The Decline of Federalism and the Rise of Morality-Policy Conflict in the United States

Morality policies-such as those pertaining to abortion, capitalpunishment, gambling, gay rights, pornography, and sex education—generateconflict over core values. These policies tend to be technicallysimple, potentially salient to the general public, and involvehigher than normal levels of citizen participation. They are,therefore, highly susceptible to being thrust into the activephase of policymaking when an incongruity develops between publicopinion and public policy. The reservation of authority to thestates on these issues embodied in the Tenth Amendment to theU.S. Constitution allows for closer policy-opinion congruence,therefore stabilizing morality policy politics. However, recentfederal actions on a range of morality policies have thrustthese issues onto the active political agenda of the states.     

Measuring the impact of fair trade on development

This study of the impact of fair trade relies on new field data from coffee and banana co-operatives in Peru and Costa Rica, including a detailed assessment of its welfare effects by comparing FT farmers with non-FT farmers as a benchmark. Attention is focused on three major effects: (a) direct tangible impact of FT arrangements on the income, welfare, and livelihoods of rural households; (b) indirect effects of fair trade for improving credit access, capital stocks, investments, and attitudes to risk; and (c) institutional implications of fair trade for farmers' organisations and externalities for local and regional employment, bargaining, and trading conditions. Although direct effects in terms of net income remain fairly modest, important benefits are found to include capitalising farmers and strengthening their organisations.     

Microwave-assisted extraction and differential scanning calorimetry in the chemical identification of sliming agents apprehended in the south region of Brazil

Over the past decades, consume of slimming agents considerably increased in several countries, including Brazil, due to weight-loss and stimulant properties. Since these drugs are controlled to prevent illicit and indiscriminate use, there is a parallel illegal market that uses the Internet and irregular pharmacies in order to distribute these formulations. Slimming agents produced by these illegal sources are known for being manufactured with little or none quality control resulting in uncertain and unknown formulations. For forensic purposes, apprehended pharmaceuticals have to undergo a process of chemical identification that can be difficult due to its complex matrix. In this sense, application of assisted energies in the extraction step such as microwave irradiation can be a promising method to increase the recuperation of the target molecules of the sample. Therefore, the aim of this research was to identify four slimming agents apprehended in Brazil by means of visual inspection, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry and Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectrometry. Moreover, the efficiency of solid-liquid extraction and microwave-assisted extraction was compared. It should be noted that our work was one of the few to use Differential Scanning Calorimetry and the application of microwave irradiation in the analysis of apprehended materials. Results showed that the majority of the samples was counterfeit being composed of one or several adulterants or contaminants. Initially, visual inspection resourcefully screened the slimming agents for possible signs of falsification, however it failed to detect fraudulent products that were very similar to veridical medicines. Sequentially, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy detected functional groups present in the samples while the presence or absence of the alleged active ingredients were successfully measured with Differential Scanning Calorimetry and, thus, providing a full chemical screening of the apprehended materials. Gas Chromatography- Mass Spectrometry confirmed the presence of adulterants such as caffeine, fluoxetine and phenolphthalein as well as contaminants such as sulfurol in the falsified samples. Finally, comparison of extraction procedures indicated that microwave-assisted extraction increased the recovery of compounds detected in chromatographic analysis to a greater extent than solid-liquid extraction.     

科学发展观的系统思考--兼析中央司法警官学院的发展定位

高校的健康发展,首先取决于定位的准确与否,只有找准自己的定位,才能明确发展的方向、努力的目标和实现目标的战略与途径.而要找准自己的定位则离不开始终坚持以科学的发展观为指导.     

Fatal suicidal crossbow injury--the ability to act

We report a case of a 58-year-old man who committed suicide using a modern crossbow. The victim shot himself in the chest with a conical field-tip arrow from close proximity. We first presumed that this was a case of homicide committed with a firearm. We were, however, subsequently proved wrong. The reasons for the primary statement were as follows: the external morphology of the entrance wound being typical of a firearm discharged from long distance; the perforation found on the victim's clothing; the absence of the firearm at the place of death; the absence of the arrow in the wound. All of these reasons forced us initially to conclude that the case was one of homicide. In the reported case, the man, after having been shot with an arrow, was further able to act, even though the abdominal aorta and liver were seriously injured. While the arrow was in the wound, the injuries may not have led to massive bleeding because of incomplete tamponade of the defects by the arrow shaft. Pulling the arrow out of the victim's wound track initiated massive bleeding. Despite all these injuries, the man was capable of pulling the bow string again and reloading the crossbow with the arrow used in the first attempt. This case demonstrates that forensic investigations into crossbow injuries can be very difficult, especially when the bolt has been removed from the body.     

全球化背景下中国公共行政本土研究:动力、内涵与进路

中国公共行政学者对于公共行政身份危机的反思为公共行政本土研究提供了契机。在本土研究过程中,对推动本土研究的动力、本土化内涵及其进路的分析是进一步开展本土研究的前提。文章试图在全球化背景下审视中国公共行政的本土研究。从中国改革开放的历史背景入手探讨和分析推动中国公共行政本土研究的动力;从全球化与本土化关系角度分析了公共行政本土化的内涵;最后从学者的学术自觉、本体论、知识论和方法论角度分析了进行本土化研究的进路。     

Urteilsveröffentlichung in einem ausländischen Medium

§ 51 MedienG ist im Verh?ltnis zu § 34 Abs 5 MedienG als lex posterior anzusehen, die der letztgenannten Bestimmung (teilweise, soweit § 51 MedienG auf eine Urteilsver?ffentlichung in einem ausl?ndischen Medium anzuwenden ist) derogiert hat. Ver?ffentlichungen haben grunds?tzlich im (auch ausl?ndischen) Medium selbst (durchsetzbar nach § 20 MedienG) – und nicht in einem Ersatzmedium – zu erfolgen. Die internationale Zust?ndigkeit des inl?ndischen Gerichts für die Anordnung der Urteilsver?ffentlichung als zivilrechtlichen Anspruch iSd EuGVVO auch auf einer Website bestimmt sich nach Art 5 Nr 3 EuGVVO, wonach Ansprüche aus einer unerlaubten Handlung (Deliktsklage) auch an jenem Ort geltend gemacht werden k?nnen, an dem das sch?digende Ereignis eingetreten ist. Auch die vom EuGH für ehrenrührige ?u?erungen in Medien entwickelte Sonderregel, nach der der Gesch?digte nicht in allen Staaten, in denen die ?u?erung verbreitet wurde, den gesamten Schaden einklagen kann, sondern jeweils nur jenen Teil, der sich in dem Staat konkret verwirklicht hat, steht dem nicht entgegen.     

科技为正义说话——中国司法鉴定管理体制改革的实践与探索

司法鉴定制度是大陆法系国家司法制度的一个重要组成部分,其与司法制度的产生和演变密不可分。人类诉讼制度演变至今,一个重要的钱索即是不断提升通过回溯性认知以发现案件事实进而作出裁判的能力。证据制度确立的主要目的就是准确地发现案件的事实真相,而科学技术的迅速发展更是为实现这一目的提供了保障和支撑。