The Floating Ampersand: STS Past and STS to Come

The STS AVR+CABG composite score: a report of the STS Quality Measurement Task Force.

BACKGROUND The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) is developing a portfolio of composite performance measures for the most commonly performed adult cardiac procedures. This manuscript describes the third composite measure in this series, aortic valve replacement (AVR) combined with coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG). METHODS We identified all patients in the STS Adult Cardiac Surg...

STS as science or politics?

In a recent editorial for this journal, Sergio Sismondo makes two claims. First, he states that STS bears no responsibility for the emergence of post-truth politics. Second, he claims that debates about the nature of expertise that take place within STS are irrelevant in this context. In contrast, we argue that, whether or not STS had a causal influence on the emergence of post-truth politics, ...

Physical Mapping by STS Hybridization :

An important tool in the analysis of genomic sequences is the physical map. In this paper we examine the construction of physical maps from hybridization data between STS (sequence tag sites) probes and clones of genomic fragments. An algorithmic theory of the mapping process, a proposed performance evaluation procedure, and several new algorithmic strategies for mapping are given. A unifying t...

Abstraction Techniques for the STS National Database.

ion Techniques for the STS National Database Joy McLemore Stewart, MS, CCP, LP Heart and Vascular Institute, Medical Center of South Arkansas, El Dorado, Arkansas Since 1964, the Society for Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has grown to represent over 7300 clinical and non-clinical professionals in cardiothoracic surgery who are dedicated to quality improvement and patient safety (1,2). As an initiative...

Sts.003 the Rise of Modern Science