National Internet Research Articles

Interest in universities based on search queries on the Internet

The improvement of global Internet access and the COVID-19 pandemic, which necessitated mass testing of online teaching methods, have forwarded the competition between higher education institutions from the regional level and the struggle for the rich student into the competition for students in all countries. The paper aims to determine the influence of the rating of higher education institutions on the interest of Internet users by conducting a comparative analysis of the popularity of the official names of higher education institutions in search queries in Ukraine and Poland. To do this, a comparative analysis of the change in the interest in leading higher education institutions in Ukraine and Poland in search queries in the Google search engine is carried out. The analysis is performed using the Google Trends web application. As a result, it is found that a high position of the university in the national ranking does not guarantee more search queries about it on the Internet by both national Internet users and users from the neighboring country. In general, Internet users continue to be most interested in universities located in their region at the time of the search.

Public Interest in Refractive Diseases and Treatments During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Google Trends Analysis.

PurposeTo assess national internet search trends/public interest in refractive diseases and treatments during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic.MethodsA Google Trends search for refractive terms was performed during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Refractive terms were divided into disease and treatment terms. Relative search volume (RSV) indices were assessed in the United States from the initial lockdown period (March 1 - June 28), summer reopening period (July 5 - November 1), and winter case surge/vaccine rollout period (November 8 - February 28). A t-test of two independent samples assuming unequal variances was utilized in comparing the pandemic year to pooled data of overlapping weeks between 2016-2019. ResultsThe majority of disease and treatment terms showed a significant decrease in RSV during the initial lockdown period (p<0.05). There was a significant increase in RSV for cataract, astigmatism, cataract surgery, and photorefractive keratotomy (PRK) (p<0.05), accompanied by a significant decrease in RSV for contact lens during the summer reopening period. There was a significant increase in RSV for cataract, astigmatism, glasses, and PRK, accompanied by a significant decrease in RSV for hyperopia, keratoconus, contact lens, and LASIK during the winter case surge/vaccine rollout period. ConclusionThere was a significant decrease in the public interest in refractive diseases and treatments during the lockdown period, accompanied by an increase in interest later in the year. Decreased public interest can lead to delays in care, poorer health literacy, and potentially worse outcomes. Strategies to enhance public interest and care during the pandemic may prove to be beneficial.

Sexual and Reproductive Health Discussions During Preventive Visits.

To quantify adolescent- and parent-perceived importance of provider-adolescent discussions about sexual and reproductive health (SRH), describe prevalence of provider confidentiality practices and provider-adolescent discussions about SRH topics during preventive visits, and identify missed opportunities for such conversations. We used data from a national Internet survey of 11- to 17-year-old adolescents and their parents. Data were weighted to represent the noninstitutionalized US adolescent population. Adolescents who had a preventive visit in the past 2 years and their parents reported on perceived importance of provider-adolescent discussions about SRH topics: puberty, safe dating, gender identity, sexual orientation, sexual decision-making, sexually transmitted infections and HIV, methods of birth control, and where to get SRH services. Adolescents and parents reported whether they had ever discussed confidentiality with the adolescent's provider. Adolescents reported experiences at their most recent preventive visit, including whether a provider spoke about specific SRH topics and whether they had time alone with a provider. A majority of adolescents and parents deemed provider-adolescent discussions about puberty, sexually transmitted infections and HIV, and birth control as important. However, fewer than one-third of adolescents reported discussions about SRH topics other than puberty at their most recent preventive visit. These discussions were particularly uncommon among younger adolescents. Within age groups, discussions about several topics varied by sex. Although most parents and adolescents value provider-adolescent discussions of selected SRH topics, these discussions do not occur routinely during preventive visits. Preventive visits represent a missed opportunity for adolescents to receive screening, education, and guidance related to SRH.

Prediction of network security situation awareness based on an improved model combined with neural network

AbstractPeople always pay attention to the security of the network. This paper mainly analyzed the problem of network security situation prediction (NSSP). The radial basis function neural network was improved by the particle swarm optimization algorithm, and a modified particle swarm optimization‐radial basis function algorithm was obtained, which was used as the prediction model. Then, the data from National Internet Emergency Center were used as the experimental data, and the modified particle swarm optimization‐radial basis function algorithm was compared with radial basis function and particle swarm optimization‐radial basis function algorithms. The results showed that the modified particle swarm optimization‐radial basis function algorithm could achieve convergence in about 50 times of iterations, showing a high calculation efficiency and a short operation time, and the mean absolute percentage error value, mean square error value, and root‐mean‐square error value were small (2.13%, 0.0005, and 0.0224), showing that the algorithm had good prediction performance. The results verify the reliability of the modified particle swarm optimization‐radial basis function algorithm in NSSP, which is conducive to further improve network security.

Finding the Possible Solutions to the Cooperation within Livestream and Health and Wellness Tourism

This article aims at displaying the basic concepts of livestream, health and wellness tourism, and cooperation and tries to find the possible solutions to the cooperation within livestream and health and wellness tourism. The authors first illustrate why the paper has been presented and why has the policy related to livestream been made by the National Internet Information Office in China. Then, the authors perform the definition and its problems of livestream and health and wellness tourism; demonstrate the basic concept of cooperation including its definition and problems. Finally, the conclusions are met and the possible solutions to the government, industry, and future study are drawn.

MOOC: PLATFORMS OF PROFESSIONAL SELF-DEVELOPMENT OF PRIMARY SCHOOL TEACHERS OF ENGLISH

The processes of digital transformation of all the spheres of life activities in the modern society and implementation of emergency distance learning in the conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic cause new challenges in future teachers’ professional training. One of them is to develop skills to learn life long and conduct effective professional self-development. The purpose of the paper is to theoretically analyse the content and the structure of mass open online courses that can be used in the professional training of future primary school teachers of English, which contribute to developing their digital and methodological competences. For achieving the purpose set, we use a number of theoretical research methods (analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalisation, etc.). Based on the analysis of MOOC platforms, which are available at the national and international Internet market of educational services, it is found out that Coursera, Prometeus, EdEra are the most popular among educators. It is highlighted that all the courses, developed on MOOC platforms, have the similar structure that include such components: interactive video lectures, learning resources, online tests, forum for discussing different questions. It is noted that MOOC courses are getting commercialised and only some of them give an opportunity to participate in them as listeners without getting certificates. However, MOOC courses have a great potential for developing future teachers’ digital competence, communicative and collaborative skills by using information and communication technologies, improving some aspects of professional and methodological competence. It is proved that an optimal way of implementing MOOC courses in professional training of future primary school teachers’ professional training is to combine them with traditional distance learning within university LMS courses or with traditional methods and forms of offline learning.

The Internet of Things Readiness in Public Organization: Descriptive Analysis

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a system of interrelated computing devices. IoT involves mechanical and digital machines, objects, animals or people that are indicated with unique identifiers and the ability to transfer data over a network without requiring human-to-human as well as human-to-computer interaction. Government of Malaysia in 2015 has introduced the National Internet of Things Strategic Road Map as a way to provide the backbone of modern and smart cities as well to sustain the economic growth. However, the factors influencing IoT readiness in Malaysian organization needs to be further investigated. The purpose of this study is to investigate, identify and propose the readiness factors of IoT implementation. A survey involving a distribution of questionnaire to 30 respondents to get a descriptive indication coupled with interviews with 5 key expert employees from relevant agencies were executed. As a result, there are five factors being proposed and validated descriptively to influence the readiness of implementing IoT in Malaysia. These factors are Human Perspective, Technology Perspective, Governance and Management Perspective, Security Perspective and Policy and Law Perspective. For future work, this study suggest to include more participants using power statistics, hypothetical model testing and expand the questionnaire to other organization in order to develop a more comprehensive result ofIoT readiness in Malaysia.

Infrastructure-embedded control, circumvention and sovereignty in the Russian Internet: An introduction

Pursuing the autonomisation and “sovereignisation” of their national Internet (RuNet) since the early 2010s, authorities in the Russian Federation are establishing increasingly stricter regulations on Internet innovation and practices. Since 2018, the team of the ResisTIC (Criticism and circumvention of digital borders in Russia) project explores how different actors of the RuNet resist and adapt to the recent wave of authoritarian and centralizing regulations. One of the project’s primary objectives is to explore the extent to which control and circumvention strategies are embedded in, and conducted by means of the infrastructure of the RuNet. This special issue provides a detailed overview of the different strands of research undertaken by the ResisTIC project team at the crossroads of digital sovereignty, data and infrastructure. Articles by the project team are entwined with contributions by specialists based in Russia and worldwide.

A Internet como ferramenta para qualidade na Pesquisa: UFMT/CUR

O estudo tem como objetivo compreender a velocidade da internet fornecida na Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), Campus Universitário de Rondonópolis (CUR) é suficiente para o bom andamento das pesquisas científicas. A velocidade do link de internet disponibilizado à comunidade acadêmica foi explicada com base em uma pesquisa documental e bibliográfica sobre os contratos vigentes, a velocidade de internet fornecida, o consumo de internet da instituição, bem como os padrões nacional e internacional da velocidade de acesso à internet para uma instituição de pesquisa e ensino. Por meio de uma investigação Cienciométrica nas bases de dados da Web of Science e Scopus, foram utilizados os termos conjugados “Rondonópolis” e “Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso”, delimitando-se ao período de 2004 a 2019. Desse modo, foi possível analisar o crescimento da produção científica, comparando se uma internet inferior aos padrões nacional e internacional reduziria as publicações de artigos nessas bases. A análise dos dados possibilitou responder ao seguinte questionamento: A atual conexão à internet é suficiente para suprir as demandas de pesquisa da UFMT/CUR? Assim, apesar da velocidade de internet entregue aos 5.000 alunos ser de 300 Mbps, juntamente com a soma de todos os contratos vigentes, verificamos que o padrão nacional de acesso à internet, de 1.000 Mbps, assim como o padrão internacional, de 5.000 Mbps, não foram atingidos. Entretanto, o consumo médio para todas as suas atividades administrativas e para o ensino e pesquisa não ultrapassou a velocidade de 150 Mbps, caracterizando que, por mais que a internet fornecida não seja considerada adequada, a velocidade de acesso atual supre as demandas da UFMT/CUR. Ademais, não houve queda na produção científica, antes, pelo contrário, quando comparado ao levantamento Cienciométrico, as publicações mantiveram crescimento exponencial, ano após ano.

Integrity in the ‘Infinite Space’ – New Frontiers for International Law

Internet integrity encompassing the security, stability, robustness, and resilience of the most widely used global infrastructure has become a key topic of governance debates. The early emphatic cyberspace pronouncements volatilised; in addition, network security influence interests and national Internet policies increasingly jeopardize the global normative order. Since multilateral treaties are hardly suitable to realize an open space, international legal concepts, particularly the concept of global public goods, of shared spaces, and of State responsibility, merit to be applied on a wider scale. Thereby, a bridge should be built between Internet governance principles and public international law.

Diskriminacija i identitet Roma u Srbiji

The paper was based on contemporary legal, sociological and anthropological literature concerning the issues of discrimination and integration of Roma, as well as on the data obtained in two research projects realised in 2020: "Research on Social Relations among Ethnic Communities in Serbia" (Institute of Social Sciences) and "Roma Equality through Increased Legal Access" (Minority Rights Group). Results of the former project were based on data collected by quantitative methods (national internet sample and field research), while those of the latter were gathered by means of qualitative methods, i.e. interviews with 42 female and 17 male respondents realised in eight focus groups. Crossing the empirical data pertaining to discrimination of the Roma citizens living in Serbia, with the legislative system which should supress and gradually eliminate all forms of discrimination, indicates the depth of the social dimension of this problem, but also the vagueness and deficiencies of the very system.

Словари русского языка в интернете

The article offers an overview of web resources containing monolingual linguistic dictionaries of the Russian language. It explores Internet lexicography from educational, research, and general cultural perspective. Anonymous sites that disregard the standards of language are abundant. This has a negative impact on the way dictionaries are used in both educational and social sphere. The deformation of ideas about the principles of working with dictionaries is also affecting the professional community of linguists and teachers. Few authoritative resources lose to unauthorized ones, which is obvious from search request results on search engines. This is only logical, since the former have no functional or structural advantages over the latter, but are significantly inferior in completeness. Internet dictionaries have become an essential tool for linguists. The special features of an electronic dictionary as a lexicographic product or as a functionally enriched electronic version of a paper dictionary, have been described theoretically. However, the theoretical description has not been consistently implemented. Large lexicographic projects continue to be accomplished with the priority given to printed dictionaries. What is more, fully-functional Internet versions of classical dictionaries crucial for several branches of linguistics are not available. Besides, early projects on digitizing some of these dictionaries were suspended due to obsolete technical solutions. Sites that have relatively rich functionality in terms of search options and dictionary structure are rare and contain only special-purpose dictionaries. Even those vocabulary projects that are structurally and technically formed as a hypertext lexicographic environment still do not have a web version, e. g., The Dictionary of the 21st Century Russian Language. Under these conditions, benchmarks for the functional organization of the dictionary Internet space are set by non-professional lexicography, primarily Wiktionary, the ironic attitude towards which is gradually weakening in the research community. The absence of a single publicly available authoritative web dictionary of the Russian language impedes the solution of both educational and research tasks related to Internet lexicography. This gap is also a cultural issue and shows Russia as inferior at the backdrop of other national Internet communities.

Confidence in Local, National, and International Scientists on Climate Change

In many public policy areas, such as climate change, news media reports about scientific research play an important role. In presenting their research, scientists are providing guidance to the public regarding public policy choices. How do people decide which scientists and scientific claims to believe? This is a question we address by drawing on the psychology of persuasion. We propose the hypothesis that people are more likely to believe local scientists than national or international scientists. We test this hypothesis with an experiment embedded in a national Internet survey. Our experiment yielded null findings, showing that people do not discount or ignore research findings on climate change if they come from Europe instead of Washington-based scientists or a leading university in a respondent’s home state. This reinforces evidence that climate change beliefs are relatively stable, based on party affiliation, and not malleable based on the source of the scientific report.

O FUNCIONÁRIO PÚBLICO E SUA IMAGEM SOCIAL

The objective of this research is to investigate the content of the statements involving the public official in the artistic, political and civil spheres, selected in the national Internet portals, and to discuss the existing relationship between valuation and ideology, and their materialization in these statements. The hypothesis is that they were ideologically constructed, contributing to strengthen the pejorative image of the public official. This research is based on the bibliographic study of Bakhtinian theory, and addresses the concepts of valuation, ideology and utterance. Its conclusion confirmed that the investigated statements were ideologically constructed, based on the value judgment of society, contributing to the strengthening of the pejorative image of the public official, through social interactions.

The Prediction Analysis of Peer-to-Peer Lending Platforms Default Risk Based on Comparative Models

This paper examines the determinants of platform default risk using machine learning methods, including comprehensive models, and thus compares these models’ predictive abilities. To test platform’s default risk, this paper constructs three types of variables, which reflect a platform’s operating characteristics, customer feedback, and compliance capability. We find that the abnormal return tends to trigger default risk significantly. However, the default risk can be minimized if a platform has positive recommendations from customers and more transparent information disclosure or is affiliated as the member of the National Internet Finance Association of China. Empirical results indicate that the CART model outperforms the Random Forests model and Logit regression in predicting platform default risk. Our study sheds light on default risk prediction and thus can improve the government regulation ability.

Abstract 17380: Can Understanding of National Search Engine Queries Inform Heart Failure Prevention? National Internet Search Engine Queries Correlates With CHF Prevalence but Not Outcomes

Introduction: Congestive heart failure (CHF) remains an epidemic with rising prevalence and a contributing cause of 1 in 9 deaths in the United States. An understanding of internet search engines for congestive heart failure as informational and initial diagnostic tools may enable targeted education strategies. Hypothesis: There is a correlation between CHF google search and outcomes. Methods: We used google trends, a publicly available google tool, to identify search frequency for CHF and related terms like early signs of heart failure, congestive heart failure facts over a 2 year period from 2014-2016 across regions of the United States. We then evaluated the prevalence of hospitalization and mortality rates among Medicare beneficiaries based on Center for Disease Control (CDC) data. Utilizing Pearson correlation (R) test, we determined the association between relative search frequency (RSF) in various states versus CHF hospitalization and mortality rates. Results: Across the 50 states in United States, there were 25 searches related to the search terms. There was a moderate positive correlation (R 0.4-0.7) between CHF hospitalization (R= 0.43) and mortality (R=0.51) with relative search frequency in google trends. Conclusions: We demonstrated a correlation between internet search and CHF prevalence and hospitalization. The emergence of data analytics in CHF care may enable greater understanding of patient questions in CHF to better target education and prevention.

Delphi consensus on research priorities in tobacco use and substance abuse in Saudi Arabia

This is the first study to develop research priorities in tobacco use and substance abuse in Saudi Arabia. Health personnel and community volunteers participated in a national internet survey using the Delphi method. In Round 1, 75 experts identified 33 research priorities. In Round 2, 47 experts divided those research priorities into five primary research categories. The panelists then scored both the categories and priorities. Preventive services received the highest priority in research categories. Smoking relapse and its determinants were ranked the top research priorities. Future research should focus on cigarette smoking relapse and factors associated with long-term smoking cessation.

Trends in place of early-season influenza vaccination among adults, 2014-15 through 2018-19 influenza seasons—The importance of medical and nonmedical settings for vaccination

Annual vaccination is the most effective strategy for preventing influenza. We assessed trends and demographic and access-to-care characteristics associated with place of vaccination in recent years. Data from the 2014-2018 National Internet Flu Survey were analyzed to assess trends in place of early-season influenza vaccination during the 2014-15 through 2018-19 seasons. Multivariable logistic regression was conducted to identify factors independently associated with vaccination settings in the 2018-19 season. Among vaccinated adults, the proportion vaccinated in medical (range: 49%-53%) versus nonmedical settings (range: 47%-51%) during the 2014-15 through 2018-19 seasons were similar. Among adults aged ≥18 years vaccinated early in the 2018-19 influenza season, a doctor's office was the most common place (34.4%), followed by pharmacies or stores (32.3%), and workplaces (15.0%). Characteristics significantly associated with an increased likelihood of receipt of vaccination in nonmedical settings among adults included household income ≥$50,000, having no doctor visits since July 1, 2018, or having a doctor visit but not receiving an influenza vaccination recommendation from the medical professional. Place of early-season influenza vaccination among adults who reported receiving influenza vaccination was stable over 5 recent seasons. Both medical and nonmedical settings were important places for influenza vaccination. Increasing access to vaccination services in medical and nonmedical settings should be considered as an important strategy for improving vaccination coverage.

Measuring Environmental Values and Identity

Scholars who study environmental problems across the social sciences often require a measure of the lens through which people filter information. Many scales have been created to serve in this analytical role, including the New Ecological Paradigm, the Connectedness to Nature Scale, environmentalist identity and environmental movement identity, and the cultural cognition scales. To our knowledge, no study compares them in a single sample. We used a national Internet sample to examine the measures’ predictive powers in explaining a range of environmental behaviors. Connectedness to Nature and environmentalist identity were the strongest predictors of pro-environmental behavior in our sample, and our findings also suggested a difference in private versus public behaviors. Environmentalist identity was slightly stronger than the Connectedness to Nature in predicting public behaviors, while Connectedness to Nature was the strongest predictor of private behaviors. The New Ecological Paradigm and the cultural cognition scales were weaker predictors.

The regional and substantial differentiation of social media

ABSTRACT Social media represent an integral part of the modern economy. They contribute to the generation of knowledge and help improve innovation, forming new markets and entrepreneurial systems. The aim of this paper is to analyse the social media market by identifying the features of its development. It also highlights the trends in the regional and substantial differentiation of social media. The regional differentiation of social media markets is manifested as the development of global markets represented by the largest companies such as Facebook, Instagram and YouTube, as well as the formation of local national markets formed by the social networks of VKontakte, Youku and others. Countries such as China and Russia are particularly interested in the development of social media and they are actively engaged in the development of national social networks and Internet resources. A significant trend in the development of social networks involves substantial differentiation due to the development of highly specialized social media websites. These trends have led to the formation of new entrepreneurial ecosystems, developmental strategies for Internet companies, as well as the use of social media as channels for the promotion of products and enhancing brands.