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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"web access"”.
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Low-bandwidth Web access with tandem proxies
Thesis (M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 2002.
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Dynamic Scoping for Browser Based Access Control System
<p>We have inorganically increased the use of web applications to the point of using them for almost everything and making them an essential part of our everyday lives. As a result, the enhancement of privacy and security policies for the web applications is becoming increasingly essential. The …
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Effects of Interface Format, Feedback Style, and System Lag on the Usability of Hand-Held Internet Controllers
The increasing popularity of the World Wide Web (WWW) has created a new market: Web access through television to accommodate those who either cannot afford existing hardware or are intimidated by computers. Current efforts to combine the WWW and television have targeted potential novice users. One …
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Extensions and enhancements to the iLab heat transfer project site
The iLab Heat Transfer Project website started four years ago to enable web access to experiments related to movement of heat through transport processes. This thesis details improvements made to the site which extend and enhance the site prior to the project. Software improvements include giving …
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Fenrir: Practical Algorithms for Cache Partitioning
… are ubiquitous systems that support the modern web. They are crucial to cope with delays, bandwidth and high energy use of accessing ever-growing data from backend databases. Today, almost every web access passes through some level of cache, starting with the browser cache found within the …
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The application of usability principles to create web-based applications that achieve increased system usage
… and ultimately increasing usage of a sales website and a corporate marketing website for a major insurance company in South Africa. It investigates whether the application of usability principles to the sales web positively influences the usage of the sales web system as a tool by …
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Navigating Barriers in Taiwanese Museums
… due to an aging society. How Taiwan navigates accessibility issues can be analyzed by a look at how legislation and specifically cultural institutions have adapted to the needs of people with disabilities. The social responsibility of museums as cultural institutions to be inclusive has been …
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Is Hearing Believing? Perception of Online Information Credibility by Screen Reader Users who are Blind or Visually Impaired
While credibility perception on the Web is a well-researched topic across multiple disciplines, extant studies have not considered nonvisual modalities of Web access. This research explores how Web users who are blind or visually impaired perceive the credibility of online information and how the …
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Utilising Contactless Communications for the next Generation of Mobile Ubiquitous Applications.
… devices will overtake PC as the most common web access device. Applications and services utilising traditional location tracking approaches of GPS and Cell id fail to provide a good experience indoors so alternative location positioning schemes need to be utilised. These applications claim to …
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Securing Wireless Broadcast Communications against Internal Attacks
… WiFi, WiMax and others, users gain ubiquitous access to a wealth of information services relevant to their everyday lives. These include communication services (voice, email, text), commercial transactions (e-banking, e-trading), location-based services (points of interest, navigation), social …
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Performance Analysis of Algorithms for Supporting Disconnected Write Operations in Wireless Web Environments
… user may voluntarily disconnect itself from the web server to save battery life and also to avoid the high communication price. To allow web pages to be updated while the mobile user is disconnected from the web server, updates can be staged in the mobile unit and propagated back to the web …
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Website accessibility in Australia and the national transition strategy: Outcomes and findings
… June 2010,the Australian Government released the Web Accessibility National Transition Strategy (NTS) (Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), 2010a). This document outlines the plan for the adoption and implementation of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) Version …