Geomatic techniques in forensic science: A review

The purpose of this review paper is to highlight various geomatic techniques that crime scene reconstructionists or forensic practitioners can use to document different kinds of scenes, highlighting the advantages, disadvantages, and when best to use each technology. This paper explores geomatic techniques such as a total station, photogrammetry, laser scanners and structured light scanners and how they can be used to reconstruct crime scenes. The goal of this paper is not to discredit manual methods, as they are long standing and reliable, but instead to shed light on alternative methods that may produce equally or more accurate results with a more visually appealing final product. It is important for law enforcement and forensic professionals to understand the advantages and disadvantages of each technique, knowing when certain techniques should be used (and when they should not), and being able to revert to traditional methods if required.     

Opposing Energy Transitions: Modeling the Contested Nature of Energy Transitions in the Electricity Sector

Energy transitions are fiercely contested. The incumbents of the fossil‐ and nuclear‐based energy systems have much to lose from a transition to a sustainable and decentralized energy system. They therefore employ their material and political resources to reverse, halt, or slow down this transition. They also attempt to stop and reverse the decentralization of energy production. This article provides a framework that can be used to analyze the contestation that surrounds energy transitions. The analytical framework breaks apart the macro paths of energy transitions, and differentiates between three meso‐paths (political, economic‐technological, and legitimation), emphasizes the feedback processes between these paths, and acknowledges the crucial role that actors play in engendering these feedback processes. It uses Germany as a case study to illustrate the analytical model. It also provides hypotheses that will be tested in the subsequent contributions to this special issue.     

Senior Executives' Political Connections and Corporate Environmental Behavior—Empirical Research From the Chinese A‐Share Market

This thesis analyzed the cross‐section data of 630 non‐financial listed enterprises and adopts a logit model to estimate the relationships between political relations and corporate environmental behavior. The paper also adopts an ordered logit method to estimate the marginal impact of political connections to enterprises’ disclosure of information on environment and sustainable development. Through analysis, this thesis found that political connections lower the probability for enterprises to disclose information on environment and sustainable development. With the Level III scoring method, this article classified the performances of disclosing corporate environmental information into three levels. It is found that corporate political connections increase the probability for enterprises not to disclose any environmental information and lower the probability for enterprises to refer to GRI Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.     

Local Renewable Energy Initiatives in Germany and Japan in a Changing National Policy Environment

Our article explores the contribution of local initiatives to the creation of path dependencies for energy transition in Germany and Japan in the face of resistance from entrenched incumbents at the national level. We use a process‐tracing methodology based partly on interviews with local participants. In particular, we explore the role of local initiatives in securing “socio‐political space” for the expansion of renewable energy (RE) and in embedding themselves in “ecosystems” of public and private institutions. German energy activists were more successful than their Japanese counterparts in expanding this space and creating positive feedback in part because they were able to build horizontal networks that anchored the energy transition firmly in local communities. Although problems with grid technology have led to retrenchment in both cases, Japanese activists' reliance on vertical networks has limited their ability to weather a backlash from national government and utility actors. Our study demonstrates the interaction of political, economic/technological, and legitimation paths to energy transition and highlights the importance of the latter two.     

Comparative study of D1S80 typing by capillary electrophoresis and sequencing

The D1S80 locus is very useful for personal identification in Japan. To obtain a correct allele over 45, we examined PCR amplification product of the allele over 45 both by direct sequencing and fragment analysis using capillary electrophoresis. Direct sequencing finally determined the allele as being 57. However, it was calculated to be an allele of 56 by comparison with size markers for capillary electrophoresis. The difference could be attributed to the electrophoretic size markers. This finding indicates that the direct sequencing may be useful to determine the allele over 45 in the D1S80 locus.     

Zur Pflicht eines Geschäftsführers einer KG,behördliche Zustellungen zu ermöglichen

Es finden sich keine gesetzlichen Grundlagen, aus denen sich ein allgemeiner Grundsatz ableiten lie?e, es sei im gesch?ftlichen Verkehr generell von jedem Empf?nger zu verlangen, stets auf beh?rdliche Zustellungen gefasst zu sein und für eine Nachsendung oder Vertretung Vorsorge zu treffen, andernfalls die Wirkungen einer wirksamen Zustellung eintreten. Die Pflicht, die für Zustellungen ma?gebliche Gesch?ftsanschrift zum Firmenbuch anzumelden, ist nur mit Schadenersatzansprüchen gegen den Gesch?ftsführer sanktioniert.     

复合扩增A10、C4基因座遗传多态性及法医学意义

目的　建立复合扩增A10、C4基因座的体系 ,研究其在法医学检验中的应用价值。方法　生物学样本用Chelex - 10 0的方法提取DNA ,荧光标记的特异性引物复合扩增A10、C4基因座 ,用ABI 310 0遗传分析仪对扩增产物进行检测分型。结果　A10、C4基因座各检出 6个等位基因 ,GD值分别为 0 .6 86 ,0 .84 6 .共检出 2 3种单倍型 ,其单倍型的个体识别率为 0 .9184。扩增女性DNA ,均无特异性扩增产物 ;调查 30个二代家系 ,均未观察到突变基因的存在。结论　A10、C4复合扩增体系多态性较高 ,对法医学中男女混合检材的个人识别及父系亲缘关系鉴定有较高的应用价值。     

D28k钙结合蛋白cDNA的克隆及序列分析

利用RT PCR技术从鸡小肠组织RNA中扩增鸡D2 8k钙结合蛋白cDNA ,以进一步研究D2 8k钙结合蛋白促进肠钙吸收的机理。结果表明 ,鸡肠道D2 8k钙结合蛋白cDNA的开放阅读框由 789个碱基对组成 ,编码由 2 6 2个氨基酸组成的多肽 ,分子质量约为 2 7.9ku ;禽类D2 8k钙结合蛋白基因长 18.5kb ,10个间插序列将其分成 11个编码外显子 ,启动子区以GC为主 (6 0 %～80 % )。D2 8k钙结合蛋白氨基酸序列的同源性在鼠和人之间达到 98.5 % ,在蟾蜍和鸡之间达到80 .9% ,在人和鸡之间为 79.8% ,在鼠和鸡之间为 79.5 %。不同种属的动物之间D2 8k钙结合蛋白的氨基酸序列存在较高的同源性。     

“3341”—英语专业四级考试写作模式的一种探索

在长期的教学和辅导学生备考过程中,笔者发现,由于对写作部分的考试性质的把握不确定,学生在备考过程中非常迷惑。反映在文章的结构上,就是文章没有一个完整结构,衔接不紧密。笔者就此提出"3341"的写作模式,以期对学生专四备考有所帮助。     

Esterase D phenotyping of bloodstains and hair roots by low voltage isoelectric focusing

A new isoelectric focusing method is described for phenotyping of esterase D in blood stains and hair roots. It permitted easy and rapid discrimination of six phenotypes determined by ESD*1, ESD*2 and ESD*7. Experiments showed it to be practicable in forensic stain work. In addition, this technique was also usable in phenotyping of ESD 5.