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MISA-web: a web server for microsatellite prediction Open
Motivation Microsatellites are a widely-used marker system in plant genetics and forensics. The development of reliable microsatellite markers from resequencing data is challenging. Results We extended MISA, a computational tool assisting …
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PlantPepDB: A manually curated plant peptide database Open
Plants produce an array of peptides as part of their innate defense mechanism against pathogens. The potential use of these peptides for various therapeutic purposes is increasing per diem. In order to excel in this research, the community…
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miRNAFold: a web server for fast miRNA precursor prediction in genomes Open
Computational methods are required for prediction of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), which are involved in many biological processes, especially at post-transcriptional level. Among these ncRNAs, miRNAs have been largely studied and biologists n…
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Extended Tracking Powers Open
Users have come to rely on browser extensions to realize features that are not implemented by browser vendors. Extensions offer users the ability to, among others, block ads, de-clutter websites, enrich pages with third-party content, and …
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Moving Deep Learning into Web Browser: How Far Can We Go? Open
Recently, several JavaScript-based deep learning frameworks have emerged, making it possible to perform deep learning tasks directly in browsers. However, little is known on what and how well we can do with these frameworks for deep learni…
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<i>SynchWeb</i>: a modern interface for <i>ISPyB</i> Open
SynchWeb is a modern interface to the ISPyB database. It significantly simplifies sample registration and is targeted towards live data collection monitoring and remote access for macromolecular crystallography. It adds a variety of new fe…
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DeepTutor: An Effective, Online Intelligent Tutoring System That Promotes Deep Learning Open
We present in this paper an innovative solution to the challenge of building effective educational technologies that offer tailored instruction to each individual learner. The proposed solution in the form of a conversational intelligent t…
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JSgraph: Enabling Reconstruction of Web Attacks via Efficient Tracking of Live In-Browser JavaScript Executions Open
In this paper, we propose JSgraph, a forensic engine that is able to efficiently record fine-grained details pertaining to the execution of JavaScript (JS) programs within the browser, with particular focus on JS-driven DOM modifications.J…
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Automatic Identification and Presentation of Twitter Content for Planned Events Open
We demonstrate a system for augmenting information about planned events with Twitter messages, using a set of automatic query building strategies. We present two alternative interfaces to our system, namely, a browser plug-in and a customi…
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Browser Feature Usage on the Modern Web Open
Modern web browsers are incredibly complex, with millions of lines of code and over one thousand JavaScript functions and properties available to website authors. This work investigates how these browser features are used on the modern, op…
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Running Laboratory Experiments Via The World Wide Web Open
NOTE: The first page of text has been automatically extracted and included below in lieu of an abstract 3513 Running Laboratory Experiments via the World Wide Web Jim Henry The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Abstract The chemical e…
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TLS Beyond the Browser Open
The Transport Layer Security (TLS) protocol has evolved in response to different attacks and is increasingly relied on to secure Internet communications. Web browsers have led the adoption of newer and more secure cryptographic algorithms …
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Automating URL Blacklist Generation with Similarity Search Approach Open
Modern web users may encounter a browser security threat called drive-by-download attacks when surfing on the Internet. Drive-by-download attacks make use of exploit codes to take control of user's web browser. Many web users do not take s…
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Don’t Count Me Out: On the Relevance of IP Address in the Tracking Ecosystem Open
Targeted online advertising has become an inextricable part of the way Web content and applications are monetized. At the beginning, online advertising consisted of simple ad-banners broadly shown to website visitors. Over time, it evolved…
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Draco Open
In-app embedded browsers are commonly used by app developers to display web content without having to redirect the user to heavy-weight web browsers. Just like the conventional web browsers, embedded browsers can allow the execution of web…
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SurroundWeb: Mitigating Privacy Concerns in a 3D Web Browser Open
Immersive experiences that mix digital and real-world objects are becoming reality, but they raise serious privacy concerns as they require real-time sensor input. These experiences are already present on smartphones and game consoles via …
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Verifying that web pages have accessible layout Open
Usability and accessibility guidelines aim to make graphical user interfaces accessible to all users, by, say, requiring that text is sufficiently large, interactive controls are visible, and heading size corresponds to importance. These g…
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Your Secrets Are Safe Open
All major web browsers include a private browsing mode that does not store browsing history, cookies, or temporary files across browsing sessions. Unfortunately, users have misconceptions about what this mode does. Many factors likely cont…
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BINANA 2: Characterizing Receptor/Ligand Interactions in Python and JavaScript Open
BINding ANAlyzer (BINANA) is an algorithm for identifying and characterizing receptor/ligand interactions and other factors that contribute to binding. We recently updated BINANA to make the algorithm more accessible to a broader audience.…
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Urban data visualisation in a web browser Open
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MineThrottle: Defending against Wasm In-Browser Cryptojacking Open
In-browser cryptojacking is an urgent threat to web users, where an attacker abuses the users' computing resources without obtaining their consent. In-browser mining programs are usually developed in WebAssembly (Wasm) for its great perfor…
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Updated MS²PIP web server supports cutting-edge proteomics applications Open
Interest in the use of machine learning for peptide fragmentation spectrum prediction has been strongly on the rise over the past years, especially for applications in challenging proteomics identification workflows such as immunopeptidomi…
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Looking through the Eye of the Mouse Open
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Chromium based Framework to Include Gaze Interaction in Web Browser Open
EnablingWeb interaction by non-conventional input sources like eyes has great potential to enhance Web accessibility. In this paper, we present a Chromium based inclusive framework to adapt eye gaze events in Web interfaces. The frameworkp…
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Tracking Users across the Web via TLS Session Resumption Open
User tracking on the Internet can come in various forms, e.g., via cookies or by fingerprinting web browsers. A technique that got less attention so far is user tracking based on TLS and specifically based on the TLS session resumption mec…
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Panache: a web browser-based viewer for linearized pangenomes Open
Motivation Pangenomics evolved since its first applications on bacteria, extending from the study of genes for a given population to the study of all of its sequences available. While multiple methods are being developed to construct pange…
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Browser Fingerprint Coding Methods Increasing the Effectiveness of User Identification in the Web Traffic Open
Web-based browser fingerprint (or device fingerprint) is a tool used to identify and track user activity in web traffic. It is also used to identify computers that are abusing online advertising and also to prevent credit card fraud. A dev…
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OmniCrawl: Comprehensive Measurement of Web Tracking With Real Desktop and Mobile Browsers Open
Over half of all visits to websites now take place in a mobile browser, yet the majority of web privacy studies take the vantage point of desktop browsers, use emulated mobile browsers, or focus on just a single mobile browser instead. In …
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JBrowseR: an R interface to the JBrowse 2 genome browser Open
Motivation Genome browsers are an essential tool in genome analysis. Modern genome browsers enable complex and interactive visualization of a wide variety of genomic data modalities. While such browsers are very powerful, they can be chall…
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iS-CellR: a user-friendly tool for analyzing and visualizing single-cell RNA sequencing data Open
Summary Interactive platform for single-cell RNA-sequencing (iS-CellR) is a web-based Shiny application that is designed to provide user-friendly, comprehensive analysis of single-cell RNA sequencing data. iS-CellR has the capability to ru…