Xochimilco
Xochimilco , town (1990 pop. 271,151), Federal District, S central Mexico, suburb of Mexico City. Mainly a commercial and tourist center, it is famous for its canals lined with poplars and flowers ( Xochimilco is a Native American word meaning "plantation of flowers" ). In pre-Hispanic times the Xochimilcas built soil-covered rafts ( chinampas ) in Lake Xochimilco on which they grew vegetables and flowers to be shipped to Mexico City on the canals. Eventually the rafts became islands rooted to the lake bottom. Boating on the canals is popular among tourists and city residents. Colonial landmarks in the area include a 16th-century church.
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TRADE NEWS: Agilent Technologies Appoints Turku Centre for Biotechnology of University of Turku as Certified Service Provider for Gene Expression Microarrays.
Business Wire; 10/9/2008; 700+ words
; SANTA CLARA, Calif. & TURKU, Finland -- Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) today announced that the Turku Centre for Biotechnology of University of Turku and Abo Akademi University has achieved Certified Service Provider status for...
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Studies conducted at University of Turku on science recently published.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 7/31/2009; 700+ words
; According to a study from Turku, Finland, "In this 31-year retrospective...Betula spp. (birch) pollen concentrations in Turku, Finland. The seasonal incidence of airborne birch pollen in Turku occurred over a brief period each year during...
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TietoEnator Customer Relationship Management Solution for Turku Telephone.
Business Wire; 12/18/2001; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 2001 Turku Telephone is introducing TietoEnator Resource...customer relationship management solution. Turku Telephone is part of the LSP Group, which...term partnership between TietoEnator and Turku Telephone. Customer relationship management...
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Defining a culture: the meaning of Hanseatic in medieval Turku.(Research)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...merchants operating out of Germany in medieval Turku by comparing the evidence of documentary...archaeologists in Finland have focused on Turku (Abo in Swedish), the oldest and largest...Using the ceramic assemblage of medieval Turku I will analyse the problems arising from...
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Reports from Turku University advance knowledge in angiography.
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 2/18/2009; 700+ words
; According to a study from Turku, Finland, "To test the image quality...wrote S. Kajander and colleagues, Turku University (see also Angiography...information, contact S. Kajander, Turku University Hospital, Turku PET Center...
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Research conducted at Turku University has updated our knowledge about vascular endothelial growth factor.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Angiogenesis Weekly; 3/6/2009; 700+ words
; ...angiogenic factor in CRC," scientists in Turku, Finland report (see also Vascular Endothelial...large bowel resection during 1981-1990 at Turku University Hospital. Archival paraffin...wrote R. Bendardaf and colleagues, Turku University. The researchers concluded...
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Reports from Turku University highlight recent research in clinical pharmacology.
Newspaper article from: Drug Week; 6/19/2009; 700+ words
; ...B inhibitor, EVT 301," scientists in Turku, Finland report (see also Clinical Pharmacology...wrote J. Hirvonen and colleagues, Turku University. The researchers concluded...more information, contact J.O. Rinne, Turku University, Turku PET Center, Turku...
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Reports from University of Turku add new data to research in proteomics.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Proteomics Weekly; 5/11/2009; 700+ words
; ...allergic inflammation," scientists in Turku, Finland report (see also Proteomics...Tuomela and colleagues, University of Turku. The researchers concluded: "The results...contact R. Lahesmaa, University of Turku, Turku Center Biotechnology, Tykistokatu...
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Scientists at University of Turku report research in breast cancer.
Newspaper article from: Cancer Weekly; 8/26/2008; 700+ words
; According to recent research from Turku, Finland, "We introduce a new proliferation...Talvinen and colleagues, University of Turku (see also Breast Cancer). The researchers...contact K. Talvinen, University of Turku, Dept. of Pathology, Turku University...
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Research from University of Turku reveals new findings on nuclear medicine.(Report)
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week; 10/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...presented. According to recent research from Turku, Finland, "Carimas (Cardiac Image Analysis...a new software package developed at the Turku PET Centre for the quantitation of PET...Nesterov and colleagues, University of Turku (see also Nuclear Medicine). The researchers...
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Turku
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Turku , Swed. Åbo, city (1998 pop...Known as the "cradle of Finnish culture," Turku is among Finland's oldest cities. Swedish...until 1812. The national university was in Turku from 1640 to 1827, when a fire destroyed...
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Runeberg, Johan Ludvig
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...1822, Runeberg entered the University of Turku. Coincidentally, his class also included...spectacular local scenery, and returned to Turku with stories about the war of 1808. All...received his Ph.D. from the University of Turku in 1827, he had already begun to contribute...
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Aalto, Hugo Alvar Henrik
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...International Modernism after his office moved to Turku. The Standard Apartment Block, Turku (1927–9), incorporated prefabricated...with his own distinctive idiosyncrasies. In the Turku years Aalto's reputation grew, not least because...
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Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...readers. Aalto's building for the newspaper Turun-Sanomat in Turku (1928) demonstrates his feeling for structure, especially...tapered columns. The qualities of the Viipuri library and the Turku newspaper office emerge again in perhaps the most humanitarian...
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Helsinki
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Helsinki grew rapidly after Alexander I of Russia moved (1812) the capital there from Turku. When the Univ. of Helsinki (founded 1640) was moved from Turku in 1828, Helsinki became the center of Finnish nationalism. The construction of the...
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