The identification of a dismembered human body: a multidisciplinary approach

A criminal case was directed to a multidisciplinary forensic team for identification, concerning a victim whose head, having two gunshot wounds, had been separated by a sharp instrument and was recovered 6 months later. The purpose of this research was to determine the sex and age of the victim for human identification. Primarily, macroscopic examination of the skull, tooth, and DNA analysis was conducted for sex determination. A rough assessment of age was made from the skull based on anthropological findings, however a more definitive result of age estimation was determined utilizing dental morphology. The dental data showed an age range of 32-37 from the mineral examination and the formulation of microscopic measurements. The results obtained from the skull and dental analysis matched with the physical characteristics of the victim's body, the known personal data of this person, and with the superposition of the photos gathered by a formal request. Besides, the result of DNA profiling of the victim showed male gender and direct relationship with the victim's presumed wife and daughter. Generally, research on human identification consists of sex and age determination. The sex characteristics can be precisely proved from DNA tests. However, age can be estimated by skeletal, and dental analysis. In this case the performed sex and age analysis lead the research to the selective matching of the missing person's identity.     

人体皮肤切创纤维连接蛋白EDA、EDB的表达与损伤时间关系的研究

目的研究纤维连接蛋白(fibronectin,FN)可变剪接片段EDA、EDB在人体皮肤切创的表达情况,并摸索EDA、EDBmRNA在离体皮肤上最长检出时限,以期为早期损伤时间的推断提供实用的参考指标。方法采用DIG标记的反意RNA探针,原位杂交检测人体皮肤在损伤早期(从30min开始)FNEDA、EDBmRNA表达的变化。结果正常人体皮肤无EDA、EDBmRNA表达;在损伤早期(≤3h)FNEDA、EDB的表达随时间的延长而呈现一种不断上升的趋势;EDA、EDBmRNA主要出现在表皮基底层细胞;EDA、EDBmRNA在标本离体后4h就不能检测到。结论FNEDA、EDB可作为早期损伤时间推断的较理想的参考指标,但原位杂交的检测方法不适用于实际应用。     

Precedent Externality, Network Effect, and the Possible Inefficiency of the Evolution of Laws

Using the traditional scenario of tort conflict as an example, I argue that the marginal precautionary costs of injurers and victims are not constant, as was assumed by most previous researchers. The precedent of a liability rule has some natural externality on the precaution technology, and hence marginal cost, faced by future agents involved in torts. The adoption of legal rules therefore has a network effect, meaning that the present prevalent adoption of one rule increases the probability of its future adoption. Treating the dynamic evolution of legal rules as a random process, we are able to apply an established result in the literature of network economies to conclude the path-dependence, non-predictability, and potential inefficiency concerning the final legal rule to which the dynamics converge.     

“poisonous”考——兼与《大学英语》(精读)第一册编者商榷

由上海外语教育出版社出版的《大学英语》修订本精读教程第一册中的TestYourself :TestPa perI的第V部分将“Tarantulasarenot,asmostpeoplethink ,poisonousspiders .”译为“狼蛛并不像大多数人所认为的那样是毒蜘蛛”有待商榷。无论是根据英国原版权威词典的解释 ,还是从上下文、动物学、构词学、语法角度进行分析 ,“poisonous”一词的含义有二 :一是有毒的 ,二是巨毒的。我国目前常用的英汉词典对该词的释义是片面的。其准确译文应该是 :狼蛛并非像大多数人所认为的那样是巨毒蜘蛛。     

"信用安徽"建设与中介组织发展

现代市场经济就是信用经济,"信用安徽"建设是富民强省、增创我省发展新优势的战略举措.培养市场主体良好的信用意识,建立起完善的管理信用立法和失信惩罚机制,强化企业内部的信用管理,促进信用中介服务行业的市场化发展等都是打造"信用安徽"的重要途径.故此,应充分发挥政府在征信服务行业发展中的重要作用,尽快建立并完善我省企业信用数据库,同时鼓励和推动商业担保机构的规范发展.     

埃斯特拉达：菲律宾特色民主的产物与替罪羊

菲律宾被罢黜总统埃斯特拉达（以下称埃氏）是菲律宾历届当选总统中得票率最高的“民选”总统,曾被菲律宾人评价为继50年代马克赛赛总统之后最受群众欢迎的总统。然而,在执政后仅一年多便遭致来自各派势力的激烈反对,并成为亚洲第一位遭受弹劾的总统,最终在民变、政变、军变的压力下黯然交出了政权。埃氏作为民选总统,政治生涯在任期仅二年半期间发生了如此戏剧性的变化,其中缘由值得深思。本文试图从菲律宾特色民主为出发点,探索埃氏这位民选总统倒台的原因,并对菲律宾特色民主“EDSA第二次人民力量”的后遗问题进行一些初步的探讨。