Cruise micromissiles

Cruise Tourism in Belize:

The ICEFISH Cruise Symposium

Norovirus Transmission on Cruise Ship

An outbreak of norovirus gastroenteritis affected passengers on two consecutive cruises of ship X and continued on 4 subsequent cruises despite a 1-week sanitization. We documented transmission by food and person-to-person contact; persistence of virus despite sanitization onboard, including introductions of new strains; and seeding of an outbreak on land.

The Cruise Missile Guidance Problem

In airframe technology, designs have become progressively more compact, to accommodate internal and external carriage by aircraft, launch tubes on warships or torpedo tubes in submarines. Propulsion has evolved from simple pulse jets, through turbojets and liquid propellant rockets or ramjets to the current mix of: turbojets for subsonic tactical cruise missiles, turbofans for subsonic strategi...

Norovirus challenges aboard cruise ships.

Being in a ship is like being in jail, with the chance of being drowned (Dr. Samuel Johnson) Gastroenteritis is a major health concern aboard cruise ships [1]. Poor sanitation systems and contaminated water and food used to get the blame. As the North American market covers 2/3 of the global cruise volume [2], the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were particularly intereste...