The acetaminophen experience in south Florida

Toxicology records of the Dade County Medical Examiner Department were reviewed for the years 1972 to 1981. Any case in which acetaminophen was detected, regardless of the cause of death, was included in the study. Of 95 cases where acetaminophen was detected, no trends were observable in age, sex, or race. Acetaminophen deaths have increased in recent years, probably because of increased marketing of products containing this substance. Some two thirds of the cases involved suicides or accidental deaths, with 40 cases being directly attributable to overdose with a variety of drugs. It is suggested that acetaminophen may be a useful indicator of polydrug overdoses.     

联合国大会改革议论中的几个问题

<正> 一、有关大会改革的整体设想关于大会改革的建议可以大致分为两类.一类涉及大会职能范围内的有关国际社会重大的动态问题,如维持和平与安全,和平解决国际争端,促进各国合作与发展等,一类是有关大会的性质、职能、机构、程序方面的问题.本文所讨论的主要是第二类问题. 来自国际社会各个部分的意见,不论是学     

High performance liquid chromatographic determination of alcohols with reference to body distribution of methanol.

A method has been developed on reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography for simultaneous determination of methyl, ethyl and isopropyl alcohols under refractive index detection using pure water as the mobile phase. A good separation has been achieved between these alcohols. Detector response was linear with a detection limit of 5 mg/100 ml. Recovery studies were performed by adding known amounts of methyl and ethyl alcohols to blood, lung and liver within the range 80-90%. The reproducibility of the results was always greater than 90%. The quantitative distribution of methyl alcohol in postmortem body tissues and fluids has been reported in three cases of poisoning.     

Positional asphyxiation in adults. A series of 30 cases from the Dade and Broward County Florida Medical Examiner Offices from 1982 to 1990.

Over a 9-year period, 30 cases of positional (or postural) asphyxia were identified in the Dade and Broward County (Florida) Medical Examiner Offices. The victims had an average age of 50.6 years with no significant sex or racial differences as compared with the general medical examiner population. Chronic alcoholism or acute alcohol intoxication was a significant risk factor in 75% of cases and these had an average postmortem ethanol concentration of 0.24 g%. Signs of mechanical asphyxiation (petechiae and/or combined lung weights greater than 900 g) were present in 93% of cases. Victims were commonly (43%) found in a restrictive position producing hyperflexion of the head and neck. Two deaths involved restraint vests ("poseys") in elderly, demented, wheel-chair-confined victims. Scene photographs of the undisturbed decedent are extremely helpful in confirming a suspicion of postional asphyxia.     

Representing the People? Testing Assumptions about Local Government Reform

The publication of a new report from the Audit Commission, coupled with the Labour government's declared intention to modernize local authority decision making, marks the return to the policy agenda of long-familiar questions. This paper tests some of the assumptions underlying the reform programme against recent research evidence. Moves to improve effectiveness through establishing a 'cabinet' system, or delegation to officers or 'lead' councillors are considered in the light of councillors' own preferences and practices. The ways in which councillors spend their time and their perceptions of the appropriateness of its distribution between activities is explored. The paper then examines the extent to which authorities have chosen to experiment with and adapt their own structures, and considers whether central imposition of radical change is either necessary or advisable.     

HSP70,NF应用于脑挫伤时间推断的实验研究

应用免疫组化技术 (SABC法 ) ,检测实验大鼠脑挫伤灶周围神经元和胶质细胞中热休克蛋白70(HSP70)和神经丝蛋白(NF)的染色变化。结果发现NF和HSP70在脑挫伤后30min便可检测到 ,而且仅出现在脑挫伤灶周围 ,12～24h后逐渐消失 ,故此两项指标既可作为早期脑挫伤时间推断的依据 ,同时也可作为判断脑挫伤灶是否存在及区分生前和死后脑挫伤的重要标志。     

Interstate Tax Disharmony in India: A Comparative Perspective

Interstate tax disharmony arising from the states' attempt to"free-ride" on other states can cause distortions and inequityin a federal system. In this article, an attempt is made toanalyze interstate disharmony in the Indian tax system, providea quantitative measure of disharmony, examine its trend overtime, and compare the degree of disharmony in India with threeother important federations. The major conclusions are that(1) India has a higher degree of interstate tax disharmony thanAustralia, Canada, and the United States; (2) tax disharmonyin India has increased over lime unlike in the other three federations;and (3) tax disharmony in respect of individual state taxesis higher than the taxes taken in aggregate.     

被告人王某的行为是否适用自首

一、案情简介 1999年4月30日夜，被告人王某(男，16周岁)骑着自行车，携带铁榔头、旋凿等作案工具，尾随一单身骑自行车的女青年沈某至一偏僻小路，尔后猛然上前用铁榔头敲向沈的后脑，并将沈拦截，欲对沈实施强奸，因沈极力反抗，呼救而未能得逞，后即骑自行车逃跑。被害人沈某回家后告诉了父亲，后由其父用手机向公安派出所报案，并向警方描绘了作案人的体貌特征，还提供了作案人骑自行车和使用铁榔头这一线索。接报后，警方即派员在案发地点附近搜寻，至一小桥上发现一男子坐在桥栏上休息，边上停放有自行车，上前检查时发现该男子与被害…     

东南亚地区城市问题及成因探析

东南亚地区城市化发展中出现了城市首位度高、城市化水平整体较低、城市分布地区差别明显、过度城市化等问题,这些问题的形成既有主观原因,也有客观原因,既有历史原因,也有现代政府发展的原因.