Introduction to rocket science and space exploration by Sivathanu Pillai, A.

Table of Contents: “…Basic rocket science<BR>Newton's Laws of Motion<BR>Forces on Rocket<BR>The Rocket Equation- Thrust, Acceleration, Specific Impulse, Incremental Velocity<BR>Multi-staging</P><P>Chapter 5: Rocket Systems Development</P><P>Rocket Subsystems and Components<BR>Propulsion<BR>Structure<BR>Stability and control<BR>Navigation and Guidance</P><P>Chapter 6: Rocket Design Methodology, Test & Evaluation, World Launch Sites</P><P>Launch Vehicle Design Methodology<BR>Design Adequacy, Tests & Reviews<BR>ISRO Mars mission, Trajectory design<BR>Human to Mars, SLS design<BR>Launch Sites of Space Faring Countries</P><P>Chapter 7: Satellite, Orbits and Missions <BR>Importance of Satellites<BR>Satellite Orbits, Orbital Velocity<BR>Hohmann Transfer<BR>Escape Velocity for planetary mission<BR>First launch by countries<BR>Mission Planning<BR>Satellite Applications<BR>Small Satellites<BR>Private Space Operators- Missions to Moon and Mars<BR>Human Space Missions, Space Stations-ISS, Chinese TIANGONG, India-Gaganyaan<BR>China-Russia Lunar Research Station</P><P>Chapter 8: Advances in Space Technologies</P><P>Can we travel faster than light?<BR>Electric Propulsion<BR>Hall Effect Thrusters<BR>Magneto Plasma Rocket Propulsion- VASIMR-39 days to Mars<BR>Nuclear Propulsion Rockets<BR>Solar Electric Propulsion<BR>Solar Thermal Propulsion<BR>Laser Propulsion -- 3 days to Mars<BR>Solar and Laser Powered Interstellar Sail<BR>Hypersonic Transportation<BR>Hyperplane and Low-cost Access to Space<BR>Solar Power Satellite<BR>AI and Robotics Spacecraft<BR>Lunar Industry, He-3 as energy source, Launch pad on Moon</P><P>Chapter 9: Environment: Protection of Earth, and Geo-spatial Technologies</P><P>Challenges for Space Community<BR>Threats from Outer Space<BR>Protection of Earth from Risky Asteroids, Collision Avoidance Strategies<BR>Clearing Space Debris<BR>In-orbit Servicing<BR>Space Security<BR>Space Weather<BR>Man Contributed Threats on Land and atmosphere<BR>Geospatial Technologies for Sustainable Development<BR> <BR>Chapter 10: Exoplanets, Earth 2.0</P><P>Nearest Stars to Sun<BR>Exoplanets in Livable Zones<BR>Probable Earth 2.0</P>…”
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Technology, Innovation and Creativity in Digital Society XXI Professional Culture of the Specialist of the Future

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Molten salt reactors and thorium energy

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Advances in Neural Computation, Machine Learning, and Cognitive Research VI Selected Papers from the XXIV International Conference on Neuroinformatics, October 17-21, 2022, Moscow,...

Table of Contents: “…-- A Gender Genetic Algorithm and its Comparison with Conventional Genetic Algorithm -- Associations of Morphometric Changes of the Brain with the Levels of IGF1, a Multifunctional Growth Factor, and with Systemic Immune Parameters Reflect the Disturbances of Neuroimmune Interactions in Patients with Schizophrenia -- Part III: Modern Methods and Technologies in Neurobiology -- Dynamics of Background and Evoked Activity of Neurons in the Auditory Cortex of the Unanaesthetized Cat -- Search for Markers of Moderate Cognitive Disorders through Phase Synchronization between Rhythmic Photostimulus and EEG Pattern -- Astrocytes Enhance Image Representation Encoded in Spiking Neural Network -- Classification of Neuron Type Based on Average Activity -- Comparative Analysis of Statistical and Neural Network Classification Methods on the Example of Synthesized Data in the Stimulus-Independent Brain-Computer Interface Paradigm -- Shunting Effect of Synaptic Channels Located on Presynaptic Terminal -- Analysis of Appearances, Formation and Evolution of Biological Functional Systems -- The Reinforcement Learning Theory, Value Function, and the Nature of Value Function Calculation by the Insular Cortex -- To the Role of Inferior Olives in Cerebellar Neuromechanics -- Individual Differences in Mismatch-Induced c-Fos Expression in the Retrosplenial Cortex in Rats: Shift in Activity is Layer-Specific -- Sleep of Poor and Good Nappers under the Afternoon Exposure to Weak 2-Hz/8-Hz Electromagnetic Fields -- Part IV: Applications of Neural Networks -- Classification of Light Microscopy Image Using Probabilistic Bayesian Neural Network -- SPICE Model of Analog Content-Addressable Memory Based on 2G FeFET Crossbar -- IQ-GAN: Instance Quantized Image Synthesis -- Specifics of Crossbar Resistor Arrays -- Recurrent and Graph Neural Networks for Particle Tracking at the BM@N Experiment -- Modeling of a Neural Network Algorithm for Suppressing Non-Stationary Interference in an Adaptive Antenna Array -- Learning Various Locomotion Skills from Scratch with Deep Reinforcement Learning -- Center3dAugNet: Effect of Rotation Representation on One-Stage Joint Car Detection and 6D-Pose Estimation -- Global memory transformer for processing long documents -- Development of the Convolutional Neural Network for Defining the Renal Pathology Using Computed Tomography Images -- Possibility of Using Various Architectures of Convolutional Neural Networks in the Problem of Determining the Type of Rhythm -- DeepPavlov Topics: Topic Classification Dataset for Conversational Domain in English -- Multi-Input Convolutional Neural Networks in Real-Time Semantic Segmentation Tasks -- Integration of Data and Algorithms in Solving Inverse Problems of Spectroscopy of Solutions by Machine Learning Methods -- Investigation of Pareto Front of Neural Network Approximation of Solution of Laplace Equation in Two Statements: with Discontinuous Initial Conditions or with Measurement Data? …”
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Classical Samaritan Poetry by Lieber, Laura Suzanne

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Microbiology of drinking water production and distribution by Bitton, Gabriel

Table of Contents: “…2.6 Waste Residuals from Water Treatment Plants2.7 Drinking Water Quality at the Consumer's Tap; Web Resources; Further Reading; 3 DRINKING WATER DISINFECTION; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Chlorine; 3.3 Chlorine Dioxide; 3.4 Ozone; 3.5 Ultraviolet Light; 3.6 Use of Photocatalysts in Water Disinfection; 3.7 Physical Removal/Inactivation of Microbial Pathogens; Web Resources; Further Reading; 4 DRINKING WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS: BIOFILM MICROBIOLOGY; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Biofilm Development in WDSs; 4.3 Growh of Pathogens and Other Microorganisms€in€WDSs.…”
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Shame 4.0 Investigating an Emotion in Digital Worlds and the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Table of Contents: “…Lessons Learned from Baruch Spinoza: Shame and Faith Development in the Light of Challenges in Contemporary Society (Claude-Hélène Mayer) -- Chapter 14. …”
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Handbook of methodological approaches to community-based research : qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods

Table of Contents: “…Dynamic Social Networks -- Leonard A. Jason, John Light, and Sarah Callahan -- Section III. Mixed Methods Approaches -- Chapter 23. …”
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Nanoscience Advances in CBRN Agents Detection, Information and Energy Security

Table of Contents: “…Doppler broadening of annihilation line study of organic-inorganic hybrid ureasil-based composites -- Part III Materials -- 10. Creation of blue light emitting color centers in nanosized diamond for different applications -- 11. …”
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Emerging Technologies for Education 6th International Symposium, SETE 2021, Zhuhai, China, November 11–12, 2021, Revised Selected Papers

Table of Contents: “…-Mobile Learning assisted multimodal Chinese listening and speaking course -- On the Syntax and Semantics of Verbs of Searching -- Writing Collaboratively in the Continuation Task via Shared Docs -- Reflections on Applying Innovative Project-Based Learning: Shadow Play in OBTL Classroom -- Online Collision Avoidance Algorithm for Lightweight Web3D Robot Based on M-BVH -- Education Technology (Edtech) and ICT for Education -- The Teaching Design of Sequence Limit based on Modern Education Technology -- Reducing EFL Learners’ Error of Sound Deletion with ASR-based Peer Feedback -- The Digital Competence of Vocational Education Teachers and of Learners With and Without Cognitive Disabilities -- Navigating the Higher Education Classroom of Covid-19: A Revisit of SAMR as a Guide for Meaningful Blended Learning Adoption -- Education + AI -- A parsing scheme of mind-map images -- "Research on OBE Online Teaching Mode Combined with Expression Recognition—Taking Digital Image Processing Course as an Example -- A Fitness Education and Scoring System based on 3D Human Body Reconstruction -- Threat Analysis of IoT Security Knowledge Graph Based on Confidence -- Adaptive Learning, Emotion and Behaviour Recognition and Understanding in Education -- Adversarial Training Leaded Robust MRC Method -- Deep Knowledge Tracking based on Exercise Semantic Information -- Automated Analysis of Student Verbalizations in Online Learning Environments -- A model of teachers’ excellent teaching behaviors based on natural language processing -- International Symposium on User Modeling and Language Learning (UMLL2021) -- Examining the Efficacy of Video-based Multimodal Three-Dimension Input on the Acquisition of English Phrases -- Synchronous CMC in ESP Class during the Pandemic: A Case Study in Wuhan -- Systematic evaluation of research progress on technology-enhanced language learning: content analysis and knowledge mapping -- The Effect of Oral Practice via Chatbot on Students’ Oral English Accuracy -- Investigating the Impact of Teacher Feedback on Content Revisions in EFL Students’ Writing by the Automated Tracking Approach -- Exploring the potential, features, and functions of small talk in digital distance teaching on Zoom: a mixed-method study by quasi-experiment and conversation analysis -- Chatbots for learning: A Facebook Messenger ‘bot’ -- International Workshop on Educational Technology for Language Learning (ETLL 2021) -- Self-Assessment Activities of Translation: A Case Study of Undergraduate, Master and Doctoral Students -- Research on Construction and Application of Translation Self-Assessment Activity for Self-Regulated Learning in Chinese EFL Context -- Constructing a DELC-Based Blended Learning Model in the Interpreting Course -- Integrating Blended Learning in Computer-assisted Translation Course in Light of the New Liberal Arts Initiative -- Translation of Long English Sentences Based on Clause Complex Theory -- The Development of Artificial Intelligence Education in Primary and Secondary Schools in Mainland China -- Scholar-Course Knowledge Graph Construction Based On Graph Database Storage -- Game-based Learning Models for Building Chinese College Students’ Disciplinary English Literacy in Mathematics -- The Effect Analysis of Mind Mapping on Chinese EFL Undergraduates’ Writing -- "Gold Course" in Higher Vocational Colleges Construction Standards： Connotation, Principles, Paths and Evaluation.-.…”
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Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning – IDEAL 2023 24th International Conference, Évora, Portugal, November 22–24, 2023, Proceedings

Table of Contents: “…Main Track: Optimization of Image Acquisition for Earth Observation Satellites via Quantum Computing -- Complexity-driven sampling for Bagging -- A pseudo-label guided hybrid approach for unsupervised domain adaptation⋆ -- Combining of Markov Random Field and Convolutional Neural Networks for Hyper/Multispectral Image Classification -- Plant Disease Detection and Classification using a Deep learning-based framework -- Evaluating Text Classification in the Legal Domain Using BERT Embeddings -- Rapid and Low-Cost Evaluation of Multi-Fidelity Scheduling Algorithms for Hyperparameter Optimization -- The Applicability of Federated Learning to Official Statistics -- Generating Wildfire Heat Maps with Twitter and BERT -- An urban simulator integrated with a genetic algorithm for efficient traffic light coordination -- GPU-Based Acceleration of the Rao Optimization Algorithms: Application to the Solution of Large Systems of Nonlinear Equations -- Direct determination of Operational Value-at-Risk using Descriptive Statistics -- Using Deep Learning models to Predict the Electrical Conductivity of the influent in a Wastewater Treatment Plant. …”
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Globalization and Its Tax Discontents : Tax Policy and International Investments. by Cockfield, Arthur J.

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Microbial Biodegradation From Omics to Function and Application.

Table of Contents: “…Heavy Metals Resistance, Metabolism and Transformation -- Genomic, Metagenomic and Metatranscriptomic Studies -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mechanisms of microbial resistance to heavy metals -- 2.3 Mechanisms of dissemination of heavy metals resistance and metabolism genes -- 2.4 Genomics of metallotolerant bacteria -- 2.5 Heavy metals transformation in the light of an overall microbial metabolism and potential application in bioremediation -- 2.6 Metagenomics and metatranscriptomics of heavy metal-contaminated environments -- 2.7 Conclusion -- 3. …”
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Ciceros Korrespondenz als Medium literarischen und gesellschaftlichen Handelns by Rühl, Meike

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Favorite counseling and therapy techniques

Table of Contents: “…Gary Cannon -- Providing direction: my favoirite light bulb techniques: questions to create illumination / Jon Carlson -- Turning the tables on the client: making the client the counselor / Raymond J. …”
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Learning Python Application Development. by Sathaye, Ninad

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Aquananotechnology : global prospects

Table of Contents: “…Sreekumaran Nair -- 24. Light-activated nanotechnology for drinking water purification / Mark D. …”
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Digital Electronics, Volume 3 : Finite-state Machines. by Ndjountche, Tertulien

Table of Contents: “…Controller for an automatic vending machine; 2.4.5. Traffic light controller; 2.5. Exercises; 2.6. Solutions; 3. …”
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A wealth of common sense : why simplicity trumps complexity in any investment plan by Carlson, Ben

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Conversations with Trotsky : Earle Birney and the radical 1930s by Birney, Earle, 1904-1995

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