The proper design and realization of a Web-based tourism information system is one of the most challenging issues in the tourism area. Among others, two aspects are crucial for the success of such a system: First, the system should be as integrated as possible, i.e., representing a “one-stop” shopping experience by providing a high-quality content in terms of comprehensiveness, accurateness and...

Background. Transplant tourism is a phenomenon where patients travel abroad to purchase organs for transplants. This paper presents the results of a fieldwork study by describing the experiences of Dutch transplant professionals confronted by patients who allegedly purchased kidney transplants abroad. Second, it addresses the legal definition and prohibition of transplant tourism under national...

We consider the Hardy-type operator (Tf) (x) := v(x) ∫ x a u(t)f(t)dt, x > a, and establish properties of T as a map from L(a, b) into L(a, b) for 1 < p ≤ q ≤ 2, 2 ≤ p ≤ q < ∞ and 1 < p ≤ 2 ≤ q < ∞. The main result is that, with appropriate assumptions on u and v, the approximation numbers an(T ) of T satisfy the inequality c1 ∫ b a |uv|dt ≤ lim inf n→∞ nan(T ) ≤ lim sup n→∞ nan(T ) ≤ c2 ∫ b a ...

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0001-2092(12)00723-5 © AORN, Inc, 2012 M edical tourism (ie, traveling to another country for nonurgent medical care) is not a new custom. In the 18th and 19th centuries, people traveled to spas to “take the waters” as a means of improving their health and, in remote colonies and less developed countries, people have always traveled to reach clinics or physicians.1,2 ...

E-commerce initiatives show that tourism data is one of the most accessed data in the Web. The problem is that a high number of users is rather unexperienced in Web use. The handling of tourism information systems is often a complex and time consuming process for tourists. To satisfy the tourists expectations it is inevitable to support the tourist in travel planning and decision making. Most t...

the mandovi estuary is highly influenced by mining and tourism related activities in the centralwest coast of india. vertical fluxes and accumulation of petroleum hydrocarbons (phcs) in three sedimentcores (d1, c1 and og) from the mandovi estuary were assessed using ultra-violet fluorescence (uvf)spectroscopy. the range of phcs values in estuarine sediments varied from 5.4 to 12.34 μg/g enrichm...

The economic value of meditation based services is clearly demonstrated by a growing number of companies using such services. In the USA one quarter of the companies offer in-house meditation training to their employees. On the other hand, the number of those who think that the western consumption paradigm in its present form is unsustainable is also increasing. In addition to its business valu...

Let A be a Banach algebra. The flip on A ⊗ A is defined through A ⊗ A ∋ a⊗ b 7→ b⊗ a. If A is ultraprime, El(A), the algebra of all elementary operators on A, can be algebraically identified with A ⊗ A, so that the flip is well defined on El(A). We show that the flip on El(A) is discontinuous if A = K(E) for a reflexive Banach space E with the approximation property.