The article tackles the possibilities and effectiveness of different printing strategies on Easy 3D MAKER printer. This printer uses Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) method. The operating software of the 3D printer offers various settings, which influence the quality and efficiency of printing. In the article there is described the printing of a sample with all fillament print strategies available in the 3D maker software. The fillament print strategy of the printed model fundamentally influences the consumption of printing material and time at printing the component. The consumption of printing material was assessed indirectly by weight of particular printed samples. For each printing strategy there were 5 samples printed out. The Octagramspiral strategy resulted as the best in material consumption aspect. The most effective strategy in printing time perspective is the Concentric strategy.

Aims. Enteroviruses (EVs) are the most common agents of aseptic meningitis. Some serotypes can cause serious neuroinfection leading to death. The aim of this study was to determine the representation of EVs in the etiology of aseptic meningitis in children and to analyze the demographic, clinical, laboratory, and epidemiological characteristics of patients with EV meningitis. Patients and Methods. This was a prospective study including 147 patients in three groups: EV meningitis, tick-borne encephalitis, and aseptic meningitis with unidentified agent. Results. Boys with EV meningitis predominated over girls. The average patient age was 11 years. Compared to the control group, these patients suffered more from stiff back (P=0.010), vomiting and nausea (P=0.009). They had shorter symptom duration (P<0.001), higher C-reactive protein in blood (P<0.001), higher predominance of polynuclears (P=0.026), and greater lactate (P=0.003) in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). The serotype seen most frequently (68%) was ECHO virus (ECV) 30. Conclusions. Enteroviruses play the most important role in the differential diagnosis of aseptic meningitis. Short symptom duration, slightly higher inflammatory parameters in blood, predominance of polynuclears, and elevated CSF lactate have predictive value in diagnosing this disease. ECV 30 (frequently the agent of epidemics in the Czech Republic) was the aseptic meningitis agent most often seen.

ZUSAMMENFASSUNG:Der EinfluD der GroBe des Reaktors (von 0,14 m bis 1,38 m Durchmesser) auf die Partikelbildung bei der Suspensionspolymerisation von Acrylsaureethylester-Acrylnitril-Divinylbenzol wurde verfolgt. Dabei wurde die Abhangigkeit der mittleren Par-tikelgrbBe bzw. der maximalen PartikelgrdBe, der Gewichtsmenge der agglomerierten Partikeln und der Gewichtsmenge der ausnutzbaren Fraktion im Endprodukt von den variablen Faktoren studiert. SUMMARY:The influence of the size of the reactor with a diameter between 0,14 and 1,38 m on the production of particles in the suspension copolymerization of ethyl acrylate, acrylonitrile, and divinylbenzene was investigated. The dependence of the average size resp. maximum size of particles, of the weight quantity of agglomerated particles and of the weight quantity of the usable fraction of the final copolymer on variable factors were studied.

Background: The proportion of intensive care unit (ICU) admissions in children that have and have not been directly caused by SARS-CoV-2 remains unclear. The aim of the study is to analyse a cohort of children admitted to the ICU with SARS-CoV-2 and determine whether the infection was the primary cause of their hospitalisation, a significant contributor, a suspected accomplice, or an incidental finding. Methods: This was a retrospective observational study of all the children admitted to the ICU with SARS-CoV-2 from March 2020 to February 2022 from the South Moravia region. The aim of the study was to assess whether the hospitalisation was likely to be directly caused by the virus (i.e., patients with acute COVID-19; the COVID group), whether the virus was a significant contributor to the hospitalisation (i.e., patients with multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children due to COVID-19; the MIS-C group), whether it may have contributed to the worsening of their underlying disease (the WORSENING group), or whether it was an incidental finding very likely unrelated to hospitalisation where SARS-CoV-2 positivity merely placed patients in the COVID-19 unit (the ISOLATION group). The groups were compared using a series of secondary outcomes. Results: The study population represented 150 paediatric ICU cases (age 8.6; IQR 3.5–13.3 years), with 66.7% being male. The COVID group represented 32.7% of cases (49/150); MIS-C, 30% (45/150); WORSENING, 14.7% (22/150); and ISOLATION, 22.7% (34/150). The median length of hospitalisation was found for the MIS-C group (11 days; 9 days in the ICU), the COVID group (6 days; five days in the ICU), WORSENING group (4.5 days; 4.5 days in the ICU) and the ISOLATION group (5.5 days; 3.5 days in the ICU), where the difference was significant (p < 0.001). Asymptomatic and mild cases were most common in the WORSENING (36.4% and 63.6%) and ISOLATION (52.9% and 44.1%) groups. Severe and critical cases were only present in the COVID (6.1% and 12.2%) and MIS-C (4.4% and 11.1%) groups; the severity difference was significant (p < 0.001). The groups did not differ significantly in the proportion of complete recovery and short- and long-term sequelae (p = 0.09). Conclusions: Patients with acute COVID-19 accounted for one-third of all ICU admissions, patients with MIS-C accounted for approximately another third, patients with worsening underlying disease accounted for 15%, and patients with incidental findings of SARS-CoV-2 positivity accounted for one-fifth of ICU admissions. A more significant disease was seen with acute COVID-19 and MIS-C.