Fatal suicidal injury of a radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula

A 59-year-old man was found dead in his living room. His body was covered with blood, but the only injury found was a 31-mm-long, transverse incision on the radial surface of the left forearm. Autopsy revealed that the injured vessel was an enlarged cephalic vein from a radiocephalic arteriovenous fistula (RC-AVF) that had been created 23 years before for hemodialysis. Cephalic vein injury is usually not fatal, but circumstantial evidence, autopsy, and histological findings suggested that hemorrhagic shock and death occurred within a short time after the self-inflicted incised wound. This may be explained by the blood flow rate in the RC-AVF, which can reach 12 ml/s; this is 25 times higher than the normal cephalic vein blood flow.     

Notes on the Canadian exception: security certificates in critical context

This paper attempts to place the Canadian security certificate program in critical context. The program is a mechanism of arbitrary detention targeted to non-citizens the state has certified as ‘threats’ to national security. As a mechanism of arbitrary detention the program fully locates Canadian policies inside of, and not in some manner external to, the worst abuses and ‘exceptional practices’ associated with the ‘global war on terror’. To place this program in critical context, the author draws upon the notion of ‘exception’. Although the security certificate program does invoke an exceptional practice in the terms made legible in recent discussions in critical security studies, it also points to ways in which critical discussions of ‘exception’ might be deepened and complicated. To this end, the paper put forwards the notion of the ‘legal complex’ to highlight the mundane and often contested ways in which the exception is invoked to certify which racialized bodies might be governed as political citizens and which will be governed as ‘bare life’.     

Does it Matter Who Works at the Center? A Comparative Policy Analysis of Executive Styles

This article develops the concept of executive style to explore how variations in the relationships between politicians, career civil servants, and political appointees affect the types of policy outputs. A comparative analysis of home care policies in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia finds that the former’s civil service executive style – where professional civil servants work in close partnership with politicians in all phases of the policy process – led to the development of an innovative home care program with a long-term vision, whereas the latter’s politicized executive style – where politicians marginalize the role of civil servants in favor of political appointees – led to frequent changes in policy largely driven by short-term considerations.     

Partisan-motivated prorogation and the Westminster model: a comparative perspective

Recent cases of partisan-motivated prorogations of parliaments at the federal and provincial levels in Canada have focused attention on this phenomenon. While such prorogations are uncommon in the mature Westminster-style parliaments, the Canadian cases are not unique. Systematic study of partisan-motivated prorogations in the Australian states has illuminated the factors commonly associated with such cases. This paper outlines the results of this literature and then tests whether the Canadian cases fit the pattern. It shows that, on balance, these factors do apply. The paper thus concludes that, while partisan-motivated prorogations may not be predictable, it is possible to identify circumstances in which there is a substantially greater risk of their occurrence.     

时间与成本:劳动关系与我国经济发展的可持续性问题

经济的可持续发展包含时间因素,廉价劳动力是成本问题,劳动关系是经济环境。在我国目前的经济发展状况下,劳动关系与时间因素和劳动力成本问题直接相关,应当对此加以重视。     

代位请求权情形下仲裁协议的效力问题探讨

我国现行法定条件下的代位权与传统规定有本质区别,债权人行使代位权,无需与债务人达成一致意见;债权人与次债务人之问没有仲裁合意;债权人未成为债务人与次债务人之间合同关系的当事人.而且,仲裁协议对未签署人的约束力不可无限扩大,应该符合仲裁理论的基本原则要求.因此,债权人行使代位权,不瘦受约束于债务人与次债务人之问的仲裁协议.     

谈高等学校中层干部执行能力建设

高等学校中层干部的执行能力,是推进高校改革、建设和发展的重要因素,在我国高等教育已经进入大众化阶段的新时期,高校只有做到公平竞聘,确保能者有位;科学分工,确保上者可干;不断历练,确保上者能干;规范考核,确保上者愿干,才能使中层干部的执行能力得到不断提升。     

河南省公安总警力严重不足的现状及建议

我省的警察编制比例相对低于全国平均水平。但在警力长期严重不足的情况下,我省公安民警一直以超负荷的工作强度和牺牲精神担负着这个全国人口大省的公共安全工作。总警力不足与基层一线对警力的需求,已成为制约我省公安工作发展的主要矛盾;同时,警力不足也是我省公安民警因公牺牲的重要原因。     

更腐倡廉制度建设的几点思考

加强反腐倡廉制度建设,既是提高我们党执政能力的迫切要求,也是完善惩治和预防腐败体系的核心内容,更是从源头上预防腐败的治本之策和必由之路。制度建设在惩防体系中处于核心保障地位,是建立健全和有效发挥惩防体系作用的关键因素。改革开放以来,各地各部门积极探索反腐倡廉制度建设的新路,形成了一大批制度规定,但仍然存在一些不足。反腐倡廉制度建设需要上升到国家战略层面,要在全党进一步形成动手抓制度建设的生动局面。同时,制度建设还需要进一步增强层次性、针对性、创新性和执行力。