Internet Presence Research Articles

Internet addiction and associated health risks among medical undergraduates in North India

Over the past few years, the exponential technological growth and excessive internet use have led to its entry into practically every aspect of daily life. The same can be said about the pervasive presence and usage of internet across all generations This use of digital technology has completely transformed the lifestyle of the present generation making lives easier and enriched in a variety of ways, but this technological progress comes at a heavy price associated with the risks of its overuse. The result of maladaptive use of internet is now becoming evident in all users, with the youth being most vulnerable as overuse can easily change into abuse to the extent that it interferes with the ability to engage in routine activities. It is now believed that certain attributes of internet use can foster compulsive addictive behaviour in context to what has been recognised as Internet addiction (IA) or ‘compulsive Internet use’. The term Internet Addiction was first introduced by Young, who defined it as an impulse control disorder in the absence of an intoxicant. It refers to an individual’s helplessness to control the use of the internet, resulting in significant anguish and functional damage in daily life. Thus, IA portrays a state of a psychological dependence on the internet, notwithstanding the activities that may be pursued after logging in.

Physician, Protect Thyself: Why Psychiatrists Should Be Aware of Their Internet Presence and How to Protect Themselves.

Modern psychiatric practice requires the use of the Internet, and the current pandemic has accelerated the adoption of technology in clinics. Psychiatrists receive significant education on protecting patient privacy and medical information when using these tools. However, they receive little training regarding protecting their own personal privacy in the Internet era. Private information, often without one's knowledge, is frequently available online and accessible by patients. The work of physicians and psychiatrists creates additional unique vulnerabilities to privacy. Given the essential nature of the Internet in modern clinical practice, physicians should understand how to monitor and protect personal privacy and safety online. We provide advice to minimize vulnerability to a privacy breach, with a focus on areas unique to psychiatrists and psychiatric practice. We review the literature on physician safety online and offer guidance to get started.

Green city based industry 4.0 through Smart Urban Farming through IoT (SUFI) in Surabaya, Indonesia

Major cities of the world have realized the importance of developing green-minded cities as part of dealing with global climate change. The concept of urban farming as one of the offer solutions that comes with a method of agricultural activities in the city by utilizing limited areas, such as the Surabaya area. as a busy city and a dense road traffic activity is one of the challenges of the Surabaya region in developing green space based on Regional Regulation number 7 of 2002 concerning the management of green open spaces. On the other hand, the development of information and communication technology has stepped in the industrial era 4.0, one of which is the presence of Internet of Things (IoT) technology based on Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (MQTT) protocol. The method used in this paper is descriptive qualitative and experimental-based product development. The focus area of the analysis is the implementation of Regional Regulation 7/2002 and its implementation in the field, while the proposed product development is monitoring environmental parameters such as plant temperature, ambient humidity, soil moisture level and light intensity processed for automation control of urban agricultural irrigation. The results show that the Surabaya city government has consistently implemented the local regulation through various activities and is supported by all components of Surabaya residents, while the IoT-based product development shows that this technology can be applied and accepted by the Surabaya urban farming community.

Relationalism and changes in international relations: An example of the influence of algorithmic power on the structure of everyday life and the emergence of national populism

The paper points out that there is a way to comprehend the phenomenon of national populism from the perspective of the international relations discipline. Additionally, to provide an interpretation of why national populism occurred in the United States and the European Union after 2014. The emergence of national populism in the United States and the European Union countries has endangered the survival of the liberal-democratic paradox. There are numerous scientific explanations attempting to explain how this phenomenon came about. In this paper, I will reduce these explanations to cultural, economic, and political arguments and arguments about human nature and the long-term logic of modernity. The author argues that these explanations have a research gap since there is no answer to why national populism occurred in 2014 simultaneously in the EU and the United States. As a set of tools in the international relations discipline, the author finds that relationalism provides us with lenses that can open up a space to claim that the simultaneous change, embodied in the emergence of national populism, occurred due to a change in the structure of the everyday. Therefore, the paper consists of an interdisciplinary literature review of relationalism in international relations, everyday nationalism, the influence of algorithmic power and algorithmic politics on the structure of human internet presence, and the existing works that indicate the source of national populism?s emergence. By proving the claims, the author points out the importance of studying processes in order to understand the events and changes in international relations that have occurred since 2014.

Inhibitors to the Electronic Teaching and Learning of Library Science in the Nigerian Universities of the Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Era and the Way Forward

This is a review of the extant literature on inhibitors to the electronic teaching and learning of Library and Information Science (LIS) in Nigerian universities. The university-wide inhibitors as identified by the study are non-provision or inadequacy of: funding, administrative and infrastructural supports, functional ICT laboratories/tools, ICT-compliant teaching staff and standby and responsive technical support for both teachers and students. Library schools’ inhibitors include poor maintenance culture, lack of Internet presence, dedicated bandwidth and active websites while the teaching and learning inhibitors highlighted by the study are (older) teachers’ poor attitude, concerns on how to retain the copyright of their lecture contents, plagiarism and the quality of students’ work; fear of additional workload which may result in stress and burnt-out; lack of freedom or teaching autonomy (as teaching may now take the collaborations of colleagues, computer experts and instructional/graphic designers); teachers’/students’ poor expertise and technology background and nature of course, among others. The author made suggestions on the way forward for an increased and a sustainable integration of ICTs in teaching and learning, especially in this Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Era where physical contact and interactions may need to be reduced to the barest minimum to contain contagious communication and consequent health hazards. This review has implications for library educators, students and educational managers in the universities of other developing countries.

Distribution system reconfiguration in presence of Internet of things

Network reconfiguration (NR) has undergone new changes to adapt to smart grid evolution. Internet of things (IoT) has found its way to smart grids especially in the distribution systems. Demand-side management can be more efficient in the presence of IoT. IoT-based energy management systems can have bidirectional communication with smart grids and decide according to their preferences, time-of-use (TOU) pricing, and their flexible devices. Therefore, customers would consume electricity more interactively. Consequently, the total load profile will be changed and a new NR approach must be adopted to meet load demands. So, the selection of critical switches must be modified to achieve the most effective network resource utilisation. For this purpose, a mixed-integer linear programming model for feeder reconfiguration is presented considering the customers’ behaviours in the IoT environment. At first, the customer manner is investigated at different prices and preferences. Then the total load profile is calculated considering the normal distribution of uncertain customer preference factors. Finally, the identification of critical switches is obtained using the proposed method. The optimisation is done in YALMIP and MOSEK toolboxes. Results show the effectiveness of the proposed method to efficient utilisation of IoT potentials and renewable energy benefits.

Analysis of Digital Literacy Self-Efficacy Levels of Pre-service Teachers

This research attempts to analyze the pre-service teachers’ digital literacy self-efficacy in terms of various variables. The research used descriptive survey model, one of the survey models. The participants of the research consisted of 251 pre-service teachers learning at the departments of classroom teaching and social sciences teaching at a state university in Turkey. The participants were selected by convenience sampling method. The research employed Personal Information Form and Digital Literacy Self-Efficacy Scale as data collection tools. Descriptive statistical, t-test, one-way analysis of variance were used during data analysis. The research results revealed that the pre-service teachers’ digital literacy self-efficacy levels significantly differed across their gender, department, the presence of computer and internet at home; whereas, no significant difference was identified across the pre-service teachers’ digital literacy self-efficacy levels in terms of their class level, university entrance score type and the purposes of using technology.

Assessing Situational Awareness of Universities Concerning Student Dropout: A Web-Based Content Analysis of Romanian Universities’ Agenda

Universities have a strong internet presence where they publish large amounts of documents available for analysis. The relevance of these documents has been rarely put to scrutiny in a policy anlysis context. In our paper we use data from Romanian universities to achieve two objectives: 1) to assess the actual presence of the issue of student dropout at the level of universities' agenda in Romania as it is apparent in their web pages; 2) to evaluate the degree to which the agenda of Romanian universities reflects the actual issue of student retention as reflected in factual data. The results show a significant correlation between the presence of the topic in documents and the actual dropout rate, but there are some limitations, though: the correlation is not linear, universities seem to be inertial in their public aknowledgement of the problem, web-scrapping and web based content-analytic procedures still have numerous reliability issues.

Transaksi Fiktif Melalui Marketplace Daring Memanfaatkan Promo Cashback

The present development of technology, mainly with the presence of internet has presented new ways and opportunities in business, namely by electronic commerce (e-commerce). Despite having positive impact, e-commerce also has the potential to cause a negative impact, that is by cyber crime. This research is intended to analyse the possibility of a new cyber crime mode which utilizes cashback promotion in e-marketplace (mainly known as marketplace). The mode used by the perpetrators is to make fictitious transaction in order for the system of marketplace to provide many cashback promos for each transaction made. The perpetrators are allowed to do this mode because they take advantage of the flaw in the system of the marketplace due to the availability of the cashback promo for all of the consumer. The emergence of the possibility of a new cyber crime mode shows the importance of this case to be assessed based on The Law of Republic Indonesia Number 19 of 2016 Concerning Amandment to The Law of Republic Indonesia Number 11 Number 11 of 2008 concerning Electronic Information and Transactions when a transaction is considered as manipulative.

Implementation of Website Marketing Strategies in Sports Tourism: Analysis of the Online Presence and E-Commerce of Golf Courses

As a sports activity with immense tradition, current offerings and future prospects, golfing represents a first-rate tourist resource. In choosing golfing destinations, tourists rely upon information that is available online, just as consumers do in making decisions about any resource. Thus, in our study, we sought to profile the internet presence of golf courses in Catalonia, as well as the maturity of their e-commerce. To that end, we developed an integrated model for analysing the websites of golf courses: one based on web content analysis and structured with four dimensions (i.e., information, communication, e-commerce and additional functions) and the phases of the extended model of internet commerce adoption (eMICA). Applied to all golf courses in Catalonia that operate websites, the model revealed that, despite the sport’s great importance to the local economy and tourism, the golf courses do not have an adequate online presence or sufficient platforms for communication. The present work includes information on its theoretical contribution, implications for management, limitations and future lines of research.

Detection of Mentally Distressed Social Media Profiles Using Machine Learning Techniques

In recent days, due to multiple reasons like the nuclear family, peer pressure for fake prestige, impatience attitude, and mental stress has become a common trait in every person. With advancements in technology like the internet and online presence, it has become a routine to be active online. Some sections of people vent out their emotions online as they have no support system in real life. It has been detected, as seen in some instances; those suicidal tendencies ranging from mild to extreme could be from a person’s online profile activity. However, it is a complex combination of multiple factors that must be comprehensively calculated lest it predicts a wrong result for an innocent person marking him as suicidal. In our current work, we use a specific method that includes all critical criteria that could be exhibited by a suicidal person by using Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques. These textual features are passed through a robust Machine Learning framework for detecting an abrupt change in input data. Our method predicts efficiently a genuine, mentally disturbed profile from a typical profile.

A South African Legal Perspective on the Regulation of Net Neutrality and Its Implications for Cyber-Security and Cyber-Warfare

With the approval of Articles 11 and 13 in Europe, net neutrality has become a contentious issue globally. These articles refer to European Union (EU) copyright law, which could possibly destroy the freedom of the internet that once existed. Throughout Europe it has become known as the “meme ban,” referring to the censorship elements. While there is much opposition to these articles, its supporters consider it necessary for the preservation for creative works online. Opposition to the legislation, which includes certain websites and internet presences, remains of the opinion that these two pieces of legislation will mean an end to “meme culture and user-generated content.” Along with the limitation to the freedom of the internet, cyber-security and cyber-warfare risks and vulnerabilities are imminent. This paper seeks to provide an in-depth discussion on the implications of neutrality on cyber-security and cyber-warfare.

Experiências juvenis contemporâneas: reflexões teóricas e metodológicas sobre socialização e individualização

Este artigo desenvolve reflexões teóricas e metodológicas para os estudos sobre juventudes na contemporaneidade diante da experiência de sujeitos imersos no universo online e digital. A partir de uma análise bibliográfica e sociológica sobre as noções de socialização e individualização, inclusive na internet, o texto reflete sobre os desafios para as pesquisas que buscam compreender a construção social dos/as jovens na atualidade, diante o atual processo estrutural de singularização e a intensa presença da internet como espaço de experiências juvenis. Conclui-se que a web é matriz de socialização que transversaliza o cotidiano de jovens em outras esferas de socialização familiar, escolar, entre pares. A partir de referências das sociologias do indivíduo e da sociologia da juventude, o ensaio estimula o desenvolvimento de um olhar para as experiências juvenis atrelando as categorias analíticas socialização e individualização a partir de plurais e interseccionados modos de ser e estar no mundo, no contexto da cibercultura.

Industrial Heritage 2.0: Internet Presence and Development of the Electronic Commerce of Industrial Tourism

The role that information and communication technologies (ICTs) play in business management is currently a topic of increasing interest. Web 2.0 has emerged as an important source of innovation that contributes to organizational performance and improving the competitiveness of the tourism industry. However, evidence has been found that the tourism industry encounters difficulties when it comes to adopting these technologies and effectively applying them to e-commerce. The aim of this study is to analyze whether the websites belonging to industrial tourism facilitate effective communication with their target audiences. To this end, we propose and implement a model for analyzing websites based on the content analysis technique, considering the dimensions of information, communication, e-commerce, and additional Functions. This model is applied to 128 tourism resources in Catalonia with the aim of identifying opportunities arising from the use of Web 2.0 tools and addressing identified weaknesses and thus enabling more competitive management in the industry.

YouTube e influencers en la infancia. Análisis de contenidos y propuestas educativas

La presencia de las tecnologías móviles e Internet entre los niños y jóvenes está generando nuevos marcos de comprensión, interacción y consumo de medios y contenidos. YouTube se ha convertido en una de las plataformas más utilizadas por estos, lo cual exige investigar las repercusiones ejercidas por los influencers de tal plataforma en los niños. En el presente trabajo se realiza una contextualización teórica sobre el nuevo entorno digital en el que Internet y las redes sociales forman parte indiscutible de la cotidianeidad, para avanzar hacia un marco metodológico y de investigación de los principales YouTubers seguidos por niños/as de Educación Primaria en España. Se ha utilizado una metodología cuantitativa, para conocer los principales YouTubers, y cualitativa, para analizar los perfiles de dichos influencers. Los resultados indican la predilección por determinados YouTubers españoles y el empleo, por parte de la mayoría, de videojuegos o bromas asociados a sus canales. Finalmente, se ofrece una reflexión sobre el contenido consumido por niños en Internet a través de estos canales, aportando propuestas pedagógicas para favorecer una educación mediática adecuada para el desarrollo sociomoral en la infancia.

La presencia de México Conectado en la educación básica

Este trabajo arroja los resultados de una indagación sobre la presencia del programa México Conectado en 20 escuelas públicas de educación básica en la Zona Metropolitana de Guadalajara, Jalisco, México. El programa fue desarrollado por el gobierno federal entre los años 2012 y 2018. Los resultados tienden a contradecir el optimismo del discurso oficial y arrojan cuestionamientos sobre la presencia y funcionalidad de la conectividad digital aun en entornos educativos urbanos de mediana marginalidad. La conclusión es que las estadísticas oficiales esconden realidades que deben explorarse en ejercicios académicos de mayor profundidad.

Canadian and American Emergency Radiology Fellowship Websites: An Evaluation of Content

PurposeThe internet is commonly employed by Radiology trainees to investigate and learn about potential fellowship programs. As a new and emerging subspecialty, Emergency Radiology requires strong internet presence and training program website content. This is vital to ensure good exposure of the fellowship programs to inform medical students, radiology trainees, and program directors, highlight unique aspects of a fellowship and raise awareness of the discipline at large. MethodsTo assess the standard and depth of information available online, Canadian and American Radiology fellowship websites were evaluated for content. Thirty-six criteria related to application process and recruitment, departmental structure, incentives, education, and research and clinical training were evaluated for presence or absence. ResultsSixteen Emergency Radiology fellowship program websites were assessed from the United States and Canada for 36 criteria across 5 individual areas; application process and recruitment, departmental structure, incentives, education and research, and clinical training. Overall there was an absence of information found across all 5 areas. In particular areas for improvement were identified in education and research, and incentives both with median values of 12.5% of criteria present. ConclusionMost Emergency Radiology fellowship program websites demonstrate several information deficiencies. This relative lack of comprehensive information represents an actionable opportunity for individual programs and the field to better educate trainees, program directors and the public about the unique training of Emergency Radiologists.

Survival After Cancer Treatment at Top-Ranked US Cancer Hospitals vs Affiliates of Top-Ranked Cancer Hospitals

Hospital networks formed around top-ranked cancer hospitals represent an opportunity to optimize complex cancer care in the community. To compare the short- and long-term survival after complex cancer treatment at top-ranked cancer hospitals and the affiliates of top-ranked hospitals. This cohort study was conducted using data from the unabridged version of the National Cancer Database. Included patients were individuals 18 years or older who underwent surgical treatment for esophageal, gastric, lung, pancreatic, colorectal, or bladder cancer diagnosed between January 1, 2012, and December 31, 2016. Patient outcomes after complex surgical procedures for cancer at top-ranked cancer hospitals (as ranked in top 50 by US News and World Report) were compared with outcomes at affiliates of top-ranked cancer hospitals (affiliation listed in American Hospitals Association survey and confirmed by search of internet presence). Data were analyzed from July through December 2019. Undergoing complex cancer treatment at a top-ranked cancer hospital or an affiliated hospital. The association of affiliate status with short-term survival (ie, 90-day mortality) was compared using logistic regression, and the association of affiliate status with long-term survival was compared using time-to-event models, adjusting for patient demographic, payer, clinical, and treatment factors. Among 119 834 patients who underwent surgical treatment for cancer, 79 981 patients (66.7%) were treated at top-ranked cancer hospitals (median [interquartile range] age, 66 [58-74] years; 40 910 [54.9%] men) and 39 853 patients (33.3%) were treated at affiliate hospitals (median [interquartile range] age, 69 [60-77] years; 19 004 [50.0%] men). In a pooled analysis of all cancer types, adjusted perioperative mortality within 90 days of surgical treatment was higher at affiliate hospitals compared with top-ranked hospitals (odds ratio, 1.67 [95% CI, 1.49-1.89]; P < .001). Adjusted long-term survival following cancer treatment at affiliate hospitals was only 77% that of top-ranked hospitals (time ratio, 0.77 [95% CI, 0.72-0.83]; P < .001). The survival advantage was not fully explained by differences in annual surgical volume, with both long- and short-term survival remaining superior at top-ranked hospitals even after models were adjusted for volume. These findings suggest that short- and long-term survival after complex cancer treatment were superior at top-ranked hospitals compared with affiliates of top-ranked hospitals. Further study of cancer care within top-ranked cancer networks could reveal collaborative opportunities to improve survival across a broad contingent of the US population.

Las compañías teatrales españolas en internet

In this work, the Internet presence of Spanish theater companies will be analyzed by studying a corpus of own data. The internet concept is very broad. The great advances in this eld have developed many new functions. Although the fundamental and essential purpose of the Internet is communication, the real technological change begins with computerization and the ability to process, manipulate and control vast amounts of data. This change does not lie only in the methodology in communicating, but involves a deep change that aects the life of society in general. Internet is a virtual space where you can live: watch a movie, buy food or clothes, talking with friends, check bank details, play, etc. This profound change in society also comes to literature in general and theater in particular. Within this giant free showcase that is Internet, every author and every theater company seeks its place in order to be visible to the world. In this paper, we review the dierent ways in which the theater appears on the Internet and present a systematic and detailed analysis of the Internet presence of twenty companies of Spanish theater with very dierent idiosyncrasies that reect the current Spanish theater scene.

How do Institutions Promote Digital Marketing in Small and Medium International Companies: Comparison between Costa Rica and France

IntroductionMore and more companies want to embrace the digital world in order to gain visibility in their existing market, as well as enter into new ones. Nowadays, even companies that are still small already have an internet presence, some starting from an early stage.Pérez-Fabara and Charro (2017) state that: “The use and availability of technological resources has emerged