The public considers sociopolitical revolutions and movements as phenomena that occur suddenly and unpredictably. Still, these phenomena carry historical content and stem from sophisticated sociopolitical, cultural, and economic factors in the view of political scientists. Such a view provides the context in which sociopolitical revolutions and movements are analyzed, not in a single cause, but...

Bensassi, F., Zarrouk, A., Gargouri-Kammoun, L., Hajlaoui, M.R., and Bacha, H. 2011. Quality of feed cereals in Tunisia: Natural occurrence of the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 6: 11-19. In Tunisia, the contamination of cereal grains with mycotoxins is very common. Such a situation is chiefly favored by the Mediterranean climate of the country, which plays a cri...

Alleles and haplotypes frequencies for 10 Y-chromosome STR loci (DYS19, DYS385 I/II, DYS389I, DYS389II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS438 and DYS439), included in the Y-Plex6 and Y-Plex5 kits were determined for a Tunisian population sample of 100 male individuals.

Our research works are concerned with checking the off-line handwritten signature. We propose a base of Tunisian static handwritten signatures. In this paper, we go through the phase of designing the SID-Signature database and its various features. Afterwards, we present the results obtained by this base as part of our system of handwritten-signature verification.

Last decades, wood was promoted as building material. Wood heat treatment by mild pyrolysis has been reported to improve biological durability and dimensional stability of the material and constitutes an attractive « non biocidal » alternative to classical preservation treatments. Previous studies have shown that conferred properties strongly depend on the heat treatment intensity. A quality co...

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE Tunisian Chrysanthemum species are known to have medicinal activity and some of the species are used in traditional medicine. We have earlier shown the use of C. trifurcatum flowerheads in Tunisian traditional medicine to treat constipation. In the present study we investigated the anti microbiol activity of four Tunision Chrysanthemum species. METHODS Different parts (...

Background The angiotensin-converting enzyme gene (ACE) insertion/deletion (I/D or indel) polymorphism has long been linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the interpretation of established data remains controversial. The aim of this study was to determine whether the angiotensin-converting enzyme is associated with the risk of Alzheimer's disease in Tunisian patients. Methods We analyzed th...

Abstract:The emergence and rise of the Islamic spheres in contemporary times have become one of the most important research topics of recent years and in this area literature is being developed. All those who are doing research in their quest are seeking to answer the question of what factors have led to the politicalization of Islam…? Accordingly, each researcher and writer examines the ...