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Stakeholders’ readiness in the development of an Islamic smart city

Smart City integrates systems with the latest technologies to enable fast track of information and decision making by individuals, government, businesses, and public. Smart City connects people and information to manage public amenities, control crime rates, enhance services effectiveness, create vibrant, competitive, and innovative cities, and improve quality of life. Islamic Smart City

Quante felicità ci sono?

La parola Felicità deriva etimologicamente da: felicitas, deriv. felix, -icis, “felice”, la cui radice “fe-” significa abbondanza, ricchezza, prosperità, mentre il significato di Felicità è definito come: – “Stato d’animo di chi è sereno, non turbato da dolori o preoccupazioni e gode di questo suo stato” (Treccani); – “Stato di chi è felice, di chi

How many kinds of happiness are there?

The Italian word for Happiness, felicità, deriving from felicitas (felice means happy in Italian, from felix -icis), has the root word fe-, meaning abundance, wealth, prosperity, while Happiness is defined as: – “A state of wellbeing and contentment” (Merriam-Webster); – “1. The state of feeling or showing pleasure; 2. the state of being satisfied

Five myths about Shakespeare’s contribution to the English language

Untitled design. Wikimedia Jonathan Culpeper, Lancaster University and Mathew Gillings, Vienna University of Economics and Business Shakespeare’s language is widely considered to represent the pinnacle of English. But that status is underpinned by multiple myths – ideas about language that have departed from reality (or what is even plausible). Those myths send us

Reuse can divert coal ash from landfills, but challenges remain

Industries rely on “beneficial use” of coal power’s toxic byproduct. Will stepped-up enforcement of federal rules interfere? This story is part of a 12-part investigation by the Chicago Investigative Project in the graduate program at the Medill School at Northwestern University. The amount of coal ash in the United States is hard to