Mitochondrial DNA sequencing of cat hair: an informative forensic tool

Approximately 81.7 million cats are in 37.5 million U.S. households. Shed fur can be criminal evidence because of transfer to victims, suspects, and/or their belongings. To improve cat hairs as forensic evidence, the mtDNA control region from single hairs, with and without root tags, was sequenced. A dataset of a 402-bp control region segment from 174 random-bred cats representing four U.S. geographic areas was generated to determine the informativeness of the mtDNA region. Thirty-two mtDNA mitotypes were observed ranging in frequencies from 0.6-27%. Four common types occurred in all populations. Low heteroplasmy, 1.7%, was determined. Unique mitotypes were found in 18 individuals, 10.3% of the population studied. The calculated discrimination power implied that 8.3 of 10 randomly selected individuals can be excluded by this region. The genetic characteristics of the region and the generated dataset support the use of this cat mtDNA region in forensic applications.     

长三角地区产业向“泛长三角”转移的路径与模式研究

＂十二五＂时期,受成本、资源、环境、政策等因素的影响,长三角地区产业将呈现出大规模向周边乃至中西部地区转移的趋势。考虑各种因素的综合影响,在近期内,长三角地区产业转移的主要区域是＂泛长三角＂地区,借助轴向式转移和圈层式转移两种方式,将会集中将成本驱动型、产业配套型、资源利用型、市场拓展型等四种类型产业沿长江和交通干线向安徽、江西等的泛长三角地区转移。泛长三角地区应积极抓住这一机遇,主动对接长三角,通过承接产业转移实现本地产业的发展和升级。     

区域文化对黄三角开发建设的影响及其对策——基于同珠三角、长三角的比较分析

文化在区域经济发展中扮演着重要角色。长三角、珠三角之所以能够成长为中国区域经济发展的引擎,与两地区域文化的特质密不可分。黄三角区域文化中既存在有利于区域经济发展的因素,同时也存在一些消极因素。在推动黄三角新一轮的开发建设过程中,必须充分重视区域文化对区域经济的影响,要在认真研究区域情况的基础上整合资源,构建新型地域文化体系,推动区域经济的发展。     

经济特区与民族自治区法的比较与借鉴

经济特区立法与民族自治区立法相比较共同点在于：二者都是地方立法,其共同的目的都是促进本地区的繁荣发展、但二者在立法权的来源、立法的效力和调整范围以及立法程序等方面存在较大差异。民族自治区应当吸收和借鉴经济特区的立法经验和成果,以求为民族自治区的经济发展创造更为有效的法制环境。     

铜仁地区农业产业化发展现状和对策

铜仁地区农业产业化发展中存在许多矛盾,因此,必须思考和处理好农业产业化发展规划,合理划分产业区域;以基地建设为中心,建立市场主体之间合作关系;培植龙头企业和知名品牌,增强市场竞争能力;建立以金融为中心的服务体系和城乡一体化制度等问题。     

区域经济发展的法制协调机制浅析

区域经济的协调发展需要有统一、完善的法制作保障。国家统一的法制往往满足不了特定区域经济协调发展的需求,而地方性法规和规章又只能在本行政区域内发生作用,且地方立法之间往往存在着冲突。借鉴美国的法制协调经验,构建我国的区域法制协调机制,有利于我国区域经济的协调发展。     

流动青少年犯罪的特点、原因及防治对策

我国流动青少年犯罪具有犯罪数量多,犯罪比例大;犯罪低龄化严重,文化程度普遍偏低;犯罪类型以侵财犯罪为主,暴力犯罪亦很突出;团伙性犯罪上升,地域性特征明显等特点。流动青少年犯罪大量增多,既有社会转型历史背景和城乡二元社会结构方面的原因,又有经济上相对贫困、流动人口管理上存在漏洞,家庭、学校教育不当和流动青少年自身心理异常等方面的原因。要遏制流动青少年犯罪多发的势头,必须采取大力改革户籍制度,取消城乡二元社会结构;保障九年义务教育,提高流动青少年的素质;大力发展经济,缩小贫富差距;优化社会环境,完善社区建设;加强普法教育,贯彻宽严相济的刑事政策等对策。     

中共在陕甘宁边区执政形象探析

中国共产党在陕甘宁边区掌握局部政权期间,以陕甘宁边区为“一切工作的试验区”,把合乎最广大人民群众的最大利益和为最广大人民群众所拥护作为价值坐标,推进民主政治建设,健全法制,建设廉洁政府,倡导深入实际、调查研究,领导人民发展经济、文化教育和医疗卫生事业,开展社会改造运动,塑造和展示出中共在陕甘宁边区执政的民主、廉洁、亲民、为民形象,给我们留下深刻启示。     

The Economic Cost of March 11: Measuring the Direct Economic Cost of the Terrorist Attack on March 11, 2004 in Madrid

This article attempts to measure the direct costs that the terrorist attacks of 3/11 had on the economy of the region of Madrid. The evaluation has been made applying conservative criteria, and the results obtained have to be considered as minimum. The result indicates that the terrorist attacks caused a loss of nearly 212 million euros to the regional economy of Madrid, equivalent to 0.16 percent of the regional GDP (0.03 of the national GDP). This confirms that the immediate economic dimension of a terrorist attack such as the one of 3/11—apart from human catastrophic consequences—is relatively low.     

Precariousness or prosperity? The diverse faces of widowhood in rural Buenos Aires during the nineteenth century

In this article, I will explore the resources and capacities women could mobilize in the countryside of Buenos Aires at the beginning of the nineteenth century when they had to confront the domestic crisis triggered by their husbands’ death. It is of course essential to study the foreseeable options (taking over the helm of the family farm, seeking refuge with relatives, or quickly remarrying) they had and the role played by what are commonly considered as crucial resources (family composition, patrimony, and networks). This study nevertheless seeks to identify other factors (notably the legal framework, patterns of colonization, and widows’ own know-how and experiences as farmers and settlers) that bring to light the specificity of widowhood in rural Buenos Aires during this period. As a consequence, the juridical aspects of inheritance proceedings and the concrete practices they reveal will be analyzed before I examine the wide social spectrum (namely the inhabitants of San Antonio de Areco, La Matanza, Quilmes, and San Vicente, four areas of rural Buenos Aires) registered by the censuses of 1813 and 1815.