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E-Safety Awareness of Saudi Youths: A Comparative Study and Recommendations

  • Alharbi, Nawaf F;Soh, Ben;AlZain, Mohammed A;Alharbi, Mawaddah F
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.21 no.11
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    • pp.181-188
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    • 2021
  • The use of the internet has become a basic need for many across the globe. The situation is very much the same for the youth in many countries like Saudi Arabia who have grown up surrounded and accessing the internet. This demographic, however, is at an increased risk of falling as victims to cybercrime because of a low level of technical awareness. This review looks at the level of technical awareness of internet use in 3 different countries which include the USA, South Africa, and New Zealand. The review will compare the situation in these nations with those in KSA. Based on the review and comparisons, recommendations are made for culturally and socially acceptable e-Safety awareness of Saudi youths.

The Influences of the Awareness of Patient Safety Culture on Safety Care Activities among Operating Room Nurses (수술실 간호사의 환자안전문화에 대한 인식이 안전간호활동에 미치는 영향)

  • Lee, Kyung Hee;Lee, Young Shin;Park, Hae Kyung;Rhu, Jung Ok;Byun, In Seung
    • Journal of Korean Clinical Nursing Research
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.204-214
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    • 2011
  • Purpose: This study was aimed to provide information on the awareness of patient safety culture and safety care activities among operating room (OR) nurses and to analyze the factors influencing the safety care activities. Methods: For this descriptive research, self-reported questionnaires were administered to 168 OR nurses who were working at the university-affiliated and general hospitals. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, $Scheff{\grave{e}}$ test, Pearson's correlation coefficient and Stepwise multiple regression with SPSS/WIN 17.0. Results: The mean score of the awareness on patient safety culture was 3.27 out of 5 points and that of safety care activity was 4.31 out of 5. The statistically significant difference was found between experience of safety education and the awareness on patient safety culture. Also, the scores of safety care activities were significantly different according to OR nurses' position, education levels, and experience of safety education. There was a positive correlation between the awareness of patient safety culture and safety care activity. Their explanatory power on safety care activity was 8.8%, which includes working environment in operating room 3.3% and nursing position 5.5%. Conclusion: Compared to the level of patient safety activities, the OR nurses' awareness on patient safety culture was low. Given the specific characteristics and conditions in each hospital, it needs to increase the OR nurses' awareness on patient safety culture and activities related to patient safety.

Design of situation awareness and aids to navigation structure of VTS for maritime safety (해양안전실현을 위한 차세대 해상교통관제 시스템의 상황인지 및 항행지원 구조 설계)

  • Lee, Byung-Gil;Han, Jong-Wook;Jo, Hyun-Suk
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.35 no.7B
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    • pp.1073-1080
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    • 2010
  • Realization of e-Navigation for maritime safety has become a hot research topic of these years. There has been lots of requirements of the convergence of VTS and new IT technology for prevent maritime accident caused huge mount of damage such as environmental damage of oil spill, human life and property. This paper aims to design of an intelligent VTS system based on context awareness and aids to navigation structure. The proposed system provides timely decision supporting mechanism using by situation awareness, reasoning, risk management technology and also provides information of aids to navigation for secure navigation.

A Study on the Behavior of Food Hygiene and Interest in Dietary Information According to the Level of Awareness and Practice of Food Safety (식품 안전 인지·실천 수준에 따른 식위생 행태 및 식생활 정보 관심도에 관한 연구)

  • Kang, Nam-E;Yoon, Hei-Ryeo;Kim, Juhyeon
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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    • v.28 no.6
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    • pp.623-630
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study was to determine the differences in perception of food hygiene and interest in dietary information among university students. A total of 550 college students from Seoul and the surrounding metropolitan area participated in this questionnaire using one-to-one interviews from September 20th to 28th, 2012. Three groups were classified according to level of awareness and practice of food safety. The highest education level of food safety was in the active-practice group (69.6%), with 58.0% in the want-practice group and 24.6% in the low-practice group. There were significant differences between the awareness and practice groups in terms of importance of food safety (p<0.001). Exactly 74.3% interest in food hygiene was measured in the active-practice group. Interests in dietary and food information were different between the groups: 71.4% for the active-practice group versus 24.6% for the low-practice group (p<0.001). Low-practice group showed the lowest scores for interests in organic food, pesticide-free food, low-pesticide food, slow food, LOHAS, healthy-functional food, nutritional labels, and expiration dates. In conclusion, appropriate levels of food hygiene and food safety education should be provided by the food industry according to perception of food awareness and practice of food safety.

A Study on Safety of e-Business (e-비즈니스의 안전성에 관한 연구)

  • Sung, Tae-Kyung
    • Management & Information Systems Review
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    • v.29 no.3
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    • pp.1-21
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    • 2010
  • The two main purposes of this paper are to (1) identify factors that influence the safety of e-Business and (2) investigate the explanatory power of these factors on firm performance. Through an extensive literature review and expert panel reviews, a list of 9 factors consisting of 36 items was compiled. In the second stage, questionnaires were administered to managers of e-Business companies in the metropolitan area of Seoul, Korea. Respondents rate 'Information Management,' as the most influencing factor, and then in the order of 'Payment,' 'Security Programs,' and 'Intrusion.' And survey results show that factors have very significant explanatory power for firm performance. While 'Information Management,' 'Delivery,' 'Intrusion,' and 'Security Programs' are the most explanatory factors for Tobin's q, 'Government Policy,' 'Delivery,' 'Intrusion,' 'Awareness,' and 'Security Programs' show most explanatory power for ROA.

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Relationship between Perception of Patient Safety Culture and Performance for Safety Care Activity in Rehabilitation Hospital Nurse (재활전문병원 간호사의 환자안전문화에 대한 인식과 안전간호활동 수행의 관계)

  • Kang, Jung Mi;Park, Jung Suk
    • The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.12-19
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    • 2016
  • Purpose: This study was to examine the relationships between nurse's perception of patient safety culture and performance for safety nursing activities at rehabilitation hospitals. Methods: This study applied a descriptive research design. Participants were 194 nurses who have provided nursing services for more than 6 months at 4 rehabilitation hospitals located in B metropolitan city. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, $Scheff{\acute{e}}$ test, Pearson's correlation coefficients and multiple regression. Results: There was a positive correlation between the awareness of patient safety culture and safety nursing activity. Multivariate analysis showed that hospital work environment, experience of education, hospital climate, frequency of reported events, and marital status were significantly associated with the safety nursing activity. Overall, approximately 23.1% of total variability in the safety nursing activity could be explained by the 5 variables ($R^2=0.231$, p<.005). Conclusion: Nurses at rehabilitation hospitals are relatively positive about patient safety culture. Therefore, we need to develop safety education programs at the level of organization in order to improve patient safety through performing effective safety nursing activities in addition to increase awareness of patient safety culture among nurses. Furthermore, we need hospital's strategies at the system level for open communication and outcome reports regarding patient safety.

Factors affecting patient safety behavior and performance of infection control among nursing students (간호대학생의 환자안전행위 및 감염관리 수행도에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Lee, Suzy;Shin, Gisoo;Cho, Mi-Kyoung
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.343-352
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    • 2018
  • This study was conducted to identify the factors influencing patient safety behavior and performance of infection control in nursing students. This study was a descriptive survey based on data collected from August 28, 2017, to September 22, 2017 from 174 third and fourth year nursing students at E university located in S city of Gyeonggi. The collected data were analyzed using the PASW 23.0 program to conduct an independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, post-hoc Scheffe's test, Pearson's correlation, and multiple regression. The average scores of patient safety behavior and performance of infection control were $4.00{\pm}0.55$ and $4.31{\pm}0.50$, respectively. Patient safety behavior and performance of infection control showed a strong positive correlation. Patient safety behavior was positively influenced by confidence levels of patient safety and awareness of the infection control, and the explanatory power of the model (R2)[ED highlight - should this be R2? If so, change throughout the paper.] was 55.1%. Predictors of the performance of infection control were patient safety knowledge, confidence levels regarding patient safety, and awareness of infection control, and the R2 was 68.1%. Common factors influencing patient safety behavior and infection control performance were patient safety confidence and development of effective clinical practicum education programs to increase confidence in patient safety and infection control.

Reflective Model of Brand Awareness on Repurchase Intention and Customer Satisfaction

  • ILYAS, Gunawan Bata;RAHMI, Sri;TAMSAH, Hasmin;MUNIR, Abdul Razak;PUTRA, Aditya Halim Perdana Kusuma
    • The Journal of Asian Finance, Economics and Business
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    • v.7 no.9
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    • pp.427-438
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    • 2020
  • This study aims to analyze and confirm brand awareness' role in influencing the repurchase intention both directly and indirectly on customer satisfaction variables and repurchase intention variables. The contribution brought by this study is to reflect manifest variables such as recall, purchase, and consumption. The number of respondents in this study was 200 samples using the online survey data collection method (Google form), while the research approach is quantitative explanatory. The data analysis test tools include the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) approach with AMOS as a statistical data analysis software and Sobel test to indirectly test the relationship. This study consists of four hypotheses, of which three hypotheses are positively and significantly related (brand awareness on repurchase intention, brand awareness on customer satisfaction, and customer satisfaction on repurchase intention). Through indirect relationship, namely, brand awareness on repurchase intention through customer satisfaction, the study showed no significant effect. In a comprehensive way, this study emphasizes the factor of customer satisfaction as a determinant of consumer loyalty and repurchase intention. Therefore, creating optimal customer satisfaction, service excellence, promotion and massive advertising, guaranteeing the safety and ease-of-use apps, and ease of shopping, especially for e-commerce industry, is a serious concern.

Self-sufficiencies in Cyber Technologies: A requirement study on Saudi Arabia

  • Alhalafi, Nawaf;Veeraraghavan, Prakash
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.204-214
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    • 2022
  • Speedy development has been witnessed in communication technologies and the adoption of the Internet across the world. Information dissemination is the primary goal of these technologies. One of the rapidly developing nations in the Middle East is Saudi Arabia, where the use of communication technologies, including mobile and Internet, has drastically risen in recent times. These advancements are relatively new to the region when contrasted to developed nations. Thus, offenses arising from the adoption of these technologies may be new to Saudi Arabians. This study examines cyber security awareness among Saudi Arabian citizens in distinct settings. A comparison is made between the cybersecurity policy guidelines adopted in Saudi Arabia and three other nations. This review will explore distinct essential elements and approaches to mitigating cybercrimes in the United States, Singapore, and India. Following an analysis of the current cybersecurity framework in Saudi Arabia, suggestions for improvement are determined from the overall findings. A key objective is enhancing the nationwide focus on efficient safety and security systems. While the participants display a clear knowledge of IT, the surveyed literature shows limited awareness of the risks related to cyber security practices and the role of government in promoting data safety across the Internet. As the findings indicate, proper frameworks regarding cyber security need to be considered to ensure that associated threats are mitigated as Saudi Arabia aspires to become an efficient smart nation.

Shift of the Safety Consciousness of Construction Superintendents due to Enforcement of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (중대재해처벌법 시행에 따른 건설공사 관리감독자의 안전의식 변화에 대한 연구)

  • Young Ju Kim;Sung Woo Shin
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.39 no.3
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    • pp.27-35
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    • 2024
  • There are ongoing debates on the effectiveness of the Serious Accidents Punishment Act (SAPA) on ensuring safety management and accident prevention, as the annual number of fatal injuries did not decrease even after its enforcement. However, for right appraisal of the effectiveness of SAPA, it must not only be rated based on direct outcomes such as the number of fatal injuries, but also on the indirect effects related to the improvement of the safety management of firms or organizations. A construction superintendent is one of crucial persons who ensure worker safety in construction sites. They must have a high safety consciousness for effective and appropriate safety management in construction sites. In this, the impact of the enforcement of SAPA on the safety consciousness of the construction superintendents is investigated to add a new dimension in the appraisal of the effectiveness of SAPA. DAGMAR-based safety consciousness assessment model is used to measure four safety consciousness components, i.e. awareness, comprehension, conviction, and action. Three hundred and five responses obtained from a survey conducted among construction superintendents are used to analyze the shift of the safety consciousness of the construction superintendents due to the enforcement of SAPA. The results reveal that awareness and comprehension components significantly improved after the SAPA enforcement. Conversely, conviction and action components slightly improved. They also reveal that the changes are more significant for construction superintendents affiliated to principal contractors, compared to those affiliated to subcontractors.