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Motivation and Performance, Blog 6
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Mobilising Monopoly:game design, place and social values
Location based games have seen the translation of popular boardgames into mixed reality settings through the integration of mobile phone technologies. This paper explores modifying the game of Monopoly from a boardgame to a locative mobile phone based game utilising NFC and QR code technologies to engage players with real world places. In doing so, the mechanics, rules and motivations for playing the game shifted in the prototyping of the game concept. Here, we outline the initial game design process, problems and possibilities in modifying such a well-known game to the city streets. We also detail how the mechanics of the game were updated to provide some solutions to ideas surrounding property values, social media values and player location in the new game design
Commercial Anti-Smishing Tools and Their Comparative Effectiveness Against Modern Threats
Smishing, also known as SMS phishing, is a type of fraudulent communication
in which an attacker disguises SMS communications to deceive a target into
providing their sensitive data. Smishing attacks use a variety of tactics;
however, they have a similar goal of stealing money or personally identifying
information (PII) from a victim. In response to these attacks, a wide variety
of anti-smishing tools have been developed to block or filter these
communications. Despite this, the number of phishing attacks continue to rise.
In this paper, we developed a test bed for measuring the effectiveness of
popular anti-smishing tools against fresh smishing attacks. To collect fresh
smishing data, we introduce Smishtank.com, a collaborative online resource for
reporting and collecting smishing data sets. The SMS messages were validated by
a security expert and an in-depth qualitative analysis was performed on the
collected messages to provide further insights. To compare tool effectiveness,
we experimented with 20 smishing and benign messages across 3 key segments of
the SMS messaging delivery ecosystem. Our results revealed significant room for
improvement in all 3 areas against our smishing set. Most anti-phishing apps
and bulk messaging services didn't filter smishing messages beyond the carrier
blocking. The 2 apps that blocked the most smish also blocked 85-100\% of
benign messages. Finally, while carriers did not block any benign messages,
they were only able to reach a 25-35\% blocking rate for smishing messages. Our
work provides insights into the performance of anti-smishing tools and the
roles they play in the message blocking process. This paper would enable the
research community and industry to be better informed on the current state of
anti-smishing technology on the SMS platform
Total Hip Prostheses in Standing, Sitting and Squatting Positions: An Overview of Our 8 Years Practice Using the EOS Imaging Technology
This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.More total hip arthroplasty (THA) is performed worldwide and especially in younger and more active patients compared to earlier decades. One of the focuses of THA research in the future will be on optimizing the radiological follow-up of these patients using 2D and 3D measurements of implants position while reducing the radiation dose delivered. Low-dose EOS(®) imaging is an innovative slot-scanning radiograph system providing valuable information in patient functional positions (standing, sitting and even squatting positions). EOS has been proven accurate and reliable without significant inconvenience caused by the metallic artifacts of implants. The ability to obtain precise data on implant orientation according to the patient posture opens new perspectives for a comprehensive analysis of the pelvic frontal and sagittal balance and its potential impact on implants function and failures. We report our 8 years experience on our first 300 THA patients using this technology routinely for pre and post op evaluation. Our results will be compared and confronted with the actual literature about this innovative technology. We shall especially emphasize our experience about patients with abnormal posture and the evolution of the subject over time, because the phenomenon of an aging spine is frequently associated with the process of aging hips
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