Selected Papers from the 5th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications

This Special Issue comprises selected papers from the proceedings of the 5th International Electronic Conference on Sensors and Applications, held on 15–30 November 2018, on sciforum.net, an online platform for hosting scholarly e-conferences and discussion groups. In this 5th edition of the electronic conference, contributors were invited to provide papers and presentations from the field of sensors and applications at large, resulting in a wide variety of excellent submissions and topic areas. Papers which attracted the most interest on the web or that provided a particularly innovative contribution were selected for publication in this collection. These peer-reviewed papers are published with the aim of rapid and wide dissemination of research results, developments, and applications. We hope this conference series will grow rapidly in the future and become recognized as a new way and venue by which to (electronically) present new developments related to the field of sensors and their applications

Erotic Enterprises: An Ethnography of Risk and Opportunity for Female Sex Workers in Celtic Tiger Ireland.

This is an ethnographic account of female sexual labour at the height of the Celtic Tiger, when sex like other consumables saw an insatiable increase in demand. Like other industries, the sex industry has relatively privileged and exploitative positions for its workers, and like other service industries, it has been revolutionized by processes of globalization, technological innovation, and an easing in the movement of capital. Much of what is written about sex workers assumes a certain degree of homogeneity, and an over simplistic account of their lives and the choices that are available to them. I explore the meanings and motivations that sex workers ascribe to their interactions with the industry, how women experience the sex industry, how they interact with it and how they experience selling sexual services in their everyday lives. This thesis then links various themes of risk, agency, opportunity, violence, victimhood and illegality within the broader framework of sex work as a form of labour

Erotic Enterprises: An Ethnography of Risk and Opportunity for Female Sex Workers in Celtic Tiger Ireland.

This is an ethnographic account of female sexual labour at the height of the Celtic Tiger, when sex like other consumables saw an insatiable increase in demand. Like other industries, the sex industry has relatively privileged and exploitative positions for its workers, and like other service industries, it has been revolutionized by processes of globalization, technological innovation, and an easing in the movement of capital. Much of what is written about sex workers assumes a certain degree of homogeneity, and an over simplistic account of their lives and the choices that are available to them. I explore the meanings and motivations that sex workers ascribe to their interactions with the industry, how women experience the sex industry, how they interact with it and how they experience selling sexual services in their everyday lives. This thesis then links various themes of risk, agency, opportunity, violence, victimhood and illegality within the broader framework of sex work as a form of labour

Information and Communication Technologies in Tourism 2022

This open access book presents the proceedings of the International Federation for IT and Travel & Tourism (IFITT)’s 29th Annual International eTourism Conference, which assembles the latest research presented at the ENTER2022 conference, which will be held on January 11–14, 2022. The book provides an extensive overview of how information and communication technologies can be used to develop tourism and hospitality. It covers the latest research on various topics within the field, including augmented and virtual reality, website development, social media use, e-learning, big data, analytics, and recommendation systems. The readers will gain insights and ideas on how information and communication technologies can be used in tourism and hospitality. Academics working in the eTourism field, as well as students and practitioners, will find up-to-date information on the status of research