Internet Trends Research Articles

(480) Whose Responsibility Is It: Examining Internet Trends to Assess Vasectomy Interest Following the Texas Heartbeat Abortion Ban

Abstract Introduction There have been record-high numbers of anti-abortion laws being pushed in the United States, and Texas has been one of the few states not to have such laws struck down. In May 2021, Texas passed the “heartbeat abortion ban” law making abortions after detection of a fetal heartbeat illegal and liable to be sued in court. The bill was enacted on September 1st of the same year. Many have investigated its effect on women, abortion clinic services, and abortion providers, yet very few have examined its impact on men. Objective To examine the impact of Texas’s 6-week “Heartbeat Abortion Ban” on people’s interest in vasectomies through internet searches. Methods Relative search volumes (RSVs) of male family planning terms – “vasectomy”, “vasectomy cost”, “vasectomy near me”, “urologist near me”, and “how to get a vasectomy”-- in Texas and the United States between 2020 and 2021 were pulled from Google Trends Analytics. The scores were populated into Excel and t-tests were run between parallel dates in 2020 and in 2021. The terms “vasectomy” and “vasectomy cost” were coded as showing general interest, and the terms “vasectomy near me”, “urologist near me”, and “how to get a vasectomy” were coded as indicative of planning and a higher degree of motivation to carry out a vasectomy. Results The weekly RSV average score for the term “vasectomy” and “vasectomy cost” significantly increased from 2020 to 2021 in the United States and specifically in Texas (p<0.01). In 2021, the peak weekly relative search interest for “vasectomy” was from Sept 5th to 11th, almost one week after the bill was enacted. Additionally, average relative search term scores for terms indicative of carrying out a vasectomy such as “vasectomy near me”, “urologist near me”, and “how to get a vasectomy” were almost all significantly higher in 2021 than in 2020, except for “urologist near me” in Texas (p = 0.42) and “how to get a vasectomy” in the United States (p=0.13). However, none of the search terms related to carrying out a vasectomy significantly peaked within 2021 nor peaked specifically around the passing or enacting of the Texas “Heartbeat Abortion Ban” in Texas. Conclusions While general search trends about male family planning increased between 2020 and 2021, there was no increase in searches indicative of carrying out vasectomies surrounding the Texas abortion ban in Texas. These results paint a general stagnation and possible decline of people interested in following through with a vasectomy after Texas’s restrictive abortion law was passed and enacted. This could allude to the notion that society views contraception and family planning as a woman’s responsibility. Future studies looking at trends in vasectomy rates in regions with limitations on abortions can also be useful in understanding male involvement in family planning. Similar studies have not been conducted in the past. Disclosure No

Деструктивная деятельность в социальных сетях, направленная на пропаганду суицидального поведения несовершеннолетних: меры противодействия

The article is devoted to such a socially significant problem as suicide of minors. It provides statistics for the last three years on the number of suicides and attempts at committing them. Emphasis is placed on the role of social networks in thesuicidal behavior of minors. The background to the issue is briefly reviewed. The activity of «death groups» in VKontakte is analysed, its two stages are determined: involvement and direct suicide inducement, as well as some peculiarities of the work. The authors describe a game that involves minors for the purposes of suicide and self-harm. A new Internet trend - dangerous challenges on the popular video hosting site TikTok - is discussed. The authors present the mechanism of the social networks themselves, as well as the activity of destructive organisations on them. The possibility of reporting (leaving a complaint) is explained, and deadlines for dealing with such appeals are given. The chronological order of counteracting destructive content in these social networks is outlined. Some examples of preventive activities, which are currently being carried out with great success, are given. Much attention is paid to the involvement of civil society institutions in prevention activities, and it is recommended to develop and support the cybervolunteer movement. The paper discusses the need for parents themselves to monitor teenagers’ social networks and messengers, as well as the importance of their information literacy.

Measurements and Analyses of 4G/5G Mobile Broadband Networks: An Overview and a Case Study

Mobile data has become an integral part of everyday life, making Internet trends more and more profound and deeply embedded in life and the future. Mobile broadband (MBB) is one of the main aims of fifth-generation (5G) networks due to unprecedented growth in data demand. However, 5G networks are not yet deployed in many countries, whereas existing MBB networks, such as third generation (3G) and fourth generation (4G), are available in most world countries. As a result, there is a need to monitor and troubleshoot end-to-end network performance and ensure a better user experience. This paper provides an overview of MBB networks in terms of deployment environments, performance metrics, and implementation scenarios. It highlights the most important criteria for assessing MBB performance and the applications and measurement methods utilized, such as external and internal measurements and the classification of geographical areas. In addition, it provides measurement-based performance analyses of two existing mobile network operators (MNOs) (Omantel and Ooredoo) in the Sultanate of Oman. This performance analysis uses data measurements in various indoor and outdoor environments in five cities (Muscat, Ibra, Sur, Bahla, and Al kamil Wal Wafi). Several performance metrics are considered, such as signal level and quality, throughput, ping rate, and handover. Experimental results demonstrate that the 4G networks were the dominant networks in all measured locations for indoor and outdoor scenarios. Moreover, 5G data measurements are also recorded in the capital city of Oman, Muscat. The results of the 5G measurements show that both MNOs achieved a higher data rate with a lower ping rate.

Analysis of KFC’s “Crazy Thursday” Based on SWOT Method

"Crazy Thursday" is a marketing campaign launched by the global fast-food chain company KFC in 2018 in mainland China. In early 2022, this campaign went viral on Chinese social media and gained success and the employment of the eWOM strategy played an important role in it. The purpose of the study was to explore whether the WOM method is useful in online advertising, and how it works, and provide its reference value to other companies. This paper employed qualitative methods and SWOT analysis to have an in-depth study on KFC's "Crazy Thursday" marketing campaign. It concluded that its property of being easily remembered and spread, the substantial discount on several items, and the interaction with young netizens are beneficial to the eWOM and consumers' purchase intention. The limited select range of discount items and its bundling strategy, the fierce competition from other fast-food chains may cause a negative result. WOM and eWOM can make big difference in consumers' attitudes and purchase intentions. Thus, fast-chain companies should pay more attention to WOM, especially eWOM, to keep up with Internet trends and increase their interaction with netizens.

Power Division for Green Cellular Network

As the trend of Internet of Everything becomes a reality, there have been massive wireless devices all over the world, each of which contributes to the huge CO2 emission for our earth every-time. To protect environment, green communications has been a key technology in 5G system, driven by today's economical and ecological requirements. In this article, the power division technique is introduced in the view of green communications. When compared with time and frequency division solutions, we show that the power division could save distinct energy/power across physical(PHY), medium access control (MAC), and network (NET) layers. Additionally, it not only alleviates the strict requirement of powerful power amplify in user equipment but also reduces the computational complexity of power control. Accordingly, the power division has the potential to provide a new direction for green communications.

Innovation of Music Teaching Mode in Vocational Colleges under the Information Environment Considering the Internet Trend

Innovation of music teaching mode in vocational colleges under the information environment considering the Internet trend is the main focus of this research. In the process of integrating vocal music teaching with information technology in higher vocational colleges, students can be provided with certain acoustic audio-visual materials according to the different teaching links, breaking through the shackles of traditional music teaching materials. In the process of personnel training, the construction of curriculum system with teacher-training characteristics and practical skills training to improve professional ability will become the core literacy of higher vocational students. This paper gives the new suggestions for the proposed idea and the potential applications will be considered.

The way forward for presenters in the age of pan-entertainment

With the rapid expansion of the Internet trend, pan-entertainmentism is accelerating as a social trend that runs counter to mainstream values. In this context, hosts, as TV media people, should take the lead in guiding positive values, shoulder the responsibility of the times and be ideal, competent and responsible media people of the new era. This paper takes the perspective of the dilemmas faced by presenters in the new era, and broadens the bright prospects for presenters to clarify the dilemmas and answer the questions of the times.

Web search behaviors and infodemic attitudes regarding COVID-19 in Turkey: A framework study for improving response and informing policy on the COVID-19 infodemic.

This study aimed to develop a framework regarding COVID-19 infodemic response and policy informing through focusing on infodemic concepts circulating on the online search engine in Turkey in relation to the COVID-19 outbreak and comparing the contents of these concepts with Maslow's hierarchy of needs and disaster stages. The universe of this descriptive epidemiological research consists of internet search activities on COVID-19 circulating online on Google Trends between March 10, 2020, when the first case was seen in Turkey, and June 01, 2020, when the lockdown restrictions were lifted. There was no internet trend regarding a misinformed attitude within the given date range. While an infodemic attitude toward superficial attitude and racist attitude in the internet environment was detected for 1 week, an infodemic attitude toward definitive attitude was detected for 2 weeks. The non-infodemic concepts were more common than the other infodemic attitudes. The infodemic concepts were able to reach Maslow's physiological, safety, and social need levels. With the infodemic concepts obtained, a COVID-19 development process framework was developed. The framework consists of three domains (COVID-19, applications and outcomes), including disaster phases and health/social impacts, built on seven public health epochs. A systematized COVID-19 development process framework was modeled in order to conceptualize COVID-19 internet searches and to reveal the development processes and outcomes.

Trends of virtual reality for learning empirical evidence from different fields

Virtual reality (VR) has been shown to be beneficial for educational purposes and has emerged as a prevalent topic for teaching and learning. However, there is very little that is currently known about VR in the context of learning from different fields. This research is a systematic literature review which intends to investigate the future trends of virtual reality for learning by analyzing real-world data obtained from Google Scholar, Crossref, and Google Trends; the first pertinent publication discovered in the database is included as the data of this study. In total, 451 relevant publications from Google Scholar and 999 relevant publications from Crossref have been identified by utilizing content analysis. Based on the findings, VR is an immensely new and emerging worldwide topic that involves authors and connections from various countries. Overall, the significant increase in publications on “virtual reality for learning” (as a source of knowledge) in recent years corresponds to the growing trend of Internet searches on “virtual reality for learning” (as a practical demand). These findings contribute to a reference, to promote, to adjust and re-align VR in workplace learning. This study only covers publication trends, including the number of publications per year and the source types of publications, as well as internet search trends from 2004 to 2022.

A STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTERNET USAGE AND EMOTIONAL MATURITY AT HIGHER SECONDARY LEVEL

Internet trend is growing day by day and the education system is going to be online sooner or later. In developing countries, like India, technological changes are rapidly taking place irrespective of age and gender. We have witnessed COVID 19, which brought technological adaptations in the education system. There was a clear shift of teaching-learning process from traditional to online. Technology is spreading out in 360 degree angle without which one cannot survive even. When it comes to the higher secondary education, how internet and other technologies can be utilized in an effective way? It is often observed adolescents are getting emotional when they watch online brutal advertisements. It is very difficult to balance their emotions once they are trolled or embarrassed in social networking sites. Such adolescents often isolate themselves from online or stop using social networking cites for some time. If we see the availability of internet, there are huge demographic differences. The students who have availability of internet are likely to access and visit online frequently compare to others. Thisstudy will help teachers to identify students with internet addiction and their emotional stability in class. The present study has gone in this direction in order to explore the relationship between availability of internet usage and emotional maturity in the students of higher secondary. A survey was conducted on 200 participants randomly and correlation was established. The findings were interesting and results were discussed.

Current Trend in Optical Internet of Underwater Things

Our Earth is a “blue planet” that 70 <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\%$</tex-math></inline-formula> of the surface is covered by the oceans, but most area of oceans remain largely unexplored. Besides supporting the Earth's ecosystem and moderating climate change, oceans are rich in economically relevant natural resources ready for harvesting, such as fishery, oil and gas, and mineral resources. Ocean observation and monitoring are therefore essential for environmental preservation and sea exploration. With the availability of advanced communication techniques, researchers began to look into distributed data acquisition and ocean interconnectivity, which engendered the concepts of intelligent ocean and the Internet-of-Underwater-Things (IoUT) framework. The framework is gaining traction since one could incorporate fiber sensing, acoustic, radio frequency, and optical wireless communication technologies to establish stable, broad-coverage, and massive ocean networks. The development of underwater internet beyond acoustic communication is still in its relative infancy, and therefore more aggregated research efforts from the related communities will be required to eventually achieve breakthroughs in comprehensive IoUT technologies. This review sheds light on the practical considerations and solutions to the challenges and robustness of the optical IoUT network in terms of channel characterization, turbulence studies, mobility, receiver optimization, and the application layer.

Advances in Marine Self-Powered Vibration Sensor Based on Triboelectric Nanogenerator

With the rapid development of advanced electronics/materials and manufacturing, marine vibration sensors have made great progress in the field of ship and ocean engineering, which could cater to the development trend of marine Internet of Things (IoT) and smart shipping. However, the use of conventional power supply models requires periodic recharging or replacement of batteries due to limited battery life, which greatly causes too much inconvenience and maintenance consumption, and may also pose a potential risk to the marine environment. By using the coupling effect of contact electrification and electrostatic induction, triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) were demonstrated to efficiently convert mechanical vibration movements into electrical signals for sensing the vibration amplitude, direction, frequency, velocity, and acceleration. In this article, according to the two working modes of harmonic vibration and non-harmonic vibration, the latest representative achievements of TENG-based vibration sensors for sensing mechanical vibration signals are comprehensively reviewed. This review not only covers the fundamental working mechanism, rational structural design, and analysis of practical application scenarios, but also investigates the characteristics of harmonic vibration and non-harmonic vibration. Finally, perspectives and challenges regarding TENG-based marine self-powered vibration sensors at present are discussed.

The impact of COVID-19 on individual oral health: a scoping review

BackgroundPoor oral health due to dental caries is one of the most prevalent non-communicable diseases worldwide. It has a significant impact on individuals across the lifespan and is a leading cause of preventable hospitalizations. The impacts of COVID-19 on oral health at the practice level are well documented, but gaps in understanding the impact on individual oral health remain. This review addresses this gap.MethodsUsing a JBI scoping review process we mapped and summarized the evidence to identify the impact of COVID-19 on individual oral health. Key search terms were developed, and searches were undertaken by an experienced research librarian.ResultsThe 85 included studies were conducted in 23 countries from 5 regions across the world classified using the United Nations Geoscheme system. The majority (82/85) were quantitative, 2 were reviews and there was one qualitative interview study. Cross-sectional surveys were the most common data collection approach followed by an analysis of clinical data, analysis of internet trends and other online methods. Five key areas were identified including changes to the provision of emergency dental services, provision of routine oral health services, oral hygiene maintenance at home, changes in dietary preferences, alternative models of dental provision and help-seeking and attitudes towards dental care in the future.ConclusionsThis scoping review has demonstrated that the pandemic has impacted on oral health at the individual level. It is important that we are aware of these impacts and ensure that support systems are in place to overcome future periods where access to dental care might be compromised. The provision of preventive care remains a vital first step in ensuring good overall oral health as is paramount during periods where access to dental treatment might be limited.

Integrated Lasers on Silicon at Communication Wavelength: A Progress Review

AbstractWith the emerging trend of big data and internet of things, silicon (Si) photonics technology has been developed and applied for high‐bandwidth data transmission. Contributed by the advantages of Si including high refractive index, low loss, significant thermal‐optical effect, and CMOS compatibility, various functional photonic devices have been demonstrated. One exception is the laser source, which is limited by the indirect bandgap of Si. Researchers have come up with different ways to make lasers on Si. This review presents the development progress of integrated laser sources on Si, with the focus on the wavelength regimes for communication. These lasers are categorized based on their gain media, including III–V semiconductor‐based laser, germanium/germanium tin‐based laser, Raman‐based laser, and rare‐earth‐doped laser. The laser performance and characteristics are summarized in tables for comparison. The key results are discussed. Future perspectives on the development of integrated lasers on Si have also been provided.

Key Technologies, Applications and Trends of Internet of Things for Energy-Efficient 6G Wireless Communication in Smart Cities

Smart cities can be made into super-smart cities through IoT devices’ implication of energy-efficient 6G. IoT devices are expected to reach fifty billion, but limited information is available regarding the energy-efficient 6G wireless communication standard. This article highlights the key technologies, applications, and trends in the Internet of Things (IoT) for energy-efficient 6G wireless communication in smart cities. The systematic review helped to achieve the aim of the study by considering the 20 articles extracted from databases and Google that fell between 2015 and 2021 and are written in English. The findings identified that quantum communication, blockchain, visible light communication (VLC), 6G brain–computer interface (BCI), symbiotic radio, and others are the key technologies. The applications of IoT technologies and energy-efficient 6G are found in 15 Minute City, Industrial Town, Intelligent Transport systems and others. Furthermore, the trend of using 6G through IoT devices in smart cities is promising.

Глобальні пріоритети у формуванні освітнього середовища

Abstract. Introduction. The authors study the essence, features and priorities of the educational environment, taking into account globalization trends and world development, focus on the possibility of accelerating the process of retraining. The authors prove the importance of the educational environment in the global society and the need for interaction between educational institutions, employers and society, including in view of the social responsibility of business. The authors set the main global priorities in the formation of the educational environment, taking into account the impact of migration processes,technology development, trends in the spread of "green economy", the digitalization of society. The current needs of employers and interaction with world trends in economic development are analyzed. The authors set the main priorities in the development of the educational environment in view of the tasks set by the World Economic Forum in 2022 and the need to expand the scope of global partnership, the use of best practices in the field of retraining. The connection with technical and technological changes and the development of artificial intelligence is proved. Purpose. The aim of the authors' research is to substantiate the essence and priorities in the development of the educational environment taking into account globalization, global trends and needs of employers, the need to ensure effective partnerships, accelerate retraining, personal adaptation to change. Results. Current global trends reflect the need to expand the scope of educational services to meet the needs and interests of the individual, as evidenced by analysts at the World Economic Forum. Changes in approaches to the provision of knowledge and skills are due to trends in digitalization of processes and the Internetization of areas of activity. The World Economic Forum highlighted the issue of working on skills that are relevant to employers and need to accelerate the retraining process, which confirms the need to set appropriate priorities in the educational environment. It is determined that the stimulation and development of the educational environment is an investment in the future with a focus on innovation and personality. Conclusions. The authors proved that the implementation of the tasks in the global educational environment should be focused on practice-oriented learning and providing opportunities for competencies that will contribute to the adaptation and socialization of the individual to global change. The authors determined that the focus on common competencies will contribute to the adaptation of the individual to changes in the global world. Accelerating trends in technology development, digitalization and Internet, as well as migration processes encourage the introduction of changes in the educational environment and the use of mechanisms for training and .retraining

Multi‐layer neural network algorithm for vehicle‐to‐everything communication in 5G networks

SummaryInternet of Vehicles (IoVs), the emerging trend of Internet of Things (IoTs), has undoubtedly become a promising trend to improve communication among vehicles on the roads. Vehicle‐to‐everything (V2X) communication that is based on 5G technology enables vehicle users to communicate and collaborate with each other to enhance road traffic efficiency and safety. Owing to the increased traffic load and restricted resources of existing network substructure, a channel that responds to the latency and reliability needs of V2X communication must be designed. Thereby, several intelligent spectrum allocation techniques have been proposed to improve the system's overall effectiveness. In this paper, we discuss the spectrum sharing issue of V2X communication in Device‐to‐Device (D2D)‐based cellular networks. We propose a new multi‐layer neural network (MLNN)‐based Resource Allocation and sharing approach (MNNRA) for D2D‐based V2X communications. According to the main advantages of MLNN, the proposed algorithm takes several profits by improving system performance while reducing computational complexity. Numerical analysis is presented to approve the effectiveness of our proposed solution in terms of network sum rate, packet reception ratio, resource utilization ratio, and time complexity.

Energy-Efficient Convolution Module With Flexible Bit-Adjustment Method and ADC Multiplier Architecture for Industrial IoT

Offloading the unprecedented growing data to the edge exhibits a mainstream trend in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) era, delivering far-reaching impacts in all aspects of our daily lives, including transportation, health care, and entertainment. However, voluminous data analyzes and processing at the edge will unavoidably raise the edge processor's burden and dramatically expand its design complexity and energy dissipation. This article proposes a flexible bit-adjustment-based energy-efficient convolution module with an approximate divide-and-conquer (ADC) multiplier for compact and low-power edge processor design. The maximum distribution search technique is utilized to exploit the optimal fixed-point representation format for both input and output of the convolution module. The neural network manifests the same precision as a 32-b floating-point multiplication deploying the determined representation formats. An ADC multiplier is proposed to realize the convolution module by eliminating the high-bit multiplication between weights and feature maps. The dynamic power consumption of the ADC multiplier-based convolution module with the <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$Q(6, 9)$</tex-math></inline-formula> input and <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$Q(7, 8)$</tex-math></inline-formula> output representation formats is 3.85% lower than that of the 16-b signed multiplication circuit. Furthermore, the dynamic power consumption with <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$Q(6, 9)$</tex-math></inline-formula> input is capable of being decreased by 15.38% for the 16-b convolution if the output is represented by the <inline-formula xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$Q(1, 14)$</tex-math></inline-formula> format and by up to 39.93% for the 64-b multiplication. The practical verification system of the convolution module working on a field-programmable gate array evaluation board exhibits an outstanding low-power characteristic.

Intelligent Google Assisted Coffee Vending Machine

In rapidly growing smart world, all the vending machines must be smart and intelligent. Modern lifestyle which requires fast processing speed with high quality. The intelligent vending machines used worldwide have many latest technologies to make it smarter and more useful. The current trends of Internet of Things gave rise to eruption of sensor computing platform. The intricacy and uses of Interne of things devices make simple vending machine to interactive artificial intelligent and smart. Vending machines are also used to serves the beverage like cold drink, snacks and for ticketing purposes. Most of the Vending Machines are coin, RFID or manual switch operated. Here in the paper, we present vending machine not operated on currency or RFID, but it works with Voice command. This vending Machine can have access only through Voice which is given through the google assistant and mic.

From the Cradle to the Web: The Growth of “Sharenting”—A Scientometric Perspective

“Sharenting” is an internet trend in which parents report detailed information or repeatedly post pictures, videos, and other content about their children on social media. Due to the duality of sharenting, which takes place online but has offline consequences, it is essential to understand the implications of sharenting for real-world parenting and child development. The present work analyzes references in the existing literature and links among published articles to better understand sharenting, evidence for it, and major topics associated with it and to uncover the gaps in the literature. Citation analysis of the current literature mainly focuses on risks and benefits related to sharenting practices, especially for the children, and on ethical and privacy concerns. Future studies should investigate the psychological mechanisms that drive sharenting-related behaviors in parents and multidisciplinary approaches to the phenomenon. With a broader perspective on these issues, practitioners and professionals in family studies will be able to delineate guidelines for informative interventions to increase awarenes about the causes and consequences of publicly sharing child content.