« L’épopée » des clandestins by Zied Hadfi

“…Varied and moving stories which emphasize the individuality of the narrator in a very unusual way. Each individual speaks as an affirmed « I » and tells a very powerful and dramatic crucial moment in « his » history. …”
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Perivascular Epithelioid Cell Tumor of the Ileum Presenting as Diverticulitis by Saime Unluoglu, Umit Bayol, Nilay Korkmaz, Bekir Ozenen, Fuat Ipekci, Emel Ebru Pala

“…We report the case of ileal PEComa to remind the unusual presentation (diverticulitis) of these tumors, besides rarity and diagnostic difficulties.…”
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Hypoglossal Schwannoma Masquerading as a Carotid Body Tumor by Matthew K. Lee, Douglas R. Sidell, Abie H. Mendelsohn, Keith E. Blackwell

“…Methods. We report an unusual case of a hypoglossal schwannoma presenting as a pulsatile level II neck mass at the bifurcation of the external and internal carotid arteries, mimicking a carotid body tumor. …”
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Low-grade mucinous neoplasm originating from intestinal duplication: a case report and review of the literature by Huihui Yin, Jie Yu, Yunzhao Chen

“…Conclusions While low-grade mucinous tumors predominantly originate from the appendix, this case illustrates an unusual occurrence of such neoplasms arising from intestinal duplication. …”
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Penetrating cardiac injury resulting in a bullet embolus: a case report by Sammy Shihadeh, Anwar Khan, Kristen Walker, Ali Al-Rawi, Alfredo Cordova

“…This is because the trajectory of the low-velocity bullet can be significantly slowed as it passes through tissue. An unusual form of travel can occur in which the bullet enters the vasculature but does not have enough kinetic energy to create a through-and-through wound, leading it to remain inside the vasculature. …”
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Fungal Bezoar: A Rare Cause of Ureteral Obstruction by Nabil Zeineddine, Wissam Mansour, Sandy El Bitar, Marco Campitelli, Neville Mobarakai

“…Fungal pyelonephritis is unusual and difficult to treat. Candida species is responsible for the clear majority of the cases. …”
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Pathological Laughter as a Symptom of Midbrain Infarction by Ron Dabby, Nathan Watemberg, Yair Lampl, Anda Eilam, Abraham Rapaport, Menachem Sadeh

“…Midbrain involvement causing pathological laughter is extremely unusual. We describe three patients who developed pathological laughter after midbrain and pontine-midbrain infarction. …”
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Lipomatous/Extensively Vacuolated Ependymoma with Signet-Ring Cell-Like Appearance: Analysis of a Case with Extensive Literature Review by Miguel Fdo. Salazar, Martha Lilia Tena-Suck, Alma Ortiz-Plata, Citlaltepetl Salinas-Lara, Daniel Rembao-Bojórquez

“…A schism prevails at present regarding these unusual morphological variants, being either “lipomatous” or “vacuolated” based mainly on the EMA immunoprofile. …”
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Bioabsorbable Suture Anchor Migration to the Acromioclavicular Joint: How Far Can These Implants Go? by Giovanna Medina, Guilherme Garofo, Caio O. D’Elia, Alexandre C. Bitar, Wagner Castropil, Breno Schor

“…What motivated this case report was the unusual location of the anchor, found in the acromioclavicular joint which, to our knowledge, has never been reported so far. …”
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Recurrent Multivalvular Staphylococcus Lugdunensis Endocarditis Causing Complete Heart Block after TAVR by Preeti Singhal, Somsupha Kanjanauthai, Wilson Kwan

“…Staphylococcus lugdunensis is an unusual but virulent organism that may damage both native and prosthetic valves. …”
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The Loss of Starlink Satellites in February 2022: How Moderate Geomagnetic Storms Can Adversely Affect Assets in Low‐Earth Orbit by Yoshita Baruah, Souvik Roy, Suvadip Sinha, Erika Palmerio, Sanchita Pal, Denny M. Oliveira, Dibyendu Nandy

“…However, on performing comparative satellite orbital decay analyses, we find that space weather alone was not responsible but conspired together with a low‐altitude insertion and low satellite mass‐to‐area ratio to precipitate this unusual loss. Our work bridges space weather causality across the Sun–Earth system—with relevance for space‐based human technologies.…”
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Assessment of oral health status among occupational chefs and pantry workers in Hyderabad city by Velthuru Srujan Kumar, Siva Kumar Patanapu, Chilukuri Sai Sreeja, Shiva Prasad Kyasanoor, Nagarani Veeraboina, Nitya Krishna Nanamadri

“…These workers have some unusual work timings and have a lot of stress and anxiety, and they also consume tobacco, alcohol, and smoke the cigarettes, which has a greater impact on oral health. …”
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Grid-Based Anomaly Detection of Freight Vehicle Trajectory considering Local Temporal Window by Zixian Zhang, Geqi Qi, Avishai (Avi) Ceder, Wei Guan, Rongge Guo, Zhenlin Wei

“…With continuous improvements in motion-based technology, the trajectories of freight vehicles are readily available, whose unusual changes may indicate hidden urban risks. Moreover, the increasing high spatial and temporal resolution of trajectories provides the opportunity for the real-time recognition of the abnormal or risky vehicle motion. …”
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Multistability Analysis and Function Projective Synchronization in Relay Coupled Oscillators by Ahmad Taher Azar, Ngo Mouelas Adele, Kammogne Soup Tewa Alain, Romanic Kengne, Fotsin Hilaire Bertrand

“…The parameters window in which the jerk system exhibits the unusual and striking feature of multiple attractors (e.g., coexistence of six disconnected periodic chaotic attractors and three-point attraction) is investigated. …”
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Misdiagnosis of Psychosis and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in a Young Patient with Autism Spectrum Disorder by Jiangbo Ying, Melvyn Weibin Zhang, Sreedharan Geetha Sajith, Giles Ming-Yee Tan, Ker-Chiah Wei

“…Cognitive rigidity in ASD may be similar to delusions in psychosis. Unusual behaviors in ASD can be confused with disorganized behaviors in psychosis. …”
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Repeated CMV Infection in a Heart Transplantation Patient by Josep Melero-Ferrer, Ignacio J. Sanchez-Lazaro, Amparo Navea-Tejerina, Luis Almenar-Bonet, Marino Blanes-Julia, Luis Martinez-Dolz, Antonio Salvador-Sanz

“…Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the most common viral infection during the first year after HTx, but it is more unusual after this time. We present the case of a patient who underwent an HTx due to a severe ischemic heart disease. …”
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Convolutional Neural Decoder for Surface Codes by Hyunwoo Jung, Inayat Ali, Jeongseok Ha

“…In addition, the locality to the qubits provides unusual tolerance to local errors. Recently, various decoding algorithms based on machine learning have been proposed to improve the decoding performance and latency of QEC codes. …”
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A study on blocking store-operated Ca2+ entry in pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells with xyloketals from marine fungi by Zhou Jie-Bin, Sun Ying-Ying, Zheng Ying-Lin, Yu Chu-Qin, Lin Hua-Qing, Pang Ji-Yan

“…The results showed that xyloketal A (1), an unusual ketal with C-3 symmetry, exhibited strong SOCE blocking activity. …”
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A Case of Trichinellosis in a 14-Year-Old Male Child at Hawassa University Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Hawassa, Sidama, Ethiopia by Abebe Melese, Musa Mohammed, Worku Ketema, Alemayehu Toma

“…High-grade fever and other systemic symptoms are not unusual. The hallmarks are ophthalmic and musculoskeletal manifestations, particularly conjunctival haemorrhage with periorbital edema and subungual splinter haemorrhage. …”
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Using Odd-Alkanes as a Carbon Source to Increase the Content of Nutritionally Important Fatty Acids in Candida krusei, Trichosporon cutaneum, and Yarrowia lipolytica by Olga Matatkova, Lucia Gharwalova, Michal Zimola, Tomas Rezanka, Jan Masak, Irena Kolouchova

“…We investigated the possibility of utilizing unusual carbon sources by three yeast strains: Candida krusei DBM 2136, Trichosporon cutaneum CCY 30-5-10, and Yarrowia lipolytica CCY 30-26-36. …”
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