According to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA), in 1999, 5.4 million North Americans cruised on ships owned by U.S.-based cruise lines, a figure that's up 7 percent over the previous year. Another 500,000 sailed with cruise lines not based in the United States. The cruise...
If you somehow hoisted a cruise ship out of the water and looked at it standing a few hundred feet away, the hull would look like a huge capital letter "U," depending on the size of the keel. The keel runs from the bow to the stern and acts as the backbone of the ship. Like ...
Due to their well-established and long-term presence on the market, big travel agencies have already obtained all required travel agency accreditation, including IATA, ARC (for the USA), and CLIA (for cruises). And smaller agencies can use the host agency accreditation number. When sharing the...
The pace of exome and genome sequencing is accelerating, with the identification of many new disease-causing mutations in research settings, and it is likely that whole exome or genome sequencing could have a major impact in the clinical arena in the rel
ARTICLE Spinocerebellar ataxia: Patient and health professional perspectives on whether and how patents affect access to clinical genetic testing Ashton Powell, PhD1, Subhashini Chandrasekharan, PhD2, and Robert Cook-Deegan, MD2 Abstract: Genetic testing for spinocerebellar ataxia is used in diagnosis ...
TheTroposphere, which this post concerns, can be divided into two subsections: an upper layer, known as theFree Atmosphere, and a lower layer, known as the Planetary Boundary Layer. The Boundary Layer usually runs up from the surface to about 1000m above it (sometimes a bit more, sometimes...
Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lahti 15140, Finland; rakhshanda.khan@lut.fi; Tel.: +358-408-225-592 Academic Editor: Yongrok Choi Received: 27 June 2016; Accepted: 11 October 2016; Published: 15 October 2016 Abstract: There is a need to develop an understanding of how frugal innovat...
Several questions popped up. The main question was how to improve mathematics education; in particular, how authentic real life problems could be connected to the teaching and learning of mathematics, and what such education would look like. Underlying questions were whether adding authenticity would ...
New regulations came into place in 2019 to restrict the number of cruise ships in the city’s old port to just two at a time, the result of a partnership with the Cruise Line International Association (CLIA). A ban on new outdoor restaurantswas also proposed, and 80% of the city’s ...
Air travel is the fastest way to travel over long distances, but it can be stressful to pack and make sure that you have done everything correctly in order to get through airport security. There are many rules and regulations that...