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The pressuremeter is ideally suitable for determining the in-situ non-linear parameters for the design of laterally loaded piles. A method for designing laterally loaded piles using presuremeter data is presented. For driven displacement piles, which are commonly used offshore, the pressuremeter can be pushed into the soil in a similar full-displacement manner. Several case histories are presented to illustrate the proposed method.

We describe the evolution of a simplified method for the interpretation of serial EEG in preterm neonates which was tested in a first sample and revised and improved in a second sample of preterm neonates. There were 185 EEGs in the first sample and 206 EEGs in the second sample. The interpretation of the EEGs was related to mental, motor and neurological outcome in late infancy. Serial EEG is an excellent indicator of brain function in the preterm neonate.