# pos

id: cord-339880-8ey3kr3b
pos: NNP
token:
  https://www.chirobc.com/amendments-to-theprofessional-conduct-handbook-and-efficacy-claims-policywebster-technique-and-pregnancy-related-conditions/

lemma:
  https://www.chirobc.com/amendments-to-theprofessional-conduct-handbook-and-efficacy-claims-policywebster-technique-and-pregnancy-related-conditions/


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
pos: NNP
token:
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2018/08/16/iot-market-predicted-to-double-by-2021-reaching-520b/#82674f91f948

lemma:
  https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2018/08/16/iot-market-predicted-to-double-by-2021-reaching-520b/#82674f91f948


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
pos: NNP
token:
  https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/se/internet-of-things/at-a-glance-c45-731471.pdf

lemma:
  https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/se/internet-of-things/at-a-glance-c45-731471.pdf


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
pos: NNP
token:
  https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-COVID-19-outside-hospital-setting-or

lemma:
  https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-COVID-19-outside-hospital-setting-or


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
pos: NNPS
token:
  https://talkbusiness.net/2020/04/groups-share-data-quantifying-COVID-19-impacts-on-trucking-industry/

lemma:
  https://talkbusiness.net/2020/04/groups-share-data-quantifying-COVID-19-impacts-on-trucking-industry/


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
pos: NNP
token:
  https://spectrum.ieee.org/news-from-around-ieee/the-institute/ieee-member-news/thermal-cameras-are-beingoutfitted-to-detect-fever-and-conduct-contact-tracing-for-covid19

lemma:
  https://spectrum.ieee.org/news-from-around-ieee/the-institute/ieee-member-news/thermal-cameras-are-beingoutfitted-to-detect-fever-and-conduct-contact-tracing-for-covid19


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
pos: JJ
token:
  https://www.fiercewireless.com/iot/at-t-4g-lte-connects-iot-robots-to-kill-germs-keep-shelves-stocked

lemma:
  https://www.fiercewireless.com/iot/at-t-4g-lte-connects-iot-robots-to-kill-germs-keep-shelves-stocked


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
pos: NNP
token:
  https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/tracking-covid19-with-the-iot-may-put-your-privacy-at-risk

lemma:
  https://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/tracking-covid19-with-the-iot-may-put-your-privacy-at-risk


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
pos: NNP
token:
  https://www.govtech.com/opinion/If-Only-One-US-City-Wins-the-Smart-City-Race-the-Whole-Nation-Loses.html

lemma:
  https://www.govtech.com/opinion/If-Only-One-US-City-Wins-the-Smart-City-Race-the-Whole-Nation-Loses.html


# ent

id: cord-013377-d4tbf05a
type: DISEASE
entity:
  human machine interfaces Acquired data or virtual things are transmitted to computing platforms where they are processed they interact between them and decisions


id: cord-253212-ygmkul62
type: ORG
entity:
  Quantum Structure From Psychology to Finances Quantum Models of Cognition and Decision Quantum Concepts


id: cord-253212-ygmkul62
type: DISEASE
entity:
  cognitive psychological social and anomalous phenomena Found Phys On quantum like probabilistic structure of mental information Pilot wave theory


id: cord-024773-j24hphoi
type: CHEMICAL
entity:
  Daten nicht mehr auf dem eigenen sondern auf einem fremden Computer verarbeitet würden beschreibt zutreffend einen wichtigen Aspekt der heutigen


id: cord-024773-j24hphoi
type: DISEASE
entity:
  Die Frage nach der Zukunft des Internets und allgemeiner nach unserem zukünftigen Umgang mit Informationstechnik ist höchst politisch


id: cord-019104-rkuzcng5
type: PROTEIN
entity:
  H1 beta 0 62 t 3 04 H3 beta 0 74 t 9 13 H4 beta 0 21 t 2 67 H5 beta 0 80 t 13 02 H6 beta 0 37 t 3 84 H7 beta 0 28 t 3 01 H8 beta 0 10 t 1 78


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
type: ORG
entity:
  a Systems Architecture to Improve Smart Cities Technology Approaches Research on Key Technology for Data Storage


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
type: ORG
entity:
  Predictive Active Steering Control for Autonomous Vehicle Systems Collision Avoidance and Stabilization for Autonomous Vehicles


id: cord-025856-gc7hdqis
type: GGP
entity:
  Stoycheff s 2016 study of the effect of social media users awareness of surveillance This experiment found that even in strong free speech jurisdictionspriming users awareness of the possibility of surveillance produced more conservative online behaviour and speech This impact should be concerning to developmental democrats Dahl 1971 for example emphasis on the processes of preference formation as a critical aspect of developmental citizenship something that continues life long but is vital in the transition into civic life in youth Preference formation is both an individualised practice in that it is a developmentally acquired skill that individuals


id: cord-314092-ph5vrba6
type: ORG
entity:
  Society for Information Management and The Management Information Systems BabyVeillance Expecting Parents Online Surveillance


id: cord-167104-snvq1ol7
type: ORG
entity:
  Predicting Academic Performance Based on Students Family Environment Evidence for Colombia Using Classification Trees Learning Teaching and Scholarship


id: cord-293403-o1i999hy
type: ORG
entity:
  OECD Forum Taiwan Council of Economic Planning and Development Taiwan Statistical Data Book World Development Indicators


id: cord-311190-i630n88t
type: EVENT
entity:
  ACM SIGCOMM Conference on Internet Measurement IMC 03 Association for Computing Machinery Packet Delay Variation Applicability Statement


id: cord-292835-zzc1a7id
type: WORK_OF_ART
entity:
  A Mobile Cough Strength Evaluation Device Using Cough Sounds Heart Rate Monitoring System During Physical Exercise for Fatigue Warning


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type: DNA
entity:
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type: ORG
entity:
  the National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Research Excellence Integrated Systems for Epidemic Response


id: cord-312568-8avgxkir
type: ORG
entity:
  International Society for Infectious Diseases International Society for Infectious Diseases Outbreak News


id: cord-340545-mgq3a4t9
type: WORK_OF_ART
entity:
  the Diverse Needs of the Professional and Consumer Communities Affected by Problematic Usage of Pornography date 2020


id: cord-340545-mgq3a4t9
type: ORG
entity:
  the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity and the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists 11 16


id: cord-340545-mgq3a4t9
type: ORG
entity:
  the Advancement of Sexual Health Association for the Treatment of Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals Addicted to Internet Porn Understanding and Treating Sex and Pornography Addiction A Comprehensive Guide for People Who Struggle with Sex Addiction


id: cord-340545-mgq3a4t9
type: EVENT
entity:
  International Conference on Behavioral Addictions Sex Addict Compulsivity Pornography and Sexuality Research Papers


id: cord-340545-mgq3a4t9
type: EVENT
entity:
  International Conference on Behavioral Addictions Sex Addicts Anonymous International Service Organization of SAA


id: cord-340545-mgq3a4t9
type: WORK_OF_ART
entity:
  the Treatment of Comorbid Tobacco and Pornography Addiction Treatment of Compulsive Pornography Use with Naltrexone A Case Report Positive Response of Compulsive Sexual Behavior to Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Desire


id: cord-340545-mgq3a4t9
type: ORG
entity:
  High Burden Promotion and Protection of All Human Rights Civil Political Economic Social and Cultural Rights Including the Right to Development Motivational Pathways


id: cord-340545-mgq3a4t9
type: WORK_OF_ART
entity:
  the Treatment of Internet Pornography Addiction A Case Report and Review of Literature Aggression and Sexual Behavior in


id: cord-340545-mgq3a4t9
type: ORG
entity:
  Characteristics of Individuals Who Participate In Autoerotic Asphyxiation Practices An Exploratory Study Erectile Dysfunction A Review of Comprehensive Treatment Options


id: cord-321621-maym3iah
type: LAW
entity:
  Measurement and Relation to Career Development Adult Attachment Social Self Efficacy Self Disclosure Loneliness and Subsequent Depression for Freshman College Students A Longitudinal Study Acculturative Stress and Depression


id: cord-321621-maym3iah
type: ORG
entity:
  An Overview of Longitudinal Data Analysis Methods for Neurological Research Dealing With Missing Outcome Data


id: cord-346258-xlyi0cnl
type: WORK_OF_ART
entity:
  Adolescents With Specific Learning Disabilities Istraživanje Kvaliteta Uslužnog Process u Kruzing Turizmu


id: cord-346258-xlyi0cnl
type: ORG
entity:
  The World Cruise Industry A Profile of the Global Labour Market Seafarer s International Research Centre SIRC


id: cord-342841-b1rucgmg
type: LAW
entity:
  the COVID 19 Pandemic A Necessary Turn to Telepsychiatry Telemedicine for Child Collaborative or Integrated Care Current Directions


# url

id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
domain: www.forbes.com
url:
  http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2018/08/16/iot-market-predicted-to-double-by-2021-reaching-520b/#82674f91f948


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
domain: www.cisco.com
url:
  http://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/se/internet-of-things/at-a-glance-c45-731471.pdf


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
domain: www.fda.gov
url:
  http://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-cautions-against-use-hydroxychloroquine-or-chloroquine-COVID-19-outside-hospital-setting-or


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
domain: talkbusiness.net
url:
  http://talkbusiness.net/2020/04/groups-share-data-quantifying-COVID-19-impacts-on-trucking-industry/


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
domain: spectrum.ieee.org
url:
  http://spectrum.ieee.org/news-from-around-ieee/the-institute/ieee-member-news/thermal-cameras-are-beingoutfitted-to-detect-fever-and-conduct-contact-tracing-for-covid19


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
domain: www.fiercewireless.com
url:
  http://www.fiercewireless.com/iot/at-t-4g-lte-connects-iot-robots-to-kill-germs-keep-shelves-stocked


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
domain: spectrum.ieee.org
url:
  http://spectrum.ieee.org/telecom/security/tracking-covid19-with-the-iot-may-put-your-privacy-at-risk


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
domain: www.govtech.com
url:
  http://www.govtech.com/opinion/If-Only-One-US-City-Wins-the-Smart-City-Race-the-Whole-Nation-Loses.html


id: cord-339880-8ey3kr3b
domain: www.chirobc.com
url:
  http://www.chirobc.com/amendments-to-theprofessional-conduct-handbook-and-efficacy-claims-policywebster-technique-and-pregnancy-related-conditions/


# bib

id: cord-013377-d4tbf05a
title: A Software Architecture for the Industrial Internet of Things—A Conceptual Model
author: Ungurean, Ioan
date: 2020-09-30
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7583771/
doi: 10.3390/s20195603
summary:
  The main contributions of this paper are the proposal and description of a complete IIoT software architecture, the use of a unified address space, and the use of the computing platform based on SoC (System on Chip) with specialized co-processors in order to be able to execute in real-time certain time-critical operations specific to the industrial environment. In the specialized literature, several reference architectures for IoT and IIoT are proposed, but these are abstract models which do not deal with how to integrate things from the industrial environment, especially as in this environment are used communication systems (fieldbuses) with specific capabilities such as real-time monitoring and control of time-critical operations. One of the main goals of the drivers is to build the address space in a unitary way, hiding the specific details of each fieldbus and connected devices, such as the addressing mode or the In order to meet the real-time requirements specific to the industrial environment, the fog nodes can be designed and developed on SoC systems with specialized coprocessors for the communication implementation with fieldbuses.

abstract:
  The Internet of Things (IoT) is an emerging concept that has revolutionized the use of new technologies in everyday life. The economic impact of IoT becoming very important, and it began to be used in the industrial environment under the name of the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) concept, which is a sub-domain of IoT. The IIoT changes the way industrial processes are controlled and monitored, increasing operating efficiency. This article proposes a software architecture for IIoT that has a low degree of abstraction compared to the reference architectures presented in the literature. The architecture is organized on four-layer and it integrates the latest concepts related to fog and edge computing. These concepts are activated through the use of fog/edge/gateway nodes, where the processing of data acquired from things is performed and it is the place where things interact with each other in the virtual environment. The main contributions of this paper are the proposal and description of a complete IIoT software architecture, the use of a unified address space, and the use of the computing platform based on SoC (System on Chip) with specialized co-processors in order to be able to execute in real-time certain time-critical operations specific to the industrial environment.


id: cord-019104-rkuzcng5
author: Chang, I-Chiu
date: 2005-07-14
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mime: text/plain
url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7125980/
doi: 10.1016/j.giq.2005.05.002
summary:
  14 Altogether, the authors proposed a TAM-like research framework with the ISQ, IQ, and PC of the Internet tax-filing system that affect the taxpayers'' PU and PEOU, and additionally the attitude and the intention to utilize the system. To avoid the confusion associated with D&M, this study used D&M-like 6 quality antecedents to summarize the external variables of the TAM acceptance model for the Internet tax-filing system. 14,34, 36 Wang 14 further explained that bperceived fears of divulging personal information and users'' feelings of insecurity provide unique challenges to planners to find ways in which to develop users'' perceived credibility of electronic taxfiling systems.Q Therefore, perceived credibility is considered as another important quality factor in the Internet tax-filing system. Consistent with these aforementioned two points, the authors propose that the constructs hypothesized (e.g., IQ, ISQ, and PC) affect the use of Internet tax filing indirectly through their effect on PU and PEOU.

title:
  An empirical study on the impact of quality antecedents on tax payers'' acceptance of Internet tax-filing systems

abstract:
  This study used the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) to examine taxpayers' acceptance of the Internet tax-filing system. Based on data collected from 141 experienced taxpayers in Taiwan, the acceptance and the impact of quality antecedents on taxpayers' perceived usefulness (PU) and perceived ease of use (PEOU) of the system were assessed and evaluated. The results indicated that the model of Internet tax-filing system was accepted with a reasonable goodness-of-fit. Three important findings include the following items. First, TAM proves to be a valid model to explain the taxpayers' acceptance of the Internet tax-filers' system. Meanwhile, PU has created more impact than PEOU on taxpayers' intention to use the system. Second, PU is positively influenced by such factors as information system quality (ISQ), information quality (IQ), as well as perceived credibility (PC). Third, IQ has a positive impact on PEOU. Based on the research findings, implications and limitations are then discussed for future possible research.


id: cord-020199-rm0c2vu9
title: Exploring the Determinants of Internet Usage in Nigeria: A Micro-spatial Approach
author: Odusanya, Kayode
date: 2020-03-10
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7134309/
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-45002-1_26
summary:
  The novelty of our analysis stems from a unique dataset constructed by matching geo-referenced information from an inventory of network equipment to a nationally representative street-level survey of over 20,000 Nigerians, by far one of the largest technology adoption surveys in sub-Saharan Africa to date within the information systems literature. Second, our focus on Nigeria provides a plausible and timely case study of the effect of broadband infrastructure diffusion on internet usage in SSA and the broader developing country context. Comparatively, this study is therefore the first to explore the individual-level influence of broadband infrastructure on internet adoption using a micro-spatial approach, especially in a developing country context. Hence, we would argue that the failure to control for this network infrastructure effect in the study of broadband adoption across developing countries could well result in significant omitted variable bias.

abstract:
  The dearth of Information Communication Technology (ICT) infrastructure in the Sub-Saharan Africa region underscores the argument that the spread of broadband infrastructure can foster internet adoption in the region. Consequently, the aim of this paper is to present results on the determinants of internet adoption in a sub-Saharan African country. Drawing on a dataset of households in Nigeria, this study presents findings on the demographic, socio-economic and infrastructure factors that predict internet usage in Nigeria. The novelty of our analysis stems from a unique dataset constructed by matching geo-referenced information from an inventory of network equipment to a nationally representative street-level survey of over 20,000 Nigerians, by far one of the largest technology adoption surveys in sub-Saharan Africa to date within the information systems literature. The results are discussed and concluding remarks highlighting next steps are made.


id: cord-024773-j24hphoi
title: Datenschutz und Internet – Es ist kompliziert!
author: Schaar, Peter
date: 2020-05-14
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7221231/
doi: 10.1007/s00287-020-01275-2
summary:
  Das Internet hat sich rasant zu einem Medium entwickelt, bei dem Überwachung und das Sammeln von Daten über seine Nutzerinnen und Nutzer immer mehr Raum einnimmt. Schon in den 1980er-Jahren wurde der Nachrichtenaustausch über das Netz mit dem Versenden einer Postkarte verglichen, bei der jeder am Transport Beteiligte, etwa der Postbote, nicht nur die Absender-und Empfängeradressen, sondern auch den Inhalt mitlesen kann. Noch bedeutsamer sind die Bemühungen der Internetkonzerne, auch die Kontrolle über die Basisinfrastrukturen des Netzes zu übernehmen, etwa indem sie -und nicht die Telekommunikationsunternehmen -die Nutzer mit dem Netz verbinden. Hinzuweisen ist hier etwa auf das Projekt "Loon" der Google-Mutter-Alphabet [7] zur Versorgung abgelegener Gegenden mit Internet oder das Vorhaben von Amazon, eine globale Internetversorgung über mehr als 3000 Satelliten zu gewährleisten ("Projekt Kuiper") [8] . Letztlich versuchen global tätige Unternehmen, ihre jeweiligen Ökotope zu Synonymen des Internets zu entwickeln, eines proprietäre "Internets", in der letztlich nur eine Instanz die vollständige Kontrolle ausübt und damit über den Umgang mit Informationen im wirtschaftlichen Eigeninteresse entscheidet.

abstract:
  Angesichts der zunehmenden Bedeutung des Internets für die private, geschäftliche und staatliche Kommunikation werden dessen Datenschutzdefizite systemrelevant. Die damit einher gehenden Risken lassen sich durch datenschutzrechtliche Vorschriften allein nicht beherrschen. Sie müssen ergänzt werden durch informationstechnische Sicherungen, die bereits beim Systemdesign greifen (Privacy by Design). Zudem müssen das Verbraucher- und Wettbewerbstrecht und die Haftungsregelungen der neuen Situation angepasst werden.


id: cord-025856-gc7hdqis
title: New Media and Youth Political Engagement
author: Chen, Peter John
date: 2020-06-02
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mime: text/plain
url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7266648/
doi: 10.1007/s43151-020-00003-7
summary:
  First, that there is a well-established model of contemporary political mobilisation that employs both new media and large data analysis that can and have been effectively applied to young people in electoral and non-electoral contexts. As such, it is complementary to a study of youth participation in the political processes of evolved democracies, such as Australia, and the internet-based technologies that afford them access. Based on a survey of young people (16-29) in the USA, UK and Australia, and drawn from online panels, they argued that social media was positively related to increase political participation and produce a good regression analysis in support of this claim. Overall, social movement citizenship, or everyday making, presents challenges to an outcome-focused democratic analysis due to a tendency towards adhocracy, paradoxical disconnection and rapid demobilisation by political participants following their "hit-and-run" engagement. The networked young citizen: social media political participation and civic engagement The networked young citizen: social media political participation and civic engagement

abstract:
  This article critically examines the role new media can play in the political engagement of young people in Australia. Moving away from “deficit” descriptions, which assert low levels of political engagement among young people, it argues two major points. First, that there is a well-established model of contemporary political mobilisation that employs both new media and large data analysis that can and have been effectively applied to young people in electoral and non-electoral contexts. Second, that new media, and particularly social media, are not democratic by nature. Their general use and adoption by young and older people do not necessarily cultivate democratic values. This is primarily due to the type of participation afforded in the emerging “surveillance economy”. The article argues that a focus on scale as drivers of influence, the underlying foundation of their affordances based on algorithms, and the centralised editorial control of these platforms make them highly participative, but unequal sites for political socialisation and practice. Thus, recent examples of youth mobilisation, such as seen in recent climate justice movements, should be seen through the lens of cycles of contestation, rather than as technologically determined.


id: cord-026220-1ug29xxd
title: Planning Wi-Fi Access Points Activation in Havana City: A Proposal and Preliminary Results
author: Porras, Cynthia
date: 2020-05-15
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mime: text/plain
url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7274665/
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-50143-3_54
summary:
  This contribution presents the problem of planning the Wi-Fi access points activation, where each point can have different signal power levels and availability along the time. Due to energy saving policies, it is impossible to activate all of the available WAPs with a strong signal level (which would be the obvious solution to the problem). Several features should be considered when solving the problem but we highlight two of them: 1) WAPs may not have available all the different signal levels and 2) the demand at a geographic area may change over the time. These features can be modelled using a generalization of DMCLP presented in [10] : the dynamic maximal covering location problem with facility types and time dependent availability (DMCLP-FT). Constraint (2) shows that a node can be covered if an activated WAP with level k in period t belong to set N itk .

abstract:
  The availability of Wi-Fi connection points or hotspots in places such as parks, transport stations, libraries, and so on is one of the key aspects to allow people the usage of Internet resources (to study, work or meet). This is even more important in Central America and Caribbean countries where the deployment of huge cost infrastructure (like optical fiber) to provide Internet access at home is not envisaged neither in the short or mid term. And this is clearly the case in Havana, Cuba. This contribution presents the problem of planning the Wi-Fi access points activation, where each point can have different signal power levels and availability along the time. Due to power consumption constraints, it is impossible to have all the points activated simultaneously with maximum signal strength. The problem is modelled as a dynamic maximal covering location one with facility types and time dependant availability. A metaheuristic approach is used to solve the problem by using an Algorithm portfolio and examples on how solutions can be analyzed (beyond the coverage provided) are shown.


id: cord-028356-kfjg81i7
title: Inflexions of Deleuze|Guattari: For a New Ontology of Media, When West-East Meet
author: jagodzinski, jan
date: 2020-05-05
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mime: text/plain
url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7333450/
doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-48618-1_2
summary:
  This is remarkably illustrated by Amir Vodka (2013) who makes the claim that the cinema of kung fu can be related to Deleuze|Guattari''s Body without Organs via Tao, which forms its own kind of BwO as "the shape that has no shape, the image that is without substance" (Lao-Tzu 1963: 18) . Deleuze|Guattari are against any forms of identity as the "dogmatic image of thought." All representational thinking presupposes a subject-object gap, a ''correlationism'' (Meillassoux 2008) . The simulacrum dispels any form of representational truth or essence or category of an object or thing, and works with what Deleuze calls the "powers of the false," where the only truth is time itself; that is change, the "eternal return of difference" as theorized by Nietzsche, where and when the new emerges.

abstract:
  Deleuze|Guattari’s philosophical oeuvre has become increasingly known in East Asia as scholars recognize their importance for virtually all disciplines. In this chapter, I try to show why representational thought, which they overturn, continues to retain its force over us. By introducing concepts, which they developed, such as simulacrum, powers of the false, the event, and affect, I make the attempt to show how non-representational thought can be understood within visual art and media. Lastly, when West-East Meet, there is an attempt on my part to show the relationship between Taoist understanding of chaos and Deleuze|Guattari’s use of the transcendental plane to grasp the genesis of creativity proper.


id: cord-030423-0fjlz3lf
title: Expand or Oversize? Planning Internet Access Network in a Demand Growth Scenario
author: Libório, Matheus Pereira
date: 2020-08-13
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mime: text/plain
url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7423848/
doi: 10.1007/s10922-020-09561-w
summary:
  Considering this, the objective of this research is to define the most advantageous strategy of expansion planning to attend a 5 years forecasted Internet demand, considering: (1) the possibility of utilizing a Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network technology; (2) the application of the minimal Steiner tree and Dijkstra algorithms in planning procedures; (3) the influence of economic and technological factors on the demand forecast; (4) the aggressive, moderate, and conservative scenarios in decision-making. The most advantageous cable network planning strategy was defined from three sets of procedures: estimating the Megabits per second (Mbps) in Brazil, estimating investments in kilometers (Km) of cables, and analyzing the market investments ratio or Mbps/Km. The procedure one "estimating the Megabits per second (Mbps) in Brazil" includes the following steps: I) Internet demand forecasting (Mbps per person), executed on Ninna-PCA and Microsoft Excel Software; II) geoprocessing of the characteristics of the city under analysis; III) creation of conservative, moderate, and aggressive decision scenarios; and IV) estimation of the Internet demand [57] .

abstract:
  Internet network design specialists are looking for technologies and strategies to deliver network service under increased demand conditions. The choice of strategies is based on applying optimization and decision-making methods to select the most appropriate cable network design considering criteria established by the problem definition. However, this definition is itself a decision problem that has not received analysis in the literature. In particular, one of the most important questions is the necessity to define an expansion strategy. The first alternative (expansion) is to design a network to serve consumers with Internet demand equal to or greater than the predefined one to expand the network annually to serve consumers that reach the predefined Internet speed. The second alternative (oversizing) is to design a network to serve consumers with future Internet demand (after 5 years) at or above that the predefined one. Considering this, the objective of this research is to define the most advantageous strategy of expansion planning to attend a 5 years forecasted Internet demand, considering: (1) the possibility of utilizing a Gigabit-capable Passive Optical Network technology; (2) the application of the minimal Steiner tree and Dijkstra algorithms in planning procedures; (3) the influence of economic and technological factors on the demand forecast; (4) the aggressive, moderate, and conservative scenarios in decision-making. The results show that the over-dimensioning strategy reduces network investment by between 30 and 41%, but that this reduction does not always lead to a market investment ratio higher than that observed in the expansion strategy.


id: cord-030826-lj7x5qdd
author: Niner, Holly J.
date: 2020-08-25
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7446603/
doi: 10.1007/s42532-020-00059-y
summary:
  This shift offers a unique opportunity to address long-standing inequities in access and issues of sustainability associated with traditional conference formats, through testing online platforms. Given the associated carbon emissions and inequities in access, there is a particularly strong moral onus for those engaged in the field of socio-ecology to develop conference models or practices that do not contribute to the very problems that the discipline seeks to address. Online conference formats remove the need for travel and reduce the costs of attendance, but they do not preclude inequality in access and participation. While many conference participants may have adequate access to Internet and technology, to address issues of diversity, equity and inclusion, online platform selection should consider associated requirements for high bandwidth, high-performing devices and training in these technologies. The potential to address long-standing inequities in the socio-ecological community through online conferences is a bright spot in the post-COVID-19 landscape.

title:
  The pandemic push: can COVID-19 reinvent conferences to models rooted in sustainability, equitability and inclusion?

abstract:
  The COVID-19 pandemic necessitates a change in conference formats for 2020. This shift offers a unique opportunity to address long-standing inequities in access and issues of sustainability associated with traditional conference formats, through testing online platforms. However, moving online is not a panacea for all of these concerns, particularly those arising from uneven distribution of access to the Internet and other technology. With conferences and events being forced to move online, this is a critical juncture to examine how online formats can be used to best effect and to reduce the inequities of in-person meetings. In this article, we highlight that a thoughtful and equitable move to online formats could vastly strengthen the global socio-ecological research community and foster cohesive and effective collaborations, with ecology and society being the ultimate beneficiaries.


id: cord-161840-l5zyubwx
title: What is the next innovation after the internet of things?
author: Cao, Hung
date: 2017-08-23
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url: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1708.07160v1.pdf
doi: nan
summary:
  First coined in 2014 [5] , Tactile Internet is considered as the communication method over the Internet with typical characteristic such as ultra-low latency in combination with high availability, reliability and security in order to mimic the same as human tactile reaction sense on the Internet environment. Developing new architectures and enabling extremely low-latency endto-end communications to render the Tactile Internet vision realistic is one of the main motivation. The purpose of this paper is to introduce about the Tactile Internet, its impact to our society in the near future as well as its challenges, infrastructure requirement to apply this new technology in real life. The potential impact of the Tactile Internet is expected to bring a new dimension and method to human-tomachine, human-to-human interaction in a plurality of different society aspects including healthcare, education, energy, smart city, and culture.

abstract:
  The world had witnessed several generations of the Internet. Starting with the Fixed Internet, then the Mobile Internet, scientists now focus on many types of research related to the"Thing"Internet (or Internet of Things). The question is"what is the next Internet generation after the Thing Internet?"This paper envisions about the Tactile Internet which could be the next Internet generation in the near future. The paper will introduce what is the tactile internet, why it could be the next future Internet, as well as the impact and its application in the future society. Furthermore, some challenges and the requirements are presented to guide further research in this near future field.


id: cord-167104-snvq1ol7
title: Kids Today: Remote Education in the time of COVID-19
author: Castano, Adriana Mejia
date: 2020-10-14
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url: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2010.07295v1.pdf
doi: nan
summary:
  Using several nationally representative datasets in Colombia, this article documents how the academic performance of students in their final high school year is affected due to technologies, aggregated by municipalities. Most of the studies over these data indicate that the covariables that most affect the academic performance (have a good score), according to Chica, Galvis, and Ramirez (2011) are socioeconomic status, parents scholarship, the number of hours in the school, school type (private or public) and gender; but there is little work on how technologies affect it. In Colombia there is an academic test provided by ICFES, proctors on standardized tests, called SABER11, that scores students in their final high school year, and also has self-reported socio-demographic information. During pandemic times it is necessary to understand how the internet or computer access affects the score of SABER11 since that can offer a way to comprehend the effect of these technologies in each municipality and which are the best improvements according to each necessity.

abstract:
  With the recent COVID-19 breakup, it became necessary to implement remote classes in schools and universities to safeguard health and life. However, many students (teachers and parents, also) face great difficulties accessing and staying in class due to technology limitations, affecting their education. Using several nationally representative datasets in Colombia, this article documents how the academic performance of students in their final high school year is affected due to technologies, aggregated by municipalities. We conclude that internet access strongly affects these results, and little improvement on the internet/computer access will reflect better academic performance. Under these conditions, belonging to an ethnic group or high rurality (non-geographic centralized municipalities) has a negative impact. Policy implications are discussed.


id: cord-170666-zjwlmzj3
title: Characterizing Service Provider Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States
author: Liu, Shinan
date: 2020-11-01
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url: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2011.00419v1.pdf
doi: nan
summary:
  We study three questions: (1)How did traffic demands change in the United States as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?; (2)What effects have these changes had on Internet performance?; (3)How did service providers respond to these changes? The changes in usage patterns have resulted in corresponding changes in network traffic demands observed by Internet service providers. Although there have been several preliminary measurements of the effects of the COVID-19 response, none have holistically studied traffic data, performance analysis, routing data, and ISP capacity information together, as we do in this paper. We focus on the capacity changes during lockdown by inspecting two data sources: (1) to understand how ISPs responded by adding capacity to interconnects, we study the interconnect capacity of two large ISPs in the United States; and (2) to understand how video service providers expanded their network footprints in response to increasing demand, we analyze IPv4 address space from two major video conference providers-WebEx and Zoom-and find that both providers substantially increased advertised IP address space.

abstract:
  The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in dramatic changes to the daily habits of billions of people. Users increasingly have to rely on home broadband Internet access for work, education, and other activities. These changes have resulted in corresponding changes to Internet traffic patterns. This paper aims to characterize the effects of these changes with respect to Internet service providers in the United States. We study three questions: (1)How did traffic demands change in the United States as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?; (2)What effects have these changes had on Internet performance?; (3)How did service providers respond to these changes? We study these questions using data from a diverse collection of sources. Our analysis of interconnection data for two large ISPs in the United States shows a 30-60% increase in peak traffic rates in the first quarter of 2020. In particular, we observe traffic downstream peak volumes for a major ISP increase of 13-20% while upstream peaks increased by more than 30%. Further, we observe significant variation in performance across ISPs in conjunction with the traffic volume shifts, with evident latency increases after stay-at-home orders were issued, followed by a stabilization of traffic after April. Finally, we observe that in response to changes in usage, ISPs have aggressively augmented capacity at interconnects, at more than twice the rate of normal capacity augmentation. Similarly, video conferencing applications have increased their network footprint, more than doubling their advertised IP address space.


id: cord-198180-pwmr3m4o
title: Future Smart Connected Communities to Fight COVID-19 Outbreak
author: Gupta, Deepti
date: 2020-07-20
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url: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2007.10477v1.pdf
doi: nan
summary:
  IoT and smart connected technologies together with data-driven applications can play a crucial role not only in prevention, continuous monitoring, and mitigation of the disease, but also enable prompt enforcement of guidelines, rules and government orders to contain such future outbreaks. We propose different architectures, applications and technology systems for various smart infrastructures including E-health, smart home, smart supply chain management, smart locality, and smart city, to develop future connected communities to manage and mitigate similar outbreaks. IoT technology including smart sensors, actuators, and devices and data driven applications can enable smart connected com-13 https://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2018/08/16/iot-market-predicted-to-double-by-2021-reaching-520b/#82674f91f948 14 https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/collateral/se/internet-of-things/at-a-glance-c45-731471.pdf munities to strengthen the health and economical postures of the nations to fight against the current COVID-19 situation and other future pandemics efficiently. The architecture integrates a hybrid cloud and edge computing nodes together with IoT and smart sensor devices, to enable real-time and data-driven services and applications needed in COVID-19 pandemics.

abstract:
  Internet of Things (IoT) has grown rapidly in the last decade and continue to develop in terms of dimension and complexity offering wide range of devices to support diverse set of applications. With ubiquitous Internet, connected sensors and actuators, networking and communication technology, and artificial intelligence (AI), smart cyber-physical systems (CPS) provide services rendering assistance to humans in their daily lives. However, the recent outbreak of COVID-19 (also known as coronavirus) pandemic has exposed and highlighted the limitations of current technological deployments to curtail this disease. IoT and smart connected technologies together with data-driven applications can play a crucial role not only in prevention, continuous monitoring, and mitigation of the disease, but also enable prompt enforcement of guidelines, rules and government orders to contain such future outbreaks. In this paper, we envision an IoT-enabled ecosystem for intelligent monitoring, pro-active prevention and control, and mitigation of COVID-19. We propose different architectures, applications and technology systems for various smart infrastructures including E-health, smart home, smart supply chain management, smart locality, and smart city, to develop future connected communities to manage and mitigate similar outbreaks. Furthermore, we present research challenges together with future directions to enable and develop these smart communities and infrastructures to fight and prepare against such outbreaks.


id: cord-253212-ygmkul62
title: Social Laser Model for the Bandwagon Effect: Generation of Coherent Information Waves
author: Khrennikov, Andrei
date: 2020-05-17
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url: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2004.12669v1.pdf
doi: 10.3390/e22050559
summary:
  The main output of this paper is presented in Section 5 describing the quantum-like mechanism of the generation of big waves of coherent information excitations. Thus, we model the information field as a quantum field with communications (generated, e.g., by mass media) as quanta carrying social energy and some additional characteristics related to communication content. The information flows generated by mass media and the Internet are so powerful that people are not able to analyze communication content deeply, they just scan its quasi-color and absorb a quantum of the social energy carried by this communication. Thus, information excitations in the echo chamber generated by posted communications not only increase the probability of emission of new information excitations by excited atoms, but they also perform the function of additional energy pumping into the gain medium (social group).

abstract:
  During recent years our society has often been exposed to coherent information waves of high amplitudes. These are waves of huge social energy. Often they are of destructive character, a kind of information tsunami. However, they can also carry positive improvements in human society, as waves of decision-making matching rational recommendations of societal institutes. The main distinguishing features of these waves are their high amplitude, coherence (homogeneous character of social actions generated by them), and short time needed for their generation and relaxation. Such waves can be treated as large-scale exhibitions of the bandwagon effect. We show that this socio-psychic phenomenon can be modeled based on the recently developed social laser theory. This theory can be used to model stimulated amplification of coherent social actions. “Actions” are treated very generally, from mass protests to votes and other collective decisions, such as, e.g., acceptance (often unconscious) of some societal recommendations. In this paper, we concentrate on the theory of laser resonators, physical vs. social. For the latter, we analyze in detail the functioning of Internet-based echo chambers. Their main purpose is increasing of the power of the quantum information field as well as its coherence. Of course, the bandwagon effect is well known and well studied in social psychology. However, social laser theory gives the possibility to model it by using general formalism of quantum field theory. The paper contains the minimum of mathematics and it can be read by researchers working in psychological, cognitive, social, and political sciences; it might also be interesting for experts in information theory and artificial intelligence.


id: cord-262084-mvgqlufq
author: Thorp, Andrea W.
date: 2007-08-31
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url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0196064406025431
doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2006.11.019
summary:
  The first group consisted of Internet references that were readily accessible and contained information that the author intended to cite. The second group consisted of Internet references that failed to contain readily accessible information that the author intended to cite. For example, a URL that links to the New York Times Web site will be active, but the information the authors intended to cite will no longer be on the home page. When comparing the categories of Internet references, we found that the number of Internet references that no longer accessed the authors'' intended information increased over time. The Internet references published in Annals of Emergency Medicine appear to become less readily accessible over time. Five years after publication, 78% of the Internet references no longer allowed the reader to readily access the authors'' intended information as cited in the published reference section.

title:
  Accessibility of Internet References in Annals of Emergency Medicine: Is It Time to Require Archiving?

abstract:
  Study objective We seek to evaluate the accessibility of all Internet references appearing in Annals of Emergency Medicine from 2000, 2003, and 2005. Secondary objectives are to determine whether the number of Internet references is increasing and to describe how Internet references are inaccessible. Methods We visually scanned all articles for references made in the printed version of Annals of Emergency Medicine for 2000, 2003, and 2005. We identified the Internet references and grouped them into 11 categories according to the results of entering the uniform resource locator (URL) into the Internet browser. Results We identified 15,745 references published in Annals of Emergency Medicine. The proportion of Internet references increased from 1% of the total references in 2000 to 5.4% in 2005. Internet references were not readily accessible for 40 of 51 Internet references in 2000 (78%; 95% confidence interval [CI] 65% to 88%), 161 of 286 Internet references in 2003 (56%; 95% CI 50% to 62%), and 111 of 249 Internet references in 2005 (45%; 95% CI 39% to 51%). Inaccessibility was most commonly manifested by URLs that no longer link to active Web sites (172 of 312 inaccessible Internet references [55%]; 95% CI 50% to 61%) and URLs that linked to generic home pages where the authors’ referenced material could not be found (115 of 312 inaccessible Internet references [37%]; 95% CI 32% to 42%). Conclusion In Annals of Emergency Medicine, older Internet references appear to be less accessible than newer references. Internet reference archiving is one solution to preserving this information for future readers.


id: cord-266724-4szg1nbu
author: Xie, Tiantian
date: 2020-08-26
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url: https://doi.org/10.2147/rmhp.s257473
doi: 10.2147/rmhp.s257473
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  5, 6 The COVID-19 pandemic has generated a huge impact on social media behaviors across the world internet community, in particular at the early outbreak in China when global attention was focused on the situation in Wuhan and Hubei province, the epicenter of the epidemic outbreak. [17] [18] [19] Similar to the situation in the regions mentioned above, researchers in many Asian countries have also verified that Internet search trends and social media data could be considered as an important and effective way for the assessment of public attention, risk perception, and behavioral responses to the epidemic outbreaks, since the outbreak of SARS in 2002 20 to the outbreak of COVID-19. 30 Based on quantitative analyses with data mined from both Baidu and Google indexes, this study aims to argue that Internet monitoring is a convenient and cost-effective way to assess public reactions, which can provide evidence to all governments and the public in the world to handle public health emergency problems in case of epidemic outbreaks.

title:
  An Extensive Search Trends-Based Analysis of Public Attention on Social Media in the Early Outbreak of COVID-19 in China

abstract:
  BACKGROUND: A novel coronavirus (COVID-19) caused pneumonia broke out at the end of 2019 in Wuhan, China. Many cases were subsequently reported in other cities, which has aroused strong reverberations on the Internet and social media around the world. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to investigate the reaction of global Internet users to the outbreak of COVID-19 by evaluating the possibility of using Internet monitoring as an instrument in handling communicable diseases and responding to public health emergencies. METHODS: The disease-related data were retrieved from China’s National Health Commission (CNHC) and World Health Organization (WHO) from January 10 to February 29, 2020. Daily Google Trends (GT) and daily Baidu Attention Index (BAI) for the keyword “Coronavirus” were collected from their official websites. Rumors which occurred in the course of this outbreak were mined from Chinese National Platform to Refute Rumors (CNPRR) and Tencent Platform to Refute Rumors (TPRR). Kendall’s Tau-B rank test was applied to check the bivariate correlation among the two indexes mentioned above, epidemic trends, and rumors. RESULTS: After the outbreak of COVID-19, both daily BAI and daily GT increased rapidly and remained at a high level, this process lasted about 10 days. When major events occurred, daily BAI, daily GT, and the number of rumors simultaneously reached new peaks. Our study indicates that these indexes and rumors are statistically related to disease-related indicators. Information symmetry was also found to help significantly eliminate the false news and to prevent rumors from spreading across social media through the epidemic outbreak. CONCLUSION: Compared to traditional methods, Internet monitoring could be particularly efficient and economical in the prevention and control of epidemic and rumors by reflecting public attention and attitude, especially in the early period of an outbreak.


id: cord-282383-op2hiqw1
author: Lee, Joseph G. L.
date: 2020-10-01
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33013227/
doi: 10.5195/jmla.2020.1045
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  title: Coronavirus pandemic highlights critical gaps in rural Internet access for migrant and seasonal farmworkers: a call for partnership with medical libraries We note the importance of Internet access in the time of physical distancing, the fact that many health outreach workers are no longer visiting camps, the need for telemedicine infrastructure, and the role of Internet access in providing connections to families in communities of origin. Migrant and seasonal farmworkers, who represent a critical part of rural economies and US food systems, face health inequities, poor and overcrowded housing conditions, limited access to personal protective equipment and handwashing facilities in the fields, and lack of access to health information [5, 6] . Thus, it is critical to recognize the imperative prescribed by the coronavirus pandemic: Rural and farmworker health, medical libraries, emergency preparedness, education, rural economic development, and broadband infrastructure must be brought together to address barriers to Internet access in ways that include migrant and seasonal farmworkers.

title:
  Coronavirus pandemic highlights critical gaps in rural Internet access for migrant and seasonal farmworkers: a call for partnership with medical libraries

abstract:
  Migrant and seasonal farmworkers, who are essential workers in the coronavirus global public health emergency, face unique risks to their health as well as longstanding health inequities. This commentary highlights these risks and argues that Internet access represents an underappreciated but critical part of the public health response. The authors first discuss the unique risks farmworkers face. We note the importance of Internet access in the time of physical distancing, the fact that many health outreach workers are no longer visiting camps, the need for telemedicine infrastructure, and the role of Internet access in providing connections to families in communities of origin. We describe existing efforts that have been implemented in North Carolina to raise awareness among public health and health promotion practitioners and researchers. The current coronavirus pandemic demands the attention of medical libraries, public health practitioners, and policy makers to address the digital divide for farmworkers and their families.


id: cord-292166-nd3ozu9w
title: Access to Care During a Global Health Crisis
author: Furr-Holden, Debra
date: 2020-05-06
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32455251/
doi: 10.1089/heq.2020.29001.rtl2
abstract: nan
summary:
  So, by moving all these things to telehealth, I think we have to be cognizant that some patients are not going to be able to access those things, and so in some ways, we are taking away barriers from people getting access to mental health care, but I also think we are also highlighting some increased barriers for some individuals. If telehealth is here to stay, which most people say it is, then coupled with the expansion in digital health care monitoring, such as using the Internet of Things in people''s homes to support better monitoring, we can start to see an intensification of the inequities for the communities served by these practices. If you think about it from a policy perspective, I love when you say not just universal health care, but also universal access to the Internet, especially if we are talking about telehealth and telemedicine and some of these other things.


id: cord-292835-zzc1a7id
title: An IoT-based Framework for Early Identification and Monitoring of COVID-19 Cases
author: Otoom, Mwaffaq
date: 2020-08-15
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32834831/
doi: 10.1016/j.bspc.2020.102149
summary:
  The proposed system would employ an Internet of Things (IoTs) framework to collect real-time symptom data from users to early identify suspected coronaviruses cases, to monitor the treatment response of those who have already recovered from the virus, and to understand the nature of the virus by collecting and analyzing relevant data. To quickly identify potential coronaviruses cases from this real-time symptom data, this work proposes eight machine learning algorithms, namely Support Vector Machine (SVM), Neural Network, Naïve Bayes, K-Nearest Neighbor (K-NN), Decision Table, Decision Stump, OneR, and ZeroR. Based on these results we believe that real-time symptom data would allow these five algorithms to provide effective and accurate identification of potential cases of COVID-19, and the framework would then document the treatment response for each patient who has contracted the virus. The proposed framework consists of five main components: (1) real-time symptom data collection (using wearable devices), (2) treatment and outcome records from quarantine/isolation centers, (3) a data analysis center that uses machine learning algorithms, (4) healthcare physicians, and (5) a cloud infrastructure.

abstract:
  The world has been facing the challenge of COVID-19 since the end of 2019. It is expected that the world will need to battle the COVID-19 pandemic with precautious measures, until an effective vaccine is developed. This paper proposes a real-time COVID-19 detection and monitoring system. The proposed system would employ an Internet of Things (IoTs) framework to collect real-time symptom data from users to early identify suspected coronaviruses cases, to monitor the treatment response of those who have already recovered from the virus, and to understand the nature of the virus by collecting and analyzing relevant data. The framework consists of five main components: Symptom Data Collection and Uploading (using wearable sensors), Quarantine/Isolation Center, Data Analysis Center (that uses machine learning algorithms), Health Physicians, and Cloud Infrastructure. To quickly identify potential coronaviruses cases from this real-time symptom data, this work proposes eight machine learning algorithms, namely Support Vector Machine (SVM), Neural Network, Naïve Bayes, K-Nearest Neighbor (K-NN), Decision Table, Decision Stump, OneR, and ZeroR. An experiment was conducted to test these eight algorithms on a real COVID-19 symptom dataset, after selecting the relevant symptoms. The results show that five of these eight algorithms achieved an accuracy of more than 90%. Based on these results we believe that real-time symptom data would allow these five algorithms to provide effective and accurate identification of potential cases of COVID-19, and the framework would then document the treatment response for each patient who has contracted the virus.


id: cord-293403-o1i999hy
title: E-health in the East Asian tigers
author: Holliday, Ian
date: 2004-09-11
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url: https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/pii/S1386505604001807
doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.08.001
summary:
  OBJECTIVE: The article analyzes e-health progress in East Asia''s leading tiger economies: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. In this article, we examine the progress of e-health in the five leading economies of East Asia: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. Against the dual backdrop of sophisticated IT societies that make extensive use of the Internet and cost-effective healthcare systems driven in variable ways by actors from the public and private sectors, we now turn to a survey of e-health in the East Asian tigers. Throughout the region, the major quasi-autonomous state agencies, such as the national health insurance agencies in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, the HKHA in Hong Kong and the two big healthcare clusters in Singapore, also have sites. Over the next 5 years, the HKHA is planning to create a Hong Kong Health Information Infrastructure, with the aim of networking all healthcare providers in the public, private and social welfare sectors.

abstract:
  OBJECTIVE: The article analyzes e-health progress in East Asia's leading tiger economies: Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and Taiwan. It describes five main dimensions of e-health provision in the tigers: policymaking, regulation, provision, funding and physician-patient relations. METHODS: We conducted a series of fieldwork interviews and analyzed key healthcare websites. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Our main finding is that the development of e-health in the region is less advanced than might be expected. Our explanation focuses on institutional, cultural and financial factors.


id: cord-305195-e41yfo89
title: Viral Epidemiology: Tracking Viruses with Smartphones and Social Media
author: Rainwater-Lovett, Kaitlin
date: 2016-02-12
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url: https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/pii/B9780128009642000185
doi: 10.1016/b978-0-12-800964-2.00018-5
summary:
  The discovery of viruses as "filterable agents" in the late-nineteenth and early twentieth centuries greatly enhanced the study of viral epidemiology, allowing the characterization of infected individuals, risk factors for infection and disease, and transmission pathways. Traditional epidemiological methods measure the distribution of viral infections, diseases, and associated risk factors in populations in terms of person, place, and time using standard measures of disease frequency, study designs, and approaches to causal inference. Much can be learned about the epidemiology of viral infections using such traditional methods and many examples could be cited to establish the importance of these approaches, including demonstration of the mode of transmission of viruses by mosquitoes (e.g., yellow fever and West Nile viruses), the causal relationship between maternal viral infection and fetal abnormalities (e.g., rubella virus and cytomegalovirus), and the role of viruses in the etiology of cancer (e.g., Epstein-Barr and human papilloma viruses). The concepts and methods of infectious disease epidemiology provide the tools to understand changes in temporal and spatial patterns of viral infections and the impact of interventions.

abstract:
  The science of epidemiology has been developed over the last 200 years, using traditional methods to describe the distribution of diseases by person, place, and time. However, in the last several decades, a new set of technologies has become available, based on the methods of computer sciences, systems biology, and the extraordinary powers of the Internet. Technological and analytical advances can enhance traditional epidemiological methods to study the emergence, epidemiology, and transmission dynamics of viruses and associated diseases. Social media are increasingly used to detect the emergence and geographic spread of viral disease outbreaks. Large-scale population movement can be estimated using satellite imagery and mobile phone use, and fine-scale population movement can be tracked using global positioning system loggers, allowing estimation of transmission pathways and contact patterns at different spatial scales. Advances in genomic sequencing and bioinformatics permit more accurate determination of viral evolution and the construction of transmission networks, also at different spatial and temporal scales. Phylodynamics links evolutionary and epidemiological processes to better understand viral transmission patterns. More complex and realistic mathematical models of virus transmission within human and animal populations, including detailed agent-based models, are increasingly used to predict transmission patterns and the impact of control interventions such as vaccination and quarantine. In this chapter, we will briefly review traditional epidemiological methods and then describe the new technologies with some examples of their application.


id: cord-307511-fcinsz0z
title: Role of IoT to avoid spreading of COVID-19
author: Kumar, Krishna
date: 2020-12-31
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url: https://api.elsevier.com/content/article/pii/S2666603020300026
doi: 10.1016/j.ijin.2020.05.002
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  Potential development of new smart and powerful devices for monitoring of individuals'' health, health experts are taking advantage of these technologies, thus a substantial improvement in healthcare in clinical settings and out of them. IoT allows integrating physical devices capable of connecting to the Internet and provides real-time health status of the patients to doctors. [3] analyzed the clinical characteristics of coronavirus and extracted data from 552 hospitals in 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities in China from 1099 laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 patients through January 29, 2020. [7] developed an architecture based on an ontology for monitoring the health and workout and provides recommendations to patients with chronic diseases. The use of IoT with smart sensors to measure and record the body temperature of individuals will help to identify the infected. Review on Internet of Things ( IoT ): Making the World Smart An Internet of Things-Based Smart Homes and Healthcare Monitoring and Management System : Review

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  Abstract Covid-19 has become pandemic, spreading all over the world. Scientists and engineers are working day and night to develop a vaccine, to evolve more testing facilities, and to enhance monitoring systems. Mobile and web-based applications, based on questionnaires, have already been developed to monitor the health of individuals. Internet of Things (IoT) can be used to avoid the spreading of Covid-19. Internet of Things is an interconnection of physical devices and the Internet. Devices are not only sensel and record, but can also monitor and respond. In this paper, we have reviewed the literature available on Covid-19, monitoring techniques, and suggested an IoT based architecture, which can be used to minimize the spreading of Covid-19.


id: cord-308544-d2s5d0ni
author: Fareed, Naleef
date: 2020-07-15
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32671557/
doi: 10.1007/s11764-020-00913-8
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  METHODS: Using survey data from 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017, and 2018 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) iterations, the objectives of this study were to report prevalence, trends, and user profiles in HRIU in terms of emailing doctors, buying medicine online, and support group participation. Chou and colleagues have documented an increasing trend in health-related internet use (HRIU) among cancer survivors, which they defined as emailing doctors, buying medicine online, online support group participation, and seeking cancer information from the internet as the first source [15] . Therefore, the objectives of this analysis were to replicate and update the findings by Chou and colleagues [15] using a pooled, cross-sectional analysis based on data over multiple Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) iterations to examine prevalence, trends in HRIU, and user profiles of cancer survivors across the years.

title:
  Persistent digital divide in health-related internet use among cancer survivors: findings from the Health Information National Trends Survey, 2003–2018

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  PURPOSE: Prior research on the use of the internet among cancer survivors indicates a digital divide. The online landscape and patterns of information consumption, however, have notably changed over the past decade necessitating an updated examination of health-related internet use (HRIU) among cancer survivors. METHODS: Using survey data from 2003, 2005, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2017, and 2018 Health Information National Trends Survey (HINTS) iterations, the objectives of this study were to report prevalence, trends, and user profiles in HRIU in terms of emailing doctors, buying medicine online, and support group participation. Descriptive analyses and weighted multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed. RESULTS: Cancer survivors who reported not using the internet were more likely to be older, belong to ethnic minorities, be less educated, and reside in rural areas as compared with those who reported using the internet. Except for participation in online support groups, all other types of HRIU increased in prevalence across the years. CONCLUSIONS: Consistent with the increased penetration of the internet and the altered online health communication landscape, we found increased prevalence of HRIU among cancer survivors. However, the digital divide persists in terms of internet access. These findings can inform initiatives to bridge the gap among survivors of varying profiles in using the internet for their health needs. IMPLICATIONS FOR CANCER SURVIVORS: There is increased reliance on online platforms to obtain and communicate health-related information. The risk with this approach is potential oversight of ensuring equity in terms of internet access and technology literacy among survivors. ELECTRONIC SUPPLEMENTARY MATERIAL: The online version of this article (10.1007/s11764-020-00913-8) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.


id: cord-311190-i630n88t
title: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Internet latency: A large-scale study
author: Candela, Massimo
date: 2020-08-20
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url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1389128620311622?v=s5
doi: 10.1016/j.comnet.2020.107495
summary:
  The remaining of the paper is organized as follows: in Section 2, we summarize the most significant work concerning the detection and analysis of large anomalies occurred in the Internet; Section 3 describes the data collection phase; in Section 4, the method we followed to compute the performance indexes is explained; the main characteristics of the datasets are illustrated in Section 5, together with a preliminary analysis; Section 6 contains the results on the Italian Internet latency from different perspectives (type of measurements, hour of the day, IPv4 vs IPv6, etc), whereas Section 7 shows the results concerning the above-mentioned countries and the whole of Europe (with less details compared to Italy); Section 8 concludes the paper. We studied the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the latency of the Italian Internet from different perspectives: when both source and target are located in Italy or just one of the two, when considering the time of the day and workweek/weekend, and when taking into account the version of the Internet Protocol.

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  Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the way of living of billions of people in a very short time frame. In this paper, we evaluate the impact on the Internet latency caused by the increased amount of human activities that are carried out on-line. The study focuses on Italy, which experienced significant restrictions imposed by local authorities, but results about Spain, France, Germany, Sweden, and the whole of Europe are also included. The analysis of a large set of measurements shows that the impact on the network can be significant, especially in terms of increased variability of latency. In Italy we observed that the standard deviation of the average additional delay – the additional time with respect to the minimum delay of the paths in the region – during lockdown is ∼ 3 − 4 times as much as the value before the pandemic. Similarly, in Italy, packet loss is ∼ 2 − 3 times as much as before the pandemic. The impact is not negligible also for the other countries and for the whole of Europe, but with different levels and distinct patterns.


id: cord-312568-8avgxkir
title: Epidemic intelligence needs of stakeholders in the Asia–Pacific region
author: Hii, Aurysia
date: 2018-12-18
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30766745/
doi: 10.5365/wpsar.2018.9.2.009
summary:
  METHODS: We designed an online, semi-structured stakeholder questionnaire to collect information on global outbreak surveillance sources and limitations from participants who use epidemic intelligence and outbreak alert services in their work in government and nongovernment organizations in the Asia–Pacific region. Mainstream media and specialist Internet sources such as the World Health Organization (n = 54/91; 59%), the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED)-mail (n = 45/91; 49%) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (n = 31/91; 34%) were the most common sources for global outbreak news; rapid intelligence services such as HealthMap were less common (n = 9/91; 10%). When asked about sources of automated global outbreak alerts (such as Google alerts or Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases [ProMED]-mail updates), 60% (55/91) reported receiving automated alerts, 18% (16/91) followed outbreak news sample was targeted to selected countries so that results would be relevant to inform development of an epidemic intelligence system for use within the region.

abstract:
  OBJECTIVE: To understand the global outbreak surveillance needs of stakeholders involved in epidemic response in selected countries and areas in the Asia–Pacific region to inform development of an epidemic observatory, Epi-watch. METHODS: We designed an online, semi-structured stakeholder questionnaire to collect information on global outbreak surveillance sources and limitations from participants who use epidemic intelligence and outbreak alert services in their work in government and nongovernment organizations in the Asia–Pacific region. RESULTS: All respondents agreed that it was important to remain up to date with global outbreaks. The main reason cited for following global outbreak news was as an early warning for serious epidemics. Mainstream media and specialist Internet sources such as the World Health Organization (n = 54/91; 59%), the Program for Monitoring Emerging Diseases (ProMED)-mail (n = 45/91; 49%) and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (n = 31/91; 34%) were the most common sources for global outbreak news; rapid intelligence services such as HealthMap were less common (n = 9/91; 10%). Only 51% (n = 46/91) of respondents thought that their sources of outbreak news were timely and sufficient for their needs. CONCLUSION: For those who work in epidemic response, epidemic intelligence is important and widely used. Stakeholders are less aware of and less frequently use rapid sources such as HealthMap and rely more on validated but less timely traditional sources of disease surveillance. Users identified a need for more timely and reliable epidemic intelligence.


id: cord-314052-sqyhzxty
title: Prospect and application of Internet of Things technology for prevention of SARIs
author: Song, Yuanlin
date: 2020-12-31
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url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2588914120300022
doi: 10.1016/j.ceh.2020.02.001
summary:
  This has compounded the difficulties in preventing and treating nCoV pneumonia, such as (1) efficiently learning the updated interim guideline; suggest rapid learning interim and revised management guideline; (2) better managing suspected cases; (3) performing a consultation on difficult diagnose patients to improve the success rate of supportive treatment, and (4) directing and ensuring quality control for clinical practice. Based on advanced information technology (IT) and electronic medicine, the Medical IoT (mIoT) has experienced four major evolutions, including the development of wireless sensing technology, use of Internet technology in clinical medicine, use of radio frequency identification (RFID), and artificial intelligence (AI) applications, to realize the IoT medical model. It realizes the prospect of ''''The experts are linked by the cloud-The public enjoys modern medical treatment." For example, a successful wireless sensing pulmonary function meter has been developed at Zhongshan Hospital Fudan University, by which patients can complete lung function monitoring from home.

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  Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) includes three core procedures: full spectrum perception, reliable transmission, and intelligent processing. It can be applied for the prevention and control of SARI (severe acute respiratory infection). By combining sensors, information technology, artificial intelligence, and available dynamic networking devices, IoT could realize long-distance communication between hospitals, patients, and medical devices, which could ultimately improve current medical conditions.


id: cord-314092-ph5vrba6
title: Impact of Digital Surge during Covid-19 Pandemic: A Viewpoint on Research and Practice
author: De’, Rahul
date: 2020-06-09
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32836633/
doi: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102171
summary:
  The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an inevitable surge in the use of digital technologies due to the social distancing norms and nationwide lockdowns. In the next section, we examine the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the use of digital technologies where we discuss some possible scenarios and research issues of the post-pandemic world. With the substantial use of technology in accessing basic requirements like health and education, it is imperative to understand the impact of the digital divide on social equality. 6. Given the significant role which the Internet is about to play in times to come, Internet intermediaries will work with government and civil society to address privacy and surveillance issues for better adoption of technology. For the Covid-19 pandemic, we envisage a dramatic shift in digital usage with impacts on all aspects of work and life.

abstract:
  The Covid-19 pandemic has led to an inevitable surge in the use of digital technologies due to the social distancing norms and nationwide lockdowns. People and organizations all over the world have had to adjust to new ways of work and life. We explore possible scenarios of the digital surge and the research issues that arise. An increase in digitalization is leading firms and educational institutions to shift to work-from-home (WFH). Blockchain technology will become important and will entail research on design and regulations. Gig workers and the gig economy is likely to increase in scale, raising questions of work allocation, collaboration, motivation, and aspects of work overload and presenteeism. Workplace monitoring and technostress issues will become prominent with an increase in digital presence. Online fraud is likely to grow, along with research on managing security. The regulation of the internet, a key resource, will be crucial post-pandemic. Research may address the consequences and causes of the digital divide. Further, the issues of net neutrality and zero-rating plans will merit scrutiny. A key research issue will also be the impact and consequences of internet shutdowns, frequently resorted to by countries. Digital money, too, assumes importance in crisis situations and research will address their adoption, consequences, and mode. Aspects of surveillance and privacy gain importance with increase digital usage.


id: cord-321621-maym3iah
author: Rogala, Anna
date: 2020-04-23
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url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214782920300166?v=s5
doi: 10.1016/j.invent.2020.100322
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  title: Internet-based self-help intervention aimed at increasing social self-efficacy among internal migrants in Poland: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial These results served as a background for creating the New in Town, a self-help Internet-based intervention for internal migrants in Poland that aims at increasing social self-efficacy. Internet-based self-help intervention aimed at increasing social self-efficacy among internal migrants in Poland: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial Human services professionals exposed to indirect trauma who took part in an Internet-based intervention displayed significantly greater improvements in self-J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f efficacy beliefs related to managing secondary traumatic stress compared to an active control group. With our study, we hope to gain insight into the efficacy and acceptance of the New in Town-self-help Internet-based intervention aimed at increasing J o u r n a l P r e -p r o o f social self-efficacy among internal migrants in Poland.

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  Internet-based self-help intervention aimed at increasing social self-efficacy among internal migrants in Poland: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

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  BACKGROUND: Migration is a challenging life transition that may be a source of various problems related to well-being and mental health. However, the psychological adaptation of migrants may be potentially facilitated by social self-efficacy—the beliefs in one's ability to initiate and maintain interpersonal relationships. Previous research suggests that social self-efficacy is positively related to adjustment and negatively related to loneliness, depression, and psychological distress. Research also confirms that self-efficacy beliefs can be effectively enhanced using Internet-based interventions. These results served as a background for creating the New in Town, a self-help Internet-based intervention for internal migrants in Poland that aims at increasing social self-efficacy. Exercises in the intervention are based on the principles of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and relate to sources of self-efficacy beliefs: mastery experiences, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasions, and emotional and physiological states. Users complete increasingly challenging tasks that encourage them to interact with their environment. The aim of this trial was to investigate the efficacy of the New in Town intervention. METHODS: The efficacy of the New in Town intervention will be tested in a two-arm randomized controlled trial with a waitlist control group. Social self-efficacy will be the primary outcome. Secondary outcomes will include loneliness, perceived social support, and satisfaction with life. Additionally, we will measure user experience among participants allocated to the experimental group. We aim to recruit a total of N = 280 participants aged at least 18 years who have changed their place of residence in the last 6 months and have an Internet connection. Participants will be assessed at baseline, 3-week post-test, and 8-week follow-up. DISCUSSION: The trial will provide insights into the efficacy of Internet-based self-help interventions in increasing social self-efficacy. Given that the intervention works, New in Town could provide an easily accessible support option for internal migrants in Poland. TRIAL REGISTRATION: The trial was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (identifier: NCT04088487) on 11th September 2019.


id: cord-333479-d0mgma42
author: Duan, Li
date: 2020-07-02
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32658812/
doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2020.06.029
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  Moreover, multiple linear regression and bivariate logistic regression analyses were used to assess the association between outcome variables (the reported level of anxiety and clinical depressive symptom) and potential predictors (e.g. concerns related to the epidemic, smartphone/internet addiction, and coping style) while adjusting for other identified explanatory variables. Additionally, in order to further analyze the significant factors associated with the level of respondent'' anxiety, we conducted multiple linear regression analysis and obtained the following factors to construct a multiple linear regression model of anxiety: clinical depression levels, implementation of the precaution and control measures, sex, family member or friend was infected with coronavirus, occupation of the mother involved in the epidemic, region (e.g., rural, urban), and emotion-focused coping style, which accounted for 31.0% of the total variance ( Table 5) .

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  An investigation of mental health status of children and adolescents in China during the outbreak of COVID-19

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  OBJECTIVE: : The sudden outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a dramatic effect on the mental health of the public. In the present study, we demonstrated the psychological effects on children and adolescents associated with the epidemic . METHODS: : By using convenience sampling method, questionnaires, such as Spence Child Anxiety Scale, Child Depression Inventory and Coping style Scale, were distributed to participating 359 children and 3254 adolescents online. RESULTS: : The anxiety levels of children and adolescents were (23.87±15.79) and (29.27±19.79), respectively. 22.28% respondents were suffering from depressive symptoms. Seven significant factors associated with increased levels of anxiety, including female, resident in urban regions, emotion-focused coping style. Nine factors associated with increased levels of depression, such as smartphone addiction (OR 1.411, 95% CI 1.099–1.180), Internet addiction (OR 1.844, 95% CI 1.209–2.811), and resident in Hubei province (OR 3.107, 95% CI 1.252–7.708). Two additional factors associated with decreased levels of depressive symptoms: hours spend on Internet per day before the epidemic (OR 0.652, 95% CI 0.609–0.697) and tendency to apply problem-focused coping style (OR 0.937, 95% CI 0.923–0.951). CONCLUSION: : Our findings indicate that the COVID-19 outbreak has had a significant psychosocial impact on children and adolescents. Findings of current levels of anxiety and depression not only highlight the need to address emotional distress for children and adolescents during the epidemic but also provide researchers with scientific fundamentals to formulate targeted interventions based on the significant influencing factors.


id: cord-333595-9erjf8rk
author: Maurushat, Alana
date: 2008-02-14
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url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10676-008-9150-1
doi: 10.1007/s10676-008-9150-1
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  title: The benevolent health worm: comparing Western human rights-based ethics and Confucian duty-based moral philosophy Ethical issues are examined first in a general fashion and then in a specific manner which uses the duty-based moral philosophy of Confucianism and a Western human rights-based analysis. 1 The use of a controversial technology such as a computer worm to disseminate uncensored, sanctioned public health information in China presents contentious ethical issues worth examining. 2 The use of Western rights-based theories (human rights) alongside the Eastern duty-based theory of Confucian moral philosophy provides an interesting platform for an ethical analysis of the benevolent health worm. The author will suggest how human rights and Confucian moral philosophy may be used to better understand the ethical issues presented with the use of the benevolent health worm.

title:
  The benevolent health worm: comparing Western human rights-based ethics and Confucian duty-based moral philosophy

abstract:
  Censorship in the area of public health has become increasingly important in many parts of the world for a number of reasons. Groups with vested interest in public health policy are motivated to censor material. As governments, corporations, and organizations champion competing visions of public health issues, the more incentive there may be to censor. This is true in a number of circumstances: curtailing access to information regarding the health and welfare of soldiers in the Kuwait and Iraq wars, poor health conditions in Aboriginal communities, downplaying epidemics to bolster economies, and so forth. This paper will look at the use of a computer worm (the benevolent health worm) to disseminate vital information in␣situations where public health is threatened by government censorship and where there is great risk for those who ‹speak out’. The discussion of the benevolent health worm is focused on the Peoples’ Republic of China (China) drawing on three public health crises: HIV/AIDS, SARS and Avian Influenza. Ethical issues are examined first in a general fashion and then in a specific manner which uses the duty-based moral philosophy of Confucianism and a Western human rights-based analysis. Technical, political and legal issues will also be examined to the extent that they better inform the ethical debate.


id: cord-334638-au5sqzxw
author: Dores, Artemisa R.
date: 2020-10-21
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33096650/
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207663
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  The aims of this work were to (a) analyze how the attitudes of professionals in the field of psychology have changed in relation to the use of ICTs in the context of psychological monitoring during the lockdown; (b) assess whether the practice of psychological counseling and therapy includes greater use of ICTs during the lockdown period; (c) identify the factors that potentially have affected such changes; and (d) study the possible adoption of guidelines for at-distance psychological monitoring by psychologists who are using ICTs during the period of physical distance This study aimed to explore psychologists'' attitudes and practices related with the use of ICTs before and during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown period, for identification of the main changes that have occurred in the provision of counseling and therapy.

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  The Use of New Digital Information and Communication Technologies in Psychological Counseling during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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  The use of digital information and communication technologies (ICTs) has enabled many professionals to continue to provide their services during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, little is known about the adoption of ICTs by psychologists and the impact of such technologies on their practice. This study aimed to explore psychologists’ practices related with the use of ICTs before and during the COVID-19 lockdown, to identify the main changes that the pandemic has brought and the impact that such changes have had on their practice with clients, and also identify the factors that potentially have affected such changes. The Portuguese Psychologists Association announced the study, and 108 psychologists responded to an online survey during the mandatory lockdown. The results showed that these professionals continued to provide their services due to having adopted ICTs. Comparing with face-to-face interventions, psychologists recognized that additional precautions/knowledge were needed to use such technologies. Despite the challenges identified, they described the experience with the use of ICTs as positive, meeting clients’ adherence, and yielding positive results. Psychologists with the most years of professional experience maintained their services the most, but those with average experience showed the most favorable attitudes toward the use of technologies and web-based interventions.


id: cord-339880-8ey3kr3b
author: Kawchuk, Greg
date: 2020-05-11
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url: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-020-00314-9
doi: 10.1186/s12998-020-00314-9
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  title: The use of internet analytics by a Canadian provincial chiropractic regulator to monitor, evaluate and remediate misleading claims regarding specific health conditions, pregnancy, and COVID-19 Our study aimed to evaluate the novel use of internet analytics by a Canadian chiropractic regulator to determine their registrants compliance with three regulations related to specific health conditions, pregnancy conditions and most recently, claims of improved immunity during the COVID-19 crisis. METHODS: A customized internet search tool (Market Review Tool, MRT) was used by the College of Chiropractors of British Columbia (CCBC), Canada to audit registrants websites and social media activity. Recently, the College of Chiropractors of British Columbia (CCBC) became the first chiropractic regulatory body that we are aware of to use internet analytics in their regulation of registrants. The CCBC''s use of internet analytics also provides researchers with a unique opportunity to better describe the frequency and content of registrant internet activity and to evaluate the effectiveness of the regulatory process in remediating these claimssomething not yet reported in the literature.

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  The use of internet analytics by a Canadian provincial chiropractic regulator to monitor, evaluate and remediate misleading claims regarding specific health conditions, pregnancy, and COVID-19

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  BACKGROUND: Internet analytics are increasingly being integrated into public health regulation. One specific application is to monitor compliance of website and social media activity with respect to jurisdictional regulations. These data may then identify breaches of compliance and inform disciplinary actions. Our study aimed to evaluate the novel use of internet analytics by a Canadian chiropractic regulator to determine their registrants compliance with three regulations related to specific health conditions, pregnancy conditions and most recently, claims of improved immunity during the COVID-19 crisis. METHODS: A customized internet search tool (Market Review Tool, MRT) was used by the College of Chiropractors of British Columbia (CCBC), Canada to audit registrants websites and social media activity. The audits extracted words whose use within specific contexts is not permitted under CCBC guidelines. The MRT was first used in October of 2018 to identify words related to specific health conditions. The MRT was again used in December 2019 for words related to pregnancy and most recently in March 2020 for words related to COVID-19. In these three MRT applications, potential cases of word misuse were evaluated by the regulator who then notified the practitioner to comply with existing regulations by a specific date. The MRT was then used on that date to determine compliance. Those found to be non-compliant were referred to the regulator’s inquiry committee. We mapped this process and reported the outcomes with permission of the regulator. RESULTS: In September 2018, 250 inappropriate mentions of specific health conditions were detected from approximately 1250 registrants with 2 failing to comply. The second scan for pregnancy related terms of approximately1350 practitioners revealed 83 inappropriate mentions. Following notification, all 83 cases were compliant within the specified timeframe. Regarding COVID-19 related words, 97 inappropriate mentions of the word “immune” were detected from 1350 registrants with 7 cases of non-compliance. CONCLUSION: Internet analytics are an effective way for regulators to monitor internet activity to protect the public from misleading statements. The processes described were effective at bringing about rapid practitioner compliance. Given the increasing volume of internet activity by healthcare professionals, internet analytics are an important addition for health care regulators to protect the public they serve.


id: cord-340545-mgq3a4t9
author: Mead, Darryl
date: 2020-05-15
url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32429206/
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17103462
title:
  Aligning the “Manifesto for a European Research Network into Problematic Usage of the Internet” with the Diverse Needs of the Professional and Consumer Communities Affected by Problematic Usage of Pornography

abstract:
  The Manifesto for a European research network into Problematic Usage of the Internet was published in May 2018. It was written from the perspective of the COST Action Network, a programme of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology CA16207 and is expected to have significant influence on research funding priorities over the next decade. The Manifesto identified nine key research priorities to advance understanding in the field. Our analysis shows that while at the most general level it identified problematic usage of pornography (PUP) as a key research priority, it then barely mentioned it again within the body of the report. This paper uses the Manifesto’s framework to suggest research areas into the problematic usage of pornography which are of particular relevance to clinicians and other professionals working in the field who want to develop approaches to assist individuals and target groups affected by PUP. It also looks at potential research opportunities inspired by the lived-experience of users withdrawing from PUP. A large number of opportunities are identified for new work on PUP across all nine key research areas of the Manifesto.


id: cord-342841-b1rucgmg
author: Di Carlo, Francesco
date: 2020-09-18
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32946641/
doi: 10.1111/ijcp.13716
summary:
  Zohu et al (2020) reported that the decrease of hospital visits led to a reduction of routine psychiatric care for many patients with mental disorders in China, during the COVID-19 outbreak. Telemental health services can be particularly useful and appropriate for the support of both patients and health care workers during this pandemic, allowing providing assistance and care to those who need it by reducing the risk of infection. Patients with depressive disorders have been shown to benefit from TP, as reported by several studies in which patients'' symptoms improved more in the telemental health group than in the traditional setting ones. Evidence from several studies has underlined that the use of TP for delivering mental healthcare services can improve symptoms of depression among older adults. During this pandemic period several Authors all over the world underlined the need to promote online mental health care services and encourage their use [13, 63, 64] .

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  Telepsychiatry and other cutting edge technologies in Covid‐19 pandemic: bridging the distance in mental health assistance

abstract:
  At the end of 2019 a novel coronavirus (COVID‐19) was identified in China. The high potential of human to human transmission led to subsequent COVID‐19 global pandemic. Public health strategies including reduced social contact and lockdown have been adopted in many countries. Nonetheless, social distancing and isolation could also represent risk factors for mental disorders, resulting in loneliness, reduced social support and under‐detection of mental health needs. Along with this, social distancing determines a relevant obstacle for direct access to psychiatric care services. The pandemic generates the urgent need for integrating technology into innovative models of mental healthcare. In this paper we discuss the potential role of telepsychiatry and other cutting‐edge technologies in the management of mental health assistance. We narratively review the literature to examine advantages and risks related to the extensive application of these new therapeutic settings, along with the possible limitations and ethical concerns. Telemental health services may be particularly feasible and appropriate for the support of patients, family members and health‐care providers during this COVID‐19 pandemic. The integration of telepsychiatry with other technological innovations (e.g., mobile apps, virtual reality, big data and artificial intelligence) opens up interesting future perspectives for the improvement of mental health assistance. Telepsychiatry is a promising and growing way to deliver mental health services but is still underused. The COVID‐19 pandemic may serve as an opportunity to introduce and promote, among numerous mental health professionals, the knowledge of the possibilities offered by the digital era.


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author: Durak Batıgün, Ayşegül
date: 2020-09-05
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url: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01038-y
doi: 10.1007/s12144-020-01038-y
summary:
  This study aimed to scrutinize the mediating effects of health anxiety (HA), anxiety symptoms (AS), and Internet addiction (IA) in the pathway from distress tolerance (DT) to cyberchondria by using a bootstrapping method. The use of the Internet for health elicited a phenomenon called as "cyberchondria" which is characterized by an excessive and escalated seek for health-related information on the Web while feeling increased distress or anxiety, and a need to get reassurance (Starcevic 2017; Starcevic and Berle 2013; White and Horvitz 2009) . Furthermore, by considering the changes in health-related problems as people age, this study will contribute to the related literature by comparing the young and middle adulthood samples in terms of proposed model and thus exploring which associations are significantly stronger in the development of cyberchondria across samples. Taken together, these results support previous research findings showing that individuals with symptoms of AS or HA use the Internet to search for health-related information which may result in cyberchondria (e.g., Mathes et al.

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  The pathways from distress tolerance to Cyberchondria: A multiple-group path model of young and middle adulthood samples

abstract:
  The use of the Internet for medical information elicited a recent term called “cyberchondria”. This study aimed to scrutinize the mediating effects of health anxiety (HA), anxiety symptoms (AS), and Internet addiction (IA) in the pathway from distress tolerance (DT) to cyberchondria by using a bootstrapping method. In order to examine the role of age in the proposed model, multiple-group path analysis was used to evaluate differences between young and middle adulthood groups. The final sample consisted of both young adult (n = 209) and middle adult (n = 221) Internet users located in Ankara, Turkey. The results of path analyses for both age groups showed that DT is negatively associated with AS and HA; AS and HA are positively associated with IA; IA and HA are positively associated with cyberchondria. Mediation analysis for both age groups demonstrated that AS and HA significantly mediated the relationship between DT and IA; IA significantly mediated the relationships of AS and HA with cyberchondria; HA significantly mediated the relationship between DT and cyberchondria. The results of the multiple-group path analysis showed that the relationship between IA and cyberchondria is significantly stronger in middle adulthood than young adulthood. The results of the current study are consistent with the relevant literature and provide crucial contribution especially by focusing on the role of age.


id: cord-346258-xlyi0cnl
author: Radic, Aleksandar
date: 2020-04-20
url: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17082840
doi: 10.3390/ijerph17082840
title:
  Connected at Sea: The Influence of the Internet and Online Communication on the Well-Being and Life Satisfaction of Cruise Ship Employees

abstract:
  This study aims to elucidate the idiosyncratic effects of the Internet and online communication on the well-being and life satisfaction of cruise ship employees. Cross-sectional surveys and covariance-based structural equation modelling tools were used. In addition, univariate variance analysis was used to address the effects of socio-demographic variables (years of service on a cruise ship, working department on a cruise ship, gender, age, educational level and place of residency) on latent variables of the conceptual model. The conceptual model draws on existing theory and previous research and was empirically tested on a sample of cruise ship employee internet users. Result show that while being onboard a cruise ship, employees experience strong social pressure to be constantly available and they fear of missing out on important information and life events. Thus, relatedness to friends and family needs satisfaction is of paramount importance for cruise ship employees because they are fully aware that they are dispensable and replaceable to cruise ship companies, however to their friends and family, they are indispensable and unique. Moreover, employees who engage in other tasks/activities while taking part in online communication with friends and family exhibit reduced performance, which leads to poor interaction and social dissatisfaction. Lastly, employees experiencing under-reciprocating exchanges show significant negative effects on their well-being. Overall, the results provided several important theoretical and practical implications relevant to cruise tourism and human resource management.


id: cord-348847-53s19r16
author: Lu, T.
date: 2020-05-06
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url: http://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.05.01.20087858v1?rss=1
doi: 10.1101/2020.05.01.20087858
summary:
  We found that Internet search patterns reveal a robust temporal pattern of disease progression for COVID-19: Initial symptoms of fever, dry cough, sore throat and chills are followed by shortness of breath an average of 5.22 days [95% CI 3.30-7.14] after symptom onset, matching the precise clinical course reported in the medical literature. We conducted a detailed global study across 32 countries on six continents to determine whether Internet search patterns can provide reliable real-time indicators of local COVID-19 spread, and whether these data can reveal the clinical progression of COVID-19. Figure 1 shows search volumes for the terms "fever" and "dry cough", alongside reported COVID-19 cases and deaths for China, Iran, Italy, United States and India. Figure 4a shows the ensemble average search volumes for "fever", "cough", "dry cough" and "shortness of breath", indexed by searches for "coronavirus symptoms", alongside reported COVID-19 cases and deaths.

title:
  Internet Search Patterns Reveal Clinical Course of Disease Progression for COVID-19 and Predict Pandemic Spread in 32 Countries

abstract:
  Effective public health response to COVID-19 relies on accurate and timely surveillance of local pandemic spread, as well as rapid characterization of the clinical course of disease in affected individuals. De novo diagnostic testing methods developed for emergent pandemics are subject to significant development delays and capacity limitations. There is a critical need for complementary surveillance approaches that can function at population-scale to inform public health decisions in real-time. Internet search patterns provide a number of important advantages relative to laboratory testing. We conducted a detailed global study of Internet search patterns related to COVID-19 symptoms in multiple languages across 32 countries on six continents. We found that Internet search patterns reveal a robust temporal pattern of disease progression for COVID-19: Initial symptoms of fever, dry cough, sore throat and chills are followed by shortness of breath an average of 5.22 days [95% CI 3.30-7.14] after symptom onset, matching the precise clinical course reported in the medical literature. Furthermore, we found that increases in COVID-19-symptom-related searches predict increases in reported COVID-19 cases and deaths 18.53 days [95% CI 15.98-21.08] and 22.16 days [95% CI 20.33-23.99] in advance, respectively. This is the first study to show that Internet search patterns can be used to reveal the detailed clinical course of a disease. These data can be used to track and predict the local spread of COVID-19 before widespread laboratory testing becomes available in each country, helping to guide the current public health response.


id: cord-355062-zrvv4l0p
author: Saadi, Abdulghani
date: 2020-05-26
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url: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32547714/
doi: 10.4330/wjc.v12.i5.203
summary:
  BACKGROUND: Newer models of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) delivery are promising but depend upon patient participation and ability to use technological media including Internet and smart devices. The purpose of this study was to explore the availability of Internet/smart devices, current utilization patterns, and proficiency in using them for health-related issues in an older cohort of attendees within an urban outpatient CR program. The major findings of our study are: (1) The majority of CR attendees had Internet access and device ownership was high (85% in general, and 47% for smart phone); (2) Despite three quarters of CR attendees reporting no perceived barriers, only 18% used the Internet for DHI; and (3) Consistent with the general population, younger age, college education, and higher income predicted greater use of the Internet and less perceived barriers [9] . In conclusion, our study demonstrates that most older patients attending CR in an urban metropolitan area have access to Internet/smart devices and do not perceive significant barriers to use.

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  Access to smart devices and utilization of online health resources among older cardiac rehabilitation participants

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  BACKGROUND: Newer models of cardiac rehabilitation (CR) delivery are promising but depend upon patient participation and ability to use technological media including Internet and smart devices. AIM: To explore the availability of smart devices, current utilization and proficiency of use among older CR program attendees. METHODS: Study participants were enrolled from four CR programs in Omaha, Nebraska United States and completed a questionnaire of 28 items. RESULTS: Of 376 participants approached, 169 responded (45%). Mean age was 71.1 (SD ± 10) years. Demographics were 73.5% males, 89.7% Caucasians, 52% with college degree and 56.9%, with income of 40K$ or more. Smart device ownership was 84.5%; desktop computer was the most preferred device. Average Internet use was 1.9 h/d (SD ± 1.7); 54.3% of participants indicating for general usage but only 18.4% pursued health-related purposes. Utilization of other health information modalities was low, 29.8% used mobile health applications and 12.5% used wearable devices. Of all participants, 72% reported no barriers to using Internet. Education and income were associated positively with measures of utilization and with less perceived barriers. CONCLUSION: Among an older group of subjects attending CR, most have access to smart devices and do not perceive significant barriers to Internet use. Nonetheless, there was low utilization of health-related resources suggesting a need for targeted education in this patient population.


