Poorly Recognized and Uncommonly Acknowledged Limitations of Randomized Controlled Trials by Chittaranjan Andrade

“…Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are a gold standard in evidence-based research. However, RCTs have limitations, among which the most commonly acknowledged is that narrow study selection criteria compromise the external validity of the findings. …”
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The Challenges of Spirometric Diagnosis of COPD by Adriana Maldonado-Franco, Luis F. Giraldo-Cadavid, Eduardo Tuta-Quintero, Alirio R. Bastidas Goyes, Daniel A. Botero-Rosas

“…Due to its simplicity, portability, and low cost, spirometry has been established as the main tool to detect this condition, but its flawed performance makes it an imperfect COPD diagnosis gold standard. This review aims to provide an up-to-date literature overview of recent studies regarding COPD diagnosis; we seek to identify their limitations and establish perspectives for spirometric diagnosis of COPD in the XXI century by combining deep clinical knowledge of the disease with advanced computer analysis techniques.…”
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Mucosal Airway Laceration Secondary To Endobronchial Ultrasonography by Amarinder Sandhu, Edmundo Rubio, Susanti Ie, Michael Boyd

“…It is considered to be safe and rivals the gold standard, mediastinoscopy, in safety and accuracy. …”
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Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumor in the Setting of Dorsal Agenesis of the Pancreas by Samih Nassif, Cecilia Ponchiardi, Teviah Sachs

“…MRCP and ERCP are the gold standard imaging techniques to demonstrate the absence of the dorsal pancreatic duct. …”
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L’artisanat touristique du Sud-Ouest des États-Unis. L’exemple des objets collectés par Alphonse Pinart à Santa Fe, à la fin du xixe siècle by Éloïse Galliard

“…In the American South-West city, where incoming settler population were growing, tourism and the acculturation of the local Amerindian populations, a merchant by the name of Aaron Gold sold small ceramic figurines made by Pueblo Indians for the souvenir trade. …”
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Geometry, Space, Configuration: a Meeting with Anna Sgrosso by Agostino De Rosa, Andrea Giordano

“… During the last Congress of the Unione Italiana per il Disegno, held in Naples, the 2017 UID Gold Medal was awarded to Anna Sgrosso with the aim of rewarding the complex of scientific and cultural activities promoted at the University of Naples Federico II over a long and prestigious career. …”
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The Role of Liver Biopsy in the Management of Patients with Liver Disease by Florence Wong

“…Although most causes of elevated liver enzymes can be determined, or at least suspected, on the basis of a careful history and laboratory tests, histological assessment remains the gold standard for most liver diseases. Histological evaluation can either confirm or refute clinical diagnoses and can provide information about the severity and stage of disease. …”
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POTATO VARIETIES PROMISING FOR BREEDING TARGETED AT COMMERCIAL TRAITS by L. I. Kostina, O. S. Kosareva

“…Described here are the cultivars combining resistance to gold potato cyst nematode with other valuable commercial traits. …”
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Woody Species Structure and Regeneration Status in Kafta Sheraro National Park Dry Forest, Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Fitsum Temesgen, Bikila Warkineh

“…But there was no correlation between gold mining and regeneration population. However, there is a good initiation for the conservation of the park; still, the vegetation of the park was threatened by human-induced fire following intensive farming, gold mining, and overgrazing. …”
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Overcoming breast cancer cell treatment resistance by optimizing sonodynamic therapy and radiation sensitizers on lncRNA PVT1 and miR-1204 expression by Ali Neshastehriz, Zeinab Hormozi-Moghaddam, Zahra Abedi Kichi, Seyedeh Mona Taheri, Seyed Mohammad Amini, Amir Aghaei

“…Methods: MCF7 breast cancer cells were subjected to sonodynamic therapy either alone or combined with ionizing radiation, gold nanoparticles coated with apigenin, and methylene blue. …”
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Radiography may not be accurate in assessing acute ankle sprains in children by Xiongtao Li, Xiantao Shen, Si Wang, Jie Sun, Zhaoting Liu

“…Using MRI results as the gold standard, the sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, and negative predictive value of radiography and ultrasonography were evaluated for the 59 patients who had MRI results. …”
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Ectopic Thyroid Mass Separately Present in Mediastinum and Not a Retrosternal Extension: A Report of Two Cases by Abdul Ahad Sohail, Syed Shahabuddin, Moghira Iqbaluddin Siddiqui

“…Surgical treatment with a total thyroidectomy and complete removal of the intrathoracic portion of thyroid is the gold standard treatment. These cervicomediastinal lesions at times may not be continuous, and a sternotomy may be required for complete and safe excision of the mediastinal mass to achieve decompression of the surrounding structures and preventing the hemorrhagic complications if attempted from cervical incision. …”
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The Unexpected Ovarian Pregnancy at Laparoscopy: A Review of Management by Meher Tabassum, Kiran Atmuri

“…Although laparoscopy remains the gold standard of diagnosis and treatment, in this case report we discuss benefits of early diagnosis for fertility conserving management, including nonsurgical options.…”
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Anterior Segment Imaging in Ocular Surface Squamous Neoplasia by Sally S. Ong, Gargi K. Vora, Preeya K. Gupta

“…Nevertheless, anterior segment imaging has not replaced histopathology’s role as the gold standard in confirming diagnosis.…”
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Par-dessus l’épaule du maître. Approche matérielle de l’adaptabilité artisanale médiévale : l’exemple des « brocarts appliqués » savoyards by Ariane Pinto

“…Dated from the end of the 15th and the beginning of the 16th century, they display « tin-relief applied brocades » attempting to mimic precious silk fabrics enhanced with gold or silver threads and highly pursued by medieval elites. …”
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Review of Blockchain integrated WSN by Samira Torabi

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Clinical case – medulloblastoma by A. Kablytė, R. Gleiznienė

“…Although tumor biopsy remains the gold standard for the diagnosis of medulloblastoma, diagnostic imaging methods such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are very important as well. …”
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Segmentation of Activated Sludge Flocs in Microscopic Images for Monitoring Wastewater Treatment by Ahmed Elaraby, Walid Hamdy, Humaira Nisar, Monagi H. Alkinani

“…To evaluate the segmentations, gold approximation of estimated truth images is created. …”
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Region-Based PDEs for Cells Counting and Segmentation in 3D+Time Images of Vertebrate Early Embryogenesis by Barbara Rizzi, Alessandro Sarti

“…Qualitative and quantitative comparisons are performed on both synthetic and real data, by means of suitable gold standard. The best approach is then applied on a number of time lapses for the segmentation and counting of cells during the development of a zebrafish embryo between the sphere and the shield stage.…”
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Immobilization of HRP Enzyme on Layered Double Hydroxides for Biosensor Application by Zouhair M. Baccar, Imène Hafaiedh

“…The biosensor was based on the immobilization of horseradish peroxidase (HRP) enzyme on layered double hydroxides- (LDH-) modified gold surface. The hydrotalcite LDH (Mg2Al) was prepared by coprecipitation in constant pH and in ambient temperature. …”
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