abstract:GTIN-13 number encoded in EAN-13 barcode. The first digit is always placed outside the symbol; additionally a right ">" indicator is used to indicate a "Quiet Zone" that is necessary for barcode scanners to work properly.
The article cites a study released in November 2010 by the American International Education Research Institute that put number of Japanese studying in the U.S. in 2009 at 24, 842, down 15 percent from 2008, and scarcely more than half of the number in 1997.
Although SARS occurred a decade ago, an inordinate number of people and businesses declined comment for this article -- including all four international airports in the SARS hub cities of Hong Kong, Beijing, Singapore and Toronto.