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Calibration: adjustment of an instrument using a standard or set of standards. kalibracja

Cancer: disease characterised by the rapid and uncontrolled growth of aberrant cells into malignant tumours. rak, nowotwór złośliwy

Candour: quality of being frank or open. szczerość

Cap: 1. limit on the amount that a payer or group of payers will pay for a service; cf. cash limitograniczenie, limit 2. tight seal usually composed of a combination of clay soil and synthetic liner placed over a landfill during closure in order to minimise leachate volume during biodegradation of the waste by keeping precipitation from percolating through the landfill. pokrywa

Capacity: 1. (individual) potential for acquiring skills and competencies through such means as self-study, on-the-job training, mentoring, coaching, and professional development activities; możliwości, potencjał 2. (organisational) potential to build the size and scope of activities through innovative use of existing resources or the increasing of those resources; potencjał 3. ability to perform main public health functions of assessment, policy development, and assurance on a continuous, consistent basis, made possible by maintenance of the basic infrastructure of the public health system, including human, capital, and technology resources. zdolność, możliwości

Capacity building: 1. process of enhancing an organisation's ability to implement knowledge management principles and practices; 2. developing skills and systems within health services in order to enable them to increase communities' ability to foster good health. budowa zdolności/możliwości, tworzenie możliwości rozwojowych

Capacity utilisation: extent to which productive facilities are utilised; e.g. number of beds filled in a 100-bed hospital is a measure of capacity utilisation.

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Learner's Dictionary for Students and Professionals
English for European Public Health
, pp. 42 - 79
Publisher: Jagiellonian University Press
Print publication year: 2008

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  • C
  • Edited by Katarzyna Czabanowska
  • Book: Learner's Dictionary for Students and Professionals
  • Online publication: 05 September 2014
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