The book provides the analysis and researches results related to flow inhomogeneities auto oscillations observed in free subsonic and supersonic jet flow as well as during jet flow interaction with adjacent bodies, acoustic resonators, ejectors and valves. It demonstrates the laws, relationships and experimental evidences for various auto oscillations phenomena directly related to incident flow regimes based on conditions of flow boundary instability and feed back mechanism realized by corresponding sound field radiated due to periodic hydrodynamic disturbances reflection propagating in opposite to flow direction in the form of sound impulses exciting flow origin. Book results allow devoting particular attention to auto oscillations condition prediction and in a sense to their control. Book is addressed to physicists, acousticians and hydrodynamics engineers developing low noise and vibration aircrafts, ships and space vehicles with aid of adjacent flow and jet flow auto oscillations cancellation as well as to specialists involved in flow induced auto oscillations sound sources efficiency increase research, say, related to musical instruments or to biological research of man and animal voice properties. Book will be useful as well to undergraduate and graduate students of these specialties.
Andrey Vavilov looks back on his unique experience at the side of Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon, Cold War rivals who became architects of detente. He provides a personal view as a direct participant of US-USSR super power summit conferences of the 1970s, where the he took notes and interpreted for Soviet leaders in their secret discussions with Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger, and later with Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter. "Nixon's Comrades" draws on the author's notes, recollections and private sources. An expert in transcribing diplomatic history, the author analyzes the gravitational attraction of Nixon's Imperial Presidency and Brezhnev's One-Party State, and highlights both leaders' dedication to their countries' interests, extraordinary tenacity, fierce loyalties and eccentricities. He reveals unpublicized facts about the "special relationship" with the USSR and with Leonid Brezhnev, which Nixon hoped would ensure his political survival while battling Watergate. He explains why Nixon and Kissinger barred American interpreters from sensitive conversations with his "Soviet Comrades" and placed trust on Russian staff; how they manipulated the American bureaucracy and achieved effectiveness with Brezhnev; why the White House concealed the Soviet leader's failing health; what Brezhnev really thought of the two men; and the Kremlin's miscalculation about Watergate. Andrey Vavilov suggests that US National Security Council staff clandestinely tape-recorded Nixon's meetings with Soviet leaders without their knowledge, even after the shutdown of the compromised White House taping system. The description of the tense - but often lighthearted - atmosphere of confidential encounters in the Kremlin and Crimea, Camp David and San Clemente, Geneva, Helsinki and Vienna is a welcome addition to declassified documents and published testimonials. The story will help researchers, diplomats and students of contemporary history, as well as the general reader, appreciate the salient points of tough debates on Vietnam, nuclear weapons, the Middle East, European security and Jewish emigration. They are the background for a frank portrayal of American and Russian negotiators, including Henry Kissinger and Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko. The remarkably candid conversations and incidents the author witnessed add color to the personages encountered during his long diplomatic career, which continued after the traumatic collapse of the USSR and the change in the strategic balance.
What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word: "California"? The answer is as plain as the day - ocean, golden sand, palm trees, wind in the hair, relaxed and smiling people. But, it's not that simple, California is not just fun by the beach. It is much more interesting than just bright leaflets made for tourists. If you want to get acquainted with "other" California, it's better to start with the capital - Sacramento. Sacramento is the oldest city in California, which is, unfairly, overshadowed by more popular cities. In Spanish Sacramento means "mystery". Strolling along the old city, you find out that this mystery is hidden deep in the history. A perfect place with the atmosphere of romantic and wild West. Everything here - houses, streets, wooden sidewalks - looks like the decoration of the western. There are cowboys and sheriffs, Indians and gangsters, Buffalo Bill, gold rush, taverns and saloons. Other than that, the city is pretty nice and quiet. It's a good place to relax and take a breath before big and important trip to the national parks. Speaking of the national parks, it's necessary to say that the word "park" shouldn't misinform you. These are not small pieces of land, filled with trees and surrounded by a fence. These are truly massive natural reservations. One of the most famous, that must be seen the first are Sequoia and Yosemite. The incorporated harmony of the nature and the human with untouched wild beauty being preserved by the effort of many people. This harmony probably is essential in relationships between human being and the world around him. Yosemite is huge island full of wildlife is situated in the Northern part of the famous mountain range Sierra Nevada. This place was inhabited by Indians only till the middle of the 19th century. Their legacy can still be felt in this area. Free spirit is everywhere - in forest, rocks, mountain rivers, thin air, magnificent waterfalls as well as the atmosphere of adventure, which Fenimore Cooper mentioned in his books. There are green meadows for deer to feed, a glimpse of a bear behind the tree or a little baby raccoon washing his feet in the lake. It's hard to believe that driving for a couple of hours away you will get to multimillion Los Angeles. Sequoia is national park in the Southern part of Nevada famous for it's huge trees - Sequioiadendron. The fact that sequoias are the biggest life forms in the world is a well known for everyone since the biology lessons at school. But only seeing this wonder of nature in the real life helps to understand its greatness. These trees have seen the whole history of the mankind, they know all the secrets and mysteries, they aren't afraid of the forces of nature, winds and wildfires. Staying here it seems that you are far away in the past, with no man existing in usual sense and walking along the path it's easy to meet the mammoth. Nevertheless, there is a question left - why is this state so special? Every year millions of people all over the world travel to California. What makes them cover hundred thousands kilometers to come here? Surely, everyone has his own story but, frankly speaking, the reason is only one - for the dream. Understand and feel its light breeze with your skin, inhale its slight cent, touch it with your palm, close you eyes, then open them and make sure that it is still here. After all, say goodbye and take a piece of it with you. Indeed, as you know, the dreams come true.
An NYRB Classics Original Moscow Chestnova is a bold and glamorous girl, a beautiful parachutist who grew up with the Revolution. As an orphan, she knew tough times--but things are changing now. Comrade Stalin has proclaimed that "Life has become better Life has become merrier " and Moscow herself is poised to join the Soviet elite. But her ambitions are thwarted when a freak accident propels her flaming from the sky. A new, stranger life begins. Moscow drifts from man to man, through dance halls, all-night diners, and laboratories in which the secret of immortality is actively being investigated, exploring the endless avenues and vacant spaces of the great city whose name she bears, looking for happiness, somewhere, still. Unpublishable during Platonov's lifetime, Happy Moscow first appeared in Russian only in 1991. This new edition contains not only a revised translation of Happy Moscow but several related works: a screenplay, a prescient essay about ecological catastrophe, and two short stories in which same characters reappear and the reader sees the mind of an extraordinary writer at work.
The origin of the human mind remains one of the greatest mysteries of all times. The last 150 years since Charles Darwin proposed that species evolve under the influence of natural selection have been marked by great discoveries. However, the discussion of the evolution of the human intellect and specific forces that shaped the underlying brain evolution is as vigorous today as it was in Darwin's times. Using his background in neuroscience, the author offers an elegant, parsimonious theory of the evolution of the human mind and suggests experiments that could be done to test, refute, or validate the hypothesis.
This book reviews recent results on ion synthesis by low energy implantation and optical properties of silver nanoparticles in various dielectrics, as well as the interaction of high power laser pulses with such composite materials. One of features of composites prepared by the low energy ion implantation is the growth of metal particles with a wide size distribution in the thin depth from the irradiated substrate surface, which leads to specific optical properties of implanted materials. Also presented herein is new experimental data on non-linear optical properties of synthesised silver nanoparticles.
In this book, the problems of interaction of the electromagnetic field and substance are considered. This interaction is investigated on the basis of classical and quantum approaches. Standard methods, such as the classical electronic theory of interaction of the electromagnetic field with atoms; application of Maxwell equations to various problems; and research of effective sections of interaction are discussed. Questions regarding research of optical active substances, including the physical sense of the parameter of chirality and the relativistic theory of optical activity are analysed. Non-linear aspects of formation of electromagnetic impulse in dielectrics are submitted, including self-induced transparency. Decisions of some kinetic equations, including some for radiating gas are given. On the basis of quantum electrodynamics, the quantum-relativistic approach to an explanation of Malus law is developed, and some new features of deduction of the Klein-Nishina formula are investigated. The book can be useful to students and scientists working in areas connected with the interaction of electromagnetic radiation and substance.
2022 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER FOR TRANSLATED FICTIONWith a warm yet political humor, Ukraine's most famous novelist presents a balanced and illuminating portrait of modern conflict.Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine's Grey Zone, the no-man's-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of sporadic violence and constant propaganda that has been dragging on for years, only two residents remain: retired safety inspector turned beekeeper Sergey Sergeyich and Pashka, a rival from his schooldays. With little food and no electricity, under constant threat of bombardment, Sergeyich's one remaining pleasure is his bees. As spring approaches, he knows he must take them far from the Grey Zone so they can collect their pollen in peace. This simple mission on their behalf introduces him to combatants and civilians on both sides of the battle lines: loyalists, separatists, Russian occupiers and Crimean Tatars. Wherever he goes, Sergeyich's childlike simplicity and strong moral compass disarm everyone he meets. But could these qualities be manipulated to serve an unworthy cause, spelling disaster for him, his bees and his country?
This is the story of Roger Alcott, his wife, Susan, and their two boys. On the surface, Roger Alcott has it all-a well-paying job, a nice home, and luxury cars. Unfortunately, these have come at the expense of long hours and high stress of his corporate job. But most importantly, he's missing time with his wife and kids. Feeling burned out, Roger thinks there has to be more to life than this. As his corporate job falls apart, a chance meeting with his neighbor causes Roger to realize that by making a few small changes, he can have financial freedom by investing in real estate. In turn, he can also have a flexible lifestyle with more family time and less stress.In this business fable by real estate investor, Andrey Sokurec, you'll experience a powerful process, including tools designed to utilize the skills you already possess to generate wealth and happiness through passive real estate income. Start your Total Financial Awakening today.
This book gives essential elements, the base Flutter developer needs to know in order to write cross-platform mobile applications for Android and iOS in the Dart language. All this is presented in clear form, with practical examples, in the format of lessons, after mastering which you can call yourself a Flutter developer.
Practical Biopolitics of COVID-19: Indonesian and Russian Experiences consists in applying biopolitical theorizing – in particular, the concept of practical biopolitics – as a framework for studying different experiences and policies of tackling health and medical crises. The book explains how the COVID-19 pandemic transformed the enormity of interconnections between life and politics, and the ensuing challenges for political actors in Indonesia and Russia.. Practical biopolitics as a concept includes different regimes of care and protection, along with different techniques of governing human lives and administering healthcare, conditioned by the self-securing and self-sustaining public “conduct of the conduct”. Practical biopolitics is a sub-field of that, which comprises analysis of specific policy practices and administrative and managerial tools, and the measures that governments apply to fight health threats. The book raises a number of questions: how did the COVID-19 state of global alert transform the conceptual vocabulary of politics? How different national experiences of crisis management during a pandemic might be compared with each other, and how these comparisons might be theorized in terms of national sovereignties, good governance, and public policy, and foreign policy?
