The Problems That Allow Fraud to Occur

Auditors failing to do their jobs correctly allow criminals to steal millions every year

Green Information Technology (IT) framework for energy efficient data centers using virtualization

The increasing demand for storage, networking and computation has driven the escalation of large complex data centers, the massive server farms that run many of today’s Internet, financial, commercial and business applications. A data center can comprise many thousands of servers and can use as much energy as a small city. The massive amounts of computation power required to drive these server systems results in many challenges like energy consumption, emission of green house gases, backups and recovery issues, etc. The rising costs of oil and global warming are some of the biggest challenges of today’s world. The research proposed in this paper discusses how virtualization can be used to improve the performance and energy efficiency of data centers. To prove this work, Green Information Technology (IT) based framework is developed to seamlessly and securely divide data center components into different resource pools depending on different parameters like energy consumption ratio, utilization ratio, workloads, etc. The framework highlights the importance of implementing green metrics like power usage effectiveness (PUE) and data center effectiveness, and carbon emission calculator to measure the efficiency of data center in terms of energy utilization and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. The framework is based on virtualization and cloud computing to increase the utilization ratio of already installed servers from 10% to more than 50%

Media Imperialism and Body Image Discernment: A Comparison Study

Abstract: Mass Media has a long-standing reputation of influencing perception and affecting behavior and in the age of globalization, investigating its influence in different cultural contexts has become increasingly relevant. Perpetuating unrealistic standards of body types is just one way mediated messages are said to influence negatively an audience. By way of TV, magazines and movies, the media imperialism of the United States is having a strong presence in small countries like Malaysia. The same media effects, on body image and identity, that are found in the US should also be observable. Furthermore, the social comparison theory states that an individual evaluates their own opinions by comparing themselves to others. Exposure to US media, in this case US television shows, offers individuals characters to whom to compare themselves. This study examines how US media imperialism and the social comparison theory through media affects body perception by examining how often college-age young adults watched shows with prominent thin television characters compared to shows that had a diversity of body types in the core cast. Being exposed to programming with only thin characters is expected to correlate positively with body dissatisfaction. The study included distributing 286 preliminary surveys to discover what were the most popular shows being watched by college students (mostly 18 to 25 year olds). After the most popular shows were identified, surveys were circulated to a sample of 240 college-age young adults (120 males and 120 females) to determine if any correlation could be made between their television show preferences and their body dissatisfaction, or lack thereof

Women Involvement in SME's in Johor Bahru, Malaysia: a study on the Factors That Encourage the Women

Abstract: The purpose of this study is to explore the involvement of women in small medium enterprise in the state of Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Whether interest, life impulse, having necessary skills and environmental influence any relationship with women involvement in business. Quantitative data were collected via a questionnaire distributed amongst the women entrepreneur. A total of 130 women entrepreneurs completed the questionnaires. The result shows that interest, life impulse, having necessary skills and environmental influence has a significant positive correlation with women involvement in business. It is interesting to note that hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicated that the four dimensions of independent variables, namely interest, life impulse, having necessary skills and environmental influence significant relationship and influence with women involvement in business

Are Customers Behaving Differently in the Post-COVID-19 Era, and How is this Affecting Worker Satisfaction?

A coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak began in December 2019 in Wuhan, China. Since then, it has rapidly spread over the world, resulting in one of the deadliest pandemics in recent history in terms of infections and deaths. As a result, the objective of the present study is to investigate how the behavior of customers affects the psychological, physical, financial, and satisfaction levels of workers in small businesses post-COVID-19. To fulfill the objective of this study, a self-administered questionnaire was developed to measure the study’s variables. The questionnaire has been distributed by hand and online to 465 workers in small businesses in Jordan. The PLS-SEM of AMOS is applied to examine the hypotheses. The findings show that the behavior of customers has a direct positive impact on the psychological, health, and financial risks of workers who work in small businesses. Also, the findings show that psychological, health, and financial risks have a direct positive effect on the satisfaction of workers. Furthermore, it was discovered that customer behavior has an indirect positive impact on worker satisfaction via psychological, health, and financial risks. This study suggests that workers and customers should take action to safeguard themselves against future health crises. Customers and workers are advised to use masks, sanitizer, and social distancing when necessary. Workers and customers need to remember that their behaviors protect them as well as those who come into contact with them

An Assessment of Healthcare Services in Jordanian Public Hospitals from the Perspective of COVID-19 Patients in the Aftermath of COVID-19

Hospitals faced many challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic when it came to providing healthcare to patients. These obstacles included limited bed availability, shortages of medical equipment and staff, insufficient drug supply, inadequate physical facilities, and a lack of healthy environments. As the pandemic continues into its third year, it has become clear that viruses could remain a permanent part of our lives, leading to a rise in the demand for healthcare services. With this in mind, a study was conducted to investigate the impact of different healthcare service dimensions provided by public hospitals in Jordan on patient satisfaction. The research revealed that reliability, assurance, and responsiveness are the most critical dimensions for patient satisfaction, followed by tangibility and empathy. In addition, the study discovered healthcare service characteristics positively affected patient satisfaction according to the patient's age, gender, and place of treatment. In addition, the study discovered healthcare service dimensions positively affected patient satisfaction according to the patient's age, gender, and place of treatment. In order to improve and manage the healthcare services offered to patients, the study advises public hospital administrators to identify the significance of healthcare service dimensions. Administrators should pay close attention to the dimensions of tangibility and empathy, which are strong yet good, and take into account patient demographic disparities