Learning program enhances rehabilitation professionals' perceived ease of using 3d printing: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

The pilot study evaluated whether a learning program enhances a positive perception of 3D printing technology in rehabilitation professionals. Physical therapists, occupational therapists and speech-language-hearing therapists were recruited from a rehabilitation department in a middle-sized hospital. Participants were randomized to the control group ( = 13) or the intervention group ( = 14).

Similarity Analysis of Clinical Notes for Revealing Writing Styles in an Electronic Medical Record System.

Background: One of the disadvantages of medical documentation in Electronic Medical Record (EMR) systems is that records tend to be redundant by "copying and pasting", a writing style to duplicate and revise previous records. In this study, we analyzed the similarity between records to identify the factors affecting the writing style of clinical notes.

Method: We analyzed 98,038 records of 4,149 patients from two years in the Department of Obstetricians and Gynecology at Kyoto University Hospital, Japan.

Analytical Performance of a Novel Latex Turbidimetric Immunoassay, "Nanopia TARC", for TARC/CCL17 Measurement: A Retrospective Observational Study.

Thymus- and activation-regulated chemokine (TARC, also known as CCL17) is used as a biomarker for atopic dermatitis. The methods currently used for its measurement are complex, time-consuming, and require large machinery, warranting the need for a method that is simple, has a quick turnaround time, and requires less complex machinery. We evaluated the analytical performance of a novel latex turbidimetric immunoassay method, "Nanopia TARC", on 174 residual serum samples from patients with skin or allergic diseases.

Would midpalatal suture characteristics help to predict the success rate of miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion?

Introduction: The objective of this study was to evaluate whether the success or failure of miniscrew-assisted rapid palatal expansion (MARPE) in patients with advanced bone maturation could be related to factors such as midpalatal suture density (MPSD), midpalatal maturation stage (MPSM), midpalatal bone thickness (MBTh), palatal length (PL), expander screw position (ESP), and patient's age.

Methods: Cone-beam computed tomography scans of 25 patients of both sexes, aged 15-37 years (23 ± 7.2), presenting transverse maxillary deficiency and complete skeletal maturation (cervical vertebral maturation stage 5) treated using MARPE were evaluated.