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  • Agricultural Economics and Policy: International Challenges for the Nineties

    Essays in Honour of Prof. Jan de Veer
    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 7
    • K. Burger + 3 more
    • English
    International challenges in agricultural economics for the nineties will come from a redirection of the EC policy, stimulated by GATT negotiations, the opening towards Eastern Europe and environmental considerations, from a production oriented policy towards rural policy, aiming at protecting vulnerable regions, maintaining a rural population, curtailing production in the West and fostering it in the East, and aiming at the provision of environmentally desirable output.This book focusses on developments that are bound to dominate the discussion of agricultural economics and policy in the years to come. Together, the contributions give a vivid picture of the dynamic times that lie ahead for both Eastern and Western European agriculture, and of the profound changes that will be forced upon agricultural policy.

  • Understanding Word and Sentence

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 77
    • G.B. Simpson
    • English
    Research concerning structure and processing in the mental lexicon has achieved central prominence within cognitive psychology and psycholinguistics. Historically, however, much of the research on the lexicon focussed not on its role in language comprehension, but as a medium for studying semantic memory. This picture has changed in recent years, with much more research examining the role of lexical processes and output in language comprehension.Gather... together in this volume is the work of some of those researchers who are responsible for this shift of emphasis. Chapters deal with the role of sentence contexts in word recognition, processes involved in the activation and enhancement of lexical information, and the interaction of lexical and syntactic information in sentence processing. A wide range of theoretical and empirical issues relating to language understanding are discussed.

  • Perception and Artistic Style

    • 1st Edition
    • Volume 73
    • D.M. Parker + 1 more
    • English
    Perception and Artistic Style explores the role of visual processes in the creation and perception of painting and drawing. By looking at the relationship between perception and representation evidence is provided that purely visual processes are a richer source of artistic inspiration than is commonly realised. Many of the obvious variations in artistic style are firmly rooted in visual perception and visual cognition. This book looks at a range of fundamental visual processes and investigates their contribution to major stylistic features of works of art. A wide selection of pictures is considered; ancient, medieval, renaissance, nineteenth and twentieth century and primitive, and both well known and relatively obscure works are examined.The volume includes 86 figures, 13 grey-scale illustrations of artworks and 43 line drawings. This book will be of value to students of perception, students of art and art history, and, since the more technical aspects have been confined to the notes, the general reader who wishes to increase his/her appreciation and understanding of pictorial art.

  • Project Planning and Control

    • 2nd Edition
    • Albert Lester
    • English

  • Education and Training in Food Science

    • 1st Edition
    • I D Morton + 1 more
    • English
    This book reviews the need for increased training in the food industry in order to bridge the gap between Eastern and Western Europe and the USA. Higher education in food science is discussed, including the training of technicians, and European initiatives, including ERASMUS and Network, are also described. Full coverage of the importance of international trade and the consumer protection acts, including a look at the need of various groups, is provided and the book closes with a look towards the future.

  • Enterprise

    Creation, Development and Growth
    • 1st Edition
    • Tom Cannon
    • English

  • Modern Employment Law

    A Guide to Job Security and Safety
    • 7th Edition
    • Michael Whincup
    • English

  • The Complete Works of Robert and James Adam

    • 1st Edition
    • David King
    • English

  • Proceedings of COMPSEC INTERNATIONAL 1991

    • 1st Edition
    • Elsevier Chennai Outsource Office
    • English
    Proceedings of COMPSEC INTERNATIONAL 1991

  • Law and the Media

    An Everyday Guide for Professionals
    • 2nd Edition
    • Tom Crone
    • F. W. Hodgson
    • English

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