Étude Lithostratigraphique Des Formations Superficielles Urbaines Du Secteur Nord De La Ville De Fès, Maroc

The superficial formations of the northern sector of the city of Fez majorly show clay lithostratigraphy in the west of this sector. They are conglomeratic at the center and are composed of limestone deposits in the East. As for the land embankments, they met at two banks of Oued Fès. From a geotechnical point of view, the formations which are exposed to the phenomena of compressing or liquefaction are the argillaceous and anthropic formations. These phenomena of the instability of the grounds can worsen when the water table level increases significantly, especially during the rainy seasons where it can reach the surface at the Oued Fez flood plain. As for the conglomeratic formations, the geotechnical analysis shows that the conglomerates forming a very hard rocky slab constitute a rather solid base and is indeformable. Their thickness, therefore, exceeds 2m of power. This is the case of conglomerates located at the center of this sector. Laboratory tests have classified these soils to be relatively stable

Novel Area-Efficient and Flexible Architectures for Optimal Ate Pairing on FPGA

While FPGA is a suitable platform for implementing cryptographic algorithms, there are several challenges associated with implementing Optimal Ate pairing on FPGA, such as security, limited computing resources, and high power consumption. To overcome these issues, this study introduces three approaches that can execute the optimal Ate pairing on Barreto-Naehrig curves using Jacobean coordinates with the goal of reaching 128-bit security on the Genesys board. The first approach is a pure software implementation utilizing the MicroBlaze processor. The second involves a combination of software and hardware, with key operations in $F_{p}$ and $F_{p^{2}}$ being transformed into IP cores for the MicroBlaze. The third approach builds on the second by incorporating parallelism to improve the pairing process. The utilization of multiple MicroBlaze processors within a single system offers both versatility and parallelism to speed up pairing calculations. A variety of methods and parameters are used to optimize the pairing computation, including Montgomery modular multiplication, the Karatsuba method, Jacobean coordinates, the Complex squaring method, sparse multiplication, squaring in $G_{\phi 6}F_{p^{12}}$, and the addition chain method. The proposed systems are designed to efficiently utilize limited resources in restricted environments, while still completing tasks in a timely manner.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figures, and 5 table

Laymen’s Narratives in Amouddou’s Eco-documentary: An Ecolinguistic Analysis

Documentary films, generally of short or medium-length, have informative and educational purposes. They present authentic reports on areas of life, human activities, and the natural world. Particularly, eco-documentaries aim to raise environmental awareness towards the degradation of natural elements; they present alternatives for environmental issues such as pollution, global warming, and deforestation. To reinforce the argumentative process of environmental documentaries, laymen discourse contributes a lot to the meaning-making of productions. Within the framework of discourse analysis and ecolinguistics, this work examines fear and threat expressions used by ordinary witnesses to reinforce argumentation in Lahoucine Faouzi’s eco-documentary entitled “Whining of the Blue Lagoon. In this vein, the ‘perceived severity and perceived susceptibility’ model was used to investigate the implication of fear and threat appeals in laymen’s testimonies. The results show that these expressions are common among laymen’s narratives. This study has many implications for eco-documentary makers, governmental and non-governmental organs, and future research to explore other linguistic features in eco-documentaries on man’s perpetrated damages to the environmental resources

Tratamiento del cáncer vesical no músculo-infiltrante con BCG. Implicaciones en la pandemia por SARS CoV 2

[ES]El cáncer de vejiga supone un importante problema de salud pública, se trata del quinto cáncer más frecuente en España y ocupa el noveno lugar a nivel mundial. Dentro de éste, el cáncer vesical no músculo infiltrante es la forma más frecuente de diagnóstico, el tratamiento del mismo se basa en resección transuretral seguida de instilación intravesical de quimioterapia. Aquellos de alto riesgo se siguen de instilación intravesical de BCG, que sirve como potenciador del sistema inmune y se usa como profilaxis de recidiva y progresión tumoral. La pandemia por COVID-19 acontecida en el año 2020 ha generado que toda la investigación se enfoque en ella. Existen hipótesis que defienden que la BCG puede influir en el transcurso de la enfermedad COVID-19, disminuyendo la severidad de la misma y posiblemente reduciendo la tasa de infección por SARS CoV-2. Por todo esto, nos planteamos la hipótesis de que los pacientes que reciben tratamiento con BCG intravesical pudieran presentar algún tipo de protección frente a la infección por SARS CoV-2. Para ello, se analizan datos de 117 pacientes que han recibido BCG intravesical investigando si han sido infectados por SARS CoV-2, después comparamos los resultados con la incidencia de infección por SARS CoV-2 en la población de Bilbao. Obtenemos que no existen diferencias en la incidencia de infección por SARS CoV-2 entre la muestra de pacientes en tratamiento con BCG intravesical y la población de Bilbao. Tampoco existen diferencias en la incidencia de enfermedad moderada o severa por COVID-19 ni en la incidencia de enfermedad entre diferentes fases de tratamiento intravesical con BCG. En conclusión, no podemos demostrar que la BCG intravesical influya en la infección ni en la enfermedad por COVID-19, debemos esperar a los resultados de los ensayos clínicos en marcha con mayor evidencia científica

UV/Vis light induced degradation of oxytetracycline hydrochloride mediated by Co-TiO2 nanoparticles

Pharmaceuticals, especially antibiotics, constitute an important group of aquatic contaminants given their environmental impact. Specifically, tetracycline antibiotics (TCs) are produced in great amounts for the treatment of bacterial infections in both human and veterinary medicine. Several studies have shown that, among all antibiotics, oxytetracycline hydrochloride (OTC HCl) is one of the most frequently detected TCs in soil and surface water. The results of the photocatalytic degradation of OTC HCL in aqueous suspensions (30 mg·L−1) of 0.5 wt.% cobalt-doped TiO2 catalysts are reported in this study. The heterogeneous Co-TiO2 photocatalysts were synthesized by two different solvothermal methods. Evonik Degussa Aevoxide P25 and self-prepared TiO2 modified by the same methods were used for comparison. The synthesized photocatalysts were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV/vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), and N2 adsorption (BET) for specific surface area determination. The XRD and Raman results suggest that Ti4+ was substituted by Co2+ in the TiO2 crystal structure. Uv/visible spectroscopy of Co-TiO2-R showed a substantial redshift in comparison with bare TiO2-R. The photocatalytic performance of the prepared photocatalysts in OTC HCL degradation was investigated employing Uv/vis spectroscopy and high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The observed initial reaction rate over Co-TiO2-R was higher compared with that of Co-TiO2-HT, self-prepared TiO2, and the commercial P25. The enhanced photocatalytic activity was attributed to the high surface area (153 m2·g−1) along with the impurity levels within the band gap (2.93 eV), promoting the charge separation and improving the charge transfer ability. From these experimental results, it can be concluded that Co-doping under reflux demonstrates better photocatalytic performances than with the hydrothermal treatment

Performance and Ethics: Levers of Scientific Research Reform in Morocco

This contribution deals with Performance-Based Management related to the reform of Morocco's Education, Training, and Scientific Research system, focusing on the Scientific Research component. In fact, Public finance has become a major instrument of public policy, and a vital means for public authorities to direct and develop economic and social life, so for good public financial governance, the management of public finances must obey ethical rules based on principles of integrity, transparency, accountability and equity. Furthermore, the administrative reform undertaken around the modernization of public management and the search for links between performance and ethics has become a central concern of managers and theorists. The objective is therefore to present a theoretical overview of the concepts of performance and ethics and the relationship between them in the context of public management, then focus on the monitoring of the performance of scientific research and present the main strategic visions of the sector and the integration of ethics by the new model of development

Rôle de l’audit externe dans l’amélioration de la performance organisationnelle du secteur public au Maroc : Approche théorique

This article discusses the role of external audit in improving the organisational performance of the Moroccan public sector, in a context characterised by the transition from means-based management to results-based management, as part of a new approach to public management. In Morocco, the new constitutional reform of 2011 reinforced the major role of external audit in the public sector through the promulgation of legal and regulatory texts aimed at improving the transparency and performance of the Moroccan public sector, namely the organic law relating to the finance law n° 130-13. These were drawn up to guarantee better management of public affairs and to ensure greater effectiveness and efficiency in the decisions taken by managers. This article addresses the relationship between external audit in the public sector and improved organisational performance by adopting a conceptual approach and drawing on a review of the existing literature. It is structured around the different dimensions of these concepts, focusing on agency theory, the new public management approach, and internal control mechanisms for reducing fraud and ensuring transparency in a context characterised by asymmetric information. This article also sheds light on the relationship between external audit and public finance and its contribution to the performance of public management by highlighting the role of the various competent bodies in Morocco, in particular the Inspectorate General of Finance (IGF) and the Court of Auditors. The theoretical contribution of this article provides new perspectives to ensure a better understanding of the role of external audit in improving organisational performance in the Moroccan public sector. Keywords: External audit, organizational performance, public organisms, public finances. JEL Classification: H83 Paper type: Theoretical Research Cet article traite le rôle de l’audit externe dans l’amélioration de la performance organisationnelle du secteur public marocain, dans un contexte caractérisé par le passage d’une gestion axée sur les moyens à une gestion axée sur les résultats, et ce, dans le cadre d’une nouvelle approche de gestion publique. Au Maroc, la nouvelle réforme constitutionnelle de 2011 a renforcé le rôle majeur de l’audit externe dans le secteur public à travers la promulgation des textes juridiques et réglementaires visant l’amélioration de la transparence et de la performance du secteur public marocain à savoir la loi organique relative à la loi de finances n° 130-13. Ces derniers ont été élaborés, pour garantir une meilleure gestion de la chose publique et d’assurer par la suite une meilleure efficacité et efficience des décisions prises par les gestionnaires. Le présent article traite la relation entre l’audit externe dans le secteur public et l’amélioration de la performance organisationnelle en adoptant une approche conceptuelle et en s’appuyant sur une revue de la littérature existante. Il s’articule autour des différentes dimensions de ces concepts en mettant le point sur la théorie de l’agence, l’approche du nouveau management public, ainsi que les dispositifs du contrôle interne pour la réduction de la fraude et l’assurance de la transparence dans un contexte caractérisé par une asymétrie d’information. Cet article met en lumière également la relation de l’audit externe et les finances publiques ainsi que son apport sur la performance de la gestion publique en mettant en exergue le rôle des différents organismes compétents au Maroc, notamment l’Inspection Générale des Finances (IGF) et la Cour des comptes. La contribution théorique de cet article permet de construire de nouvelles perspectives pour assurer une meilleure compréhension du rôle de l’audit externe dans l’amélioration de la performance organisationnelle dans le secteur public marocain.             Mots clés : Audit externe, performance organisationnelle, gestion publique, finances publiques. Classification JEL : H83 Type de papier : recherche théoriqu

Consanguinité, Isonymie et Age Précoce au Mariage dans les deux Provinces de Tétouan et M’diq-fnideq (Maroc)

The purpose of this work is to contribute to the description of marital practices in Northern Morocco, to follow the evolution of these practices, and to determine the motives for marriages between relatives. Thus our results show a highly significant positive correlation between the age of the two spouses (r = 0.619, p <0.001), with the mean age of the mothers being 49.03 ± 6.56 years, while for the fathers it is 56,02 ± 6,16 years with a difference of 7 years between the two spouses in the current generation. For consanguineous marriages, we identified 51 relatives, namely a frequency of 25.4% for the generation of studied couples GCE, 13.3% for the generation of paternal grandparents GGPP, and 17.5% for the generation of maternal grandparents GGPM. The intergenerational comparison reveals a highly significant increase in the percentage of consanguinity, ranging from the generation of grandparents (15.4%) to that of the studied couples (25.4%), with a difference of 10% (p˂0.001). These results also show that there is a strong association between the prevalence of consanguineous marriages and the group of women under 19 years old (p = 0.002), whereas for husbands it is noted that There is no association between marital status and age at marriage. The coefficient of consanguinity estimated by isonymy is almost twice as large as the coefficient of inbreeding estimated by genealogy