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Music and (Touristic) Meaning on Cruise Ships: The Musicscape of the MV Carnival Paradise as a Semiotic Tourism Product [PDF]

IASPM Journal, 2014
The cruise industry is a part of the ‘post-tourism’ sector that, in contrast to cultural tourism, does not seek to represent culture for consumption by the tourist, but fabricates it, creating a hyperreal tourist experience. The music is a core aspect of
David Cashman
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Rhyming in the cold: first evidence of soniferous fishes in the Southern Ocean

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
The acoustic ecology of Southern Ocean fishes remains unknown due to a lack of dedicated acoustic research on the fishes of this ocean. Passive acoustic monitoring data were collected at the South African sub‐Antarctic Prince Edward Islands using an underwater acoustic recorder, and towed underwater Ski‐Monkey cameras were deployed to identify fish ...
Fannie W. Shabangu, Grant van der Heever, Charles von der Meden, Hannah Truter, Stephen J. Lamberth, Ofer Gon   +5 more
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Isolation, Insularity and Resilience: A Review of the Geophysical, Socioeconomic, and Environmental Vulnerabilities of Gran Canaria and Lesvos Islands for Policy Interventions to Global Change

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The dynamic nature of small islands being geographically isolated and their perceived connectedness with global networks complicates research attempts to draw general conclusions on whether insularity leads to marginalization or strengthens their resilience for sustainable development.
Toheeb Lekan Jolaosho, Mazen Marouani, Takwa Boughanmi   +2 more
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Cruise passengers’ perceived value and willingness to recommend [PDF]

Tourism & Management Studies, 2016
This paper evaluates cruise passengers perceived value, satisfaction and willingness to recommend a cruise to someone. Passengers aboard an underway ship cruising the Caribbean were surveyed.
David McA. Baker, Mark D. Fulford
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Extreme Short-Term Prediction of Unmanned Surface Vessel Nonlinear Motion Under Waves

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
Under complex hydrodynamic conditions, Unmanned Surface Vessel (USV) exhibits non-stationary and nonlinear dynamic behaviors. Extreme short-term prediction of such nonlinear motion is therefore critical for ensuring navigational safety.
Yiwen Wang, Jian Li, Shan Wang, Hantao Zhang, Long Yang, Weiguo Wu   +5 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
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Investigation on structure damage equivalence of hull girders with different scales subjected to near-field underwater explosion

Applied Ocean Research
Over the years, numerous experiments and numerical simulations have been performed to investigate the damage of marine structures subjected to near-field underwater explosions.
Jinzhu Zhai, Xiangshao Kong, Hu Zhou, Cheng Zheng, Zeyu Jin   +4 more
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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
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Structural reliability analysis of icebreaker structure based on subset simulation method

Zhongguo Jianchuan Yanjiu
ObjectiveThe analysis of small failure probability in the overall longitudinal strength of a ship's hull structure is a complex, high-dimensional and time-consuming task which is challenging to calculate accurately using traditional reliability analysis ...
Kaiwen TAO, Bin LIU
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Civility, honour and male aggression in early modern English jestbooks

Gender &History, EarlyView.
Abstract This article discusses the comical representation of inter‐male violence within early modern English jestbooks. It is based on a rigorous survey of the genre, picking out common themes and anecdotes, as well as discussing their reception and sociable functions. Previous scholarship has focused on patriarchs, subversive youths and impoliteness.
Tim Somers
wiley   +1 more source