Plastic laser sintered parts are nowadays used in many different applications ranging from basic prototypes to demanding end user products as airplane parts, automotive industry products etc. Since Additive Manufacturing methods fit very well into the markets demanding low volume or even bespoke production of parts medicine is one of the main potential users or consumers of individualized plast...

OBJECTIVE To identify patient-specific self-assessment instruments, which measure physical function in patients with musculoskeletal disorders and to evaluate the descriptive properties and the psychometric qualities of these instruments. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING After a systematic search, included instruments were evaluated psychometrically by the checklist "quality criteria for measurement ...

background: the aim of the present study was to develop a scoring system for predicting 1-year major adverse cardiac events (mace), including mortality, target vessel or target lesion revascularization, coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and non-fatal myocardial infarction after percutaneous coronary intervention (pci). methods: the data were extracted from a single center pci registry. the ...