SAPOLL - A cross-border action plan for wild pollinators

Pollinators such as wild bees, hoverflies or butterflies represent a valuable resource in Europe but are greatly threatened. To protect these pollinators, that are not limited by the borders of the countries, it is necessary to develop adapted tools at large scales. The SAPOLL project rises to this challenge by initiating the creation of a cross-border action plan for pollinators in Belgium and in the north of France. This plan will encourage the development of concerted actions for pollinators conservation by spreading scientific, didactic and applied contexts to all the citizens and stakeholders. The SAPOLL project also organises additional actions that are essential for the creation and the success of the cross-border action plan. These actions will facilitate the sharing of skills and the homogenisation of knowledge between regions and will focus on three aspects: (i) Communication and awareness raising for the general public in order to inform the general public of the pollinator decline. (ii) Organisation and homogenisation of naturalist networks in the cross-border area through the animation of working groups and training courses. (iii) Global scientific monitoring of wild pollinators on the whole cross-border territory. The area of high importance for pollination service will be demarcated

Status and trends of wild pollinators in Belgium and north of France

Status and trends of wild pollinators in Belgium and North of France Morgane Folschweiller1, Floriane Jacquemin2, Maxime Drossart1, Marc Dufrêne2, Pierre Rasmont1 Folschweiller M. 1, Jacquemin F.2, Drossart M.1, Dufrêne M.2, Michez D. 1, Rasmont P.1 1Laboratoire de Zoologie, Université de Mons, Mons, Belgium 2UR Biodiversité et Payasage, Université de Liège - Gembloux AgroBioTech, Gembloux, Belgium Pollinators play a very important role in terrestrial ecosystems. Indeed, by contributing to the pollination of most of our wild and cultivated flowering plants, they provide an essential ecosystem service. The main goal of the SAPOLL project is to elaborate an action plan for the conservation of wild pollinators in Belgium and north of France. In order to do so, prior assessments are needed. Here we present our first review of wild pollinators situation at global and regional level. This report, made by regional experts, addresses the decline of wild pollinators, the associated factors and also the consequences of this decline

Plan d'action transfrontalier en faveur des pollinisateurs sauvages

Sauvons nos pollinisateurs - Plan d'action transfrontalier pour les pollinisateurs sauvages - Région wallonn

Cent scientifiques répliquent à SEA (Suppression des Expériences sur l’Animal vivant) et dénoncent sa désinformation

La lutte contre la maltraitance animale est sans conteste une cause moralement juste. Mais elle ne justifie en rien la désinformation à laquelle certaines associations qui s’en réclament ont recours pour remettre en question l’usage de l’expérimentation animale en recherche

QoS et mobilité dans un système DVB-S/RCS

Depuis quelques années, les systèmes satellites DVB-S/RCS se révèlent complémentaires aux réseaux terrestres de part leur capacité à offrir un accès large bande pour les régions isolées ou à faible densité sans toutefois nécessiter d'infrastructures lourdes et couteuses. Il devient alors nécessaire que ces systèmes puissent offrir un support approprié aux nouvelles applications multimédias et aux nouveaux services proposés sur les réseaux terrestres tout en tenant compte des contraintes spécifiques qu'ils soulèvent. Dans ce contexte, cet article a pour objet d'examiner plus spécifiquement les problématiques liées à la mobilité d'un utilisateur et à la qualité de service de ses applications dans le cadre d'un système DVB-S/RCS. Une solution basée sur le protocole d'initiation de session (SIP) permettant une gestion couplée de la mobilité d'un utilisateur et de la qualité de service de ses sessions SIP sera ensuite proposée puis évaluée sur une plateforme d'émulation d'un réseau par satellite

Between compliance and creativity: Implementation of the patients' right and end-of-life French Law in palliative care units

In France, the Leonetti law proposes a legal frame concerning decision-making with the patients at the end of life. The implementation of this law varies according to the places of exercise of care. A descriptive and reflexive multidisciplinary research work was performed to study the application of this law within three palliative care units. The results highlight a gap between the practices and the legal frame. Nevertheless, the teams were creative in the construction of the decision-making in their practice, thereby reaching the collegiality promoted by the law. © 2013 Elsevier Masson SAS

First end to end IPv6 DVB-RCS systems

International audienceThis paper presents the three different platformsdeveloped within the frame of the SATSIX European projectand shows live trials description and results. To prepare finalexperimentations on the SATSIX platform (Q3 2008), satelliteemulation test bed is used to validate and to show performanceevaluations of several features. The major achievement of theproject is the validation of the first end to end IPv6 DVB-RCSsystems. Moreover, various innovative techniques aredemonstrated, either in the network (mobility, QoS) and access(ULE, regenerative payload) areas. These techniques willreduce the costs of future satellite systems and bring valueadded services. Different IPv6 applications are used to handlethe corporate, collective and residential scenarios. Finally,inter-connection test between WiMAX and DVB-RCS in IPv6is also covered

Does haemophilia slow down the development of liver fibrosis?

Dear Editor, Haemophilia is an X‐linked recessive bleeding disorder, resulting from deficient or dysfunctional coagulation factor VIII (haemophilia A) or IX (haemophilia B). Depending on the severity of their factor deficiency, patients present with a range of bleeding diathesis from traumatic injury or surgically induced bleeding to spontaneous haemorrhage in the soft tissues, joints or muscles. Before the 1960s, the prognosis of severe haemophilia A patients was just 11 years or less,1 then the introduction of fresh‐frozen plasma, cryoprecipitate, and finally blood‐pooled clotting factor concentrates considerably improved the survival and quality of life of patients with haemophilia or with other bleeding disorders.2 However, the epidemic of HCV and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) then erupted with severe consequences. Until the 1989 discovery of HCV,3 almost all haemophilia patients treated with clotting factor products were infected with HCV.4 The clinical presentation of HCV is characterized by chronic liver disease that can progress to fibrosis with development of (de)compensated cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma. [...