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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Cruise ships"”.
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Violence on cruise ships: Α forensic psychiatric perspective
Τα κρουαζιερόπλοια συγκροτούν κινούμενα, κλειστά μικρο-οικοσυστήματα, όπου τα βίαια αδικήματα εγείρουν ιδιότυπες ψυχιατροδικαστικές και αποδεικτικές προκλήσεις. Η παρούσα συστηματική ανασκόπηση στοχεύει στη σύνθεση της γνώσης για την ψυχική κατάσταση στον κρίσιμο χρόνο τέλεσης αδικημάτων εν πλω και …
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Mitigating Pollution from Cruise Ships: Analysing the Environmental Port Index
Cruise ship tourism is a growing econmic industry worldwide that has faced criticism due to its environmental footprint. With the increased number of cruise ships calling Icelandic ports, increased air emissions from port operations need mitigating. The Environmental Port Index (EPI) is a financial …
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How Power and Control Drive Behaviour & Identity Modification Among Cruise Ship Workers: A Qualitative Study
… experiences of maritime hospitality officers on cruise ships. The study aims to evaluate the complexities and common influences of both work and social experiences of cruise ship officers as they negotiate, create and modify their identities in the cruise ship workplace. The qualitative approach …
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What makes a passenger ship a legend: The future of the concept of legend in the passenger shipping industry
… tourism's fastest growing sectors. With many new ships entering the market each year, ships must capture the public imagination in order to compete. Over the years the ships that have done this have become legends. This study investigates the qualities necessary for a passenger ship to be …
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Production of Filipino Cruise Ship Workers
… maritime school to workers’ experiences on board cruise ships. The production of the worker in the cultural framework of the family home, school, and workplace is explored. Using a qualitative methodology nine students from a merchant marine school in the Philippines were interviewed. Twenty-five …
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WESTERN MUSIC BY ITS OTHERS: OVERSEAS FILIPINO MUSICIANS AND THE GEOGRAPHIES OF MIGRANT CREATIVE LABOR
… music performance in hotels, theme parks, and cruise ships as a complex migrant labor economy, one in which Overseas Filipino Musicians (OFMs) emerge as a numerically significant yet systematically marginalized niche of creative workers. The research investigates how the periphery is produced …
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Applications of modular construction techniques for habitability spaces in naval ship design and production
… methods for habitability spaces in naval ships, particularly aircraft carriers, are manpower intensive and expensive. In response to decreasing defense spending, the Navy is considering methods to improve the affordability of aircraft carriers. Modular construction techniques for …
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Risky Business: Millennials’ Protection Motivation Factors for Norovirus Outbreaks on College Campuses
… customers. Most commonly associated with cruise ships, consumers are not aware of its full potential to strike at other locations, especially college campuses. For the foodservice industry and the university community, it is imperative that a proactive method for increasing millennials’ …
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Quantifying human performance during passenger ship evacuation
… or capsize. When this happens to passenger ships, the results are often shocking and devastating with loss of life, sometimes numbering in the thousands. For this reason, the International Maritime Organization (IMO), which regulates the maritime industry, provides guidelines for evacuation …
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Returning to Haiti: humanitarian effort or corporate capitalism ? : a crisis communication response evaluation of Royal Caribbean International
… response following the return of their cruise ships to Labadee, Haiti, soon after the Januaty 12, 20 I 0 earthquake. A case study method was used to evaluate both sides of the situation and Royal Caribbean's crisis communications response is evaluated against a target standard of five …
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Analysis of the operational impacts of alternative propulsion configurations on submarine maneuverability
… commercially for years, with applications on cruise ships being quite common although their use on large naval platforms has been nonexistent to date. The use of such systems on a submarine would allow for the removal of systems related to the centerline shaft; freeing up volume, weight, and …
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Developing the concept of an integrated emergency response system for the tourism industry: case study of the cruise ship industry.
… on land, very little research has focused on the cruise industry. Cruise ships are an important consideration because with their ever-increasing size, they are now floating destinations, hosting thousands of tourists. This study seeks to fill that gap by using building-block scenarios within which …
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Migrant Filipino Seafarers In the Global Cruise Industry: Discourse, Risk and the Geographic Limits to Labor Flexibility
<p>The contemporary cruise ship industry is one of the most visible and global economic activities. It is also one of the fastest growing segments of the tourism industry, which is often considered to be the world's largest. This research explores the most fundamental element that makes this growth …
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The development of cruise tourism in Ho Chi Minh City: Impacts and Opportunities
… on an investigation of the development of cruise tourism in Vietnam with a more specific focus on Ho Chi Minh City. The main aim of the study was to assess the impacts of cruise tourism for that city, its region and the wider nation. The research approach in the study employed a blended …
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MATHEMATICAL MODELLING FOR REAL-TIME AND PROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
… short-term forecasting of norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships using data from seven epidemics. Different semi-mechanistic models are formulated and compared against multiple endpoints: incidence by symptom onset date, incidence by diagnosis date, and final outbreak size. Models that incorporate …
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Fire safety risk model for a main vertical zone of a large passenger ship
… fires, witha particular focus on large passenger ships, by proposing a fire risk model for a MainVertical Zone (MVZ). Historically, fire had and always has been a pressing accidenttype, along with flooding. Despite the regulatory effort, the total loss trend of fire incidents attributes to around …