Convolutional Neural Networks for the Identification of African Lions from Individual Vocalizations.

The classification of vocal individuality for passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) and census of animals is becoming an increasingly popular area of research. Nearly all studies in this field of inquiry have relied on classic audio representations and classifiers, such as Support Vector Machines (SVMs) trained on spectrograms or Mel-Frequency Cepstral Coefficients (MFCCs). In contrast, most current bioacoustic species classification exploits the power of deep learners and more cutting-edge audio representations.

Hospitalization in children eligible for palliative care.

Introduction: Medical and technological progress allows newborns, children and teenagers suffering from life-limiting and life-threatening illness to survive, but not necessarily to recover. Data on the number of children eligible for pediatric palliative care [PPC] and their needs are useful for health care planning. The main aim of this study was to ascertain the prevalence and the course of children eligible for pediatric palliative care in Italy.

The Italian version of the PedsQL in children with rheumatic diseases.

Objective: The aim of the study was to test the reliability and validity of the Italian translation of the PedsQL 4.0 Generic Core Scales and the PedsQL 3.0 Rheumatologic Module in a sample of rheumatologic children in Italy.

The cold pressor test for the pediatric population: refinement of procedures, development of norms, and study of psychological variables.

Objective: The aims of the study were: (a) to propose focal refinements to the cold pressor test (CPT) for the pediatric population, contributing to the development of subjective and behavioral norms; (b) to analyze the influence of personal (gender, age, and skin-fold thickness), and psychological (anxiety, depression, internalization, and externalization) variables on pain perception and its correlation with room temperature.

Methods: After a phase of adaptation in a water bath (24-27 degrees C), the child immersed one arm in cold water (10 degrees C) and reported pain threshold and tolerance.

Results: The test was conducted on 141 healthy children.

Pediatric palliative care.

The WHO defines pediatric palliative care as the active total care of the child's body, mind and spirit, which also involves giving support to the family. Its purpose is to improve the quality of life of young patients and their families, and in the vast majority of cases the home is the best place to provide such care, but for cultural, affective, educational and organizational reasons, pediatric patients rarely benefit from such an approach. In daily practice, it is clear that pediatric patients experience all the clinical, psychological, ethical and spiritual problems that severe, irreversible disease and death entail.