对WTO秘书处地位和作用的重新定位

秘书处在许多不同的领域发挥了作用,例如贸易谈判、贸易协议的实施与管理、争端解决等方面。但令人担忧的是,秘书处的作用被弱化,变得越发唯唯诺诺,这会使WTO失去效率。“车轮”理论要求WTO从两轮机器变成四轮机器,发挥秘书处和总干事的最大功效。     

Mo Yan Speaks About Rural China

WHEN judges in Sweden awarded Mo Yan the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature and he was suddenly thrust into the world’s limelight, he was not sitting in front of the TV waiting for the news, as he doesn’t want his grandson to grow up with TV.     

当代社会主义价值观认同研究

社会主义价值观被中国人民广泛认同是中国共产党取得革命胜利和社会主义建设成就的基础 ,是中国共产党得以长期执政的保证。改革开放后 ,中国共产党的价值认识产生了巨大的飞跃 ,同时 ,社会转型期和经济全球化也使社会主义价值观认同遭遇挑战 ,中国共产党人要继续获得中国人民的广泛认同 ,必须坚持自我价值和社会价值的辩证统一 ,坚持艰苦创业与追求正当利益的辩证统一 ,坚持市场经济原则与党性原则的辩证统一     

Fatal poisoning by vanadium

We report here a fatal intoxication case involving ammonium vanadate. A 24-year-old woman was admitted to the Emergency Department for abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, multiple daily diarrheas, hypoglycaemia (0.2g/L) and severe acute renal failure with glomerular filtration rate estimated at 21 ml/min. This patient had taken an undetermined amount of ammonium vanadate 12h after ingesting. She died next morning in the context of respiratory distress despite intensive care and oxygen therapy. The autopsy revealed widespread asphyxia syndrome and erosive gastritis. Determination of vanadium concentration in blood was carried out by means of mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) using rhodium ((103)Rh) as the internal standard. The vanadium concentration was 6.22 mg/L, corresponding to 6000 times higher than normal concentration in the general population. The latency and the brutality of clinical picture degradation seem to be in consideration of systemic poisoning by vanadium leading to inhibition of the cellular respiratory process.     

Sudden unexpected death in infancy and childhood due to undiagnosed neoplasia: an autopsy study

Sudden unexpected death due to clinically undiagnosed neoplasia in infancy and childhood (SUDNIC) is a rare phenomenon, with only small numbers of cases reported in the literature. In the majority of instances, the tumors involve critical structures within the heart or central nervous system and include gliomas, medulloblastomas, rhabdomyomas, and neoplasms of stromal elements. A 20-year retrospective review of autopsy records from the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, was performed (1984-2003, n = 4926), and 7 cases of SUDNIC were identified (0.14%). In addition, 1 case was obtained from the files of the Children's and Women's Health Centre of British Columbia, Vancouver. Diagnoses included 2 cases of acute leukemia (1 myelogenous, 1 lymphoblastic), 2 cases of mediastinal lymphoblastic lymphoma (pre-T cell type), 1 papillary fibroelastoma of the mitral valve prolapsing into and totally occluding the left anterior descending coronary artery, 1 medulloblastoma, 1 Wilms tumor associated with fatal intraperitoneal hemorrhage, and 1 widely disseminated gastric carcinoma. These cases demonstrate that infants and children may have minimal or no symptoms in the presence of significant disease and highlight the need for a thorough autopsy examination in cases of sudden unexpected death in infancy and childhood.     

Geographical Connections: Law,Islands, and Remoteness

Liverpool Law Review - The paper introduces a special issue dedicated to cross-disciplinary research on insular condition and insularity. Situated at the crossroads of legal and geographical...     

WTO贸易政策评审机制: 作用证明价值,挑战尚待回应

WTO贸易政策评审机制在增强各成员方贸易政策的透明度,改善国际贸易环境,减少贸易纠纷等方面发挥了重要的作用。这一机制也面临着一系列挑战,包括成员方数量增加对评审周期的冲击,如何保证发展中国家的利益;区域和双边安排对贸易政策评审机制的冲击,如何加强贸易政策评审,多边谈判和争端解决三大机制的联系和协作等。完善机制的建议包括改变评审周期,对小国进行集体评审,增加评审的人力资源,帮助发展中国家进行能力建设,缩减秘书处报告等。这种评析对我国参与贸易政策评审会有所裨益。     

Attempted altruistic infanticide in a context of psychotic decompensation induced by stress linked to the COVID-19 pandemic:a case report

The mediatization of the COVID-19 pandemic has created a lot of stress leading sometimes to mental health issues. We present a case of a thirty-year-old woman with no history of psychotic disease but some vulnerabilities and no criminal record, who attempted to kill her seven-year-old son during a brief delusional episode in the context of fear of the coronavirus. She was successfully treated by pharmacotherapy and psychotherapy. She was examined by forensic psychiatrists leading to the conclusion that her responsibility was highly diminished, and her reoffending risk was low. We add to the literature that the COVID-19 pandemic has been such a stressor for mentally vulnerable people that it could lead to severe psychiatric decompensation and even criminal acts.