Did the Classical Gold Standard Lead to Greater Price Level Convergence? A New Approach

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Miles
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Price Level ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Standard Lead

scholarly journals Evaluation and Validation of a Semiautomatic Image Analysis Method: Quantification of Nares Cell Proliferation of Rhinella arenarum (Anura) Detected with the Avidin-Biotin Complex/Peroxidase, DAB

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Javier Eduardo Diaz Zamboni ◽  
Daniela Osella ◽  
Enrique Valentín Paravani ◽  
Víctor Hugo Casco
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Visual Analysis ◽  
Methodological Approach ◽  
Image Features ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Image Characteristics ◽  
Microscopy Image ◽  
Computer Based ◽  
Current Report

The current report presents the development and application of a novel methodological approach for computer-based methods of processing and analysis of proliferative tissues labeled by ABC-peroxidase method using 3, 3′-diaminobenzidine (DAB) as chromogen. This semiautomatic method is proposed to replace the classical manual approach, widely accepted as gold standard. Our method is based on a visual analysis of the microscopy image features from which a computational model is built to generate synthetic images which are used to evaluate and validate the methods of image processing and analysis. The evaluation allows knowing whether the computational methods applied are affected by the change of the image characteristics. Validation allows determining the method’s reliability and analyzing the concordance between the proposed method and a gold standard one. Additional strongness of this new approach is that it may be a framework adaptable to other studies made on any kind of microscopy.

scholarly journals Development of a Gold-standard Pashto Dataset and a Segmentation App

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yan Han ◽  
Marek Rychlik
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Text Line ◽  
Writing System ◽  
Digital Repository ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Segmentation Methods ◽  
Segmentation Approach ◽  
Machine Learning Applications ◽  
Unique Approach ◽  
Selection Of

The article aims to introduce a gold-standard Pashto dataset and a segmentation app. The Pashto dataset consists of 300 line images and corresponding Pashto text from three selected books. A line image is simply an image consisting of one text line from a scanned page. To our knowledge, this is one of the first open access datasets which directly maps line images to their corresponding text in the Pashto language. We also introduce the development of a segmentation app using textbox expanding algorithms, a different approach to OCR segmentation. The authors discuss the steps to build a Pashto dataset and develop our unique approach to segmentation. The article starts with the nature of the Pashto alphabet and its unique diacritics which require special considerations for segmentation. Needs for datasets and a few available Pashto datasets are reviewed. Criteria of selection of data sources are discussed and three books were selected by our language specialist from the Afghan Digital Repository. The authors review previous segmentation methods and introduce a new approach to segmentation for Pashto content. The segmentation app and results are discussed to show readers how to adjust variables for different books. Our unique segmentation approach uses an expanding textbox method which performs very well given the nature of the Pashto scripts. The app can also be used for Persian and other languages using the Arabic writing system. The dataset can be used for OCR training, OCR testing, and machine learning applications related to content in Pashto.

Rigorous New Approach to Constructing a Gold Standard for Validating New Diagnostic Criteria, as Exemplified by the Eosinophilia-Myalgia Syndrome

2001 ◽  
Vol 161 (19) ◽  
pp. 2301 ◽  
Author(s):  
Phillip A. Hertzman ◽  
Daniel J. Clauw ◽  
Joseph Duffy ◽  
Thomas A. Medsger, Jr ◽  
Alvan R. Feinstein
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Eosinophilia Myalgia Syndrome

Money and the Price Level Under the Gold Standard

1979 ◽  
Vol 89 (353) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Barro
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Price Level

A new approach to vein and arteriovenous fistula dilation

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 79-84
Author(s):  
Sanjay C Desai ◽  
Nicholas Inston ◽  
Alexandros Mallios
Keyword(s):  
Cost Analysis ◽  
Arteriovenous Fistula ◽  
Gold Standard ◽  
Intermittent Pneumatic Compression ◽  
Early Research ◽  
Dialysis Patients ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Arteriovenous Fistulas ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Wearable Medical

Dr Sanjai Desai, Dr Nicholas Inston, and Dr Alexandros Mallios provide an update on a new method to enhance vascular access outcomes for dialysis patients. While arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) are the ‘gold standard’ for haemodialysis access, the path to a functional AVF is steep, and far too many fail before they can be used for dialysis. Fist Assist, a lightweight, wearable medical device, provides gentle, intermittent pneumatic compression that can safely and effectively help veins to enlarge before, and after, AVF surgery. This article covers the risks of AVF failure, early research with Fist Assist on dilation, a concise cost analysis, and the potential for such a device to improve outcomes for both percutaneous and standard AVFs. Fist Assist is expected to launch in Europe in March 2020.

scholarly journals Stability of gold standard and its selected consequences: A reply to prof. Howden

2021 ◽  
pp. 217-226
Author(s):  
Michal Kvasnicka
Keyword(s):  
Gold Standard ◽  
Price Level ◽  
Small Country ◽  
Present World ◽  
Made In

Since I am naturally biased in favor of the gold standard, I was glad when I found that Prof. Howden (2008) exerted effort to uproot the thesis presented in my paper «Stability of Gold ˆ Standard and Its Selected Consequences» (Kvasnicka, 2007) that the price level could be very unstable under the gold standard if the overall monetary stock of gold is relatively small, and one of its consequences, that this instability makes an independent restitution of the gold standard in a small country unlikely. No one would be happier than me if he succeeded. However, I will claim here that his critique failed. To show why, I will first summarize major points of my former paper and then comment on Prof. Howden’s critique. Since Prof. Howden concentrates only on the feasibility of the restitution of the gold standard in the present world, I will not defend all the propositions made in my former paper, but will confine myself to the question whether a small country adopting the gold standard independently in the present world would or would not suffer from the price level instability and trade cycles caused by such a gold standard.

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