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Langlois NE Ellis PS Little D Hulewicz B 《The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology》2002,23(2):162-166
The diagnosis of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is one of exclusion. At the Department of Forensic Medicine, Westmead Hospital, toxicologic analysis is performed as part of the postmortem examination of all apparent SIDS deaths. The results for the 5-year period January 1, 1994, to December 31, 1999, were audited to determine whether such routine testing was worthwhile. During this time there were 117 cases with a history consistent with SIDS. Drugs were detected in 19 (16%) of these cases. In 1 case, death was attributed to the finding of methadone. The presence of methadone was regarded as a possible contributing factor to death in a further 2 cases. The presence of possible methadone toxicity had not been expected from the history given before the examination in these 3 cases. In 114 cases there was a suitable sample for alcohol testing; in no case was alcohol detected. In 13 cases the postmortem examination revealed an anatomic cause of death (including 3 cases consistent with whiplash/shaken baby/impact head injury), which excluded a diagnosis of SIDS. In conclusion, routine toxicologic testing in all possible cases of SIDS death supplements the postmortem examination in excluding cases of non-SIDS. 相似文献
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Dianne Dean 《Journal of Public Affairs (14723891)》2004,4(2):145-154
Quantitative research has been the dominant methodological approach used to study voting behaviour. There is an emerging recognition, however, that there are alternative ways of attempting to understand how voters decide. The academic preoccupation with measurement, reliability, validity and generalisability may obscure some of the findings that are uncovered by practitioners using qualitative research. Practitioners of politics, both in the USA and the UK, tend to utilise both methods when formulating policy and exploring voter attitudes towards these policies. This paper will review the arguments for each tradition and examine the apparent divergence of practitioner and academic political research. Finally, it will look at how both positivist and interpretivist methods can be utilised to complement each other when attempting to build a picture of voting behaviour. Copyright © 2004 Henry Stewart Publications 相似文献
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Roi Dianne Townsey 《Journal of criminal justice》1982,10(6):455-468
This article is a display of the advancement of black women in American municipal policing. Outlined are research findings which denote the current status of black female officers through a national overview and analysis of their numbers and assignment and rank distributions in relation to geographic region and city population size. The supervisory and command representations of black women among the sworn personnel of five major municipal police agencies are examined. 相似文献
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This article examines international best practice for the establishment, maintenance and use of human genetic research databases (HGRDs), particularly focusing on large-scale population biobanks, and considers the measures that should be taken in Australia to comply with this best practice. These HGRDs play a pivotal role in basic research aimed at understanding the basis of human disease at the genetic level, and applied research aimed at putting that basic knowledge into practical application. In particular, the large-scale biobanks are vital research tools in the drive to uncover the causes and consequences of human health and disease. Biobanks are being established at regional, national and international levels throughout the world. Although their governance structures are uniformly complex, some best practices are emerging with regard to consent (particularly consent to future research and withdrawal of consent), privacy and data protection and intellectual property ownership and access. Best practices with regard to benefit-sharing are emerging much more slowly. This article reviews these international best practices with the aim of providing guidance for the development of appropriate regulatory structures in Australia. 相似文献
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Tanya M. Simms Dianne A. BarrettQuinn McCartney Rene J. Herrera 《Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series》2012,6(1):81-90
Based on historical records, the genetic landscape of the Bahamian archipelago is presumed to be complex and to exhibit island-specific characteristics, yet the genetic composition of the island chain, which could corroborate or refute these past accounts, remains poorly defined. As such, the current investigation was undertaken to genetically characterize 5 Bahamian populations representing the Northwest (Grand Bahama and Abaco) and Central (Eleuthera, Exuma and Long Island) Bahamas across the 15 autosomal Identifiler loci routinely employed in forensic analyses. Altogether, our findings suggest that Bahamians are a genetically heterogeneous group, with each island sampled receiving differential contributions from African, European, East Asian and Native American sources. Even though the strongest genetic signal in all 5 collections emanates from continental Africa, inter-island differentiation is noted in both the Structure and admixture analyses. The presence of alleles not in common among the 5 insular populations also signals genetic heterogeneity among the islands of the archipelago. This is especially the case when considering the Long Island population, which exhibits statistically significant genetic differences in relation to the other Bahamian collections and the New World groups of African descent (Afro-American and Afro-Caribbean) in the G-test pair-wise comparisons, even after application of the Bonferroni adjustment. 相似文献
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Meredith D. Murrell M.S. Dianne A. Cruz M.S. Martin A. Javors Ph.D. Peter M. Thompson M.D. 《Journal of forensic sciences》2014,59(3):683-689
Venlafaxine (VEN) and its metabolite O‐desmethylvenlafaxine (ODV) inhibit reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine. This study examines whether VEN is differentially distributed in postmortem brain and examines relationships between brain and femoral blood concentrations from donors prescribed VEN for treatment of depression. Using high‐pressure liquid chromatography‐ultraviolet detection, VEN and ODV concentrations were measured in temporal, occipital, and cerebellar cortex of six postmortem brains. The ODV/VEN ratio was calculated as a relative measure of drug metabolism within each region where higher ratios indicated a greater conversion of VEN to ODV. Compared to the other regions examined, the cerebellum showed decreased VEN (p = 0.056), ODV (p = 0.006), and ODV/VEN (p = 0.027) ratios. In parts per million, VEN was higher in temporal and occipital cortex, but not cerebellum, as compared to femoral blood concentration. These observations suggest that VEN and ODV are differentially distributed in the brain, and metabolism of VEN to ODV may vary across brain regions. 相似文献
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The link between criminal victimization and offending has become increasingly well documented in recent years. Unfortunately,
the empirical and theoretical enmeshment of these variables makes it difficult to determine the effect of specific activities
purely on victimization. This paper provides an examination of the effect of engaging in specific risky activities on the
violent victimization experiences of delinquent and non-delinquent youth. Our results show that there are some modest differences
in the effects of risky behaviors on the likelihood of violent victimization for delinquents and non-delinquents. 相似文献
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Graham Francis Wagstaff Jacqueline Mary Wheatcroft Charlotte Lucy Burt Hannah Jayne Pilkington Keely Wilkinson Jennifer Dianne Hoyle 《Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology》2011,26(2):152-161
Despite the decline in popularity of hypnosis as an investigative interviewing technique, this paper builds on previous research
showing that some of the techniques employed in traditional hypnotic interviewing may still be useful in the development of
simple, brief memory facilitation procedures for use by the police. Three experiments are described that investigate the effects
of a short Focused Meditation with eye-closure technique in situations where participants are presented with misleading information.
In the first study, which utilized a standard misinformation paradigm, a significant memory facilitation effect was shown
with Focused Meditation, though the effect was not significant for eye-closure alone. There were no increases in errors when
the Meditation and eye-closure procedures were used alone or in combination. The second experiment showed that a combined
Focused Meditation with eye-closure technique reduced misinformation effects associated with fictitious events, and a third
showed that the same technique reduced interrogative suggestibility effects as measured by the Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale,
whilst facilitating free recall memory. It is concluded that a Focused Meditation with eye-closure technique may potentially
have applications in the field where brief alternatives to the Cognitive Interview are required. 相似文献
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Philip Burge Noelle Burke Erin Meiklejohn Dianne Groll 《Journal of public child welfare》2016,10(1):1-20
Most children available from public adoption agencies are children with special needs, such as disabilities. This pilot study on the child profile preferences of 5830 adults registered with province-wide adoption agency found that those who were most open to considering children with special needs had been formally seeking to adopt for some time and had completed government-required SAFE assessments and training. Most preferred younger children, and half would consider sibling groups. Between 43% to 60% indicated willingness to consider adopting children with degrees of learning disabilities, emotional behavioral disorders, and physical disabilities, although the willing proportion decreased as the level of each disability's specified impact progressed from “mild” to “moderate” to “severe.” Most preferred, among 20 categories of available children's possible exposures and health diagnoses, were past abuse exposures versus diagnosed disabilities or enduring conditions. Possible explanations for these findings and their implications are explored and ideas for further research proposed. 相似文献