The Rule of Law and the New Egyptian Constitution

This article explores meaning of the rule of law for Egypt after Mubarak. In Egypt, the process of writing and ratifying a new constitution was overseen first by Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF), then by the newly elected President Morsi and by SCAF again, when the army moved to depose Mr Morsi and the government of the Muslim Brotherhood party. The writing of the Egyptian constitution has undergone several iterations since 2011, each time slanted towards the interests of those in power. The successful implementation of the rule of law in any country must first be secured in the constitutional framework which should guarantee that everyone is equal before the law and that no person or group has a privileged status. Does the latest Egyptian constitution meet this most basic of criterion of the rule of law?     

Linear rate of change in the product of erythrocyte water content and potassium concentration during the 0-120-hour postmortem period in the rat

An accurate and reproducible technique was employed for measurement of water content (RBCH2O) and potassium concentration (RBCK) in rat erythrocytes post mortem. Coefficients of variation for determination of RBCH2O and RBCK, as estimated from the results of duplicate analyses (n = 36), were 1.21% and 1.17%, respectively. Erythrocyte water content and RBCK were directly and linearly related (r = +0.93 (P less than 0.001], while the product of RBCH2O and RBCK varied linearly and inversely (r = -0.89 (P less than 0.001] with postmortem interval (PMI) over the 0-120-h postmortem period. In addition, the standard deviations of the data points for (RBCH2O X RBCK) remained relatively constant and independent of PMI. Attention is drawn to the possibility of determining time elapsed since death from (sequential) measurements of (RBCH2O X RBCK) in individual cadavers.