JYVÄSKYLÄ

yüˈvăsküˌlă, city (1998 pop. 76,948), Western Finland prov., S central Finland. Situated on Lake Päijänne, it is an important port. Paper and wood products, metals, wool, and foodstuffs are produced. There is an arts festival held in July. The city was chartered in 1837 and was the site (1858) of the first Finnish-language secondary school. A university, designed by architect Alvar Aalto, was established in 1966.

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books on: JyvAskylA  - 365 results

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Suomi: Finland
Book by Matti Poutvaara; Werner Soderstrom Osakeyhtio, 1960
Subjects: Finland--Description And Travel--Views
...sportif de Finlande. pAijAnne Lahti Jyvaskyla Paijanteen laivareitti on Suomen juhlavin...strander mot mellersta Finlands huvudstad Jyvaskyla. Zuerst fahrt der Dampfer von Lahti...Uferklippen, bis der Endpunkt der Fahrt Jyvaskyla, die Hauptstadt Mittelfinnlands erreicht...
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A History of Finland's Literature
Book by George C. Schoolfield; University of Nebraska Press, 1998
Subjects: Finnish Literature--History And Criticism
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Translating for Children
Book by Riitta Oittinen; Garland, 2000
Subjects: Children's Literature--Translations, Translating And Interpreting
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A Guide to World Fairs and Festivals
Book by Frances Shemanski; Greenwood Press, 1985
Subjects: Fairs--Directories, Festivals--Directories
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Information Society and the Workplace
Book by Tuula Heiskanen, Jeff Hearn; Routledge, 2003
...Department of Communication, University of Helsinki, and a Docent in Womens Studies and Information Technology, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. She was formerly Professor in Gender, Culture and Technology Studies, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden. She...
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Suomalainen Paikannimikirja, [Jyvaskyla 2007] (Kotimaisten Kielten Tutkimuskeskuksen Julkaisuja 146). 592 S
Journal article by Marja Kallasmaa; Linguistica Uralica, Vol. 45, 2009
Suomalainen Paikannimikirja, Jyvaskyla 2007 (Kotimaisten Kielten Tutkimuskeskuksen Julkaisuja 146). 592 S. by Marja Kallasmaa Im Jahre 2007 wurde das hier...
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Comorbidity and Developmental Neurocognitive Disorders
Journal article by Heikki Lyytinen; Developmental Neuropsychology, Vol. 11, 1995
Subjects: Neuropsychology--Periodicals
...Institute Department of Psychology University of Jyvaskyla Jyvaskyla, Finland The diagnostic categories of developmental...Institute, Department of Psychology, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Fin-40351 Jyvaskyla, Finland. E-mail...
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Clinical Child Psychology News and Notes
Journal article by Susan B. Campbell; Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, Vol. 19, 1990
Subjects: Child Psychiatry, Child Psychology
...Family Therapy Congress will be held in Jyvaskyla, Finland from June 2 to 6, 1991. Following...of Psychology of the University of Jyvaskyla in cooperation with the Training and...Wahlstrom, both from the University of Jyvaskyla, the first university in Northern Europe...
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Research on Spoken Interaction in Finland
Journal article by Auli Hakulinen; Research on Language and Social Interaction, Vol. 26, 1993
Subjects: Communication, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
...review, Perakyla, in press). At the University of Jyvaskyla, a department of (speech) communication was created...birthday party" by Harold Pinter . Studia Philologica Jyvaskyla, 17. Jyvaskyla, Finland: University of Jyvaskyla. Laakso...
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Arithmetic Disabilities with and Without Reading Difficulties: a Comparison of Arithmetic Errors
Journal article by Pekka Räsänen, Timo Ahonen; Developmental Neuropsychology, Vol. 11, 1995
Subjects: Neuropsychology
...Institute Department of Psychology University of Jyvaskyla Jyvaskyla, Finland Arithmetic errors of 80 children with...Institute, Department of Psychology, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Fin-40351 Jyvaskyla, Finland. E-mail...
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Service and Light in Jyvaskyla: As Rogelio Salmona Received the Alvar Aalto Award, Speakers at the Jyvaskyla Symposium Pondered on the Morality and Politics of Light and Space
Magazine article; The Architectural Review, Vol. 214, September 2003
Service and Light in Jyvaskyla: As Rogelio Salmona Received the Alvar Aalto Award, Speakers at the Jyvaskyla Symposium Pondered on the Morality and...ceremony during the Aalto Symposium held at Jyvaskyla in central Finland last month. Given...
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Postcards from the Radical Edge
Magazine article by Michael Spens; The Architectural Review, Vol. 226, October 2009
Subjects: Architects--Speeches, lectures and essays, Architectural firms--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Architectural practice--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Architectural services--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Architecture--Conferences, meetings and seminars, Brodsky, Alexander--Speeches, lectures and essays, Pallasmaa, Juhani--Speeches, lectures and essays, Rintala, Sami--Speeches, lectures and essays
...International Alvar Aalto Symposium 7-9 August 2009, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland www.alvaraalto.fi/symposium/2009 For over a generation...Alvar Aalto Symposium has taken place on a triennial basis at Jyvaskyla in central Finland. The town was Aaltos home, and it sustains...
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Rethinking Bad Taste: How Much Mimicry Is Outright Cheating?
Magazine article by Susan Milius; Science News, Vol. 172, September 1, 2007
Subjects: Animal defenses--Research, Animals--Physiological aspects, Mimicry (Biology)--Research, Predation (Biology)--Research
...disappear or stand out (see sidebar). The Jyvaskyla researchers have used the setup to experiment...Speed joined Ihalainen and others at the Jyvaskyla facility to set up an explicit test of...mid-1990s, Mappes, of the R University of Jyvaskyla in Finland, had become interested in...
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A Fluke of Foresight
Magazine article by Stéphan Reebs; Natural History, Vol. 116, December 2007
Subjects: Fish, Trout
...a cataract to form that impairs vision. In laboratory experiments, Otto Seppala and two colleagues from the University of Jyvaskyla in Finland observed that parasitized juvenile rainbow trout formed smaller, sparser shoals than trout that were parasite-free...
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World's Eye View
Magazine article by Eliza Bent, S. Holland Bivins, Nicole Estvanik; American Theatre, Vol. 25, May-June 2008
Subjects: Festivals--Calendars
...Mannerheimintie 22-24, FIN-00100 Helsinki; (358) 9-61-26-5100; www.helsinkifestival.fi Aug 15-31. Jyvaskyla Festival, Asemakatu 6, 40100 Jyvaskyla; (358) 014-624-378; www.jyvaskylankesa.fi Jul 8-13. Tampere Theatre Festival, Tullikamarinaukio...
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Mik Quick off Mark; NEWS FILE
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), August 2, 2009
...Sebastien Loeb on the penultimate leg of the Rally Finland. With Loeb picking up a puncture, Hirvonen, the BP Ford team leader, pulled away on the gravel roads near his home town of Jyvaskyla. He leads by 32secs going into todays final stages.
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Romesome Tonight? AS A LANGUAGES EXPERT SINGS ELVIS'S GREATEST HITS IN LATIN, ARE YOU-
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), March 11, 2006
Subjects: Rock singers
...Nunc Hic Aut Nunquam (Its Now Or Never) and Nune Aeternatis (Surrender). The 60-year- old classical languages lecturer at Jyvaskyla University - who calls himself the Roman Rocker - has even released an album of Elvis songs called The Legend Lives For Ever...
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An Easy Finnish; IN BRIEF
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), August 3, 2009
Subjects: Automobiles Citroen S.A., Transportation equipment industry
...stages, but a puncture for Loeb ensured the Blue Oval driver had the cushion to pace himself to the finish in his home town of Jyvaskyla. "Its an absolutely great feeling," said Hirvonen. "It went exactly like we planned. When he had the puncture we could take...
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Mikko Has the Home Advantage
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), August 2, 2009
Subjects: Automobiles Citroen S.A., Transportation equipment industry
...stage wins in damp conditions allied to a puncture for Loeb saw Hirvonen pull away on the gravel roads near his home town of Jyvaskyla. Mikkos lead now stands at 32 seconds heading into todays final four stages and only a major setback will prevent the Finn...
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Finn Stays on Target; SPORTSFILE
Newspaper article; Wales On Sunday (Cardiff, Wales), August 2, 2009
Subjects: Automobiles Citroen S.A., Transportation equipment industry
...damp conditions this morning allied to a puncture for Loeb saw Hirvonen pull away on the gravel roads near his home town of Jyvaskyla. Hirvonens lead was standing at 32 seconds heading into todays final four stages, and only a major setback will prevent the...
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encyclopedia articles on: JyvAskylA  - 3 results

 
 
1.
JyvÄskylÄ
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
JYVASKYLA yu vasku la, city (1998 pop. 76,948), Western Finland prov., S central Finland. Situated on Lake Paijanne, it is an important...
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PÄijÄnne
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...pa eyan na, lake c.560 sq mi (1,450 sq km), S central Finland, stretching c.85 mi (130 km) from Lahti, the chief port, N to Jyvaskyla. One of the largest lakes of the Finnish plateau, it consists of several long rocky basins dotted with numerous islands. The...
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Finland
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...surface and 7% is arable land. In addition to Helsinki, other important cities include Espoo , Hameenlinna , Joensuu , Jyvaskyla , Kemi , Kotka , Kuopio , Lahti , Lappeenranta , Oulu , Pori , Tampere , Turku , Vaasa , and Vantaa...


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