和谐，是最高层次的稳定——“义乌公安经验”给我们的启示

“义乌公安经验”的核心是义乌公安在社会治安中准确地把握了对于“稳定观”的理解。所谓科学的稳定观,就是以人为本,把和谐看作是最高层次的稳定。而义乌公安提出的一些理念及其做法,就是达成和谐的有效手段。以人为本,还是以社会为本?就要对“稳定”与“和谐”之间的区别和统一做出恰当的解释。“义乌公安经验”充分体现了义乌公安对于和谐社会的理解。     

浅论律师在构建和谐社会进程中的社会责任

改革开放以来，我国孕育和产生了主要由非公有制经济组织人士和自由择业知识分子组成的新的社会阶层，主要包括律师、会计师、评估师、金融师等中介组织从业人员、自由职业人员、民营科技企业的创业和技术人员、外资企业的管理技术人员等几个方面的社会群体。     

Casting light on excluded subject-matter: recent changes in the UK Patent Office approach to patentable inventions

Following two recent decisions from the High Court, the UK PatentOffice has changed the way it assesses whether or not an inventionis excluded from patent protection by Section 1(2) of the UKPatents Act; this will be of major significance for applicationsfiled in the UK, and particularly for those which concern computer-implementedinventions or business methods.     

The Role of Postmortem Cardiac Markers in the Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction*

Abstract: Sudden cardiac deaths because of acute myocardial infarction (MI) constitute a significant percentage of the caseload for death investigators, coroners, and forensic pathologists. Clinicians use cardiac markers, highly sensitive and specific for myocardial damage, to screen living patients for acute MI; however, to this point, the utility of these markers in the autopsy setting has not been fully established. The current study included 10 decedents, five who died of acute MI, and five subjects who died of noncardiac disease. Samples of pericardial fluid and blood from multiple sites were tested for creatine kinase, creatinine kinase MB, and troponin‐I. Three main conclusions were drawn: the levels of cardiac markers from all patients are significantly higher than the reference range for living patients, there are significant differences in cardiac marker levels between samples from different anatomic locations, and only three cardiac marker/anatomic site combinations were significantly different between the control and study groups.     

Invisible populations: LGBTQ people and federal health policy in Canada

This article reviews the state of federal health policy discourse toward the LGBTQ population in Canada. Despite the advent of greater attention to diversity and gender mainstreaming in federal public policy and the shift to legalized rights protections for LGBTQ people, symbolized by policies such as same‐sex marriage, LGBTQ health concerns continue to be marginalized in federal health policy. Based on a systematic review of federal policy documents and websites as well as a small number of interviews with federal policy‐makers, the research demonstrates the extent to which LGBTQ health concerns are rendered invisible in federal health policy. The article suggests several ways in which a commitment to gender‐based policy analysis could be expanded to take account of diverse health needs of LGBTQ Canadians.     

A Challenge for Police-Community Relations: Rethinking Stop and Search in England and Wales

This article presents research carried out as part of a government research programme looking at how police tactic of 'stop and search' in England and Wales. For many years, figures which have shown a higher rate of stop and search of minority ethnic groups, particularly black people, have provoked much controversy, and have been seen by many as a manifestation of police racism. This article reviews the way in which stop and search impacts on public confidence, with particular reference to those from minority ethnic groups. It goes on to explore its role within policing, including an examination of its effectiveness against crime and the evidence for racism in police practice. Following from this, it considers how stop and search can be used in a way that minimises negative impacts on the community and maximises its effectiveness against crime.     

The Human Rights Act 1998: research,freedom of speech and academic freedom

This article will consider rights to receive and express information and ideas from the perspective of the researcher, the researched, the researcher's institution and the wider community. It will also consider how the courts will resolve the inevitable conflicts between these rights. It does not address the right to education enshrined in Article 2 of the First Protocol² but rather the other Convention Articles, particularly Article 10, particularly relevant to the conduct of intellectual inquiry. It is intended to underline the potential reach of the Act for all public bodies which seek to be learning organisations, and the consequent need for such bodies to review their practices and procedures before the Act comes into force on 2 October 2000.     

'Talking to Fishers': A Response to Kesteven

Geoffrey Kesteven's 'Talking to Fishers' appeared in the March 1996 issue of AJPA 55(1). Here, Nick Rayns takes issue with Dr Kesteven's observations on the South East Fishery Workshop, held at Bateman's Bay in September 1994. Dr Kesteven's rejoinder follows this response.