O travelers passing through the southern US. may be struck by the unusual appearance of the ninebanded armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus). This animal, which is about threequarters of a meter long, canbe identified by the leathery plates of armor that cover it nearly from the tip of its nose to the end of its tail. It also has a seriesof transverse plates that wrap around its midsection, giving i...

META tags can be used as information snippets to provide navigation cues for trip planning on search engines. It is argued that, from a marketing perspective, they are useful means by which destination organizations convey persuasive messages to travelers. This study examines the extent to which “description” META tags are used on websites owned by destination marketing organizations in the Nor...

As personal transportation is one of the greatest contributors of CO2 emissions, means able to assist travelers in reducing their ecological impact are urgently needed. In this work we focus on travel recommenders that encourage green transportation habits among travelers who have a preexisting interest in taking action to lessen their impact on the environment. We aim to provide urban traveler...

The HIV pandemic persists globally and travelers are at risk for infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). While HIV-focused guidelines delineate risk stratification and mitigation strategies for people in their home communities, travel issues are not addressed. In this review, direct and indirect evidence on HIV risk among travelers is explored. The burgeoning practice of employing ...

Travel-acquired dengue cases have been increasing as the overall global dengue burden has expanded. In Korea, imported dengue cases have been reported since 2000 when it first became a notifiable disease. During the first four months of 2016, three times more dengue cases were reported in Korea than during the same period the previous year. A safe and efficacious vaccine for travelers would be ...

Fungal infections are more common and diverse in the tropics but are also increasingly seen in returning travelers and migrants as international travel becomes easier. They are conventionally classified into superficial, cutaneous, subcutaneous, and systemic mycoses. This article provides an overview of superficial, cutaneous, and subcutaneous mycoses that are more prevalent and/or geographical...

4 This study considers the influence of the knowledge of existing mode shares on travelers 5 mode choice. This contrasts with traditional mode choice models, where the main objective 6 is to predict the overall mode shares as the aggregate of individual mode choices according 7 to variables encompassing attributes of the modes, and characteristics of the travelers. In this 8 study, a computer-a...

Macroscopic and equilibrium-based models for traffic assignment and simulation disregard many details of traffic movement. For some applications, one needs to understand and analyze microscopic properties. This paper discusses an agent-based simulation of route choice under different conditions of demand generation, number, and types of travelers. The effects of en-route decision-making and veh...

Among travelers from developed countries who visit developing countries, >60% may experience traveler's diarrhea, accounting for 40,000 travelers daily or >15 million travelers annually. Traveler's diarrhea is often accompanied by other symptoms, most often abdominal cramps. Although the spontaneous cure occurs after a mean of 4 days, a few patients have symptoms for weeks, and it is increasing...

This is the first study of airline travelers’ no-show and standby behavior based on passenger and directional outbound/inbound itinerary data. The paper describes passengers’ behavior based on estimation of a multinomial logit model for domestic U.S. itineraries departing in March 2001 or March 2002. This enables us to explore behavioral differences based on passenger and itinerary characterist...