OBJECTIVE To gain an insight into the phenomenon of social resistance and rumors against pulse polio campaign. DESIGN Qualitative, community-based investigation, mapping perceptions of various stakeholders through in-depth interviews (IDIs), focus group discussions (FGDs), non-formal interactions and observations. SETTING Moradabad and JP Nagar districts of Uttar Pradesh. SUBJECTS IDIs (p...

The Web has enabled the availability of a huge amount of useful information, but has also eased the ability to spread false information and rumors across multiple sources, making it hard to distinguish between what is true and what is not. Recent examples include the premature Steve Jobs obituary, the second bankruptcy of United airlines, the creation of Black Holes by the operation of the Larg...

We describe the enhanced rumor surveillance during the avian influenza H5N1 outbreak in 2004. The World Health Organization's Western Pacific Regional Office identified 40 rumors; 9 were verified to be true. Rumor surveillance informed immediate public health action and prevented unnecessary and costly responses.

Virtual 3D city models represent spatial and geo-referenced urban data by means of 3D geovirtual environments that basically include terrain models, building models, vegetation models as well as models of roads and transportation systems. In general, these models serve to present, explore, analyze, and manage urban data. As a characteristic element, virtual 3D city models allow for visually int...

Our research sought to monitor, measure and analyze the opinions positions of Saudi men women regarding use traditional electronic media social networking sites during COVID-19 pandemic. We surveyed 477 via an questionnaire. The results show that respondents have increased their exposure has been intensified due It was found Saudis search for news information would help them understand nature p...

Social Network Service (SNS) has secured lots of users, and its scale and social influence are getting bigger and more powerful. At the same time, however, phenomena that cause social disruption also have increased with spreading false rumors on SNS and posting abusive comments. In order to resolve these negative phenomena, the research inquires into the citizenship behavior of SNS users and ex...

In recent years, rumors have been shown to a significant impact on individual and societal activities. As renewables play an increasingly role in electricity markets, certain may deviate the bidding behavior of market entities eventually affect performance operations. this study, we attempt reveal general threats caused by context day-ahead markets considering integration volatile renewables. F...

Rumors spread dramatically fast through online social media services, and people are exploring methods to detect rumors automatically. Existing typically learn semantic representations of all reposts a rumor candidate for prediction. However, it is crucial efficiently as early possible before they cause severe disruption, which has not been well addressed by previous works. In this paper, we pr...