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Surgical versus endoscopic gastroenterostomy for gastric outlet obstruction: a retrospective multicentric comparative study of technical and clinical success
Gastric outlet obstruction (GOO) is mainly due to advanced malignant disease. GOO can be treated by surgical gastroenterostomy (SGE), endoscopic enteral stenting (EES), or endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastroen...
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Appraisal of soil erosion risk in northeastern Tunisia using geospatial data and integrated approach of RUSLE model and GIS
Assessing the spatial distribution of the erosion process is considered a critical initial step to provide valuable insights to decision-makers for devising an effective erosion mitigation strategy to reduce e...
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Contribution of electrical prospecting to the structural study of the Oued Gueniche plain (Northern Tunisia): hydrogeological implications
The Oued Gueniche plain aquifer system in the Bizerte region is one of the most important groundwater reserves in the Northern Tunisia. However, the characteristics of this aquifer system, as well as its water...
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Contribution of electrical prospecting to the aquifer characterization in El Mouazir-Matmata Nouvelle in Southern Gabes, Southeastern Tunisia
The governorate of Gabes is an important economic pole in the southeast of Tunisia. However, the water shortage resulting from the succession of many periods of drought and the scarcity of surface water have s...
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Health risk assessment associated to heavy metal pollution levels in Mediterranean environment soils: a case study in the watershed of Sebkhet Ariana, Tunisia
We measured the concentrations of 9 heavy metals (Fe, Cd, Hg, Pb, Zn, Co, Cr, Cu, Ni) in the soils collected in the watershed of Sebkhet Ariana (Tunisia) and assessed health risks for residential adults and ch...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Transfer Learning for the Classification of Small-Cell and Non-small-Cell Lung Cancer
Lung cancer is a disease caused by abnormal lung cell growth. The number of people of all ages and sexes with lung tumors is constantly increasing. Classical classification of lung tumors can be sometimes misl...
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Open AccessPredictive factors for early progression during induction chemotherapy and chemotherapy-free interval: analysis from PRODIGE 9 trial
Identifying patients with metastatic colorectal cancer who will have an early disease progression during induction chemotherapy (IC) and identifying patients who may have a chemotherapy-free interval (CFI) aft...
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Contributions of gravity and field data on the structural scheme updating of the Tellian domain and its foreland (Nefza-Bizerte region, northern Tunisia)
The Nefza-Bizerte region, eastern part of the Tunisian Alpine chain, covers the thrust sheets domain called the Tell and its Atlassic foreland. The deep structures under the Tellian thrust sheets are not enoug...
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Open AccessDistinct epigenetic landscapes underlie the pathobiology of pancreatic cancer subtypes
Recent studies have offered ample insight into genome-wide expression patterns to define pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) subtypes, although there remains a lack of knowledge regarding the underlying ep...
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Open AccessGravity Data from the Teboursouk Area (“Diapirs Zone”, Northern Tunisia): Characterization of Deep Structures and Updated Tectonic Pattern
Located between eastern segments of the Atlas and Tell-Rif oro-genic belts, the “Dome zone” of northern Tunisia is characterized by the juxtaposition of various structures that mainly controlled the long geody...
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Open AccessPharmacogenetic profiling and cetuximab outcome in patients with advanced colorectal cancer
We analyzed the influence of 8 germinal polymorphisms of candidate genes potentially related to EGFR signalling (EGFR, EGF, CCND1) or antibody-directed cell cytotoxicity (FCGR2A and FCGR3A) on outcome of colorect...
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Echoendoscopie interventionnelle: traitement des suppurations anales
Les lésions ano-périnéales de la maladie de Crohn représentent un problème majeur pour le confort de vie des malades et pour leur prise en charge médico-chirurgicale. Les fistules sont souvent complexes, plus ...