Life-threatening spontaneous splenic rupture in congenital afibrinogenemia: Two case reports and systematic literature review.

Background: Spontaneous splenic rupture is a rare life-threatening finding with a challenging diagnosis which is largely ignored in the literature. Hematological disorders such as afibrinogenemia are reported to cause bleeding disorders mostly cerebral hemorrhage. Despite being a life-threatening condition, data about spontaneous splenic rupture in patients with Afibrinogenemia remain scarce.

Age estimation at death in individuals over 50 using CT images: An innovative anthropological approach.

Objectives: The aim of the present work is to develop a novel method for predicting age in individuals over 50 years old, utilizing regression models.

Methods: The conducted study is of an analytical cross-sectional nature, involving a sample of 44 young subjects and 107 elderly subjects. The necessary data for this research were extracted from "The New Mexico Decedent Image Database.

Sex determination by Ct -scan analysis of the mastoid bone: A cross-sectional study.

The mastoid bone, situated at the base of the skull and characterized by its compact structure in the petrous portion, being among the slowest-growing bones, has gained recognition as a valuable anthropological tool for sex determination. Thus, we have proposed to assess the reliability of the mastoid process in sex determination in a Tunisian population using CT-scan analysis. A cross-sectional study was conducted.

Chemical Variability of the Berry Essential Oil of Two Subspecies of Juniperus Oxycedrus L. from Northwestern Algeria.

The chemical composition of 33 oil samples isolated from the berries of individual trees of two subspecies of Juniperus oxycedrus L., collected in four locations in Tlemcen and Aïn Temouchent provinces, was investigated by GC-FID, GC/MS and CNMR. In total, 83 compounds were identified, accounting for 85.

Thymus algeriensis Boiss. et Reut., a north African endemic plant species: genetic diversity and population structure as assessed by molecular markers, a pioneer step for conservation implications.

Background: Thymus algeriensis Boiss. et Reut. is one of the most widespread North African species of the genus Thymus L.