PURPOSE Several reports have indicated the presence of JC polyomavirus (JCV) in many human tumors, including colorectal cancers (CRCs). The presence of JCV infection in CRC patients has not been investigated in African countries. METHODS We examined the prevalence and the biological significance of JCV in Tunisian CRC patients. The presence of JCV was assessed by polymerase chain reaction (PC...

An array of Egyptian and Tunisian lifeworlds in 2016.

Accidental injection of formalin is certainly rare, but it has serious consequences in terms of morbidity and mortality. We report a case of severe ophthalmic damage due to an accidental formalin's injection in the eyelid of a three-year-old child presenting with congenital ptosis's surgical repair of her left eye. This accident has damaged the orbital region and led to upper left eyelid's necr...

R a Abstract. Glycogen storage disease type III (GSD III) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by the deficiency of glycogen debranching enzyme (AGL). It is characterized by hepatomegaly, progressive myopathy, cardiomyopathy and fasting hypoglycemia. Several mutations in AGL gene have been described in different populations. The W1327X mutation was reported in one Tunisian patient resident...

Arabic printed cursive characters Recognition using the Dynamic Time Warping (DTW) algorithm provides very interesting results. Unfortunately, the big amount of computing to be achieved by this algorithm during the recognition process makes its execution time very slow. Grid computing presents a very interesting infrastructure that allow to support distributed applications in one hand and to ta...

This article is about the role played by trust in structuring and shaping offshoring projects and how cultural differences interfere in the related inter-firms relationships. The study, conducted with three IT service provider companies established in Tunisia, has provided a dataset that confirms the structuring role of trust in terms of transferability effect between the client and the offshor...

The paper describes the structure and the aims of a new modular educational programme in Production Engineering (PE) which will be developed in the scope of a European project and implemented in the Tunis University of Sciences and Techniques (ESSTT). Today, Tunisia looks forward to a high technology transfer. One of the national projects, that have a great effect on the Tunisian national econo...

BACKGROUND The Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) is a candidate gene in the aetiology of several common diseases. The study of the haplotype structure of this gene is of interest in diagnosis and in pharmacogenomics. AIM The study investigated the haplotype profile of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within the ACE gene in the Tunisian population and compared it with other populations...

OBJECTIVE To perform a clinical and genetic study of Tunisian families with autosomal recessive (AR) hereditary spastic paraplegia with thin corpus callosum (HSP-TCC). DESIGN Linkage studies and mutation screening. SETTING Reference Center for Neurogenetics in South and Center Tunisia. PARTICIPANTS Seventy-three subjects from 33 "apparently" unrelated Tunisian families with AR HSP. MAIN...

The deeply branching Deinococcus-Thermus lineage is recognized as one of the most extremophilic phylum of bacteria. In previous studies, the presence of Deinococcus-related bacteria in the hot arid Tunisian desert of Tataouine was demonstrated through combined molecular and culture-based approaches. Similarly, Thermus-related bacteria have been detected in Tunisian geothermal springs. The prese...