Publications by authors named "R Banach"

Article Synopsis
  • Environment perception is essential for safely navigating vehicles, robots, and even humans in low-visibility situations by detecting obstacles around them.
  • Obstacle avoidance systems usually combine various sensors like LiDAR, radar, and ultrasound to work under different conditions, but they often require significant computing power, making them suitable mostly for advanced vehicles and robots.
  • INSPEX aims to develop a lightweight and low-power environment perception system that can be integrated into portable or wearable devices, such as a white cane, by miniaturizing existing sensors and utilizing data fusion techniques for effective obstacle detection.
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Context: Little is known about cancer-related worry in thyroid cancer survivors.

Objectives: We quantified cancer-related worry in Canadian thyroid cancer survivors and explored associated factors.

Design, Setting, And Participants: We performed a cross-sectional, self-administered, written survey of thyroid cancer survivor members of the Thyroid Cancer Canada support group.

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Objectives: Evaluation of safety and effectiveness of POP (pelvic organ prolapse) treatment with the use of polypropylene mesh depending on type of mesh and application technique.

Materials And Methods: We carried out a retrospective study and compared the frequency of perioperative complications and treatment results three months after the surgical procedure in two groups of patients, divided according to POP type. The first group comprise of patients with anterior compartment disorders who had Prolift Anterior (n = 100) or Pelvimesh Anterior (n = 98) placed.

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Objective: To comprehensively assess the experience of a large, diverse cohort and identify potential care improvements, the Thyroid Cancer Alliance, an international patient/survivor group coalition, surveyed thyroid cancer patients/survivors worldwide.

Design: English, German, French or Spanish versions of a self-developed 43-item questionnaire were completed, predominantly online, by 2398 respondents from the US (37.9%), Germany (21.

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