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.