Fatal mephenesin intoxication

This report describes a death related to the abuse of and intoxication by mephenesin. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report case of lethal intoxication involving solely mephenesin and reporting mephenesin blood concentrations. The victim was a 48-year-old woman found unconscious at home. Resuscitation was unsuccessful. Toxicological analysis was performed on a blood sample collected during resuscitation. The results being negative, the body was exhumed for an autopsy, which revealed bronchial inhalation syndrome. Analysis in a second laboratory has revealed the presence of mephenesin in samples collected during autopsy. No other drug/toxin was found, and alcohol was negative. Reanalysis of the peripheral blood collected during resuscitation found a mephenesin concentration of 15.81 microg/mL (15-fold greater that the maximum concentration that would result from a single intake of a 500 mg formulation). The pathologist has concluded on a bronchial inhalation syndrome consecutive to a mephenesin overdose as the cause of death. The manner of this death is discussed in the light of the toxicological hair analysis and the medical past of the victim.     

Cognitive Dissonance Resolution Strategies After Exposure to Corporate Violence Scenarios

This study uses cognitive dissonance as a theoretical avenue to identify factors that might hinder the public’s acceptance of incontrovertible facts about corporate violence (i.e., the calculated endangerment of civilians, workers, and customers). Three hundred and twenty-seven participants answered a survey that measured their (1) support for capitalism, (2) level of nationalism, (3) socio-demographic characteristics, and (3) attitudes toward three scenarios describing corporate violence cases. These attitudes comprised participants’ (a) acceptance of the scenarios as true, (b) perceived seriousness of the cases presented to them, and (c) support for several statements made to justify the companies’ actions. Results of statistical analyses suggest that subjects who scored higher on the nationalism and pro-capitalism scales were less likely to rate the cases as serious, and more inclined to rationalize the corporations’ actions. These findings imply that myth adherence might lead business supporters and nationalists to reject inconvenient truths relative to crimes of the powerful, which would then undermine the effect of increased awareness on prosecutorial efforts against corporate crime in the U.S.     

中国网络治理的社会符号学阐释

网络治理是一项复杂系统的社会工程,符号学因其系统性可为网络治理构建和完善提供学理支撑。网络治理和网络空间作为社会符号具有时空性和社会性,其意义会随着历史的变迁和解释主体的不同而变化,主要受历史条件、网络治理实践和国家利益等语境因素的制约。网络空间命运共同体和网络主权是中国网络治理符号系统的重要组成部分,要不断推动其从价值独特性符号向价值共识性符号的转变,即既保持中国特色,又获得国际社会的普遍共识。此外,结合马克思主义哲学理论,中国网络治理具有时代性、人民性、科学性、实践性和全球性,是马克思主义在网络空间治理领域的中国实践,是历史符号在新时代的全新阐释。     

简论复旦学院的书院学生管理模式

复旦大学通过成立复旦学院对本科新生进行通识教育是一种培养模式选择.改革的焦点及其价值在于它不是"点"的试验,而是"面"的实施.采用这一模式需要管理体制创新,学生管理就是其中一项重要内容.复旦学院书院学生管理模式创新主要体现在组织架构、同级管理、辅导员驻楼制、导师团等方面,对改革传统学生管理模式、探索新的路径具有启示性作用;书院"通识综合教育计划"及"全方位学业指导体系"的推出、核心课程的设置、助教制和学分制的实施、讨论课等教学范式改革的探索,都对学生管理工作及新生通识教育的有效实施提供了研究平台和拓展空间.复旦学院的书院学生管理模式仍面临组织管理机构的衔接、管理部门间的合作等诸多问题.