Object Lesson: Approaching Nineteenth-Century Swimming Through the Von Hammer Probate Inventory

This article borrows from material culture approaches to historical research to investigate the development of swimming baths and bathing culture in Sydney in the late nineteenth century. Specifically, it draws upon a probate inventory of effects and belongings of Ferdinand Von Hammer (1830–1889), a leading Sydney baths lessee and swimming instructor in the 1870s and 1880s. Swimming in this period is under-researched, and the Danish-born proprietor is a forgotten figure. He died at his leased Saywell’s Baths at Rockdale in Botany Bay, and his probate inventory includes objects that were integral to the operation of those facilities. It is a rare document that offers insight into the development of swimming culture in this period, the growing complexity of baths management, and suggests intersections with other social, cultural and economic aspects of swimming. Whereas material culture research more typically involves study of extant objects, this methodology fits with an alternative approach that engages with aggregated lists of items such as probate and other inventories and trade data. By grouping various related objects, this article focuses on lifesaving, swimming instruction and entertainment dimensions to extend knowledge of Australian swimming cultures.     

经济犯罪专案侦查教学研究——兼论经济犯罪专案侦查教材的改进

专案侦查实践活动的逻辑性、系统性特征是非常突出的,但无论是全国统编还是各公安院校自编的经济犯罪专案侦查教材均存在结构松散、不能反映专案侦查员特有的系统思维方法的问题。应该在调查了解当代经济犯罪专案侦查一般思维方法的基础上,编写反映该思维方法的经济犯罪专案侦查教材,方能保证经济犯罪专案侦查教学目标的实现。     

匿名信案件的言语识别与侦查破案

在一些匿名信案件中,常常涉及到书写人的书写习惯、用语特点和物证痕迹等诸多因素。对于这些信息载体从信封格式、称谓词、程式语、标点符号和物证查找等方面进行系统地分析,将有助于分析和认定犯罪嫌疑人,为案件的侦破起到重要的作用。     

思想政治工作与利益关系的再思考

在社会主义市场经济条件下 ,思想政治工作必须贯彻好物质利益原则。思想政治工作一方面要耐心细致 ,以人们的切身利益为出发点 ,调动人们的积极性 ;另一方面又要“硬”起来 ,要结合法律手段、管理手段和经济工作去做 ,使人们通过正当途径实现个人利益。     

物证污染防控之我见

物证因现场人为因素的介入,物证污染的发生不可能完全避免。采取适当的物证污染防控措施,力求做到鉴定人员素质专业化、管理标准化、操作规则明确化、责任明朗化,能有效降低物证污染发生的概率。     

论职务发明与非职务发明的区分原则——从专利法和劳动法双重角度的探讨

科学界定职务发明与非职务发明需要从两个角度出发:从专利法角度来看,两者的划分应当坚持激励创新、促进技术成果实施的原则;从劳动法的角度来看,应当更加关注发明人的劳动者身份,通过法律的手段,充分保护作为劳动者的发明人的利益。     

道路交通事故现场中微量物证及提取

微量物证在道路交通事故逃逸案件和部分复杂疑难事故中的作用不可忽视。因此 ,应掌握道路交通事故现场微量物证的种类、特点及提取方法。对交通事故定性处理是十分重要的。     

侦查活动一般规律研究论纲

侦查活动规律是侦查学的研究对象。侦查活动规律是侦查活动本身固有的,反映出侦查活动内在要素之间以及与外界环境之间、侦查行为与反侦查行为之间的最本质的关系。侦查活动规律分为侦查活动一般规律和侦查活动特殊规律。本文在总结当前学者们已有研究成果的基础上,将侦查活动一般规律概括为:主客体相关律、因果关系律、专群结合律及物质交换律。     

中药生物的地理分布类型与优质、地道药材的优选模式

中药生物的生长、发育与生态环境密切相关,因光照、温度、湿度和空气等不同生态因子的影响而产生不同分布。优质、地道中药材具有独特的地理分布,是对综合生态因子最佳适应的结果。应用植物分类、植物生态及中药地理等多学科知识对我国优质、地道药材的分布规律进行探索,并根据地理分布将中药生物的分布分为同纬异经、同经异纬、异纬异经、特殊需求4种基本类型,确定同药单向优选、同药双向或多向优选、异药双向或多向优选、同药多选及随机点状优选等5种优选模式,同时涵盖了人工调节环境的地道药材分布扩展情况。通过中药生物的地理分布可探索地理因子对药材形成的影响,而药材优选模式的建立,为优质、地道药材的优选及同类药材的分化机制开辟一条新的探索途径,是从系统和整体角度探索中药的新思维和新方法。     

Additional sequence characterization of NIST SRM 2391c: PCR-Based DNA Profiling Standard

The NIST Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2391c: PCR-Based DNA Profiling Standard was designed for use in the standardization of forensic and paternity quality assurance procedures for fragment-based typing short tandem repeat (STR) alleles generated by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Certified genotypes of the 6 components A–F were assigned for 24 autosomal and 17 Y-STR markers plus Amelogenin using concordance testing between commercial kits. Selected Sanger sequencing characterization was performed for the alleles of 11 STR markers when only one PCR primer set was available for fragment-based typing. The goal is to characterize the remaining 30 STR loci in components A–C by Sanger sequencing methods for the STR repeat regions and adjacent flanking regions. Additional characterization of the SRM is intended to support the emerging interest in next-generation sequencing technologies for forensic typing applications. Sanger methods have detected underlying polymorphisms (sequence, insertion-deletion, variation in complex motifs) typically not detected by fragment-based typing. The sequenced regions include the commercial or known PCR binding sites commonly implemented in fragment-based typing.