How we collect and consider evidence of disability. Final rule

We are modifying the requirement to recontact your medical source(s) first when we need to resolve an inconsistency or insufficiency in the evidence he or she provided. Depending on the nature of the inconsistency or insufficiency, there may be other, more appropriate sources from whom we could obtain the information we need. By giving adjudicators more flexibility in determining how best to obtain this information, we will be able to make a determination or decision on disability claims more quickly and efficiently in certain situations. Eventually, our need to recontact your medical source(s) in many situations will be significantly reduced as a result of our efforts to improve the evidence collection process through the increased use of Health Information Technology (HIT).     

An end to a rumour

Mardin, is a city in the southeastern part of Turkey where people from different cultures and religions have been living together peacefully for centuries. The province hosted many valuable historical constructions representing different civilizations. Kasimiye Medresse, one of the most important educational centers of its times, has a sacred value for people in Mardin. The reason is that the stain on the wall of Kasimiye Medresse is considered to be Sultan Kasim's blood. Our study aims to analyze if the stain in question is blood. Serological tests are performed by using "Kastle-Meyer" and "Luminol" reactives on the scrapped samples taken from stained and unstained parts of the wall. At the end of the analysis, the stain is turned out to be a dye made of herbal roots ending the rumour of centuries.     

Modifications to the disability determination procedures; disability claims process redesign prototype. Social Security Administration. Notice of a prototype involving modifications to the disability determination procedures

The Social Security Administration (SSA) is announcing a prototype involving a combination of modifications to the disability determination process. Before proceeding to national implementation, we expect that this prototype will provide a body of information about what impact these modifications may have on agency operations, notice and other procedures, as well as the resulting quality and timeliness of decisions for the public.     

三氯醋酸烧灼止血致残1例

冯某,女,4岁.1997年6月22日,患儿因鼻腔反复出血两周到某县医院耳鼻喉科就诊.诊断为"鼻中隔黎氏区粘膜糜烂出血",随即使用30%三氯醋酸经过右鼻腔涂擦鼻中隔烧灼止血.由于医生操作不当,使药液外溢至鼻前庭及右上唇,造成化学烧伤并瘢痕形成,右鼻前孔严重狭窄,右上唇外翻畸形.     

Reinstatement of entitlement to disability benefits. Final rules

We are publishing final rules regarding the Reinstatement of Entitlement (Expedited Reinstatement) provision in section 112 of the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999. This provision allows former Social Security disability and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability or blindness beneficiaries, whose entitlement or eligibility had been terminated due to their work activity, to have their entitlement or eligibility reinstated in a timely fashion if they become unable to do substantial gainful work. These rules provide beneficiaries an additional incentive to return to work.     

No end in sight to cloning debate.

Since last August, Great Britain has allowed the cloning for research purposes. This fact has re-generated an existing debate, taking into account the prohibition of cloning of the UN, the States are debating whether cloning should be prohibited or in the contrary, it should also be admitted for reproductive purposes. This situation has generated an international uneasiness due to the lack of a universal consensus. This article analyses this situation, bringing the reader closer to the very controversial texts, such as the European Constitution and the UN Convention on Cloning.     

证据是如何排除的

证据排除是现代证据法的核心精神。在理想状态下,一项证据被“排除”,意味着该证据所反映的信息对于案件事实的最终认定不产生任何影响。从世界各国的具体情况来看,为达到这种理想状态,共有三种途径,分别适用于不同的法系。总体而言,普通法系的程序设置最符合证据排除的要求,而大陆法系在这一问题上则显得力不从心。为了使证据排除规则真正落到实处,包括我国在内采取职权主义审判模式的国家都需要进一步完善相关的配套制度。     

Continuing disability review failure to cooperate process. Final rules

We are amending our regulations to provide that we will suspend your disability benefits before we make a determination during a continuing disability review (CDR) under title II and title XVI of the Social Security Act (the Act) when you fail to comply with our request for necessary information. Should you remain non-compliant for a period of one year following your suspension, we will then terminate your disability benefits. Although our current title XVI regulations generally provide for the termination of payments after 12 months of suspension, we are amending our regulations by adding this policy to our title II regulations and by restating it in the title XVI CDR regulatory provisions.     

Amendments to the quick disability determination process. Final rule

We are amending our regulations to extend the quick disability determination process (QDD), which is operating now in the Boston region, to all of the State disability determination services (DDSs). We also are removing from the QDD process the existing requirements that each State DDS maintain a separate QDD unit and that each case referred under QDD be adjudicated within 20 days. These actions stem from our continuing effort to improve our disability adjudication process.     

关于现行教育法体系的完善

目前 ,从整体上看 ,我国的教育立法还未形成一个内容和谐一致、形式完整统一的有机整体。因此 ,亟须从整体上加强教育立法 ,以便尽快地建立起与社会主义市场经济和WTO背景相适应的教育法体系 ,借此促进我国社会主义教育事业的发展 ,并通过提高全体公民的整体文化素质 ,加快我国社会主义现代化建设事业的进程