Applying Music in Exercise and Sport

Applying Music in Exercise and Sport
Author: Karageorghis, Costas I.
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2016-08-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1492513814

Applying Music in Exercise and Sport combines contemporary research, evidence-based practice, and specific recommendations to help exercise and sport professionals, researchers, coaches, students, and enthusiasts use music to enhance physical activity enjoyment, motivation, and performance.

Physical Kinetics

Physical Kinetics
Author: Marian Apostol
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Total Pages: 440
Release: 2019-10-28
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1527542319

This book presents the subject of physical kinetics from an original and unique angle, by deriving the Boltzmann equation from atomic motion, making extensive use of Landau’s concept of elementary excitations. It includes external forces, besides statistical motion, in its treatment of the subject wherever relevant. It also details the kinetic theory of classical gas and its transport, devoting special attention to the classical plasma. In addition, the book emphasises the role played by the anharmonic interactions in the lifetime of phonons, and presents the basic features of superconductivity and superfluidity.

Billboard

Billboard
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1986-11-22
Genre:
ISBN:

In its 114th year, Billboard remains the world's premier weekly music publication and a diverse digital, events, brand, content and data licensing platform. Billboard publishes the most trusted charts and offers unrivaled reporting about the latest music, video, gaming, media, digital and mobile entertainment issues and trends.

Handbook for Sound Engineers

Handbook for Sound Engineers
Author: Glen Ballou
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 1737
Release: 2013-05-02
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1136122540

Handbook for Sound Engineers is the most comprehensive reference available for audio engineers. All audio topics are explored: if you work on anything related to audio you should not be without this book! The 4th edition of this trusted reference has been updated to reflect changes in the industry since the publication of the 3rd edition in 2002 -- including new technologies like software-based recording systems such as Pro Tools and Sound Forge; digital recording using MP3, wave files and others; mobile audio devices such as iPods and MP3 players. Over 40 topics are covered and written by many of the top professionals for their area in the field, including Glen Ballou on interpretation systems, intercoms, assistive listening, and image projection; Ken Pohlmann on compact discs and DVDs; David Miles Huber on MIDI; Dr. Eugene Patronis on amplifier design and outdoor sound systems; Bill Whitlock on audio transformers and preamplifiers; Pat Brown on fundamentals and gain structures; Ray Rayburn on virtual systems and digital interfacing; and Dr. Wolfgang Ahnert on computer-aided sound system design and acoustics for concert halls.

Kinetics for the Life Sciences

Kinetics for the Life Sciences
Author: H. Gutfreund
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 364
Release: 1995-09-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780521485869

The aim of the book is to introduce the reader to the kinetic analysis of a wide range of biological processes at the molecular level. It is intended to show that the same approach can be used to resolve the number of steps in enzyme reactions, muscle contraction, visual perception and ligand binding receptors that trigger other physiological processes. Attention is also given to methods for characterizing these steps in chemical terms. Although the treatment is mainly theoretical, a wide range of examples and experimental techniques are also introduced and an historical approach is used to demonstrate the development of the theory and experimental techniques of kinetic analysis in biology.

Introduction to Chemical Kinetics

Introduction to Chemical Kinetics
Author: Gordon Skinner
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2012-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0323159788

Introduction to Chemical Kinetics is a compilation of lecture notes of the author about principles, concepts, and theories in chemical kinetics. The book tackles the nature of chemical kinetics, reaction rates and order, and thermodynamic consistency of rate laws. The effects of temperature on kinetics, prediction of reaction rates, gas-phase reactions, and controlled reactions are also discussed. The text also explains the reactions catalyzed by enzymes; reactions in solids and heterogenous systems; oxidation of metals; catalysis of reactions by solids; and methods for different reaction rates. The monograph is recommended as a textbook for undergraduate students in chemistry who are currently taking up kinetics, as it is an easily understood and concise book that can also be used as reference.

Physical Kinetics

Physical Kinetics
Author: Serguei N. Burmistrov
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2022-05-17
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9811916497

This book includes problems based on the material in the course of physical kinetics for the students of general and applied physics. It contains 60 problems with detailed solutions. The comments to the problems reflect the connection with the problems and methods of modern physical kinetics. A brief introduction gives the necessary information for solving and understanding the problems. The book is proposed for students and postgraduates studying the theoretical physics. The book is used as a supplement to the textbooks published on physical kinetics. The purpose of the book is to help students in training the practical skills and mastering the basic elements of physical kinetics. To understand the subject matter, it is sufficient to know the traditional courses of theoretical physics.

Invariant Manifolds for Physical and Chemical Kinetics

Invariant Manifolds for Physical and Chemical Kinetics
Author: Alexander N. Gorban
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2005-02-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9783540226840

By bringing together various ideas and methods for extracting the slow manifolds, the authors show that it is possible to establish a more macroscopic description in nonequilibrium systems. The book treats slowness as stability. A unifying geometrical viewpoint of the thermodynamics of slow and fast motion enables the development of reduction techniques, both analytical and numerical. Examples considered in the book range from the Boltzmann kinetic equation and hydrodynamics to the Fokker-Planck equations of polymer dynamics and models of chemical kinetics describing oxidation reactions. Special chapters are devoted to model reduction in classical statistical dynamics, natural selection, and exact solutions for slow hydrodynamic manifolds. The book will be a major reference source for both theoretical and applied model reduction. Intended primarily as a postgraduate-level text in nonequilibrium kinetics and model reduction, it will also be valuable to PhD students and researchers in applied mathematics, physics and various fields of engineering.

A Kinetic Person's Power

A Kinetic Person's Power
Author: Kenneth Adrian Ellis
Publisher: Strategic Book Publishing & Rights Agency
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2018-01-31
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1948260689

What does it mean to be a Kinetic? Kinesis is when there is motion of an organism because of a stimulant like light. To be Kinetic is to have the ability to harness the power of kinesis within one’s self. Like Telekinetics, Psychokinetics and those with Extra Sensory Perception, Kinetics have a supernatural ability. This talent allows Kenneth to release tension from his body by voice command. Author Kenneth Adrian Ellis has a documented Kinetic gift that he reveals to readers in the eye-opening pages of A Kinetic Person’s Power.

Designing Kinetics for Architectural Facades

Designing Kinetics for Architectural Facades
Author: Jules Moloney
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2011-06-14
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1136709037

Architectural facades now have the potential to be literally kinetic, through automated sunscreens and a range of animated surfaces. This book explores the aesthetic potential of these new types of moving facades. Critique of theory and practice in architecture is combined here with ideas from kinetic art of the 1960’s. From this background the basic principles of kinetics are defined and are used to generate experimental computer animations. By classifying the animations, a theory of kinetic form called ‘state change’ is developed. This design research provides a unique and timely resource for those interested in the capacity of kinetics to enliven the public face of architecture. Extra material including animations can be seen at www.kineticarch.net/statechange