This paper is a bibliometric study of the publication patterns of academic and research scientists of Maghreb countries: Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The comparative study of the scientific production in the countries of Maghreb is made using Scopus data during the period 1996-2009. Results show that the total scientific production of Tunisia is higher than that of both Morocco and Algeria, ev...

1 Laboratoire Génie de la Réaction, Université Houari Boumediene, Institut de Chimie Industrielle, Alger, Algeria. E-mail: [email protected] 2 Centre Universitaire Yahia Fares de Médéa, Département Génie des Procédés Pharmaceutiques, Institut des Sciences de l’Ingénieur, Ain Dahab, Médéa, 26000, Algeria. E-mail: [email protected] 3 UMR CNRS 6226 – Equipe CIP (Université de Rennes 1 – EN...

BACKGROUND/AIM This study aimed to document and analyzes the local knowledge of medicinal plants' use by traditional healers in South-west Algeria. METHODS The ethnobotanical survey was conducted in two Saharian regions of South-west of Algeria: Adrar and Bechar. In total, 22 local traditional healers were interviewed using semi-structured questionnaire and open questions. Use value (UV), fid...

North Africa is considered a distinct geographic and ethnic entity within Africa. Although modern humans originated in this Continent, studies of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y-chromosome genealogical markers provide evidence that the North African gene pool has been shaped by the back-migration of several Eurasian lineages in Paleolithic and Neolithic times. More recent influences from sub-Sa...

The aim of this study was to define various traditional dairy products most widely consumed in Africa and Algeria. In this study, we provided examples of these products along with their production and fermentation procedures. Fermented foods are the primary source of nutrition for rural and urban communities. In Algeria, cheese is still made in the traditional way at the family level. The Jben ...

Pneumococcal infections are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in developing countries. The introduction of pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCVs) has dramatically reduced the incidence of pneumococcal diseases. PCVs are not currently being used in Algeria. We conducted a prospective study from 2005 to 2012 in Algeria to determine antimicrobial drug resistance and serotype distribution of...

Abslzact Geologists have realized that impact cratering is the single most important surface-forming and modifying process for the other terrestrial planets and the satellites of all planets. The recognition of impact cratering as an important geological process on earth has been rather slow. However, geologists are now realizing that giant impacts have had a determining influence on the geolog...

This paper develops an analysis of budget deficit financing in termsof a crowding out or crowding in effect on the activity of the privatesector for the economies of Iran and Algeria as two MENA countries,(because of its economic structures (dependence on oil revenue)) duringthe period 1970-2012 by using Cointegration and Vector ErrorCorrection approaches. The analysis confirms the existence of...

conclusions the present findings reveal a relatively high presence of anti-hev iggs and clearly indicate that hev infection is still present in northern algeria. further, the prediction of hev genotype using different antigens generated from the different hev genotypes shows that the causative strains are more likely to be of genotype 1. background two hepatitis e virus (hev) outbreaks occurred...

The incidence of Kawasaki disease in Maghreb countries is apparently low, unlike those living in the province of Quebec, Canada. This retrospective study compared Maghrebi children living in Quebec to the countries of origin, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The annualized incidence rate in Quebec (18.49/year/100 000 children under 5 years of age) was 4 to 12 times higher than in Tunisia, Morocco...