On the state of the budgetary funding of government forensic medical expert institutions in the Russian Federation

The data on the budgetary funding of state-owned forensic medical bureaus in the Russian Federation for the period from 2005 to 2008 were collected and analysed. The results of the overall estimation and parameters characterizing the level of funding of these expert facilities are presented. Selected state forensic medical bureaus have been ranked based on the level of their financial support.     

The contribution of N.I. Pirogov to the development of forensic medicine (on the occasion of his 200th birthday anniversary)

The main facets of professor N.I. Pirogov's professional activity are outlined. Forensic medicine (in the first place its organizational and practical aspects) was an integral component of his scientific and clinical work, along with applied anatomy and surgery. Landmark publications of N.I. Pirogov are listed with special reference to those concerned with forensic medical expertise of medical malpractice cases, postmortem inspection and intravital examination procedures, wound ballistics studies, the atlas of forensic pathology, etc. The surgeon and anatomist N.I. Pirogov can be justly regarded as a founder of forensic medicine in this country.     

Forensic medical diagnostics of chronic narcotic intoxication based on the morphological findings

The objective of the present work was to develop the forensic medical criteria for chronic narcotic intoxication based on the results of morphological studies. The internal organs from 179 cadavers were available for the examination following death from acute poisoning with narcotic substances or as a result of chronic narcotic intoxication. The studies were carried out with the use of routine histological staining techniques and an immunohistological method. The data obtained provided a basis for the development of criteria to be employed in forensic medical diagnostics of acute poisoning with narcotic drugs and chronic narcotic intoxication. These criteria include ischemia of cerebral neurons, pulmonary emphysema with the formation of foreign body-type granulomas and fibrin/erythrocyte thrombi, morphological signs of ventricular fibrillation, the picture of bacterial endocarditis, follicular hyperplasia of the lymphoid organs, chronic portal hepatitis, and nodular degeneration of the adrenal cortex associated with its atrophy.     

Isolation, extractive concentration, and determination of caffeine in the studies of blood plasma

The optimal conditions for the isolation of caffeine from human blood by means of acetone extraction are described with special reference to the peculiarities of extraction from aqueous solutions. The possibility of concentration and purification of caffeine from blood plasma using acetone and aceton-chlorophorm mixture (2:8) as the solvents is illustrated. In addition, purification by silica-gel thin layer chromatography is discussed. Thin layer chromatography, UV-spectrophotometry, and high performance liquid chromatography are considered as potential methods for the identification and quantitative determination of caffeine.     

中国特色社会主义“特色”的新概括——学习胡锦涛总书记“7·23”重要讲话的体会

胡锦涛在省部级主要领导干部专题研讨班开班式上的重要讲话,从坚持和发展中国特色社会主义的政治高度,强调＂必须不断丰富中国特色社会主义的实践特色、理论特色、民族特色、时代特色＂,是对中国特色社会主义＂特色＂的新概括。深刻认识中国特色社会主义的＂四个特色＂,对于我们进一步深刻理解和把握中国特色社会主义,从而更好地坚持和发展中国特色社会主义,将具有极为重要的理论意义和实践意义。     

中国共产党推进马克思主义大众化的基本经验

马克思主义在本质上是实践的。大众化是马克思主义的本质要求。中国共产党在把马克思主义中国化的同时,致力于推动马克思主义大众化,积累了马克思主义大众化的丰富经验。其中最基本的是：坚持马克思主义大众化与本国化、民族化、时代化、实践化的统一;坚持灌输与吸收、理论与实践、研究与宣教、示范与普及相结合;坚持把马克思主义大众化作为一项艰巨复杂的社会系统工程来推进。