Lethal small bowel obstruction due to pica

Up to 25% of institutionalized patients with cognitive deficiencies display pica-like behavior, with an estimated annual incidence of small bowel obstruction of 2%. We present a case based on the forensic autopsy of a 41-year-old woman who died as a result of a missed diagnosis of small bowel obstruction after ingesting a foreign body. The case underlines the importance of precaution when treating patients with cognitive deficiency and/or language deficits and gastrointestinal symptoms. In such cases, it is important to employ a liberal threshold for radiological investigations and, if possible, obtain a medical history from a person close to the patient.     

Articulating the threatened suffragette body: suffragette embroidered cloths worked in Holloway Prison, 1911–1912

ABSTRACT

In public archives there are a number of hand-embroidered cloths worked by suffragettes incarcerated in Holloway Prison between 1911 and 1912. Denied political status, some of the embroiderers used the hunger strike as a political tool and were forcibly fed. In this paper the embroideries are reframed as material and discursive evidence of suffragette prison experiences. The material narratives of the embroidered cloths are traced, drawing on a dialogue between critical theory, material object enquiry, practice as research and the work of contemporary textile practitioners. Embroidering by suffragettes is explored as an embodied and situated ‘thread act’ that materialised the making of networks, the need for protection of the body and mind, the powers and dangers of boundary crossing, and proto-political thinking.     

Forensic Application of Analytical Mechanics in Fatal Fall From a Height

Fatal fall from a height initiated with a swinging motion on the sagittal plane of the victim's body is examined. Method of analytical mechanics is adopted to establish the functional relations between the swinging angle of the body and the force needed to sustain the body until release, and the amount of the horizontal displacement that would occur after release. The analysis is applied to support an expert opinion presented in a criminal court in which two accused were convicted of murder for dropping a female victim from a bridge. The results indicate that it is unlikely for the body to locate as recorded by the police investigation report in the case. This study demonstrates that a straightforward mechanical analysis can be utilized to examine uncommon falling scenarios.     

"道"与"一"

道家的“道”在中国哲学史上有如西方哲学史上柏拉图的“理念” ,具有重要地位。然而对道的含义之理解却始终充满歧义和困难。本文试图另辟蹊径 ,从道家经典文本中常用的“一”字入手 ,通过对其用法与含义的分析和解释 ,实现对道观念的全新阐释。     

非言语交际与外语课堂教学

非言语交际是交际过程中的一个重要部分。在外语课堂教学中,恰当使用非言语交际行为,能够增加信息量,提高学生学习兴趣。本文分析了非言语交际行为在外语课堂教学中的表现形式和作用,指出了非言语交际在教学中的重要性及不容忽视性。     

关于创建一流县级党校的思考

贯彻落实《中共中央关于面向二十一世纪加强和改进党校工作的决定》 ,提出创建一流县级党校 ,这既是一个凝聚人心、催人奋进的可喜目标 ,也是一项向社会作出的庄严承诺。但是 ,县级党校要实现这一目标 ,必须做好各方面的工作。     

区域自主创新与投资支持探讨

区域自主创新离不开投资的支持,投资支持力度影响着区域自主创新的水平。为此,需要对区域自主创新的投资支持力度进行评价,进而了解投资支持存在的问题。我们以山东省为例对区域自主创新的投资支持力度进行了评价,认为目前区域自主创新的投资支持力度不足。为了加强对区域自主创新投资的支持,需要充分发挥财政创新投资的引导和示范作用,促进财政和企业创新投资的区域分布合理化;应转变观念,培育技术研发型对外直接投资主体,调整对外直接投资的区位,调整对外直接投资的领域;应提高创新型企业的技术吸收能力,提高高新技术产业利用外商直接投资的能力,促进外商直接投资的区域分布合理化等。     

能动主体启发性教学观与警体教学规律的探索

警体教学是公安院校育人战略的重要组成部分。能动主体启发性教学观是全新的教学观,是针对公安院校警体课教学特点与公安应用型人才培养目标提出来的。它通过发挥教师在多主体教学中的指导作用和双主体教学中的辅导作用,培养学员的创造性实战思维。以能动主体启发性教学观为指导,从教学方法、教学环境、教学评价等方面探究警体教学规律,对于优化警体教学过程、提高警体教学质量、提升公安预备人才的综合素质,具有积极意义。     

刑事拘传的立法完善

要规范执法,保障人权,应改变我国目前拘传规定得过于简略的现状,完善拘传立法。为此,需扩大拘传的对象范围,明确拘传的情形,延长拘传的时限,规定拘传的时间间隔,统一拘传的令状,充实拘传的程序,并将侦查中有关拘传的内容集中到强制措施中。     

中国外交的大局意识

大局意识是中国外交决策的一个重要因素。保持社会稳定、维护国家安全,是坚持以经济建设为中心这个大局的前提条件。中国在制定外交政策和在外交工作中,坚决反对别国干涉中国内政,切实维护中国的政治稳定;努力发展与各国特别是主要大国的关系,促进中国的经济稳定;妥善处理敏感涉外事件,避免引发国内社会不稳定因素;加强与国际社会特别是邻国的合作,共同打击恐怖主义、分裂主义和跨国犯罪,维护民族团结和国家统一。