Uterine leiomyomas pose a significant health issue to reproductive-age women. Many women desire uterine conservation, and previously safe and efficacious therapies have been limited. Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery is a new noninvasive therapy that has been proven to be both safe and efficacious in the treatment of fibroids.

The internet offers consumers the flexibility of round-the-clock shopping with delivery to the home. Online retail sales and home deliveries have enjoyed phenomenal growth in recent years, leading several to question the impact that the resulting increase in van activity is having on the environment. At the same time, some internet retailers are now arguing that online shopping is better for th...

LIST ALL AUTHORS and AFFILIATIONS – underline presenting author Sarah Tomkovich, Raad Gharaibeh, Kathryn Winglee, Josee Gauthier, Rachel C. Newsome, Ye Yang, Marcus Muehlbauer, Christine Dejea, Anthony A. Fodor, Cynthia Sears and Christian Jobin Department of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Department of Infectious Diseases and Pathology, University of Florida, Gainesvill...

Bahar, R. Iris, [a] Bauman, J., [a] Becker, B., [a] Bergamaschi, Reinaldo A., [a] Bergeron, Janick, [a] Bern, Jochen, [a] Bieker, Ulrich, [a] Blatt, Miriam, [a] Bombana, Massimo, [a] Borah, Manjit, [a] Bormann, Jörg, [a] Borriello, Gaetano, [a] Boucouris, Spiros, [a] Brayton, Robert K., [a] Bredenfeld, Ansgar, [a] Breuer, Melvin A., [a] Brewer, Forrest, [a] Brockman, Jay B., [a] Brown, Richard ...

In this paper, we present an adaptive Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm for phase retrieval. One of the drawbacks of the original Gerchberg-Saxton algorithm is the poor results it yields for very bright images. In this paper we demonstrate how a dynamic phase retrieval approach can improve the correlation between the required image and the reconstructed image by up to 10 percent. The paper gives expli...

The fungal pathogen Cronartium ribicola J.C. Fischer, causal agent of white pine blister rust (WPBR), was introduced to the eastern United States about 1898 (11). Hosts for the fungus include fiveneedle pines (Pinus sp. section Quinquefoliae) and currants and gooseberries (Ribes sp.). Natural infection of wild populations of Pedicularis bracteosa Benth and Castilleja Mutis ex L.f. have also bee...

We describe a simple and efficient dynamic occlusion culling algorithm for computing potentially visible sets (PVS) in densely occluded virtual environments. Our method is an optimization of a widely used technique in which a 3D environment is divided into cells and portals. Our algorithm computes the PVS in approximately half the time of previous portal methods at the expense of producing a sl...

Understanding the context of crime is key to developing informed policy that will reduce crime in communities. In exploring criminal contexts, this dissertation tests criminal opportunity theory, which integrates social disorganization and routine activ­ ity theories. Methodologically, the dissertation presents unique ways of modeling space in crime studies. Analyses are undertaken in three cit...