Dual-modal radiomics ultrasound model to diagnose cervical lymph node metastases of differentiated thyroid carcinoma: a two-center study by Jiajia Tang, Yan Tian, Jiaojiao Ma, Xuehua Xi, Liangkai Wang, Zhe Sun, Xinyi Liu, Xuejiao Yu, Bo Zhang

“…Pathological results were set as gold standard. We extracted radiomic characteristics from grayscale ultrasound and CDFI images, then applied lasso (least absolute shrinkage and selection operator) regression analysis to analyze radiomics features and calculate the rad-score. …”
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Loading monocytes with magnetic nanoparticles enables their magnetic control without toxicity by Laura Mödl, Laura Mödl, Lucas R. Carnell, Rene Stein, Andrea Kerpes, Felix Pfister, Barbara Wirthl, Wolfgang A. Wall, Christoph Alexiou, Christina Janko

“…Finally, we compared and confirmed the experimentally generated magnetic enrichment data with computational simulations.Methods and resultsWhen THP-1 cells were incubated with citrate-coated SPIONs (SPIONCitrate) or citrate-stabilized gold-coated SPIONs (SPIONGold), cells ingested the particles, as determined via transmission electron microscopy and atomic emission spectroscopy. …”
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Cu66 nanoclusters from hierarchical square motifs: Synthesis, assembly, and catalysis by Xueli Sun, Yuchen Wang, Qingyuan Wu, Ying‐Zi Han, Xuekun Gong, Xiongkai Tang, Christine M. Aikens, Hui Shen, Nanfeng Zheng

“…While recent studies have provided valuable insights into the multiscale assembly patterns of gold or silver‐based nanoclusters, the success in achieving similar results for copper analogues has been notably limited. …”
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Clinical Burden and Healthcare Resource Use of Asthma in Children in the UK by Gouia I, Joulain F, Zhang Y, Morgan CL, Khan AH

“…We assessed the clinical and economic burden of asthma in children in the UK to better understand the impact of pediatric asthma.Methods: This was a retrospective, case-matched, longitudinal analysis using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink GOLD database and linked patient-level data (Hospital Episode Statistics and Office for National Statistics datasets) of selected patient (aged 6– 11 years) records in 2017. …”
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Validity of the Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity 2000-Glucocorticoid Index, its association with the Physician Global Assessment, and potential association with diseas... by Basma M. Medhat, Lobna A. Maged, Doaa A. Teleb, Sally S. Mohamed, Angie Y. Afifi, Dina M. T. Koptan, Walaa Abdelrahman, Dalia Dorgham, Eman Hany Elsebaie, Naglaa Afifi, Sahar A. Ahmed, Mervat E. Behairy, Hala Ramadan

“…The SLEDAI-2 K was the gold standard score for assessment the disease activity. …”
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Assessing recovery time of ecosystems in China: insights into flash drought impacts on gross primary productivity by M. Lu, M. Lu, H. Sun, H. Sun, H. Sun, Y. Yang, J. Xue, H. Ling, H. Zhang, W. Zhang

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Accuracy of the combined method (auscultation and pH measurement) and ultrasonography for confirmation of gastric tube placement: a study protocol for a prospective study by Fernanda Raphael Escobar Gimenes, Rosana Aparecida Pereira, Mayara Carvalho Godinho Rigobello, Jorge Elias Junior, Carlos Alberto Grespan Bonacim, Renata Cristina de Campos Pereira Silveira, Fernanda Caroline Bonardi, Roosevelt Santos Nunes

“…The combined method and the ultrasound will be the index tests and will be performed on all study participants for later comparison with an X-ray examination, considered the reference standard and the gold standard to distinguish between gastric and pulmonary placement. …”
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Preliminary study on the diagnostic value of urine cell glucose metabolism detection for male urothelial carcinoma by Yaoyao Wu, Angchao Ye, Zhenguo Bu, Shaoxing Zhu, He Wang, Yipeng Xu

“…This study assessed the potential of urine abnormal glycolytic metabolism detection versus urine cytology in diagnosing male urothelial carcinoma, using pathological results as the gold standard. Urine samples were collected from suspected urothelial carcinoma male patients at Zhejiang Cancer Hospital from September 2021 to February 2024. …”
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Development of a Novel Electrochemical Immunosensor for Rapid and Sensitive Detection of Sesame Allergens Ses i 4 and Ses i 5 by Huimei Li, Tian’ge Pan, Shudong He, Hanju Sun, Xiaodong Cao, Yongkang Ye

“…The voltammetric immunosensor was constructed using a composite of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), polyethyleneimine (PEI), and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), which was synthesized in a one-pot process and modified onto a glass carbon electrode to enhance the catalytic current of the oxygen reduction reaction. …”
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Homologous recombination deficiency test validation in patients with high-grade advanced ovarian cancer by Angelica Nogueira Rodrigues, Andreza Karine de Barros Almeida Souto, Diocésio Alves Pinto de Andrade, Larissa Müller Gomes, Sandra Satie Koide, Renata de Godoy e Silva, Bruno Batista de Souza, Juliana Doblas Massaro, Andréia Cristina de Melo, Andrea Morais Borges, Camila Giro, Carlos Augusto Vasconcelos de Andrade, Cesar Martins da Costa, Daniel Luiz Gimenes, Eduardo Caminha Bandeira de Mello, Fernanda Cesar de Oliveira, Frederico Müller de Toledo Lima, Gabriel Lima Lopes, Gustavo de Oliveira Bretas, Gustavo Guerra Jacob, Herika Lucia da Costa Silva, Juliana Ferrari Notaro, Lara Ladislau Alves, Marcos Veloso Moitinho, Mirian Cristina da Silva, Roberto Abramoff, Thais Amaral da Cunha Rauber, Rodrigo Dienstmann, Fernanda Christtanini Koyama

“…We assessed the performance of the in-house test (GS Focus HRD) using Cohen’s kappa statistic to measure agreement with the gold standard assay (MyChoice® HRD Plus CDx) in HRD status classification, along with other accuracy metrics.ResultsIn total, 41 samples were analyzed (20 HRD-positive, 19 HRD-negative, and 2 inconclusive results with the MyChoice® HRD Plus CDx assay). …”
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Subcutaneous Fat Obesity in a High Body Mass Index Donor Is Not a Contraindication to Living Donor Hepatectomy by Hirak Pahari, Amey Sonavane, Amruth Raj, Anup Kumar Agrawal, Ambreen Sawant, Deepak Kumar Gupta, Amit Gharat, Vikram Raut

“…Intraoperative visualization in these donors remains the gold standard to decide the need for biopsy. Living donor hepatectomy may be safely performed in a select group of high BMI patients (>35 kg/m2) with pure subcutaneous fat obesity in the absence of other suitable living donors.…”
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The diagnostic value of cytology in the mammary intraductal lesions of patients with pathological nipple discharge by Yifei Zeng, Jifeng Li, Dongxiao Zhang, Na Fu, Yu Zhou, Yubo Guo, Min Liu, Hongkai Zhang, Jianchun Cui

“…With postoperative pathological diagnosis as the gold standard, we compared the clinical diagnostic efficacy of the two cytology techniques applied independently and combined with FDS to evaluate their diagnostic value in intraductal lesions. …”
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Esophageal oxyhemoglobin saturation as a resuscitative metric in hemorrhagic shock by Julia Garcia Mancebo, Kristen Sack, Padraic Romfh, Yifeng Peng, John Kheir

“…Background Mixed venous saturation (SvO2) is considered the gold standard to assess the adequacy of tissue oxygen delivery (DO2) in shock states. …”
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Comparison of Clinico-radiologic Outcome of Direct Palatal Vault Plating as against CAD/ CAM-assisted Patient-specific Palatal Splint in Patients with Palatal Fractures of Maxilla:... by Rozina Vishnani, Nitin Bhola

“…On the other hand, the open method is considered the gold standard but is a complex technique with drawbacks like wound dehiscence and implant exposure. …”
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State-of-the-art cataract surgery. Nuances and solutions by A.E. Egorov, A.B. Movsisyan, N.G. Glazko

“…Phacoemulsification, or phaco, is the current gold standard for modern cataract surgery. However, cataract surgery is quite often complicated by a number of challenges, i.e., zonular weakness, dense nucleus, corneal endothelial dysfunction, small pupil, aniridia etc. …”
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Comparison of Illumina and Oxford Nanopore sequencing data quality for Clostridioides difficile genome analysis and their application for epidemiological surveillance by Semeh Bejaoui, Sofie Holtsmark Nielsen, Astrid Rasmussen, John Eugenio Coia, Dorte Terp Andersen, Tobias Bruun Pedersen, Martin Vad Møller, Marc Trunjer Kusk Nielsen, Dorte Frees, Søren Persson

“…While Illumina short-read sequencing has been adopted as the gold standard to investigate C. difficile virulence and transmission routes, little is known about the potential of Nanopore long-read sequencing in this field. …”
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Evaluation of a PCR-based lateral flow device for detecting Aspergillus and Candida species from clinical specimens by Ariff Khalid, Jacinta Santhanam, Mohd Nizam Tzar, Ang-Lim Chua, Sharifah Fadilah Abdul Wahid, Wan Rahiza Wan Mat, Raha Abd Rahman, Petrick Periyasamy

“…The LFA dipstick, in a modified sandwich format, utilises immobilised antibodies complementary to the fluorophore labels on the PCR products, and gold nanoparticles to form a visible red line that indicates the presence of the targeted fungus. …”
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Risk factors for renal insufficiency and survival implications after radical nephrectomy and thrombectomy in renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus: a systematic review by Zhigao Huang, Zhuo Liu, Lin Zhuo, Xin Ma, Zhenbin Jiang, Kewei Chen, Jiyuan Chen, Yuxuan Li, Guoliang Wang, Xiaojun Tian, Hongxian Zhang, Lei Liu, Lulin Ma, Kai Hong, Shudong Zhang

“…Radical nephrectomy (RN) with thrombectomy seems to be its gold standard operation, which might cause reduction of renal function. …”
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Elastosonographic Evaluation of Endometrium in Postmenopausal Bleeding by İsmail Burak Gültekin, Orhan Altınboğa, Serap Gültekin, Elif Akkaş Yılmaz, Gökşen İnanç İmamoğlu, Afra Alkan, Tuncay Küçüközkan

“…CONCLUSION: Tissue biopsy for histopathologic evaluation is still the gold standart in cases with postmenopausal bleeding. …”
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Potentialities and critical issues of liquid biopsy in clinical practice: An umbrella review by Nicola Veronese, Claudio Luchini, Stefano Ciriminna, Katia Spinelli, Santo Fruscione, Paola Mattiolo, Miriam Belluzzo, Veronica Messina, Lee Smith, Mario Barbagallo, Walter Mazzucco

“…Methods: We searched three repositories from database inception up to October 1, 2023 and we included meta-analyses of observational studies reporting data on the use of LB, compared to gold standard, and its accuracy (area under the curve, AUC). …”
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