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Outer space technopolitics and postcolonial modernity in Kazakhstan

open access: yesCentral Asian Survey, 2021
This article examines the role of outer space technopolitics in post-Soviet Kazakhstan. It explores how outer space, the technological artefact of global relevance, works as a postcolonial fetish of modernity that is called upon to produce what it ...
Nelly Bekus
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The contribution of space for a more sustainable earth: leveraging space to achieve the sustainable development goals

open access: yesGlobal Sustainability, 2019
This article raises awareness of how countries can leverage space and space technologies to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through concrete examples.
Simonetta Di Pippo
doaj   +1 more source

A sustainable outer Space for a future on Earth. Outer Space, space debris and technologies

open access: yesAgathón, 2020
Satellites and space objects made life on Earth easier during the Covid-19 pandemic, thanks to the use of digital technologies that have enabled to maintain personal, social and work relationships.
Lucilla Spini
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Lone Axes in Outer Space [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Handel and Mosher define the axis bundle for a fully irreducible outer automorphism in "Axes in Outer Space." In this paper we give a necessary and sufficient condition for the axis bundle to consist of a unique periodic fold line.
Mosher, Lee, Pfaff, Catherine
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On the bordification of outer space [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
We give a simple construction of an equivariant deformation retract of Outer space which is homeomorphic to the Bestvina-Feighn bordification. This results in a much easier proof that the bordification is (2n-5)-connected at infinity, and hence that $Out(
Bux, Kai-Uwe   +2 more
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Scientific Endeavors of A.M. Mathai: An Appraisal on the Occasion of his Eightieth Birthday, 28 April 2015

open access: yesAxioms, 2015
A.M. Mathai is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Statistics at McGill University, Canada. He is currently the Director of the Centre for Mathematical and Statistical Sciences India.
Hans J. Haubold, Arak M. Mathai
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On the q-Laplace Transform and Related Special Functions

open access: yesAxioms, 2016
Motivated by statistical mechanics contexts, we study the properties of the q-Laplace transform, which is an extension of the well-known Laplace transform. In many circumstances, the kernel function to evaluate certain integral forms has been studied. In
Shanoja R. Naik, Hans J. Haubold
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Entropy Optimization, Maxwell–Boltzmann, and Rayleigh Distributions

open access: yesEntropy, 2021
In physics, communication theory, engineering, statistics, and other areas, one of the methods of deriving distributions is the optimization of an appropriate measure of entropy under relevant constraints.
Nicy Sebastian   +2 more
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Back Pain in Outer Space.

open access: yesAnesthesiology, 2021
Space travel has grown during the past 2 decades, and is expected to surge in the future with the establishment of an American Space Force, businesses specializing in commercial space travel, and National Aeronautics and Space Administration's planned ...
R. Penchev   +5 more
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Arctic Security and Outer Space

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Military Studies, 2020
Journalists often portray the Arctic and Space as rife with economic competition, contested territorial claims, and impending conflicts. In actuality, there is extensive and ongoing cooperation between Russia and Western states in both regions.
Michael Byers
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