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Papers by ben salah mohamed

Journal of Essential Oil Research, 2008

... S. Rezzi, C. Cavaleiro, A. Bighelli, L. Salgueiro, AP da Cunha and J.Casanova, Intraspecific ... more ... S. Rezzi, C. Cavaleiro, A. Bighelli, L. Salgueiro, AP da Cunha and J.Casanova, Intraspecific chemical variability of the leaf essential oil of ... I.Feuerstein, D.Muller , K.Hobert, A.Danin and R.Segal, The constitution of essential oil from Artemisia herba alba populations of Israel and ...

Tunisie Medicale, 2006

L'origine professionnelle des cancers est souvent sous-estimee. Le but de ce travail est d&#3... more L'origine professionnelle des cancers est souvent sous-estimee. Le but de ce travail est d'evaluer l'importance de l'exposition professionnelle a des agents carcinogenes chez des malades atteints de cancers pleuro-pulmonaires et analyser les facteurs de leur sous estimation. Materiels et methodes: Il s'agit d'une etude prospective portant sur 107 malades vus de facon consecutive a la consultation de radiotherapie de l'ISA pour cancers pleuro-pulmonaires. Pour chaque patient, un interrogatoire a detaille la liste des professions exercees, qui l'auraient expose a un agent carcinogene incrimine dans la genese des cancers pleuro pulmonaires, la duree d'exposition et le temps de latence avant l'apparition du cancer. Resultats: Entre juillet 2001 et juin 2002, 107 patients ont ete interroges. Sept (6,5%) semblent avoir eu une exposition professionnelle a un agent carcinogene des cancers pleuro-pulmonaires. Il y avait 2 mesotheliomes pleuraux exposes a l'amiante dans les secteurs du bâtiment et de la construction navale. Cinq carcinomes bronchiques par exposition a l'amiante (1 cas dans le secteur de l'industrie des plaques de frein et d'embrayage) et a l'arsenic dans 4 cas dans les secteurs de metallurgie (2 cas), minerais ( 1 cas) et agriculture ( 1 cas). Le temps d'exposition etait en moyenne de 22 ans et le temps de latence etait de 26 ans. Conclusion: L'origine professionnelle des cancers pleuro pulmonaires est frequente mais peu recherchee.

Mha, 2010

Depuis de nombreuses annees la frequence des resistances bacteriennes n'a cesse d'augment... more Depuis de nombreuses annees la frequence des resistances bacteriennes n'a cesse d'augmenter tant pour les bacteries communautaires que pour les bacteries nosocomiales chez lesquelles une multiresistance est souvent retrouvee. La dissemination et l'emergence de ces bacteries constituent un probleme mondial de sante public. Dans ce cadre, l'objectif de ce travail est de determiner les mecanismes enzymatiques impliques dans la resistance aux β-lactamines chez une souche clinique de Proteus mirabilis LB13075 isolee au service de reanimation de l'hopital Militaire de Tunis durant l'annee 2005. Cette souche est hautement resistante aux cephalosporines a spectre etendu, aztreonam, aminosides et tetracyclines. Les activites β-lactamases sont mises en evidence par des methodes spectrophotometriques et electrophoretiques. Deux activites β-lactamases ont ete detectees par isoelectrofocalisation a pl 7,45 et superieur a 7,6. Les activites specifiques varient de 0.023 a 6.59 μmole de substrat hydrolyse /minute/mg de proteines (U/mg de proteins). Ces activites sont inhibees par l'acide clavulanique et le sulbactam. Les valeurs de IC 50 sont respectivement 13μM et 20μM.

International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 2015

In the present work the absorption of carbon dioxide in aqueous solution with Stipa tenacissima f... more In the present work the absorption of carbon dioxide in aqueous solution with Stipa tenacissima fibers has been studied in a stirred cell at 298 K. The obtained experimental results show successful elimination of CO 2 (96%)through hydration of neutral aqueous CO 2 molecules to HCO 3 − species by S. tenacissima fibers. This reactivity has been accompanied by a disorder at the surface morphology and a reduction in crystallinity % of cellulose results of the modification in hydrogen bonds. During the characterization Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were employed to investigate the structural and morphological changes in S. tenacissima fibers.

Journal of African Earth Sciences (and the Middle East), 1993

ABSTRACT Small-scale horsts and grabens, formed prior to the deposition of the Lower Cretaceous K... more ABSTRACT Small-scale horsts and grabens, formed prior to the deposition of the Lower Cretaceous Kurnub Sandstone, are described for the first time from remote exposures near the eastern shore of the Dead Sea, Jordan. The grabens preserve a sequence of Permo-Triassic and Triassic rocks (Umm Irna and Ma'in Formations), flanked by horsts of Cambrian sandstone (Umm Ishrin Formation). The pre-Cretaceous faults are mostly orientated NNE or ENE, with a maximum vertical displacement of 130 m. Rotation of a joint system, formed during the late Palaeozoic, in the Cambrian sandstone indicates that the horst blocks were rotated anti-clockwise during block faulting. Local and regional stratigraphical evidence suggest that faulting occurred during an extensional tectonic regime in late Jurassic to early Cretaceous times. The horsts and grabens did not affect sedimentation of the basal Kurnub Sandstone and they are preserved without relief below the unconformity, suggesting a period of erosional peneplanation prior to deposition of the fluvial Kurnub Sandstone. The structures probably represent an extension of the Central Naqab-Sinai fault zone which was displaced by sinistral shear along the Dead Sea-Gulf of Aqaba Rift in Tertiary (Neogene) times.Lithofacies sequences in the Umm Irna Formation exposed in the grabens comprise, in ascending sequence, braided to low-sinuosity or meandering fluvial siliciclastic facies, derived from the Arabo-Nubian Shield to the south and south-east. Lithological characteristics, bedforms and pedogenic features suggest a fluctuating, seasonal, semi-arid climate. Transgression of the Tethys Ocean in early Triassic times resulted in deposition of shallow-marine siliciclastics and carbonates (Ma'in Formation) in subtidal to intertidal environments.

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La Tunisie médicale, 2005

Lichen sclerosus is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease which origin remains unknown. It... more Lichen sclerosus is a chronic inflammatory mucocutaneous disease which origin remains unknown. Its prevalence ranges from one in 300 to one in 1000 of all patients referred to a dermatology clinic in the seventeenth. Through the analysis of a hospital survey, we outline the epidemio-clinical aspects of this dermatosis. Over a 19-year period (1984-2002), we have conducted a retrospective and monocentric study of all patients with genital lichen sclerosus were examined at the dermatology department of Habib Thameur hospital. Thirty-four patients suffered from lichen sclerosus. There were 33 female and only one male (sex-ratio: 0.03). All patients underwent topical corticosteroid therapy (level I, II or IV). The recovery rate of lichen sclerosus was about 20% (7/34). An epidermoid carcinoma occurred in three patients. The frequency of lichen sclerosus in our study is estimated at 1,8 new cases per year. This frequency is probably under-estimated because of some patients' reluctance...

International Image Processing, Applications and Systems Conference, 2014

Brain controlled wheelchair system is a Brain-computer interface (BCI) allowing people with sever... more Brain controlled wheelchair system is a Brain-computer interface (BCI) allowing people with severe neuromuscular disorder to control the navigation by themselves. Indeed, it replaces muscular activities by neurophysiological ones. The advantages of the Steady State Visual Evoked Potential (SSVEP) make it a favorable choice to be used in the BCI. The aim of the present study is to design a brain controlled wheelchair system which is cheap and easy to use. Two signal processing methods for SSVEP frequencies detection are presented and discussed. The first method is based on the calculation of the normalized amplitude spectrum. The second method is based on the comparison between the signals' signal to noise ratio calculated on specific frequencies. A comparison of the accuracy of these methods with a frequency resolution of 0.1Hz allows the identification of the most precise method among them both. Results show that by using the second method, the system can reach for 97% of the four directions' navigation's accuracy.

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Journal of Biological Sciences, 2007

Open Journal of Gastroenterology, 2014

Aim: Discuss the different modalities of surgical treatment of splenic hydatid cyst and outcomes ... more Aim: Discuss the different modalities of surgical treatment of splenic hydatid cyst and outcomes after treatment. Patients and Methods: Retrospectively, 14 patients were operated in our institution between 2002 and 2011. Results: A total splenectomy was performed in 8 cases. A conservative treatment was preferred in 6 cases: 2 patients underwent partiel splenctomy and two patients underwent partial cystectomy. The duration of hospitalization ranged from 5 to 15 days. The morbidity rate was 14%. One patient presented a recurrent hemorrhage and one patient developed a left pneumonia. There is no death in our series. The mean duration follow-up was 20 months and there is no recurrence. Conclusion: Management of a splenic hydatid cyst is not consensual. Surgery remains the treatment of choice to avoid serious complications. Total splenectomy is optimal because it provides definitive treatment. However, spleen-preserving surgery is the preferred treatment in some selected patients.

International Journal of Image, Graphics and Signal Processing, 2013

In this paper, real-coded genetic algorithm (GA) is used for designing two-channel quadrature mir... more In this paper, real-coded genetic algorithm (GA) is used for designing two-channel quadrature mirror filter (QMF) banks based on the Kaiser Window. The shape of the Kaiser window and the cutoff frequency of the prototype filter are optimized using a simple GA. The optimized QMF banks are exploited as mother wavelets for speech compression based on discret wavelet transform (DWT). The simulation results show the efficiency of the GA for designing QMF banks using adjustable windows length and especially for optimizing wavelet filters used in speech compression based on wavelets. In addition, a comparative of performance of the developed wavelets filters using GA and others known wavelets is made in term of objective criteria (CR, SNR, PSNR, and NRMSE). The simulation results show that the optimized wavelets filters outperform others wavelets already exist used for speech compression.

L'Actualité économique, 2009

La littérature récente a toujours attribué au phénomène dit de « sélection naturelle » – selon le... more La littérature récente a toujours attribué au phénomène dit de « sélection naturelle » – selon lequel, seules les firmes les plus efficientes survivent alors que les autres sont éliminées par le jeu de la concurrence – un rôle crucial dans la croissance de l’efficience agrégée. En supposant, dans le cadre d’un modèle théorique que les firmes différent non seulement par leurs niveaux d’efficience mais aussi par leurs valeurs de réservation, nous montrons ici que le rôle du mécanisme de sélection dans la croissance de l’efficience agrégée peut être remis en cause notamment lorsque les sortants sont plutôt les firmes les plus efficientes. Un autre résultat important consiste à montrer, qu’à l’équilibre stationnaire, les firmes efficientes et inefficientes peuvent coexister. Ce faisant, le modèle développé permet de rendre compte de la persistance des firmes inefficientes et de la grande dispersion des niveaux d’efficience constatée dans plusieurs études empiriques.

Tropical Science, 2006

Of 13 onion cultivars, red onions had longer storage life than white onions. Storage life was cor... more Of 13 onion cultivars, red onions had longer storage life than white onions. Storage life was correlated with dry matter content. Botrytis spp., Aspergillus spp., Fusarium oxysporum and Penicillium spp. were frequently isolated from rotted bulbs. Fusarium oxysporum pathogenicity tested on healthy bulbs led to a typical basal rot; this is the first report of Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cepae in Tunisia.

J. Anim. Vet. …, 2007

Abstract: During four years, a weighing program allowed collect about 4900 of data of 722 indigen... more Abstract: During four years, a weighing program allowed collect about 4900 of data of 722 indigenous kids raised in 9 herds in the Tunisian arid zone under pastoral husbandry mode. A Gompertz model was applied to estimate kids' weights at some standard ages 10, 30, 60 ...

Solar Energy, 2012

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The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal, 2008

Coronary artery disease is extremely rare in patients with Behçet’s disease. We report the case o... more Coronary artery disease is extremely rare in patients with Behçet’s disease. We report the case of a patient with a history of Behçet’s disease who was admitted in our hospital with instable angina pectoris. The patient’s electrocardiogram was normal. Coronary angiography revealed aneurysm of the distal right coronary artery with a tight stenosis of the proximal part of the posterolateral branch. These two conditions were initially treated with immunosuppressive treatment. Three years later coronary angiography showed a total occlusion of the right coronary artery treated with medical therapy. More than fourteen cases of coronary involvement were reported in the literature but the etiopathogeny and the treatment are yet unknown

Labour, 2005

This paper considers a two-period model of endogenous human capital formation under the credits-m... more This paper considers a two-period model of endogenous human capital formation under the credits-market imperfection and uncertainty assumptions. We compare in the first part of the paper ex-ante and ex-post generalequilibrium effects of the education subsidy policy to those of the negative income tax and the unskilled wage subsidy regimes. We show that the education subsidy policy raises an efficiency-inequality trade-off issue, and therefore it is optimal unless the degree of inequality aversion is relatively high and financing the subsidy is not too distorsive. Public loans are generally claimed to provide a solution for such issue. We explore the implications of implementing the public loan under several schemes in the second part of the paper. We show that combining between a pure public loan and education subsidies provides higher levels of welfare than these two policies taken separately provided that the inequality aversion degree is high. For low degrees of inequality aversion, the pure public loan is the optimal policy.

Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2012

This study investigated the genetic environment of bla CTX-M genes and associated resistance gene... more This study investigated the genetic environment of bla CTX-M genes and associated resistance genes in seven Proteus mirabilis and six Morganella morganii extended spectrum b-lactamase (ESBL)-positive isolates. The isolates were recovered from hospitalized patients with respiratory or urinary tract infections at the Military Hospital of Tunis, Tunisia. Twenty-one of the 200 strains exhibited non-susceptibility to third generation cephalosporins and, among these strains, the double-disk synergy test confirmed the ESBL phenotype in 13 isolates. These ESBL producers were co-resistant to chloramphenicol, tetracycline and oflaxacin but remained susceptible to ertapenem (MIC,0.25 mg l "1). The presence and nature of bla CTX-M-15 , bla CTX-M-8 , bla TEM-24 , bla TEM-1 and bla TEM-2 genes was determined by PCR and sequencing. Chromosomal localization of the bla CTX-M-15 gene was confirmed in all strains, with the exception of M. morganii isolate M-17991, by Southern-blot analysis performed either on chromosomal or plasmid DNA. M. morganii M-12012 and M. morganii M-6019 showed the same PFGE pattern, whereas the remaining CTX-M-15-producing isolates were unrelated. The presence of ISEcp1 was ascertained in CTX-M-15producing isolates. A class 1 integron with different gene cassettes (dfrA1, orfC and aadB) was found in five P. mirabilis and six M. morganii isolates.