The general objective of this study is to clear up the relative importance of prosody in the identification of a foreign accent. The methodology we propose, based on the prosody transplantation paradigm, can be applied to different languages or language varieties. Here, it is applied to Magrhrebianaccented French: we wanted to study what is perceived when the segmental and suprasegmental charac...

The distribution of the toxic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum Graham in the Mediterranean Sea was once restricted to the eutrophic waters of the Alborán Sea. In September 1999, this taxon was found for first time in the Algerian basin, being the dominant species at subsurface depths (~1 cell mL–1) associated with low salinity waters. The geographical expansion of this exotic species is not...

Background Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic inflammatory diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, which clinically present as one of two disorders, Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The CD23 is a multifunctional molecule expressed on various cells. It is know as the low-affinity receptor for the Fc portion of IgE. It expression at the cell surface of phagocytic cells...

This paper presents solution of optimal power flow (OPF) problem of a power system via an Ant Colony Optimization Meta-heuristic method. The objective is to minimize the total fuel cost of thermal generating units and also conserve an acceptable system performance in terms of limits on generator real and reactive power outputs, bus voltages, shunt capacitors/reactors, transformers tap-setting a...

Research into various aspects of slavery and the related conversions has multiplied in recent years. This contribution investigates case Fatima, a young woman belonging to Turkish–Algerian elite, who was captured 1608 by Tuscan Knights Saint Stephen. Rescued her parents entrusted some Corsican merchants for safe return home, she remained Calvi (Corsica) because embraced Christianity. Thus, loca...

North African Jews constitute the second largest Jewish Diaspora group. However, their relatedness to each other; to European, Middle Eastern, and other Jewish Diaspora groups; and to their former North African non-Jewish neighbors has not been well defined. Here, genome-wide analysis of five North African Jewish groups (Moroccan, Algerian, Tunisian, Djerban, and Libyan) and comparison with oth...

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is the most common autosomal recessive disease in Caucasians. Wrongly considered as a European disease, CF is found in Algeria; but the literature data on the clinical profile and the spectrum of CFTR gene mutations are poor. In this study we investigate twenty-four unrelated Algerian families, with at least one child with CF. DNA extracts from blood samples of patients and...

This paper presents the impact study of GTO Controlled Series Capacitor (GCSC) parameters on measured impedance (Zseen) by MHO distance relays for single transmission line high voltage 220 kV in the presence of single phase to earth fault with fault resistance (RF). The study deals with a 220 kV single electrical transmission line of Eastern Algerian transmission networks at Group Sonelgaz (Alg...

Natural, dissolved (238)U-series radionuclides (U, (226)Ra, (222)Rn) and activity ratios (A.R.s: (234)U/(238)U; (228)Ra/(226)Ra) in Continental Intercalaire (CI) groundwaters and limited samples from the overlying Complexe Terminal (CT) aquifers of Algeria and Tunisia are discussed alongside core measurements for U/Th (and K) in the contexts of radiological water quality, geochemical controls i...