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The Power to Change: Conceptualising Systemic Change Towards Sustainability in Business Networks

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability advancement requires systemic changes in business networks of interconnected firms. Given the rapid need and complexity of instigating such transitions, the power to influence the networked actors emerges as a central concept.
Eini Haaja, Olga Dziubaniuk, Outi Keränen, Omar Mohammed, Asta Salmi   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of flow field characteristics in upper open area of luxury cruise ship

Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu
ObjectiveThe open area of the superstructure of a luxury cruise ship has a complex spatial layout and appearance modeling. In this study, the wind load and flow field characteristics in this area are accurately simulated to guide cruise ship design ...
Liujun ZHANG, Weiguo WU, Yongshui LIN, Wulong HU   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

RRS James Cook Cruise JC064, 10 Sep - 09 Oct 2011. RAPID moorings cruise report [PDF]

, 2012
This cruise report covers scientific operations conducted during RRS James Cook Cruise JC064. Cruise JC064, departed from Falmouth on Thursday 1st September 2011 arriving Santa Cruz de Tenerife Saturday 10th September to pick up extra members of the ...
Cunningham, S.A., et al, ., et al,
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Organization and Challenges of the Human Resources Function in a Cruise Ship Company

, 2020
Desde la entrada en vigor del Convenio sobre el Trabajo Marítimo (MLC, 2006), las compañías de cruceros se han visto obligadas a introducir cambios en la organización de los RRHH para cumplir las normas correspondientes sobre los derechos de los ...
Babinger, Frank, Suarez-Ruz, Esperanza, Susaeta Erburu, Lourdes   +2 more
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Micronuclei and Other Nuclear Abnormalities in Patella Limpet as Biomarkers of Cytogenotoxicity in Recreational Port Waters

Environmental Toxicology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Over the past decades, the growth in human population and economic activities has led to an increase in maritime traffic. This rise puts additional pressure on marine environments, vessel fuel spills being considered to have a major impact on the ecosystem.
Carlos Valiente‐Diaz, Eva Garcia‐Vazquez, Verónica Soto‐López   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Den attendance by Arctic foxes experiencing 10 years of increasing tourism

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife tourism is a growing industry, and an increasing number of people seek to observe and interact with wild animals in their natural surroundings. In Iceland, the native Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus is widespread and has been under heavy hunting pressure for centuries.
Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir, Borgný Katrínardóttir, Bruce J. McAdam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental analysis on residual ultimate bearing capacity of thin plate with internal explosion dent damage under biaxial compression

Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu
ObjectivesIn modern naval warfare, advancements in weaponry have significantly increased the vulnerability of ships to explosion impacts. Precision-guided weapons, in particular, pose a significant threat, as internal explosions within ship cabins can ...
Lei AO, Zhizhong SHI, Lei ZHANG, Ziqi DING, Zhiyong PEI, Weiguo WU   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Offshore wind farm avoidance by a discard‐feeding seabird is independent of local fishing activity

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
Fishing is not allowed within wind farms; therefore, discard‐feeding seabirds may appear to avoid wind farm areas. We found that most Lesser Black‐backed Gulls avoided the wind farm area, but not each individual in each period. Avoidance of the wind farm was not driven by fishing exclusion within its perimeter.
Rosemarie Kentie, Rob S. A. van Bemmelen, Judy Shamoun‐Baranes, Eric W. M. Stienen, Ruben C. Fijn   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

International Tourism in the Global South: Revealing an Extractive Development Process

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract Hosting international tourism remains a key development strategy for many Global South countries to generate economic growth, government revenue and employment. However, this conventional wisdom can be contested: tourism may instead be seen as an extractive process that disrupts livelihoods, ecosystems and host economies.
Julia Jeyacheya, Mark P. Hampton
wiley   +1 more source

RRS James Clark Ross Cruise 67, 19 Nov-17 Dec 2002. Drake Passage repeat hydrography: WOCE Southern Repeat Section 1b – Burdwood Bank to Elephant Island [PDF]

, 2002
This report describes the seventh repeat hydrography section across Drake Passage, first established during the World Ocean Circulation Experiment. Thirty CTD/LADCP stations were carried out across the 753 km section from Burdwood Bank to Elephant Island,
Bacon, S.
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