As a result, we used STD as our gold standard method against which RDN was compared [6, 7, 13, 27].
In this study, this is used as the reference method, against which other EE estimates are compared.
The heuristic method against which the comparison took place was subjected by its proposers to a systematic evaluation in comparison with alternative heuristics, and shown to perform well [2, 3].
Thus, the suitability of the ECH25ECe method is drawn from its similarity to 1) the superior ECed method, which corrects for salinity underestimation due to ion pair formation, and 2) the ECe method, which is the standard method against which other salinity estimates are traditionally compared.
One possibility is that the change occurred because of the gradual evolution of the ancient shell-first mortise and tenon hull construction method, against which rams had been designed, into the skeleton-first method, which produced a stronger and more flexible hull, less susceptible to ram attacks.
Culture remains the diagnostic gold standard for many bacterial infections, and the method against which other tests are often evaluated.
MEMS was used as the reference method against which two subjective and two objective adherence assessments were compared.
Our method yields better results than the kinase-specific method proposed by Torkamani and co-workers, the only method against which a direct comparison can be made.
The target reference values from the linearity sequence of the EQA program served as the reference method against which routine methods to measure SCr from participating laboratories were compared, by means of relative and absolute bias.
