High Internet Access Research Articles

Transformasi Digital dan Pertumbuhan UMKM: Analisis Dampak Teknologi pada Kinerja Usaha Kecil dan Menengah di Indonesia

This study examines the impact of digital transformation on the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Indonesia, focusing on the impact of technology on SME performance. A quantitative approach with a survey method was employed, involving 100 SMEs across various sectors in Indonesia. Data was collected through questionnaires measuring variables such as the use of e-commerce, social media, and management information systems as indicators of digital transformation, and increased revenue, efficiency, and market reach as indicators of SME performance. Multiple linear regression analysis revealed that digital transformation has a positive and significant impact on SME performance. The findings demonstrate that every one-unit increase in the digital transformation variable results in a 1.5-unit increase in SME performance. Furthermore, the study identified factors influencing the adoption of technology by SMEs, such as internet access, digital literacy levels, and government support. The analysis indicates that high internet access and digital literacy, along with strong government support, are crucial factors in increasing technology adoption and maximizing the benefits of digital transformation for SMEs. The study recommends strategies to encourage digital technology adoption by SMEs in Indonesia, including improving digital infrastructure, providing training and mentoring programs, and offering incentive schemes for digitally transforming SMEs.

Teachers' Perceptions of the Kahoot Use in Learning of Pancasila and Citizenship Education (PPKN) in Public Elementary School

This study contains issues related to 1) teachers' perceptions of the use of the Kahoot application in Civics learning at SDN Depok 1, 2) what are the advantages and disadvantages of teachers in using the Kahoot application in Civics learning, 3) how the application of Kahoot media in Civics subjects. In this study, researchers conducted surveys or interviews with teachers at SDN Depok 1 to see perceptions of using Kahoot in Civics learning. This study aims to analyze teacher perceptions of using Kahoot in Civics learning. This study uses a qualitative research approach and case study method. Data collection techniques with observation, interviews, and documentation. This research was conducted at the SDN Yogyakarta area, namely Depok 1 State Elementary School, with 28 students, 12 boys and 16 girls, and 1 class teacher. The results showed 1) the teacher's perception, in this case, is evident from the indicators of a teacher in getting a response, description, and understanding obtained when using Kahoot media in learning, 2) the advantages of Kahoot media are that it makes it easier for teachers to evaluate learning, makes it easier to see the score, while the disadvantages of using the Kahoot application according to teacher perceptions are that it requires high internet access, 3) Application of Kahoot media in Civics subjects.

Students' Perceptions of Engaging Learning: Preparation for Engaging Learning Strategies

The existence of saturation and limited learning resources are two phenomena seen in learning so far. Interesting learning is that students participate actively, concentrate and enjoy learning. This study aims to determine students' perceptions of interesting learning. The results of this study will be used as the basis for further research. This study applies a survey research method, with a quantitative descriptive approach. This research involved 193 students of the Information Technology Education Department. The data obtained were analyzed quantitatively using percentages This analysis uses indicators derived from front-end analysis from Lee Owen, namely: ) Audience analysis shows that students prefer learning with a visual style, 2) Technology analysis shows that learning using LMS gets the highest proportion and prefers using videos. 3) Critical incident analysis, that combines online and offline learning which is very enjoyable, understanding using structured learning. 4) Media analysis show that all have their own cell phone (100%), have high internet access (95%) and have easy access to the internet around 88%. Thus it means that students want learning to be carried out by combining online and offline learning, learning using visual styles, structured learning.

Penggunaan Mobile Banking di Denpasar Bali: Perspektif Digital Divide

The development of digital technology in the era of Industry 4.0 has facilitated societal activities. The internet penetration rate in Indonesia has reached 72.02 percent, indicating high internet access. The innovation of mobile banking by Bank Indonesia has helped simplify transactions, although the value of mobile banking transactions is still lower compared to conventional banks. In Bali, a region with rapid economic growth and high internet access, coupled with the increasing use of e-money, however, the level of digital literacy in Bali is still low, with a score of 47.48, which needs to be improved. The use of mobile banking needs to be balanced with efforts to bridge the digital divide. The research utilizes a quantitative method with data analysis techniques using PLS-SEM through WarpPLS 7.0 software. Nonprobability purposive sampling is used as the sampling technique. Data collection involves primary and secondary data through the distribution of questionnaires. The sample size in this research is 302 respondents from the population of mobile banking users in Denpasar. The findings indicate that motivation, physical and material access, mobile banking skills, and usage significantly and positively influence the use of mobile banking in Denpasar.

Is there a relationship between internet access and COVID-19 mortality? Evidence from Nigeria based on a spatial analysis.

With over 6.5 million deaths due to COVID-19, it has become an issue of global health concern. Early findings have identified several social determinants of deaths from COVID-19. However, very few studies have been done on the relationship between internet access and COVID-19 mortality in the context of developing countries. Using geospatial methods, this study examines the relationship between internet access and COVID-19 mortality disparity in Nigeria. In contrast to the widely reported relationship in the literature that internet access lowers the risk of COVID-19 mortality, the current study finds that geographical locations with the highest internet access are the hotspots of COVID-19 mortality in Nigeria, especially some parts of southwest Nigeria. In addition, findings show that population density and unemployment are risk factors of COVID-19 mortality. The study recommends educating the population on the use of online health information and the need to adhere strictly to non-pharmaceutical and vaccination interventions to reduce the number of deaths caused by the virus.

Community philanthropy in South Africa: a case study of grant distribution in the Western Cape

How funding is distributed is an important question in philanthropy. But limited work has asked this question about philanthropy originating on the continent of Africa. This article explores the effective distribution of grants by a community-based South African non-profit organisation through the lens of transaction cost economics. Instead of needs-based indicators, this study finds that internet access is the main indicator of funding, with areas with lower internet access receiving fewer funds than those with higher internet access. This indicates that funding by community-based non-profits may not always be reaching the areas with the highest amount of need, but areas with lower search costs. Overall, community-based organisations may deal with issues similar to international organisations in reaching local non-profit organisations and disenfranchised communities. Targeted outreach, specifically to areas with lower access to the internet, can help to ameliorate these differences.

Social Infrastructure and the Alleviation of Loneliness in Europe

In Europe, individualist societies, in which people more highly value independence, have fewer people who are lonely. Yet these societies also have more people who live alone, a strong determinant of loneliness. Evidence suggests that some unrecognized societal-level resources or characteristics can explain this.We uncover multiple pathways toward a lower degree of loneliness among European societies using an ideal method for this purpose, fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis. Using data from the 2014 wave of the European Social Survey and other sources, we analyzed loneliness outcomes among 26 European societies. Our findings suggest two necessary conditions for a low degree of loneliness: high internet access and high association participation. Further, three pathways are sufficient for achieving less loneliness at the societal level. Most societies that have less loneliness follow both the welfare support and cultural support pathways. The third path, commercial provision, is mutually exclusive with welfare support because the former requires a weak welfare state.The surest policy for building societies that have lower rates of loneliness includes the expansion of internet accessibility, the fostering of civil society through association participation and volunteering, and a welfare state that protects potentially vulnerable populations while funding opportunities for social interaction. This article further contributes methodologically by demonstrating “configurational robustness testing,” a more comprehensive means to implement current best practices for fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis robustness testing.

The Role of Internet on Agricultural Sector Performance in Global World

The Internet is considered to be an important factor in accelerating economic growth. There is a statistic regarding the inline of higher economic growth with higher Internet access. However, the impact of the Internet on agriculture as a real sector regarding its contribution on economic growth has not been explored in detail. The purpose of this study is to analyze the global effect of the Internet on agricultural sector performance. Static panel regression was used in this study by involving 126 countries using data from World Bank Open Data (2012–2019). Extended analysis was employed by applying the regression into two classifications, namely, countries by continent and the country composition of World Economic Outlook (WEO) groups. The result of this study shows that there exists a positive and significant global effect from Internet users, fixed broadband subscriptions, and secure Internet servers on agricultural sector performance. Additionally, the positive effect of Internet variables on agriculture was only found in Africa, Asia, and Oceania. In the country composition of WEO groups, there existed a positive and significant effect of Internet users and fixed broadband subscriptions on agricultural sector performance in economies classified as emerging and developing. This implies that the role of the Internet on agriculture is relatively higher in developing countries. Therefore, policymakers in Africa, Asia, Oceania, and emerging and developing economies (WEO Groups) must consider the role of Internet to improve agricultural sectors.

SOSIALISASI MENGGUNAKAN INTERNET SECARA PANDAI BAGI REMAJA GRAHA CIANTRA INDAH

Real Work Lecture (KKN) is one form of intracurricular which is the implementation of the Tri Dharma of Higher Education with the method of introducing and providing work experience and student learning in community empowerment. At Graha Ciantra Indah, especially on Rt 02 where I live, many people who attend junior high school use cellphones and use internet access, from this there are concerns from parents and the head of RT 02 about the habits of teenagers using cellphones and the internet. Therefore, I need to promote intelligent use of the internet, by presenting healthy internet material which contains about how to use internet access properly, ethical material on social media is related material when internet users interact with good social media, and internet crime material is a material about the types of internet crimes and ways to prevent internet users from committing internet crimes. This activity uses the Community Education method which is an extension activity that aims to increase understanding. With this activity, the results obtained during the activity, participants can understand the material and are able to answer questions from related speakers using the internet intelligently.

Spherical Video-Based Virtual Reality (SVVR) Study: 360o-Video Implementation in English Learning Materials at Polytechnic Education

On the horizon of English language learning, students incline to apply modern and contemporary media towards English language learning in Polytechnic education. The current learning tools dominantly apply the traditional technique, for example, PowerPoint, slides, and ordinary video which potentially mitigates learners’ spark in learning the lesson. Students in the Polytechnic State of Bali were analysed to provide the perception of Spherical Video-Based Virtual Reality (SVVR) through English language learning in the classroom. The theory of unified theory of acceptance and use of technology (UTAUT) was employed to measure the learners’ argument on these learning tools. The simple quantitative instruments were applied to analyse the data. The SVVR contribute to the students’ eagerness in learning the English language. Although the easiness of this tool enhances learners’ desire in the English language instructional, the necessity of high internet band-witch and access to run the SVVR in high resolution is encouraged.

A Commitment to Public Office Ethics Reduces the Administrative Corruption Manifestation in Sudan

This paper dealt with the issue of a commitment to the public office ethics reduces the administrative corruption manifestations in Sudan. The purpose of this paper is to find out what are the administrative corruption manifestations and how the commitment to the public office ethics contributes in the decreasing of administrative corruption forms. This paper depends on the literature review and uses descriptive approach in order to describe the forms of corruption which are related to the administration. Qualitative method has been followed in this work because, according to the view of the researcher, it is acceptable for this kind of study. The findings show that, embezzlement, extortion, exploitation of public position, forgery, deception, mediation, nepotism, favouritism and gifts to the public office are all shapes of administrative corruption that are pervasive in Sudan, Also, it indicates that, high levels of corporate transparency (auditing and reporting) and high Internet access can be beneficial in Sudan, that by combating corruption in the public sector and adopting effective policies to encourage the development of the private sector. Likewise, increase of salaries and wages for public sector workers can contribute in corruption reduction. The study recommends strongly to implement the principles of ethics of public offices, and law should be set in order to organize the bad morals of individuals in government agencies in Sudan.

An Empirical Analysis of Online Shopping Behavior in India: A Demographic Perspective

The e-commerce market of the world is growing at a very fast rate. High internet access rate, increased smart-phone users’ rate, growing mobile internet users’ rate, reduced smart-phone cost and added internet speed has enabled online shopping too much user-friendly and easier in recent years. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of demographic variables of the customers in affecting online shopping behavior. With the help of an extensive literature review, hypotheses were formulated for seven demographic variables i.e. age, gender, marital status, location, level of education, income per month and occupation. With the help of a survey method 542 responses were collected from three different locations New Delhi, Gorakhpur and Mumbai. A chi-square test was performed for checking the association between demographic variables and attitude of online shoppers towards online shopping. A significant positive association was observed between level of education and level of income with the online shopping behavior of the consumers. Based on the empirical findings, this paper includes managerial suggestions for stimulating online shopping behavior among consumers. Keywords: online shopping, online shopping behavior, demographics, E-shopping behavior

Prototipe Manajemen Bandwidth pada Jaringan Internet Hotel Harvani dengan Mikrotik RB 750r2

Harvani Hotel has 5 (five) floors, where each floor has 1 (one) Access Point (AP). All Access Points, servers and several Personal Computers (PCs) are connected to the RB 750r2 microtic router which is connected directly to the Internet Service Provider (ISP) so that all users are connected to the internet network. The problem that occurs is the uneven distribution of bandwidth so that the first user connected to the internet will get more bandwidth with the highest internet access speed. This causes interference to other users who feel the speed of internet access is very slow, which results in user inconvenience in using internet access. Therefore, bandwidth management is done in this research uses the action research method, where the prototype is focused on 5 Access Points by using ISP that provide bandwidth services of 2.5 Mbps and shared equally among 5 Access Points. From the testing results using the speedtest known that every AP only get the throughput between 100 - 400 kbps. This is providing that the bandwidth used of every AP does not expand 512 kbps and the bandwidth distribution of every AP has been ordered to remove the existence of user interest.

Internet-Based Materials in Enhancing College Students’ Writing Skill Viewed from Their Creativity

This article mainly describes the effectiveness of internet-based materials and interaction effect between teaching materials and creativity in tecahing writing for college students. An experimental method was applied in this research. The population was the second semester of English Literature students consisting of 80 students: 40 students as the experimental group and 40 students as the control group. The research instruments used was writing test about an argumentative essay. A pre-test was given in the first meeting to know the validity and the reliability of the instrument. After giving treatments for three meeting, the writer conducted post-test to know the result. The finding of this research leads to the conclusion that the application of internet-based materials is more effective for teaching writing for the second semester of English Literature students. Besides, there is an interaction between tecahing materials and level of creativity. It is recommended that teachers might apply internet-based materials to teach writing for college students and teachers might give information about it to the students in order to enrich insight and get better learning to improve their writing skill. Therefore, it is important to provide high internet access or wi-fi in the class to increase the optimum writing achievement. By providing it, the students may find sample argumentative essays as many as possible to be read and to know the current issues being discussed.

High mobile phone ownership but low internet access and use among young adults attending an urban HIV clinic in Uganda

ABSTRACTWhilst there is increasing interest in the use of mobile phones and other technologies for improving health outcomes (mHealth), limited data exists on how young people living with HIV use these technologies to gather information and support their health. We sought to assess access and use of mobile phones and the internet among young adults living with HIV attending the Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI) clinic, Kampala. Data collection took place between March 2014 and January 2016 among young adults aged 18–24 years attending the IDI transition clinic in a cross-sectional survey using a semi-structured questionnaire. Of the 272 young adults interviewed, 75% were female and median age was 22.3 years (IQR: 20.6–23.5). Whilst there was a trend to females being more likely to use mobile phones compared to the males, this was not statistically significant (93.7% female versus 85.9%, p = 0.057). Fifty percent of mobile phone users used their phones for HIV-related activities such as medication reminders. General access and use of the internet was low at 34% and users were more likely to be males than females (45.5% versus 30.6%, p = 0.027). A third (32.3%) of the internet users used it to search for HIV-related information. Owning a mobile phone was associated with ease of access to HIV information and preference to receive messages via text messages (p < 0.05). Having internet access was associated with very easy access to HIV information and preference to receive information via email. Despite the rise in smartphones and internet access in Uganda, in this group both access to and use of standard mobile phones are higher than internet-based methods such as email. Using newer technologies to engage with patients especially young people is a great opportunity, but the innovations need to be tailored to the needs and technology access for different patient populations.

A qualitative study of Thai HIV-positive young men who have sex with men and transgender women demonstrates the need for eHealth interventions to optimize the HIV care continuum

ABSTRACTIn Thailand, young men who have sex with men (YMSM) and transgender women (TG) are disproportionately affected by HIV and have suboptimal care continuum outcomes. Although Thai YMSM and young TG are early adopters of emerging technologies and have high Internet and technology access and utilization, the potential of technology has not been harnessed to optimize the HIV treatment cascade. We interviewed 18 behaviorally HIV-infected YMSM and young TG regarding care challenges, identified how eHealth could address care needs, and elicited preferences for eHealth interventions. Participants reported struggling with individual and societal-level stigma which negatively impacted linkage to and retention in care, and antiretroviral therapy adherence. YMSM and young TG described inadequate in-person support services and heavily relied on random online resources to fill information and support gaps, but sometimes viewed them as untrustworthy or inconsistent. Participants universally endorsed the development of eHealth resources and proposed how they could ameliorate individual-level fears over stigma and improve public perceptions about HIV. Personalized and integrated eHealth interventions with interactive, user-driven structures, credible content, rewards for engagement, real-time counseling and reminder support could help overcome barriers YMSM and young TG face in traditional HIV healthcare systems and have the potential to improve care outcomes.

Différences d’accès à Internet et de recherche d’informations en santé via Internet selon le trouble psychiatrique

BackgroundInternet has become a major tool for patients to search for health-related information and to communicate on health. We currently lack data on how patients with psychiatric disorders access and use Internet to search for information on their mental health. This study aimed to assess, in patients followed for a psychiatric disorder (schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, mood and anxiety disorder, substance-related and addictive disorders and eating disorders), prevalence of Internet access and use, and patient expectations and needs regarding the use of Internet to search for mental-health information depending on the psychiatric disorder. MethodsWe conducted this cross-sectional study between May 2013 and July 2013 in 648 patients receiving psychiatric care in 8 hospitals from the Region Centre, France. We used multivariate logistic regression adjusted for age, gender, socio-educational level and professional status to compare use, expectations and needs regarding Internet-based information about the patient's psychiatric disorder (65-items self-administered questionnaires) as a function of the psychiatric disorders. We identified patients clusters with multiple correspondence analysis and ascending hierarchical classification. ResultsAlthough 65.6% of our population accessed Internet at home, prevalence for Internet access varied depending on the type of psychiatric disorder and was much more related to limited access to a computer and low income than to a lack of interest in the Internet. Most of the patients who used Internet were interested in having access to reliable Internet-based information on their health (76.8%), and most used Internet to search for Internet based health-information about their psychiatric disorder (58.8%). We found important differences in terms of expectations and needs depending on the patient's psychiatric disorder (e.g., higher interest in Internet-based information among patients with bipolar disorder, substance-related and addictive disorders and eating disorders). We identified three clusters: younger patients with depressive or anxiety disorders and higher Internet access and Internet use; older patients with low socio-economical status and low Internet access and Internet use; patients receiving long-term care for schizophrenia, with low Internet access and Internet use. ConclusionPatients with psychiatric disorders reported average use, needs and expectations for Internet-based health information comparable to the overall population. However, Internet use, needs and expectations for Internet-based mental health information differed between patients depending on their psychiatric disorder. Internet-based information and communication for mental health should be designed specifically for each psychiatric disorder.

Smartphone microendoscopy for high resolution fluorescence imaging

High resolution optical endoscopes are increasingly used in diagnosis of various medical conditions of internal organs, such as the cervix and gastrointestinal (GI) tracts, but they are too expensive for use in resource-poor settings. On the other hand, smartphones with high resolution cameras and Internet access have become more affordable, enabling them to diffuse into most rural areas and developing countries in the past decade. In this paper, we describe a smartphone microendoscope that can take fluorescence images with a spatial resolution of 3.1 [Formula: see text]m. Images collected from ex vivo, in vitro and in vivo samples using the device are also presented. The compact and cost-effective smartphone microendoscope may be envisaged as a powerful tool for detecting pre-cancerous lesions of internal organs in low and middle-income countries (LMICs).

Scientific progress, risk, and development: Explaining attitudes toward science cross-nationally

Declining public confidence in science is a concern in the US and Europe, but it is unclear what predicts confidence in science in developed countries, let alone in developing countries. This article examines how development and ‘risk society’ shape individual attitudes toward science across 47 diverse countries, using four theoretically driven measures of risk society. It is found that people in affluent societies have lower support for science than those in less affluent societies. Specifically, individuals holding post-materialist attitudes and living in countries with greater human and economic development (measured by higher internet access and tertiary enrollment, and lower infant mortality) have lower confidence in future-oriented science. The article concludes that the scientific gains that are brought by affluence are accompanied by heightened fears of human-made risks.

Trace-Orthogonal PPM-Space Time Block Coding Under Rate Constraints for Visible Light Communication

Visible light communications (VLC) represents a new frontier of communications allowing high data-rate Internet access, specially in indoor environments, where the use of light emitting diodes (LEDs) is growing as a viable alternative to traditional illumination. As a result, LED output intensity can be varied faster than human eye can perceive, thus guaranteeing simultaneous wireless communications and illumination. One of the key challenges is the limited modulation bandwidth of sources that is typically around several MHz. The use of multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) techniques in optical wireless system helps to increase the capacity of the system and thus improve the system performance. In this paper, we investigate the use of an optical MIMO technique jointly with pulse position modulation (PPM) in order to improve the data rates without reducing the reliability of the link. PPM is known to be signal-to-noise ratio efficient modulation format, while it is bandwidth inefficient so the use of MIMO can compensate that drawback with reasonable complexity. Furthermore, an offline tool for VLC system planning, including error probability and transmission rate, has been proposed in order to solve the tradeoff between transmission rate and error rate. Finally, several numerical results and performance comparisons are reported.