The Social Security Administration's 10-percent sample file of OASDI beneficiaries.

This is another in a series of technical articles describing Social Security Administration sample files and statistical systems. The focus of this article is the 10-percent sample file that provides program and demographic information on Social Security beneficiaries under the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program. The article explains the contents and availability of the 10-percent sample and presents several statistical tabulations as examples of the wide variety of data that can be developed from the file.     

Foreign policy, rhetorical action and the idea of otherness: The Czech Republic and Russia

This article employs the concept of rhetorical action in an analysis of the recent developments in Czech-Russian political relations. Through the discourse analysis of key Russian political speeches and official documents related to the Czech Republic, as well as Czech speeches tackling the same issues, we look at two different rhetorical actions employed by Russia to induce changes in Czech policy. The attempts to make Czech policy unacceptable in the wider community of European democracies were only partially successful. While the first rhetorical action aimed against Czech NATO membership failed, the new diplomatic strategy stressing the need for a “normalization” of relations was successful in transforming Czech policy towards Russia.     

The identification of a US serviceman recovered from the Holy Loch, Scotland.

During February and March 2000, human remains were recovered from the Holy Loch, Scotland. Police enquiries identified 13 males that had gone missing, presumed drowned in the Holy Loch or the adjoining lochs, over the previous 35 years. Osteological examination of the remains established they were from a male, aged between 15 and 23 and 168-174 cm tall. This information eliminated ten of the known missing persons. DNA profiles, both STR and mitochondrial were generated from the remains and compared to the profiles generated from relatives of the missing men. A positive match between the unidentified individual and one of the maternal relatives identified the remains as belonging to a US serviceman who had gone missing 35 years ago. The successful identification led to the repatriation of the serviceman's remains.     

化痰降气胶囊对慢性阻塞性肺疾病模型大鼠影像学的影响

目的:探讨慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)模型大鼠及化痰降气胶囊治疗后影像学的变化.方法:采用气管内注入脂多糖加熏香烟复合刺激法复制大鼠COPD模型.治疗组4周后给药,6周后各组摄片.结果:呼吸频率各组相比,差异有显著性(P<0.05或P<0.01);各组横膈前肋、横膈后肋、肋间隙积分比较,差异有显著性(P<0.01);横膈前肋积分,模型组与治疗组相比,差异有显著性(P<0.05).结论:COPD大鼠有明显的肺气肿影像学表现,化痰降气胶囊对COPD大鼠的影像学有较为明显的改善作用.