This article takes the reader inside four border security fairs in Europe and North America to examine the knowledge practices of border security professionals. Building on the border security as practice research agenda, the analysis focuses on the production, circulation, and consumption of scarce forms of knowledge. To explore situated knowledge of border security practices, I develop an app...

We conducted a study in the summer of 2004 at county fairs in the Midwest to investigate the role poultry exhibits have in spreading avian pathogens to humans. A nearly invisible powder (pathogen surrogate) that fluoresces under UV light was surreptitiously sprinkled each day on 1 show bird at each of 2 fairs. A UV light box was used to daily examine the hands of 94 poultry-exhibit participants...

Fairs and expositions are nowadays fundamental tools for providing industrial exhibits and demonstrations. According to the International Association of Fairs & Exposition (IAFE), over 3 200 fairs are currently held in North America each year. The European Major Exhibition Centres Association (EMECA) estimates that more than 36 million visitors and upwards of 330 000 exhibitors take part in rou...

Nowadays, face to face contact with the client continues to be fundamental to the development of marketing acts. Trade fairs are, in this sense, a basic instrument in company marketing policies, especially in Industrial Marketing. Due to the elevated investment in term of both time and money it is necessary the automatic extraction of relevant and interesting information which helps to improve ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate improvement of medical student knowledge of head and neck cancer (HNC) through participation in HNC screening fairs run by medical students. STUDY DESIGN Prospective cohort study of surveys assessing medical students' knowledge of HNC before and after volunteering at screening fairs. SETTING Four screening fairs held at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine...

Salmonella enterica is a common zoonotic pathogen in humans. Transmission typically occurs through consumption of contaminated food products or contact with infected animals, including poultry or their environment. The objective of this study was to estimate the frequency of Salmonella contamination in the environment in poultry exhibits at agricultural fairs. Samples were collected from cages,...

During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, large-scale events were initially suspended categorically without consideration of ventilation technology. In this study, CO 2 concentrations measured during three trade fairs in fall 2021 at Messe Frankfurt with aim assessing air mixing and dilution loads emitted through human respiration. 24 sensors installed on columns near aisles, peripheral areas exhaust/amb...

Recent long-run time series evidence for the US suggests that popular explanations for the surge in executive pay are not supported by the data. This paper explores the role of globalization for the rise in executive pay based on new firm survey data on executives and their pay in Austria and Germany. I find that firms more exposed to international competition engage in talent fairs to search a...

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence entrepreneurial orientation on network and exhibitor’s performance. seen as a highly competitive factor for company, which can foster its trade fair business. Design/methodology/approach A survey-based quantitative approach was adopted, including questionnaire ( n = 362) applied companies participating in fairs. To arrive at results,...