The use of the Internet and social applications has many benefits for the elderly, but numerous investigations have shown that the elderly do not perceive online social networks as a friendly social environment. Therefore, TreeIt, a social application specifically designed for the elderly, was developed for this study. In the TreeIt application, seven mechanisms promoting social interaction wer...

The sudden advent of the COVID-19 pandemic and associated containment measures require educational institutions all sizes to adopt eLearning as only option for sustainable education. Despite numerous Learning Management Systems, rapid migration posed challenges that negatively affect effectiveness sustainability activities. current study systematically reviewed recent articles recognized value ...

This research compared social networking site (SNS) use in a collectivistic culture, China, and an individualistic culture, the United States (US). Over 400 college student participants from a Southwestern University in Chongqing, China, and 490 college participants from a Midwestern University in the US completed a survey about their use of SNSs – time spent, importance and motives for use. Th...

Abstract Active use of social networking sites (SNSs) has long been assumed to benefit users’ well-being. However, this established hypothesis is increasingly being challenged, with scholars criticizing its lack empirical support and the imprecise conceptualization active use. Nevertheless, considerable heterogeneity among existing studies on causal evidence still limited, a final verdict robus...

Wireless body sensor network systems (WB-SNSs) can use diverse radio modules. However, previous studies did not consider different characteristics of radio modules, which deeply impact the performance of WBSNSs. In this paper, we analyze the performance of WB-SNSs using the representative radio modules CC2420 and CC1000. In this environment, we collected log data from real sensor devices deploy...

Information spreads much faster through social networking services (SNSs) than through traditional news media because users can upload data anytime, anywhere. SNSs users are likely to express their emotional status to let their friends or other users know how they feel about certain events. This is the main reason why many studies have employed social media data to uncover hidden facts or issue...

This study aims to contribute to an emerging literature that seeks to understand how identity markers on social networking sites (SNSs) shape interpersonal impressions, and particularly the boundaries that SNSs present for articulating unconstrained "hoped-for possible selves." An experiment employing mock-up Facebook profiles was conducted, showing that appearing with friends on a Facebook pro...

Social media has phenomenally changed the communication landscape. Particularly social network sites have received enormous popularity and user acceptance globally. The business model of many social network sites is based on advertising. The survival of these social network sites depends on the user acceptance of advertising appearing on these websites. Users usually accept the advertising whic...

Network Functions Virtualization facilitates the automation of scaling softwarized network services (SNSs). However, realization such a scenario requires way to determine needed amount resources so that SNSs performance requisites are met for given workload. This problem is known as resource dimensioning, and it can be efficiently tackled by modeling. In this vein, paper describes an analytical...

The use of social networking sites (SNSs) has become increasingly popular. Although several studies have been carried out on the addictive SNSs such as Twitter and Facebook, there is little research Instagram addiction its drivers. present study investigated association between students’ needs by incorporating physical activity a moderator among 364 university students. Additionally, associatio...