Does environmental, social, and governance performance mitigate earnings management practices? Evidence from US commercial banks.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance has attracted debates of regulatory bodies and the academic community. Previous studies highlighted the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure index and earnings management (EM) for non-financial firms. In this paper, we examine the relationship between the ESG performance and EM practices for a sample of US commercial banks over the period 2010-2019.

Determination of urinary trans, trans-muconic acid reference values in general Tunisian population.

We wish to determine the urinary trans,trans-muconic acid reference values in the Tunisian general population, and evaluate the impact of several factors (age, gender, tobacco...

[Pulmonary myofibroblastoma: the role of primary surgery].

Introduction: Myofibroblastic tumours or pulmonary pseudotumours are rare and, though benign, they may become invasive and recur after excision.

Case Report: We report the case of a child aged 14, presenting with mild haemoptysis, who had a solitary nodule at the base of the left lung. CT scanning suggested a hypervascular tumour.

[Mediastinal localisation of a thoracic duct lymphocele--account of a surgical case].

Introduction: Lymphocele of the thoracic duct is a rare pathological entity occurring as a consequence of deterioration and cystic dilation wall of this vessel. It may be of congenital or degenerative origin.

Observation: We report the case of a 47 year old patient, operated on for a symptomatic cyst localised by CT scan to the inferoposterior mediastinum.

[Costo-vertebral collection complicating multifocal echinococcosis: surgical drainage via an anterior approach].

Introduction: Costo-vertebral echinoccoccus is a rare and serious condition which often presents with neurological complications requiring urgent surgical intervention.

Case Report: We report the case of a seven year old girl admitted with a clinical picture suggesting medullary compression secondary to multifocal Hydatid disease. As well as a costo-vertebral cyst with extension into the spinal canal, lesions were also seen in the lower lobe of her right lung and throughout the liver, confirmed by CT scan and by magnetic resonance imaging.

The effects of drainage with a Redon versus a conventional drain on postoperative pain and blood loss after valve replacements.

Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the influence of drainage with a Redon drain versus a conventional drain on postoperative pain and blood loss after valve replacements.

Methods: After approval by the local Ethics Committee and written informed consent, 30 patients, 20-60 years of age, scheduled for first elective valve replacement were included. After standardized anaesthetic regimens, cardiopulmonary bypass and coagulation therapy procedures and at the end of the operation, the patients were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups: (GI, n=15): drainage with 4 Redon drains; (GII, n=15): drainage with 2 conventional drains.

[Cardiac multifocal hydatid cyst].

Hydatid cysts in the heart are rare, with an unpredictable outcome and numerous complications, requiring rapid surgical management. We report the case of a 19 year old female patient, who underwent surgery with extra corporeal circulation for a hydatid cyst of the interventricular septum of the heart, complicated by secondary pulmonary echinococcus infection, confirmed on CT and MRI. Resection of the cyst was performed via a right auriculotomy.

Reoperation for false aneurysm of the ascending aorta after its prosthetic replacement: surgical strategy.

Background: This study analyzes surgical approaches of 29 operations carried out for false aneurysms of the ascending aorta after prosthetic replacement (FAA) from January 1979 to April 2003, in 28 patients.

Methods: Initial operations consisted of a composite valve graft with reimplantation of coronary arteries (n = 14) or a supracoronary tube (n = 14) with 7 aortic valve replacements. Initial pathology included acute aortic dissection (n = 20), aortic annuloectasia (n = 6), and aortic valvulopathies with concomitant aneurysm of the ascending aorta (n = 2).

[Valvular tumor: diagnostic trap. Report of a case of marastic endocarditis].

Marastic endocarditis is a rare clinical condition described in cases of cancer or other severe inflammatory diseases. The authors report the case of a young patient in good general condition, admitted after a cerebro-vascular accident. Investigations showed an isolated mitral valvular mass on transoesophageal echocardiography which, after unsuccessful medical therapy, was operated.

[Partial tricuspid homograft: a new technique for tricuspid valve repair. Report of a case].

The authors report the case of a drug abuser treated successfully for fungal tricuspid endocarditis complicated by massive pulmonary embolism. Partial valvular replacement with a segment of a tricuspid homograft associated with disobliteration of a pulmonary artery was performed. Peroperative transoesophageal echocardiography showed satisfactory tricuspid valve function.

Expression of rab11a N124I in gastric parietal cells inhibits stimulatory recruitment of the H+-K+-ATPase.

Stimulation of the gastric parietal cell results in a massive redistribution of H+-K+-ATPase from cytoplasmic tubulovesicles to the apical plasma membrane. Previous studies have implicated the small GTPase rab11 in this process. Using matrix-assisted laser desorption mass spectrometry, we confirmed that rab11 is associated with H+-K+-ATPase-enriched gastric microsomes.

[Transposition of the external jugular vein onto the subclavian vein in the treatment of symptomatic stenosis of the right subclavian vein].

Subclavian vein stenosis is a classical complication of longterm venous catheterization in hemodialysis. We report the case of a 74 years-old woman, operated for multiple arteriovenous fistulae, admitted to hospital with upper-limb oedema. Venous angiography demonstrated subclavian stenosis.