Role of social media in women's health - boon or bane

Global society is excelling with technological initiatives and social media's role is commendable in this ascent. To the other side of the coin, the adverse impact of social media usage in women's health is on rise and is less explored. The global research community is blowing alarm about the adverse consequences of social media usage on the health of adolescent girls. Hence this study intends to review whether social media is a bane or boon to the health of women. So, the opinion of a group of 150 randomly selected female is sought through questionnaire to know whether social media is a beneficiary artefact. Statistical techniques are employed to understand the role of social media on the women's health from the scrutinized 100 questionnaires. The outcome revealed that though social media fetches many benefits to the community, it is causing major damage for the adolescent girl's psychological and reproductive health

Role of social media in women's health - boon or bane

Global society is excelling with technological initiatives and social media's role is commendable in this ascent. To the other side of the coin, the adverse impact of social media usage in women's health is on rise and is less explored. The global research community is blowing alarm about the adverse consequences of social media usage on the health of adolescent girls. Hence this study intends to review whether social media is a bane or boon to the health of women. So, the opinion of a group of 150 randomly selected female is sought through questionnaire to know whether social media is a beneficiary artefact. Statistical techniques are employed to understand the role of social media on the women's health from the scrutinized 100 questionnaires. The outcome revealed that though social media fetches many benefits to the community, it is causing major damage for the adolescent girl's psychological and reproductive health

Information technology in the maritime industry past, present and future: Focus on LNG carriers

The maritime industry represents one of the oldest industries known to man. From time immemorial human beings have been navigating the water ways as a transport medium for trade, leisure, basic transport and a myriad of other things including war between nations over territorial rights. The water ways also present dynamics in international relations as well with countries vying for the control of water locked mineral resources. The interest of nations in who controls the water ways and the resources therein also play a critical role in conflict and high politics amongst nations [1]. The impact of Information Technology on organisations that provide services to the mari-Time sector is also brought under review with the aim of identifying the criticality of IT as a strategic business tool in positioning the organization for growth in the chosen market place, achieving reduction in the cost of doing business as well as criticality for survival as an organization is taken into consideration. Literature review and information gathering constitute the bulk of data for this research. Surveys were used to collate responses from industry practitioners. The responses were analysed and relevant details ascertained. The results of the survey and studies conducted clearly established the fact that Information Technology infrastructure is critical to the sustenance of the LNG shipping industry. Ensuring retention of seafarers who are key human resources to an shipping organization is seen to heavily depend on the provision of reliable IT infrastructure.Scopu