Taiwan, as one of the Far East Asian countries, has been founded on agriculture since ancient times. Historically, farming has always played a pivotal role in the economic development of Taiwan. However, there have problems since the implementation of ¡§customary line of farming¡¨, which has been excessively adapted to the traditional farming method. For instance, the widespread use of pesticides and chemical fertilizer has not only severely damaged farmlands but has also threatened the quality of life for those involved in them. As well as the humanitarian issue of inorganic farming effecting workers within the industry, there is also a strong need to revise production from a growing change in demand in Taiwan¡¦s markets. It has been found that consumers are becoming more aware about issues regarding the quality, or lack of quality, in food available to them. This can be explained in relation to improvements in technology and increased living standards, where people are now able to be more selective about what they eat. This has lead to a general increase in the demand for organic produce in an attempt to achieve a healthier diet. From a growing awareness about where their food comes from, consumers are more cautious about buying from producers whose products fail to meet the required standards expected from organic produce. As well as a shift in demand within Taiwan¡¦s agricultural industry, the growing popularity of organic products in other counties has also affected Taiwan export markets. If the agricultural industry wishes to maintain the levels of prosperity it has enjoyed historically, it must yield to the growing demands of the market. But despite the growing appreciation for organic produce, there is a problem of how to verify authentically organic products from the inorganic. Whether or not organic products sold in the market are the genuine has been a growing dispute. It can be seen that more needs to be done encourage the verification system. This is if consumers peace of mind is to be properly addressed as to what can be safely regarded as genuinely organic. Also, further investigation into differences between organic and inorganic need to be continued if the implications to health are to be properly understood. With the increasingly recognized and trusted stamp of organic approval, advantages are available to both the consumer and producer. For consumers, it grantees quality of produce and assures consumers not to worry about and health and security issues. For producers, benefits from this system include an increase to their competitive advantages by way of offering higher quality produce. As a result, it can be argued to be beneficial to help farmers attain a verified stamp of approval for their produce.

Thesis (Ph.D.), Memorial University of Newfoundland, 2000. / Restricted until June 2001. Bibliography: leaves 183-193. Also available online.

Although there has been extensive research focused on school violence, very little research has been conducted on the relationship between perceptions of school violence and personal safety and perceived academic performance of students in rural areas. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate how self-reported perceptions of school violence and personal safety are related to perceived marks in math and ELA in a small rural Manitoba school division. Data were collected from two groups of students (Grades 4 to 6 and Grades 7 to 12) who completed different versions of the Canadian Public Health Association Safe School Survey (CPHA) and also answered questions prepared by the school division’s Health and Safety Committee regarding their perceptions of individual math and ELA marks. The implications of the findings of this study for the school division are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.

As already indicated by the title, this paper concentrates on the legal and practical issues concerning special marks in the European Community. The author analyses, which criteria are applicable for nontraditional signs, which can be registered as trademarks and therefore be protected by national, international and regional (European Union) law. In the first part of a paper the description of a sign which can be trademark according to Lithuanian an European Community law is given. In the second part of the paper international agreements regarding trademark protection are presented. In the same part a two level European Community trademark protection system and basic regulations is analysed. In the third part two basic requirements for the sign to be a trademark are analysed: graphic representation and distinctiveness. In this part European Justice Court and First Instance Court decisions regarding nontraditional trademarks are presented. Case study is split according to major nontraditional sign groups. The evolution and tendency of nontaditional trademarks is also shortly presented in the last part of a paper. Recommendations for further study are proposed after the conclusions.

Thesis (M.B.A.) - Carleton University, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 128-136). Also available in electronic format on the Internet.

Proefschrift--Utrecht. / Includes bibliographical references.

Proefschrift--Utrecht. / "Stellingen": p. [279]-284.

Akademisk avhandling--Filosofie doktorsexamen--Göteborg, 1988. / Résumé en anglais.

O maior diferencial entre o trabalho aqui proposto e outros já realizados por doutorandos em literatura brasileira é o olhar voltado para os aspectos lingüísticos. Em outros termos, esta tese visa provar que Mário Quintana foi um poeta da língua, pois soube, como poucos, manejar os recursos expressivos do nosso vernáculo com a finalidade de transmitir sua mensagem poética. Outro objetivo desta pesquisa seria o resgate da obra de Quintana para as novas gerações. Assim, busco analisar de que forma a morfossintaxe, a semântica, a fonética e a estilística em Mário Quintana contribuem para a construção da sua poética. O corpus constitui-se de poemas, prosas poéticas e epigramas pertencentes aos livros Apontamentos de história sobrenatural e Caderno H (não exclusivamente) que são trabalhados estilisticamente nos aspectos lingüístico-literários essenciais. As características principais estudadas são: a intertextualidade, as marcas de oralidade, a poética e a linguagem em Mário Quintana / The major difference between the work proposed here and the others that have already been performed by experts (PHDs) in Brazilian literature is the focus on linguistic features. In other words, this thesis aims at proving that Mário Quintana was a language poet because he knew how to manipulate the expressive Portuguese resources to communicate his poetic message. Besides, another objetive of this research is to recover Quintanas work for the new generations. So, I intend to analyse, in detail, how morphosintaxes, semantics, phonetics and stylistics in Quintanas work contribute to the construction of his poetics. The corpus consists of poems, poetic proses and epigrams from the books Apontamentos de história sobrenatural and Caderno H (not exclusively) which are analised in the essencial linguistic and literary aspects. The main studied features are Mário Quintanas intertextuality, orality marks, poetics and language

O maior diferencial entre o trabalho aqui proposto e outros já realizados por doutorandos em literatura brasileira é o olhar voltado para os aspectos lingüísticos. Em outros termos, esta tese visa provar que Mário Quintana foi um poeta da língua, pois soube, como poucos, manejar os recursos expressivos do nosso vernáculo com a finalidade de transmitir sua mensagem poética. Outro objetivo desta pesquisa seria o resgate da obra de Quintana para as novas gerações. Assim, busco analisar de que forma a morfossintaxe, a semântica, a fonética e a estilística em Mário Quintana contribuem para a construção da sua poética. O corpus constitui-se de poemas, prosas poéticas e epigramas pertencentes aos livros Apontamentos de história sobrenatural e Caderno H (não exclusivamente) que são trabalhados estilisticamente nos aspectos lingüístico-literários essenciais. As características principais estudadas são: a intertextualidade, as marcas de oralidade, a poética e a linguagem em Mário Quintana / The major difference between the work proposed here and the others that have already been performed by experts (PHDs) in Brazilian literature is the focus on linguistic features. In other words, this thesis aims at proving that Mário Quintana was a language poet because he knew how to manipulate the expressive Portuguese resources to communicate his poetic message. Besides, another objetive of this research is to recover Quintanas work for the new generations. So, I intend to analyse, in detail, how morphosintaxes, semantics, phonetics and stylistics in Quintanas work contribute to the construction of his poetics. The corpus consists of poems, poetic proses and epigrams from the books Apontamentos de história sobrenatural and Caderno H (not exclusively) which are analised in the essencial linguistic and literary aspects. The main studied features are Mário Quintanas intertextuality, orality marks, poetics and language