scholarly journals FRI0066 ASSESSMENT OF LUNG INVOLVEMENT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS IN A NORTH AFRICAN COUNTRY

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olfa Saidane ◽  
Leila Gafsi ◽  
Hana Sahli ◽  
Aicha Ben Tekaya ◽  
Rawdha Tekaya ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
African Country ◽  
Lung Involvement ◽  
North African ◽  
North African Country

scholarly journals The paradox of roots and wings: labor mobility between local firms and MNEs in North Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-80 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fawzi Tigharsi ◽  
Abderaouf Bouguerra ◽  
Ismail Golgeci ◽  
Yasin Rofcanin
Keyword(s):  
Personal Growth ◽  
Multinational Enterprises ◽  
African Country ◽  
Labor Mobility ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
North African ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The North ◽  
North African Country ◽  
Local Firms

PurposeThe purpose of this study is to explore employees’ knowledge- and learning-related experiences in moving between local firms and multinational enterprises (MNEs) and to examine the nature of paradoxes of labor mobility that local talents face in their career in the North African country of Algeria. In doing so, this paper explored the multifaceted experiences of employees who left local firms and joined MNEs.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use a qualitative study, in-depth interviews with 12 employees from various industries, and apply an interpretive phenomenological approach to explain labor mobility between local firms and MNEs in the North African country of Algeria. The authors specifically focus on personal experiences of employees who worked in both local firms and MNEs.FindingsThe findings report a paradoxical situation and suggest that despite talented individuals grow their capabilities in MNEs through reward and personal growth incentives, the grass is not always greener, and they face the paradox of nurturing their capabilities (wings) or empowering their roots by returning local firms to seek stability, security and flexibility.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the research at the intersection of human resource management, knowledge management and the paradox of management in emerging markets. Its value stems from empirically explicating the paradox of roots and wings as a complementary, learning type of paradox that individuals at local firms and MNEs in Algeria experience.

scholarly journals The UAE’s Disruptive Policy in Libya

2020 ◽  
pp. 157-177
Author(s):  
Ali Bakir
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Policy ◽  
Middle East ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
African Country ◽  
Abu Dhabi ◽  
North African ◽  
North African Country ◽  
Power And Control ◽  
Gulf Country ◽  
And Control

In the last decade, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has emerged as a leading counter-revolutionary force in the Middle East. Feeling the heat of change in the region, the small, oil-rich Gulf country adopted an aggressive foreign policy that defined the UAE as a disruptive force that aims to reverse the fledgling democratic trend in the Middle East. After succeeding in Egypt in 2013, Abu Dhabi decided to support field marshal and warlord Khalifa Haftar in Libya to overthrow the UN-recognized government in Tripoli, take over power, and control Libya by force. To that end, the UAE offered massive military, financial, and diplomatic support to Haftar. In this context, the present paper aims to discuss the UAE’s interventions in Libya in terms of their nature, extent, motives, goals and repercussions. It highlights the UAE’s efforts to weave regional and international alliances to support Haftar and tries to answer the questions why Abu Dhabi has been able to act with impunity in Libya despite being the top foreign player fueling the war there for many years, and whether it will be able to achieve its goals and continue its interventions in the oil-rich North African country or not.

scholarly journals The Search for Citizenship in Bin Ali's Tunisia: Democracy versus Unity

2002 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
pp. 497-513 ◽  
Author(s):  
Larbi Sadiki
Keyword(s):  
Democratic Transition ◽  
African Country ◽  
Political Community ◽  
North African ◽  
National Unity ◽  
Political Pluralism ◽  
Democratic Development ◽  
The North ◽  
North African Country ◽  
The One

Commitment to unity can hinder democracy, rendering the search for pluralism into an exercise in political singularity. I contest the thesis within the theory of democratic transition that national cohesion and ethnic homogeneity are essential preconditions for democracy. Tunisia is an ethnically homogeneous society, but seems to be unable to seize on the opportunity to transcend the threshold of democracy. The Tunisian example suggests that democracy (that is, an ethos of toleration of difference), should be rethought as one essential precondition for cohesion within democratising polities. The analysis unpacks how ‘fragmented’ politics works in the North African country. Politics becomes ‘fragmented’ when ‘loyalty’ to the state's discourse of ‘citizenship’ and ‘identity’, becomes the one distinguishing feature by which political community is defined and membership within it is determined. National unity is another word for political uniformity. Thus understood the state's imperative of unity and uniformity contradicts political pluralism and demotes rather than promotes democratic development.

scholarly journals Genospecies and virulence factors ofAeromonasspecies in different sources in a North African country

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 25497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khalifa Sifaw Ghenghesh ◽  
Salwa F. Ahmed ◽  
Piero Cappuccinelli ◽  
John D. Klena
Keyword(s):  
Virulence Factors ◽  
African Country ◽  
North African ◽  
North African Country ◽  
Different Sources

scholarly journals Tinodes atlasensis Ibrahimi, Mabrouki & Taybi, sp. nov. (Trichoptera: Psychomyiidae), a new species from Atlas Mountains, Morocco

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 367-375
Author(s):  
Halil Ibrahimi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
Iberian Peninsula ◽  
North Africa ◽  
African Country ◽  
Basal Plate ◽  
North African ◽  
North African Country ◽  
Atlas Mountains ◽  
A New Species

The caddisfly fauna of North Africa and Morocco is still poorly known, with only a few historical and recent investigations, carried out sporadically. In this paper we describe a new species, Tinodes atlasensis Ibrahimi, Mabrouki & Taybi, sp. nov. from the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. The new species is closest to Tinodes baenai Gonzales & Otero, 1984, known from the Iberian Peninsula and mainly differs by the shape of segment IX, coxopodites, harpago and the process of basal plate. Tinodes atlasensis Ibrahimi, Mabrouki & Taybi, sp. nov. is the seventh known species of the genus Tinodes Curtis, 1834 from Morocco. Future caddisfly investigations in this North African country will most certainly increase the number of the known species and reveal other new ones.

scholarly journals Investigating the moderating role of Export Promotion Programmes using evidence from North-Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (2/3) ◽  
pp. 282-308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Yacine Haddoud ◽  
Adah-Kole Onjewu ◽  
Paul Jones ◽  
Robert Newbery
Keyword(s):  
African Country ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Export Promotion ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
North African ◽  
Content Type ◽  
North African Country ◽  
Export Barriers ◽  
Moderating Role

PurposeBased on an institutional approach to explaining firms’ internationalisation, this paper aims to empirically investigate the role of Export Promotion Programmes (EPPs) in moderating the influence of export barriers perceptions on small and medium enterprises’ (SMEs) propensity to export.Design/methodology/approachThe study uses evidence from Algeria, the largest North-African country. The data were collected using an online questionnaire, targeting SMEs operating in the manufacturing sector. The study considers the influence of procedural, informational, environmental and functional barriers on export propensity, to uncover the moderating role of trade missions, trade shows and export seminars and workshops on such relationships. To examine these links, five main hypotheses are proposed and tested through a non-linear partial least squares structural equation modelling on a sample of 128 Algerian SMEs.FindingsThe results show that while internal barriers decrease firms’ export propensity, EPPs including trade fairs and shows may independently pose either a positive or negative influence on such relationships.Research limitations/implicationsThe study confirms the applicability of the institutional perspective to explaining firms’ internationalisation. More importantly, the present study highlights the role of EPPs in moderating the influence of export barriers perceptions on SMEs’ international market entry, a role neglected by the extant empirical literature.Practical implicationsThe current findings hold important implications to export promotion organisations operating in African countries. Notably, the results reveal that some programmes could have a negative influence if they are not delivered appropriately.Originality/valueThis study offers a rare focus on the moderating role of EPPs in the relationship between export barriers and export propensity, within the setting of a North-African country.

scholarly journals The Impact of Covid-19 Outbreak on the Tourism Needs of the Algerian Population

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (21) ◽  
pp. 8856 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azzeddine Madani ◽  
Saad Eddine Boutebal ◽  
Hinde Benhamida ◽  
Christopher Robin Bryant
Keyword(s):  
African Country ◽  
Economic Recovery ◽  
North African ◽  
Current Period ◽  
International Borders ◽  
North African Country ◽  
Tourism Sector ◽  
Algerian Population ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Quantitative And Qualitative Methods

This research aims to understand the vision and the reaction of the population towards tourism and holidays during this period of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also investigates the tourist needs of the Algerian population after the closure of international borders. Methods: The data were collected using a mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods through a questionnaire applied to 203 people in different regions of Algeria (a North African country) from 1 June to 13 July 2020. Results: The needs of Algerian tourists were characterized by a great need for leisure to relieve psychological stress caused by COVID-19 (M = 25.33) among the study sample (p < 0.05). The results also show an average need to rationalize the costs of tourist services (M = 5.26) according to the respondents (p < 0.01). This is in addition to the great need (M = 7.75) among respondents (p < 0.05) of the awareness that the tourism sector can contribute to the economic recovery in Algeria after the confinement period. About 75.86% of respondents requested the cleanliness of tourist sites, while 69.95% recommended improving safety because of the size of tourist sites in the Algerian territory as well as measures related to social distancing. The results show that 53.69% of respondents preferred the month of August to go on vacation, 29.06% chose the month of September, and 17.25% would prefer the months of October, November, and December since they expected a reduction in the risks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Conclusions: The COVID-19 pandemic has affected the tourism needs of the Algerian population, which has become increasingly aware of the consequences of the pandemic in relation to their health and in relation to the country’s economy. These results can help the authorities of the tourism sector to better understand and identify the tourism needs of this population in the current period and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

scholarly journals Genomic Characterization and Phylogenetic Analysis of SARS-CoV-2 in Libya

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 138-149
Author(s):  
Silvia Fillo ◽  
Francesco Giordani ◽  
Anella Monte ◽  
Giovanni Faggioni ◽  
Riccardo De Santis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African Country ◽  
Genomic Analysis ◽  
The Other ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
North African ◽  
North African Country ◽  
The World ◽  
Genomic Characterization ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Other World

The COVID-19 epidemic started in Libya in March 2020 and rapidly spread. To shed some light on the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) strains circulating in Libya, viruses isolated from 10 patients in this country were sequenced, characterized at the genomic level, and compared to genomes isolated in other parts of the world. As nine genomes out of 10 belonged to the SS1 cluster and one to SS4, three datasets were built. One included only African strains and the other two contained internationally representative SS1 and SS4 genomes. Genomic analysis showed that the Libyan strains have some peculiar features in addition to those reported in other world regions. Considering the countries in which the strains are genetically more similar to the Libyan strains, SARS-CoV-2 could have entered Libya from a North African country (possibly Egypt), sub-Saharan Africa (e.g., Ghana, Mali, Nigeria), the Middle East (e.g., Saudi Arabia), or Asia (India, Bangladesh).

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