Fingerprint Change: Not Visible,But Tangible

Hand–foot syndrome, a chemotherapy‐induced cutaneous toxicity, can cause an alteration in fingerprints causing a setback for cancer patients due to the occurrence of false rejections. A colon cancer patient was fingerprinted after not having been able to use fingerprint recognition devices after 6 months of adjuvant chemotherapy. The fingerprint images were digitally processed to improve fingerprint definition without altering the papillary design. No evidence of skin toxicity was present. Two months later, the situation returned to normal. The fingerprint evaluation conducted on 15 identification points highlighted the quantitative and qualitative fingerprint alteration details detected after the end of chemotherapy and 2 months later. Fingerprint alteration during chemotherapy has been reported, but to our knowledge, this particular case is the first ever reported without evident clinical signs. Alternative fingerprint identification methods as well as improved biometric identification systems are needed in case of unexpected situations.     

温病湿热证湿重于热动物模型舌的病理观察

目的：观察温病湿热证湿重于热动物模型舌的病理改变。方法：复制温病湿热证湿重于热动物模型,观察大鼠舌的病理改变,并设湿热组、脾虚组、正常组进行比较。结果：湿重于热组、湿热组固有层乳头密度及核分裂相频数显著增多,与正常组及脾虚组比较差异有显著性;湿重于热组和湿热组固有层均出现炎症、充血及水肿,前者水肿更甚,后者则充血明显。结论：舌的病理改变,可能是湿热证型中舌苔变化的病理基础,并可作为判定湿热轻重的指标之一。     

Fatal acute intracranial injury, subdural hematoma, and retinal hemorrhages caused by stairway fall

We describe an infant with an acute subdural hematoma, a fatal head injury, and severe hemorrhagic retinopathy caused by a stairway fall. His cerebral and ocular findings are considered diagnostic of abusive head trauma by many authors. Our literature search of serious injuries or fatalities from stairway or low-height falls involving young children yielded 19 articles of primary data. These articles are discrepant, making the classification of a young child's death following a reported short fall problematic. This case report contradicts the prevalent belief of many physicians dealing with suspected child abuse that low-height falls by young children are without exception benign occurrences and cannot cause fatal intracranial injuries and severe retinal hemorrhages. The irreparable harm to a caregiver facing an erroneous allegation of child abuse requires physicians to thoroughly investigate and correctly classify pediatric accidental head injuries.     

中国公众的政治疏离感及其影响因素

在西方政治学研究中,政治疏离感是一个长期得到重视的话题,西方学者普遍认为政治疏离感会影响政治的稳定性,从而过分强调了其反政治性。然而,在非西方社会尤其是中国,分析政治疏离感形成模式上的多样性和其文化基础却是需要研究的重点。笔者基于北京大学中国国情研究中心"2008年中国公民意识调查"的数据进行了定量分析,发现中国公众的政治疏离感主要受到性别、教育、政治涉入、政府评价的影响。     

原因不明性不孕症中医证候分析

目的 探讨原因不明性不孕症的中医证候特点,为中药治疗原因不明性不孕症提供辨证依据.方法 根据不孕症诊断标准,将219例不孕症患者分为研究组(原因不明性不孕症)108例和对照组(配偶不育症导致的不孕症)111例,分析并比较两组中医证候分布特征,采用二项分类Logistic回归分析原因不明性不孕症的危险证候,以及中医证候与...     

Child Abuse-Related Homicides in New Mexico: A 6-year Retrospective Review

Abstract:  We retrospectively reviewed autopsy records at a statewide medical examiner's office in order to identify and characterize deaths due to child abuse. In a 6-year period in New Mexico, the medical examiner investigated 45 deaths determined to be child abuse-related. Decedents were predominantly male (68.9%), Hispanic White (53.3%), and all were 5 years of age or younger, with a median age of 1 year. Head injuries were the most common cause of death (44.4%), followed by battered baby syndrome (15.6%). Relatives were involved as alleged perpetrators in 80% of the cases, with the father most often implicated (36.1% of cases), and 88.9% of child abuse injuries resulting in death occurred in the family's residence. Toxicology was positive in 26.7% of cases, but only two cases had substances of abuse present. Information on risk factors such as prematurity, parental age, and history of abuse was also collected.     

HELPING ALIENATED CHILDREN WITH FAMILY BRIDGES: PRACTICE, RESEARCH, AND THE PURSUIT OF "HUMBITION"

This article briefly summarizes and responds to feedback offered by Joan Kelly regarding Family Bridges: A Workshop for Troubled and Alienated Parent–Child Relationships™. We emphasize principles that promote an educational atmosphere, as opposed to a therapeutic one, and the court's role in contributing to successful interventions with severely alienated children. Among the considerations discussed are: working with favored parents, economic comparisons of Family Bridges with counseling approaches, modifying the program for use in prevention and with milder cases of alienation, and issues related to training additional team leaders and conducting outcome research.     

A SECOND CHANCE FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES: A MODEL STATUTE TO REINSTATE PARENTAL RIGHTS AFTER TERMINATION

There are more than half a million children in foster care in the United States. Some of these children are adopted into loving families, but many are considered hard to adopt and never find a permanent family. Research suggests that the outlook for the teens who exit or age out of foster care without a permanent home or a meaningful adult relationship is bleak. They are more likely to face homelessness, joblessness, drug addiction, early pregnancy, mental health problems, and prison time. With such grim statistics, states should explore every possible permanent family resource for youth in foster care. This Note proposes that, in limited circumstances, it is in the best interest of the child to vacate a final order of termination and reinstate parental rights. It calls for states to adopt a model state statute based on the five state statutes currently in place that already allow for the reinstatement of parental rights.     

我国农村宅基地使用权流转的现状考察

农村宅基地是农村土地的重要组成部分,宅基地使用权是农民的一项最基本的财产权利,农村宅基地使用权是否可以流转的问题一直以来都是社会各界关注的焦点。本文主要考察了我国在立法上对我国农村宅基地使用权流转的规范与态度,以及我国的司法实务现状,并通过实证调查的方式考察了我国农村宅基地使用权流转在现实生活中的实际情况及其存在的问题与原因,旨在为宅基地使用权制度完善提供参考依据。     

猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒重组质粒pEGFP-NSP9的构建与表达

为验证siRNAs对猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒复制的抑制效果,构建了猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒NSP9基因与增强型绿色荧光蛋白基因GFP的融合表达质粒,并在Marc145细胞中进行了表达。通过RT-PCR方法扩增猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒NSP9基因,将其克隆入表达载体pEGFP-N1,并进行双酶切、PCR及测序鉴定。将阳性重组质粒转染Marc145细胞,检测绿色荧光蛋白的表达和NSP9基因转录水平。结果显示,经双酶切及PCR鉴定,目的基因的大小与预期相符。荧光显微镜和流式细胞仪均检测到细胞内绿色荧光蛋白的表达,荧光定量PCR检测到细胞内有NSP9基因的转录。本研究成功构建的猪繁殖与呼吸综合征病毒NSP9基因GFP融合表达质粒,为在细胞水平快速筛选有效的siRNAs提供了工具。