Dental Age Assessment in Children: A Comparison of Four Methods in a Recent French Population

The aim of this study was to analyze the accuracy and the reliability of four methods of dental age estimation (Demirjian, Willems I, Willems II, and Chaillet standards) in a French population. Orthopantomograms of 743 children aged between 4 and 15 years were used. The Demirjian standards gave a consistent overestimation of dental age compared with chronological age (+0.45 and +0.46 years for girls and boys, respectively). We found that three modified methods were more accurate for both sexes than Demirjian's method: the Willems I method appeared to be more suitable when the sex and ethnicity are both known (?0.09 and +0.14 years for girls and boys, respectively); the Willems II method was more accurate for children of unknown sex (mean difference = 0.00 years), and the Chaillet method was found to be more accurate than the Demirjian method, but less accurate than the Willems I method (?0.59 and ?0.18 years for girls and boys, respectively).     

Analyzing Forensic Evidence Based on Density with Magnetic Levitation

This paper describes a method for determining the density of contact trace objects with magnetic levitation (MagLev). MagLev measurements accurately determine the density (±0.0002 g/cm³) of a diamagnetic object and are compatible with objects that are nonuniform in shape and size. The MagLev device (composed of two permanent magnets with like poles facing) and the method described provide a means of accurately determining the density of trace objects. This method is inexpensive, rapid, and verifiable and provides numerical values—independent of the specific apparatus or analyst—that correspond to the absolute density of the sample that may be entered into a searchable database. We discuss the feasibility of MagLev as a possible means of characterizing forensic‐related evidence and demonstrate the ability of MagLev to (i) determine the density of samples of glitter and gunpowder, (ii) separate glitter particles of different densities, and (iii) determine the density of a glitter sample that was removed from a complex sample matrix.     

高校思想政治理论课教学方法改革初探

十八大报告指出：＂全面实施素质教育,深化教育领域综合改革,着力提高教育质量,培养学生社会责任感、创新精神、实践能力。＂这是对我国教育部门提出的新要求。理论与实践表明,在教学活动中,教学方式方法是影响人才培养质量和创新人才培养至关重要的因素之一。因此,结合我国高校思想政治理论课教学方法改革的历史实践,对我国思想政治理论课教学方法改革的趋势进行探讨,这在十八大大力倡导培养学生＂创新精神＂的大背景下显得十分必要。     

云存储侦查策略研究

云计算,作为近年来发展迅速的信息技术手段,给社会各机构、普通群众的生活提供了很大的便利。云存储作为云计算的一个延伸技术,越来越多的融入到人们的生活中。在这一新形势下,犯罪分子也越来越多的使用该技术规避侦查人员的侦查取证活动。有鉴于云存储技术的新颖性与复杂性,有必要针对性地分析研究新的侦查取证策略,以应对新挑战。     

The British general election of 2010 under different voting rules

The 2010 British election resulted in what the British refer to as a “hung Parliament” for the first time in over a generation. This result further heightened the debate over the fairness and utility of the nation’s centuries-old first-past-the-post (FPTP) system. Survey data are used to simulate the election outcome under four different electoral systems beyond FPTP: round-robin pair-wise comparisons, the Borda count, the alternative vote, and Coombs' method. Results suggest that in 2010, the Liberal-Democrats were Condorcet preferred to all other parties and would have won a national election under every tested method except the alternative vote, the method supported by the Liberal-Democrats during the referendum in May 2011 and, of course, FPTP as actually used.     

一种面向利益分析的政策研究方法

构建社会主义和谐社会,对政策制定的科学化和民主化提出了新的更高的要求,即必须更加重视各方利益的表达和协调,以实现共赢。本文在综合分析软科学和政策科学两个相对独立的学科现状的基础上,讨论当前政策研究在利益分析上存在的不足及其根源,指出政策研究需要超越先前主流的实证主义范式,发展面向利益分析的理论和方法。针对我国政策制定中利益分析和协调的现实需求,本文介绍了一种基于讨论式博弈和综合集成支持的公共政策实验方法(EPRM),论述了该方法的基本思路、运用过程和若干焦点问题。     

“三阶段”动态教学法在《Java程序设计》课程的探索与实践

Java是一门面向对象的编程语言,需要在课程中逐渐提高学生的动手实践能力,根据此课程的特点,在课程中引入"三阶段"动态教学法,革新课程考核方式,通过之后的问卷调查和考试效果显示达到了较好的教学效果。     

情境教学法在原始凭证实训阶段中的运用

原始凭证作为整个账务处理的初始环节起着极其重要的作用和地位。无论手工处理,还是电算化处理,对待原始凭证的处理都是一样的,即自行整理、分析、提炼经济业务。实训阶段所要解决的核心问题就是＂见票就知业务＂,这势必要求引入情境教学法才能有效的完成实训任务。本课题组从原始凭证的分类入手,将情境教学法分别运用于外来原始凭证和自制原始凭证两类常见实训业务中,总结和归纳出指导教师的经验和方法。     

从运动生化视角谈基层民警力量训练

基层民警力量训练存在着训练意识不强、训练方法不科学、重技能轻体能、健身器械和场馆不足等问题,应该从运动生物化学的角度出发,运用运动生物化学反应基本原理指导警察力量训练,遵循运用生物化学基本原理进行力量训练原则,依据运动生物化学原理进行力量训练,以提高基层民警力量训练的实效。     

邓小平领导开创中国特色社会主义道路的认识路线和思想方法——兼论中国道路的精髓和真谛

邓小平的历史性贡献是多方面的,其中最伟大的贡献,莫过于领导党和人民在改革开放中创造性地开拓了中国特色社会主义道路。邓小平领导开创中国特色社会主义道路的认识路线和思想方法突出体现在:把实践作为逻辑起点,在坚持马克思主义基本原理同中国具体实际相结合中开创中国特色社会主义道路;把规律作为根本依据,在探索社会主义初级阶段改革与发展基本规律中开创中国特色社会主义道路;把人民作为主体力量,在实现人民群众利益需求和创造精神有机统一中开创中国特色社会主义道路。中国特色社会主义道路来之不易,必须深刻把握这条道路的精髓和真谛,坚定不移沿着这条道路开拓前进。