Proportion of Chromosomal Disorders and Their Patterns among Births with Congenital Anomalies in Africa: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses by Teshome Gebremeskel Aragie, Girma Seyoum Gedion

“…The pooled proportion of chromosome disorders was the highest in North African regions and countries compared to other regions of the continent. …”
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Exceeding the limits of paediatric heat stress tolerance: the risk of losing a generation to climate inaction by Sulani Nyimbili, Anna Bershteyn, Alexander Azan, Oyinkansola O Babayode

“…In regions most predisposed to extreme heat-driven mass casualties under various GHG emission scenarios—particularly South Asian and Southwest Asian and North African regions—adaptation tools specific to children’s needs are the most urgently needed. …”
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Costs and Resource Use Among Patients with Cervical Cancer, Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia, and Genital Warts in Algeria by Ali-Chakib Bennacef, Aomar Ammar Khodja, Fadl Allah Abou-Bekr, Tidiane Ndao, Ryan Holl, Goran Benčina

“…To assess the potential benefits of cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination in North African countries, country-specific data on the prevalence and burden of HPV-related conditions are needed. …”
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Historical origin and development of politically motivated criminal offences: Political delicts by Matić Goran D.

“…Keeping in mind the geopolitical developments in the first decade of the 21st century, migrant crisis, armed conflicts in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, North African political changes and conflicts in the West, politically motivated protests in Serbia in the course of 2022, 2023 and 2024, politically motivated criminal offences - political delicts, as a neglected and forgotten category are gaining in importance. …”
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Evaluation of the Antioxidant and Cytotoxic Activities on Cancer Cell Line of Extracts of Parasitic Plants Harvested in Tunisia by Imen Ben Attia, Paolo Zucca, Flaminia Cesare Marincola, Mariella Nieddu, Alessandra Piras, Antonella Rosa, Antonio Rescigno, Mohamed Chaieb

“…In this study, three North African parasitic plants of the Orobanchaceae family, Cistanche violacea, Orobanche crenata and Orobanche lavandulacea , normally considered as weeds, were studied to compare their biological activities. …”
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The Clinicopathological Features and Prognostic Significance of HER2-Low in Early Breast Tumors Patients Prognostic Comparison of HER-Low and HER2-Negative Breast Cancer Stratified... by Sanaa Gamrani, Laila Akhouayri, Sara Boukansa, Mehdi Karkouri, Hinde El Fatemi

“…In this study, we aimed to evaluate the clinicopathological characteristics and prognostic impact of this particular subtype in a North-African context where HER2-low breast cancer is a relatively understudied subtype, particularly in non-Western populations. …”
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Les voyages reproductifs vers la Tunisie : l’intime au prisme des pratiques de l’assistance médicale à la procréation by Irene Maffi, Betty Rouland, Carole Wenger

“…Articulated by the infertile North African and West African couples encountered, the transnational reproductive landscapes analysed in the paper offer an original perspective to approach the intimate in the Maghreb. …”
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Female maturation and rematuration acceleration of Mutiara strain catfish (Clarias gariepinus) using combination of oocyte developer hormone and astaxanthin addition diet by Fatahillah Maulana Jufri, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Mia Setiawati

“…This research was conducted on female Mutiara strain of North African Catfish, Clarias gariepinus by combining two kinds of materials administered to broodstock diet, namely oocyte developer (Oodev) which contains of PMSG hormone and antidopamin, and astaxanthin carotenoid. …”
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Screening of <em>FecLL</em> prolific allele of the <em>B4GALNT2</em> gene in Algerian sheep populations by Assia Hadjazi, Fatima Zahra Belharfi, Fatima Zohra Mahammi, Stéphane Fabre, Semir Bechir Suheil Gaouar, Nacera Tabet-Aoul

“…Conclusions: The FecLL allele, which is shared by the French Lacaune population and the North African D’man populations, could indicate the ancestral origin of the mutation in B4GALNT2 or the occurrence of an ancient introgression event to improve prolificacy. …”
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A Drinking Problem: French Psychiatric Fears about the Increase in Muslim Alcoholics in Colonial Algeria by Nina Salouâ Studer

“…Until the establishment of psychiatric institutions in the colonial Maghreb in the 1930s, the consensus of most colonial French psychiatrists was that alcoholism had previously been unknown amongst Muslim North Africans, but that it was quickly becoming a medical, social and economic problem. …”
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Les archives du CBIP/CASIP et du COJASOR : des sources pour une histoire de la bienfaisance et de l’action sociale juives de 1809 à nos jours by Laure Politis

“…In the 50’s, the CBIP focused on the welcoming of north Africans immigrants while the COJASOR was bringing both material and moral helps to the Holocaust survivors. …”
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La recomposition des savoirs au Maghreb à l’époque de la coopération by Jean-Robert Henry

“…The period of cooperation was not only stimulating individually and collectively for the many French and North Africans who lived between the mid-fifties and the late 1970s, it was an important time to challenge intellectual certainties and reformulate the scientific vision of the world. …”
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