases of the silkworm. After prolonged and careful investigation, Pasteur found ways of dealing with the two main infections. In 1868, however, he had a stroke, which prevented him from active carrying out experimentation and restricted him to directing research, which actually was more congenial to him. Success with disease in larger animals came slowly. In 1879 he observed that a chicken treated with a weakened culture of chicken-cholera bacillus would not develop symptoms of the disease when treated with an active culture. He compared this result with Jenner's vaccination against smallpox and decided to search for a vaccine against the cattle disease anthrax. In May 1881 he staged a demonstration which clearly showed the success of his new vaccine. Pasteur's next success, finding a vaccine which could protect against and treat rabies, made him world famous, especially after a person was cured in 1885. In recognition of his work, the Pasteur Institute was set up in Paris by public subscription and opened in 1888. Pasteur's genius transcended the boundaries between science, medicine and technology, and his achievements have had significant consequences for all three fields.

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