22,108 research outputs found
An Investigation of Work, Life and Community On-board Cruise Ships: A Hospitality Perspective
No full textThis research provides a sociological understanding of front line hospitality staff, focusing particularly on waiters and pursers that are employed on cruise ships. Its purpose is to evaluate the complexities and richness of their work and social experiences as they negotiate, create and justify their identities and community formations in the unique and under-researched environment of a cruise ship. Conceptually, the research investigates the inevitable and inextricable links between identity, work and community to explore their perceptions of themselves, others and their world.
To comprehend some of the complexity of work and life, the study uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods through online questionnaires and interviews. The methods used are both guided and to some extent restricted because of the lack of co-operation from the firms involved towards carrying out research on cruise ship workers. An online questionnaire, able to reach a mobile and transient population, is exploratory and descriptive in focus offering a preliminary opportunity to highlight key indicators of relationships and patterns in a field where there has been little research. To further develop understanding, data was gathered from twenty semi structured interviews and was analysed thematically and metaphorically.
The broader thematic analysis identified how space, time and the system of the ship had an impact upon one‟s occupation and relationships, while the deeper metaphor analysis was able to creatively gather an “insider‟s” view of the participant‟s work, community and cruise ship environment. What is clear, from this study, is that all participants created a ship-based identity, which was different from how they perceived themselves on land. Being an environment that is unique, workers have to adapt, adopt and sacrifice - their previous identity has to be reshaped to meet the criteria of the place and system of the ship. Waiters were significantly more likely to define themselves and their world based upon their occupational perceptions and relationship with management, while pursers reflected upon their social and personal opportunities as a tool for self definition.
The outcomes of the research present an exploratory, in-depth account of the working lives of hospitality workers on cruise ships. The findings will be of value and relevance to cruise ship operators when tackling social issues relating to the employment of cruise ship workers
RRS James Clark Ross Cruise 195, 18-29 Nov 2009. Drake Passage repeat hydrography of WOCE section SR1b: a beginners’ guide
No full textThis report describes the 16th occupation of the Drake Passage CTD section, established duringthe World Ocean Circulation Experiment as repeat section SR1b. It was first occupied byNational Oceanography Centre (previously IOSDL and then SOC) in collaboration with theBritish Antarctic Survey in 1993, and has been re-occupied most years since then. Thirty onefull depth stations were performed during JR195: two test stations, and 29 of the 30 nominalstations for the SR1b Drake Passage section. Two 500 m stations were added as part of POL'scruise JR198.The CTD was an underwater SBE 9 plus unit equipped with the following sensors: dualtemperature and conductivity sensors, a pressure sensor encased in the SBE underwater unit, aSBE-43 oxygen probe, an Aquatracka MKIII fluorometer, a transmissometer, an upwardlookingdownwelling PAR sensor, and an altimeter. A downward-looking LADCP (RDIWorkhorse Monitor 300 kHz) was deployed on all stations, except for the two 500 m stationswhen it was replaced by a 600 kHz LADCP from Bangor University.Various underway measurements were obtained, including navigation, VM-ADCP, sea surfacetemperature and salinity, water depth and various meteorological parameters
FS Poseidon Cruise 300/1, 04 Jul - 16 Jul 2003. Biogeochemistry at the Porcupine Abyssal Plain Observatory
No full textThere were two main objectives of this cruise. Both focus on the long term observatory site on the Porcupine Abyssal Plain (PAP) at 49N 16.5W. The first objective was to recover and redeploy various moorings and landers some of whichwere part of the EU funded ANIMATE project. The second objective which contributes to the NERC funded BICEP project was to measure particulate export from the surface layer using a variety of complementary approaches and to characterise the site from a biological and chemical perspective in order to interpret the export data. Almost all of the objectives were successfully achieved
SERPENT Cruise Reports 2007
No full textThe SERPENT Project, Scientific & Environmental ROV Partnership using Existing iNdustrial Technology, is a collaboration between world leading scientific institutions and companies associated with the oil and gas industry. SERPENT is hosted at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton (NOCS), one of the worlds’ largest research and teaching organisations specialising in deep-sea science and oceanography. SERPENT encompasses a scientific network of academic partners across the world (USA, Canada, Brazil, Africa, Australia), linked to a network of major oil and gas operators and contractors. The project centres around the opportunistic use of ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) in operational settings during periods of stand-by time. The project also aims to maximise the scientific benefit of environmental data collected as part of routine offshore operations and environmental surveys. Through access to ROVs and such environmental data scientists at NOCS and from the wider SERPENT partnership aim to improve the scientific understanding of the deep-sea's biodiversity in all its aspects. This document presents the cruise reports for SERPENT missions carried out in 2007 and includes a history of all previous SERPENT missions and a list of samples taken during the project to date
Climate impact assessment of varying cruise flight altitudes applying the CATS simulation approach
No full textThe present paper describes a comprehensive assessment and modelling approach that was developed in the DLR project Climate compatible Air Transport System (CATS) with
the goal to analyze different options to reduce the climate impact of aviation.
The CATS simulation chain is applied to assess the climate impact reduction potential (via CO2, contrail-cirrus, H2O, NOx, ozone, methane, primary mode ozone) for the world fleet of a representative long-range aircraft operated on
a global route network in the year 2006.
The average temperature response (ATR) and the direct operating costs (DOC) are calculated for flights with varying cruise flight altitudes and speeds.
The obtained results are expressed as relative changes with respect to the minimum DOC trajectory and assessed as cost-benefit ratio (ATR vs. DOC). The results are highlighted for a single route and transferred to the global route network, showing a large potential to reduce the climate impact of aviation for small to moderate increments on costs
Protecting Animals 36: Author Witi Ihimaera
No full textIn this very special episode of Knowing Animals I am joined by beloved New Zealand author Witi Ihimaera. Witi has written many books featuring nonhuman animals. He offers us a non-colonial lens through which to think about the human/nonhuman relationship
The image of cruise ship holidays on Italian television: A comparative analysis
No full textBy conceptualizing the cruise ship as the destination in itself, this contribution discusses the role of destination image in cruise passengers' decision-making processes and focuses on the role and contents of visual texts such as TV commercials in the promotion of cruise tourism.
A content analysis is performed over TV commercials broadcast by different cruise lines to Italian travellers. Specific components of the image of ships as tourist destinations as promoted through TV advertising campaigns are identified
SERPENT Cruise Reports 2008 to 2010
No full textThe SERPENT Project, Scientific & Environmental ROV Partnership using Existing iNdustrialTechnology, is a collaboration between world leading scientific institutions and companiesassociated with the oil and gas industry. SERPENT is hosted at the National OceanographyCentre, Southampton (NOCS), one of the worlds’ largest research and teaching organisationsspecialising in deep-sea science and oceanography. SERPENT encompasses a scientific networkof academic partners across the world (USA, Canada, Brazil, Africa, Australia), linked to anetwork of major oil and gas operators and contractors. The project centres around theopportunistic use of ROVs (Remotely Operated Vehicles) in operational settings during periods ofstand-by time. The project also aims to maximise the scientific benefit of environmental datacollected as part of routine offshore operations and environmental surveys. Through access toROVs and such environmental data scientists at NOCS and from the wider SERPENT partnershipaim to improve the scientific understanding of the deep-sea's biodiversity in all its aspects. Thisdocument presents the cruise reports for SERPENT missions carried out from 2008 to 2010 andincludes a history of all previous SERPENT missions
Physical oceanography during POSEIDON cruise POS486
No full textHydrographic observations in the Atlantic during 7. - 23. July 2011 from Poseidon cruise 418/1
I Think I Am Philip K. Dick
No full textFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Intro -- Contents -- Introjection -- Part I -- Endopsychic Allegories -- Schreber Guardian -- Belief System Surveillance -- Part II -- Deeper Problems -- Veil of Tears -- Go West -- Dick Manfred -- Timing -- Glimmung -- Part III -- Spiritualism Analogy -- Imitating the Dead -- Indexical Layer -- Ilse -- Hammers and Things -- Crucifictions -- Over There -- Martyrology -- Can't Live, Can't Live -- Lola -- Umwelt, Mitwelt, and Eigenwelt -- Outer Race -- The German Introject -- Part IV -- Materialism, Idealism, and Cybernetics -- Startling Stories -- A Couple of Years -- Android Empathy -- Homunculus and Robot -- ALL OF YOU ARE DEAD. I AM ALIVE. -- Go with the Flow -- Part V -- Room for Thought -- Caduceus -- Jump -- Still -- A Wake -- Spätwerk -- Let the Dead Be -- Play Bally -- Das Hund -- Notes -- BibliographyFor years, noted writer Laurence A. Rickels often found himself compared to novelist Philip K. Dickthough in fact Rickels had never read any of the science fiction writers work. When he finally read his first Philip K. Dick novel, while researching for his recent book The Devil Notebooks , it prompted a prolonged immersion in Dicks writing as well as a recognition of Rickelss own long-documented intellectual pursuits. The result of this engagement is I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick , a profound thought experiment that charts the wide relevance of the pulp sci-fi author and paranoid visionary. I Think I Am: Philip K. Dick explores the science fiction authors meditations on psychic reality and psychosis, Christian mysticism, Eastern religion, and modern spiritualism. Covering all of Dicks science fiction, Rickels corrects the lack of scholarly interest in the legendary Californian author and, ultimately, makes a compelling case for the philosophical and psychoanalytic significance of Philip K. Dicks popular and influential science fiction.Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, YYYY. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries
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