Gendered Paths to Legal Citizenship: The Case of Latin‐American Immigrants in Phoenix,Arizona

In this paper we seek to contribute to a greater understanding of legal citizenship by exploring the gendered experiences of Latin‐American‐origin immigrants in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area as they go through the legalization process. To explore this gendered angle we rely on in‐depth interviews conducted from 1998 through 2008 with women and men from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, and Mexico. The data reveal that although immigration policies and procedures are presumably gender neutral, they are in fact inflected with gendered meanings and enacted in gendered social structures. Gender ideologies permeate the processes to differentially affect the legalization, permanent legal residence, and citizenship processes of immigrant women and men. This article points to key gender inequalities in immigration law.     

宪法实施状况的评价方法及其影响

本文从全面和系统地分析目前国内外宪法学界对宪法实施的研究状况出发,指出当下宪法实施理论研究方面存在的问题主要在于没有准确地界定宪法实施概念的性质,以及没有对宪法实施建立起一套科学和合理的分析系统。作者认为,从理论来看,宪法实施是使静态宪法变成动态宪法,宪法实施概念所要解决的主要理论问题是"行动中的宪法",但是宪法实施是一个集主观评价与客观实践于一体的复杂现象,必须要在认真分析宪法实施对象的特征,并在此基础上做出分门别类研究,对实施可能性做出区别对待基础上,才能进行科学的分析;从实践来看,宪法实施概念具有很强的目的性,需要解决特定的宪法问题,因此,离开了具体目的性的指引,纯粹的抽象意义上的宪法实施,在实践中,不仅不利于树立宪法本身的权威形象,相反还会严重影响宪法作为根本法自身所具有的科学性和规范性。     

TOPICAL ISSUES IN CROSS BORDER DISCOVERY： RECONCILING PERSONAL DATA REGULATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL GUIDELINES

This article will consider the following questions： What is the current state of the European data privacy and transfer regime？ What are the challenges the regime is facing and what are the modifications being considered to address them？ What role can the Sedona Conference play in reconciling personal data regulations and cross border discovery？ We will explore the following critical issues： 1. The position taken by the European Commission （EC） in its proposed General Data Protection Regulation （2012） that the current regime, as embodied in the European Union （EU） Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC, has not fully achieved the harmonization of its member state＇s legal systems that was originally envisioned; 2. How the regime can adapt to the challenges and be driven by dynamic legal, technological and economic environments？ The paper will conclude by examining key provisions of the EC＇s proposed regulation within the context of the Sedona Conference＇s International Principles and offer recommendations on implementation.     

党的十九届四中全会决定中关于“制度”规定的语义学分析

基于语言学和语义学相结合的角度,对党的十九届四中全会决定中所规定的应当"坚持和完善"或"待建"的中国特色社会主义制度中各项制度的制度内涵、制度特性进行了深入分析,并给出了语义学分析意义上的相关统计数据。这种研究方法有助于增强学习理解领悟决定中各项规定的精神和实质内涵的能力,有助于在实践中有效地贯彻落实决定的各项要求,并为从理论上找到解读决定的有效方法提供新的富有实效的学术方案。     

Taking Up Responsibilities

A university in Wuhan has remained at the forefront of emergencies from floods to epidemics The Huazhong University of Science and Technology(HUST)in Wuhan,Hubei Province in central China,has been in the spotlight as a major battlefi eld for the fi ght against the novel coronavirus.HUST is a leading comprehensive university under the administration of the Ministry of Education.     

The use of serum protein analysis in the diagnosis of fatal envenomation via Crotalus horridus (timber rattlesnake)

Deaths occurring due to rattlesnake envenomization are extremely rare and must be thoroughly investigated in the same manner as any other type of death. Our research presents the case of an adult white male who suffered a fatal timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) envenomation in northwest Florida in 2018. Blood samples were taken from the decedent's heart and vasculature of the chest and sent for serum proteomic analysis. Serum proteomic analysis was utilized in order to identify proteins from timber rattlesnake (C. horridus) found within the victim's blood. The confirmation of the presence of timber rattlesnake venom within the victim's blood allows the forensic pathologist to determine the cause of death most accurately and likewise, assists with the manner of death determination. Blood samples were separated into two groups: one with the abundant endogenous proteins depleted to facilitate detection of lower abundant proteins and one undepleted. In the depleted sample, a total of 712 proteins were identified, with 47 of the proteins (6.6%) occurring originating from timber rattlesnake (C. horridus). Likewise, a total of 742 proteins were identified in the undepleted sample, with 52 of the proteins (7.0%) occurring in timber rattlesnake (C. horridus). No timber rattlesnake (C. horridus) proteins were found in control human serum.     

广西北部湾经济区循环经济发展研究

发展循环经济是经济社会发展的必然要求,因为所处的经济社会发展阶段不同,面临的环境、碰到的问题、要达到的目标都不同,在我国发展循环经济有着鲜明的中国特色,在广西北部湾经济区发展循环经济更有着鲜明的区域特色.我们只有认真研究,在区域特色的基础上,克服发展中的障碍,才能实现广西北部湾经济区的科学发展.     

How does ethnic diversity shape the design of intergovernmental fiscal relations? Evidence from China

This study examines how ethnic diversity shapes the design of intergovernmental fiscal relations in regimes such as China, where local accountability and resident mobility are largely absent. We argue that in these regimes, ethnic diversity largely captures potential social conflicts and instability, consequently requiring a higher level of fiscal centralization and regional equalization from upper-level governments to preserve social stability. Using provincial and sub-provincial level panel data from China for 1995–2019, we find strong supporting evidence that an increase in a province's ethnic diversity significantly increases fiscal centralization and the provincial government's fiscal equalization efforts. We also show that these effects tend to be stronger in provinces whose leaders have closer ties with the central authority and where local capture is less serious. Our study contributes to a better understanding of ethnic diversity's consequences on the policy choices governments make.     

Fingerprint Change: Not Visible,But Tangible

Hand–foot syndrome, a chemotherapy‐induced cutaneous toxicity, can cause an alteration in fingerprints causing a setback for cancer patients due to the occurrence of false rejections. A colon cancer patient was fingerprinted after not having been able to use fingerprint recognition devices after 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy. The fingerprint images were digitally processed to improve fingerprint definition without altering the papillary design. No evidence of skin toxicity was present. Two months later, the situation returned to normal. The fingerprint evaluation conducted on 15 identification points highlighted the quantitative and qualitative fingerprint alteration details detected after the end of chemotherapy and 2 months later. Fingerprint alteration during chemotherapy has been reported, but to our knowledge, this particular case is the first ever reported without evident clinical signs. Alternative fingerprint identification methods as well as improved biometric identification systems are needed in case of unexpected situations.