Capable,splendorous and unequal: international media portrayals of Brazil during the 2014 World Cup

This article examines how Brazil was perceived internationally during the 2014 World Cup (2014WC), for which one of Brazil’s perceived objectives was to enhance its international image to play a more significant role on the world stage. Nine media outlets’ coverage of the 2014WC was analysed using the website Alexa. These outlets published 699 articles about diverse themes relating to Brazilian society. The outlets studied considered the event a success overall and emphasised Brazil’s natural beauty, but raised concerns about social problems such as inequality. We conclude that the 2014WC updated but did not fundamentally alter Brazil’s international image.     

中国传统土地物权制度的解读

在以农业为基础的中华法系的发展过程中,作为民法物权客体之一的土地,对于统治阶级和被统治阶级均有重要政治、经济及军事意义。中华法系土地用益制度大体经历了三个阶段,每一阶段均有自身独特的主导性特征。社会政治力量的对比、经济的发展程度、军事征战需求,乃至宗法思想观念等因素,都对特定时期土地用益制度的形成产生直接或间接影响。     

Whole-genome sequencing of degraded DNA for investigative genetic genealogy

Whole genome sequencing has opened the doors to Investigative genetic genealogy (IGG) analysis of challenging forensic samples that are not suitable for microarray genotyping. These samples still do not typically achieve high enough coverage for direct genotype calling, therefore a pipeline for imputation from low coverage sequencing data was evaluated using data from the 1000 Genomes Project. This pipeline generated results suitable for IGG down to 0.25X coverage. Additionally, forensic samples from a variety of tissue types and input amounts were sequenced and successfully uploaded to genetic genealogy databases after imputation.     

论规范的构成要件要素之主观明知

规范的构成要件要素是指蕴含价值关系或评价内容的构成要件要素,对规范的构成要件要素的明知是成立故意的前提。对于规范的构成要件要素的明知实质上是对其意义的认识,应当采用＂外行的平行评价＂标准。此外,对于具有类别关系和属种关系的规范构成要件要素的认识,也应该属于规范的构成要件要素的明知组成部分。     

Observed Characteristics of Suicidal Hangings: An 11-year Retrospective Review

Many studies have been published regarding suicidal hanging deaths, and most forensic pathologists and coroners are very familiar with such causes of death. Forensic pathologists are challenged over their rulings regarding manner of death in part because the general public has a limited scope of knowledge. One such challenge centers on the question of whether a hanging can be a suicide if the individual is not fully suspended. The authors designed a retrospective study to review suspension in hangings and to analyze other criteria used to help in deciding manner of death. We examined 229 suicidal hanging deaths over an 11-year period (1997 through early 2009) using the data from two separate jurisdictions in Ohio. In conclusion, we found that the vast majority (83.4%) of people who hanged themselves were found partially suspended. Among other criteria analyzed, only the presence of petechial hemorrhages and acute neck injury was statistically significant.     

The (In)stability of Voters’ Perceptions of Competence and Associative Issue Ownership: The Role of Media Campaign Coverage

Recent work has suggested that issue ownership has a competence and an associative dimension and that both dimensions are less stable than originally assumed. This study is the first attempt to directly compare the stability and change of voters’ perceptions on both dimensions. Using data from the 2015 Swiss Election Study, linking data from a combined panel/rolling cross-section survey with an extensive media analysis, this study finds that voters are more likely to maintain their issue ownership perceptions if the party they identify as the issue owner before the campaign receives a higher share of media campaign coverage. This stabilizing effect is conditional on the importance of the issue for the voter, and it is stronger for voters’ competence evaluations than for their party-issue associations, which proved to be more stable. Thus, the results confirm the literature’s previously untested assumption that voters’ associative ownership perceptions are more stable than their competence ownership evaluations.     

甘肃省检察机关检委会工作情况调研分析

检委会工作中存在检委会组成人员配备不合理、办事机构和办事人员不落实、检委会工作制度规范化建设不足以及检委会决定的执行缺乏监督等问题.针对这些问题,要切实加强检委会组织建设,建立健全检委会办事机构,加强检委会制度建设,完善检委会决定的督办机制,以切实提高检委会工作的科学化、民主化与效率化.     

社会主义荣辱观教育的个体功能

社会主义荣辱观教育不但具有社会功能，而且具有个体功能。荣辱观教育的社会功能需要由个体功能来支撑和体现。社会主义荣辱观教育能够赋予个体以崇高的精神资源，为多元化社会人们行为规范提供了一个向度；能够激发人的情感和动力，能够决定个体的状态与发展，同时能够实现人的全面发展。     

Challenges to Property Rate Administration in the Offinso South Municipality,Ghana

Decentralized governments in Ghana have not been able to realize optimum benefits from their property tax potentials. The paper investigates the administration of property taxation in Ghana using the Offinso South Municipality (OSM) as a study area. Questionnaires were relied on to garner data from property owners in the municipality. It observed that low coverage and collection ratios, inadequate collection modes, and negative public perceptions have worked against the administration of property tax in the OSM. The paper suggests a complete overhaul of the property rate regime in the OSM if the buoyancy of property tax revenue is to be realized. It argues that the rating authority should purge the system of perceived corruptions. It suggests a revamp of the property rate collection means in order to slump rent seeking behavior of the mobile property rate collectors.     

“完全代孕”的法律规制初探

“完全代孕”是一种帮助不孕者怀孕生子的有效方法和法律行为。我们应当理性认识和对待代孕问题，确认和保护“完全代孕”，禁止“局部代孕”和“捐胚代孕”。当务之急应尽快通过立法来确认“完全代孕”的性质、“完全代孕”协议的效力及其权利保护与救济等一系列问题，以满足人们享有和行使生育权的正当与合法需求。