caso-1
case ; instance ; case history ; episode ; occurrence.
Some categories of material defy helpful categorisation, and need to be treated as special cases.
In these instances a reference is not only shorter than an added entry, but removes the need to make multiple added entries.
The librarian should remember that the literature contains many case histories where failure can be directly traced to neglect of this principle.
No critics review issues of magazines or the weekly episodes of Crossroads or Coronation Street but women's magazines and these television serials all have readership and viewers numbered in millions.
Demands from clients will often throw up an occurrence of similar problems, revealing perhaps the operation of an injustice, the lack of an amenity in the neighbourhood, or simply bureaucratic inefficiency.
aun en el mejor de los casos
even at the very best (of times)
Having lived abroad in Istanbul and now London, I know a lot about our reputation over here, which even at the very best of times is far from good.
ayuda en caso de catástrofe
disaster relief
Disaster relief work can be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to help people in need of your expertise and assistance.
basado en casos prácticos reales
case-based [case based]
The case-based reasoning approach has some obvious intuitive relevace to IR system design.
cada caso por separado
on a case-by-case basis
However, it is our intention to incorporate some changes in new agreements and deal with other matters on a case-by-case basis.
caso clínico
clinical case
The physicians were asked to request some information related to a current clinical case and then to evaluate its impact on the care of their patients.
caso comercial
business case
In the face of an economic downturn, many business managers will push back development requests that lack a clearly defined business case.
caso con éxito
success story
There were some quite spectacular success stories reported of SLIS exporting their IT talents to the rest of the institution.
caso de manual, un
textbook case, a
Omarska also provides a textbook case of unlawful confinement, a war crime.
caso hipotético
hypothetical case
This article presents a hypothetical case in which a lawyer is crushed to death when a bookcase collapses on him = Este artículo presenta una caso hipotético en el que un abogado murió aplastado al caérsele encima una estantería.
caso nominativo
nominative case
The results of a study of misfiled titles beginning with articles in the nominative case in European languages are listed and discussed.
caso objetivo
objective case
A reader or a listener, the descriptive grammarians would argue, would not assume, despite the singular verb and the objective case pronouns, that Mary was the subject, rather than the object, of the sentence.
caso perdido
basket case
They are seen as basket cases, 'damaged goods', the vulnerable children of the world who need the help and protection of the UN, NGOs and armies of therapists from the West.
caso práctico [Enseñanza o aprendizaje de un tema a través del estudio de casos prácticos o reales]
case study
case
practical case
It is now time to turn to a case study, and this section is devoted to one indexing system in rather more depth.
Cases provide 'realistic' educational experiences for students beginning their study of business administration.
The author shows that in most practical cases Salton's cosine formula yields a numerical value that is twice Jaccard's index.
caso real [Enseñanza o aprendizaje de un tema a través del estudio de casos prácticos o reales]
case study
It is now time to turn to a case study, and this section is devoted to one indexing system in rather more depth.
casos
casework
case scenarios
The Consumer Protection Department's inspectors were already working to capacity and did not want actively to encourage more casework = Los inspectores del Departamento de Protección al Consumidor ya estaban saturados de trabajo y no querían propiciar nuevos casos.
This paper describes how to use case scenarios as a method to train hospital staff on how and when to use electronic resources.
casos prácticos
best practices
Benchmarking is a technique companies use to compare themselves against other companies and identify best practices.
caso teórico
theoretical case
A theoretical case is therefore made concerning the inertial impact of culture on IT implementation.
caso triste
sad story
If nothing else, the sad story of Dialog and the American Chemical Society may serve to chart the waters a little better for other organisations in the field.
como en el caso de
as with
just as for
as in the case of
As with author headings, sometimes one heading or title will be both sought and provide collocation, but on other occasions there will be a conflict between soughtness' and collocation.
The first line contains the volume, issue, cover date, number of copies, and the date received, just as for regular issues.
Such documents are often not, strictly speaking, anonymous but, because they are written by several authors or appear at intervals over an indefinite period of time as in the case of periodicals and directories they tend to be known by their titles.
como es el caso de
as it is with
as with
Dust is an enemy of microcomputers as it is with any piece of electrical apparatus, and a dust cover costing a few pounds is a worthwhile purchase.
As with author headings, sometimes one heading or title will be both sought and provide collocation, but on other occasions there will be a conflict between soughtness' and collocation.
como ocurre en estos casos
as is the way with these things
As is the way with these things there were two conflicting criticisms levelled at the joint code.
como + ocurrir + en el caso de
as + be + the case for
Some library material may be not be borrowed at all, as is the case for undergraduates who wish to borrow reference material.
cuando sea el caso Ex: When applicable, local and national sales/purchase taxes [eg Value Added Tax (VAT)] are included Cuando proceda, se incluyen los impuestos locales y nacionales por las ventas/compras [por ejemplo, Impuesto sobre el Valor Añadido (IVA)]
when applicable
darse el caso que + Indicativo
happen to + Infinitivo
chance to + Infinitivo
So far we have only provided for the user who happens to consult the A/Z subject index under the term 'Conservative'.
During a trip to Italy, he chanced to see a production of Cavalleria.
defender + Posesivo + caso
take up + Posesivo + case
NACs see their role as champions of the inarticulate by either taking up their case or providing groups with the information weaponry to campaign for their rights.
de nuevo en este caso
here again
Here again the documents of the subject area, such as periodical articles and research reports, will provide the terms to be included in the language.
en algunos casos
in some cases
While this is undoubtedly true in some cases, this is a situation which can only improve with time.
en ambos casos
in either case
in either instance
In either case, the patient keys in the responses, which may be as simple as 'yes' or 'no'.
In either instance, tax collectors are responsible for insuring that all property taxes due the municipality are collected.
en aquellos casos
in those cases
In those cases different approaches were taken to identify and verify data file structures and to reconstruct missing documentation.
en aquellos casos en los que
in those cases where
A similar explanation must be given in those cases where the librarian believes as a matter of principle that enquirers should be shown how to find the answers to their own questions.
en caso de darse circunstancias ajenas a + Posesivo + control
in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control
We therefore reserve the right to revise delivery dates in the event of circumstances beyond our control.
en caso de emergencia
in an emergency situation
in an emergency
In an emergency situation when someone is ill, sometimes the best help available will come from librarians who are able to work only part time.
In an emergency, good information about the building is second in importance only to good judgment.
en caso de fuerza mayor
in the event of circumstances beyond + Posesivo + control
We therefore reserve the right to revise delivery dates in the event of circumstances beyond our control.
en caso de necesidad
at a push
A 6 foot round table will fit 10 people comfortably or 12 at a push.
en casos raros
in rare cases
The irate patron stance is characterised by very erect posture, an angry facial expression, sustained eye contact, dilated pupils, emphatic head nods, and in rare cases, clenched fists.
en ciertos casos
in certain cases
Previous investigation has shown that in certain cases of infantilism the amount of nitrogen in the urine is low.
en cualquier caso
for that matter
in any event
in any case
in either case
A machine-readable national data base, or for that matter any catalog, should be capable of existing in time.
In any event, those using the system will need to concern themselves with the general management of the data bases.
In any case it is best to split up the work among all those involved, having an adult in charge of each group.
In either case, the patient keys in the responses, which may be as simple as 'yes' or 'no'.
en cuyo caso
in which case
At this point the user can enter a number or an 'o' for system, in which case the system will assign the borrower number.
en el caso de
for
in association with
in the context of
For newly created authority entries the date recorded is the date the entry was created.
Notices conveying, for example, the essential elements of the catalogue are likely to be especially important in association with microfilm or card catalogues.
The exploration aims to view table of contents terminology in the context of functions served by other representations of subject information, including Library of Congress subject headings, work title terminology, and author-contributed front matter.
en (el) caso de (que)
in the case of
in the event of
in the event that
should
in case of
in case
The same thing happended in the case of the British refusal to go along with the American compromises in the last revision.
In the event of a serious accident (a fire, deliberate destruction, or a computer error) nothing will happen to the records vital to the operation of the library.
This is helpful in the event that it may be necessary to modify those entries as the result of a change to the authority heading.
Should they have misjudged the availability of such a source, they can anticipate alternate approaches.
The induction course will give all the necessary employment details relating to such matters as the amount of leave entitlement, insurance stoppages, what to do in case of sickness, etc..
There are six steps that you should take now to be prepared in case your child might someday be missing.
en el caso poco probable de que
in the unlikely case (that)
In the unlikely case you do not receive the issue in 14-21 days, please submit a second claim.
en el improbable caso de que
in the unlikely case (that)
In the unlikely case you do not receive the issue in 14-21 days, please submit a second claim.
en el mejor de los casos [También at the most] [También at most]
at best
at most
ideally
in the best of circumstances
the best case scenario
at the most
at the best of times
at the very best
Facet analysis in UDC is, at best, inconsistent.
The genesis of this brave new world of solid state logic, in which bibliographic data are reduced to phantasmagoria on the faces of cathode-ray tubes (CRT), extends at most only three-quarters of a decade into the dim past.
Ideally we would like both to maximise recall, or the number of relevant documents retrieved, at the same time ensuring that the documents retrieved all remain relevant.
Virtually all SLIS have fewer staff than five years ago - one or two fewer in the best of circumstances and ten or fifteen in the worst.
The best case scenario predicts at least 4 emerging roles for librarians in school library media centres.
The chemical systems described must be based on a small number of elements and composed of molecules having 8 atoms at the most.
Finding books by subject in large libraries is a difficult task at the best of times.
You only had to read the article to see that this was pure fabrication at the very best.
en el peor de los casos
at worst
in the worst of circumstances
at + Posesivo + very worst
the worst case scenario
at + Posesivo + worst
in the worst case
if (the) worst comes to (the) worst
if (the) worse comes to (the) worst
Further changes in the external world serve to render judgments, valid at the moment, wrong at best, and detrimental to the effectiveness of the catalog at worst.
The lack of accessibility through normal channels does cause problems to librarians which can in the worst of circumstances make it seem as if the report is, indeed, unpublished.
At its very worst writing for a market can be pure 'hack' writing for money only, but in the world of books such an over-simplification can be misleading.
The worst case scenario suggests that library and information services may be replaced by electronic information points analogous to the electronic cash points installed at banks.
This is 'scientific journalism' at its worst, but its standards are not wholly different from those of the mainline press.
Theoretical results demonstrate that planning is in the worst case intractable.
If the worst comes to the worst and you are attacked, try to escape rather than fight back, especially if you believe that your assailant may be armed.
If worse comes to worst, you can always see if your employer may be amenable this time to giving you a cash advance.
en el primer caso
in the former case
In the former case, the layout of the text is adjusted to leave room for the graphics.
en el segundo caso
in the latter case
In the latter case a classified arrangement of subjects is also considered an important starting point in searching.
en el último caso
in the latter case
In the latter case a classified arrangement of subjects is also considered an important starting point in searching.
en ese caso
in that case
In that case it is, at its level, both a commercial and artistic success, since the publishers do not expect every book to be a runaway bestseller.
en esos casos
in those cases
In those cases different approaches were taken to identify and verify data file structures and to reconstruct missing documentation.
en este caso
in this case
in this instance
In this case, however, summer vacation resulted in universities and other institutions closing down completely right in the middle of her stay.
In this instance, she worked successfully for years while taking her prescription medication, but they simply rejected her out of hand.
en este caso en particular
in this particular case
In this particular case, the district has 27 school libraries and 49 kindergarten libraries.
en estos casos
in these cases
The control function is, in these cases, not one exercised by the bibliographer but by a political power much superior.
en la mayoría de los casos
most often
in most cases
in the majority of cases
mostly
under most circumstances
in most situations
Most often a classroom or other existing space is converted into a library, with all the limitations that implies.
The classification number stands on its own to the upper left of the card and this will probably be acceptable in most cases.
In the majority of cases, attitudinal distinctions were associated with failures of communication.
Mostly such new schemes will not be general schemes.
Under most circumstances disasters happen quickly and without much notice.
Bleeding as a result of a minor head wound can also be treated at home in most situations.
en los casos en que
where
An appreciation of alternative approaches is particularly important in this field where trends towards standardisation are the norm.
en muchos casos
in many instances
To make the best use of resources school and public libraries have, in many instances, combined with both positive and negative results.
en raros casos
in rare cases
The irate patron stance is characterised by very erect posture, an angry facial expression, sustained eye contact, dilated pupils, emphatic head nods, and in rare cases, clenched fists.
enseñanza a través del estudio de casos
case-teaching
As another case-teaching veteran, Andrew R. Towl, advises, they should remember that 'the ordering of cases is a pedagogical sequence, not necessarily the same as the logical exposition of the subject'.
en todo caso
if anything
If anything, it interposes an additional link in the communication chain, with its attendant 'interface' problems.
en todos los casos
under all circumstances
Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.
en unos pocos casos
in a few cases
In a few cases, exposure to chicken faeces in an area frequented by free-ranging poultry is thought to have been the source of infection.
escritor de casos prácticos
case writer [case-writer]
Case-writers are the students' proxies on the scene.
éste es también el caso de
the same is true (for/of/with)
The same is true for most automated library systems = Éste es también el caso de la mayoría de los sistemas bibliotecarios automatizados.
éste no es el caso en
not so in
Not so in medicine, where if you are wrong good intentions count for almost nothing.
esto no ocurre en el caso de
the same is not true (for/of/with)
The same is not true, of course, of the humanities or social sciences, where the method is less likely to be successful.
estudio de caso [Enseñanza o aprendizaje de un tema a través del estudio de casos prácticos o reales]
case study
It is now time to turn to a case study, and this section is devoted to one indexing system in rather more depth.
excepto en el caso de que
except when
There is therefore no justification for repeating the author's name except when the name in the heading differs significantly from that following the title.
gestión de casos clínicos
case management
They then assessed the quality of information received, its contribution to patient care, and its impact on case management.
gramática de casos
case grammar
Some methods used for analyzing text are subjective, but many are based on linguistics, especially case grammar.
hacer caso
take + notice
listen (to)
love + Nombre + back
give + Nombre + attention
Successful displays depend on two main ingredients: selection from the vast number of possible titles; and attractive layout, so that people will take notice of the books and want to know more about them.
Only through listening to words in print being spoken does anyone discover their color, their life, their movement and drama.
He's crazy about someone who doesn't love him back.
The only way chippies like her will stop acting so cheap is if men stop giving them attention.
hacer caso a Alguien
take + Posesivo + word for it
We're also expected to take their word for it, because they're professionals, despite no real evidence.
hacer caso (a/de)
pay + attention to
Scant attention is paid to evaluation and the needs of users.
hacer caso omiso
disregard
brush aside
go + unheeded
fall (up)on + deaf ears
meet + deaf ears
thumb + Posesivo + nose at
dismiss with + the wave of the hand
fly in + the face of
be oblivious of/to
push aside
Although the overwhelming majority of technologically-driven programmes disregard information problems and issues, there are encouraging signs of a growing awareness of the need for information-driven.
This paper discusses ways in which library staff become demotivated, including rigid hierarchies, ignoring staff, brushing aside suggestions, and claiming credit for their ideas.
Despite all the evidence of bibliographic progress in the country during the 19th century, the expressed call for a form of national bibliographical control went unheeded.
I realize that our pleas are no doubt continuing to fall on deaf ears at Thomson.
The same argument on the part of librarians met deaf ears.
America is criminalizing those who object to its military plans, and is thumbing its nose at the Geneva Convention.
International 'rules' are often dismissed with the wave of the hand or a snort of contempt one week, and gilded and placed on a pedestal the next.
If a planned activity flies in the face of human nature, its success will be only as great as the non-human factors can ensure.
The advocacy of title entry for serials generally implies an ideology which is oblivious of the aims our catalog was designed to serve.
She's just an airheaded bimbo, with an endless capacity to push aside unpleasant realities in favor of her more satisfying interests: young men and jewels.
hacerle caso a Alguien [Generalmente usado en negativo]
give + Nombre + the time of day
She's incapable of getting a man to give her the time of day, unless she lies, manipulate, connive, blackmail, etc.
haciendo caso omiso de
heedless of
in defiance of
He tells of how he strayed, heedless of advice, from his camp one night and was unable to find his way back.
She uses a variety of means, including magnets, to suspend objects in the air in defiance of the law of gravity.
incluso en el mejor de los casos
even at the very best (of times)
Having lived abroad in Istanbul and now London, I know a lot about our reputation over here, which even at the very best of times is far from good.
investigar un caso
investigate + case
Homicide detectives are currently investigating the case and no charges have been filed against her though police have not yet cleared her name.
libro de casos prácticos
case book
Some case books take the approach of multiple exposure: if 1 case is good, then 101 must be better.
menos en el caso de que
except when
There is therefore no justification for repeating the author's name except when the name in the heading differs significantly from that following the title.
¡ni hablar del caso!
no dice!
Six weeks before the wedding I said no dice!.
no es lo mismo en el caso de
the same is not true (for/of/with)
The same is not true, of course, of the humanities or social sciences, where the method is less likely to be successful.
no hacer caso
brush aside
This paper discusses ways in which library staff become demotivated, including rigid hierarchies, ignoring staff, brushing aside suggestions, and claiming credit for their ideas.
no hacer caso a
turn + Posesivo + back (up)on
We can choose to turn our backs on these principles with fatuous arguments which posit their anachronism and the nonexistent intelligence of computing machinery.
no hacer caso de
slight
Students who slight preclass preparation are a drag on the class; they will not know what is going on and if they speak at all will frequently attempt to wrest the discussion away from the case to more comfortable topics.
normativa en caso de incendio
fire regulations
Such things as the minimum room temperature within one hour of starting work, the adequacy of light and ventilation, toilet provision, fire regulations and exits are all well covered in considerable detail.
no venir al caso
be immaterial
be beside the point
be beside the mark
be beside the question
To point out that this question was answered a great many years ago is, as the lawyers say, 'incompetent, irrelevant, and immaterial'.
The fact that she chose to dissolve the dance troupe she founded in 1965 is now beside the point.
In this case many of my objections would appear to be beside the mark.
It is quite beside the question to ask which is the better.
para el caso
for that matter
A machine-readable national data base, or for that matter any catalog, should be capable of existing in time.
para que este sea el caso
for this to be the case
For this to be the case requires some standardisation in cataloguing and classifications practices.
peor caso, el
worst case, the
The author describes the predicament of the new supervisor assuming the worst case, where the individual is not familiar with the department.
peor de los casos, el
worst case, the
The author describes the predicament of the new supervisor assuming the worst case, where the individual is not familiar with the department.
pongamos el caso de que
for the sake of + argument
For the sake of argument, suppose that a title of which twelve copies were held by the library authority was borrowed twelve times per copy a year, this would make only 144 borrowings in a city of over half a million population.
refutar un caso
state + case against
The article 'Devastating an industry for a pittance of revenue' states the irrefutable case against taxing books and learned journals.
relacionado a un caso concreto
case-related
The approach here is designed to build meaning representation with propositional components, from which more or less extensive constituents (predicates and case-related arguments) can be extracted.
resolver un caso
crack + a case
The case of an arson fire that destroyed a house trailer and motorhome in Forestburg has been finally cracked.
salvo en el caso de
save in the case of
short of
However, the rules of 1908 and 1949, on which practically all our catalogs have been based, included no such provision, save in the case of so-called anonymous classics.
After days of contemplating the large number of variables I now believe that a leisure society is inevitable, short of global catastrophe.
ser el caso (de)
be the case (with)
This has been the case with newspapers which suddenly find that their audiences are both growing older and dwindling in size and they are facing great difficulty appealing to the new electronic generation.
ser un caso aparte
be in a league of its own
The reason the survey places Canada so far ahead of Britain - in fact, in a league of its own - is that it has used the web to re-think how public services are run.
ser un caso completamente diferente
be in a league of its own
The reason the survey places Canada so far ahead of Britain - in fact, in a league of its own - is that it has used the web to re-think how public services are run.
ser un caso excepcional
be in a league of its own
The reason the survey places Canada so far ahead of Britain - in fact, in a league of its own - is that it has used the web to re-think how public services are run.
ser un caso perdido
be a dead loss
There is now never the need for someone with a hair problem to feel that the problem cannot be solved; hair loss is no longer a dead loss!.
si éste es el caso
if this is the case
If this is the case, it may be possible to select a search term and display all the related terms, or go straight ahead and expand our search to include them = Si es así, puede ser posible seleccionar un término de búsqueda y mostrar todos los términos relacionados, o continuar y ampliar nuestra búsqueda de modo que los incluya.
si éste no es el caso
if this is not the case
If this is not the case, then the definition of requirements may be a more loosely constructed document = Si no es así, entonces la especificación de los requisitos puede ser un documento con menos precisión.
sin hacer caso
regardless
What can we do is rethink our query, or we can 'bash on regardless' using the power of the computer to perform lots more searches in the hope that 'something will turn up'.
tú hazme caso
take it from me
'Take it from me, elections matter,' Gore said = "Créeme, las elecciones importan", dijo Gore.
un caso perdido
a dead dog
For us in Russia, communism is a dead dog, while, for many people in the West, it is still a living lion.
