New Horizons in Gingival Depigmentation: A Case Report Comparing Blue®m Oxygel and Coe-PakTM Periodontal Dressing by Sakshi Vishal Kotecha, Priyanka Jaiswal, Shweta Bhagat

“…A dark colour of gingiva can have a negative psychological impact, particularly when combined with a higher lip line or a smile with visible gingiva. The gold standard for managing gingival pigmentation is by scalpel surgical technique, despite its disadvantage of resulting in an open wound that requires special care and dressing. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Whole Body and Hepatic Insulin Resistance Using Indices from Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Morbidly Obese Subjects with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Kamran Qureshi, Ronald H. Clements, Fahad Saeed, Gary A. Abrams

“…Euglycemic-hyperinsulinemic clamp is the gold standard for measuring whole body IR (hepatic + peripheral IR). …”
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A Multicomponent Particle Model and Linear Fitting Calibration Method for Heterogeneous Rocks by Qifeng Guo, Ying Zhang, Xun Xi, Xu Wu, Meifeng Cai

“…Granite samples from the Sanshandao Gold Mine are first analyzed using a microscope. …”
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The Clinical and Radiological Outcome of Bovine Hydroxyapatite (Bio Hydrox) as Bone Graft by Arifin, Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Mouli Edward

“…While autografting has long been considered the gold standard, it has limitations, including a restricted supply and donor site morbidity. …”
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Prevalence, Associated Risk Factors, and Economic Loss of Ovine Hemonchosis at Jimma Town Municipal Abattoir, Jimma Zone, Southwestern Ethiopia by Fuad Zenu Abagero, Teshita Edaso Beriso, Tilaye Shibbiru Mengistu

“…When the two tests were compared using the latter as the gold standard, the results showed a moderate degree of agreement (kappa statistic=0.597). …”
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THE DYNAMICS OF STATE-SOCIETY RELATIONS AND DEMOCRATIZATION IN NIGERIA by OGBONNA Emmanuel Chijioke, ALUKO Bayode, ADEYANJU Joseph

“…This is based on the understanding that democracies are never offered on a platter of gold; actively engaged citizens work towards the initiation, deepening and sustenance (consolidation) of democracy. …”
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Resistance to Cyclic Fatigue of Nickel-Titanium Files Immersed in Sodium Hypochlorite at Body Temperature by Hind F. Abuhulaibah, Ammar AbuMostafa

“…To assess the resistance to cyclic fatigue (CF) displayed by two nickel-titanium (NiTi) files, One Curve (OC) and ProTaper Gold (PTG), after their immersion in 2.5% sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) solution at body temperature. …”
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The effect of coal ratio on the high-lead slag reduction process by Zhang Z., Li W., Zhan J.

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LE « SICKNESS COUNTRY » (PARC DE KAKADU, AUSTRALIE): ENTRE MYTHE, RÉALITÉ ET MISE EN VALEUR TOURISTIQUE by ERIC FOUACHE, CÉCILE FOUACHE, CHRISTINE SYREN

“…Its central part, Sickness Country, concides with the presence of a metal-bearing deposit (gold, platinium and palladium) associated with a high concentration of uranium.Mining, which goes back to the early 1880, has generated some major conflicts, being at the same time a source of radioactive pollution. …”
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Laparoscopic Adnexal Detorsion in a 20-Week Pregnant Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review by Rawad Halimeh, Serge Tomassian, Maria El Hage, Nicole Metri, Marianne Bersaoui, Rafi Daou, Elie Anastasiadis

“…Therefore, prompt diagnosis is essential for better maternal and neonatal outcomes. The gold standard for confirmation and treatment of ovarian torsion is surgery. …”
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Tracheobronchial Foreign Body Aspiration Diagnosed with Electrical Impedance Tomography by Robert D. Guglielmo, Robinder G. Khemani

“…To diagnose FBA, commonly used imaging modalities have limited negative predictive value, and rigid bronchoscopy remains as the gold standard. We present a case where the diagnosis of FBA was made in a novel way with electrical impedance tomography (EIT). …”
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Integrated and streamlined microfluidic device for molecular diagnosis of pathogen through direct PCR amplification by Dohwan Lee, Tae Seok Seo

“…Background: Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a gold-standard method widely acknowledged for offering precise and rapid analysis of genetic material, particularly having a crucial role in detecting pathogens and diagnosing infectious diseases. …”
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Integrating Macroeconomic and Technical Indicators into Forecasting the Stock Market: A Data-Driven Approach by Saima Latif, Faheem Aslam, Paulo Ferreira, Sohail Iqbal

“…This study introduces a data-driven approach to forecast S&P 500 returns by incorporating macroeconomic indicators including gold and oil prices, the volatility index, economic policy uncertainty, the financial stress index, geopolitical risk, and shadow short rate, with ten technical indicators. …”
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On Behavioral Response of 3D Squeezing Flow of Nanofluids in a Rotating Channel by Mubashir Qayyum, Omar Khan, Thabet Abdeljawad, Naveed Imran, Muhammad Sohail, Wael Al-Kouz

“…The base fluid in the channel is considered to be water that contains different nanoparticles including silicon, copper, silver, gold, and platinum. The homotopy perturbation method (HPM) is employed for the solution of highly nonlinear coupled system. …”
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Clinical Validation of an Office-Based 14C-UBT (Heliprobe) for H. pylori Diagnosis in Iranian Dyspeptic Patients by Fariborz Mansour-Ghanaei, Omid Sanaei, Farahnaz Joukar

“…The 14C-UBT was performed on all subjects using Heliprobe kit, and results were analyzed against the following gold standard (GS): H. pylori infection considered positive when any two of three diagnostic methods (histopathology, RUT, serology) are positive. …”
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Evaluation of the impact of postural restrictions after Semont liberatory maneuver on immediate reactions and short-term outcome in the posterior semicircular canal canalolithiasis... by Andrea Albera, Marco Boldreghini, Sergio Lucisano, Roberto Albera, Claudia Cassandro, Alma Barci, Giuseppe Riva, Andrea Canale

“…The Liberatory maneuver is considered the gold-standard treatment, with a short-term resolution of the vertigo in over 70% of cases, and achieving a 90% success rate after four maneuvers. …”
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An Overview of Neovaginal Reconstruction Options in Male to Female Transsexuals by Marta Bizic, Vladimir Kojovic, Dragana Duisin, Dusan Stanojevic, Svetlana Vujovic, Aleksandar Milosevic, Gradimir Korac, Miroslav L. Djordjevic

“…In neovaginoplasty reconstruction of the vulvovaginal complex is performed in its entity. The gold standard in neovaginal reconstruction in male to female sex reassignment surgery is penile skin inversion technique with or without scrotal flaps, which enables adequate sensation of the neovagina, good neovaginal depth, good erotic sensitivity of the neclitoris, and esthetically acceptable labia minora and maiora.…”
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Development and Optimization of a Multiplex Real-Time RT-PCR to Detect SARS-CoV-2 in Human Samples by Camilo Castellar-Mendoza, María-Angélica Calderón-Peláez, Jaime E. Castellanos, Myriam L. Velandia-Romero, Carolina Coronel-Ruiz, Sigrid Camacho-Ortega, Lilia J. Bernal-Cepeda, Lady López-Ibarra, Jhann A. Arturo, Félix G. Delgado, Hernando Gutierrez-Barbosa, Sonia Bohorquez-Avila, Johanna Madroñero, Zayda L. Corredor-Rozo, Sandra J. Perdomo-Lara, Angela Fonseca-Benitez, Eliana Calvo

“…During the COVID-19 pandemic, qPCR became the gold standard technique for detecting the SARS-CoV-2 virus that allowed to confirm the infection event, and those asymptomatic ones, and thus save millions of lives. …”
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Retrospective evaluation of a novel ultrasound-based imaging analysis software for predicting radiofrequency ablation areas. by Masaya Sato, Ryosuke Tateishi, Yogev Zohar, Jiro Sato, Takeyuki Watadani, Makoto Moriyama, Taijiro Wake, Ryo Nakagomi, Mizuki Nishibatake Kinoshita, Takuma Nakatsuka, Tatsuya Minami, Koji Uchino, Kenichiro Enooku, Hayato Nakagawa, Yoshinari Asaoka, Ryo Yamada, Nitzan Even, Inbal Amitai, Yossi Abu, Mitsuhiro Fujishiro, Kazuhiko Koike

“…Its predictive accuracy was assessed by comparing the ablation zones it predicted with those annotated by radiologists using contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CECT) 24 hours post-treatment, considered the gold standard. The study included 20 liver tumors.…”
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¿Son válidos los métodos manuales modificados para determinar la Velocidad de Eritrosedimentación Globular (VSG) en laboratorios clínicos? by Andrey Payán González, Diana Maritza Jurado Orejuela, Luz Myriam Garzón Lancheros

“…Se evaluó estadísticamente la validez de cuatro métodos para determinar la Velocidad de Eritrosedimentación Globular (VSG) alternos al de Westergren, el que se tomó como “gold standard”. Los métodos evaluados fueron Wintrobe (WB), Wintrobe inclinado (WI) a 45° y dos micrométodos capilares, uno vertical (MM) y otro inclinado a 45° (MMI). …”
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