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Nuclear-Pumped Lasers by Prelas, Mark

Table of Contents: “…1 Introduction to Nuclear-Pumped Lasers -- 2 Radiation Interaction With Matter -- 3 Direct Energy Conversion Principles as Applied to Lasers -- 4 Nuclear-Pumped Lasers -- 5 Reactor and Laser Coupling -- 6 Applications -- Appendix 1: Neutron Cross Sections from Neutron Resonance Parameters and Thermal Cross Sections -- Appendix 2: Plasma Basics -- Appendix 3: Maxwell Boltzmann Distribution Function -- Appendix 4: Thermal Neutron Cross Sections for Some Elements and Compounds (from Reactor Physics Constants ANL 5800 1963 for 2200 m/s Neutron Speed.…”
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Fire Protection Detection, Notification, and Suppression / by Till, Robert C., Coon, J. Walter

Table of Contents: “…1 Unwanted Fire and Fire Growth -- 2 Automatic Sprinkler Heads -- 3 Other Detection and Alarm Devices -- 4 Notification -- 5 Fire Pumps and Water Supplies -- 6 Underground Fire Mains -- 7 Equipment and Devices -- 8 Firefighter Intervention Manual Fire Suppression -- 9 Sprinkler Systems and Their Types -- 10 Hydraulic Calculations of Sprinkler Systems -- 11 Foam Systems -- Dry-Agent Automatic Suppression Systems -- 13 Regulatory Agencies, Authorities and Organizations -- Fire Suppression System Specifications.…”
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Standpipe Systems for Fire Protection by Isman, Kenneth E.

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Hybrid ADCs, Smart Sensors for the IoT, and Sub-1V & Advanced Node Analog Circuit Design Advances in Analog Circuit Design 2017 /

Table of Contents: “…Ultra-Low Power Charge-Pump Based Bandgap References -- Part III.Sub-1V & Advanced-Node Analog Circuit Design.…”
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VLSI Design: Circuits, Systems and Applications Select Proceedings of ICNETS2, Volume V /

Table of Contents: “…Front-End CMOS Circuit for Low Power Consumption -- A Preliminary Study of Oscillators, Phase and Frequency Detector and Charge Pump for Phase Locked Loop (PLL) Applications -- All Digital RF Transmitter with Highly Power Efficient Doherty Power Amplifier -- Adiabatic Techniques for Energy Efficient Barrel Shifter Design -- A 79Ghz CMOS LNA with Adaptive Biasing -- X-Band Phased-Array Transmitter in 180nm Sige Bicmos Technology with Stacked Power Amplifier -- Short Range Low Data Rate Pulsed UWB Transmitter -- A New High Speed Multiplier Based on Carry Look Ahead Adder and Compressor -- Real-Time Automatic Peaks and Onsets Detection of Photoplethysmographic Signals -- Survey on Design of Low Power CMOS Four Quadrant Analog Multiplier in Nano-Meter Scaling -- Designing 5t Embedded Dram Cell for Ultra Low Power Low Voltage Applications Based on Schmitt Trigger -- Design and Implementation of Multi-Bit Self-Checking Carry-Select Adder -- A Novel Adiabatic Logic for Low Power VLSI Circuit Design and Power Optimization Using Finfet -- Test Signal Generation for Detecting Faults On Mil-Std 1553 Bus -- Design of Ultra Low Voltage- Energy Efficient Hybrid Full Adder Circuit -- Mtcmos Based Soft Start Circuit for Low Leakage Led Driver with Minimum In-Rush Current -- Implementation of Dual-Hysteresis Mode Flip-Flop Multivibrator    Using Differential Voltage Current Conveyor -- High Performance Domino Logic Circuit Design By Contention Reduction -- Differential Power Analysis (Dpa) Resistant Cryptographic S-Box -- Implementation of Radix-2 Butterfly Using Distributed Arithmatic Algorithm (Daa) -- An Area Efficient Design of Warped Filters -- Design of Arithmetic and Logical Unit (Alu) Using Subthreshold Adiabatic Logic for Low Power Application -- Design of Sample and Hold for High Speed Analog To Digital Converter -- Fpga Masked S-Box Implementation for Aes Engine -- Pipelined and Parallel Architecture of Reversible Watermarking for Grayscale Images -- Design and Verification of Amba Axi3 Protocol -- Design of Multi-Stage Cmos Ota for Low-Power and High Driving Capability.…”
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Ancient Engineers' Inventions Precursors of the Present / by Rossi, Cesare, Russo, Flavio

Table of Contents: “…Measuring Mass -- Introduction -- 1.1 The balance scale -- 1.2 The steelyard balance -- Observations -- 2 Measuring Distance and Slope -- Introduction -- 2.1 Jacob's staff -- 2.2 Range finders -- 2.3 The Astrolabe -- 2.4 The dioptre by Heron -- 2.5 The ancient odometers -- Observations -- Measuring a building height by an astrolabe -- Measuring the distances by the groma and by the surveyor's cross -- 3 Measuring Time -- Introduction -- 3.1 The sundial -- 3.2 Water clocks -- Observations -- 4 Orientation -- Introduction -- 4.1 The Sundial Compass -- 4.2 The Chinese South-Pointing Chariot Sundial Compass -- 4.3 The Windrose and the Magnetic Compass -- 5 Ancient Computation Devices -- Introduction -- 5.1 The Abacus -- 5.2 The Mesolabio -- 5.3 The Mechanism of Antikitera -- Observations -- 6 The Natural Energy Used In Antiquity -- Introduction -- 6.1 Energy from man -- 6.2 Energy from animals -- 6.3 The capstan -- 6.4 The treadwheel -- 6.5 Rough evaluation of the power from a wind motor -- 6.6 Rough evaluation of the power from a waterwheel -- 7 Wind Motors -- Introduction -- 7.1 The wind mills -- 7.2 Wings on the sea: the sails -- 7.3.3 The Flettner rotor -- Observations -- 8 Hydraulic Motors -- Introduction -- 8.1 Water wheels with vertical axis -- 8.2 Water wheels with horizontal axis -- 8.3 The floating mill -- 8.4 Water wheels in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -- Observations -- 9 Refrigeration and Heating -- 9.1 Air Cooling with Wind Towers -- 9.2 The production of ice -- 9.3 Nero's Sherbet -- 9.3 Wheat Pits -- 9.4 Heating and Thermal Baths -- 9.5 Energy Saving: the Sun Chimney Heating and Thermal Baths -- 10 The Production Of Water -- 10.1 The Air Well -- 10.2 The DewBasin -- 10.3 The Qanat -- 10.4 Distillation -- 11 Lifting Water -- Introduction -- 11.1 The early devices -- 11.2 The Archimedes' screw -- 11.3 Norias -- 11.4 Pumps -- Observations -- 12 Adduction and Distribution of Water -- Introduction -- 12.1 Open ducts -- 12.2 Penstocks -- 12.3 The great cisterns -- 12.4 Water distribution systems -- 12.5 Pipes -- 12.6 Valves -- 12.7 Hydraulic mining -- Observations -- 13 Underwater Activities -- Introduction -- 13.1 Scuba divers -- 13.2 Diving bell -- 14 Transports -- Introduction -- 14.1 Roman charts -- 14.2 Railed cargo -- 14.3 The rails of Pompei -- 14.4 Ancient self-propelled vehicles -- 14.5 Early ball bearings -- 14.6 Transport on water -- 14.7 Cableways -- 14.10 The dawn of the flight in the antiquity -- Observations -- 15 Telecommunications -- Introduction -- 15.1 Acoustic -- 15.2 Carrier pigeons -- 15.3 Optical telecommunication systems -- 15.4 Lighthouses -- 15.5 The water telegraph -- Observations -- 16 Medicine and Health -- Introduction -- 16.1 Medical Assistance provided to Legionnaires -- 16.2 Reconstructive Plastic Surgery -- 16.3 Early Penicillin -- 16.4 The Beginning of Biological Warfare -- 17 Secondary Motors -- Introduction -- 17.1 Cranes and tackle -- 17.2 Gravity driven elevators -- 17.3 Siege towers -- 17.4 The trebuchet -- 17.5 Flexion elastic motors -- 17.6 Torsion elastic motors -- 17.7 Throwing machines operated by torsion motors -- 17.8 Mechanics of the throwing machines -- 17.9 Pneumatic motors -- 17.10 Small spring motors -- 17.11 Ancient steam engines -- Observations -- 18 Spinnind and Weaving -- Introduction -- 18.1 The dawn of spinning and weaving -- 18.2 The spinning wheel -- 18.3 The mechanical spinning -- 18.4 The automatic weaving -- Observations -- 19 Some Applications of Fire -- Introduction -- 19.1 Fire ignition -- 19.1.2 Optical flints -- 19.2 Marine fire - the Roman candle -- 19.3 Wind lanterns -- 19.4 Fire for warming -- 19.5 Fire for warfare -- 19.6 The protection from fire: asbestos -- 20 Automata (Towards automation androbots) -- Introduction -- 20.1 The Hellenistic Age -- 20.2 The Middle Ages -- 20.3 The Renaissance -- 20.4 The XVIII Century -- 20.5 The XIX Century -- 20.6 Automata of the Far East -- 20.7 Between the two millenniums -- Observations -- 21 Some Ancient Building Techniques -- Introduction -- 21.1 Stone buildings -- 21.2 Concrete Buildings -- 21.3 Considerations on the polygonal work -- 21.4 Earthquake-resistant buildings with wooden ribs -- 21.5 Seismic isolators -- 21.6 Consideration on ancient concrete -- Subject Index. .…”
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Extreme Sports, Extreme Bodies Gender, Identities and Bodies in Motion / by Andreasson, Jesper, Johansson, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Part I: Introducing Extreme Sporting Bodies -- Chapter One: Introduction -- Chapter Two: Body Studies and Carnal Sociology -- Part II: Bodybuilding and the Fitness Revolution -- Chapter Three: Getting the Pump - Pain and Pleasure in Muscle-building Practice -- Chapter Four: Negotiating the Subcultural body -- Chapter Five: Bodybuilding - Concluding Thoughts. - Part III: Bending Bodies Through Ironman Triathlon -- Chapter Six: Discipline, Transcendence and Bodily Fluids -- Chapter Seven: The Family Puzzle in Ironman Triathlon. - Chapter Eight: Ironman - Concluding Thoughts. …”
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Supervisory Control of Discrete-Event Systems by Wonham, W. Murray, Cai, Kai

Table of Contents: “…Supervisory Control of Timed Discrete-Event Systems -- Bibliography -- Appendix: Supervisory Control of a Mine Pump -- Index.…”
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Hydropower / by Breeze, Paul A.

Table of Contents: “…Tidal Power; Operating Tidal Barrage Power Plants; Tidal Power Plant Design; Two Basin Projects; Tidal Lagoon Power Plant; Tidal Barrage Construction Techniques; Turbines; 8. Pumped Storage Hydropower; Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant Design; Turbines and Motors; 9. …”
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Fluid Mechanics for Chemical Engineering. by Mory, Mathieu

Table of Contents: “…Bibliography; Chapter 5. Pumps; 5.1. Centrifugal pumps; 5.1.1. Operating principle.…”
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Advances in Distillation Retrofit by Long, Nguyen Van Duc, Lee, Moonyong

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Comprehensive Energy Management - Safe Adaptation, Predictive Control and Thermal Management

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Micro and Nano Machining of Engineering Materials Recent Developments /

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Innovative Computing Trends and Applications

Table of Contents: “…Chapter1: A Multi-objective Simulation-based Optimization Approach applied to Material Handling System -- Chapter2: Dataspace Management for Large Data Sets -- Chapter3: Effect of parameters and distribution of air in microwave-convective zone on energy intensity of drying -- Chapter4: Energy Saving Device for Microclimate Maintenance with Utilization of Low-Grade Heat -- Chapter5: Liberalization of the Mexican electricity sector a study of technical efficiency -- Chapter6: Impacts of Sleeping Time during the Day on the Timing and Level of Basal Heart Rate: Analysis of ALLSTAR Big Data -- Chapter7: Innovative Instruments for Extraction of Low-Grade Heat from Surface Watercourses for Heating Systems with Heat Pump -- Chapter8: Propagation of EMF in grain material of various densities -- Chapter9: Solar system with seasonal thermal energy storage -- Chapter10: Towards a Capability Maturity Model for Digital Forensic Readiness -- Chapter11: Vertical and horizontal integration systems in industry 4.0.…”
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Proceedings of the IV Advanced Ceramics and Applications Conference

Table of Contents: “…1.Flash sintering of ceramics: a short review -- 2.Ceramic Matrix Composites for High Performance Friction Applications -- 3.Functional Particulated Ionic Liquid-Based Silica Microcapsules -- 4.Reducing Losses in Magnetic Thin Films Through Nanoscale Surface Patterning -- 5.Contemporary Political and Religious Extremists as Destroyers of Ancient Artistic Heritage -- 6.Pumps to save life in cardiac failure -- 7.Application of Ceramic Nanoparticles for Near Infrared Bioimaging -- 8.Contemporary aspects of joint arthroplasties and role of ceramics -- 9.Contemporary dental ceramics -- 10.Intelligent Nanomaterials For Medicine Diagnostic And Therapy Application -- 11.Environmental impact of tributyl-tin biocides on coastal marine systems in the NE Adriatic sea -- 12.Microwave electro ceramic based on magnesium titanates compounds -- 13.Structural, electrical conduction and dielectric studies of mechano-synthesized manganese nanoferrite -- 14.Towards Electronic Materials Fractal Theory -- 15.Study of Nanodimensional Spinel ni0.5zn0.5fe2o4 Ferrite Prepared by Mechanochemical Synthesis -- 16.Off-resonant Raman spectroscopy of ZnS quantum dots -- 17.Influence of preparation method on SOP modes in ZnO doped with CoO nanoparticles -- 18.Structural Properties of Cu - Se - CuSe2 Thin Films -- 19.Mobile platform usage in creating conservation and restoration documentation -- 20.Jewelry as Specific form of Spiritual and Material Culture.…”
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Sustainable Cloud and Energy Services Principles and Practice /

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1.Cloud Computing for Internet of Things: Architecture, Issues and Challenges in integration -- Chapter 2.A self-governing and decentralized network of smart objects to share electrical power autonomously -- Chapter 3.Implementing Energy Service Automation using Cloud Technologies and Public Communications Networks -- Chapter 4.Privacy-Preserving Smart Grid Tariff Decisions with Block-Chain-Based Smart Contracts -- Chapter 5.Energy Cloud: Services for Smart Buildings -- Chapter 6.Virtual Machine Consolidation Algorithms for Energy-Efficient Dynamic Cloud Resource Management: A Review -- Chapter 7.Energy Saving in Cloud by using Enhanced Instance Based Learning (EIBL) for Resource Prediction -- Chapter 8.Short-Term Prediction Model to Maximize Renewable Energy Usage in Cloud Data Centers -- Chapter 9.Optimal Sizing of a Micro-Hydrokinetic Pumped-Hydro-Storage Hybrid System for Different Demand Sectors -- Chapter 10.Impact of different South African demand sectors on grid-connected PV systems' optimal energy dispatch under Time of Use Tariff.…”
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Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Applications ICICA 2015 /

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The Ascent of GIM, the Global Intelligent Machine A History of Production and Information Machines / by Koetsier, Teun

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- 1 Introduction -- The Global Intelligent Machine -- Cultural evolution -- Production technology and information technology -- 2 The Rise of Homo Sapiens -- Animals using production tools -- Monkeys and apes using production tools -- Information tools in the animal world: clues, signs and signals -- Communicating honey bees -- Communication among monkeys and apes -- From the hairpin ancestor to Homo sapiens -- Olduwan technology -- The adze makers of Langda -- Language as an information tool -- The control of fire -- The Stone Age Revolution -- Information tools -- Whistle languages -- Talking drums -- The Ishango bone -- Orientation in space, maps in the Pacific -- 3 Tools in the Early Agricultural Empires -- Economic surplus -- Agriculture -- The wheel -- Monumental architecture -- Complete writing -- Towards the alphabet -- Mathematics -- Sundials and water clocks -- 4 The Axial Age and the Birth of Western Science -- The Axial Age -- The rise of abstract symbolic thought in China and India -- Oral versus written thought -- Aristotle's Logic, a New Information Tool -- Knowledge-how versus knowledge-that -- Deductive science -- The birth of the theory of machines -- The wedge and the pulleys -- Archimedes -- The invention of the screw -- Heron's Mechanics -- Combinations of simple machines -- Difficulties in understanding the wedge and the inclined plane -- 5 Machines in Classical Antiquity -- The invention of artillery -- Production machines in Vitruvius' Ten Books on Architecture -- The Phaistos disc -- The abacus -- Water clocks and sundials -- The Armillary Sphere -- The anaphoric clock -- The astrolabe -- The mystery of the Antikythera mechanism -- The front dial -- The upper back dial -- The pin and slot mechanism -- The hodometer -- Automata -- 6 The Middle Ages -- Marco Polo -- Textile machines -- Military technology -- Metal technology -- Movable type printing -- The hodometer and Su Sung's clock -- Automata -- Chinese influence in the West -- The Golden Age of Islamic Science -- Islamic culture, the information machines of the three Banu Musa -- Al-Jazari's production machines -- Al-Muradi -- The rise of the West -- Jordanus -- The Vision of Ramon Llull -- The invention of the printing press -- Llull's influence -- A new information machine: the mechanical clock -- 7 The Renaissance and the Scientific Revolution -- The impact of the printing press -- Da Vinci and the others -- Parachute, tank and machine gun -- Da Vinci as an engineer -- Da Vinci's fame -- Theaters of machines -- Exterior ballistics -- Del Monte and simple machines -- Galilei and simple machines -- The Archimedean screw pump -- Astronomy -- Galilei's Discorsi -- A remarkable Flemish engineer: Simon Stevin -- There is more -- The dream of a mathesis universalis -- Calculators -- Scepticism -- 8 The First Wave of Industrial Revolution: Cotton Textiles and Pig Iron -- The background -- The role of the Scientific Revolution -- A macroeconomic view of the Industrial Revolution -- The Malthusian trap -- The escape -- One or more Industrial Revolutions? …”
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Rotating Machinery, Vibro-Acoustics & Laser Vibrometry, Volume 7 Proceedings of the 36th IMAC, A Conference and Exposition on Structural Dynamics 2018 /

Table of Contents: “…Dynamic Modelling and Vibration Control of a Turbomolecular Pump with Magnetic Bearings in the Presence of Blade Flexibility -- Chapter 11. …”
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Proceedings of the International Conference on Nano-electronics, Circuits & Communication Systems

Table of Contents: “…Design Analysis of Dual Band Octagonal Shape Microstrip Patch Antenna at 5.70 and 8.00 Ghz -- 20. Design of A High Performance CMPS Charge Pump for Phase-Locked Loop Synthesizers -- 21. …”
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