Prevalence and Risk Factors of Bovine and Ovine Lungworm Infection at Durame District, Southern Ethiopia by Haben Fesseha, Mesfin Mathewos

“…The specificity, sensitivity, PPV, and NPV of the modified Baermann technique against the gold standard test were 89.4%, 42%, 56.0%, and 82.7%, respectively. …”
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Fractal Study on the Failure Evolution of Concrete Material with Single Flaw Based on DIP Technique by Lulin Zheng, Hao Liu, Yujun Zuo, Quanping Zhang, Wei Lin, Qing Qiu, Xiaorong Liu, Ziqi Liu

“…It has guiding significance for the research on the stability of wet shotcrete in the deep fractured rock mass of Lannigou Gold Mine.…”
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Validation of Computerized Automatic Calculation of the Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Score by Andrew M. Harrison, Hemang Yadav, Brian W. Pickering, Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba, Vitaly Herasevich

“…To validate the use of a computer program for the automatic calculation of the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, as compared to the gold standard of manual chart review. Materials and Methods. …”
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Determination of Total Mercury in Solid Samples by Anodic Stripping Voltammetry by Thuong Thi Kim Nguyen, Huyen Thu Luu, Loi Duc Vu, Thao Thi Ta, Giang Thi Huong Le

“…The anodic stripping voltammetry (ASV) was investigated to determine total mercury in solid samples using a gold electrode. The mercury was deposited on the gold electrode in a preconcentration step. …”
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Clinical utility of smartphone-based digital infrared thermal imaging in predicting vascular compromise in free flaps by Padmalakshmi Bharathi Mohan, S. Dineshkumar, Devi Prasad Mohapatra, Prasanth Penumadu, M.T. Friji, Ravi Kumar Chittoria

“…Clinical monitoring is considered the gold standard, but it is subjective. Digital thermal imaging captures and displays the infrared radiation emitted from an object. …”
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Comparing Efficacies of Biopsy and Rapid Urease Testing for H. Pylori at a Single Institution by Kathleen Hill, Aiden V. Ohning, Jonathan P. Mallory, Stella Self, Christine M. G. Schammel, Jenny Meredith, John Reddic, Patrick Kent, Jenny B. Knight

“…Since histology has greater sensitivity (>95%) and the ability to identify other gastropathies, it should be considered the “gold standard,” for the identification of H. pylori.…”
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Isotopic Age of the Xiong’er Group Volcanic Rocks and Its Geological Significance in Western Henan, China by Wenchao Dong, Xucheng Pang, Weixun Qu, Guangshun Hou

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Effects of Different Relative Humidities on Flax Fibers prior to Manufacturing Their Composites Based on the Shear Response by Abdul Moudood, Anisur Rahman, Andreas Öchsner, Md Mainul Islam, Mohammad Yeakub Ali, Gaston Francucci

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Exploitation Cinema and the Lesbian Imagination by Anne Crémieux

“…(1965) or Cleopatra Jones and the Casino of Gold (1975), and their reassessment, including in films and TV series that pay homage to female action heroines of the past.…”
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Advanced Catalysis and Nanostructure Design for Solar Energy Conversion by Shaohua Shen, Ke Sun, Haimin Zhang, Yongqi Liang

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Machine-learning versus traditional methods for prediction of all-cause mortality after transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Clara K Chow, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Rohan Jayasinghe, Sarah Zaman, Stephen Bacchi, Justin Chan, Aashray Gupta, Shaun Evans, Pramesh Kovoor, Brandon Stretton, Jayme Bennetts, Ammar Zaka, Naim Mridha, Joshua Kovoor, Gopal Sivagangabalan, Cecil Mustafiz, Daud Mutahar, Shreyans Sinhal, James Gorcilov, Benjamin Muston, Fabio Ramponi, Dale J Murdoch

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All-Metal Metamaterial-Based Sensor with Novel Geometry and Enhanced Sensing Capability at Terahertz Frequency by Sagnik Banerjee, Ishani Ghosh, Carlo Santini, Fabio Mangini, Rocco Citroni, Fabrizio Frezza

“…The structure consists of four concentric diamond-shaped gold resonators on the top of a gold metal plate; the resonators increase in height by 2 µm moving from the outer to the inner resonators, making the design distinctive. …”
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Reliability of Diagnostic Tests for Helicobacter pylori Infection by S. Redéen, F. Petersson, E. Törnkrantz, H. Levander, E. Mårdh, K. Borch

“…There is no established gold standard for the diagnosis of H. pylori infection. …”
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Determinants of South African Asset Market Co-Movement: Evidence from Investor Sentiment and Changing Market Conditions by Fabian Moodley, Sune Ferreira-Schenk, Kago Matlhaku

“…In a bull market condition, investor sentiment positively affects the equity–bond and equity–gold co-movement. In the bear market condition, investor sentiment has a negative and significant effect on the equity–bond, equity–property, bond–gold, and bond–property co-movement. …”
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Rate Pressure Products Affect the Relationship between the Fractional Flow Reserve and Instantaneous Wave-Free Ratio by Suguru Ebihara, Hisao Otsuki, Hiroyuki Arashi, Junichi Yamaguchi, Nobuhisa Hagiwara

“…The diagnostic performance of the iFR in the groups was calculated, using FFR as the gold standard. The correlation between the iFR and FFR was higher in the high-RPP group than in the low-RPP group. …”
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Highly-Sensitive Polymer Optical Fiber SPR Sensor for Fast Immunoassay by Ying Wang, Xing Rao, Xun Wu, George Y. Chen, Changrui Liao, Mateusz Jakub Smietana, Yiping Wang

“…The proposed SPR biosensor can be developed by simple and rapid modification of the gold film with 11-mercapto undecanoic acid (MUA). …”
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Highly-sensitive electrochemiluminescence biosensor for detection of inosine monophosphate in meat based on graphdiyne/AuNPs/luminol nanocomposites by Jing Liu, Yizhong Shen, Guangxian Wang, Yaodong Xiang, Yemin Guo, Xia Sun, Yuan Liu

“…GDY utilized its 2D framework to disperse and fix gold nanoparticles, which inhibited the agglomeration of gold nanoparticles and greatly improved its stability and catalytic properties. …”
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Detection of Chromosome X;18 Breakpoints and Translocation of the Xq22.3;18q23 Regions Resulting in Variable Fertility Phenotypes by Attila Szvetko, Nicole Martin, Chris Joy, Andrea Hayward, Bob Watson, Andrew Cary, Stephen Withers

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Performance of current tools used for on-the-day assessment and diagnosis of mild traumatic brain injury in sport: a systematic review by Phoebe Haste, Leonardo de Almeida e Bueno, Antoine Jérusalem, Jeroen Bergmann

“…Participants were 76% male, when reported, and the mean injury-to-measurement time was reported in 10% of reports. 46 different methods were investigated. 38 different reference methods were used, highlighting the lack of gold standard within the field. Area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity and specificity were the most frequent outcome metrics provided. …”
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The technology landscape for detection of DNA methylation in cancer liquid biopsies by Isabelle Neefs, Joe Ibrahim, Marc Peeters, Guy Van Camp, Ken Op de Beeck

“…As DNA methylation detection in cfDNA brings its own challenges, a shift from the gold standard bisulfite conversion towards enzymatic conversion methods can be observed in recent years. …”
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