An Urban Network Study of Government Procurement Activities: A Case Study of Northeast China by Lisha Cheng, Daoqin Tong, Xuepeng Ji, Shijun Wang

“…Using Northeast China as a case study, we construct government procurement activity (GPA) connection networks for both central projects and local projects at the regional and national scales. Social network analysis and regression analysis are used to analyze the network characteristics and factors associated with the network structure. …”
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‘Stupid Girls’ vs. ‘Real Men’: Identity Construction and Social Media Polarization over Revenge Porn by Marta Sánchez Cócera

“…In light of this, this paper examines the discursive construction of the phenomenon of revenge porn and the evaluations proposed of victims and perpetrators on the social network YouTube with the aim of unveiling conflicting ideologies online. …”
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Examining Adolescents’ Technology Addiction Levels Before and After COVID-19 Pandemic by Renan Seker, Tezcan Kartal, Adem Tasdemir, Ibrahim Serdar Kiziltepe

“…It was observed that the students' highest addiction levels were in instant messaging, website use, social network use and online gaming, respectively. While the addiction levels of the participants varied based on the time spent on social networks and online gaming, the interaction effect between owning a computer and the family socioeconomic level also caused significant differences. …”
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Social media usage and cyberbullying: the moderating role of tie strength by Jinru Ni, Hongyu Fu, Yajing Zhu, Zewen Li, Shuyi Wang, Haoran Su

“…This study, grounded in tie strength theory and medium theory, investigates the association between social media usage and cyberbullying, focusing on how tie strength moderates this relationship.MethodsA sample of 813 healthy adults (Mage = 20.06 ± 2.30 years, 498 females) completed an online survey, including the Chinese version of the Social Network Site Intensity Scale and the Cyberbullying Inventory for College Students (CICS).Results(1) Tie strength varies from platform to platform. …”
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Relación entre depresión y adherencia al tratamiento en diabetes tipo 2, considerando la red de apoyo social, las estrategias de afrontamiento y el sexo by José Eduardo Rondón Bernard, Luisa Angelucci

“…Se empleó el Cuestionario Tridimensional de la Depresión, el Instrumento para Medir el Estilo de Vida en Diabéticos, Cuestionario de Estrategias de Afrontamiento y la Escala de Social Network and Support. Al evaluar los modelos de ecuaciones estructurales, se obtuvieron las mismas medidas de bondad de ajuste, con relaciones similares entre variables, por lo que ambos modelos poseen un ajuste aceptable. …”
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Exploratory Factor Analysis on the Talent Development Environment Questionnaire (TDEQ-5) for Basketball in Indonesia by Kukuh Hardopo Putro, Suharjana Suharjana, Agus Susworo Dwi Marhaendro, Fauzi Fauzi, Danang Wicaksono, Subagyo Irianto, Trisnar Adi Prabowo

“…The analysis of this study is based on each factor: Long-term development (LTD), Alignment of expectations (AOE), Communication (COM), Holistic quality preparation (HQP), and Social network (SN).  Results. The results showed that KMO-MSA was p > 0.5, and Bartlett’s Test of Sphericity was p < 0.05. …”
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Vaksin dan Sentimen Publik: Sebuah Analisis by Iradhad Taqwa Sihidi, Achmad Apriyanto Romadhan, Dedik Fitrah, Mariano Mariano

“…Adapun keterbatasan penelitian ini karena durasi pengambilan data yang sangat singkat yakni 12 November -12 Desember 2020 karena keterbatasan limit data kebijakan API twitter, sehingga agar lebih komprehensif dalam merekam sentimen publik perlu memperpanjang waktu penambangan data dan juga menggunakan Social Network Analysis ( SNA) agar peta aktornya lebih terlihat.…”
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Exploring motivation, goals, facilitators, and barriers to adopt health behaviors at retirement age: a focus group study by Paula Collazo-Castiñeira, Rocío Rodríguez-Rey, Gisela I. Delfino, Alfonso J. Cruz-Jentoft, Eva Topinková, Peter J. M. Weijs, Josje D. Schoufour, Macarena Sánchez-Izquierdo

“…Results The main facilitators and barriers identified were the presence and absence of social support/social network, mental health, willpower, time, and motivation. …”
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Social connectedness as a determinant of mental health: A scoping review. by Priya J Wickramaratne, Tenzin Yangchen, Lauren Lepow, Braja G Patra, Benjamin Glicksburg, Ardesheer Talati, Prakash Adekkanattu, Euijung Ryu, Joanna M Biernacka, Alexander Charney, J John Mann, Jyotishman Pathak, Mark Olfson, Myrna M Weissman

“…In 5 of 8 reports, smaller social network size predicted depressive symptoms or disorder at follow-up. …”
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Evolution of Electoral Preferences for a Regime of Three Political Parties by María Guadalupe Medina Guevara, Héctor Vargas Rodríguez, Pedro Basilio Espinoza Padilla, José Luis Gozález Solís

“…In addition, agents give a certain level of trust (weight) to other agent’s opinions; this results in a positive stochastic matrix of weights which models the social network. The model can be reduced to a pair of coupled nonlinear difference equations, making extracting analytical results possible: a theorem on the conditions governing the existence of consensus in this new artificial society. …”
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Global Research Landscape and Intellectual Structure of Boron Neutron Capture Therapy Research: A Review Based on Scientometric Tools by Elmira Janavi, Maryamm Emami, Manoj Kumar Verma

“…The co-citation network of papers in the field depicted three main clusters: treatment, physics, and measurement. Social network analyses and the quality of links among papers in neutron therapy can be helpful in different aspects. …”
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Optimal information dissemination strategy to promote preventivebehaviors in multilayer epidemic networks by Heman Shakeri, Faryad Darabi Sahneh, Caterina Scoglio, Pietro Poggi-Corradini, Victor M. Preciado

“…Various numerical simulations with network models and a real-world social network validate our method.…”
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Examining the Intergovernmental and Interorganizational Network of Responding to Major Accidents for Improving the Emergency Management System in China by Pan Tang, Haojia Chen, Shiqi Shao

“…An emergency response network is built and visualized for representing intergovernmental and interorganizational collaboration during the response process of the major accident by social network analysis (SNA) tools. The SNA indicators are used to measure quantitatively the network structure at the levels of the whole network, subnetwork, and node. …”
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Avatar legal protection as an atypical copyright object by V. A. Kroitor

“…It has been proved that an avatar is an intangible benefit that can include such virtual objects as: a game character tied to a specific user; a social network profile of a person; a computer copy of a person with unique identification features, originality and objective form. …”
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The definition of vitality—the perspectives of Dutch older persons by M. E. Jongeneelen, C. H. L. A. Wieringa, W. P. J. den Elzen, K. Langeveld, J. Gussekloo, Y. M. Drewes

“…Furthermore, this balance, and therefore their vitality, could be impacted by their lifestyle, loss of social network, coping, and role models. Conclusion According to older persons, vitality is determined by the balance between their capacities to do what they want to do on one side, and their drivers in life on the other side.…”
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SELF-HELP CONSOLIDATION CHALLENGES IN LOW-INCOME HOUSING IN SOUTH AFRICA by Judith T. OJO-AROMOKUDU, Claudia LOGGIA

“…The inherent know-how of households is expressed in the limited construction methods employed, and where expertise is lacking in the household, assistance is sought from social network groups. This study reports on self-help attempts aimed at consolidating low-income subsidised housing in South Africa. …”
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Examining the determinants of resilience and mental stress in emergency department nurses by Zahra Kamari, Ali Akbar Vaisi Raygani, Nader Salari, Behnam Khaledi-Paveh, Mohammad Mehdi Mohammadi

“…Additionally, place of residence, number of children, education, shift work, social network presence, employment status, emergency responsibility, and economic status were significantly related to psychological stress (P < 0.01). …”
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Patterns of pregabalin prescribing in four German federal states: analysis of routine data to investigate potential misuse of pregabalin by Ronja Flemming

“…Unintended coprescription of drugs with addictive potential might occur when care is insufficiently coordinated.Design Secondary data analysis of linked data from three regional sickness funds in Germany (AOK) for the years 2014–2016.Setting Ambulatory and hospital care sector in four German federal states.Methods On the basis of routine data, patients who received at least three prescriptions of pregabalin were identified and classified into patients prescribed pregabalin as recommended and those dispensed with a higher than recommended dose (&gt;600 mg/day). Social network analysis was applied to identify prescription networks and to analyse cooperation among the prescribers. …”
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Improving Regional Welfare Through Stakeholder Management by Cavin Ornando Simorangkir, Fitri Yuniawati, Monica Adellia, Affra Nabilla, Dewi Purba

“…Data analysis, using Social Network Analysis (SNA) and stakeholder mapping, identifies roles, relationships, and influence within tourism management. …”
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Mobiliser des partenaires pour lutter contre le VIH/sida : les risques de la démobilisation institutionnelle en cas d’épidémie faible et concentrée. Le cas du programme Amali au Ma... by David Goeury

“…In addition, the nomination of leaders from the Islamist movement at the ministry of social affairs has led to a divergence of intervention model between the social allocation based on criteria of precariousness and economic integration through the development of an autonomous activity, which allows the beneficiary to rebuild a social network. We will rely on observations carried out in 2015 within the framework of the ANRS 12305 project “IGA and key populations infected or affected by HIV in Morocco”: a survey of 500 potential beneficiaries of the Amali program conducted in five cities (Agadir, Casablanca, Rabat, Tangier, Taroudant) implemented with ALCS ; a survey of 25 Amali project leaders in these same cities and 22 semi-directive interviews with all the stakeholders of the partner organizations (ALCS, ADS, local associations) in the seven cities where the project is implemented (Agadir, Casablanca, Fez, Marrakech, Rabat, Tangier, Taroudant). …”
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