An assessment of the 2000 US presidential election: a set of political marketing guidelines

This paper comprises a set of marketing guidelines using the 2000 presidential election as an example, and analysing the image building of the two candidates, Al Gore and George W. Bush. It is not hard to understand, with hindsight, why Bush was the winner. Copyright © 2001 Henry Stewart Publications     

美国选举安全问题:以2016年和2020年总统大选为例

2016年美国总统大选暴露了长期存在于该国选举体系中的风险,"选举安全"迅速成为当代美国国家安全与国土安全领域的重要议题。美国选举安全涉及网络安全、社会安全、政治安全与军事安全,体现出"复合安全问题"的特质。美国联邦与各州政府试图从降低关键基础设施风险、重建选民信任、减少部门壁垒以及填补机制缺失四个层面入手,系统性化解存在于选举系统的各类安全威胁。2020年美国大选期间,原有选举安全风险得到一定程度的缓解,但美国国家安全体制及文化与其选举安全体系的运行逻辑之间仍存在多层矛盾,特别是美国选举体系的产业市场与创新之间的矛盾、国家安全与"言论自由"之间的矛盾、"全政府"与"地方权"之间的矛盾、"网络自由"与"网络主权"之间的矛盾。这些矛盾会长期存在,将使利益攸关方不断发生龃龉,阻碍相关政策深入推进,最终导致美国在选举安全治理上将一直面临难以克服的困境。     

家庭主要照顾者与我国老年人对社区服务需求的研究

通过分析2010年中国城乡老年人口状况追踪调查的数据,本文探讨了家庭主要照顾者对我国城乡老年人社区服务需求的影响。主要照顾者被分为五类,即配偶、儿子、女儿、儿媳和其他人。配偶和儿子在我国城乡老年人照顾者中所占的比例最高;儿媳在农村老年人主要照顾者中占的比例较高。对各种社区服务有需求的农村老人的比例高于城市老人;城乡老年人对上门看病和上门护理服务需求最高。回归结果表明,被配偶和女儿照顾的城市老人对社区服务有需求的可能性较小;被女儿照顾的农村老人对社区服务有需求的可能性较低。这说明被不同照顾者照料的老年人对社区服务的需求有显著差异;被儿子、儿媳和其他人照料的老年人很可能是今后我国老年社区服务的主要对象。     

广西地区首发原发性肝癌患者体质状况调查

目的 研究广西地区首发原发性肝癌(primary liver cancer, PLC)患者体质分布状况。方法 采用中华中医药学会发布的《中医体质分类与判定》标准对147例广西地区首发PLC患者的体质类型进行辨识,对各种体质类型的频数分布进行统计学描述。结果 患者的体质类型分布为：平和质55例(37.4%),气虚质9例(6.1%),阳虚质12例(8.2%),阴虚质2例(1.4%),痰湿质6例(4.1%),湿热质29例（19.7%）,血瘀质18例（12.2%）,气郁质7例(4.8%),特禀质9例(6.1%)。广西地区首发PLC患者的偏颇体质主要以湿热质、血瘀质和阳虚质3种体质为主,PLC患者的体质存在显著的性别差异(P<0.01)。男性以湿热质、血瘀质为主,而女性以阳虚质、血瘀质为主。结论 广西地区PLC患者偏颇体质以湿热质为主,血瘀体质是PLC的高发体质。     

原发性脑干损伤神经元凋亡及caspase3的表达

目的观察原发性脑干损伤（PBSI）致死者脑干神经元凋亡及caspase3的表达情况,探讨其法医学意义。方法选择法医学检案中30例确定为原发性脑干损伤致死者脑干,按伤后不同存活时间（t≤5min、5min〈t≤15min、15min〈t≤1h、1h〈t≤24h）分为4组,以5例非脑干损伤死亡者脑干为对照组;分别运用常规HE、免疫组化和TUNEL染色检测中脑、桥脑及延脑重要核团内神经元凋亡及caspase3的表达情况。结果原发性脑干损伤后15min～24h出现明显神经元细胞凋亡（23.2%～35.9%）和caspase3阳性表达（28%～54%）,并呈现随损伤时间进行性增加的趋势,与对照组有显著性差异（P〈0.01）。结论原发性脑干损伤早期即出现神经元凋亡及caspase3表达增加,并随损伤时间的延长呈进行性增加,可据此辅助诊断原发性脑干损伤死亡。     

高素质农村基层党组织带头人队伍建设的有效探索——以南平下派村支书做法为例

农村基层党组织带头人队伍是解决我国"三农"问题的骨干力量。福建省南平市通过下派村支书,以"制度创新"为载体、以"先进后退"为路径、以"建设学习型党组织"为主要手段、以创建"一套好机制"为目标,采取"合力推进"的方式,有效地改善当地农村基层党组织党员队伍结构,培养一支带不走的后备力量,增强基层党组织的创造力、战斗力和凝聚力,建设了一支高素质的农村基层党组织带头人队伍。     

The Differentiation of the Volatile Organic Signatures of Individuals Through SPME-GC/MS of Characteristic Human Scent Compounds

Abstract:  Human scent evidence is utilized as an investigative tool through canine scent discriminations based on the premise that human scent is an individualizing characteristic. This study describes the development of what is effectively a human scent barcode consisting of the relative ratios of an individual's "primary odor" compounds utilized to determine a reproducible and individualizing profile which can be stored in a searchable database for a proof of concept of human scent as a biometric measure. Triplicate hand odor samples were evaluated from 10 subjects utilizing solid phase micro-extraction gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (SPME-GC/MS) and compared via Spearman Rank Correlations. Narrowing the compounds considered for each subject to only those common in all three samples, or a subject's "primary odor constituents," produced a greater degree of both individualization and discrimination; at both correlation thresholds of 0.9 and 0.8, the individuals were correctly discriminated and identified in 99.54% of the cases.     

Examining the good lives model and antisocial behaviour

This study examined the utility of the Good Lives Model (GLM) (Ward, T., &; Stewart, C. A. (2003). The treatment of sex offenders: Risk management and good lives. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34(4), 353–360. doi:10.1037/0735-7028.34.4.353) in understanding offending behaviour in students. Two hypotheses were made, consistent with the assumptions of the GLM. First, that participants would endorse the importance of the primary goods set out in the GLM. Second, that reports of antisocial behaviour would relate to a lack of effective strategies, or use of maladaptive strategies, to achieve primary goods. Participants (n?=?340, M age?=?20 years) completed a questionnaire (Measure of Life Priorities) assessing their pursuit, valuation, and achievement of the primary human goods as set out in the GLM and a Self-Report of Offending questionnaire. Results supported our hypotheses, and subsequently the assumptions of the GLM. Our findings support the continued use of the GLM as a theoretical and treatment oriented framework in diverse groups engaged in offending behaviour. Future research should continue to ground the GLM in empirical support.     

Democracy Promotion versus Engagement with Iran

US President Barack Obama has tried two very distinct policy options in dealing with Iran. The engagement policy was designed to make a break with the past experience and re-start US-Iran relations on a positive footing. This approach was consistent with the advice offered to the new administration by Iran analysts and leaders of non-governmental organisations. The implication of the engagement policy, however, was sidelining the US commitment to democracy and human rights in Iran. This policy could offer little to the budding reform movement in 2009. The alternative policy of containment was not beneficial to the reform movement either. The policy shift at the end of 2009 was a response to Iran's failure to comply with the requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency. The containment policy, manifested in the fourth round of UN-imposed sanctions on Iran, has led to a further entrenching of the hard-liners in the regime and intolerance of internal dissent.