Türk toplumunun tarihsel geli?iminin sui generis bir nitelikte oldu?u, Türkiye’deki literatürde s?kl?kla iddia edilmektedir. Bu sav?n belki de en önemli dayana??, Devrimi ile “Bat?” (asl?nda sadece Fransa veya dâhil bir-iki ülke) aras?nda yap?lan k?yaslamalard?r. k?yaslamalar, y?llard?r egemenli?ini sürdüren ve gerçekli?i üç noktada birden çarp?tan yorumlar? beslemektedir: (I) Bir yanda Frans?z...

when the tunisian revolution triggered the domino of the collapse arab leaders, it was not anticipated to reach to syria creating a deep conflict with local, regional and trans-regional dimensions. however, when the protests speared to syria, various players try to exploit it to their own advantage, and an all-out conflict began. due to syria's geopolitical location, regional powers such as ira...

INTRODUCTION The prevalence of atopic dermatitis (AD) is low in North Africa. We describe the epidemiology of this atopic condition among school children in Tunisia. METHODS We conducted a Cross-sectional survey study of 5 to 6-year-old schoolchildren from 21 primary schools of Sfax. The diagnosis of AD was based on the U.K. Working Party diagnostic criteria. A questionnaire including these c...

Indoor radon concentrations were measured in four well-known spas of Tunisia using nuclear track detectors. The radon concentrations in these spas were found to be in the range of 19 − 870 Bq.m-3. The equilibrium factor F between radon and its progeny was found to vary in the range of 0.2 0.5, depending upon the ventilation rates within the buildings of the spas. Using the exposure-dose convers...

INTRODUCTION Hemophilia A is an X linked recessive hemorrhagic disorder caused by mutations in the F8 gene that lead to qualitative and/or quantitative deficiencies of coagulation factor VIII (FVIII). Molecular diagnosis of hemophilia A is challenging because of the high number of different causative mutations that are distributed throughout the large F8 gene. Molecular studies of these mutatio...

Leishmania infantum causes Visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis in northern Morocco. It predominantly affects children under 5 years with incidence of 150 cases/year. Genetic variability and population structure have been investigated for 33 strains isolated from infected dogs and humans in Morocco. A multilocus microsatellite typing (MLMT) approach was used in which a MLMtype based on size var...

AIM To report epidemiologic and anatomoclinical transitions of inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) in Tunisia. MATERIALS AND METHODS Data including clinico-pathological data for208 cases of T4d or PEV 3 non-metastatic breast cancer diagnosed between 2005 and 2010 were collected from patient records. Chi2 and Z tests were used to compare variables with two Tunisian historical series and a series ...