core occupancy

Definition: This block contains a wide variety of disorders that differ in severity and clinical form but that are all attributable to the use of one or more psychoactive substances, which may or may not have been medically prescribed. The third character of the code identifies the substance involved, and the fourth character specifies the clinical state. The codes should be used, as required, for each substance specified, but it should be noted that not all fourth character codes are applicable to all substances. Identification of the psychoactive substance should be based on as many sources of information as possible. These include sel ...[+++]f-report data, analysis of blood and other body fluids, characteristic physical and psychological symptoms, clinical signs and behaviour, and other evidence such as a drug being in the patient's possession or reports from informed third parties. Many drug users take more than one type of psychoactive substance. The main diagnosis should be classified, whenever possible, according to the substance or class of substances that has caused or contributed most to the presenting clinical syndrome. Other diagnoses should be coded when other psychoactive substances have been taken in intoxicating amounts (common fourth character .0) or to the extent of causing harm (common fourth character .1), dependence (common fourth character .2) or other disorders (common fourth character .3-.9). Only in cases in which patterns of psychoactive substance-taking are chaotic and indiscriminate, or in which the contributions of different psychoactive substances are inextricably mixed, should the diagnosis of disorders resulting from multiple drug use (F19.-) be used. | Modifiers The following fourth-character subdivisions are for use with categories F10-F19: Code Title .0 Acute intoxication A condition that follows the administration of a psychoactive substance resulting in disturbances in level of consciousness, cognition, perception, affect or behaviour, o ...

Definition: The main feature is loss of memory, usually of important recent events, that is not due to organic mental disorder, and is too great to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness or fatigue. The amnesia is usually centred on traumatic events, such as accidents or unexpected bereavements, and is usually partial and selective. Complete and generalized amnesia is rare, and is usually part of a fugue (F44.1). If this is the case, the disorder should be classified as such. The diagnosis should not be made in the presence of organic brain disorders, intoxication, or excessive fatigue.

Definition: A syndrome of prominent impairment of recent and remote memory while immediate recall is preserved, with reduced ability to learn new material and disorientation in time. Confabulation may be a marked feature, but perception and other cognitive functions, including the intellect, are usually intact. The prognosis depends on the course of the underlying lesion. | Korsakov's psychosis or syndrome, nonalcoholic

collective memory [ common memory | cultural memory | historical memory | national memory | public memory | social memory ]

military occupation [ occupation forces | territorial occupation ]

shape-memory alloy

Established in 1992, this media prize is awarded in memory of Lorenzo Natali, who served as a European Commissioner for 12 years.

(2) If the provisional medical certificate declaring the holder to be fit for sea service or fit for sea service with limitations remains in force, a seafarer’s employer or prospective employer who, taking into account the occupational and operational requirements of the position that the seafarer occupies or seeks to occupy, has grounds to believe that the seafarer’s state of health might constitute a risk to the safety of the vessel on board which they occupy or seek to occupy a position or to the safety of other persons on board, may submit a memorandum to the Minister requesting that the Minister take at least one of the actions set ...[+++]out in subsection 278(2).

In his 2004 memoir, Life Sentences: Memoirs of an Incorrigible Canadian, Keith Spicer, the first Commissioner of Official Languages, described the excitement of the challenge of creating this job.

The Senate is the memory of Parliament, and if we are concerned about the long-term institutional role of our chamber, we should think about how this building could be part of the assets of what I call the larger memory of Canada.