Each food has a different burn rate: carbs, proteins and fats are burned over different time intervals and your own body too has its own metabolic rate. This book teaches you what to eat and when to eat it - a weight loss programme which uses the latest scientific information about metabolism and nutrition. The book allows you to match the burn rates of different foods to your own personal metabolic rate or burn rate. It can enable you to: predict your exact calorie needs at any weight; boost your energy levels; prevent stress eating and bingeing; calculate your personal metabolic rate; and create personalized and healthy eating plans. It reveals how carbohydrates, proteins and fats are burned over different time intervals and the author (a sports nutritionist) shows us how to control our appetite by taking advantage of such burn rate differences.

The revised edition of this practical, hands-on book discusses the launch vehicles in use today throughout the world, and includes the latest details on advanced systems being developed, such as electric and nuclear propulsion. The author covers the fundamentals, from the basic principles of rocket propulsion and vehicle dynamics through the theory and practice of liquid and solid propellant motors, to new and future developments. He provides a serious exposition of the principles and practice of rocket propulsion, from the point of view of the user who is not an engineering specialist.

This newly updated dictionary provides a comprehensive reference of hundreds of environmental engineering terms used throughout the field. Drawing from many government documents and legal and regulatory sources, this edition includes terms relating to pollution control technologies, monitoring, risk assessment, sampling and analysis, quality control, and permitting. This new edition now also includes fuel cell technology terms, environmental management terms, and basic environmental calculations. Users of this dictionary will find exact and official Environmental Protection Agency definitions for environmental terms that are statute-related, regulation-related, science-related, and engineering-related, including terms from the following legal documents: Clean Air Act; Clean Water Act; CERCLA; EPCRA; Federal Facility Compliance Act; Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act; FIFRA; Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendment; OSHA; Pollution Prevention Act; RCRA; Safe Drinking Water Act; Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act; and TSCA. The terms included in this dictionary feature time-saving cites to the definitions' source, including the Code of Federal Regulations, the Environmental Protection Agency, and the Department of Energy. A list of the reference source documents is also included.