Zohar, whose name in Hebrew means “illumination,” was born in early 1939 c.e. and grew up in Haifa, Israel. This volume is offered in tribute to Zohar – and in celebration of his 64th birthday. Two academic symposia were held to mark this event: a one-day symposium, held in Tel Aviv, Israel on May 16, 2003, and a week-long symposium, held in Taormina, Sicily, from June 29 to July 4, which gave ...

The paper presents the experiences made with the design and implementation of the PEACE message-passing kernel. PEACE is the object-oriented parallel operating system developed for the MANNA parallel computer. MANNA is a dual-processor-node distributed-memory machine using crossbar technology for node interconnection. Performance figures of the PEACE kernel configurations are presented and thei...

o undertaking, however vast, has ever surpassed my courage, " professed Peter Paul Rubens, whose work comprised cathedral domes and altarpieces, portraits , landscapes, and designs for sculpture and architecture. Courage also drove his exuberant style of fl amboyant color and movement. " That Homer of painting, the father of warmth and enthusiasm in art, " said of him Eugene Delacroix, eclipsed...

infant jaundice is observed during the first week of life in approximately 60% of term and 80% of preterm infants. hyperbilirubinemia may lead to the development of kernicterus, hearing loss, and convulsion. the goal of therapy in hyperbilirubinemia is lowering blood bilirubin levels or at least preventing its increase. it is recommended that phototherapy and if unsuccessful, blood exchange tra...