The squatting facet on femora of West Coastal Indian population

104 out of 108 adult femora from the West Coastal region of India show a distinct identifiable squatting facet on their popliteal surface. The data on such features are reviewed and its relevance to medico legal and anthropological science is discussed.     

A Note on the Use of County-Level UCR Data

County-level crime data have major gaps, and the imputation schemes for filling in the gaps are inadequate and inconsistent. Such data were used in a recent study of guns and crime without considering the errors resulting from imputation. This note describes the errors and how they may have affected this study. Until improved methods of imputing county-level crime data are developed, tested, and implemented, they should not be used, especially in policy studies.     

Can electronic monitoring reduce crime for moderate to high-risk offenders?

Electronic monitoring (EM) of offenders has been in use for just over two decades and motives for using it remain diverse. Some agencies that use EM attempt to deliver humane and affordable sanctions while others seek to relieve jail crowding or to avoid the construction of new jails. Nonetheless, all EM programs aim to suppress the criminal behavior of offenders being monitored and its advocates have always hoped EM could be instrumental in reducing long-term recidivism. This review investigates the history of EM and the extent to which EM empirically affects criminal behavior in moderate to high-risk populations. All available recidivism studies that included at least one comparison group between the first impact study in 1986 and 2002 were considered for the review. Although variants such as GPS tracking and continuous testing for alcohol in perspiration have recently emerged, no studies of these technologies were found that met the review’s inclusion criteria. Studies are examined and combined for meta-analysis where appropriate. Given its continued and widespread use and the dearth of reliable information about its effects, the authors conclude that applications of EM as a tool for reducing crime are not supported by existing data. Properly controlled experiments would be required to draw stronger conclusions about the effects of EM.     

论“虚拟财产”

虚拟财产是在网络环境下以电子数据为载体的财产,是个人财产的一种特殊形式,它具有传统财产的法律属性.法律对虚拟财产的保护有利于现代财产制度的完善和健全,从而促进社会的稳定和发展.     

胃脘痛证候的聚类分析及因子分析研究

目的 采用聚类分析及因子分析的数据挖掘方法,对胃脘痛的中医临床证候及四诊信息进行研究。方法 收集640例755诊次胃脘痛病例,记录症状、舌象和脉象等临床资料,对临床资料进行聚类分析及因子分析。结果 胃脘痛临床证候可分为六类:脾胃虚寒、肝气犯胃、湿热中阻、脾胃气虚、痰湿内蕴、瘀血停胃,每一类证候对应贡献率不同的特异的四诊信息。结论 胃脘痛有特异的证候分类及四诊信息,通过数据挖掘方法深入研究,对胃脘痛的规范化诊断提供了有效的数据支持,能提高辨证准确性。     

江苏环境库兹涅兹曲线形状研究——基于面板数据模型

该文分析了江苏省1999年至2009年各市GDP数据与各市环境污染三废数据的关系,提出江苏省环境污染情况并不完全符合环境库兹涅兹曲线。该文采用面板模型对苏南、苏中、苏北的三废污染数据与经济增长水平的数据的关系曲线进行分析描绘,结果发现在江苏三大区域九种经济与三废污染的关系曲线形状中,有的呈现“N”型,有的呈现“-”型,有的呈现“S”型,总体并无特定规律。研究结果表明,江苏省经济发展情况与三废污染之间有其自身的特点,因此,在经济发展过程中要采取切合实际的措施,在推动经济发展的同时注意保护环境。     

Does social capital increase public support for economic globalisation?

The dominant explanation of public attitudes vis‐à‐vis economic globalisation focuses on re‐distributional implications, with an emphasis on factor endowments and government‐sponsored safety nets (the compensation hypothesis). The empirical implication of these theoretical arguments is that in advanced economies, on which this article focuses, individuals endowed with less human and financial capital will be more likely to experience income losses. Hence they will oppose economic openness unless they are compensated by the government. It is argued here that including social capital in the analysis can fill two gaps in explanations relying on factor endowments and the compensation hypothesis. First, generalised trust – one key aspect of social capital – constitutes a personal endowment alongside human and financial capital. Second, structural social capital – another key aspect of social capital – can be regarded as a nongovernmental social safety net that can compensate for endowment‐related disadvantages of individuals. Both aspects of social capital are expected to contribute, for distinct reasons, to more positive views on economic openness. The empirical testing relies on survey data for two countries: Switzerland and the United States. For both countries, the results indicate that generalised trust has a strong, positive effect on public opinion of economic globalisation, whereas structural social capital has no effect.     

高校数据云存储的实践

随着"数字校园"建设的深入,许多学校都已经建立或正在筹建自己的校园信息系统。但是,仅仅拥有一流的硬件设备和先进的管理软件肯定是不够的,还需要大量的教育信息资源。这就需要大容量的存储设备。而随着"云计算"所带来的信息化革命,高校将逐步建立各自的"私有云",在学校内部实现"云存储"。     

从一起经济纠纷案看电子证据司法鉴定

随着信息技术的快速发展和普及,电子证据司法鉴定工作的综合性和复杂性特征日益突出。通过以一起经济纠纷案为例,综合论述了某公司商用计算机系统的检验鉴定过程,文中涉及的主要技术包括商用管理软件分析、硬盘阵列重组、数据库检验等,在这类案件司法鉴定工作中具有一定的代表性。