Correction to: Age Patterns in Risk Taking Across the World

Journal of Youth and Adolescence - In the original publication, the legends for Figs 4 and 5 were incorrect, such that each regression line was mislabeled with the incorrect country. Below are the...     

Fluorescence of a Natural Fluorophore as a Key to Improve Fingerprint Contrast Image

The optical and morphological properties of resveratrol were investigated. This nontoxic fluorescent natural material, emitting in the visible blue light, was used as an optical marker, enabling the enhancement of the image contrast coming from relief pictures marked on challenging surfaces. By applying appropriated imaging softwares, this marker was verified to be very useful in the latent fingerprint recognition deposited on different wood surface types, mainly those with high level of roughness, where conventional forensic materials do not allow effective fingerprint image visualization.     

Covid-19 Pandemic,Social Mitigation and Taxation: The Open Veins of Inequality in Latin America

The pandemic of Covid-19 has exposed the veins of inequality in Latin America. With a socioeconomic disaster looming, social emergency policies seemed inevitable. Yet while governments argue over the continuity of such policies and whether the fiscal rules in place should be respected, no sustainable response has come out. This essay problematises whether the pandemic could represent a critical juncture to forge ahead with political narratives that highlight tax exemptions and privileges enjoyed by the rich. We analyse the mitigation measures adopted by Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay and their repercussions on the debate surrounding progressive tax reforms to fund social schemes.     

Bringing the Falklands/Malvinas Home: Young People's Everyday Engagements with Geopolitics in Domestic Space

This paper draws on recent research examining feminist and everyday geopolitics to focus on the relatively neglected domestic sphere as a space where geopolitical events like the Falklands/Malvinas war are learnt, (re)produced, remembered and contested by young people. It presents qualitative data drawn from interviews with young people from Argentina (Río Gallegos) and the Falkland Islands (Stanley), locations with intimate connections to the 1982 war. It argues that research in domestic environments that engages the familial relations, objects and practices that embody geopolitical pasts can help make sense of how young people (are able to) express geopolitical agency.     

非正式制度对于中国乡镇企业研究的重要性

传统与现代并非二元对立,现代化并不意味传统的消亡,中国乡镇企业运行中非正式制度的重要作用正说明了这一点,传统因素与现代因素在乡镇企业中统一了起来。只有充分认识非正式制度对于乡镇企业的重要意义,我们才能更深刻地认识乡镇企业和农村经济的本质,这对于建设中国特色社会主义市场经济有极为重要的意义。     

世界卫生组织新任总干事陈冯富珍

2006年11月9日,拥有193个成员国的世界卫生组织大会,举行特别会议进行最后投票选举,陈冯富珍脱颖而出成为世界卫生组织的新任总干事,任期5年。陈冯富珍将于2007年1月4日履职,任期至2012年6月30日。一、香港医学界的“大家姐”陈冯富珍现年59岁,1961—1966年就读于香港何东中学,     

Analysis of STR loci in Cartagena, a Caribbean city of Colombia

Allele frequencies, together with some parameters of forensic interest were estimated for nine STRs included in the AmpF/STR Profiler kit (CSF1PO, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D13S317, FGA, TH01, TPOX and vWA) in a sample of 215 unrelated individuals from Cartagena (Colombia). For all loci, no significant deviations from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium were observed. Comparative analysis results between our data and those from other Colombian and African population samples revealed significant differences, except with two Colombian Caribbean Coast sub-regions.     

拉美左派领导人代表乌戈·查韦斯

委内瑞拉总统乌戈·查韦斯(Hugo Chavez)近年来因激进的反美、反新自由主义的言行在拉美政坛上声名鹊起,成为拉美左派领导人的代表,也日益受到西方国家的关注。西方舆论认为,查韦斯以顺应民主时代的方式,重新确立了“查韦斯式的专制主义”,并带动拉美地区形成左派政治气候。随着今年几个拉美国家包括墨西哥、巴西将陆续进行选