1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910970369403321

Titolo

Antepartal and intrapartal fetal monitoring / / by Michelle L. Murray

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Springer Pub., c2007

ISBN

1-281-81329-X

9786611813291

0-8261-0483-5

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (542 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MurrayMichelle (Michelle L.)

Disciplina

618.3

618.3/2075

618.32075

Soggetti

Fetal monitoring

Fetal heart rate monitoring

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contributors and Corporate Sponsors; Preface; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Chapter 1 Fetal and Maternal Monitoring Equipment; Chapter 2 The Baseline, Accelerations, and Decelerations; Chapter 3 Intrinsic Factors that Affect the Fetal Heart Rate; Chapter 4 Extrinsic Factors that Affect Oxygen Delivery and the FHR; Chapter 5 Acid-Base Balance; Chapter 6 Prediction and Prevention of Intrapartal Fetal Asphyxia; Chapter 7 Hemodynamic and Biochemical Fetal Monitoring; Chapter 8 Variations of the Fetal Heart Rate; Chapter 9 Antepartal Fetal Monitoring; Chapter 10 Biophysical Fetal Assessment

AppendixIndex

Sommario/riassunto

""...has been one of the major resources in fetal monitoring since its inception....This book will help move us out of the 20th century and into the 21st.""-- Doody's Book Review Service. Designed for labor and delivery nurses, nurse midwives, nurses cross-training in L&D, and Ob/Gyn nurses and physicians, this workbook is a step-by-step guide to using the equipment and identifying FHR pattern components and the significance of those components. Everything you need to know to enable you to identify the common signs of fetal well-being and the indicators of fetal compromise are included in this



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910958274803321

Autore

Elishakoff Isaac

Titolo

Optimization and anti-optimization of structures under uncertainty / / Isaac Elishakoff, Makoto Ohsaki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imperial College Press, c2010

ISBN

9786612760068

9781282760066

1282760068

9781848164789

1848164785

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (424 p.)

Classificazione

90-0290C4774P99

MTA 090f

Altri autori (Persone)

ŌsakiMakoto <1960->

Disciplina

624.177130151

Soggetti

Structural optimization - Mathematics

Structural analysis (Engineering) - Mathematics

Structural stability - Mathematics

Computer-aided engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface; Contents; 1. Introduction; 1.1 Probabilistic Analysis: Bad News; 1.2 Probabilistic Analysis: Good News; 1.3 Convergence of Probability and Anti-Optimization; 2. Optimization or Making the Best in the Presence of Certainty/Uncertainty; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 What Can We Get from Structural Optimization?; 2.3 Definition of the Structural Optimization Problem; 2.4 Various Formulations of Optimization Problems; 2.4.1 Overview of optimization problems; 2.4.2 Classification of optimization problems; 2.4.3 Parametric programming; 2.4.4 Multiobjective programming

2.5 Approximation by Metamodels2.6 Heuristics; 2.6.1 Overview of heuristics; 2.6.2 Basic approaches of single-point search heuristics; 2.6.2.1 Neighborhood solutions; 2.6.2.2 Basic algorithm of single-point search heuristics; 2.6.2.3 Greedy method; 2.6.3 Simulated



annealing; 2.7 Classification of Structural Optimization Problems; 2.8 Probabilistic Optimization; 2.9 Fuzzy Optimization; 3. General Formulation of Anti-Optimization; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Models of Uncertainty; 3.3 Interval Analysis; 3.3.1 Introduction; 3.3.2 A simple example; 3.3.3 General procedure; 3.4 Ellipsoidal Model

3.4.1 Definition of the ellipsoidal model3.4.2 Properties of the ellipsoidal model; 3.5 Anti-Optimization Problem; 3.6 Linearization by Sensitivity Analysis; 3.6.1 Roles of sensitivity analysis in anti-optimization; 3.6.2 Sensitivity analysis of static responses; 3.6.3 Sensitivity analysis of free vibration; 3.6.4 Shape sensitivity analysis of trusses; 3.7 Exact Reanalysis of Static Response; 3.7.1 Overview of exact reanalysis; 3.7.2 Mathematical formulation based on the inverse of the modi ed matrix; 3.7.3 Mechanical formulation based on virtual load; 4. Anti-Optimization in Static Problems

4.1 A Simple Example4.2 Boley's Pioneering Problem; 4.3 Anti-Optimization Problem for Static Responses; 4.4 Matrix Perturbation Methods for Static Problems; 4.5 Stress Concentration at a Nearly Circular Hole with Uncertain Irregularities; 4.5.1 Introduction; 4.5.2 An asymptotic solution; 4.5.3 A worst-case investigation; 4.6 Anti-Optimization of Prestresses of Tensegrity Structures; 4.6.1 Introduction; 4.6.2 Basic equations; 4.6.2.1 Equilibrium equations; 4.6.2.2 Self-equilibrium forces; 4.6.2.3 Tangent stiffness matrix; 4.6.2.4 Lowest eigenvalue of tangent stiffness matrix

4.6.2.5 Compliance against external load4.6.3 Anti-optimization problem; 4.6.4 Numerical examples; 5. Anti-Optimization in Buckling; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 A Simple Example; 5.3 Buckling Analysis; 5.4 Anti-Optimization Problem; 5.5 Worst Imperfection of Braced Frame with Multiple Buckling Loads; 5.5.1 Definition of frame model; 5.5.2 Worst imperfection of optimized frame; 5.5.3 Mode interaction; 5.5.4 Worst-case design and worst imperfection under stress constraints; 5.6 Anti-Optimization Based on Convexity of Stability Region

5.7 Worst Imperfection of an Arch-type Truss with Multiple Member Buckling at Limit Point

Sommario/riassunto

The volume presents a collaboration between internationally recognized experts on anti-optimization and structural optimization, and summarizes various novel ideas, methodologies and results studied over 20 years. The book vividly demonstrates how the concept of uncertainty should be incorporated in a rigorous manner during the process of designing real-world structures. The necessity of anti-optimization approach is first demonstrated, then the anti-optimization techniques are applied to static, dynamic and buckling problems, thus covering the broadest possible set of applications. Finally, a