Expert Online Research Articles

Analyzing Student's Perceptions about the Values of Digital Citizenship

In this paper, we examine the impact of the pandemic on university students in Jordan, focusing on their digital citizenship and attitudes towards distance learning. A cross-sectional study was conducted using an online survey, with 780 participants. The findings reveal that distance learning is widely applicable, with 89.87% of students utilizing live online learning content. The majority of students exhibit responsible online behavior, respecting others and refraining from bullying. They also actively engage in digital activities, express their opinions, and share their expertise online. Additionally, many students use technology for legitimate purchases during the pandemic. However, 95% of participants are aware of the potential health issues caused by excessive digital device use. Finally, it is shown that the university students in Jordan demonstrate good knowledge and positive attitudes towards digital citizenship, highlighting the importance of digital literacy and responsible online behavior in the face of the COVID-19 crisis.

Тенденции развития социальной защиты в разрезе отдельных категорий населения

The relevance of the work is due to the need to systematize modern changes in the field of social protection in relation to certain categories of beneficiaries. The empirical basis of the study consists of materials from an expert online survey of 28 representatives of academic science from 19 Russian cities. The analysis made it possible to draw a number of conclusions. In recent years, priority beneficiary categories have included families with children, elderly citizens, and people with disabilities. Social assistance/support and social services have become the predominant social protection mechanisms that have seen active development in recent years. The urgent need to increase the birth rate has given priority to monetary measures based on the mechanism of social assistance and support implemented at the federal level in relation to families with children. The state has identified social services at the regional level as the key mechanism for meeting the needs of elderly citizens and people with disabilities. Solving the problem of low pensions for elderly citizens and people with disabilities, based on the application of mechanisms of social insurance and social security, requires additional financial resources and changes in legal regulations at the federal level, which are currently unattainable in the near future. Conclusion dwells upon the fact that the development of social protection measures in recent years has been oriented not only towards the needs of beneficiaries but also towards the necessity of swiftly addressing issues relevant to the state. This necessitates the selection of appropriate social protection mechanisms and sources of resource provision for the measures undertaken.

Unveiling e-learning and knowledge sharing during the pandemic: From expert skills perception to student satisfaction

The present undertaking seeks to explore the relationships between five main constructs, that is, e-learning, expert skills perception, knowledge perceived value, knowledge sharing and student satisfaction in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even though there is a wide array of studies looking into the impact of the pandemic on the online teaching environment and on student satisfaction, this investigation is paving the way towards scrutinizing the role of expert knowledge in the overall equation. A questionnaire-based survey with 310 master students who participated to expert online lectures in various marketing and business administration classes in the context of the pandemic e-learning environment was carried out between March 2020 and May 2022. The results indicated that Expert Skills Perception explains 58.8% of the variance of Knowledge Perceived Value, while Knowledge Perceived Value and e-Learning Process explain 45.2% of the variance in Knowledge Sharing and Knowledge Sharing and e-Learning Process explain 65.6% of the variance in Student Satisfaction, defining a strong predicting power of the structural model. By addressing students' perceptions of the online education process which relies on expert knowledge sharing is liable to offer a reference point for conducting and enhancing similar endeavors even in the post-pandemic ‘new normal’.

Developing digital health literacy amidst the Covid-19 infodemic

Abstract During the Covid-19 pandemic, the concurrent infodemic highlighted the urgent need to develop autonomous and advanced reading skills for an increasingly complex and ambiguous world. Particularly, in this context, there appears to be a tension between people seeking clear, authoritative information and advice on the internet, and health experts giving recommendations, actively defining the boundaries of their (in)expertise by formulating (un)certainty that is such a prevalent feature of this novel virus. Our claim is that possible evidence of a creditable source online emerges when the healthcare professional describes their (in)expertise through a systematic deployment of a wide range of warranting strategies, while claiming authority in a limited field of knowledge (Richardson 2003). Our analysis addresses the expert online formulation of (un)certainty focusing on a daily coronavirus podcast, i.e., Coronacast. Through a corpus-assisted discourse analysis, this study uncovers the major types of warranting strategies used by the health hosts in a corpus containing only episodes where there is an expert guest and/or a link to scientific sources. Deeper understanding of how healthcare providers/health podcasters use warranting strategies may make a meaningful contribution to the repertoire of tools useful for identifying un/reliable messages in an increasingly digitalized world.

Artificial Intelligence in Medicine

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the technology related to simulating human behaviour in machines. Machine intelligence is a subfield of AI in which available raw data is processed to learn inherent patterns and build a model to adapt to new data. Deep learning models utilize very large amount of data and extract important features and classify the data. Multiagent systems or distributed AI systems are autonomous, proactive, reactive and have ability to interact with humans and other agents. Medicine includes all the processes involved in preventing, diagnosing and curing diseases. It includes medical staff and supporting staff records, drug information, decision support information for medical professionals, clinical lab tests, X-rays, magnetic resonance images, surgeries, and so on. AI has a number of applications in medicine including expert systems, medical robots, medial image analysis and distributed medical agents etc. Expert systems can function as medical experts and helpful for patients who are unable to reach a medical specialist due to cost, or being in a remote area. The role of AI is significant in radiology as abnormal data is labelled in medical images obtained from computed tomography, X-rays, and magnetic resonance imaging etc. more accurately. Medical robots assist in patient care, clinical settings, surgeries and in many other ways. Distributed medical agents enable the availability of a number of medical experts online to examine critical cases. In this paper the role of artificial intelligence in the above mentioned medical applications is elaborated with relevant examples. It is concluded that AI is indispensable in medicine for effective and efficient healthcare.

P70: Development and validation study of the suicide screening questionnaire-observer rating (SSQ-OR)

Background:Observer rating scales are necessary to evaluate the risk of suicide because individuals at risk for suicide are often unwilling to seek help on their own. Reliability and validity were evaluated for the newly developed Suicide Screening Questionnaire-Observer Rating (SSQ-OR).Methods:Preliminary items were assessed by 251 experts online and 25 questions were selected. 328 individuals at high-risk and 661 controls from 12 Crisis Response Centers and 5 university counseling centers were recruited to complete SSQ-OR, Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). In a 6 months follow-up, we reached out to 176 participants to ask whether they had experienced a suicidal thought, plan, or attempt since the baseline assessment. Cronbach's 慣, Mann-Whitney U test, Spearman's correlation, factor analyses, Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis and logistic regression analysis were used to verify the SSQ-OR.Results:Structural validity was supported by a two-factor solution using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Excellent model fit indices for the two-factor structure using exploratory factor analysis were confirmed (RMSEA = 0.033, TLI = 0.980, CFI = 0.983). The SSQ-OR demonstrated strong internal consistency. The concurrent validity based on the correlations with other self-reported indicators of suicidal potential-BSSI and PHQ-9- revealed substantial relationships. The high-risk group was effectively characterized by a cut-off point of 4, with a sensitivity of 0.73 and a specificity of 0.79. The SSQ-OR scores were significant predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviors within 6 months.Conclusions:The SSQ-OR exhibits sound psychometric properties, and could be used as a complement to a self-report or clinical-administered scale to screen suicide risk comprehensively.

PHYSICAL HEALTH OF STUDENTS AND DIGITALIZATION OF HIGHER MEDICAL EDUCATION: RISK FACTORS.

The aim: To study the dynamics of gadget use by higher education students of the Bogomolets National Medical University and to assess technological impact on the physical health of students. Materials and methods: To accomplish the tasks set using theoretical and experimental methods of scientific research: systematic analysis, comparison and generalization of the bibliosemantic method, questionnaires, and interviews with students. Quantitative data collected during the survey of students studying in the «Dentistry», «Pediatrics», «Medicine», «Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy», «Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy», and «Medical Psychology» specialties were processed using the MedCalc statistical software, and there was carried out comparative analysis afterwards. Results: During the quarantine and martial law, medical university students were forced to study distantly or in a mixed format using various gadgets and computers. It is obvious that the physical condition of a person is affected by the duration of their use of various devices. In this paper, therefore, the risks and the researched dynamics of gadget use by higher education students of the Bogomolets National Medical University were identified. Thus, the technological impact on the physical health of students was also defined. Moreover, the data based on the results of height and weigh calculation of higher education students, which used to diagnose types of obesity by anthropometric indicators, were also collected. Conclusions: According to the results of the research, it was established that the students of the Bogomolets National Medical University spent a significant part of their study time sitting in the classroom or at the computer (40 hours weekly average). We found that in the process of distance learning, prolonged sitting at a PC or other gadget (as well as general sedentary lifestyle) has affected the female higher education students majoring in 222 «Medicine» course their body mass index. The time spent using gadgets both in the educational and non-formal education (self-education) processes has increased significantly. We attribute this fact to the emergence of a significant number of online educational resources in the public domain, the growing number of webinars, trainings, and master classes conducted by both domestic and foreign experts online.

К вопросу комфортной городской среды: социологические аспекты развития (с обращением к кейсу г. Владивостока)

The article contains the author’s generalization of the available research data for the purpose of sociological representation of the urban environment comfort and design tools for its development. The subject of the study is presented as a parameter of socio-spatial development and as a task, the importance of which is articulated at the state level and has its own regulatory, documentary and expert confirmation. The study used methods of content analysis and expert online interviewing of a semi-formalized type. The comfort parameter is shown through a number of target and instrumental components; the conditions for its development are highlighted. Expertly formulated important principles for the development of a comfortable urban environment are as follows: striving for a social balance of interests of the subjects involved; ensuring trust between them; development of the human potential of the city. Digitalization itself and the Smart City concept in particular are neutral tools; their nature and effectiveness depend on what tasks they solve, how they fit into the specifics of certain spaces. A number of related factors and implementation risks are formulated with reference to a specific case; its representativeness to the declared topic is shown. Possible directions for further efforts to address them are noted.

Development and validation study of the suicide screening questionnaire-observer rating (SSQ-OR).

BackgroundObserver rating scales are necessary to evaluate the risk of suicide because individuals at risk for suicide are often unwilling to seek help on their own. Reliability and validity were evaluated for the newly developed Suicide Screening Questionnaire-Observer Rating (SSQ-OR).MethodsPreliminary items were assessed by 251 experts online and 25 questions were selected. 328 individuals at high-risk and 661 controls from 12 Crisis Response Centers and 5 university counseling centers were recruited to complete SSQ-OR, Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSSI) and Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9). In a 6 months follow-up, we reached out to 176 participants to ask whether they had experienced a suicidal thought, plan, or attempt since the baseline assessment. Cronbach's α, Mann-Whitney U test, Spearman's correlation, factor analyses, Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis and logistic regression analysis were used to verify the SSQ-OR.ResultsStructural validity was supported by a two-factor solution using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses. Excellent model fit indices for the two-factor structure using exploratory factor analysis were confirmed (RMSEA = 0.033, TLI = 0.980, CFI = 0.983). The SSQ-OR demonstrated strong internal consistency. The concurrent validity based on the correlations with other self-reported indicators of suicidal potential–BSSI and PHQ-9– revealed substantial relationships. The high-risk group was effectively characterized by a cut-off point of 4, with a sensitivity of 0.73 and a specificity of 0.79. The SSQ-OR scores were significant predictors of suicidal thoughts and behaviors within 6 months.ConclusionsThe SSQ-OR exhibits sound psychometric properties, and could be used as a complement to a self-report or clinical-administered scale to screen suicide risk comprehensively.

Digital Transformation of Healthcare: A Delphi Study of the Working Groups Digital Health and Validation and Linkage of Secondary Data of the German Network for Health Services Research (DNVF)

The digital transformation in healthcare is also of fundamental importance for healthcare research. For this reason, experts should agree on, prioritize and identify key topics for a medium-term strategy of the German Network for Health Services Research and classify the general development of digital health in the context of health services research. Between April and September 2018, the working groups "Digital Health" and "Validation and Linkage of Secondary Data" of the German Network for Health Services Research were asked to submit their expertise online using the methodological approach of a Delphi study. For this purpose, a multi-stage modified Delphi method with quantitative and qualitative approaches was chosen. Initially, a list of theses was drawn from the network's published position papers on digital health applications and medical apps. A total of 131 statements were formulated. The final survey instrument included questions on the biographical background of the participants, 42 developed items (33 statements and 8 open-ended questions), and one free-text field to add further aspects. Items were evaluated with a five-point Likert scale. A statement was accepted if the agreement rate was 75% or higher. Of the 110 potential participants, 50 (46%) took part in the first round and 39 (36%) in the second round of the Delphi survey. In the first round, there was a clear result for 24 of 33 statements. There were 20 statements "agreed with" and four "disagreed with." Nine statements were between 60 and 75% and were presented to the participants again for evaluation in the second round. In round two, of these nine statements, four statements were "agreed with" and five statements were "disagreed with." Digital Health Literacy" emerged as a particular focus in this Delphi study. In this Delphi study, experts were involved in selecting and prioritizing possible topics for the Digital Health working group and assessing future developments in digital health in the context of health services research. The results reflect both the expectations and interests of the members and are largely consistent with the recommendations of the report "Digitalization for Health" made by the expert council for assessing developments in the health sector.

Conference report: “Mediatization of Public and Private Spheres. International Comparative Perspective”, Lublin, June 17–18, 2021 (an online event)

Mediatization, datafication and algorithmization can be considered as an expertise, specialized and hermetic notions, which can be difficult to understand for non-professionals. However, the phenomena which lie behind them accompany our daily life. The explanation and exemplification of these phenomena belonged to the main goals of the presentations and discussions during the annual international conference entitled “Mediatization of Public and Private Spheres. International Comparative Perspective”, June 17–18, 2021. The conference was organized by three entities: Institute of Social Communication and Media Studies (Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin), Institute of International Studies (Wrocław University), and Polish Communication Association (Mediatization Section). The conference was one of the events supported by the grant funded by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science: Mediatization of Public and Private Spheres. International Comparative Perspective (the program: Excellent Science: DNK/SP/467199/2020). The second event, taking the form of mediatization experts online panel, was devoted to the most promising mediatization research trends. The experts’ ideas on this trends can be found here: https://journals. umcs.pl/public/journals/1/Mediatization_experts_panel.pdf.

Ментальные модусы как средство манифестации фигуры автора в структуре оценочной англоязычной кинорецензии

The purpose of the research is to determine how the mental mode is realised as a means of explication of the author’s position in the discourse of evaluative subgenres of the user and expert online English-language film review. The researcher proceeds from the notion that the ways of actualising the position of the subject are determined by the functional characteristics of the discourse. The paper considers the subject factor in the discourse, analyses the role of identifying subjective modality and describing dominant types of evaluation in the study of the author’s position in evaluative subgenres. The research is novel in that it is the first to carry out a comparative analysis of the means of expressing subjective modality, using the material of texts of evaluative English-language film reviews, which allowed the researcher to identify the particularities of structuring the evaluative judgments made by the authors of the texts under consideration, as well as to compare these subgenres with scientific and personal types of discourse. As a result, it has been found that the differences in the meanings of the mental mode and the means of naming the addresser indicate the content variability of evaluation and the methods of reasoning and convincing the recipient chosen by the authors.

Adoption of online teaching during the COVID-19 Pandemic: a systematic analysis of changes in university teaching activity

ABSTRACT Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak in Spring 2020, universities around the world have quickly adopted online teaching as an emergency measure. Informed by activity theory, the present qualitative case study aims to better understand the nature of the rapid institutional transition and its impact on academics’ pedagogical experiences during this period. A multiple set of qualitative data was collected in a national university in South Korea that rapidly made the online transition, following government directives in February 2020. This article provides useful accounts of the changes that occurred in interconnected teaching activity systems at the university while adopting online teaching, highlighting the complex factors underpinning individual academics’ experiences. The sudden shift in institutional teaching activities and conditions created a range of contradictions that were experienced as dilemmas by academics, the main subject of the activity systems. The results demonstrate that two groups of university faculty, separately identified as novice online teachers and expert online teachers, faced different dilemmas and challenges. An essential lesson learned from this analysis is the need for a more holistic, realistic, and sensitive approach to emergency teaching scenarios that may enable educational institutions to better respond to such emergencies in the future.

STUDY OF CURRENT TRENDS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INSTITUTE OF MENTORING IN UKRAINE

The article examines the formation of the institute of mentoring in Ukraine, as one of the effective forms of assistance to orphans and children deprived of parental care. The purpose of the article is to analyze the current trends in the implementation of the mentoring institute in Ukraine. The research methodology consisted of a set of theoretical (analysis, synthesis, generalization, interpretation) and practical (expert online survey using Google Forms) research methods. In the process of research, mentoring as a technology of social work was analyzed, the directions of implementation of mentoring in Ukraine were determined based on the survey of specialists of social service centers. It was noted that in modern conditions there is an urgent need to find alternative forms of assistance to orphans and children deprived of parental care, one of which can be mentoring. After all, it is mentoring that makes it possible to get the support of an authoritative adult who is able to help the child better adapt to independent life. The analysis of the results of the conducted research showed that today there are certain difficulties in the implementation of the mentoring institute (small number of candidates, incorrect motivation of potential candidates, low level of awareness of the population about mentoring, etc.) and future development prospects were determined. About 50% of respondents have heard about mentoring and understand its essence, but only 13% of respondents are potentially ready to become mentors. The authors prove that mentoring is a planned activity of a mentor in relation to a ward orphan or a child deprived of parental care, which is aimed at supporting his quality transition to adult independent life, help in acquiring knowledge, life skills, new thinking and consciousness.

How control and supervisory activities will change

This year, work continues on revising the legislation, but this is being done with a focus on permitting and licensing activities. This was discussed at the Third Expert Online Seminar on Regulatory Policy in Russia.

Explaining and evaluating the quality of “light” in religious environments and its effect on spirituality

The current study aimed to investigate the quality of the interior architecture of the religious spaces regarding inducing the sense of spirituality with an emphasis on light. Thus, the authors introduced the best option by simulating the light intensity of the interior environment of the Nasir Al-Mulk Mosque, Shiraz, in software and developing a visual standard questionnaire with a statistical population including the experts. This research was a field, and survey study and computational software were used to simulate the light intensity of the interior environment of the mosque in the first part. Then, the researcher-made visual questionnaire was developed. Also, this questionnaire was sent to the experts online due to the current situations due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The statistical population was selected using the purposive sampling method from the universities of Iran, Malaysia, India, and Turkey, whose expertise was architecture, environmental psychology, and sacred arts.

Framing sustainability in public procurement by typologizing sustainability indicators – the case of Switzerland

Purpose Sustainable public procurement (SPP) lacks common means for its operationalization within legislative latitudes. Through the translation of sustainability indicators (SIs) from CSR and corporate sustainability reporting into the needs of SPP, this paper aims to support the framing process of sustainability in public procurement. This paper does so along with the case of Switzerland. Design/methodology/approach This paper performs a typological analysis of well-established SIs from CSR reporting to propose a criteria framework for SPP. Second, this paper tests the framework’s usability and feasibility with an expert online survey conducted in the Swiss SPP landscape. Findings This paper proposes 10 generic criteria to frame the operationalization of SPP. Furthermore, public procurement experts from Switzerland evaluate the SPP framework as useful and feasible. Research limitations/implications A limitation of the study can be seen in its deductive approach. Thus, it rather complements recent inductive approaches of SPP type and frame developments than replacing them. Future studies can further refine the understanding and operationalization of sustainability in public procurement. Practical implications The generic SPP criteria framework provides a common ground for the operationalization of SPP building on existing sustainability performance measurement knowledge and a frame to operationalize sustainability measurements for public tender processes. Social implications Implementing sustainability in public procurement potentially changes market behaviors globally toward social equality and minimization of climate change impacts. This research aims to support the SPP implementation process. Originality/value To the best knowledge, this is the first attempt to directly translate established SIs from sustainability reporting into public procurement to frame SPP and to use existing sustainability measurement knowledge for its operationalization and harmonization.

ТЕОРЕТИЧНІ ОСНОВИ ВЗАЄМОДІЇ ОРГАНІВ ВЛАДИ ТА ГРОМАДСЬКОСТІ В ПРОСТОРІ КОМУНІКАЦІЇ

The article examines the theoretical foundations of interaction between government bodies and the public in the communication space. It is proved that over the years of independence of our country, relations between the government and society have been transformed, from a paternalistic model to a real, mutually beneficial, Democratic in nature, bilateral interaction. Relations between government and society have been transformed in such a way that there is an opportunity (and the need at the same time) for real interaction between state authorities and management with civil society structures that are able to solve together current and most important socio-economic and social problems by combining resources. Thus, we believe that positive practices of electronic interaction between authorities and society should be institutionalized while defining criteria that will determine the effectiveness of the existing mechanisms of direct democracy and the degree of their compliance with public needs. It is determined that the achieved level of informatization allows us to fully develop the Institute of e-democracy, as the latest tool for improving the quality of managerial decision-making at the state level with the help of a multi-level expert online network consisting of all categories of citizens. Having analyzed a large factual material, the regulatory legal framework related to the informatization of state authorities and society, we can draw the main conclusion that in Ukraine the vector for institutionalization of the processes of formation of political and administrative electronic interaction between government and society and the formation of “electronic democracy” has already been indicated.

Comparison of Fat Repositioning Versus Onlay Segmental Fat Grafting in Lower Blepharoplasty.

Lower blepharoplasty is one of the most challenging procedures in aesthetic surgery. In particular, blending the lid-cheek junction and correction of the tear trough are prone to failure and unsatisfactory outcomes. The aim of this study was to combine lower eyelid blepharoplasty with a novel technique of autologous fat grafting, commonly called segmental fat grafting, and to analyze the safety and efficacy of this approach. A retrospective analysis of 339 lower blepharoplasties was performed to compare the novel technique of segmental fat grafting to traditional fat transposition during lower blepharoplasty. Outcomes were assessed objectively by several measurements as well as via online survey of 148 invited experts in plastic surgery. Statistical analysis included t test for unpaired and paired samples as well as 1-way analysis of variance for matched data. There were no differences in baseline characteristics and comorbidities between study groups. After a mean follow-up of 12.9 months (range, 5-120 months), the group that underwent segmental fat grafting had a significant reduction in tear trough width compared compared with the group receiving lower blepharoplasty with fat transposition. Based on an expert (blinded) online survey, segmental fat grafting was superior or equal in 47% and 35% of cases, respectively. Complications (4%) and revision surgeries (9%) did not differ significantly between study groups. The novel technique of transplantation of a segmental fat graft during lower blepharoplasty is a safe and effective way to overcome tear trough deformity and blend the lid-cheek junction.

The Quality of Electronic Local History Products: Experience of Development of Criteria and Expertise

Libraries provide the variety of electronic local history products to preserve local history and transmit it via remote access. Due to the development of information technologies the quality of these products needs to be evaluated. In the course of study, the authors developed the working definitions of the concepts “Electronic local history products” and “Quality of electronic local history products”. To determine the quality of an electronic local history product, the study considers the existing approaches to their assessment in libraries, museums, archives, as well as in the area of higher education. The article determines the quality criteria, which are formed into four groups: formal, ergonomic, informative and local history. In the course of an expert online survey of 44 practitioners of the central and municipal libraries of the Kemerovo region, the authors coordinated the basic criteria for evaluating the quality of electronic local history products. Based on the developed criteria, there was carried out expert examination of electronic local history products of the V.D. Fedorov State Scientific Library of Kuzbass. The article analyses the digests “Environmental problems of the Kemerovo region” and “Calendar of significant and memorable dates in the Kemerovo region” that prevail on the library’s website. The conformance of quality criteria for calendars of significant and memorable dates and digests published by the library is presented in a matrix format. The study showed that the requirements for the quality of electronic information products in professional press are ambiguous. Specific approaches are required to reflect the local history component. To improve the system of electronic local history products, there is required the constant internal control and expertise of the products presented on the websites. The working list of criteria for their quality is open for completion. In the future, it needs to be approbated on the example of local history products from other libraries.