Molecular Identification of Necrophagous Dermestes Species in South Korea Using Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit I Nucleotide Sequences (Genus Dermestes)

Species identification of necrophagous insects found on a dead body is an essential key in applying medicolegal entomology to the estimation of postmortem interval (PMI). Due to limited morphological identification of insect evidence, several studies have identified species using molecular information such as DNA markers. While considerable cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) gene sequence data of necrophagous fly species have been collected and annotated, those of necrophagous beetle species have not. Since necrophagous beetles such as Dermestes species have a larval period longer than that of flies, beetles are useful in even the late decomposition phase in estimating minimum PMI. To obtain the full-length COI gene sequences of six Dermestes species collected from South Korea, we designed primers for polymerase chain reaction amplification and sequencing. The obtained full COI nucleotide sequences were used for performing phylogenic analysis and comparison with previously reported sequences. The results demonstrated that the COI gene sequences could be used to identify forensically important Dermestes species in South Korea.     

“九七”后香港司法架构的特点——兼议终审庭的设立对香港司法体制的影响

<正> 为避免司法真空,确保香港社会生活在各个方面的平稳过渡,根据《基本法》的有关规定,香港立法局在1995年7月26日通过了政府提出的《终审庭条例草案》。草案全面规定了终审庭的组成及其运作方式,主要包含以下几方面的内容:①终审法院成立的日期。1997年7月1日设立终审庭,该法院作为香港法院架构中一有机的组成部分,开始运作;②法官的构成比例,终审法院由五名法官组成,首席大法官、3名常设大法官及1名被邀请的非常设香港法官或其它普通法地区适用的法官。香港法官和海外法官的比例为4:1;③终审庭司法管辖权的界定,终审庭除对国防、外交等国家行为无权审理,其它上诉案件均有司法管辖权,在审案期间遇到涉及国家行为的事实问题,须取得行政长官就该问题交出的证明文件,这文件对法院具有约束力;④明确规定英国枢密院与终审庭的过渡交接。任何在1997年6月30日以前已向枢密院提     

法律论证:一个关于司法过程的理论神话——以王斌余案检验阿列克西法律论证理论

阿列克西的法律论证理论无力为司法程序和司法判决提供有用的启示和指导,这种理论的前提缺乏经验基础,论证也出现了自相矛盾,并且由于忽略了司法过程中的交易成本和权力运作而从总体上误解了司法过程所追求的现实目标。当法官从实在法范围内无法获得令人满意的判决结果时,应当求助于社会科学的论证,而不是道德哲学的论证,后者无力为法律疑难问题提供决策方案,充其量也只能够大致满足公众寻找正当性依据的心理需求。     

川东北地区城市发展格局透视——南充作为川东北区域中心城市的可行性研究

川东北地区发展相对落后,其重要原因就是缺乏区域中心城市的带动。因此,加快构建川东北区域中心城市,使其在区域内充分发挥带动、辐射功能,形成分工合理、布局科学,区域协调发展的良好格局,以促进川东北地区经济社会的快速发展。本文就南充作为川东北区域中心城市的可行性进行了客观、深入地分析和研究。     

关于“法理分析”和“法律分析”的断思

经过二十余年的法学复兴,中国学者开始重视法学方法论的研究,其中以法律分析、法理分析、法理透视、法哲学思考命名的论文日益增多.这表明学者已认识到法学乃至于法理学是一门相对独立的学科,其学科知识的体系性、思维方式的独特性已受到程度不同的关注.但是,那种简单贴标签式的命题值得推敲.本刊编辑陈立风与山东大学法理学专业的部分师生举办对法律分析和法理分析进行反思的小型学术沙龙,展开了对话式的探讨.现刊载部分,意在引起学界对此问题的共鸣.     

宁夏传媒业人才开发问题及模式研究

传媒业在愈演愈烈的竞争中需要大批有较高政治素质、文化素质和业务素质的优秀传媒人才投身其中。探讨与现代传媒业发展相适应的人才开发新模式,对于加快宁夏传媒业人才队伍建设步伐,提升宁夏文化软实力和推动社会主义文化大发展大繁荣具有十分重要的现实意义。     

Eastern Mediterranean Gas Discoveries: Local and Global Impact

The ongoing discoveries of natural-gas reserves in the eastern Mediterranean region significantly affect international relations. Since their viability has been increasingly confirmed, they have attracted public attention in the international energy market. Focusing on current gas production and trading in the Middle East, this paper studies the anticipated impact of gas production in the sea on geopolitical relations in the Middle East and investigates how these results may change the geoeconomic strategies of global energy-market players as well as nearby countries. In addition, our analyses provide comprehensive insights into the evolution of gas discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean.     

Portable high‐resolution automated 3D imaging for footwear and tire impression capture

The forensic science community raised the need for improved evidence recognition, collection, and visualization analytical instrumentation for field and laboratory use. While the 3D optical techniques for imaging static objects have been extensively studied, there is still a major gap between current knowledge and collecting high‐quality footwear and tire impression evidence. Among optical means for 3D imaging, digital fringe projection (DFP) techniques reconstruct 3D shape from phase information, achieving camera‐pixel spatial resolution. This paper presents a high‐resolution 3D imaging technology using DFP techniques dedicated to footwear and tire impression capture. We developed fully automated software algorithms and a graphical user interface (GUI) that allow anyone without training to operate for high‐quality 3D data capture. We performed accuracy evaluations and comparisons comparing with the commercial high‐end 3D scanner and carried out qualitative tests for various impressions comparing with the current practices. Overall, our technology achieves similar levels of accuracy and resolution with a high‐end commercially available 3D scanner, while having the merits of being (1) more affordable; (2) much easier to operate; and (3) more robust. Compared with the current practice of casting, our technology demonstrates its superiority because it (1) is non‐destructive; (2) collects more evidence detail than casts, especially when an impression is fragile; (3) requires less time and money to collect each piece of evidence; and (4) results in a digital file that can easily be shared with other examiners.     

女性就业歧视公益诉讼制度法律机理研究

现行法律对女性就业歧视司法救济的规定不足,难以解决女性劳动者力量弱小、举证难、现有诉讼制度不足等问题。为进一步保障我国女性平等就业,需要构建女性就业歧视公益诉讼制度,从正当性、必要性、可行性分析其的法理基础。并对该制度的构建进行初步探究:原告资格以工会、妇女联合会等社会组织为主,新增专门的平等就业管理机构;举证责任在当事人之间合理分配;抗辩事由应包括劳动保护措施、真实职业资格、小微企业豁免制度等;法律责任形式从民事责任和行政责任两方面进行规范。     

Gender,ethnicity and feminism: an intersectional analysis of the lived experiences feminist academic women in UK higher education

Studies have begun to explore how those women academics committed to social justice, namely feminist academics, are navigating the increasingly managerial Academy. To understand how these multiple social identities, including gender and ethnicity, interact and intersect, this paper adopts an intersectional approach to understanding the heterogeneity of women’s experiences in academia. Five focus groups with feminist academics (n = 6–10 in each focus group) reveal concerns of hampered career progression as a consequence of being female and openly feminist. Some ethnic minority academics felt that they were forced to choose between a feminist identity or that of their ethnic background. For some women, their feminist identity provided opportunities for challenging dominant practices. The paper concludes that the heterogeneity of feminist academics’ experiences within academia is under-researched and that the lens of intersectionality helps to illuminate this. This paper advances understanding of multiple identities at work, though demonstrating that intersectionality can lead to the accumulation of advantage as well as disadvantage in relation to social identities such as gender and ethnicity, and a political identity such as feminist.