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He was only a little monkey, a very little one the first timeI saw him, not more than 9 inches tall; and when he died 3 yearslater, fully grown, he did not measure more than a foot anda half.     

The State of the Science in Technology Transfer: Implications for the Field of Assistive Technology

The Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology Transfer (T²RERC) hosted a “State of the Science” conference in November, 2001. The conference reviewed technology transfer work within the field of assistive technology, and summarized related work in public, private and academic sectors. Invited speakers prepared papers on various topics concerning technology transfer, and related their findings to the field of assistive technology during the ensuing discussion sessions. This paper provides an overview of the material presented by the participants, and explores the implications of their findings for one particular field of application—assistive technology for people with disabilities.     

GRANDPARENT VISITATION RIGHTS

In recent years, legislators in all fifty states have given grandparents rights to petition for visitation privileges with grandchildren that can be enforced over parental objections. Grandparent visitation rights reflect an effort to protect meaningful relationships children enjoy with nonparental caregivers, enlist the assistance of extended family when the child's nuclear family is disrupted, and defend the interests of grandparents themselves. This psycholegal analysis explores the direct and indirect consequences of grandparent visitation statutes for family functioning. Statutory provisions are summarized, and the effects of these statutes are evaluated in light of what is known about the role of grandparents in child development, how courts evaluate children's "best interests" in grandparent visitation disputes, and how these statutes can alter family functioning in informal ways. The authors conclude that there are risks as well as benefits to children and families in grandparent visitation statutes, and suggest directions for procedural and statutory reform.     

2005年中国法律史学学术研究回顾

一、概况 2005年中国法律史学学术研究成果丰富,学术交流活跃.就研究成果而言,据有关报刊杂志及中国人民大学书报资料中心有关论文"索引"和<新华文摘>所辑报刊目录的统计,①2005年发表的有关中国法律史及中日、中西法律史比较的研究论文近四百篇,专著数十种.2005年的中国法律史学学术研究有三个特点:第一,大量的研究成果反映了学科研究的细化和向纵深的发展,近四百篇学术论文几乎涵盖了自三代至新中国数千年每一个历史阶段,并涉及到法律所关涉到的方方面面问题.比如,宏观地研究中国传统法的内容与特点、中国古代法律形成的历史背景和文化基础等等,应该指出的是,在宏观研究中,并不乏对一朝代或一王朝法律细致的陈述和分析.     

DEVELOPMENTAL AND LIFE‐COURSE CRIMINOLOGY: KEY THEORETICAL AND EMPIRICAL ISSUES‐THE 2002 SUTHERLAND AWARD ADDRESS*

The main aim of this paper is to advance knowledge and (especially) theories about developmental and life‐course criminology (DLC). First, I review the widely accepted DLC findings that all DLC theories have been designed to explain. Second, I review more contentious and unresolved empirical DLC issues that might present challenges to DLC theories. Third, I describe my own DLC theory and specify how it addresses key empirical and theoretical questions. Fourth, I summarize five important DLC theories, by Catalano and Hawkins, Sampson and Laub, Moffitt, LeBlanc, and Thornberry and Krohn. Fifth, I identify differences in assumptions and predictions between my theory and the other five theories. Finally, I recommend a detailed comparison of the key features of all DLC theories, of their answers to key empirical and theoretical questions, and of their predictions regarding key unresolved empirical DLC issues.     

深化教育行政管理研究为推进教育改革创新服务

加快推进教育行政管理改革创新，已成为新形势下促进教育改革发展的重要关注点和着力点。中国教育学会教育行政专业委员会的成立，为从事教育管理的实际工作者和理论工作者搭建了一个科学研究、政策分析、经验分享和相互学习提高的新平台，对于深化教育行政管理研究和推动实践创新，将发挥积极作用和影响：要努力推进教育行政管理方面的学术研究和理论创新；积极推进教育行政管理改革和实践创新；深入开展教育方针政策的学习、宣传和咨询服务；促进教育行政管理干部队伍建设和能力水平提升。当前和今后一段时期。该专业委员会将围绕《国家中长期教育改革和发展规划纲要》精神的贯彻实施开展学习宣传和咨询服务工作，围绕深化教育行政管理体制改革组织学术研究和交流活动，积极开展教育行政管理干部的教育培训等工作。     

中美警务技能战术教学训练之比较

加强中美警察在警务技能战术教学训练的研究,对中美警察警务技能与战术的课程设置、教学内容及训练方法、教官队伍建设等多方面加以比较,提出学习美国警察在警务技能战术教学训练方面先进的经验和做法,以促进我国警察在技能战术教学训练方面的发展     

Radiographic demonstration of esophageal and tracheal fistulas at autopsy using a contrasting medium that vulcanizes at room temperature

Esophageal and tracheal fistulas, which occur in 0.05% of medicolegal autopsies, were demonstrated in three cases by a postmortem radiographic technique using silicone rubber/lead oxide as a contrasting medium that vulcanizes at room temperature. In one 83-year-old male, a tracheoesophageal fistula was detected, which had developed after surgical repair of an esophageal rupture caused by a flexible fiberoptic endoscope. In a second case, carcinoma of the esophagus in a 78-year-old male had eroded the trachea and arcus of the aorta creating a fatal tracheoesophagoaortic fistula. In a third case, 55-year-old female developed a tracheobrachicephalic artery fistula as a result of an infiltrating cystic adenocarcinoma of the trachea, resulting in a fatal hemorrhage into the trachea. The results of this study indicate that diagnostic radiologic methods using a vulcanized contrasting medium are useful in supplementing normal dissection in autopsy cases with suspected fistulas of the esophagus or trachea.     

“九七”后香港司法架构的特点——兼议终审庭的设立对香港司法体制的影响

<正> 为避免司法真空,确保香港社会生活在各个方面的平稳过渡,根据《基本法》的有关规定,香港立法局在1995年7月26日通过了政府提出的《终审庭条例草案》。草案全面规定了终审庭的组成及其运作方式,主要包含以下几方面的内容:①终审法院成立的日期。1997年7月1日设立终审庭,该法院作为香港法院架构中一有机的组成部分,开始运作;②法官的构成比例,终审法院由五名法官组成,首席大法官、3名常设大法官及1名被邀请的非常设香港法官或其它普通法地区适用的法官。香港法官和海外法官的比例为4:1;③终审庭司法管辖权的界定,终审庭除对国防、外交等国家行为无权审理,其它上诉案件均有司法管辖权,在审案期间遇到涉及国家行为的事实问题,须取得行政长官就该问题交出的证明文件,这文件对法院具有约束力;④明确规定英国枢密院与终审庭的过渡交接。任何在1997年6月30日以前已向枢密院提