OBJECTIVE To compare perioperative outcomes between robotic-assisted benign hysterectomies and abdominal, vaginal, and laparoscopic hysterectomies when performed by high-volume surgeons. METHODS A multicenter data analysis compared 30-day outcomes from consecutive robotic-assisted hysterectomies performed by high-volume surgeons (≥60 prior procedures) at nine centers with records retrieved fr...

We describe the discovery circumstances and photometric properties of 2000 EB173, now one of the brightest trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with opposition magnitude mR = 18.9 and also one of the largest Plutinos, found with the drift-scanning camera of the QUEST Collaboration, attached to the 1-m Schmidt telescope of the National Observatory of Venezuela. We measure B − V = 0.99± 0.14 and V −R =...

OBJECTIVES To assess the effects of neighbourhood level socioeconomic status (SES) and convenience store concentration on individual level smoking, after consideration of individual level characteristics. DESIGN Individual sociodemographic characteristics and smoking were obtained from five cross sectional surveys (1979-1990). Participants' addresses were geocoded and linked with census data ...

In view of the predicted models of global climate change and differences in prices and production costs, there is increased interest in Coffea canephora cultivation in areas of high altitude. However, this species is sensitive to low temperatures, where genotypes vary regarding adaptation/tolerance mechanisms, demonstrating genotype x environment interaction. The aim of this study was to evalua...

Semantic segmentation neural networks require pixel-level annotations in large quantities to achieve a good performance. In the medical domain, such are expensive because they time-consuming and expert knowledge. Active learning optimizes annotation effort by devising strategies select cases for labeling that most informative model. this work, we propose an uncertainty slice sampling (USS) stra...

BACKGROUND In pretransfusion testing at our institution, unexplained reactions are reported as antibody of undetermined specificity (AUS) after antibodies against Food and Drug Administration-specified red blood cell antigens have been ruled out. The frequency, laboratory features, and natural history of these reactions are not well defined. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS We retrospectively examine...