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The gold standard: not a golden standard [PDF]

open access: yesBMJ, 2005
Studies that evaluate a new diagnostic test, procedure, or method should do so by comparing it with a time honoured alternative that is considered to be the current standard in the field. In this context the meaning of the word standard is “authoritative or recognised exemplar of quality or correctness.” “Gold standard” is the popular term to describe ...
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Randomised controlled trials – the gold standard for effectiveness research

open access: yesBJOG: an International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2018
Learning points Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are the reference standard for studying causal relationships between interventions and outcomes as randomisation eliminates much of the bias inherent with other study designs.
E. Hariton, J. Locascio
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The maximal metabolic steady state: redefining the ‘gold standard’

open access: yesPhysiological Reports, 2019
The maximal lactate steady state (MLSS) and the critical power (CP) are two widely used indices of the highest oxidative metabolic rate that can be sustained during continuous exercise and are often considered to be synonymous.
A. Jones   +4 more
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NMR as a “Gold Standard” Method in Drug Design and Discovery

open access: yesMolecules, 2020
Studying disease models at the molecular level is vital for drug development in order to improve treatment and prevent a wide range of human pathologies.
A. Emwas   +9 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Effectiveness is the gold standard of clinical research [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Psychological treatments have been shown to be at least as effective (and sometime even more effective) than psychotropic medications for many psychiatric disorders, in particular anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, and personality disorders ...
Formica, Ivan   +4 more
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Genome-based Salmonella serotyping as the new gold standard

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2020
Salmonella enterica is the second most reported bacterial cause of food-borne infections in Europe. Therefore molecular surveillance activities based on pathogen subtyping are an important measure of controlling Salmonellosis by public health agencies ...
Sangeeta Banerji   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The Quest for Gold: Monetary Debates in Nineteenth-century Brazil

open access: yesBrazilian Journal of Political Economy, 2021
The paper examines some aspects of the monetary controversies which took place in several countries during the nineteenth century. In Brazil advocates of the gold standard and monetary restraint, known as metalistas, prevailed over papelistas, whose ...
ANDRÉ VILLELA
doaj   +1 more source

GOLD standard dataset for Alzheimer genes

open access: yesData in Brief, 2020
Alzheimer disease is a genetically complex multigenic neurodegenerative disorder, resulting from the interaction between multiple genes. Most of the earlier studies reported only few specific genes that have involvement in Alzheimer.
Sushrutha Raj   +2 more
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Preliminary validation of the Klenico diagnostic software self-report module through comparison with the diagnostic gold standard in an outpatient routine clinical sample

open access: yesHealth Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 2023
Background Inaccuracy in current diagnostic procedures for mental disorders can lead to misdiagnosis and increase the burden on the healthcare system.
Stefan Reutimann   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gold standard must be solid gold

open access: yesIntensive Care Medicine, 2013
Contains fulltext : 119288.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
de Boode, W. P.   +4 more
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