Anticipated Reductions in Tax Rates and Earning Management of Listed Companies: Evidence from China by Mo Bai, Dandan Song, Helin Li

“…Our study shows that firms under the anticipation of tax reduction make use of earning management, including delaying sales, taking unusual income-decreasing discretionary accruals, and so on, which leads to lower income in higher tax rate period. …”
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Surprise Lymph Node Histology in a Patient with Ovarian Serous Carcinoma by Jayanthi Karunanithi, Inny Busmanis

“…PEComas have been described in patients with the tuberous sclerosis complex, but the current patient was not known to suffer from this condition. This case is also unusual, as although PEComas have been described as arising in the female genital tract, the associated phenomenon of endometriosis is exceedingly rare, and this is the first known reported case of lymph nodes harbouring a similar combination of pathologies.…”
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A Novel Mutation in the Adult-Onset Alexander’s Disease GFAP Gene by Dhillon B. Zaver, Nathan T. Douthit

“…This case illustrates the necessity of vigilance and persistence in the face of unusual patient presentations; occasionally, the sound of hoofbeats is zebras.…”
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The Reversely Zoned Castelo Branco Pluton at the New “Barrocal” City Park (Central Iberian Zone, Portugal) by Isabel Margarida Antunes, Carlos de Carvalho, Mohamed Abioui

“…The "Barrocal" Granite is part of a Late Carboniferous unusual reversely zone intrusion with a granodiorite core and different granites in the rim. …”
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A Rare Case of Nasopharyngeal Pleomorphic Adenoma by S. Berrettini, S. Fortunato, A. De Vito, L. Bruschini

“…The majority of these tumors are benign and about 70% are pleomorphic adenomas (PA). Nasopharynx is an unusual site for the PA tumor. Only six cases are presented in the literature from 1990 to 2011. …”
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À la croisée des idées de Francisco Ferrer et Célestin Freinet : l’expérience de l’école Elisée Reclus à Barcelone en 1935-1936 by Cécile Morzadec

“…It gives us an idea of the circulation of new education and anarchist education ideas in the 1930s, as well as an insight into the workings of an unusual school at the crossroads of the educational ideas of Francisco Ferrer (1859-1909) and Célestin Freinet (1896-1966). …”
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Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Atrial Septum in a Patient Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery by Thomas Strecker, Michael Weyand, Abbas Agaimy

“…The described case report illustrates an unusual example of LHAS in a patient undergoing a planned coronary artery bypass surgery. …”
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Unilateral Hemiparesis with Thoracic Epidural in an Adolescent by Rosalie F. Tassone, Christian Seefelder, Navil F. Sethna

“…We describe a case of a 16-year-old adolescent who developed repeated complete unilateral extensive epidural sensory and motor blockade with Horner’s syndrome after thoracic epidural catheter placement. This unusual presentation of complete hemibody neural blockade has not been reported in the pediatric population. …”
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Longstanding Eosinophilic Gastroenteritis of More Than 20 Years by Hugh J Freeman

“…In the future, treatment of EGE may involve monoclonal antibody agents that target the specific biological effects of the eosino-phil, apparently central to this unusual inflammatory process.…”
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Abnormal Event Detection via Multikernel Learning for Distributed Camera Networks by Tian Wang, Jie Chen, Paul Honeine, Hichem Snoussi

“…In this paper, an abnormal detection algorithm is proposed to identify unusual events captured by multiple cameras. The visual event is summarized and represented by the histogram of the optical flow orientation descriptor, and then a multikernel strategy that takes the multiview scenes into account is proposed to improve the detection accuracy. …”
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Mediastinal Hematoma and Tracheal Compression following Transradial Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Nathaniel R. Smilowitz, Muhamed Saric, Michael J. Attubato, James N. Slater

“…Vascular complications from transradial percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are rare. We report an unusual case of stridor after PCI due to brachiocephalic artery perforation, pseudoaneurysm formation, and development of a large mediastinal hematoma with tracheal compression. …”
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Kluyvera ascorbata: An Emerging Pathogen and Rare Cause of Urinary Tract Infection in Immunocompetent Patients at a Tertiary Care Center in North India by Apurva Rautela, Nikhil Raj, Vikramjeet Singh, Anupam Das, Jyotsna Agarwal

“…This case series highlights the role of K. ascorbata, and in general of Kluyvera species, as an unusual but potentially dangerous pathogen, the need for prompt identification to determine potential pathogenicity in the immunocompetent as well as in the immunocompromised host, and to assess the efficacy of antibiotics such as carbapenems and nitrofurantoin.…”
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Paraná Pine, Araucaria angustifolia: An Ancient-Looking Conifer for Modern Landscapes by Gary W. Knox

“… Paraná pine is a primitive-looking conifer valued for its unusual horizontal branching, interesting triangular-shaped needles, and neat, symmetrical form. …”
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Intraocular Lymphoma or Infection? Subretinal Aspirate Confirms the Diagnosis by A. Saad, S. O. Salceanu, K. Oswal, A. Aboushrkh, D. Hamada

“…Subretinal aspirate and retinal biopsy can help with diagnosis of unusual clinical panuveitis like presentation.…”
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A Huge Penile Fibroepithelial Polyp Treated with Partial Penectomy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Adel Alrabadi, Sohaib Alhamss, Yasmeen Z. Qwaider, Saddam Al Demour

“…Fibroepithelial polyps are benign tumors of mesodermal origin that usually arise on the surface of the skin and to a lesser extent in the urinary tract; however, their presence on the penis is extremely unusual. We report the case of a 73-year-old male with an extremely large broad-based penile fibroepithelial polyp (FEP) involving the penile shaft and glans penis associated with chronic condom catheter use and that was treated with partial penectomy. …”
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Invasive micropapillary carcinoma of the breast and bilateral ovarian mature cystic teratoma with benign Brenner tumor in a postmenopausal woman – An uncommon occurrence by Pavithra Ayyanar, Suvradeep Mitra, Mohammed Imaduddin, Dillip K. Muduly

“…IMPC of the breast along with bilateral ovarian MCT with benign Brenner tumor is an unusual clinical occurrence in a postmenopausal female and thus worthy of documentation. …”
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Bilateral Multiple Focal Choroidal Excavations in a Patient with Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) by Ping Huang, Tal Ben Ami, Weiye Li

“…Focal choroidal excavation (FCE) is an unusual configuration characterized by focal thinning and pitting of the choroid in the absence of staphyloma or scleral ectasia. …”
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A case report of a primary lymphoma of the tongue presenting as trigeminal neuralgia by Andrew J. Arifin, Selay Lam, S. Danielle MacNeil

“…Conclusion This case highlights an unusual presentation of a rare disease leading to a delay in diagnosis and the importance of a complete workup for trigeminal neuropathy.…”
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A Rare Case Report of Extensive Polyostotic Gorham's Disappearing Bone Disease Involving the Upper Extremity by Elke R. Ahlmann, Yanling Ma, Vonny Tunru-Dinh

“…Gorham's disease is a rare disorder involving the proliferation of endothelial channels resulting in resorption and disappearance of bone. An unusual case of polyostotic Gorham's disease affecting the scapula, humerus, radius, and ulna in a 39-year-old woman is described. …”
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Reception at very large distances of monochromatic Rayleigh wave of the 2018–2019 Mayotte crisis: attenuation factor of Ms magnitude by Talandier, Jacques

“…During the strong 2018 and 2019 submarine volcano-seismic events on the Fani Maoré volcano on the eastern flank of the island of Mayotte (Indian Ocean), numerous unusual long-period monochromatic Rayleigh wave trains (VLPs) were recorded. …”
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