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Performance of the Tariff Method: validation of a simple additive algorithm for analysis of verbal autopsies

Population Health Metrics, 2011
Background Verbal autopsies provide valuable information for studying mortality patterns in populations that lack reliable vital registration data.
Murray Christopher JL, Flaxman Abraham D, James Spencer L   +2 more
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Intracranial pressure monitoring: Gold standard and recent innovations

World Journal of Clinical Cases, 2019
Intracranial pressure monitoring (ICP) is based on the doctrine proposed by Monroe and Kellie centuries ago. With the advancement of technology and science, various invasive and non-invasive modalities of monitoring ICP continue to be developed. An ideal
D. Nag, S. Sahu, A. Swain, Shashi Kant
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Development of a Lateral Flow Assay for the Detection of the Hepatitis C Virus Core Antigen

Pharmaceuticals
Background: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection remains a global health challenge, with millions of people affected annually. Current diagnostic methods, reliant on antibody screening and viral RNA detection, are complex, costly, and often inaccessible ...
Erick Joan Vidal-Alcántara, Sonia Hernández Antón, Paloma Rueda, María Belén Yélamos, Julián Gómez, Salvador Resino, Alba Fresco-Taboada, Isidoro Martínez   +7 more
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Doença do refluxo gastroesofágico em crianças: quão confiável é o padrão-ouro? Gastroesophageal reflux disease in children: how reliable is the gold standard?

Jornal de Pediatria, 2009
OBJETIVO: O monitoramento do pH esofágico é considerado o método mais confiável para diagnosticar o refluxo gastroesofágico. No entanto, a interpretação do mesmo estudo de pH pode diferir entre observadores.
E. van Os, J. De Schryver, R. H. J. Houwen, W. E. Tjon A. Ten   +3 more
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The Quest for Gold: Monetary Debates in Nineteenth-century Brazil

Brazilian 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
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Diagnostic test evaluation methodology: A systematic review of methods employed to evaluate diagnostic tests in the absence of gold standard – An update

PLoS ONE, 2019
Objective To systematically review methods developed and employed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of medical test when there is a missing or no gold standard.
Chinyereugo M Umemneku Chikere, K. Wilson, S. Graziadio, L. Vale, A. Allen   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Can fine needle aspiration cytology be used as a “Proxy Gold Standard” to Diagnose tuberculous mastitis?

Journal of Cytology, 2018
Objective: To assess the performance of fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) in the diagnosis of tuberculosis mastitis. Materials and Methods: Diagnostic test performance evaluation using two methods—as compared to an alloyed gold standard as well as ...
Meherbano M Kamal, Hemant R Kulkarni, Manjiri M Makde, Radha Munje   +3 more
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The role of high-resolution computerized tomography as a diagnostic tool in the evaluation and planning of management of patients with chronic otitis media

Muller Journal of Medical Sciences and Research, 2021
Context: Chronic otitis media (COM), a major cause of hearing impairment and its associated morbidity and mortality can be avoided with proper diagnosis and planned management.
Monali Mitra, Priti Ashok Thakare, Berton Craig Monteiro, Dnyanesh B Amle   +3 more
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B cell mechanobiology in health and disease: emerging techniques and insights into therapeutic responses

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
B cells sense external mechanical forces and convert them into biochemical signals through mechanotransduction. Understanding how malignant B cells respond to physical stimuli represents a groundbreaking area of research. This review examines the key mechano‐related molecules and pathways in B lymphocytes, highlights the most relevant techniques to ...
Marta Sampietro, Marco Cellani, Cristina Scielzo   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

“Gold Standards,” Plurality and Monocultures: The Need for Diversity in Psychotherapy

Frontiers in Psychiatry, 2018
For psychotherapy of mental disorders, presently several approaches are available, such as interpersonal, humanistic, systemic, psychodynamic or cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Pointing to the available evidence, proponents of CBT claim that CBT is the
Falk Leichsenring, Allan Abbass, Mark J. Hilsenroth, Patrick Luyten, Patrick Luyten, Thomas Munder, Sven Rabung, Christiane Steinert, Christiane Steinert   +8 more
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