Books on the topic 'Compression set'

In the textbook, in section I, the norms and standards of the official business style, genre templates, rules for preparing documents, and the basics of business ethics are set out in a simple, accessible form. It highlights aspects of business communication that, despite their importance, are not reflected in manuals on similar topics. This is information about the problems of adequate understanding of information, working with business terminology, and also gives an assessment of business jargon. Special attention is paid to the forms of information compression in the business text. The theoretical positions are illustrated by relevant examples from various areas of institutional communication. Section II offers a system of exercises for working with the voice as the main tool of business communication. This is the development of good diction and correct reading skills, exercises for mastering the basic rules of Russian orthoepy. Recommendations are given for preparing for a successful oral presentation. The features of phrase construction, the length of the phrase, contact-setting means, the rhetorical potential of the influencing speech, working with special vocabulary and digital information are considered. Meets the requirements of the federal state educational standards of higher education of the latest generation. For undergraduate students studying in management-related specialties.

This chapter highlights four emergencies that occur in palliative care: hemorrhage, spinal cord compression, seizures, and superior vena cava syndrome. It is imperative to understand their etiology, pathophysiology, workup, and management in order to rapidly and expertly respond to these emergencies. Palliative advanced practice registered nurses possess a unique skill set combining holistic care of patients with the ability to manage acute, often potentially devastating symptoms that affect the patient’s goals and wishes. Disease state needs to be considered when making treatment and management decisions during these palliative emergencies. The chapter presents an overview of pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments to prevent and manage these palliative emergencies.

Abstract This book provides a introduction into linear algebra which covers the mathematical set-up as well as applications to science. After the introductory material on sets, functions, groups and fields, the basic features of vector spaces are developed, including linear independence, bases, dimension, vector subspaces and linear maps. Practical methods for calculating with dot, cross and triple products are introduced early on. The theory of linear maps and their relation to matrices is developed in detail, culminating in the rank theorem. Algorithmic methods bases on row reduction and determinants are discussed an applied to computing the rank and the inverse of matrices and to solve systems of linear equations. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors and the application to diagonalising linear maps, as well as scalar products and unitary linear maps are covered in detail. Advanced topics included are the Jordon normal form, normal linear maps, the singular value decomposition, bi-linear and sesqui-linear forms, duality and tensors. The book also included short expositions of diverse scientific applications of linear algebra, including to internet search, classical mechanics, graph theory, cryptography, coding theory, data compression, special relativity, quantum mechanics and quantum computing.

The elementary particles of cognition are concepts. Simple, accurate association alone can be misleading. Cognitive concepts work as valuable cognitive data compression, for example, giving a set of related items the same class name: tables, chairs, birds. Cognitive concepts also contain internal structure with good and bad examples and have fuzzy edges. Concepts can be associatively linked in semantic networks to store and retrieve information. Cognition using networks is an active search process and need not require further learning to be useful. Low-level concepts can lead to the formation of higher level abstractions. An experiment by Deidre Gentner involves perception of identity in pairs of items; some pairs the same and some not. Seeing many identical pairs allows the abstraction of “identity.” The abstract relationship “identity” can then become more powerful than the details of any single example pair.

General anaesthesia (GA) is most often indicated for category 1 (immediate threat to life of mother or baby) caesarean delivery (CD) or when neuraxial anaesthesia has failed or is contraindicated. Secure intravenous access is essential. Jugular venous cannulation (with ultrasound guidance) is required if peripheral access is inadequate. A World Health Organization surgical safety checklist must be used. The shoulders and upper back should be ramped. Left lateral table tilt or other means of uterine displacement are essential to minimize aortocaval compression, and a head-up position is recommended to improve the efficiency of preoxygenation and reduce the likelihood of gastric contents reaching the oropharynx. Cricoid pressure is controversial. In the United Kingdom, thiopental remains the induction agent of choice, although there is scant evidence upon which to avoid propofol. In pre-eclampsia, it is essential to obtund the pressor response to laryngoscopy with remifentanil or alfentanil. Rocuronium is an acceptable alternative to succinylcholine for neuromuscular blockade. Sugammadex offers the possibility of swifter reversal of rocuronium than spontaneous recovery from succinylcholine. Management of difficult tracheal intubation is focused on ‘oxygenation without aspiration’ and prevention of airway trauma. The Classic™ laryngeal mask airway is the most commonly used rescue airway in the United Kingdom. There is a large set of data from fasted women of low body mass index who have undergone elective CD safely with a Proseal™ or Supreme™ laryngeal mask airway. Sevoflurane is the most popular volatile agent for maintenance of GA. The role of electroencephalography-based depth of anaesthesia monitors at CD remains to be established. Intraoperative end-tidal carbon dioxide tension should be maintained below 4.0 kPa.

In a subset of autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease patients, hepatic cysts dominate the clinical picture. These patients may develop polycystic liver disease, and enlargement of the liver leads to compression of adjacent abdominal and thoracic organs. The main risk factors for growth of liver cysts are female sex, exogenous oestrogen use, multiple pregnancies, and severity of renal disease. Treatment is only indicated in those with symptoms, and choice of treatment depends on total liver volume, size, and location of the liver cysts. Current radiological and surgical therapies include aspiration-sclerotherapy, fenestration, segmental hepatic resection, and liver transplantation. They all are palliative in nature and are partially effective and have non-negligible morbidity and mortality. Somatostatin analogues are still in development for polycystic liver disease.

Cardiovascular primary prevention is a coordinated set of actions at community and individual level aimed at eradicating, eliminating, or compressing at later ages the impact of cardiovascular diseases and their related disability. Its aim is healthy ageing. Cardiovascular epidemiology has elucidated the role of cardiovascular risk factors, forming the basis of strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk and subsequent disease. There is evidence that cardiovascular primary prevention works if three strategies are implemented together: a population strategy (particularly through a widespread adoption of healthy lifestyles) which aims to keep everyone at low risk from infancy and reduces the cardiovascular risk profile of the whole community; an individualized high-risk strategy through lifestyle changes also prophylactic evidence-based drugs if necessary; and an individualized intermediate-risk strategy which may benefit from non-invasive assessment of subclinical disease and end organ damage.

Cardiovascular primary prevention is a coordinated set of actions at community and individual level aimed at eradicating, eliminating, or compressing at later ages the impact of cardiovascular diseases and their related disability. Its aim is healthy ageing. Cardiovascular epidemiology has elucidated the role of cardiovascular risk factors, forming the basis of strategies to reduce cardiovascular risk and subsequent disease. There is evidence that cardiovascular primary prevention works if three strategies are implemented together: a population strategy (particularly through a widespread adoption of healthy lifestyles) which aims to keep everyone at low risk from infancy and reduces the cardiovascular risk profile of the whole community; an individualized high-risk strategy through lifestyle changes also prophylactic evidence-based drugs if necessary; and an individualized intermediate-risk strategy which may benefit from non-invasive assessment of subclinical disease and end organ damage.

No Brasil a Engenharia Civil se utiliza de ciência aplicada na execução de ações indispensáveis prestadas à sociedade. Além da grande área das Engenharias, sua abrangência multidisciplinar frequentemente colabora com as demais áreas do conhecimento com soluções em benefício da sociedade. Este livro reúne capítulos que trazem importantes avanços relacionados a estruturas, construção civil, eletrotécnica, hidráulica ambiental e geotecnia. Visando uma melhor organização, os capítulos estão agrupados nas seções: Ciência Onshore e Ciência Offshore. A seção de Ciência Onshore é composta por cinco capítulos. Pelo primeiro capítulo é avaliada a resistência e a rigidez de diafragmas horizontais, construídos em Sistemas Leves de Madeira. Foram ensaiados protótipos em escala real com diferentes arranjos construtivos concluindo-se que o emprego de dispositivos enrijecedores permite o aumento da resistência e rigidez dos diafragmas. O segundo capítulo aborda construções em madeira sob a ótica de sistemas com estruturas leves, apresentando análise computacional através de modelagem pelo método de elementos finitos. As análises demonstraram que a flecha real e a calculada para as vigas individuais, que compõem o diafragma de piso, apresentam reduções que variam de 18 a 30% quando comparadas com valores calculados para vigas isoladas. No contexto dos sistemas construtivo e estrutural da Construção Civil, observa-se uma inevitável e progressiva tendência de substituição dos sistemas convencionais por sistemas industrializados. Por meio do terceiro capítulo é apresentada uma revisão bibliográfica sobre conceitos de construção industrializada, abordando o atual cenário técnico no Brasil, e confrontando algumas das principais tecnologias industrializadas presentes hoje no segmento da Construção Civil. O quarto capítulo trata da engenharia aplicada ao ambiente offshore e apresenta uma análise de fadiga estrutural de conexões entre um reforçador longitudinal do costado e uma antepara transversal de uma unidade flutuante de produção, armazenamento e transferência (FPSO) convertida a partir de um navio petroleiro, sendo possível estimar a vida remanescente do FPSO. Por meio do capítulo cinco são apresentados detalhes de um reforço estrutural utilizando polímero reforçado com fibra de carbono (PRFC) em uma plataforma offshore de concreto armado. Apesar de adotada uma técnica consolidada, pouco se sabe sobre o desempenho do reforço ao longo do tempo quando exposto ao ambiente marinho. Pelo capítulo é apresentado um panorama geral da estrutura após 17 anos da execução do reforço que comprovou o bom desempenho da técnica empregada. A seção de Ciência Offshore é composta por quatro capítulos. Pelo capítulo seis é abordada a utilização de sistemas solares fotovoltaicos conectados à rede (SFVCR), enquanto apresenta uma proposta de metodologia para avaliar o potencial fotovoltaico para a Região Metropolitana de Curitiba. Foi realizado ainda, um levantamento do montante de gases de efeito estufa que são deixados de emitir. O capítulo contribui para a implantação de políticas públicas de incentivo para esta fonte energética. Geopolímeros são materiais alternativos ao cimento Portland, apresentando alta resistência mecânica e durabilidade química e térmica. Pelo capítulo sete são avaliadas as propriedades mecânicas de argamassas geopoliméricas contendo adição de Nanotubos de Carbono (NTC) assim como o método de incorporação do nanocompósito a argamassa. Os resultados mostram que os NTC quando bem distribuídos na matriz promovem um aumento de resistência à compressão e flexão das amostras. O capítulo oito trata do fetch, importante elemento na quantificação de fenômenos gerados pelo vento em reservatórios de Usinas Hidrelétricas. A abordagem apresentada amplia a compreensão do fetch através de um conceito bidimensional via processamento computacional, permitindo a geração de mapas e a determinação segura dos valores máximos para cada direção e a localização dos maiores comprimentos para o reservatório de Tucuruí, este importante reservatório no Brasil. Na quantificação dos fenômenos hidrodinâmicos em lagos e reservatórios é frequente a necessidade de conhecer o alcance das perturbações alcançadas pelas ondas ao se propagarem. Este fenômeno está relacionado à ressuspensão de sedimentos, desestratificação térmica, e erosão das margens, afetando o ecossistema aquático, as cadeias produtivas aquícolas e a vida útil de componentes mecânicos das UHE’s. Por meio do capítulo nono é apresentado o conceito de profundidade de mistura aplicado ao reservatório da hidrelétrica de Lajeado, Tocantins. É realizado o mapeamento das profundidades máximas perturbadas pelas ondas de vento ao se propagarem, contribuindo para uma melhor compreensão da estratificação térmica e da ressuspensão de sedimentos no reservatório desta importante usina hidrelétrica.