Potential role of the MNC as an agent of technology transfer for economic development

There is evidence that the multinational corporation (MNC) and a developing nation may have a set of mutually beneficial goals. This article investigates the goals of the multinational corporation and the goals of a developing nation. It then illustrates the mutual benefits in terms of resource identification, and technology selection and development. A planning mechanism is suggested. Finally, some guide lines are offered that should enhance the probability of cooperation.     

Medicolegal aspects of witnessed suicide due to gunshot to the head. II. Legal medicine aspects and examination of the firing hand

The second part of the paper on suicides by gunshots to the head in the presence of witnesses focuses on relevant morphological autopsy findings such as entrance site, signs of close range or contact shots, bullet path etc. and also discusses selected aspects of ascertaining gunshot residues. For the identification of the shooter an integral medicolegal assessment of all the facts including the investigation results and the autopsy findings is essential. However, the morphological findings alone do not allow safe diagnosis, as for example in a homicide the temporal region, which was affected in all our cases, may have been deliberately chosen by the perpetrator as a localization typical of suicide. Thus methods to ascertain gunshot residues on the firing hand (by means of adhesive films and the polyvinyl-alcohol collection method--PVAL) are of great practical importance. In seven cases adhesive films and/or the polyvinyl-alcohol collection method were used. In one case the gunshot residues (GSR) were analysed by means of tape lifts and subsequent scanning electron microscopy (SEM). It was found that especially the combined application of topographical (adhesive tape/PVAL) and cumulative (SEM) methods allowed for the doubtless identification of the shooter, thus usually confirming the suicide. By the example of one case it is demonstrated that without the immediate collection of evidence at the scene objective reconstruction of the event becomes impossible. On the basis of the reported cases recommendations are finally given for a differentiated approach in the medicolegal evaluation of alleged witnessed suicide by gunshot (to the head).     

Hochwasserschutz im Spannungsverhältnis zum übrigen Fachplanungsrecht, Raumordnungsrecht und zur Bauleitplanung

Durch das Oderhochwasser, aber vor allem durch die Flutkatastrophe an der Elbe im August 2002, ist der Hochwasserschutz verstärkt in das öffentliche Bewusstsein getreten. Dies hat auf der Ebene von Bund und Ländern zu verschiedenen Aktionen geführt, die sich nunmehr in Gesetzesänderungen niederschlagen sollen 1. Der Hochwasserschutz kann dabei durchaus in ein Spannungsverhältnis zu anderen öffentlichen und privaten Anliegen und Belangen treten—vor allem, wenn sich aus deren Sicht Einschränkungen für die bauliche oder sonstige Nutzung der betroffenen Flächen ergeben können. Ein wichtiger Teilausschnitt aus diesem Gesamtproblem ist das Spannungsverhältnis des Hochwasserschutzes zum übrigen Fachplanungsrecht, zum Raumordnungsrecht und zur Bauleitplanung. Hierüber soll auf der Grundlage des vorliegenden Gesetzentwurfs der Bundesregierung zum verbesserten Hochwasserschutz berichtet werden. *) Der Beitrag beruht auf einem Vortrag, den der Verfasser auf dem 9. Leipziger Umweltrechts-Symposium Rechtliche Aspekte des vorbeugenden Hochwasserschutzes am 22. 4. 2004 gehalten hat und der auch in dem von dem Direktoren des Instituts für Umwelt- und Planungsrecht, Prof. Dr. Martin Oldiges und Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Köck betreuten Tagungsband erscheinen wird.     

An unusual area of injury in postmortem animal feeding beneath clothing

The authors report on a woman who died on the age of 75 years and who was found dead in her dwelling with an extensive injury of the left thigh two days after the last sign of life. Together with the corpse a poodle was present in the dwelling. Due to the unusual localization totally beneath the clothes (trousers) and the morphology of the injury an unnatural cause of death was suspected. According to the autopsy findings and the histological results, postmortal animal scavenging caused by the poodle remained the only explanation for the injury. Supplementary DNA testing yielded final certainty.     

Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania

Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania: underdevelopment and an uncaptured peasantry Goran Hyden London: Heinemann. 1980. 270pp. £7.50. £3.50 pb     

Daniel Couzinet: Die Zulässigkeit von Immissionen im anlagenbezogenen Immissionsschutzrecht

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