Population data of nine STRs of Mexican-Mestizos from Mexico City

One hundred and thirteen individuals were PCR-typed for nine STR loci with the AmpFlSTR Profiler Plus PCR amplification kit, including the following autosomal STRs: D3S1358, vWA, FGA, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D13S317 and D7S820. Allele frequencies for each STR were estimated, and they were compared to other populations. Genotype distribution by locus and by two-loci combination was in agreement with Hardy-Weinberg expectations for all nine STRs. For this region of Mexico, the combined probability of exclusion (PE) and power of discrimination (PD) were estimated: PE=99.964% and PD>99.999%.     

2004年俄罗斯内政外交综述

2004年是普京连任总统、开始第二任期的第一年。这一年对于俄罗斯来讲是不平凡的一年。俄国内外媒体上频繁出现的"总统选举"、"政府改组"、"经济翻番"、"行政改革"、"尤科斯案"、"先发制人"、"车臣总统被炸"、"别斯兰事件"、"乌克兰橙色革命"等醒目的字眼,把2004年的俄罗斯渲染得五彩斑斓。     

Isoelectric focusing of human hair keratins: correlation with sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) patterns and effect of cosmetic treatments.

A new isoelectric focusing (IEF) technique in polyacrylamide gels with 6M urea and 1.5% Nonidet P40 has been developed to characterize human hair samples. The phenotypes demonstrated with this procedure has been correlated with the sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) patterns described by other authors. The method described can be applied in the forensic science analysis of a single human hair. Using the same IEF technique we have studied the changes in electrophoretic patterns of cosmetically treated hair. The characteristics of the modifications observed and its utility in forensic science work are also discussed in this paper.     

职务犯罪证据认定问题浅析

我国刑事立法关于证据规定的缺失以及职务犯罪案件的特殊性、传统的取证方法的落后性是当前查处职务犯罪案件的瓶颈所在.尽快完善我国刑事诉讼证据立法是从根源上解决职务犯罪的证据问题的良策.在当前的司法实践中,应注重收集间接证据、再生证据证明或补强原证据以认定职务犯罪.同时,应广泛采用录音录像等技术手段及时获取证据或有效固定证据.     

Factors affecting strontium absorption in drownings

This study examines the effects of age, gender, a cold water medium versus warm water medium, and salinity on strontium levels determined in left ventricular blood in drownings. Significant differences in the amount of strontium absorbed into the bloodstream (p<0.001) were detected between individuals who drowned in fresh water versus those drowning in seawater, and between those drowning in cold water versus warm water (p=0.030). However, no significant differences were noted in the strontium concentrations of left ventricular blood according to gender or age.     

Using an evolutionary perspective to understand the relationship between physical aggression and academic performance in late adolescents

In this study, we applied an evolutionary perspective to analyze the relationship between aggressiveness, academic performance, and sociality in a population of 528 adolescents of both sexes. In men, we expect physical aggression (PA) and sociality to be negative predictors of academic performance. However, in women, PA would be a negative predictor of academic performance, and sociality a positive one. Our results report a negative association between academic performance and PA in both sexes. As we expected, social effect derived from the use of PA seems to be different for each sex, where men could display a rebellious attitude to increase chances of finding a mate. In contrast, results for women are not conclusive, because no relationship between academic performance and any aggressive mechanism, were predicted by sociality. We conclude that an evolutionary framework, which includes sex-specific hypotheses, is appropriate to obtain a holistic perspective of this phenomenon.     

Chemical Analysis in the Corpus Callosum Following Traumatic Axonal Injury using Fourier Transform Infrared Microspectroscopy: A Pilot Study

Evaluating traumatic axonal injury remains challenging in clinical and forensic sciences as its identification is difficult using routine diagnostic methods. This study used Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy to detect TAI within the corpus callosum in an animal model. Protein conformational analysis revealed significantly increased β-sheet and β-turn contents paralleled by a decrease in α-helix content at 24 h postinjury, while the antiparallel β-sheet content was decreased at 12 h postinjury. Compared with the control group, the lipid/protein ratio was significantly reduced in all of the injured groups. At 24 h postinjury, there were increases in the olefinic=CH and CH₃ group of lipids accompanied by the decreased CH₂ group, but the results at 12 and 72 h were contrary to that at 24 h. Our study showed that FTIRM could differentiate injured from normal white matter at different time points following TBI via examination of these infrared spectral parameters.     

Explaining interest group access to parliamentary committees

This article explains why parliamentary groups invite interest groups to the parliamentary arena. It argues that interest groups’ access to committees not only reflects policy-makers’ need for information and expertise but also party preferences and institutional factors such as the type of government, parliamentary committee structure and committee agenda capacity. Results show that interest groups’ access to the parliamentary arena increases under minority governments, in the case of highly conflictual issues, and when the number of permanent committees increases. Also, results demonstrate that parliamentary groups invite interest organisations following different logics – problem-solving or confrontation logic – depending on the type of functions they have to perform – legislative and oversight activities. The article uses a novel, comprehensive database with information on the appearances of all interest groups in the Spanish parliament from 1996 to 2015.     

我国教师教育发展的问题及对策研究

从师范教育走向教师教育体现了教育观念的根本转变,蕴合了从封闭走向开放、从单一走向多元、从职前培养走向终身发展的内涵要求.当前,我国教师教育发展在培训模式、课程教学、管理制度方面还存在一些不足,需要进行综合性的教育改革.     

从多维创新到体系整合：城市基层社会治理维度的完善路径

在创新社会治理中,城市基层社会需要在自主治理、协作治理、引导治理和智慧治理这四种维度上进行创新。为形成完整的治理体系,应准确把握不同维度治理创新间的联系,通过划分主体职责、明确阶段重点、衔接整合维度三个方面逐步推进,进而在治理创新中形成合力,形成完整的基层社会治理制度。