Automatic identification of the endangered hawksbill sea turtle behavior using deep learning and cross-species transfer learning.

The accelerometer, an onboard sensor, enables remote monitoring of animal posture and movement, allowing researchers to deduce behaviors. Despite the automated analysis capabilities provided by deep learning, data scarcity remains a challenge in ecology. We explored transfer learning to classify behaviors from acceleration data of critically endangered hawksbill sea turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata).

The response of sea turtles to vocalizations opens new perspectives to reduce their bycatch.

Incidental capture of non-target species poses a pervasive threat to many marine species, with sometimes devastating consequences for both fisheries and conservation efforts. Because of the well-known importance of vocalizations in cetaceans, acoustic deterrents have been extensively used for these species. In contrast, acoustic communication for sea turtles has been considered negligible, and this question has been largely unexplored.

Organising access to Evidence-Based Medicine resources on the Web.

The continuing education is a challenge for health care professionals, considering the growing amount and variable quality of information in this field. In this context, we developed a method allowing clinicians to have a centralised access to the best current medical evidence supporting medical decision-making. Relevant data has been gathered according to the rules stated for Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) and organised in a free-of-charge Web site, created by using common software applications.

[Recommendations for writing patient information statements].

With Evidence-Based Medicine, shared decision making is attracting considerable interest as a means by which patient preferences can be incorporated into clinical decisions. Patients cannot express informed preferences unless they are given sufficient and appropriate information, including a detailed explanation concerning their condition, the different therapeutic options and the likely outcomes with and without treatment. A patient education leaflet is a potentially powerful tool for communicating information to patients, who will be able to participate in the process of decision making.

[Atherosclerotic pathology of the aortic arch and cerebrovascular accidents].

Over the last 10 years, transoesophageal echocardiography has allowed the visualisation of the particularly frequent atheromatous involvement of the initial part of the aorta in patients suffering from cerebral as well as peripheral embolism. Recent studies have shown that atherosclerosis of the initial, precarotid, part of the aorta is both a marker of general as well as coronary atherosclerosis and an important, accident independent risk factor of recurrence of stroke. The therapy of these aortic lesions is still currently under debate and there are no published guidelines about this issue in the literature.