The historical television series Downton Abbey, based on a fictional member of the British peerage and his family, has become a phenomenon in the United States. Cunard is one of the oldest and most famous passenger transportation companies in the world. Among the ships in its corporate lineage are Lusitania, Titanic and Queen Mary. This article explores theoretical parallels between the show an...

BACKGROUND Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke is a major threat to public health. Greece, having the highest smoking prevalence in the European Union is seriously affected by passive smoking. The purpose of this study was to measure environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure in the non smoking areas of hospitality venues and offices in Greece and to compare the levels of exposure to levels...

Zusammenfassung Am Beispiel wildlebender Vögel wird in diesem Beitrag eine oft praktizierte, aber bislang wenig reflektierte Tugend, die ökologische Gastfreundschaft, dargestellt. Gastfreundschaft ( hospitalitas ) ist aus der Menschenwelt wohlbekannt und besonders jüdisch-christlichen Tradition, wenn auch keineswegs nur dort, lebendige Institution. Man kann sie, wie hier gezeigt werden soll, ni...

The historical television series Downton Abbey, based on a fictional member of the British peerage and his family, has become a phenomenon in the United States. Cunard is one of the oldest and most famous passenger transportation companies in the world. Among the ships in its corporate lineage are Lusitania, Titanic and Queen Mary. This article explores theoretical parallels between the show an...