Sickle Cell Trait as a Contributory Cause of Death in Natural Disease

Sickle cell trait (SCT) affects 300 million people globally, and awareness is growing that SCT is not an entirely benign condition; however, most reported cases have been non‐natural deaths. Autopsy records from the Baylor University Medical Center (BUMC) in Dallas, Texas, contained seven natural deaths from January 2007 to October 2013 in which micro‐occlusive sickling was identified at autopsy and SCT confirmed by postmortem hemoglobin fractionation. Sickle crisis was never diagnosed clinically. These cases illustrate the importance of red cell morphology in autopsy material. When sickling is suspected, hemoglobin fractionation should be performed. If confirmed, SCT should be listed as an autopsy finding and the severity and distribution of sickling documented. Extensive micro‐occlusive sickling should be considered contributory to death; however, its relative importance depends on all facts of the case. Accurate reporting should facilitate further research and the development of evidence‐based preventative and supportive strategies for these patients.     

Fueling the Fire: Violent Metaphors,Trait Aggression,and Support for Political Violence

The recent concurrence of violent political rhetoric and violence against political targets in the U.S. and abroad has raised public concern about the effects of language on citizens. Building from theoretical foundations in aggression research, I fielded two nationally representative survey experiments and a third local experiment preceding the 2010 midterm elections to investigate support for violence against political authority. Subjects were randomly assigned to view one of two forms of the same political advertisements. Across all three experiments, mild violent metaphors multiply support for political violence among aggressive citizens, especially among young adults. Aggressive personality traits also predict support for political violence in both national studies. This work identifies dynamic roots of violent political orientations and reveals for the first time surprising interactions between this elite discourse and personality traits in citizens.     

If at first you don't succeed

Political and social stability in advanced capitalist societies is threatened both by the impossibility of achieving full employment owing to automation and the transformation of family life and gender relationships. This article explores explanations of these shifts in Jeremy Rifkin's and Ray Pahl's work. It explores alternative models of employment in which formal work is shared and third-sector work is expanded, underwritten by a cultural shift in which work, success and consumption are traded for free time, balance and self-development.     

如何克服课堂焦虑对英语学习的影响

引起外语学习焦虑的因素可分为交流焦虑、负评价焦虑和考试焦虑三个方面。根据英语课堂教学的实践经验,开展小组合作学习、教师的正确引导鼓励和轻松和谐的课堂气氛,是克服语言学习焦虑的有效措施。     

On Chinese Media

正China Newsweek Issue No.6,published on February 24,2014A New Era of Psychological Disorders It seems that today’s urban residents are suffering from new types of psychological maladies,such as willpower deficiency,decision-making difficulties,affinity phobia,social anxiety and language learning mania.The exact pathogenesis cannot be identified,nor can any medical treatment be given.If charted on a spectrum of psychological disorders,     

白领女性犯罪初探

随着女性在社会生活中地位的提高 ,白领女性的人数大量增加 ,相应的犯罪现象也逐渐增多 ,日益引起人们的关注。白领女性犯罪具有高层次与技术性、隐蔽性和非暴力性、情感性、组织性、极大的危害性的特点。其犯罪的原因有个人原因和社会因素。预防白领女性犯罪是一项宏大的社会系统工程 ,需要全社会力量共同参与。     

专业性练习摹仿签名笔迹鉴定的实验研究

目的本文通过实验对具有一定笔迹鉴定专门知识与不具备笔迹鉴定专门知识的人的练习摹仿签名笔迹进行实验分析研究。方法对两类人在练习的不同阶段形成的练习摹仿签名笔迹特征的一般状态表现,以及对其笔迹特征的形成、变化原因、鉴定价值分别进行了论述,并总结出其变化规律。结果为不同种类的练习摹仿签名笔迹的鉴定提供一定的识别和特征分析、评断的参考依据。     

市场经济与经济犯罪关系的动态研究

市场经济属于生产关系的范畴,经济犯罪是经济发展的产物,两者有着密切的关系。从机制上看,市场经济充满活力,使经济按照市场要求发展,是计划经济无法比拟的,但它也使经济犯罪的种类、数量不断增加。     

俄罗斯民族文化特征

俄罗斯民族文化作为一种独特的文化形态,是衔接欧洲文化和亚洲文化的一种中间文化,体现了该民族独特的民族意识和文化体系。这种文化形态是由地缘位置、社会机制、宗教信仰、蛮族入侵等多种因素构成的,这些因素在诸多世纪对俄罗斯民族文化的形成产生了深刻的影响。