Genetic polymorphism at 15 tetrameric short tandem repeat loci in four aboriginal tribal populations of Bengal

POPULATIONS: This study reports the genetic polymorphism observed at 15 short tandem repeat loci D3S1358, TH01, D21S11, D18S51, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, D16S539, CSF1PO, vWA, D8S1179, TPOX, D2S1338, D19S433, and FGA in four aboriginal populations of Bengal. The analysis was performed to decipher the suitability of CODIS as well as six other highly polymorphic and unlinked markers in Forensic Testing. Studied populations include four tribes: Karmali, Kora, Maheli, and Lodha.     

日本参加TPP的“内忧”与“外患”

文章分析了日本参加TPP谈判问题所面临的困境及其对未来内政外交走向的影响。首先,在经济方面,日本因参加TPP谈判将面临是继续保护农业还是扩展制造业出口以振兴经济的矛盾;其次,在政治方面,由于参加TPP谈判日本将面临由于各利益集团冲突引起的国内政治矛盾;第三,在外交方面,因为参加TPP谈判,日本将与美国围绕以农业为主的市场开放的程度问题进行博弈,同时也陷入如何协调美国市场与中国市场的关系的矛盾。文章认为日本将不会在短期内解决这些矛盾,而只能在国内政界重新整合与国际格局进一步发展变化的过程中逐步得到解决。     

藏族习惯法中的赔命价刍议

藏族是一个有着悠久历史和灿烂文化的民族,在长期的历史发展中,形成了独有的民族心理素质、民族情感、风俗习惯、政教合一的政治制度和自成体系的习惯法规。这些政治、经济和文化等方面的特征,随着民主改革和社会的进步而逐渐被削弱。但旧习惯法中的赔命价仍直接或间接地影响着国家法律的贯彻执行,产生了一系列执法活动中的矛盾和冲突。这就要求司法人员在执法过程中,采取一些特殊的政策和规定,以便妥善解决与藏族习惯法中的赔命价现象有关的特殊问题。     

春秋中期北方部族融入华夏国家的精神历程

鲁国境内的戎人在中原腹地,显示出自在的精神状态。来自北方的戎狄部族,自由出入日渐懈怠的华夏国家,周襄王出动狄人部队对付兄弟之国,足见当时戎狄部族的精神渗透力。春秋中期,在晋国的主持下,戎人与华夏各国在欑函会见,从而结束了春秋前期北方部族在华夏世界主动进攻的趋势。     

加强"蚁族"群体的思想政治教育路径探析

蚁族现象是当前社会各界广泛关注和研究的一个问题。这些研究和关注多侧重于他们的生存状态和心理状况,缺乏如何开展蚁族群体思想政治教育工作的探讨。本文在明确蚁族思想政治教育工作管理体制核心的基础上,探讨了蚁族的思想政治教育工作管理机构的建立和健全,通过分析认为:现代媒介特别是计算机网络宣传,应成为我们开展蚁族思想政治教育工作的第一载体。     

Political Branding: The Tea Party and Its Use of Participation Branding

The emergence of the Tea Party movement in 2009 witnessed the surfacing of a populist, anti-Obama libertarian mobilization within the United States. The Tea Party, a movement that brought together a number of disparate groups—some new, some established—utilized participation branding where the consumer attributed the movement its own identity and brand. Its consumer-facing approach, lack of one single leader, and lack of a detailed party platform, in combination with its impact on the 2010 election races in America, earmarks it as a contemporary and unconventional brand phenomenon worthy of investigation.     

试论土家族白虎崇拜渊源

西王母是中国神话体系中极其古老的神祗之一,闻一多先生称之为“中华民族的总先妣”。有关她的原型,从汉代起,便有多种论述。本文一方面从文字学的角度出发,通过对“戴”与“胜”的甲骨文字的字形结构分析,对二者分别作出了新颖的诠释,推翻了郭璞释“胜”为“玉胜”的传统说法。并以此为契机,来证明西王母乃古羌戎的氏族图腾。另一方面,结合土家族的白虎崇拜习俗,来论证土家族之祖先———巴人源于西北的羌戎部族,而土家族的白虎原型则为古羌戎部族图腾———西王母。     

Y-chromosomal STR haplotypes in two endogamous tribal populations of Karnataka, India

POPULATION: Approximately 5.0 mL of blood sample was collected from a total of 150 men belonging to two tribal populations of coastal Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka, with their informed written consent. Both the populations are endogamous and they belong to the Dravidian linguistic family. Halakki is a tribal group having a population size of c. 3383. They claim that they originally belong to Gujarat and Rajasthan, and migrated through Andhra Pradesh to Karnataka. Kunabhi is also a tribal population, c. 35,214 in number. They were hunters and gatherers but presently they practice agriculture.     

Genetic profile of nine autosomal STR loci among Halakki and Kunabhi populations of Karnataka, India

POPULATION: Blood samples were collected from a total of 84 healthy and unrelated Halakki (44) and Kunabhi (40) populations, with their informed written consent. The geographic location of the sampled area is shown in Fig. 1. Both the populations are endogamous, and they belong to Dravidian linguistic family. Halakki is a tribal group having a population size of approximately 3383. They claim that they originally belong to Gujarat and Rajasthan, and migrated through Andhra Pradesh to Karnataka. Kunabhi is also a tribal population, who are approximately 35,214 in number. The male Kunabhi can be identified by their tattoo marks. A necklace is the symbol of married women. They were hunters and gatherers, but at present they practice agriculture.     

A tribe and its states: Yemen’s 1972 Bayḥan massacre revisited

Across the Middle East, tribes and states have entered into different relationships. In many countries, tribes were confronted with massive attempts at interference by their respective states. The northern Yemeni Republic, in contrast, remained a weak state with little coercive instruments at its disposal. Its rule was rather based on indirect means: the politics of patronage, the politicization of development efforts, and the exploitation of tribal conflict. This article aims to look closer into state-tribe relations in Yemen by reviewing the power struggle between the Khawlan al-Tiyal tribe and the republican government. In 1972, the regional ramifications of this struggle culminated in the so-called ‘Bayhan massacre’ whose legacy continues to resonate across tribal Yemen today. The Khawlan case gives evidence of how power and legitimacy in republican Yemen remained, and still remain, largely contingent on the politics of co-optation and patronage, an endemic feature that comes at the expense of real institution building.