Improving Business Pages Recommendation in Social Network Using Link Prediction Methods

Recently Social Network has become one of the favorite means for a modern society to perform social interaction and exchange information via the internet. Link prediction is a common problem that has broad application in such social networks, ranging from predicting unobserved interaction to recommending related items. In this paper, we investigate link recommendations over business pages on Facebook Social Network. More specifically, given a company in thenetwork, we want to recommend potential companies to connect with. We start by introducing existing work in link recommendations and some link prediction models as our baseline. We then talk about the Graph Neural Network model SEAL to make a link recommendations in the network. Our results show that SEAL outperformed the compared baseline model while reaching above 94% Area Under Curve accuracy in link recommendations.

ACCEPTANCE TECHNOLOGY FACTORS OF MOBILE BANKING USAGE BASED ON UTAUT2 MODEL

The aim of this research was to examine factors in UTAUT2 was developed by Venkatesh et al.,(2012) (Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology2) Model which were influenced people in using mobile banking. Constructs used in this research were: performance expectancy, effort expectancy, social influence, facilitating conditions, hedonic motivation, price value, habits, behavioural intention, and use behaviour. This research based on survey research, and data were gathered using questionnaire. The questionnaires were distributed through internet link and it was responded by 199 respondents. The population in this research are every person who used mobile banking. The sample amount used the literature which was said that if the number of arrows in the model is maximum 10, the minimum amount of samples are 91 samples. Data analysis techniques employed in this research was Partial Least Square – Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). Results from this research shows that the factors influencing use of mobile banking are habitss and behavioural intention. In other sides, factors that determine the intentions on using mobile banking are habitss and performance expectancy. Results of this research contributes to the identify the factors that should be enhanced by banks to optimize the use of mobile banking and also contributes to the banks customers to make them understand what factors influenced them most on using mobile banking. Theoretical contribution from this paper related to contribution of references about examining the factors affect use of mobile banking in Indonesia from the UTAUT2 model.

Impact of coronavirus pandemic crisis in endoscopic clinical practice: Results from a national survey in Brazil

Background and study aims In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) as a pandemic, mobilizing all countries to contain the disease spread. Activity in endoscopy centers globally was severely affected. We conducted a national survey aiming to assess the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on endoscopic clinical practice in Brazil. Methods In April 2020, 3,719 associate members of SOBED (Brazilian Society of Digestive Endoscopy) were invited to respond to an electronic survey. An Internet link was established to provide access to the online questionnaire with 40 questions regarding personal profile, endoscopy unit logistics and schedule, availability and use of personal protective equipment (PPE), financial impact, and exposure to COVID-19. Results A total of 2,131 individuals (67 %) accessed the questionnaire and 1155 responses were received. After review, 980 responses were considered valid. According to almost 90 % of respondents, endoscopy activity was restricted to urgent procedures, in both public and private hospitals. All respondents increased PPE use after the outbreak, however, institutions provided adequate PPE to only 278 responders (28.7 %). Significant income loss was universally reported. A total of 10 practitioners (1 %) reported COVID-19 infection and attributed the contamination to endoscopic procedures. Conclusions Based on this nationwide survey with almost 1,000 respondents, the COVID-19 pandemic substantially reduced the activity of endoscopy units in private and public settings. The pandemic increased awareness of PPE use, but its availability was not universal and 1 % of the respondents became infected with COVID-19, allegedly due to exposure during endoscopic procedures.

Making a Punjabi language documentary film in New Zealand for Punjabi and non-Punjabi audiences

The second author interviewed three Punjabi Sikhs in South Auckland on camera in the Punjabi language, and two Punjabi Muslims in Lahore via an online video call where one participant responded in Punjabi and the other in the Urdu language. Their discussions were edited and subtitled in English for a thirteen minute documentary film screened at a migration research symposium and also released on the internet via Punjabi, Indian, and Pakistani multimedia outlets. Our paper speaks about the process of making a Punjabi language documentary in New Zealand for different audiences of university researchers and Punjabi communities. We also present the uncut interviews and the internet link to the film in Punjabi with English subtitles.

Design and Implementation of Loan Management System using ISI Server, PhP and MySql

Credit institutions are critical organizations whose role in society and modern economy is very important for issuing loan to individuals, businesses and other organizations. Before such institutions came to the scene, there was no secure place for individuals and businesses to get credit, which caused a lot of chaos. The proposed loan management system brings various loan portfolios on one platform to assist the atomization of servicing and management of such credit institutions. Branches of credit institutions are connected with the loan management system. If client provides all required information and submit all required documents, the loan underwriter will verify and approve the loan from the system. The proposed system will automatically inform to the applicant with required information for proceeding. Loan underwriter can manage and monitor multiple loan portfolios from multiple locations through a single platform starting from prospecting to closure. The proposed system also simplifies the decision making processes. The architecture of loan management system using ISI Server, PhP and MySql is proposed in this work. The suggested architecture consists of four primary components: Clients, internet link, server, and branches of credit institutions. Clients can register, apply and trace their loan through online via desktop, laptop, and portable tablet or mobile. A dependable and safe server is taken into account to actualize the framework. In addition, reliability and security problems considered for designing the system are stated here. Some portion of the suggested architecture is currently being implemented and tested that is also outlined in this paper.

Levels of Stress among General Practitioners, Students and Specialists In Pediatric Dentistry during Dental Treatment

Objective: To assess self-reported stress during the performance of different procedures in pediatric dentistry, according to the professional experience of the dentists. Study design: During the years 2010 to 2011, an anonymous survey was administered by means of an internet link, and by distribution at professional meetings of dentists . Results: No statistically significant differences in stress were reported for maxilla and mandibular procedures. Placement of a rubber dam was rated as the most stressful procedure among dental students. For general practitioners and specialists, injection of local anesthesia to an anxious child was the most stressful procedure, regardless of age, sex, or years of professional experience. A negative correlation was found between years of experience and level of stress for all the procedures surveyed, but not for the use of nitrous oxide. No differences were found between male and female dentists in stress scores for any of the procedures. Conclusion: Higher rates of stress during operative procedures were reported among dental students than among experienced dentists. Anxiety of the pediatric patients, but not the location of the procedure: maxillary or mandibular, affected the dentists' reported level of stress.

Measuring Followership

The focus in this chapter is a proposal for a measure of followership with three dimensions: resistant follower, compliant follower, and mature follower. The chapter contains an internet link to specific items and a format for the measure. The rationale centers on various theoretic views about followership. The chapter provides suggestions for use of the measure within organizations. The conclusion centers on a program for future research.

EXPERIENCES ON AN INTERNET LINK CHARACTERIZATION AND NETWORKED CONTROL OF A SMART WHEEL

The number of control systems connected by local or global communication networks is increasing. In this type of system, the effects of time-varying network-induced delays and data losses are major drawbacks, and in order to achieve an efficient closed-loop system performance, a simple and feasible strategy compensates for these undesirable effects based on the characterization of the experimental network by using real traffic measurements. This paper aims to control a platform called Smart Wheel through Internet by applying this compensation strategy to three different controllers, of fractional and integer orders, based on the previous analysis of the Internet link. Experimental and simulation results are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed control strategies and the advantages of the Internet link modeling.