This paper presents a new approach that exploits existing web applications and re-purposes them towards the multiscreen environment. For this purpose, a virtual splitting system is proposed. It consists of a generalized mapping technique that, contrary to previous works, automatically analyzes the application content based on a semantic or a visual criteria and prepares it for the splitting pro...

In many modern development platforms, application permissions control third-party access to sensitive parts of the API (e.g., the camera or microphone). We study install-time permissions, which the user grants to applications during installation; different applications can receive different installtime permissions. Install-time permissions offer several advantages over traditional user-based pe...

Many people read online reviews written by other users to learn more about a product or venue. However, the overwhelming amount of user-generated reviews and variance in length, detail and quality across the reviews make it difficult to glean useful information. In this paper, we present a summarization system called Review Spotlight. It provides a brief overview of reviews by using adjective-n...

Compensating for distortions in pushbroom satellite imagery has a bearing on subsequent earth observation applications. Traditional distortion correction methods usually depend on ground control points (GCPs) acquired from a high-accuracy geometric calibration field (GCF). Due to the high construction costs and site constraints of GCF, it is difficult to perform distortion detection regularly. ...

Several web browsers, including Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox, use malware warnings to stop people from visiting infectious websites. However, users can choose to click through (i.e., ignore) these malware warnings. In Google Chrome, users click through a fifth of malware warnings on average. We investigate factors that may contribute to why people ignore such warnings. First, we examine fi...

BACKGROUND Cobalt-chrome (CoCr) alloys have been used in dentistry in decades but very little is known about their behavior and biological impact as framework materials in implant dentistry. Furthermore, few studies have evaluated and compared the clinical and radiological results of abutment and abutment-free implant treatment concepts. AIMS To investigate in vitro CoCr and commercially pure...

Even though their architecture relies on robust security principles, it is well-known that poor programming practices may expose browser extensions to serious security flaws, leading to privilege escalations by untrusted web pages or compromised extension components. We propose a formal security analysis of browser extensions in terms of a finegrained characterization of the privileges that an ...