Outcomes of segmentectomy versus lobectomy in adults with non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis by José de Sá Moraes Neto, Isabele Alves Chirichela, Alessandro Wasum Mariani, Ricardo Mingarini Terra, Paulo Manuel Pêgo Fernandes

“…ABSTRACT Objective: Surgical resection remains the gold standard treatment for bronchiectasis in patients who present with hemoptysis or suppuration, as well as in those who do not respond to clinical treatment. …”
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Does the Direction of Kinesiology Tape Application Influence Muscle Activation in Asymptomatic Individuals? by Michelle Dolphin, Gary Brooks, Blair Calancie, Adam Rufa

“…Mean age was 23.3 years. Kinesio^Ⓡ^ Tex Gold^TM^ was applied to the dominant lower extremity of each participant using a Y-strip method. …”
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Paroxysmal sympathetic hyperactivity in brain damage (scientific review). Part 1 by O.V. Kravets, V.A. Sedinkin, V.V. Yekhalov, Yu.O. Ploshchenko, O.O. Zozulya

“…Assuming clinical evaluation as the current gold standard, PSH-AM has a sensiti- vity of 94 % when used retrospectively. …”
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Castleman's Disease: A Case Report of the Unicentric Type by J. Gomez-Ramirez, M. Posada, L. Sanchez-Urdazpal, E. Martin-Perez, L. Del Campo, I. Garcia, J. L. Martin, E. Larrañaga

“…Preoperative diagnosis of hyaline-vascular Castleman's disease is difficult, and the definitive result is based on postoperative pathological findings. The gold standard therapy is the complete surgical excision.…”
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Integrating Modern Technologies into Traditional Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tissue Engineering by Aris Sopilidis, Vasileios Stamatopoulos, Vasileios Giannatos, Georgios Taraviras, Andreas Panagopoulos, Stavros Taraviras

“…In order to successfully manage ACL rupture, it is of the utmost importance to understand the anatomy, unique physiology, and biomechanics of the ACL, as well as the injury mechanisms and healing capacity. Currently, the “gold standard” for the treatment of ACL ruptures is surgical reconstruction, particularly for young patients or athletes expecting to return to pivoting sports. …”
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Staging of Laryngeal Cancer: Clinicoradiological versus Histopathological Findings using Modified Laryngeal Sectioning by Shriyash Sinha, Sarmila Sen, Somnath Saha

“…While whole organ laryngeal sectioning remains the gold standard, it is often a costly and cumbersome process. …”
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Antibacterial Effects of Erbium Chromium Laser along with/without Silver Nanoparticles in Root Canals Infected by Enterococcus faecalis by Seyedeh Sareh Hendi, Negin Amiri, Banafsheh Poormoradi, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani, Saeid Afshar, Maryam Farhadian

“…The canals were prepared by V-taper Gold rotary files and then incubated with E. faecalis for 21 days. …”
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Methodology for risk assessment of multi-event scenarios on radioactive waste repository by Karyoung Choi, Minseok Kim, Kibeom Son, Gyunyoung Heo

“…The methodology and algorithm of simulating multiple earthquakes and assessing risk distribution under those events at repository site is introduced in GoldSim software, and its results are expected to be used at simulating other event scenarios.…”
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WearMoCap: multimodal pose tracking for ubiquitous robot control using a smartwatch by Fabian C. Weigend, Neelesh Kumar, Oya Aran, Heni Ben Amor

“…Further, we discuss real-robot applications of underlying works and evaluate WearMoCap in handover and teleoperation tasks, resulting in performances that are within 2 cm of the accuracy of the gold-standard motion capture system. Our Upper Arm mode provides the most accurate wrist position estimates with a Root Mean Squared prediction error of 6.79 cm. …”
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Isolated Sporothrix schenckii Monoarthritis by Aram Barbaryan, Wissam El Atrouni, Stefania Bailuc, Matthew W. Jones, Maharshi Bhakta, Khaldoun Haj Mahmoud, Aibek E. Mirrakhimov

“…A culture of Sporothrix schenkii sensu lato is the gold standard for the diagnosis of sporotrichosis. …”
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Feasibility Assessment and Implementation of Integrated Management of The West Coast of The Mazandran Province According to the ICZM by Habibeh Karimi, Khatereh Bagherzadeh Asl, Samira Torabi

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Clinical Whole-Body Gait Characterization Using a Single RGB-D Sensor by Lukas Boborzi, Johannes Bertram, Roman Schniepp, Julian Decker, Max Wuehr

“…Instrumented gait analysis is widely used in clinical settings for the early detection of neurological disorders, monitoring disease progression, and evaluating fall risk. However, the gold-standard marker-based 3D motion analysis is limited by high time and personnel demands. …”
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Pitfalls and Challenges in the Interpretation of Rectal Cancer Magnetic Resonance Imaging by Abdul Haseeb Wani, Naseer A. Choh, Humairah M. Syed, Waris A. Mir, Rauf A. Wani, Irfan Robbani, Tahleel A. Shera

“…Primary lesion characterization, its morphology and internal characteristics, proximity of tumor to the mesorectal fascia, presence of extramural venous invasion, presence of extra mesorectal pelvic lymph nodes, and involvement of peritoneum and distant metastases are critical findings that impact patient management for which MRI is the preoperative gold standard. However, there are pitfalls, challenges, and misinterpretations related to technique, image quality, and knowledge gaps among the radiologists. …”
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Prediction of urinary tract infection using machine learning methods: a study for finding the most-informative variables by Sajjad Farashi, Hossein Emad Momtaz

“…Early reliable diagnosis of UTI helps to prevent misuse or overuse of antibiotics and hence prevent antibiotic resistance. The gold standard for UTI diagnosis is urine culture which is a time-consuming and also an error prone method. …”
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The effects of adding a six-month Pilates exercise program to three months of traditional community-based pulmonary rehabilitation in individuals with COPD: A prospective cohort st... by Marisela Barbosa, Cristina A. de Melo, Rui Torres

“… # Methods Thirty-five participants with COPD (GOLD B) were assigned to the intervention (n=14) or control (n=21) group. …”
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Deep learning-based malaria parasite detection: convolutional neural networks model for accurate species identification of Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax by Diego A. Ramos-Briceño, Alessandro Flammia-D’Aleo, Gerardo Fernández-López, Fhabián S. Carrión-Nessi, David A. Forero-Peña

“…While microscopy is still the gold standard in malaria diagnosis, it relies heavily on trained personnel. …”
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Transient Occlusion of Bilateral Internal Iliac Arteries Facilitates Bloodless Operative Field in Subcapsular Prostatectomy by Takumi Takeuchi, Masayoshi Zaitsu, Koji Mikami, Shunsuke Yui, Yuta Takeshima, Naohiko Okamoto, Sadao Imao

“…Transurethral resection of the prostate is the gold standard of surgical treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). …”
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Insight of microRNA role in Colorectal Cancer by Kwan-Liang Lye, Loh Teng-Hern Tan, Hui-Min Yap

“…As early detection of colorectal cancer frequently leads to good prognosis. The gold standard for prognosis depends on the stage of the tumor at the time of diagnosis. …”
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Kidney Injury Molecule 1 (KIM-1) as an Early Predictor for Acute Kidney Injury in Post-Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) in Open Heart Surgery Patients by Nora A. Khreba, Mostafa Abdelsalam, A. M. Wahab, Mohammed Sanad, Rania Elhelaly, Mohammed Adel, Ghada El-Kannishy

“…Although serum creatinine is still the gold standard for diagnosis of acute kidney injury searching for other new markers is mandatory. …”
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Precision of Fit of Titanium and Cast Implant Frameworks Using a New Matching Formula by Marianella Sierraalta, Jose L. Vivas, Michael E. Razzoog, Rui-Feng Wang

“…Five casts were sent to dental laboratories to invest, cast in a Palladium-Gold alloy and fit the framework. Ten casts had the resin pattern scanned for fabrication of milled bars in Titanium. …”
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