We study the problem of measuring the uncertainty of CGE (or RBC)-type model simulations associated with parameter uncertainty. We describe two approaches for building confidence sets on model endogenous variables. The first one uses a standard Wald-type statistic. The second approach assumes that a confidence set (sampling or Bayesian) is available for the free parameters, from which confidenc...

According to recent theorizing in social psychology, social behavior is controlled not only by reflective, but also by impulsive systems. The latter is based on associative links that may influence behavior without intent. The current study examined how prejudiced implicit associations affect physiological and automatic behavioral responses. Our native Dutch participants were immersed in a virt...

Although lower-resource countries have by far the highest burden of tuberculosis, knowledge of Mycobacterium tuberculosis population structure and genetic diversity in these regions remains almost nonexistent. In this paper, 150 Moroccan M. tuberculosis isolates circulating in Casablanca were genotyped by random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis using 10 different primers and by mycobacterial ...

BACKGROUND The aim was to use the existing surveillance data sources of cancer in Morocco that could be used to better describe cancer mortality and incidence trends in Morocco. METHODS National incidence data were derived from population-based cancer registries. Mortality data were collected from the international GLOBOCAN database. RESULTS An overview of the main results was presented. In...

Previous studies have demonstrated some significant differences in HLA allele frequencies in leukemic patients and normal subjects. In Moroccan leukemic patients, the frequency of HLA alleles has not already been determined. We have analyzed HLA class I and class II alleles and haplotypes in 62 Moroccan leukemic patients and 98 unrelated normal subjects using PCR-SSO method. Significant positiv...

when Couper of Glasgow observed the first cases among five manganese ore crushers. He described a series of nervous phenomena: muscular weakness, paraplegia, tremor of the extremities, a tendency to lean forward while walking, whispering speech, and salivation. Since then a number of writers have made further observations and recognized manganese as a poison affecting the central nervous system...

Morocco is a water-scarce developing country with growing marketable agro-food industry, where untreated or insufficiently treated wastewater represents less than 1% of the irrigation water and reuse virtually nil. The Government planning to increase volume for agriculture under current permissive regulation alleviate pressure on conventional sources. However, implies environmental human health...

Moroccan goats are characterized by the presence of different populations identified only based on their phenotypes. The objectives of this study were to assess the genetic differentiation of the Draa goat breed and to analyze its genetic structure and its relationships with other local populations using 12 microsatellite markers. The screening was done in South Eastern and Southern Morocco on ...

Background: This longitudinal study compares the relationship between internalizing and externalizing problems in Moroccan immigrant and native Dutch adolescents over a period of four years. Method: By using generalized estimating equations (GEE) the strength and stability of associations between internalizing and externalizing problems in 159 Moroccan and 159 Dutch adolescents was studied. Res...