Christ's crucifixion as a medico-historical event by Francois P. Retief, Louise Cilliers

“…This is not an exceptionally short period of time, and there is no reason to postulate unusual causes for his death. He probably died from the classical progressive asphyxia syndrome and hypovolaemic shock typical of the crucifixion process, finally ending in cardiac arrest as result of a vaso-vagal reflex. …”
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Mild Clinical Presentation of Acute Fatty Liver in the Second Trimester of Pregnancy by Alaeddine Yassin, Walid Denguezli, Anissa Fessi, Leila Njim, Raja Falah, Abdelfattah Zakhama, Mohamed Sakouhi

“…We report a case of 29 years old woman who was diagnosed with acute fatty liver of pregnancy at 23 weeks of gestation with unusual evolution (pregnancy prolonged until 36 weeks of gestation) to draw attention on the possibility of occurrence of this pathology in the second trimester of pregnancy even with a milder clinical presentation and course.…”
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Artery of Percheron in the Differential Diagnosis of Acute Altered Mental Status by Maria Isabel Pérez Pañart, Beatriz Sierra Bergua

“…Although Percheron syndrome has been previously described in medical journals, our case is an unusual case in which we could perform an acute intravenous thrombolytic treatment. …”
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Revelation of ZnS Nanoparticles Induces Follicular Atresia and Apoptosis in the Ovarian Preovulatory Follicles in the Catfish Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822) by Nilanjana Chatterjee, Baibaswata Bhattacharjee

“…For relatively higher concentration of ZnS nanoparticles (500 μg/L), the previtellogenic process continued with increasing number of apoptotic cells; however the vitellogenic process was found to be totally blocked. This unusual reproductive behaviour in female M. tengara can be attributed to the decreased metabolism of the fishes under ZnS nanoparticle induced hypoxia.…”
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Scalar gauge dynamics and Dark Matter by Dario Buttazzo, Luca Di Luzio, Parsa Ghorbani, Christian Gross, Giacomo Landini, Alessandro Strumia, Daniele Teresi, Jin-Wei Wang

“…The renormalizable action often has accidental symmetries (such as global U(1) or unusual group parities) that lead to one or more stable states, providing Dark Matter candidates. …”
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Gigantic, Sixteen‐Pound Carcinoma Ex Pleomorphic Adenoma of the Neck by Andrew J. Rothka, Maria Ferraro, Richard Bavier, Mohamad Saltagi, Sanica Bhele, Neerav Goyal, Guy Slonimsky

“…This case documents an unusual presentation of a massive carcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma.…”
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Intrauterine Transfusion Complicated by Umbilical Artery Thrombosis by Roopali V. Donepudi, Kenneth J. Moise

“…The complication of umbilical artery thrombosis is unusual and the optimal management is unclear. We report such a case and propose that the presence of Hyrtl’s anastomosis near the placental cord insertion may explain the reassuring fetal status throughout the pregnancy.…”
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WESTERN BALKANS U. S. POLICY IN THE CONTEXT OF THE PRESIDENT TRUMP’S GRAND STRATEGY by Dragan Simić, Dragan Živojinović

“…Having in mind Belgrade–Pristina negotiations and Bosnia and Herzegovina’s future as well, the main thesis of this paper is that we may expect some kind of unusual approach from the United States to this region, different from the framework that was set up in the 1990s. …”
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Increased Porphyrins in Primary Liver Cancer Mainly Reflect a Parallel Liver Disease by Jerzy Kaczynski, Göran Hansson, Sven Wallerstedt

“…We conclude that symptomatic porphyries are unusual in PLC, whereas elevated urinary and/or faecal porphyrins are common, primarily reflecting a parallel liver disease and not the PLC.…”
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Insulator phases of Bose-Fermi mixtures induced by intraspecies next-neighbor interactions by Felipe Gómez-Lozada, Roberto Franco, Jereson Silva-Valencia

“…We also found the emergence of three unusual insulating states with charge density wave (CDW) structures in which the orders of the carriers are out of phase between each other. …”
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A visual-physiology multimodal system for detecting outlier behavior of participants in a reality TV show by Shinjin Kang, Donggyun Kim, Youngbin Kim

“…Using this information, the program production team and master of ceremonies can easily identify the participants with unusual behavior. We propose an insole-type hardware that measures the wearer’s skin conductivity, temperature, and motion. …”
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Primary retroperitoneal schwannoma. Case presentation by Annia Rivacoba Betancourt, Yusnier Varona Varona, Javier Cruz Batista

“…This is an extremely unusual entity. The article describes the case of a 47-years-old black-skinned patient with a history of health who attended a triage consultation, reporting that one month ago he had started having difficulty urinating, leading to acute urinary retention. …”
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Aggressive Angiomyxoma of the Bladder Neck Requiring Local Excision and Mitrofanoff Formation by M. Davari, B. W. Lamb, S. Chowdhury, C. Jameson, J. D. Kelly, T. Greenwell

“…This tumour can often present a diagnostic challenge and has a propensity for local recurrence after surgical excision. We present an unusual case of aggressive angiomyxoma arising from the bladder of a female patient which required local excision and Mitrofanoff formation.…”
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Alternative to General Anesthesia for a Stat Cesarean Delivery in a Patient with a Large Arteriovenous Malformation Involving the Cervicomedullary Junction in Active Labor by Christiano dos Santos e Santos, David A. Joyner, Cristiane A. Tuma Santos, Bernadette E. Grayson, Arthur Calimaran, Douglas R. Bacon

“…This report describes an unusual anesthetic management of a patient with a large AVM in active labor.…”
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Invasive Mucormycosis Induced Pneumopericardium: A Rare Cause of Pneumopericardium in an Immunocompromised Patient by Sana Khan, Muhammad Waqar Elahi, Waqas Ullah, Hafez Mohammad Ammar Abdullah, Ejaz Ahmad, Mayar Al Mohajer, Aneela Majeed

“…The purpose of this report is to highlight the unusual association of mucormycosis with pneumopericardium.…”
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Supernumerary breast. A case Presentation by Juan Miguel Guerra Cabrera, María Elena Antelo Gordillo

“…This case has been presented due to all these reasons and the unusual features of this case.…”
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Female genital tuberculosis presenting as a protruding anterior vaginal wall mass: a case report by Mequanint Melesse Bicha, Tewodros Zenabu Kebede, Ayalew Lingerih Arefeaynie, Eden Woldegerima Meressa

“…Female genital TB might be asymptomatic or manifest clinically in an unusual way, making an early diagnosis challenging. …”
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Mycosis Fungoides of the Oral Cavity: Fungating Tumor Successfully Treated with Electron Beam Radiation and Maintenance Bexarotene by Juri Bassuner, Roberto N. Miranda, Drew A. Emge, Beau A. DiCicco, Daniel J. Lewis, Madeleine Duvic

“…Oral involvement in mycosis fungoides is unusual and portends a poor prognosis. The clinical findings of three new cases are described along with a differential diagnosis and review of the literature. …”
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Primary Tracheal Schwannoma With Extension to the Thyroid Gland: Management by Srijana Thapa, Ranjan Sapkota, Srijana Khati, Aayush Adhikari

“…Tracheal neoplasms are unusual and tracheal schwannomas are very unique. …”
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Multiple Sclerosis Presenting with Facial Twitching (Myokymia and Hemifacial Spasms) by Risha Hertz, James Espinosa, Alan Lucerna, Doug Stranges

“…Here we present a case of MS diagnosed in a 33-year-old male with facial myokymia of left eyelid, which progressed to left hemifacial spasm. This is an unusual presentation for multiple sclerosis. An awareness of this presentation not only may lead to an earlier diagnosis in some patients but can be a sign of relapse in patients with established multiple sclerosis.…”
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