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Artifex Ars Cartographica: Collaboration Between Portuguese Painters and Cartographers in the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, there was no statutory difference between cartography, drawing and painting. These activities were performed then by craftsmen who were part of a vast group under the umbrella of ‘mechanical arts’ and fell under the ‘artifex’ category. Artifex were experts in any particular art, whether a craftsman,
Vasco Medeiros
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Multi-step optimization with operational scenarios for hull form and propulsor design for pod-driven cruise ships. [PDF]

Heliyon
Li L, Yu L, Cai Z, Liu J, Fan Q, Wang Y.
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A Journey Between Science and the Arts: Templates for the Depiction of the Pineapple (Sixteenth to Eighteenth Centuries)

Renaissance Studies, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Native to America, the pineapple—Ananas comosus (L.) Merr.—delighted the Europeans who came across it. The fruit was mentioned by the voyagers and missionaries who observed and tasted it in the Americas and, from the 1500s onwards, infused reports, chronicles and natural history treatises with colour and flavour.
Teresa Nobre de Carvalho
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Interventional Study of Nonpharmaceutical Measures to Prevent COVID-19 Aboard Cruise Ships. [PDF]

Emerg Infect Dis
Mouchtouri VA, Kourentis L, Anagnostopoulos L, Koureas M, Kyritsi M, Kontouli KM, Kalala F, Speletas M, Hadjichristodoulou C.   +8 more
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The Impact of Russia–Ukraine War in Maritime Data

The World Economy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study analyses weekly port calls from 2019 to 2026 to evaluate the Russia–Ukraine war's impact on maritime trade. The data reveals clear structural shifts that Ukrainian traffic moved from high‐risk areas like Odesa to safer Danube River ports.
Daiki Sera, Kenmei Tsubota, Yujiro Wada
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Two Outbreaks of Legionnaires Disease Associated with Outdoor Hot Tubs for Private Use - Two Cruise Ships, November 2022-July 2024. [PDF]

MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
Lee S, Edens C, Ritter T, Rodriguez LO, Tardivel K, Kozak-Muiznieks NA, Willby M, Ortiz N, Cohen AL, Smith JC.   +9 more
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Systematic literature review and meta-analysis on preventing and controlling norovirus outbreaks on cruise ships, 1990 to 2020: calling for behaviour change strategies of travellers. [PDF]

Euro Surveill
Mouchtouri VA, Simou E, Soteriades S, Rousou X, Kontouli KM, Kafetsouli D, Kourentis L, Anagnostopoulos L, Hadjichristodoulou C.   +8 more
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Hunting and Hauora: Pig Hunters and Poaka in Aotearoa New Zealand

New Zealand Geographer, Volume 82, Issue 2, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Though invasive, wild pigs (poaka) were fundamental to the survival of both Māori and Pākehā during colonisation, and they remain an essential source of kai (sustenance) today. Utilising a Whanganui case study, 24 participants, semi‐structured interviews, and thematic analysis guided by Kaupapa Māori principles, describe hunters' interests in ...
Claire Kuuii Adeline Dowsett, Anna Carr, Brent Lovelock   +2 more
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A Sea Ice Entrapment Event in the Southern Chukchi Sea: Analysis and Prediction

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 13, 16 July 2026.
Abstract Amplified Arctic warming is reducing sea ice cover, which is driving an increase in geopolitical interest in the region as it offers the possibility of reducing shipping times between Asia, Europe, and eastern North America, at the risk of increased ice hazards. Here, we examine the case of the Norseman II research ship that was trapped by sea
G. W. K. Moore, Michael Steele, Jinlun Zhang, Axel J. Schweiger, Thomas J. Ballinger, Irina Trukhanova, Michael Lawson, William S. Beatty, Scott Hameister   +8 more
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