It would not be rational to establish/operationalised a new climate fund if it is just the same as all the other existing international climate funds. Expectations are that the GCF will, in the longer term, will have an annual turnover in double digit billion dollar figures. It is also clear that such a turnover will not be possible at the outset, not only because of a lack of available funds, ...

I n this paper, we propose a new tactile sensory structure using integrated sensing elements what we call “tensor cell”. I t as located sparsely in a flexible body of tactile sensor, and samples there the complete information of stress tensor w,hich requires six degrees of freedom t o describe it. W e clarify first the advantage of this architecture theoretically based on the elastici t y theor...

W hen I hear the phrase “humanimplantable electronics,” I must confess that I feel a bit queasy. It conjures up a more extreme image of pervasive computing than is usually justified. However, my perspective is that of a relatively healthy person in his 40s, without any physical handicaps. If my hearing was impaired or my heartbeat arrhythmic, I might be keen to find a remedy—and, at this time, ...

a search into the earlier tradition sources of the sunnīs indicates that part of them, entitled kitāb al-faḍā’il, address the excellences (faḍā’il) and virtues (manāqib) of individuals and groups. dedicating a separate chapter under this rubric along other chapters and sections of ḥadith collections reveals the importance of this issue and the endeavors of the compilers of sunnī ḥadith collecti...