INTERNET ADDICTION – EMPIRICAL VERIFICATION FOR SLOVENIA |
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Mateja Gorenc, Borka Jerman Blažič, Anita Goltnik Urnaut
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The Internet has become an essential part of the day and the working lives of many people. Daily use of the Internet has the potential to become the worrying problem of the moment as some of Internet users begin to neglect their families, abandon hobbies, are late for work and, thus, lose contact with reality only to spend as much time as possible on the Internet. The aim of the research was to explore Internet addiction in Slovenia. We have designed a structural model to study Internet addiction. The research was conducted to collect data on Internet addiction. The sample surveys included employed people in Slovenia. Our results indicate a serious problem with Internet addiction. The predicted model in this study can be used for further research on Internet addiction.
Key words: Internet addiction, addiction to computer games, addiction to social networks, addiction to online shopping, addiction to pornographic content, addiction to sports betting and gambling, loneliness.
Mateja Gorenc, a doctoral student of Business Informatics, with a Master’s degree in Business studies and a university graduate in mathematics, employed in the sector of information technologies in the service of the programming and management of applications (
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Borka Jerman Blažič - Institut “Jožef Štefan” Ljubljana, Slovenia (
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Anita Goltnik Urnaut - Faculty of Commercial and Business Sciences Celje, Slovenia (
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Gorenc Mateja, Jerman Blažič Borka, Goltnik Urnaut Anita. INTERNET ADDICTION – EMPIRICAL VERIFICATION FOR SLOVENIA. Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, vol.9, no.3:23-42, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12959/issn.1855-0541.IIASS-2016-no3-art2
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SOCIAL-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CYBERCRIME |
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Aleksandar Ilievski, Igor Bernik
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The purpose of the study is to highlight the main issues of developing countries regarding cybercrime and examine the possible link between weak economic development and escalating levels of cybercrime. The findings were established on the basis of literature review, comparative studies and the synthesis of findings. The existing sociological theories of crime are not limited to traditional crime and may be used for the interpretation of its cyber version. By analysing individual sociological theories and the results of empirical research, we found that social-economic factors, such as GDP per capita, unemployment and education, are closely related to the incidence of cybercrime in different countries. This enables us to conclude that the relatively poor economic development is one of the reasons contributing to a higher incidence of cybercrime in Eastern European countries. By taking into account factors of different nature, one could increase the understanding of cybercrime and the possibility of adopting and implementing reliable preventive measures. However, this paper strives not only to understand the factors related to cybercrime, but also to raise awareness, stimulate a proactive approach and develop preventive actions in the fight against cybercrime.
Keywords: social-economic aspects, cybercrime, economic development.
Aleksandar Ilievski, Ph.D. candidate at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia. His research fields are cybercrime, cyber security and combating cybercrime. Contact address:
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Igor Bernik, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Information Security and the Head of the Information Security Department at the Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security, University of Maribor, Slovenia. His research fields are information systems, cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, cyberterrorism and the growing requirements for cybersecurity awareness. Contact address:
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Ilievski Aleksandar, Bernik Igor. SOCIAL-ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF CYBERCRIME. Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, vol.9, no.3:8-22, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12959/issn.1855-0541.IIASS-2016-no3-art1
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A STUDY OF EARLY MARRIAGE AND MATERNAL MORTALITY AMONG THE WOMEN IN A VILLAGE OF CHITTAGONG IN BANGLADESH |
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Sayeed Mahmud, Abu Zafar Mahmudul Haq
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This was a descriptive type cross sectional study with a sample size of 217 selected by purposive sampling technique. Data collections were conducted between November 2014 to June 2015 to find out early marriage and maternal mortality among the women of Doulatpur village in Fatickchari Upazilla through pre-structured questionnaire. Out of total respondents, 42.39% belonged to 30-44 years age group. Most of them (27.19%) had education up to high school level, 18.43% had education up to primary level. Among the 217 respondents, (78.80%) were housewives. Out of the respondents 93.55% were married. Most of the families (39.10%) had 2 female members. Among the respondents, (42.86%) of them belonged to upper middle class and only 7.83% were of lower class. During first marriage, 23.50% respondents’ age were more than 18years. Maximum respondents (76.04%) had idea about the age of marriage and rest 23.96% had no idea about this. In total 174 respondents, 40.23% had multiple sources of idea. 30.46% and 9.77% got idea from media and neighbours respectively. Maximum respondents (83.87%) accepted the idea of marriage, only 16.13% didn't accept the idea. Out of 217 respondents, 73.27% had knowledge about early marriage complications. Majority of the respondents, 68.66% had idea about child bearing age and the rest 31.34% had no idea. Most of the respondents (36.87%) preferred hospital as the place of delivery and 30.41% preferred UPHC. Maximum respondents (73.21%) received ANC and 26.73% didn't receive this care. In most of the cases (35.76%) preferred MBBS doctors as ANC provider, 18.79% and 18.18% preferred specialist and FWV as their ANC provider respectively. 86.18% had no complications during delivery and 13.82% had complications. Maximum respondents (31.03%) got management from UHC. Among the respondents, 50.23% had no knowledge about maternal death during pregnancy. Maximum (96.77%) respondents said there was no maternal death in last one year. 71.49% of total maternal death occurred during delivery, 87.50% had no systemic and infectious diseases during pregnancies, 12.44% respondents had suffered from these problems. Among the respondents, 76.50% were normotensive, 18.89% & 4.61% were hypertensive and hypotensive respectively. Some suggestions were derived from the study. This study on early marriage and maternal mortality of the women of Doulatpur village will provide idea about the women of the country regarding the situation.
Keywords: early marriage, maternal mortality, women, village, Bangladesh.
Sayeed Mahmud, M.Phil, MPH, MBBS, Associate professor and head, Department of Community Medicine, Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong, Bangladesh, E-mail:
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Abu Zafar Mahmudul Haq, Ph.D, Associate professor, Department of Business Administration, City University, Dhaka, Bangladesh, E-mail:
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Mahmud Sayeed, Mahmudul Haq Abu Zafar. A STUDY OF EARLY MARRIAGE AND MATERNAL MORTALITY AMONG THE WOMEN IN A VILLAGE OF CHITTAGONG IN BANGLADESH. Innovative Issues and Approaches in Social Sciences, vol.9, no.2:35-56, DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12959/issn.1855-0541.IIASS-2016-no2-art2
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DIMENSIONS OF THE MACEDONIAN TOURIST MARKET (FACTS AND FIGURES) – PREDICTIONS AND PLAN FOR THE FUTURE |
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Vasko Cuculeski, Nikola Cuculeski
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Tourism represents an appropriate phenomenon of the modern civilization. In practice it already takes noticeable place, because it is considered for one of the most massive occurrences ever in the history of the human existence. It is easier to recognize its practical features than to interpret it from a scientific point of view. Exactly this difficulty presents a challenge for its analysis. It has been analyzed from different aspects, and also all the fundamental and applicative research is made in the same way.
Although in Macedonia tourism is not developed at a high level, yet the number of foreign tourists are increasing and with that increasing at the same time it is noticeable the tourism development, so through tourism the Republic of Macedonia begins to show its beauty. For more information about the arrival of foreign tourists in Macedonia, the State Statistical Office has opened a website for anyone who wants to know more than this.
Key words: tourism, Macedonian tourism, tourism dimensions, statistics.
Vasko Cuculeski, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality, University “St. Kliment Ohridski” – Bitola, Republic of Macedonia, e-mail:
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Nikola Cuculeski, PhD, Titled Assistant Professor - Faculty of Tourism and Business Logistics, University “Goce Delchev” – Shtip, Republic of Macedonia, e-mail:
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