We present YAAP: a generic active network architecture with the ability to manually and dynamically deploy network services within distributed network nodes and providing a secure execution environment (EE). It also demultiplexes active network packets to multiple EEs located on the same network node. Currently, YAAP prototype is implemented under the Linux operating system, with some parts bui...

The aim of the Ambient Assisted Living Project Social Interaction Screen is to support social interaction of elderly people by easing access to existing Social Networking Services. In this paper, we present the solution that was developed in the project, the elderly interaction and service assistant (elisa). We discuss the design of the prototype and present first results of its evaluation in G...

This paper proposes methods by which traditionally passive intrusion detection sensors can be instrumented to take certain tactical actions in order to increase the certainty by which they can make decisions. Examples show how a sensor can request injection of additional data into the event data stream it is monitoring, as a reaction to its observation of incomplete indications of threats. As t...

Adopting Open Source Software (OSS) components in organisational settings requires evaluating the possible impact of adoption decisions on business goals. Measures available in OSS, capturing indicators such as the quality of open source code and the activeness of the developing community, can be used as a driver to assess various risks in component adoption. In this paper we illustrate how ris...

A follow-up questionnaire survey was conducted with 29 cat owners who adopted cats from an animal hospital in Japan. Physical characteristics were found to be important factors for the owners when choosing a cat. There were significant differences between impression of the cat for the owners at present and images of their ideal cats, and the levels of aggression and activeness of the cats at pr...

Wireless sensor networks are the grouping of tiny sensor nodes, which collects the information by sensing activeness from the surroundings similar lands, forests, hills, sea. In wireless sensor networks, using mobile sinks mobility rather than static sink for data collection is the new trend in present years. Current researches are focusing on moving patterns of the mobile sink to achieve optim...

In this article the authors present a new concept, activeness, as dynamic psychological and cognitive state of effective engaged language learning. It is defined in terms investment, integration performance, empowers vulnerable students to exercise control their learning progress based on needs desired outcomes. argued that activeness has double didactic linguistic di...