"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.
| Descriptor ID |
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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Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Uncertainty".
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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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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1999 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2007 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2008 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2017 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2018 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 2021 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2022 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2025 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2026 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Uncertainty" by people in Profiles.
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Uncertainty-aware automated labeling of intracranial arteries using deep learning. BMC Med Imaging. 2026 03 16; 26(1).
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Evaluating UCE Data Adequacy and Integrating Uncertainty in a Comprehensive Phylogeny of Ants. Syst Biol. 2025 Dec 12; 74(5):700-722.
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Uncertainty-aware ensemble of foundation models differentiates glioblastoma from its mimics. Nat Commun. 2025 Sep 29; 16(1):8341.
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Stress-Testing US Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines: Decennial Colonoscopy from Age 45 is Robust to Natural History Uncertainty and Colonoscopy Sensitivity Assumptions. Med Decis Making. 2025 Jul; 45(5):557-568.
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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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Motor decision-making under uncertainty and time pressure. J Neurophysiol. 2025 02 01; 133(2):414-427.
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How dermatologic surgeons decide to proceed with surgery for nonmelanoma skin cancer when site identification is initially uncertain: A nationwide, multicenter, prospective study. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2025 01; 92(1):85-91.
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Mesoscopic structure graphs for interpreting uncertainty in non-linear embeddings. Comput Biol Med. 2024 11; 182:109105.
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Intolerance of uncertainty and psychological flexibility as predictors of mental health from adolescence to old age. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol. 2024 Dec; 59(12):2361-2368.
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Fear of negative evaluation and intolerance of uncertainty: Assessing potential internalizing correlates of eating disorder-related clinical impairment and differences across diagnostic presentations. Eat Behav. 2024 Apr; 53:101869.