Statin Induced Changes in Rat Pancreatic Tissue: A Histological and Biochemical Perspective by Abdullah Qamar, Hammad Gul Khan, Muhammad Marghoob Khan, Muhammad Rizwan Bashir Kiani, Hina Kundi, Fareeha Mushtaq

“…At the end of the experiment, the rats were euthanized, and their pancreas was collected for analysis and examined using gold-standard histological parameters including inflammation and fatty infiltration. …”
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Assessing Exercise Limitation Using Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing by Michael K. Stickland, Scott J. Butcher, Darcy D. Marciniuk, Mohit Bhutani

“…Maximal oxygen consumption (V˙O2max) is the gold-standard measure of aerobic fitness and is determined by the variables that define oxygen delivery in the Fick equation (V˙O2 = cardiac output × arterial-venous O2 content difference). …”
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Diagnosis of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia and Invasive Cervical Carcinoma by Cervical Biopsy under Colposcopy and Analysis of Factors Influencing by Ying Wang, Jing Wang, Hua Mei

“…The influencing factors of CIN and ICC detected by colposcopy biopsy were analyzed by the pathological results of loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) as the gold standard. Results. After LEEP, the number of the no intraepithelial or malignant lesions (NILM) or ICC were higher than that of colposcopy biopsy, and CIN-III was lower than that of colposcopy biopsy, the differences were all statistically significant (P<0.05). …”
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Direct detection and identification of viruses in saliva using a SpecID ionization modified mass spectrometer. by Pierre Alusta, Angel Paredes, Marli Azevedo, Lisa Mullis, Dan Buzatu

“…Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) remains the gold standard for sensitive detection of SARS-CoV-2 infection in biological samples. …”
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Inhibition of Staphylococcus aureus α-Hemolysin Production Using Nanocurcumin Capped Au@ZnO Nanocomposite by Majid S. Jabir, Taha M. Rashid, Uday M. Nayef, Salim Albukhaty, Faizah A. AlMalki, Jawaher Albaqami, Amal A. AlYamani, Zainab J. Taqi, Ghassan M. Sulaiman

“…Nanoparticles of gold with zinc oxide (Au@ZnO NPs) were prepared by laser ablation and then capped with curcumin nanoparticles (Cur-Au@ZnO NPs). …”
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Design and Simulation of an Environment-Friendly ZrS2/CuInS2 Thin Film Solar Cell Using SCAPS 1D Software by Sunirmal Kumar Biswas, Monira Khanom Mim, Md. Mostak Ahmed

“…This simulation employed the absorber layer CuInS2 and the buffer layer ZrS2 with aluminum as the front contact and gold as the back contact. The impact of the absorber layer thickness, band gap, buffer layer thickness, acceptor density, defect density, series and shunt resistances, C-V, Mott–Schottky, and the operating temperature has been studied for the proposed solar cell structure. …”
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Metals valorization from pyrolyzed waste PCBS by Kilibarda Nikola B., Kamberović Željko J., Đokić Jovana M., Kovačević Tihomir M., Jovanović Nikola M.

“…The pyrolyzed residue showed high concentrations of silver (494 g/t) and gold (56 g/t), enabling their further valorization. …”
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Application of 24 h Dynamic Electrocardiography in the Diagnosis of Asymptomatic Myocardial Ischemia with Arrhythmia in Elderly Patients with Coronary Heart Disease by Zongwei Chen, Hong Tan, Xuemei Liu, Minghua Tang

“…Coronary angiography was used as the gold standard to observe the performance of the two examination methods in the diagnosis of asymptomatic myocardial ischemia with arrhythmia in elderly patients with CHD. …”
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Monitoring Fetal Heart Rate during Labor: A Comparison of Three Methods by Tammy Y. Euliano, Shalom Darmanjian, Minh Tam Nguyen, John D. Busowski, Neil Euliano, Anthony R. Gregg

“…The purpose of the study was to compare the accuracy of a noninvasive fetal heart rate monitor with that of ultrasound, using a fetal scalp electrode as the gold standard, in laboring women of varying body habitus, throughout labor and delivery. …”
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Clinical and Laboratory Diagnosis of Buruli Ulcer Disease: A Systematic Review by Samuel A. Sakyi, Samuel Y. Aboagye, Isaac Darko Otchere, Dorothy Yeboah-Manu

“…PCR targeting IS2404 is the gold standard for laboratory confirmation. Culture remains the only method that detects viable bacilli, used for diagnosing relapse and accrued isolates for epidemiological investigation as well as monitoring drug resistance. …”
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First true blood pressure measurement with micropulse detection of arterial opening achieved by Alan Murray, Dingchang Zheng, Clive J. Griffiths, Chengyu Liu, David J. Graham, Jeff Neasham, Adrian J. Cossor

“…Our technique has equivalent accuracy to the gold standard auscultatory method, and is significantly better than the requirements of the current international standard for blood pressure devices. …”
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Literature review of spontaneous subarachnoid haemorrhage: risk factors, diagnostic features, and complications (Part I) by J. Grigaitė, G. Rutkauskaitė, L. Piliponis, J. Ščerbak, D. Jatužis, J. Valaikienė

“…Computed tomography (CT) and/or lumbar puncture are the main instrumental studies supporting the diagnosis of SAH, while digital subtraction angiography is considered the gold standard in the diagnosis of intracranial aneurysms. …”
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Recovery of zinc from zinc oxide dust containing multiple metal elements by carbothermal reduction by Lei F.-G., Li M.-T., Wei C., Deng Z.-G., Li X.-B., Fan G.

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Methods for Assessing Expiratory Flow Limitation during Tidal Breathing in COPD Patients by Nickolaos G. Koulouris, Georgios Kaltsakas, Anastasios F. Palamidas, Sofia-Antiopi Gennimata

“…In fact, EFLT occurs commonly in COPD patients (mainly in GOLD III and IV stage) in whom the latter symptoms are common. …”
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Stability-Indicating HPLC Determination of Trandolapril in Bulk Drug and Pharmaceutical Dosage Forms by Leena A. Al-Hawash, Ashok K. Shakya, Maher L. Saleem

“…The trandolapril was separated isocratically on Hypersil-Gold C18 column (250 mm × 4.6 mm, 5 μm) with a mobile phase consisting of 50% acetonitrile and 50% water (containing 0.025% triethylamine, pH 3.0±0.1), at 25±2°C. …”
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Zinner’s Syndrome: A Rare Diagnosis of Dysuria Based on Imaging by Ahmed Ibrahimi, Abdelmoughit Hosni, Idriss Ziani, Fatima Zahra Laamrani, Hachem El Sayegh, Laila Jroundi, Lounis Benslimane, Yassine Nouini

“…The diagnosis is made with imaging techniques, notably Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) which remains the gold standard exam for diagnosis confirmation and therapeutic management. …”
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Near-Field Ground Motion Modal versus Wave Propagation Analysis by Artur Cichowicz

“…The strong ground motion sensors recorded mine-induced earthquakes in a deep gold mine, South Africa. The strongest monitored horizontal ground motion was caused by an event of magnitude 2 at a distance of 90 m with PGA 123 m/s2, causing drifts of 0.25%–0.35%. …”
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Social Processes That Can Facilitate and Sustain Individual Self-Management for People with Chronic Conditions by Elizabeth Kendall, Michele M. Foster, Carolyn Ehrlich, Wendy Chaboyer

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Optimization of Spiral MRI Using a Perceptual Difference Model by Donglai Huo, Kyle A. Salem, Yuhao Jiang, David L. Wilson

“…We systematically evaluated a variety of MR spiral imaging acquisition and reconstruction schemes using a computational perceptual difference model (PDM) that models the ability of humans to perceive a visual difference between a degraded “fast” MRI image with subsampling of k-space and a “gold standard” image mimicking full acquisition. …”
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Reference Values of Pulse Wave Velocity in Healthy People from an Urban and Rural Argentinean Population by Alejandro Díaz, Cintia Galli, Matías Tringler, Agustín Ramírez, Edmundo Ignacio Cabrera Fischer

“…Pulse wave velocity (PWV) is the gold standard method for arterial stiffness quantification; however, in South America, there are few population-based studies. …”
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