Cell Phone Use Research Articles

A literature review on the use of cellphones and effects to academic performance of senior high school students of pilar national high school

A literature review on the use of cellphones and effects to academic performance of senior high school students of pilar national high school

Blocking Fraud, Advertising, or Campaign-Related Calls with a Blockchain-based Mobile App

The use of a person's cell phone to commit fraud is known as cell phone fraud. Such scams are usually carried out through fake phone calls or text messages. The victim receives a call from a cell phone scammer, usually claiming to have an emergency or a legal problem. The purpose of the scam is usually to convince the victim to provide personal or financial information. This may include private information such as social security numbers, bank account details or credit card information. In addition, users are often subjected to unsolicited calls for marketing and information gathering initiatives such as campaigns, advertisements and surveys. In this study, a smartphone application built on the blockchain is created to stop these nuisance actions. Transaction times and performance tests have been rigorously performed according to the difficulty levels of the blockchain structure.

Evaluating technology breaks on cell phone use in a college classroom

Cell phones in the college classroom can be used to increase interaction between students and the professor; they can also distract from academic tasks and decrease academic performance. To decrease task-switching in the classroom, researchers have suggested the use of “technology breaks” (TB), in which students are provided periodic breaks to use cell phones throughout class. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the use of technology breaks in a college classroom (N = 21). Cell phone use was evaluated over 22 class periods. Observers recorded how many students were using cell phones every 10 s. Three experiment conditions were alternated with yoked controls in a multi-element design: (A) 1 min technology breaks, (B) 2 min technology break, and (C) 4 min technology break. The control condition [question breaks, (QB)] provided breaks for students to ask the professor questions regarding class materials. No penalties or punishers were delivered for cell phone use under any conditions. The average rate of cellphone use in QB was 0.53 responses per min (range = 0.06–1.02), while the average rate for TB was 0.35 responses per min (range = 0.20–0.74). Overall, the study found that technology breaks were a promising way to utilize reinforcement-based strategies to reduce classroom cell phone use, though variability in the data weakened conclusions regarding the utility of technology breaks.

Handheld Cellphone Use and Risky Driving in Adolescents

Handheld cellphone use while driving is associated with increased motor vehicle crash risk among adolescents. To examine the association of handheld cellphone use while driving with kinematic risky driving (KRD) events-hard braking and rapid acceleration-in adolescent drivers. Adolescents aged 16.50 to 17.99 years licensed 365 days or less in Pennsylvania were eligible to participate in this cross-sectional study. Enrollment occurred from July 29, 2021, to June 6, 2022. Participants downloaded a smartphone telematics cellphone app to record driving data for 60 days. Trip characteristics, including frequency, length, and duration; presence of speeding; frequency and duration of handheld cellphone use; time of day; and presence of precipitation. Kinematic risky driving events per 100 miles driven. Zero-inflated Poisson regression models examined whether individual characteristics and trip characteristics were associated with KRD. Incidence rate ratios were computed. Of 405 adolescents who responded to recruitment, 151 enrolled, 140 completed study procedures, and 119 with 12 360 trips were included in the analytic sample (60 female participants [50.4%]; mean [SD] age, 17.2 [0.4] years). Adolescents drove a mean (SD) of 103.8 (65.7) trips, 565.0 (487.3) miles, and 25.1 (19.3) hours. Adolescents had minimal night trips (1.5% [192]), and few trips with precipitation present (9.0% [1097]). Speeding occurred in 43.9% (5428) of the trips and handheld cellphone use occurred in 34.1% (4214) of the trips. Kinematic risky driving events occurred in 10.9% (1358) of the trips at a rate of 2.65 per 100 miles. In adjusted models, increased KRD events were associated with handheld cellphone use (incidence rate ratio [IRR], 2.62; 95% CI, 1.53-4.48), speeding (IRR, 2.12; 95% CI, 1.06-4.26), and minutes driving (IRR, 1.02; 95% CI, 1.01-1.02). Trips at night, precipitation presence, licensure for less than 6 months, and sex were not associated with increased KRD events. In this cross-sectional study of adolescent drivers, trips with handheld cellphone use and speeding were associated with higher rates of KRD, while individual characteristics were not. The findings suggest that smartphone telematics apps provide an opportunity to observe behaviors as well as surveil changes due to intervention efforts.

Text Messaging as an Instruction Support on Spelling Performance of the Learners

The purpose of this study was to explore the effect of text messaging on the spelling performance skills of the learners in selected elementary schools. It utilized the descriptive method of research to explore the prevailing or existing condition as to the extent of text messaging and the spelling performance of the learners. The findings revealed in the dictation and written test of the learners that their spelling skills highest frequency was “Good.” Further, the results showed a highly significant relationship between the extent of cellphone use on text messaging and the spelling performance of the learners. However, some of the participants contradicted the views mentioned, according to them, using a cellphone in texting can be used as a tool to enhance the spelling performance of the learners due to the built-in features of grammar and spelling. Therefore, it is concluded that text messaging can be used as a tool to support instruction in the spelling skills of the learners. Further, it is recommended to give full guidance on the proper usage of a cellphone to appropriately correct the learners’ spelling skills.

KEMAMPUAN LITERASI BAHASA INDONESIA PELAKU UMKM PRODUK LOKAL BADUI PADA TOKO ONLINE DAN E-COMMERCE TOKOPEDIA

The indigenous Badui community is known for its strict customs; among other things, prohibitions on schools and the use of technology in daily life so it is not surprising that the majority of Badui people cannot write, especially the Badui Dalam indigenous community and the older generation of the Badui Luar community. As time goes by, the Badui Luar indigenous people are starting to openup using technology in the form of cell phones and the internet. The use of cell phones and the internet among the Badui Luar indigenous community is not only for communication, but also for trading. Initially, the use of social media by the Badui indigenous community was Facebook and Instagram for trading. In the last year, some of them have started using e-commerce. The use of social media indirectly becomes a learning medium for the indigenous Badui Luar community to write because like it or not they have to communicate in writing with consumers in the form of chat texts and create product descriptions in the online shops they own. However, due to their limited ability to write and speak Indonesian well, they often experience communication barriers with consumers which ultimately impacts the success of buying and selling transactions. The objectives to be achieved in this research include: (1) knowing the ability of small business owner local Badui to write sentences, (2) knowing the ability of small business owner in understanding sentences or short conversation texts and responding to chats in writing. This research is a development of the research results of Saleh Abas (2006) which states that a person's ability to write is determined by accuracy in using languageelements, organizing discourse in the form of an essay, accuracy in using language, and choosing the words used to write. The method used in this research is descriptive qualitative. The research subjects were local Badui product who already had online shops on Tokopedia e-commerce. The sample obtained by purposive sampling consisted of 10 small business owner who already had an online shop on Tokopedia e-commerce with the status still active. Research data was obtained based on 26 texts describing local Badui products; including woven cloth, koja bags, palm sugar and tutu coffee. This data is to determine sentence structure, diction, punctuation, and creativity in creating sentences. The data analysis technique uses descriptive analysis based on product description text. The results of the research show that 6 out of 10 small business owner who are local Badui products have quite good writing skills, but are not good in terms of grammar, diction, punctuation and creativity in creating sentences. The conclusions from this research show that the Indonesian language literacy skills of small business owner local Badui product are quite good even though they have not received formal education.

The impact of cell phone use on the formation of brain tumors

The impact of cell phone use on the formation of brain tumors

Determinan of Safety Riding on Gojek Rider Community at the Jember Regency

Introduction: Safety riding is a behavior to minimize the level of danger as well as safety and security in riding that accordance with laws and regulations system in our country. Safety riding is very important, especially for online motorcycle taxi drivers who have a high risk of having a traffic accident at work. Gojek is one of the largest online transportation companies in Indonesia. Method: This research was conducted on Gojek driver partners in three sub-districts of the Jember urban areas Sumbersari, Patrang and Kaliwates. A study that aims to analyze factors related to safety riding on the Gojek Rider community in the urban area of Jember Regency. This study is a quantitative study using an observational analytical research type with a cross-sectional research design with a sample of 75 drivers. Data collection used interview instrument adopted from previous research, observations and documentations. Analysis of the correlation data used the Chi-Square test. Result: This research the majority of Gojek drivers had 2 years of service (72%), good riding knowledge (68%), mobile phone usages usage on the road without pulling over (74,7%), moderate work fatigue (64%), roadworthy vehicles (82.7%) and unsafe riding (61.3%). Conclusion: There is no correlation between length of service and safety riding. There is a correlation between driving knowledge, work fatigue, cell phone use and vehicle factors.

Aspects of mobile phone use and behavioural intentions for learning in rural South African schools

This paper focuses on a study conducted in two historically disadvantaged schools (deep-rural and semi-urban) in South Africa where the rising access to mobile technology implies that the long-standing promise of mobile learning is becoming accessible despite the lack of recent research. This research aims to investigate the relationship between the type of school and various aspects of mobile phone use as well as differences in behavioural intention constructs to use mobile phones for learning. After a literature review, several hypotheses were developed. Using non-probability sampling techniques and the survey method, data was obtained from 128 participants, 79 from the deep-rural school and 49 from the semi-urban school. The semi-urban school exhibited slightly higher percentages in all aspects of cell phone use. Outside of mobile phone ownership and Internet access, all associations were significant. Significant differences were reported in favour of the semi-urban school for all constructs regarding the behavioural intention to use mobile phones for learning. However, the future of m-learning appears to be more promising than reported in earlier research by reporting positive behaviour from students in both schools. Critical stakeholders in education should take note and move from the goals of improving broad access to explicit objectives to implement m-learning in rural schools.

Cyberbullying: Risk Factors for Victimization in Rural Schools and the Influence of School Climate.

This study evaluated the prevalence rates and risk factors for cyberbullying victimization and perpetration among 7th-12th grade students (n = 3,396) enrolled in 22 public school districts across Southern Illinois. Risk factors included victimization by traditional bullying, gender identity, cell phone use, and social media usage. We also examined perceptions of school climate and safety. We observed that traditional bullying victimization, gender identity, and social media usage predicted cyberbullying victimization. Similarly, perceptions of school climate and safety were significantly and positively correlated with cyberbullying victimization. In turn, perceptions of school climate and safety predicted cyberbullying perpetration. Rurality was a factor uniquely related to perpetration. Specifically, students from non-rural schools reported higher levels of cyberbullying perpetration than did students from rural schools. Our results underscore the need for intervention and prevention programs to focus on all forms of bullying and parental monitoring of social media accounts.

Unveiling Avant-Garde: A Study of Fady Joudah's Textu Poetry

The study examines how Japanese haiku poetry, which has been popular in American poetry since the turn of the 20th century, was revisited by Fady Joudah. The paper argues that current Arab-American poetry's avant-gardism is best shown by Joudah's appropriation of this poetic form in his poetry collection, Textu. Joudah’s new poetic genre tackles topics pertaining to the Arab-American identity in the digital era by utilizing avant-garde approaches. The suggestiveness of Haiku, which emphasizes the visual picture, word accuracy, and clear diction, is brilliantly appropriated by Joudah. The paper significantly demonstrates how a smartphone can condense pages of invocations and disclosures. It contends that Jouda's text message-like poems, which are each restricted to 160 characters, may most effectively capture the hurried spirit of the twenty-first century represented by its growing use of cell phones’ texting and twittering.

Guidelines in Practice: Surgical Attire.

Perioperative team members wear surgical attire when working in the OR. Wearing clean surgical attire is important to maintain a high level of cleanliness for patient safety. The recently updated AORN "Guideline for surgical attire" provides perioperative nurses with recommendations for wearing surgical attire in the semirestricted and restricted areas of the perioperative setting. This article discusses recommendations for laundering; head coverings; shoes; and identification badges, access cards, and personal items. It also includes a scenario describing compliance monitoring for an updated policy related to cleaning cell phones and performing hand hygiene after cell phone use. Perioperative nurses should review the guideline in its entirety and apply the recommendations for wearing surgical attire in the perioperative environment.

Plagiarism among Higher Education Students

The problem of academic fraud has recently grown and includes plagiarism, the use of cellphones, copying from others, and writing by use of artificial intelligence (AI). The objective of this study was to examine the connection between academic dishonesty, class attendance, self-efficacy, and the use of digital tools. The study focused on higher-education students in Israel and included 121 participants. It was a mixed qualitative and quantitative study based on a structured questionnaire and on the previous literature. Studies showed that academic dishonesty increases when students fail to attend classes, have low self-efficacy, and attend classes remotely via communication platforms such as Zoom. In the current study, 50% of the participants reported that academic dishonesty was perceived as legitimate among their peer students. Preventive measures such as strengthening the students’ self-efficacy during tests and other stressful situations and emphasizing the importance of acquiring professional knowledge and skills may more effectively eliminate fraud than the common method of disciplining wrongdoers.

INTERACTION OF SEX AND SEXUAL MATURATION WITH MOBILE AND SCREEN TIME IN ADOLESCENTS

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of time spent in cell phone and screen time in adolescents moderated by physical activity level. Methods: A study with a representative sample of 772 adolescents (52.6% female) with a mean age of 16.63 ± 0.69 years selected in a sampling process by multiple stages. The cell phone and screen time were auto reported. Poisson regression analyzes verified the associations. Results: Were observed associations between nutritional status and cell phone use by insufficiently active adolescents (PR: 1.433; CI95%: 1.123 - 1.829; p = 0.004). Female (PR: 0.728; CI95%: 0.621 - 0.853; p = 0.001) and female sex*pubertal interaction (PR: 0.768; CI 95%: 0.637 - 0.925; p = 0.005) and female sex*post pubert (PR: 0.709; CI95%: 0.522 - 0.963; p = 0.028) with screen time in insufficiently active activities. Female sex (PR: 0.713; CI95%: 0.536 - 0.967; p = 0.029) and female sex*pubertal interaction term (PR: 0.622; CI 95%: 0.464 - 0.944; p = 0.023) with screen time on sufficiently active. Conclusions: physical activity level may moderate the relationship of overweight/obese adolescents with cell phone use. Females seem to be the main factor related to screen time.

Use of Personal Cell Phones by Nurses is Barrier to Effective Nursing Care in Hospitals: A Qualitative Research

Using cell phones by nurses can affect the quality of care. This study aimed to explore the consequences of using cell phones by nurses in hospitals. A qualitative approach was used. Data were collected through semi-structured interviews. Nursing staff, patients, and their relatives participated in this study. Categories of “emotionless care,” “neglect in care,” “impaired professional behavior” and a main theme of “Personal cell phone is a barrier to effective nursing care” extracted. Using cell phone during work could jeopardize patients’ safety and ruins the nursing profession image. It is necessary to formulate guidelines on how to use cell phones in hospitals.

Dynamic Malware Analysis Using Machine Learning-Based Detection Algorithms

With the increasing popularity of cell phone use, the risk of malware infections on such devices has increased, resulting in financial losses for both individuals and organizations. Current research focuses on the application of machine learning for the detection and classification of these malware programs. Accordingly, the present work uses the frequency of system calls to detect and classify malware using the XGBoost, LightGBM and random forest algorithms. The highest results were obtained with the LightGBM algorithm, achieving 94,1 % precision and 93,9 % accuracy, recall, and F1-score, demonstrating the effectiveness of both machine learning and dynamic malware analysis in mitigating security threats on mobile devices.

Virtual Discrimination - Advertisements and Self Image

The internet has taken our world by storm. Personal branding and self-image, theway we think we need to look is always a passing thought for everyone of us. Advertisementshave a way of grabbing the attention of a target audience and are so catchy that they linger inour thoughts long after we first see them. Many of them dictate the way we often see andportray ourselves. They advocate the use of certain products, cell phones, branded apparel,and footwear – all in the name of conspicuous consumption that can set a tone for our imageand personal branding which is regarded as ‘acceptable’ by society. Only in recent times,however, have many of these advertisements been called out for their sexist and racialovertones/undertones that have a mental, physical as well as an emotional effect on the livesof individuals. Adolescents and adults alike, people are becoming more and more aware thatthe way the media portrays their models overshadows our everyday lives. This study aims toexamine and investigate how advertisements can influence the way human beings seethemselves. It will trace the influence of advertisements over the years and the role it plays intoday’s world – one where access to information is so easily available and at a time wherepeople are questioning so many archaic norms. With special reference to Erving Goffman’sfamous work – Gender Advertisements (1976) – and other secondary sources of data likejournals and articles, this study seeks to correlate theory with real life examples from theEntertainment Industry.

Feedback and Financial Incentives for Reducing Cell Phone Use While Driving

Handheld phone use while driving is a major factor in vehicle crashes. Scalable interventions are needed to encourage drivers not to use their phones. To test whether interventions involving social comparison feedback and/or financial incentives can reduce drivers' handheld phone use. In a randomized clinical trial, interventions were administered nationwide in the US via a mobile application in the context of a usage-based insurance program (Snapshot Mobile application). Customers were eligible to be invited to participate in the study if enrolled in the usage-based insurance program for 30 to 70 days. The study was conducted from May 13 to June 30, 2019. Analysis was completed December 22, 2023. Participants were randomly assigned to 1 of 6 trial arms for a 7-week intervention period: (1) control; (2) feedback, with weekly push notification about their handheld phone use compared with that of similar others; (3) standard incentive, with a maximum $50 award at the end of the intervention based on how their handheld phone use compared with similar others; (4) standard incentive plus feedback, combining interventions of arms 2 and 3; (5) reframed incentive plus feedback, with a maximum $7.15 award each week, framed as participant's to lose; and (6) doubled reframed incentive plus feedback, a maximum $14.29 weekly loss-framed award. Proportion of drive time engaged in handheld phone use in seconds per hour (s/h) of driving. Analyses were conducted with the intention-to-treat approach. Of 17 663 customers invited by email to participate, 2109 opted in and were randomized. A total of 2020 drivers finished the intervention period (68.0% female; median age, 30 [IQR, 25-39] years). Median baseline handheld phone use was 216 (IQR, 72-480) s/h. Relative to control, feedback and standard incentive participants did not reduce their handheld phone use. Standard incentive plus feedback participants reduced their use by -38 (95% CI, -69 to -8) s/h (P = .045); reframed incentive plus feedback participants reduced their use by -56 (95% CI, -87 to -26) s/h (P < .001); and doubled reframed incentive plus feedback participants reduced their use by -42 s/h (95% CI, -72 to -13 s/h; P = .007). The 5 active treatment arms did not differ significantly from each other. In this randomized clinical trial, providing social comparison feedback plus incentives reduced handheld phone use while individuals were driving. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03833219.

The Relationship Between Maternal Problematic Mobile Phone Use and Hyperactive Behavior in Preschool Children: The Moderating Effect of Family Parenting Support on Chain Mediation.

The issue of excessive mobile phone use among mothers currently is growing increasingly significant due to the rapid growth of smartphones and other technological items. Given that women are the primary caregivers for preschool-aged children, it is imperative to thoroughly investigate the detrimental impacts of mothers' problematic mobile phone use on the hyperactive behaviors of their children, as well as the underlying mechanisms. In this study, 924 Chinese mothers and their children are surveyed. The study looks into the moderating effects of parenting support in this context as well as the chain mediating roles of mothers' parent-child interaction disorder and work-family conflict in the effects of mothers' problematic cell phone use on preschoolers' hyperactive behaviors. Analysis is conducted on the moderating impact of parental support in this as well. The results find that boys have significantly higher levels of hyperactive behavior than girls; maternal problematic cell phone use significantly positively predicts preschoolers' hyperactive behavior; maternal problematic cell phone use could indirectly affect preschoolers' hyperactive behavior through the chain-mediated effects of work-family conflict and parent-child interaction disorder, and parenting support moderates the predictive effects of parent-child interaction disorder on preschoolers' hyperactive behavior. This study reveals potential ways in which mothers' problematic mobile phone use affects preschoolers' hyperactivity behaviors in the Chinese context. The findings provide a multidimensional (protective and risk factors) indication of how to reduce the impact of mothers' problematic mobile phone use on preschoolers' levels of hyperactivity behaviors, which would contribute to improving children's mental health. However, this is a cross-sectional study and other factors may also play an important role in this pathway.

Digital access among a national sample of currently and formerly homeless veterans in 2022.

Background: Digital technologies are essential for connecting to the Internet and communicating with others. Methods: This study used data from the 2022 Project Community Homelessness Assessment, Local Education and Networking Groups (CHALENG) survey, which surveyed a national sample of 1992 homeless-experienced veterans (HEV) about use of cell phones, smart phones, computers, laptops, and the Internet. Data were analyzed to compare currently and formerly homeless veterans on digital access and to identify characteristics associated with never using the Internet. Results: Over 75% of HEV reported having a cellphone and over 65% reported having a smartphone. Internet use was common among HEV as 74% of currently homeless veterans and 77% of formerly homeless veterans reported using the Internet. Among HEV who used the Internet, over 70% used the Internet at least weekly. There was no significant difference between currently and formerly homeless veterans on their Internet use in the total sample and subsamples of only black and only Hispanic veterans. Overall, HEV who were older, black non-Hispanic, and living in the Southeast were more likely to never use the Internet. Conclusions: These findings highlight the potential for technology-based interventions among HEV, and suggest a digital divide based on age, race, and geography.