Validation of Mortality Data Sources Compared to the National Death Index in the Healthcare Integrated Research Database by Jamal-Allial A, Sponholtz T, Vojjala SK, Paullin M, Papazian A, Eshete B, Mahmoudpour SH, Verpillat P, Beachler DC

“…Aziza Jamal-Allial,1 Todd Sponholtz,1 Shiva K Vojjala,2 Mark Paullin,2 Anahit Papazian,1 Biruk Eshete,2 Seyed Hamidreza Mahmoudpour,3 Patrice Verpillat,3 Daniel C Beachler2 1Safety & Epidemiology, Carelon Research, Newton, MA, USA; 2Safety & Epidemiology, Carelon Research, Wilmington, DE, USA; 3Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, GermanyCorrespondence: Daniel C Beachler, Carelon Research, 123 Justison Street, Suite 200, Wilmington, DE, 19801, USA, Email Daniel.beachler@carelon.comBackground: The National Death Index (NDI) is the gold standard for mortality data in the United States (US) but has a time lag and can be operationally intensive. …”
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Comparative environmental impacts analysis of technologies for recovering critical metals from copper anode slime: Insights from LCA by Yu Li, Jenny Baker, Yaxi Fang, Haizhou Cao, Cameron Pleydell-Pearce, Trystan Watson, Sha Chen, Guangling Zhao

“…It contains metals such as gold, silver, copper, selenium, tellurium etc. Without proper treatment, CAS posed significant environmental hazard due to its toxic components. …”
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Impact of Peracetic Acid on the Dynamic Cyclic Fatigue of Heat-Treated Nickel-Titanium Rotary Endodontic Instrument by Suhad Jabbar Hamed Al-Nasrawi, Zuha Ayad Jaber, Nibrass Talib Al-Quraine, Abtesam Imhemed Aljdaimi, Sattar Jabbar Abdul-Zahra Al-Hmedat, Saleh Zidan, Julfikar Haider

“…Three types of heat-treated NiTi rotary files were selected: One Curve (OC), ProTaper Gold (PTG), and Wave One Gold (WOG). Each type was divided into three subgroups (n = 6 for each file type): (1) untreated instruments; (2) files immersed in 0.002% PAA; and (3) files immersed in 0.35% PAA. …”
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Ventricular function assessment using an ultrafast spoiled gradient echo sequence with an intravascular blood pool contrast agent in pediatric patients. by Tayaba Miah, Rithvik Gunda, Gerald Greil, Mohammad Hussain, Qing Zou

“…<h4>Background</h4>Balanced steady-state free processing (bSSFP) MR sequence has long been considered the gold standard method for ventricular function assessment (VFA), and normal values are based on this acquisition. …”
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Bortezomib Use for a Critically Ill Patient with Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma by Motoharu Shibusawa

“…Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma (AITL) accounts for 18.5% of all peripheral T-cell lymphomas. There is still no gold standard chemotherapy for treating newly diagnosed AITL. …”
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Correlation between fecal biomarkers and the presence of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies with ulcerative colitis disease activity by Büşra Usta, Demet Gür Vural, Asuman Birinci, Müge Ustaoğlu Dede

“…Although colonoscopy remains the gold standard for Ulcerative colitis (UC) diagnosis due to its invasive and costly nature, non-invasive biomarkers are gaining importance in disease activity monitoring and diagnosis. …”
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Ewaluacje konstruktywistyczne. Implikacje dla wczesnej edukacji by Henryk Mizerek

“…The scope of in-depth analyzes is aimed to present the specificity of responsive dialogical evaluations compared to other constructivist models and their distinctiveness from neoliberal evaluations and those subordinated to the gold standard ideology. The content of the second part of the paper is devoted to analyze the problems of designing, planning and conducting programs implemented in early education. …”
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Occupational Exposures and Chronic Airflow Limitation by Helen Dimich-Ward, Susan M Kennedy, Moira Chan-Yeung

“…There is compelling evidence that exposure to inorganic dusts, such as from coal and hardrock mining or asbestos, are associated with the development of chronic airflow limitation, independently of pneumoconiosis. Nonsmoking gold miners are particularly at high risk of airflow obstruction and emphysema. …”
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THE NEED FOR REVITALIZING ZAKAH REGULATION TOWARD PRODUCTIVE ZAKAH by M. Zidny Nafi' Hasbi

“…The government also needs to re-regulate zakah from Muslim communities, such as zakah of professions, agriculture, plantations, gold, silver, and the like. Likewise, if the zakah provisions have been reached (nisab and haul), the government must take zakah out from savings or deposits owned by Muslim communities in banks.…”
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Le passage du fordisme au néolibéralisme au Canada by Jean-Guy Loranger, Gérard Boismenu

“…The main structural changes are the de-linkage of the US dollar from gold, the change of the exchange regime, the end of the cold war, the change of monetary policy, the change of the distribution rate in favour of capital (and financial capital via financial derivatives), the decreasing impact of productivity on real wage and aggregate demand, the increase of the impact of the state on productivity via its expenditures on education, health and other infrastructure expenditures.…”
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Analysis of Hospital Discharge Data to Characterize Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Its Management in Adult Patients Hospitalized in Canada: 2006 to 2007 by Kathy F Spurr, Debra L Morrison, Michael A Graven, Adam Webber, Robert W Gilbert

“…BACKGROUND: Diagnosed obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) affects 2% to 7% of middle-age persons worldwide and represents a substantial health care burden. The gold standard for treating OSA in adults is continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy. …”
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Case Report: Robotic PeTEP for Totally Extraperitoneal Repair of Incisional Hernia by Victor G. Radu

“…Recreating traditional procedures, which are considered the “gold standard” in ventral hernia surgery, through minimally invasive methods—such as the Rives-Stoppa repair—could represent the next frontier in abdominal wall surgery. …”
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Pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disease by Srinivas Rajagopala, Molly Mary Thabah

“…PH can be measured on echocardiography, but the gold standard for diagnosis is right heart catheterization. …”
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Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence (TIRF) Single-Molecule Assay to Analyze the Motility of Kinesin by Tomoki Kita, Shinsuke Niwa

“…Single-molecule motility assays using total internal reflection fluorescence (TIRF) microscopy are a gold standard technique for measuring the motile parameters of kinesin motors. …”
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An Unusual Inverted Talar Neck Fracture–Dislocation by Brent Kokubun, Motasem Refaat

“…Hawkins classification, later modified by Canale, is the gold standard method of describing talar neck fractures by the degree of dislocation. …”
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Gilded-Age Entrepreneurs and Local Notables: The Case of the California “Big Four,” 1861-1877 by Evelyne Payen-Variéras

“…This article proposes an analysis of the network and transactions management practices of the California “Big Four”, the group of former Gold Rush merchants who built the Central Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroad companies in the 1860’s and 1870’s. …”
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La Lutte des classes face à l'internationalisme sportif. by Lorenzo Jalabert D'Amado

“…The country, which had won a few years back the football gold at Colombes (1924) and Amsterdam (1928) Olympic Games, already enjoyed a solid reputation in this sport. …”
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Hellenistic and Roman gems and jewellery from south-western Turkey by Lafli, E., Henig, M.

“…Following the listing of the gems in Aydın, the next section describes six gold finger rings and earrings with plain gem or glass settings, as well as a ring which has lost its gem. …”

Oncological principles in the management of ocular surface squamous neoplasia - A Review by Rolika Bansal, Santosh G Honavar

“…Accurate and timely diagnosis, including detailed clinical assessment and imaging, is essential to ascertain the extent of the disease. The gold standard treatment for OSSN has evolved over the years, transitioning from wide-margin surgical excision using the “no-touch” technique to topical immunotherapy, plaque brachytherapy, and targeted immunotherapy. …”
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O Simbolismo das Cores no Livro de José de Arimateia by Pedro Chambel

“…In this text there are references to several colors -white, red, green, black, blue and gold – which have symbolic meanings, that must be interpreted and taken into account on the analysis and comprehension of a narrative with a strong allegoric-symbolic content. …”
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