A screening of 22 DNA polymorphisms has been performed in western Mediterranean populations (Iberian Peninsula, Morocco, and Central Mediterranean Islands). The analyzed markers correspond to polymorphic sites in several candidate genes for cardiovascular disease including apolipopoteins and their receptors (APOA1, APOB, APOE, APOC1, APOC2, LPA, and LDLR), genes implied in the hemostasis regula...

Ochratoxin A (OTA) is secondary metabolite naturally produced in food and feed by toxigenic fungi, especially some Aspergillus species and Penicillium verucosum. OTA is one of the most studied mycotoxins and is of great interest due to its toxic effects on human and animals. OTA is produced in different food and feed matrices and contaminates a large range of base foods including cereals and de...

Eight Pinus nigra Arn. populations from Southern Spain and Northern Morocco were examined using inter-simple sequence repeat markers to characterize the genetic variability amongst populations. Pair-wise population genetic distance ranged from 0.031 to 0.283, with a mean of 0.150 between populations. The highest inter-population average distance was between PaCU from Cuenca and YeCA from Cazorl...

We applied a tomographic method to image an aseismic strike–slip fault in North Morocco and found that the occurrence of earthquakes is not only controlled by the state of tectonic stress but also by material heterogeneity in the crust. We have constructed an integrated model of seismic, electric, magnetic and heat flow properties across northeastern Morocco primarily based on a tomography inve...

This study aimed to assess students' perceptions of their educational environment in the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco, using the Dundee Ready Educational Environment Measure (DREEM). A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Rabat, Morocco, in which medical students' perceptions of their educational environment were assessed using th...

The Mikkes basin is located at the north center of Morocco. It comprises three different zones which represent diversified geologies which shelter a phreatic and confined aquifer in the Sais basin and a shallow aquifer in the Tabular Middle Atlas. The springs in the Sais phreatic aquifer have suffered a maximum depletion. The springs with a deep or mixed origin are known as low flow variation s...

The geochemical and isotopic (strontium, boron, radium, oxygen, hydrogen) variations of geothermal waters from five different regions in Morocco were investigated in order to evaluate the sources of solutes and the mechanisms of water-rock interaction. During 2008 to 2010, twenty-two geothermal water samples were collected from the southern, central, and northern parts of Morocco. The water sam...

BACKGROUND The European Union contracted Morocco to regulate migration from so-called “transit migrants” from Morocco to Europe via the European Neighbourhood Policy. Yet, international organisations signal that human, asylum and refugee rights are not upheld in Morocco and that many sub-Saharan migrants suffer from ill-health and violence. Hence, our study aimed at 1) investigating the nature ...

a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Northeastern Morocco Luxury tourism Economic development Water resources management Sustainable tourism SWOT analysis The objective of this article is to evaluate the regional development risk for the luxury tourism sector in Saidia, northeastern Morocco. The study aims to provide input for tourism-related water management and governance. Based on a thematic lite...

BACKGROUND In anticipation of vaccine introduction, we assessed the epidemiology, burden, and genotype of infecting strains of rotavirus disease among Moroccan children hospitalized for acute gastroenteritis. METHODS From June 2006 through May 2007, 345 children <5 years of age who had acute gastroenteritis and were admitted to 4 sentinel hospitals in different regions of Morocco were enrolle...