 Uncertainty
"Uncertainty" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The condition in which reasonable knowledge regarding risks, benefits, or the future is not available.
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D035501
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E05.318.740.600.900 F02.463.785.373.820 G17.680.875 N05.715.360.750.625.850 N06.850.520.830.600.900
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Uncertainty" by people in this website by year, and whether "Uncertainty" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 | | 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2010 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2011 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 5 | 7 | | 2013 | 1 | 3 | 4 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2016 | 1 | 6 | 7 | | 2017 | 5 | 5 | 10 | | 2018 | 0 | 6 | 6 | | 2019 | 3 | 5 | 8 | | 2020 | 5 | 7 | 12 | | 2021 | 0 | 9 | 9 | | 2022 | 0 | 8 | 8 | | 2023 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2024 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | 2025 | 0 | 5 | 5 | | 2026 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uncertainty" by people in Profiles.
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McElhany KM, Dishman DN, Metcalf CA, Beauchamp JES. Anxiety during perimenopause: a qualitative study of lived experiences. Menopause. 2026 Aug 01; 33(8):899-907.
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Alqahtani RT, Simos TE, Mourtas SD, Katsikis VN. Handling uncertainty in portfolio optimization: A neutrosophic logic adaptive neural network solver for quadratic programming. Neural Netw. 2026 Oct; 202:109026.
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Barendregt NW, Gold JI, Josic K, Kilpatrick ZP. Information-seeking decision strategies mitigate risk in dynamic, uncertain environments. J R Soc Interface. 2026 Apr 15; 23(237).
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Clark CW, Kinder S, Nebbia G, Veturi YA, McNamara S, Manoharan N, Forest T, Kahook M, Mandava N, Singh P, Kalpathy-Cramer J. Uncertainty-Aware Training for Ophthalmic Segmentation Using MedSAM. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2026 Feb 02; 15(2):19.
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Porter AS, Layshock M, Bogetz J, McLachlan L, Weill S, Snaman JM, Houtrow A, Noll R, Rosenberg AR, Schenker Y, Yu JA. Unseen, Unrelenting, and Uncertain: Caregiver-Identified Targets For Pediatric Palliative Care. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2026 Apr; 71(4):473-482.e5.
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Jay KR, Wieder WR, Elmendorf SC, Spasojevic MJ, Suding KN. Plant functional trait uncertainty can outweigh climate scenario uncertainty in tundra ecosystem productivity. New Phytol. 2026 Feb; 249(3):1188-1203.
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Wang SX, Eniasivam A, Sterken D, Johl K, Auerbach A, Hur J, Jenkins A, Maw AN. Navigating Uncertainty: Sustaining Health Equity in a Shifting Landscape. J Gen Intern Med. 2026 03; 41(4):1150-1155.
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Baraghoshi D, Strand MJ, Humphries SM, Lynch DA, Kaizer AM, Porras AR. Uncertainty-aware quantitative CT evaluation of emphysema and mortality risk from variable radiation dose images. Eur Radiol. 2025 Oct; 35(10):6115-6126.
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Carlson KW, Smolker HR, Smith LL, Snyder HR, Hankin BL, Banich MT. Individual differences in intolerance of uncertainty is primarily linked to the structure of inferior frontal regions. Cogn Affect Behav Neurosci. 2025 06; 25(3):727-743.
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Arch JJ, Kirk MH, Finkelstein LB. Patient-Reported Worst-Case Scenarios in Advanced Cancer: Presence, Contents, and Predictors. Psychooncology. 2024 12; 33(12):e70039.
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