Recent trends in the phytoremediation of radionuclide contamination of soil by cesium and strontium: Sources, mechanisms and methods: A comprehensive review.

This comprehensive review examines recent trends in phytoremediation strategies to address soil radionuclide contamination by cesium (Cs) and strontium (Sr). Radionuclide contamination, resulting from natural processes and nuclear-related activities such as accidents and the operation of nuclear facilities, poses significant risks to the environment and human health. Cs and Sr, prominent radionuclides involved in nuclear accidents, exhibit chemical properties that contribute to their toxicity, including easy uptake, high solubility, and long half-lives.

Effectiveness of an osteoporosis prevention educational program in Tunisian premenopausal women working in sedentary occupations: a quasi-experimental study.

Unlabelled: The objective of this study was to examine the effectiveness of an osteoporosis prevention program on knowledge and perception of self-efficacy in adopting preventive osteoporosis behaviors in premenopausal women working in sedentary occupations. Results show the improvement in knowledge and self-efficacy was statistically significant respectively (p < 0.001) and (p = 0.

Multitask group Lasso for Genome Wide association Studies in diverse populations.

Genome-Wide Association Studies, or GWAS, aim at finding Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) that are associated with a phenotype of interest. GWAS are known to suffer from the large dimensionality of the data with respect to the number of available samples. Other limiting factors include the dependency between SNPs, due to linkage disequilibrium (LD), and the need to account for population structure, that is to say, confounding due to genetic ancestry.

Assessment of soil erosion rates in a Mediterranean cultivated and uncultivated soils using fallout 137Cs.

Fallout radionuclides, such as Cs, have been recognized as a valuable means for studying soil erosion processes. In this study, the Cs technique was used to assess soil erosion magnitude and to investigate the effectiveness of terrace cultivations in the High Atlas of Morocco, particularly, the Ourika watershed. Cs depth distribution profiles were established along slope gradients associated with land use considering cereal crop, arboriculture and native forests.

[Perceptions of a healthcare-associated infections reporting system in a Tunisian university hospital].

Objective: The implementation of a healthcare-associated infections reporting system is a principal component of infection control and quality improvement policies in healthcare institutions. This study was designed to determine the perceptions of health professionals concerning implementation of a healthcare-associated infections reporting system and to analyse factors influencing these perceptions.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in 2012 using a predefined, pre-tested and self-administered questionnaire in 380 health professionals working in 16 different departments of Farhat Hached University Hospital, Tunisia.

Patient's safety culture among Tunisian healthcare workers: results of a cross sectional study in university hospital.

Introduction: Healthcare safety has become a public health priority in developed world. Development of safety culture care is fundamental pillar to any strategy for improving quality and safety care. The objective of this study is to measure level of patients' safety culture among healthcare professionals at university hospital, center Farhat Hached Sousse (Tunisia).

[Perceptions of Tunisian women based on the health beliefs model and their practices related to osteoporosis].

Introduction: The aim of this study is to describe beliefs and practices of women related to health and osteoporosis in order to develop effective and targeted interventions for the prevention of this disease in the Tunisian context.

Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 Tunisian women, aged 45 and older, who consult the basic health center in the suburban area of Sousse region (Tunisia). The collection of information was carried out with "osteoporosis health belief scale "developed by Kim and his colleagues validated and translated into Arabic in Tunisia and the questionnaire of "daily calcium inputs calculation" was developed by Patrice Fardellone.

[Description of factors facilitating and restricting the use of research results: the point of view of Tunisian nurses].

Background: The written agree on the importance of nursing research as a means to improve the quality effectiveness and efficiency of care and contribute to advance in the nursing discipline. Studies from different countries have attempted to describe the barriers and facilitating the use of researcher by staff nurse, however, no original studies have been conducted in Tunisia. PURPOSE AND FRAMEWORK: According to the theory of innovation of Rogers, this study aims to identify factors facilitating and contraining the use of research as an innovation from the point of view of Tunisian nurses.

[Epidemiology of high risk pregnancy in Sousse, Tunisia].

This descriptive study assessed the frequency of selected risk factors for high risk pregnancy (HRP) among women in Sousse region. All pregnant women (beyond 28 weeks gestation) giving birth in 4 public maternity hospitals between 15 February 2005 and 15 August 2005 and who had at least 1 risk factorwere enrolled. Data were collected within 24 hours of birth from obstetric and antenatal records and by interview.

Advising Obese Adults about Diet and Physical Activity in Sousse, Tunisia.

Background. To our knowledge no study has been conducted in Tunisia to describe practice of health care providers towards chronic disease risk factors, particularly among obese adults. Aim.

Clustering of risk factors in the smoking habits of schoolchildren in Sousse, Tunisia.

Background: In Tunisia, little is known about the association between tobacco use and other chronic disease risk factors. This is the case for both adults and children. It is important to know the characteristics of young smokers to facilitate the creation and implementation of future programs for tobacco prevention.

Assessment of soil erosion and deposition rates in a Moroccan agricultural field using fallout 137Cs and 210Pbex.

In Morocco land degradation - mainly caused by soil erosion - is one of the most serious agroenvironmental threats encountered. However, only limited data are available on the actual magnitude of soil erosion. The study site investigated was an agricultural field located in Marchouch (6°42' W, 33° 47' N) at 68 km south east from Rabat.

[Prevalence of HPV infection in precancerous and cancerous lesions of the uterine cervix in Tunisia].

Objectives: To investigate the distribution of HPV genotypes inuterine cervical lesions in Central Tunisia in order to predict the impact ofHPV vaccines and HPV-based screening tests among Tunisian women.

Material And Methods: We performed a retrospective study of 146 fixed tissues including 30 benign lesions, 36 low-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CIN1), 45 high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasias (CIN2/3), 26 invasive squamous cell carcinomas (SCC) and 9 adenocarcinomas. HPV infection detection and typing were investigated by PCR technique using consensus GP5/GP6 primers and type specific primers for HPV6/11, 16, 18, 31 and 33.

[Healthcare workers' hand hygiene: compliance of the recommendations].

Background: Handwashing is the most effective method of preventing the spread of nosocomial infection. Despite its simplicity, handwashing is frequently omitted by health care personnel. In order to promote hand hygiene at Farhat Hached hospital (Sousse-Tunisia), the team of hygiene sets up a programme of hand hygiene programme.

[Costs of basic health services in a health district in Tunisia].

Information on the cost of health services is essential for good planning and management and the efficient use of resources. We calculated the total costs incurred in running primary health services for one year (1995) in the health district of Enfidha (Tunisia). The yearly operating expenditure for the health district was 1 219 099 Tunisian dinars and the cost per inhabitant was 17.

[Outline of the management of sexually transmitted diseases by midwives in integrated consultations in health centers in Tunisia].

In this article, authors analyse activities of midwifes related to STD, in integrated maternal health consultations of Tunisian primary health centres. Objective is to evaluate attitudes and practices of midwifes in this field. Over than 80% of midwifes contacted in all fixed primary health care centres of Sousse (Tunisia) respond to our questionnaire.

Use of (137)Cs technique for soil erosion study in the agricultural region of Casablanca in Morocco.

Accelerated erosion and soil degradation currently cause serious problems to the Oued El Maleh basin (Morocco). Furthermore, there is still only limited information on rates of soil loss for optimising strategies for soil conservation. In the present study we have used the (137)Cs technique to assess the soil erosion rates on an agricultural land in Oued el Maleh basin near Casablanca (Morocco).

[Transfusion practice and attitudes].

During last years, blood transfusion and transfusion security were domains which have preoccupied health authorities, the population and health professionals. Beginning with the principle that blood transfusion is a care that must be under medical responsibilities, authors analyse physician's implication in this field. To reach this objective, a study interested 199 young physicians, working in two university hospitals in Tunisia.

[Attitudes and practices in the Sahelian Tunisian population regarding drug usage].

Drugs occupies a strategic place in health care expenses. However, irrational practices characterize its utilization by all actors and particularly the population. The objective of this populational study is to identify attitudes and practices of the households of the sanitary region of Sousse (Tunisia) in the domain of medicine use.