Since Internet based applications have become the norm for most users, security has become a bigger concern than ever before, especially for applications like social networking and cloud based storage. Access control is one of the key techniques that can mitigate security concerns for web based applications. However, most existing access control mechanisms require a trusted party, which are vul...

Local energy trading in microgrids is one of the emerging concepts area distribution networks. A proper business model required to manage local trading. The pricing mechanism crucial because agreed price determines benefits Designing a with specific objective considering privacy agents and respecting physical network constraints challenging task. This article proposes decentralized algorithm fo...

Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS) are highly cognitive, reflective, multitask-able, and effective in knowledge discovery. Examples of IAS include software systems that are capable of automatic reconfiguration, autonomous vehicles, network of sensors with reconfigurable sensory platforms, and an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) respecting privacy by deciding to turn off its camera when pointing ...

The eHealth is an eBusiness scenario in which the integration problem is amplified by the intensive use of knowledge, by the need of accurately handling citizens’ privacy and by live or death implications. eHealth has been seeking for semantic interoperability for more then a decade, but securely sharing health data among healthcare organizations remains an open challenge. Many standardization ...

Parental knowledge gained from monitoring activities protects against adolescent risk involvement. Parental monitoring approaches are varied and may be modified with successful interventions but not all parents or adolescents respond to monitoring programs the same way. 339 parent-adolescent dyads randomized to receive a parental monitoring intervention and 169 parent-adolescent dyads in the co...

Demographic changes, longer life-spans, war, and advances in medical care which make previously fatal injuries or birth defects into manageable lifelong disabilities can be predicted to increase the need for home health care. The demand for home health care will be increased by social changes, in particular, the movement towards the mainstreaming of and community living for the chronically ill ...