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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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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The Psychology of Grandparenthood: An International Perspective
Book by Peter K. Smith; Routledge, 1991
...Behavioural Development. Meeting (10th: 1989: Jyvaskyla, Finland) IV. British Psychological...Professor Isto Ruoppila University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Psychology, Seminaarinkatu...Study of Behavioural Development, held at Jyvaskyla, Finland, in July 1989. So far as we...
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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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Psychology at the Turn of the Millennium: Congress Proceedings : XXVII International Congress of Psychology, Stockholm, 2000 - Vol. 2
Book by Claes Von Hofsten, Lars Bäckman; Psychology Press, 2002
Subjects: Psychology--Philosophy--Congresses
...Institutet, Stockholm, SE-171-77, Sweden Lea Pulkkinen , Department of Psychology, University of Jyvaskyla, PO Box (Agora), 40351 Jyvaskyla, Finland Fabiola Ramon , Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Ribeirao Preto, University...
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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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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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Reading Disability with or Without Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Do Attentional Problems Make a Difference?
Journal article by Vesa Närhi, Timo Ahonen; Developmental Neuropsychology, Vol. 11, 1995
Subjects: Neuropsychology
...Institute Department of Psychology University of Jyvaskyla Jyvaskyla, Finland This study compared four groups--reading...Institute, Department of Psychology, University of Jyvaskyla, P.O. Box 35, Fin-40351 Jyvaskyla, Finland. the...
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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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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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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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Six Journeys into Architectural Reality
Magazine article by Marja-Riitta Norri, Hildi Hawkins; The Architectural Review, Vol. 199, April 1996
Subjects: Architecture--Analysis
...visited Finland in the 1960s, when he gave a lecture at the Jyvaskyla summer festival. According to eye-witnesses, he drew an enthusiastic...and Swedish Timo Kauppinens account of summer events in Jyvaskyla in the 1960s Julius Natterer In Rakennuslehti, March 199...
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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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Zumthor the Shaman
Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 205, October 1998
Subjects: Architects--Achievements and awards, Zumthor, Peter--Achievements and awards
...SCI-ARC, California in 1998. 6 Ibid, pp11-12, same lecture. 7 Ibid, p36. lecture delivered to the Alvar Aalto Symposium, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 1994. 8 Idem. 9 The community is only about a thousand strong, but it can give itself planning permissions and...
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Motor Racing: Glory for Gronholm on Home Gravel as BP-Ford Reign Supreme; MOTORSPORT RALLYING
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), August 6, 2007
Subjects: Automobile racing, Automobiles Citroen S.A., Transportation equipment industry
...seventh Rally Finland title to extend his FIA World Rally Championship lead to 13 points. The 39-year-old Finns success in Jyvaskyla set a record for a single WRC event as he won 17 stages out of 23 to finish 24.2 seconds ahead of BP-Ford team-mate Mikko...
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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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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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Hirvonen Happy with Home Win; SPORTS SHORTS
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), August 3, 2009
Subjects: Automobiles Citroen S.A., Transportation equipment industry
...for Loeb on Saturday morning ensured the Blue Oval driver had the cushion to pace himself to the finish in his home town of Jyvaskyla. The Finn, who celebrated his 29th birthday on Friday, took no risks on yesterdays four stages, having won six of Saturdays...
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encyclopedia articles on: JyvAskylA  - 3 results

 
 
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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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