A concurrent hardware software codesign environment, PeaCE, is presented in this paper. PeaCE provides the designer with an environment in which the designer can design hardware and software components in a concurrent and cooperative manner. PeaCE covers the codesign which consists of specification, algorithm validation, partition, cosimulation, synthesis, and testing on prototyping board. The ...

Joel Peters is Associate Professor of Government and International Affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs, Virginia Tech, USA. From 1992-96 he as an Associate Research Fellow in the Midde East Programme at the Royal Institute for International Affairs (Chatham House), London, where he directed a research project on the Multilateral Arab-Israeli Peace Talks. He is the author o...

With war in the Middle East and the prospect of terrorist attacks at sites ranging from major airports to the local shopping mall, it may be appropriate to remind ourselves that much of the world is experiencing an extended period of peace. Indeed, developed countries have not fought each other since the Second World War. This peace is unusual because powerful nations are historically the most ...

using and calling on traditional heritage of the past is considered the most important literary techniques in contemporary arabic poetry, that unites the past with present, in fact the contemporary poet by calling the heritage of the past achieved rich and inexhaustible source, and the calling of traditional characteristics is considered one of the literary techniques. the character of “imam hu...

in december 1953, the us president, general dwight d. eisenhower delivered his “atoms for peace” speech at the united nations' general assembly, which called for the promotion of peaceful uses of nuclear energy under special international agency. this proposal became the starting point for creating the iaea in 1957 and adopting npt in 1968. the atoms for peace initiative established the pr...

This Article reviews the principal means of IFI peace-building and offers several proposals to enhance the effectiveness of those means. Focusing primarily on the World Bank Group and the IMF, this Article posits that profound changes are necessary if the Bretton Woods institutions are to realize their potential as leaders in the international peace process. Part I of this Article provides a br...

This research examined the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian peace treaty and Palestinian children's perception of it on their self-esteem and neuroticism. We also studied the relative importance of earlier exposure to traumatic experiences and psychosocial resources indicated by the children's creativity, intelligence and political activity in influencing their psychological well-being after t...

From the eminent point of view which the happy consummation of peace has led us to, we may survey at our leisure the condition of the European powers. Warned by the past, we look upon the present state of the world with a cautious, as well as a critical eye. According to our conception, the study of Mind, in its broad physiognomy of nations and dynasties, of religion and civilization, is the hi...

Spirituality is a multidimensional construct, and little is known about how its distinct dimensions jointly affect well-being. In longitudinal studies (Study 1, n = 418 breast cancer patients; Study 2, n = 165 cancer survivors), the authors examined 2 components of spiritual well-being (i.e., meaning/peace and faith) and their interaction, as well as change scores on those variables, as predict...