A novel deep neural network-based technique for network embedding.

In this paper, the graph segmentation (GSeg) method has been proposed. This solution is a novel graph neural network framework for network embedding that leverages the inherent characteristics of nodes and the underlying local network topology. The key innovation of GSeg lies in its encoder-decoder architecture, which is specifically designed to preserve the network's structural properties.

Distribution of HLA class I and II genes in ankylosing spondylitis patients from Morocco.

Objectives: In Morocco, the patients affected by ankylosing spondylitis (AS) presents a high frequency of coxitis. Our study reports, for the first time, the polymorphism of Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) class I and class II molecules in the Moroccan patients.

Methods: Forty-six patients diagnosed with an AS and coxitis were compared to a group of 183 healthy controls matched by age, sex and ethnic origin.

High prevalence of hypovitaminosis D in Morocco: relationship to lifestyle, physical performance, bone markers, and bone mineral density.

Objectives: We undertook this study to determine the prevalence of hypovitaminosis D, its determinants, and its relationships to physical performance, serum parathyroid hormone (PTH) concentration, bone mineral density, and biochemical markers of bone turnover in healthy, ambulatory, pre- and postmenopausal women.

Methods: The group studied included 415 women aged 24 to 77 years. Between July and September, we assessed calcium intake and measured serum calcium, phosphorus, albumin, alkaline phosphate, 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), PTH, osteocalcin, and C-terminal cross-linking telopeptide of Type I collagen.

Influence of parity on bone mineral density and peripheral fracture risk in Moroccan postmenopausal women.

Unlabelled: The aims of the study were to determine: (1) the relationship between parity and bone mineral density (BMD); (2) the relationship between parity and osteoporotic peripheral fractures.

Material And Methods: The group studied included 730 postmenopausal women. Patients were separated into four groups according to the number of fullterm pregnancies, group 1: nulliparae, group 2: one to three pregnancies, group 3: four to five pregnancies, and group 4: six and more pregnancies.

[Complete auriculoventricular block during chloroquine treatment].

Introduction: The cardiac toxicity of antimalarial agents is rare, it includes conduction disorders which can be complicated by third atrioventricular block and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We report two observations of patients who presented a complete heart block after several years of treatment by chloroquine.

Case Report: Two patients followed for rheumatoid polyarthritis, treated by antimalarial agents for average 12 years and corticotherapy, presented a syncopal complete heart block which required an implantation of a pace maker.