Awake fiberoptic intubation in a pediatric patient with Tessier’s cleft: Navigating the challenges by Jyoti Sharma, Ruhi Sharma, Mohd A. Mir, Anju Grewal

“…Awake fibreoptic intubation is the gold standard of airway management in anticipated difficult airways. …”
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The Utility of a Portable Sleep Monitor to Diagnose Sleep-Disordered Breathing in a Pediatric Population by Colin Massicotte, Suhail Al-Saleh, Manisha Witmans, Indra Narang

“…SDB is diagnosed using the gold standard, overnight polysomnography (PSG). The limited availability and access to PSG prevents its widespread use, resulting in significant delays in diagnosis and treatment of SDB. …”
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The Laboratory Diagnosis of Bacterial Vaginosis by Deborah Money

“…Diagnostic tests include real-time clinical/microbiological diagnosis, and the current gold standard, the standardized evaluation of morphotypes on Gram stain analysis. …”
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Insights into mapping tropical primary wet forests in the Amazon Basin from satellite-based time series metrics of canopy stability by Brendan Mackey, Sonia Hugh, Tatiana Shestakova, Brendan M. Rogers, Ludmila Rattis

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Bioinformatics and System Biological Approaches for the Identification of Genetic Risk Factors in the Progression of Cardiovascular Disease by Joy Dip Barua, Shudeb Babu Sen Omit, Humayan Kabir Rana, Nitun Kumar Podder, Utpala Nanda Chowdhury, Md Habibur Rahman

“…We also examined the validation of our study using gold benchmark databases OMIM, dbGAP, and DisGeNET. …”
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Hydrogen Storage Enhancement Attained by Fixation of Ti on MWNTs by J. J. Pérez-Bueno, M. L. Mendoza López, K. M. Brieño Enriquez, J. Ledesma García, L. A. Godínez Mora-Tovar, C. Angeles Chavez

“…Nevertheless, nanotubes are difficult to handle due to electrostatic charge and agglomeration, and in this context, two routes were tested as procedures to spread and stick nanotubes on an electrode: (1) a functionalization capable of attaching gold was tested in two forms, as either using 4 nm particles or a flat gold electrode. …”
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Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of radiological and histological findings in the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease stages among patients in a tertiary hospital by Ekpe Edemekong L, Emanghe U, Ekpe EL, Obiora IC, Yemiode Itam, Akinmola OO

“…The ultrasonographic findings were correlated with histological data (considered as the gold standard). The sensitivity, specificity, Positive Predictive Value (PPV), and Negative Predictive Value (NPV) were evaluated. …”
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An In Vitro Pilot Study Comparing the Novel HemoClear Gravity-Driven Microfiltration Cell Salvage System with the Conventional Centrifugal XTRA™ Autotransfusion Device by Anneloes Hoetink, Sabine F. Scherphof, Frederik J. Mooi, Paul Westers, Jack van Dijk, Sjef J. van de Leur, Arno P. Nierich

“…To achieve this, current gold standard autotransfusion devices should be complemented with widely available, cost-efficient, and time-efficient devices. …”
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Nuevas ecuaciones para estimar las concentraciones séricas de creatinina por el método de Jaffé compensado by Carlos Antonio Rodríguez García, Raymed Antonio Bacallao Méndez, Yanetsy Córdova Rodríguez

“…La media y desviación estándar de creatinina, una vez corregidas fueron semejantes al gold standard, la correlación de Pearson, 0,918 y 0,889 precorrección y 0,996 y 0,995 poscorrección para los métodos automatizado y manual, respectivamente. …”
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Dimer Is Not Double: The Unexpected Behavior of Two-Floor Peptide Nanosponge by Grazia Maria Lucia Messina, Marta De Zotti, Alvaro S. Siano, Claudia Mazzuca, Giovanni Marletta, Antonio Palleschi

“…Using the framework of an investigation of the stimuli-responsive behavior of peptide assembly on a solid surface, this study on the behavior of a chemisorbed peptide on a gold surface was performed. The studied peptide is a dimeric form of the antimicrobial peptide Trichogin GAIV, which was also modified by substituting the glycine with lysine residues, while the N-terminus octanoyl group was replaced by a lipoic one that was able to bind to the gold surface. …”
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DC/TMD Examiner Protocol: Longitudinal Evaluation on Interexaminer Reliability by Marit Slåttelid Skeie, Paula Frid, Manal Mustafa, Jörg Aßmus, Annika Rosén

“…Two trainee examiners (one more experienced) and one “reference examiner” (gold standard) at both sessions assessed the participants. …”
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High-resolution imaging of organic and inorganic nanoparticles at nanometre-scale resolution by X-ray ensemble diffraction microscopy by Ning-Jung Chen, Chia-Hui Yeh, Huai-Yu Cao, Nai-Chi Chen, Chun-Jung Chen, Chun-Yu Chen, Yi-Wei Tsai, Jhih-Min Lin, Yu-Shan Huang, Chien-Nan Hsiao, Chien-Chun Chen

“…These experiments employed 55 nm-sized silicon–gold nanoparticles (NPs) and 19 nm-sized nodavirus-like particles (NV-LPs) on the coherent X-ray scattering beamline of the Taiwan Photon Source. …”
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Prunus persica L.: análisis nutricional de flores y hojas para predecir su estado mineral by Angelica Anahí Acevedo Barrera, Laura Raquel Orozco Meléndez, Ofelia Adriana Hernández Rodríguez, Damaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios

“…Se evaluaron siete cultivares de durazno (Prunus persica L.): ‘Baby Gold 8’, ‘Autumn L’, ‘Catherin’, ‘Fairtime’, ‘Carnaval’, ‘Baby Gold 5’ y ‘Arkansas’ muestreados de forma aleatoria simple contemplado diez unidades de muestreo por cultivar. …”
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Highly Sensitive Immunochromatographic Identification of Tetracycline Antibiotics in Milk by N. A. Taranova, A. S. Kruhlik, E. A. Zvereva, V. V. Shmanai, I. I. Vashkevich, D. A. Semyonov, S. A. Eremin, A. V. Zherdev, B. B. Dzantiev

“…Conjugation of colloidal gold and the total immunoglobulin (IgG) fraction of polyclonal antibodies was used to increase the assay sensitivity to ensure low content of specific antibodies in the conjugate. …”
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Improved Zika virus plaque assay using Vero/TMPRSS2 cell line by Olukunle O. Oluwasemowo, Monica E. Graham, Deepa K. Murugesh, Monica K. Borucki

“…ABSTRACT Plaque assay is the gold standard for the quantification of viable cytopathic viruses like Zika virus (ZIKV). …”
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Electric field-assisted embedding of fiber optic sensors in structural materials for structural health monitoring by Xinchang Zhang, Joshua Daw, Charles Payne, Bibo Zhong, Austin Fleming, Zilong Hua, Jorgen Rufner

“…The results indicate that both copper- and gold-coated fibers can be successfully embedded in stainless steel and nickel with good fiber integrity and fiber-matrix bonding. …”
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Determining the cultural safety of chronic disease interventions for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: a scoping review by Hannah Woodall, Hannah Woodall, Hannah Woodall, Sarah Larkins, Janani Pinidiyapathirage, Janani Pinidiyapathirage, Raelene Ward, Rebecca Evans

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Ultrasonography in the diagnosis of pediatric distal forearm fracture: a systematic review by Ahmed Ayman S., Abdelhady Ahmed E.

“…Distal forearm fractures are one of the commonest injuries in children due to falling on an outstretched hand. Plain X-ray is the gold standard test for diagnosing fractures of long bones but it exposes patients to radiation with its associated health hazards. …”
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A Simple Method to Improve Adenoma Detection Rate During Colonoscopy: Altering Patient Position by Aydin Şeref Köksal, İsmail Hakkı Kalkan, Serkan Torun, İsmail Taşkıran, Erkin Öztaş, Ertuğrul Kayaçetin, Nurgül Şaşmaz

“…BACKGROUND: Colonoscopy is currently considered to be the gold standard method for detecting and removing adenomatous polyps. …”
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Bye-bye muscle biopsy, we have autoantibodies with us now by Victoria Riddell, Sarah L Tansley

“…Muscle biopsy is generally considered the gold standard diagnostic tool for patients with presenting with features suggestive of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy. …”
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