司法部司鉴所赴欧技术考察报告

2006年10月22日至11月3日,以司法部司法鉴定科学技术研究所(以下简称司法部司鉴所)所长沈敏为团长、副所长朱元戎为副团长的司法鉴定技术考察团一行12人,     

中国刑法学研究会2002年年会论文综述

中国法学会刑法学研究会于 2 0 0 2年 10月 17日至 19日在古城西安隆重举行。本次年会由中国法学会刑法学研究会主办 ,西北政法学院承办。来自全国各地的刑法学者30 0余人出席了会议 ,盛况空前。本次年会共收到论文 2 41篇 ,主要围绕本次会议既定的三大议题进行了探讨。现将会议论文的主要观点综述如下 :一、犯罪构成与犯罪成立基本理论问题研究犯罪构成与犯罪成立的基本理论 ,是刑法学中非常重要的问题 ,也是我国刑法学者十分关注的热点。(一 )犯罪构成与犯罪成立的关系1 对传统犯罪构成理论的评价。大多数论者认为传统犯罪构成理论存在缺…     

The Analysis of a World War I U.S. Service Member's Dental Remains Recovered in France

In October 2009, the grave of an unknown World War I (WWI) U.S. service member was exhumed in Rembercourt‐Sur‐Mad Village, in the Lorraine Region of France. The skeletal remains and material evidence were accessioned into the Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command's (JPAC) Central Identification Laboratory (CIL). The personnel records for the associated casualty were requested, received, and reviewed. A dental profile was present among the service member's personal information. There were multiple points of concordance between the dental records of the associated casualty, and the recovered dental remains to include eight restored teeth, 15 unrestored teeth, and three antemortem missing teeth. Distinctive restorations which compared favorably included a porcelain crown and multiple gold foil fillings. All lines of evidence (historical, material evidence/personal effects, anthropological, and dental) and the circumstances of loss compared positively with the associated casualty. On April 1, 2010, the previously unaccounted‐for U.S. service member was positively identified and on June 23, 2010, was buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery.     

A report of the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Genetics

We present the results of the 1997, 1998 and 1999 Paternity Testing Workshops of the English Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Genetics. The numbers of participating laboratories were 24 (1997), 31 (1998) and 32 (1999). In 1997, all laboratories drew the correct conclusion that the alleged father was the biological father of the child. In 1998, the alleged father was the biological brother of the child and all laboratories excluded him. The scenario in 1999 was a deficiency case consisting of mother, child and the parents of the alleged father and all but one laboratory drew the correct conclusion.The percentage of laboratories routinely performing variable number of tandem repeat (VNTR) investigations using single locus probes (SLPs) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) decreased from 83% in 1997 to 66% in 1999. In the three workshops, more than 90% of the laboratories used polymerase chain reaction (PCR) based systems. In 1999, 80% of the laboratories performing PCR, used commercially available short tandem repeat (STR) kits. Other commonly used systems were HLA and PolyMarker investigated with PCR. Conventional systems and RFLP investigations of VNTRs with multi loci probes (MLPs) were used routinely by approximately 20% of the participating laboratories.All laboratories submitting results in the three workshops used RFLP-based VNTRs or/and PCR based VNTRs/STRs. Inter-laboratory comparisons of the results showed a very high concordance. The overall coefficients of variation between the laboratories of the results of RFLP typing of the commonly used VNTRs D2S44, D7S21, D7S22 and D12S11 were 1.2-1.3%. Consistent results were obtained in the great majority of the systems investigated by PCR and typing errors counted for less than 0.3% of the PCR based results.     

Medicare program; update of ratesetting methodology, payment rates, payment policies, and the list of covered surgical procedures for ambulatory surgical centers effective October 1, 1998--HCFA. Proposed rule

In this rule we propose to--Update the criteria for determining which surgical procedures can be appropriately and safely performed in an ambulatory surgical center (ASC); Make additions to and deletions from the current list of Medicare covered ASC procedures based on the revised criteria; Rebase the ASC payment rates using cost, charge, and utilization data collected by a 1994 survey of ASCs; Refine the ratesetting methodology that was implemented by a final notice published on February 8, 1990 in the Federal Register; Require that ASC payment, coverage, and wage index updates be implemented annually on January 1 rather than having these updates occur randomly throughout the year; Reduce regulatory burden; and Make several technical policy changes. This proposed rule implements requirements of section 1833(i)(1) and (2) of the Social Security Act.     

The suicide mortality rates between 1997-1998 and 2000-2001 in Nantou County of Taiwan following the earthquake of September 21 in 1999.

The paper aims to show the different suicide mortality rate between 1997-1998 and 2000-2001 in Nantou County of Taiwan with earthquake on September 21 (often referred to as the "9-21 earthquake") in 1999. In additional, it also identifies the preventive strategies for the high-risk suicide population. The age-standardized mortality rates for suicide in Nantou County were calculated for the years 1997-1998 and 2000-2001. The suicide standardized mortality ratio (SMR for townships in Nantou were calculated by "type of township" as the standard rate). There is a statistically significant difference in male suicide rates for the years prior to the earthquake (1997-1998) when pooled and compared to the suicide rates for the years after the earthquake (2000-2001). The rate for four age groups (under 25, 25-44, 45-64, 65 and above) all increased, yet all but one (the group of age 45-64) was not statistically significant. The male SMR has slightly increased after the 9-21 earthquake. Yet there are no statistical significances in most townships, except in Kaohsiung and Puli after the 9-21 earthquake. The Kaohsiung SMRs were 1.36 (95% CI: 0.54-2.80) before the earthquake (1997-1998) and 2.01 (95% CI: 1.04-3.52) after the earthquake (2000-2001). The SMRs before and after the earthquake in the Puli Township were 1.51 (95% CI: 0.95-2.29) to 1.56 (95% CI: 1.03-2.27). This study suggests that monitoring high-risk population, especially males or 45-64 years of age who experienced the highest statistically significant suicide rate in this study. The study provides support for providing both the psychological restoration program and, to the extent feasible, financial support for the unemployed as useful public health strategies for suicide prevention in Taiwan.