BACKGROUND To determine gender differences in health and health care utilisation within and between various ethnic groups in the Netherlands. METHODS Data from the second Dutch National Survey of General Practice (2000-2002) were used. A total of 7,789 persons from the indigenous population and 1,512 persons from the four largest migrant groups in the Netherlands -- Morocco, Netherlands Antil...

1 Laboratoire d’Electronique, Signaux, Systemes et Informatique (LESSI), Département de Physique, Faculté des Sciences Dhar El Mehraz, B.P. 1796, 30000 Fes-Atlas, Morocco 2 Research Unit, Constrained and Robust Regulation, Department of Physics, Faculty of Sciences Semlalia, B.P. 2390, 40000 Marrakech, Morocco 3Departamento de Ingenieria de Sistemas y Automática, Universidad de Valladolid, 4700...

RESEARCH ARTICLE Hardware and Software Co-Design of Arabic Alphabets Recognition Platform for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons Brahim Sabir, Yassine Khazri, Mohamed Moussetad and Bouzekri Touri LIMAT Lab, Physics Department, Faculty of Science Ben M'Sik Physics Casablanca, Casablanca, Morocco LAPSTICE Lab, Language and Communication Department, Faculty of Science Ben M'Sik Physics Casablanca...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the nutritional transition in Morocco. DESIGN Examination of Moroccan national survey data. RESULTS Morocco is undergoing a demographic, epidemiological and social transition. The urban population increased from 29% in 1960 to 53% in 1997. Per capita gross domestic product increased steadily from 1972 to 1999. Life expectancy at birth increased to 70 years in 1999 from ...

A recent catalogue of the rich ant fauna of Morocco included 214 species, with later studies adding an additional 12 species. Following recent fieldwork in the north of Morocco, we report five new records for the country (Plagiolepis pygmaea Latreille, 1798, Ponera testacea Emery, 1895, Strumigenys tenuipilis Emery, 1915, Temnothorax pardoi Tinaut, 1987, and Tetramorium parvioculum Guillem & Be...

TheSternocoelis marseulii species group is proposed based on antennal and prosternal characters. Five species are included in the group:Sternocoelis marseulii (Brisout de Barneville, 1866)(Spain), Sternocoelis viaticus Lewis, 1892 (Algeria), Sternocoelis vaucheri Lewis, 1896 (Morocco), Sternocoelis berberus Lackner & Yélamos, 2001 (Morocco)and Sternocoelis yelamosisp. n. (Morocco). The external...

behçet’s disease (bd) which is classified among vasculitides is a systemic disease with various manifestations. its clinical course is characterized by attacks and remissions. till now, two nationwide surveys of bd from iran and japan and 4 major case series from turkey, korea, morocco and england have been reported. clinical picture of bd is dominated by mucous membrane manifestations, includi...

Data from 183 animals raised in 61 flocks were collected to investigate the morphological characteristics of the Northern Morocco goat. Nine zoometric measures and seven combined indices were obtained. Three zones were defined  based on geo-climatic characteristics and environmental influences: Mediterranean, Atlantic and Dual. The morphological variables showed the absence of sexual dimorphism...

Irrigation water management is crucial for agricultural production and livelihood security in Morocco as in many other parts of the world. For the implementation of an effective water management knowledge about farmers’ irrigation water demand is crucial to assess demand reactions of a water pricing policy, to establish a cost-benefit analysis of water supply investments or to determine the opt...