OBJECTIVE To study the mutation spectrum and phenotype-genotype correlation of Darier disease (DD) in Tunisian patients. DESIGN Case series. SETTING Referral center: Department of Dermatology (La Rabta Hospital), Tunis, Tunisia. PATIENTS Eight large Tunisian families with DD, with a total of 23 patients and 9 unaffected family members. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Patients were investigated at ...

PURPOSE Bardet-Biedl syndrome (BBS) is genetically heterogeneous with 15 BBS genes currently identified, accounting for approximately 70% of cases. The aim of our study was to define further the spectrum of BBS mutations in a cohort of 44 European-derived American, 8 Tunisian, 1 Arabic, and 2 Pakistani families (55 families in total) with BBS. METHODS A total of 142 exons of the first 12 BBS-...

The paper describes the structure and the aims of a new modular educational programme in Manufacturing Engineering (ME) which will be developed in the scope of a European project and implemented in the Tunis College 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...

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.

In the last decade, many factors, such as socio-political and econo-environmental ones, have led to a perturbation in timeline of worldwide development, especially countries regions having political changes. This us introduce new idea risk estimation taking into account non-uniform changes markets by introducing wavelet analysis. We aim explain econo-political situation Arab spring effect revol...

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...