Kenneth B. Clark and the problem of power

ABSTRACT

During the early 1960s African American psychologist Kenneth B. Clark, known primarily for his involvement in the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education US Supreme Court desegregation decision, began organizing an ambitious anti-poverty programme called Harlem Youth Opportunities Unlimited, Inc. (HARYOU). Dissatisfied by the lack of progress in school desegregation in New York City and discouraged by the inability of traditional social welfare organizations to address the problems of race and poverty, Clark argued that a new approach had to be developed to mobilize the black poor to gain the political and economic power that would solve their problems. At the same time, he theorized that a new form of racial segregation was beginning to develop in urban areas that foreshadowed increasing social isolation, economic dependence and declining municipal services for many African Americans. He called this new development ‘internal colonialism’ and hoped that HARYOU would be a demonstration project in the Kennedy–Johnson administration's War on Poverty that would address these problems from multiple perspectives. Nonetheless, the plan aroused the political opposition of Harlem Congressman Adam Clayton Powell. The dispute with Powell drove Clark from HARYOU and caused him to re-evaluate his thinking regarding African American leadership. He increasingly viewed the ‘ghetto’ as both a prison and a cocoon that satisfied white and black social, economic, political and psychological needs. By the end of his HARYOU experience, Clark coined the term ‘the new American dilemma’ to describe and theorize about an increasingly isolated and powerless black population in many urban centres. The term also signified his belief that the problem of power was intricately tied up in, while also separate from, the problem of race.     

Death Due to Complications of Anhidrotic Ectodermal Dysplasia

Ectodermal dysplasia comprises a group of disorders affecting ectodermal tissues. Severity depends on the genetic aberration; hyperpyrexia secondary to absence of sweat glands is a common complication. Treatment is supportive. This case report describes a 1‐month, 27‐day‐old male infant with a diagnosis of X‐linked recessive anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia. On the day of his death, his mother swaddled him in a blanket and placed him on the couch at 5:30 am. When she picked him up at 8:00 am, he was unresponsive. At the emergency department, his rectal temperature was 40°C. Postmortem blood culture was positive for group B streptococcus, a possible etiology for fever. It is vital to teach parents that close monitoring of children with ectodermal dysplasia is necessary, as an increase in body temperature can become life threatening.     

内蒙古中西部地区汉族、蒙古族ApoB基因遗传多态性

目的研究内蒙古中西部地区汉族、蒙古族ApoB基因遗传多态性。方法选取内蒙古中西部地区汉族、蒙古族无关个体,采用聚合酶链反应一限制性片段长度多态性技术,判断样本中是否含有ApoB基因中的稀有等位基因：XbaI（x＋）和＆DRI（E-）,并计算其基因型频率、等位基因频率及相关的群体遗传学参数。结果内蒙古汉族群体中稀有等位基因XbaI（x＋）和＆0RI（E-）频率分别为2％和4．6％,而在蒙古族群体中没有检测出此两种稀有等位基因。结论ApoB基因XbaI和＆0RI位点的等位基因频率分布在不同种族中差异较大,具有种族鉴定的应用可能。     

网络考试系统分析

组织学生考试是高校重要的工作,但现在的考试形式大多是教师手工出题、阅卷,虽然出现了相应的答题卡形式,减少了老师一定的阅卷负担,但效率还是较低的。利用网络和数据库技术,结合目前硬件价格普遍下跌与宽带网大力建设的有利时机,基于B／S模式研究开发了试题库与在线考试系统。它运用方便、操作简单,效率较高,同时也大大减轻了教师出题、组卷和改卷等繁重的工作量。     

基于J2EE的刑侦综合信息系统设计

公安刑侦信息化是公安“金盾工程”的重要环节,而刑侦综合信息系统是公安信息化建设的核心内容。基于J2EE架构的B/S模式的刑侦综合信息系统的开发应用能够充分发挥公安信息网络的效用,积极推动公安“科技强警”、“技术强侦”战略的实施,为公安机关海量数据采集、存储和利用提供分布式的、分级跨区域的解决方案。     

猪圆环病毒2型对体外培养仔猪淋巴细胞转化能力及其活性的影响

采集5头PCV2和PRRSV血清抗体阴性的断奶仔猪血液,分离外周血淋巴细胞,分对照组、PHA组、LPS组、PCV2组、PCV2+PHA组、PCV2+LPS组进行体外培养,用MTT法检测PCV2作用2d后对仔猪外周血淋巴细胞转化能力的影响;无菌取脾制成单细胞悬液,分单独淋巴细胞(L)、淋巴细胞+PCV2(L+V)、淋巴细胞与巨噬细胞(L+M)和淋巴细胞与巨噬细胞+PCV2(L+M+V)4组进行体外培养.分别在培养后第0、6、12和24 h收获淋巴细胞,用RT-PCR法检测淋巴细胞IL-2R(α)mRNA的表达.结果显示,与对照组、PHA组和LPS组相比,PCV2组、PCV2+PHA组和PCV2+LPS组淋巴细胞的转化能力均极显著降低(P＜0.01);PCV2对单独培养的淋巴细胞IL-2R(α)表达的影响不显著(P＞0.05),而巨噬细胞能协同PCV2促进淋巴细胞IL-2R(α)的表达,尤其在攻毒后第12和第24 h极显著增加(P＜0.01).证实PCV2在攻毒后第2 d能抑制体外培养T、B淋巴细胞的转化能力,且巨噬细胞能协同PCV2促进T淋巴细胞的活化.     

北京地区尸食性蝇类调查

目的了解北京地区目前尸食性蝇类数目及常见尸食性蝇类的季节分布。方法采用动物尸体或组织诱捕和饲养的方法采集尸食性蝇类标本,对其进行分类保存后进行观察和统计。结果北京地区尸食性蝇类为4科9亚科21属46种,其中有12种是北京新记录种。尸食性蝇类具有区域性分布和季节性分布的特性。结论北京地区尸食性蝇类及常见的尸食性蝇类季节分布数据,可为相关研究提供参考依据。     

口蹄疫病毒A/WH/09株结构蛋白P1基因的克隆及其B细胞抗原表位的预测

对口蹄疫病毒(FMDV)A/WH/09株P1结构蛋白基因进行了扩增、克隆及序列测定。结果显示,FMDV A/WH/09株P1基因长2 208bp,包含完整的开放阅读框,编码736个氨基酸,其中VP1长636bp,编码212个氨基酸;VP2长654bp,编码218个氨基酸;VP3长663bp,编码221个氨基酸;VP4长255bp,编码85个氨基酸。采用DNAStar Protean软件对P1蛋白的二级结构、可塑性、亲水性、表面可及性及抗原指数等参数进行了综合分析,并预测其B细胞的抗原表位分布。结果表明,VP1、VP2和VP3上均有多个区域为B细胞抗原优势表位,VP4上也有少量潜在的B细胞抗原表位。与已鉴定的B细胞抗原表位相比,本试验所用方法预测的结果有较高的准确度,是一种较为先进的表位研究方法。     

猪圆环病毒2型Cap蛋白单克隆抗体的制备与鉴定

利用重组杆状病毒表达的猪圆环病毒2型(PCV2)Cap蛋白免疫BALB/c小鼠,通过杂交瘤技术,共获得6株能稳定分泌抗Cap蛋白抗体的杂交瘤细胞株,分别命名为3H9/1H5、3H9/3C7、4A9/3E2、4A9/3D7、6G7/7B6和6G7/8D3,并通过ELISA、Western-blotting和间接免疫荧光试验(IFA)对6株单抗的特性和抗原表位进行分析鉴定。结果显示,6株杂交瘤细胞培养上清的抗体效价为1∶1 024～1∶2 048,腹水效价为1∶163 840～1∶204 800。3H9/1H5、3H9/3C7、6G7/7B6和6G7/8D3的亚型为IgG1型,4A9/3E2和4A9/3D7为IgG2b型,所有单抗的轻链均为κ型。Western-blotting和IFA结果表明6株单抗均能与重组Cap蛋白和PCV2产生特异性反应。相加ELISA结果显示,6株单抗可能识别不同的抗原表位。为准确鉴别不同单抗针对的抗原位点,以截短表达的重组Cap蛋白为抗原,进行Western-blot鉴定。结果显示,4A9/3E2与4A9/3D7的抗原表位位于101～150aa,其余4株单抗可能针对1～50aa或者天然...     

14株基因C型鸭甲肝病毒分离株的VP1基因变异及其编码蛋白的抗原表位分析

对14株分离自四川不同地区的基因C型鸭甲肝病毒(DHAV-C)VP1基因进行了PCR扩增、测序、序列比对分析以及抗原表位分析。结果显示,14株DHAV-C VP1基因核苷酸序列的同源性为92.2%～100%,推导氨基酸序列的同源性为85.8%～100%,与GenBank中的24株DHAV-C VP1基因的核苷酸和氨基酸序列同源性分别为87.9%～99.3%和80.8%～100%。聚类分析显示,四川华阳地区分离的6株DHAV-C的VP1基因与黑龙江分离株Du/CH/LJS/090905同属一支,3株四川邛崃地区分离株与北京分离株C-GY及福建分离株FJ01同属一支,4株四川郫县分离株与1株四川邛崃分离株处于独立的小分支,它们与其他毒株之间存在一定的遗传距离。DHAV-C VP1蛋白由240个氨基酸组成,是由α螺旋、β折叠和无规则卷曲共同组成的混合型蛋白,VP1蛋白氨基酸序列的亲水性、抗原指数和表面可及性均较高,其中212～222位氨基酸区域的亲水性、抗原指数和表面可及性最高,可能是DHAV-C VP1蛋白上的B细胞表位优势区域,为DHAV-C表位疫苗的研究提供了理论依据。结果表明,四川分离株可能由于引种等原因从全国不同地区进入四川境内。