At meetings in Bonn and Marrakech in 2001, the Conference of the Parties to the Framework Convention on Climate Change broke through an impasse on the detailed provisions needed to allow the Kyoto Protocol to enter into force. Key ingredients in the breakthrough included US withdrawal from the process, an effective relaxation of emissions targets for Japan, Canada, and Russia, and provision of ...

RACHID AZZALLOU1, YASSINE RIADI1, RACHID MAMOUNI2, MOHAMMADINE EL HADDAD1, MARIE-CLAUDE VIAUD-MASSUAD3, GÉRALD GUILLAUMET4, SAID LAZAR1* 1 Université Hassan II-Mohammedia, Laboratoire de Biochimie, Environnement & Agroalimentaire URAC 36, Morocco. 2 Université Ibn Zohr Agadir, Laboratoire de chimie Organique, Equipe de chimie Bio-Organique Appliquée, Morocco. 3 Génétique Immunothérapie Chimie e...

Background. Date palm's pollen has been identified as a source of allergy; the rate of sensitization of this pollen is between 6 and 29%. Objective. To determine the prevalence of sensitization to date palm in Marrakesh and to identify the clinical profile. Patients and Methods. This study is based on a questionnaire and the prick test on 7 allergens, in population aged 5 years and above with c...

The slums are now a reality to be recognised. They were undoubtedly the prior nightmare of inhabitants in the world. Marrakech region experienced strong population growth. There is also a major investment in the tourism sector in the city and its outskirts. Unable to access any property, for lack of means, the newcomers live in these slums, and build shelters. What makes things more difficult? ...

The main purpose of this paper is to study the future prospects of online banking in Morocco, based on the technology acceptance model, by examining the intention of the Moroccan customers to adopt online banking and the factors that influence it. The questionnaire used in this study was distributed to 300 Moroccan banks’ customers, and the data gathered were then analysed using structural equa...

In the past decade in Morocco, there has been a reactivation of zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis (ZCL) foci with an unusual long outbreak episode. The aims of this review article were to update our knowledge of this disease in Morocco, to compare the situation with that prevailing in the other countries of the Maghreb region and to highlight factors that could be responsible for the current sit...

BACKGROUND The epidemiology of cystic fibrosis (CF) is poorly known in North African populations, in particular in Morocco and the CF carrier frequency in the general Moroccan population has never been evaluated. METHODS To estimate the prevalence of CF mutations in Morocco, blood samples from 150 healthy Moroccans were tested for frequent CFTR mutations and the intron 8 polyT variant. RESU...

To better understand the nickel-iron electrodeposition process, we have developed one-dimensional numerical model. This model addresses dissociation, diffusion, electromigration, convection and deposition of multiple ion species. The reaction mechanism in this model differs in that Ni2+ and Fe2+ are the electroactive species and NiOH+ and FeOH+ are not involved whatsover. To take account of the...