Anyone who has watched a child play with soft semi-liquid materials like honey, frosting, or slime, sees the fascinating interplay between design and physics. Many of us remember these experiences from our own childhood (or maybe not that long ago). These materials dribble and coil as they stack upon themselves when we drop them onto surfaces like cakes from small heights. This ludic behavior represents a physical phenomenon known as rope coiling. Recent research in 3D printing of clay and plastic has started to wonder how rope coiling can be leveraged to create new textures and textile-like structures through non-planar 3D Printing. These provide new tactile experiences in objects like cups and visual experiences in things like lamps. In this demonstrator, we invite researchers and practitioners to return to their childhood and dribble edible materials to understand how to advance additive manufacturing through interactive printing.
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Background Understanding the kinematic characteristics of relapse clubfoot compared to successfully treated clubfoot could aid early identification of a relapse and improve treatment planning. The usage of a multi segment foot model is essential in order to grasp the full complexity of the multi-planar and multi-joint deformity of the clubfoot. Research question The purpose of this study was to identify differences in foot kinematics, using a multi-segment foot model, during gait between patients with Ponseti treated clubfoot with and without a relapse and age-matched healthy controls. Methods A cross-sectional study was carried out including 11 patients with relapse clubfoot, 11 patients with clubfoot and 15 controls. Gait analysis was performed using an extended Helen Hayes model combined with the Oxford Foot Model. Statistical analysis included statistical parametric mapping and discrete analysis of kinematic gait parameters of the pelvis, hip, knee, ankle, hindfoot and forefoot in the sagittal, frontal and transversal plane. Results The relapse group showed significantly increased forefoot adduction in relation with the hindfoot and the tibia. Furthermore, this group showed increased forefoot supination in relation with the tibia during stance, whereas during swing increased forefoot supination in relation with the hindfoot was found in patients with relapse clubfoot compared with non-relapse clubfoot. Significance Forefoot adduction and forefoot supination could be kinematic indicators of relapse clubfoot, which might be useful in early identification of a relapse clubfoot. Subsequently, this could aid the optimization of clinical decision making and treatment planning for children with clubfoot.
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Stereotactische radiotherapie van wervelmetastasen vereist een hoge precisie in alle stappen van de behandeling. Deze techniek werd in het VU medisch centrum in 2009 geïntroduceerd. Data met betrekking tot de behandeling van de eerste 17 klinische patiënten is geëvalueerd. Deze patiënten werden behandeld op een Novalis Tx versneller die beschikt over zowel een kilovolt (kV) cone beam CT (CBCT) scan als het ExacTrac® kV röntgensysteem. De gebruikte methode van de verschillende beeldmodaliteiten voor positionering en verificatie, de behandelingstijd en de intrafractie beweging worden in dit artikel beschreven.
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