Reasoning in Boolean Networks provides a detailed treatment of recent research advances in algorithmic techniques for logic synthesis, test generation and formal verification of digital circuits. The book presents the central idea of approaching design automation problems for logic-level circuits by specific Boolean reasoning techniques. While Boolean reasoning techniques have been a central element of two-level circuit theory for many decades Reasoning in Boolean Networks describes a basic reasoning methodology for multi-level circuits. This leads to a unified view on two-level and multi-level logic synthesis. The presented reasoning techniques are applied to various CAD-problems to demonstrate their usefulness for today's industrially relevant problems. Reasoning in Boolean Networks provides lucid descriptions of basic algorithmic concepts in automatic test pattern generation, logic synthesis and verification and elaborates their intimate relationship to provide further intuition and insight into the subject. Numerous examples are provide for ease in understanding the material. Reasoning in Boolean Networks is intended for researchers in logic synthesis, VLSI testing and formal verification as well as for integrated circuit designers who want to enhance their understanding of basic CAD methodologies.
Theories of the nature of time offered by anthropology, science, and religion are not only numerous but also very different. This groundbreaking book cuts through the confusion by introducing a provocative new tripolar model of time that integrates the human, natural, and religious dimensions of time into a single, harmonious whole. Wolfgang Achtner, Stefan Kunz, and Thomas Walter begin by exploring the structures of time in anthropological terms. They discuss time phenomenologically, showing how it can be experienced in three distinct ways -- the mythic-cyclic, the rational-linear, and the mystic-holistic -- and they root these experiences in the findings of modern neuroscience and trace these three forms of the perception of time within various cultures of antiquity. The second part of the book looks at time as it has been described by some of sciences most profound theories, including classical mechanics, the special and general theories of relativity, quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and chaos theory. The authors then bring religion into the equation by surveying how time is conceived in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian New Testament. They distinguish time concepts in wisdom and apocalyptic literature from time concepts in prophetic literature, and they demonstrate the basic eschatological orientation of the Christian view of time. "Dimensions of Time culminates by tying together the various strands of the authors' multidisciplinary, tripolar model of time. Offering a fascinating application of their unique theory, Achtner, Kunz, and Walter show how the unhealthy acceleration of life in contemporary society needs to be balanced by a rediscovery ofthe mystical experience of time, leading to a greater, deeper sense of human fulfillment.
Desert Spirits, Grasslands Hunters, Jungle Horrors! The Southlands Bestiary brings 90+ new monsters of the hotter climes to Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Want to run a campaign in the deserts, jungles or savannas? This tome of monsters will make sure your players will have hair-raising encounters like none they've experienced before. In this 122-page, full-color book of monsters you get: Swamp adders, sphinxes, scorpion swarms, and skinbats! Demon lords and their followers, arch-devils and their cohorts! Dinosaurs and flame dragons suitable for any volcanic lair! Possessed pillars and prismatic beetles! Genies, gremlins and golems! Killer cactids and clockwork tomb guardians! ...and so much more, plus an introduction by Jeff Grubb, designer of the classic Al-Qadim setting. Use these strange and deadly foes in the Midgard Campaign Setting, or in any campaign of high adventure beneath the pitiless sun. Draw your scimitar, ready your spear, and call upon whatever gods you choose, mortals: the monsters of the Southlands are here!
The institutional foundations of cooperative security in Europe and the rules and principles they represent are rapidly disappearing. Both Russia and the West are starting to prefer deterrence to cooperative security. This spirit is also beginning to pervade economic relations and inter-societal interactions. Other countries increasingly see this confrontation as a threat to their own security. Attempts to restore a normative approach to international governance -- rules and principles, whether based on shared values or not -- would appear to require a significant lessening of current tensions first. This report, therefore, argues that interim rules of the road in the security, economic and social fields, based on current realities and currently shared interests, are needed to help reduce those tensions: a modus vivendi that allows the sides to retain their principled positions on the European order, and how they believe it is threatened; but that also allows for the mitigation and containment of existing conflicts. This will not produce as much stability as a norms-based regime, and may result in less human security for individuals, but it can pave the way for serious discussions that can lead to a return to norms and principles as a guiding force for the European order. The ideas in this paper are based on fifteen national narratives produced by institutions affiliated with this Network and which will be published separately.
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