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.     

Shaking off the neoliberal shackles: “democratic emergence” and the negotiation of democratic knowledge in the Middle East North Africa context

ABSTRACT

There is a general assumption in democracy promotion that liberal democracy is the panacea that will solve all political and economic problems faced by developing countries. Using the concept of “good society” as analytical prism, the analysis shows that while there is a rhetorical agreement as to what the “good society” entails, democracy promotion practices fail to allow for recipients’ inclusion in the negotiation and delivery of the “good society”. Contrasting US and Tunisian discourses on the “good society”, the article argues that democracy promotion practices are underpinned by neoliberal parameters borne out from a reliance on the transition paradigm, which in turn leave little room to democracy promotion recipients to formulate knowledge claims supporting the emergence of alternative conceptions of the “good society”. In contrast, the article opens up a reflective pathway to a negotiated democratic knowledge, which would reside in a paradigmatic change that consists in the abandonment of the transition paradigm in favour of a “democratic emergence” paradigm.     

英语教学中的文化输入

语言和文化的关系是密不可分的,为此,英语教学中必须输入文化教学。文化教学可以通过课堂教学及第二课堂得以实施。     

试论邓小平的科技意识

从纵向来看,邓小平的科技意识有一个萌芽、成熟和提升的过程;从横向来看,邓小平科技意识包括科技认知、科技情感和科技意志三个方面。邓小平的科技意识具有鲜明的时代性,在推动中国科技事业发展方面起着十分重要的作用。     

法律语言中模糊语的语用分析

模糊语客观地存在于法律语言中,并发挥着各种各样的作用。从语用学的角度探讨模糊语在法律语言中的语用功能。     

我们应当确立什么样的课程知识观？

在历史上曾形成了几种不同的课程知识观，如把课程知识作为制度化知识，作为化资本，作为法定化等等。制度化的教育必然要求一种制度化知识与之相适应，课程作为一种象征符号性资源和化资本，成为人们增强支配性地位和获得权威的途径。课程作为法定化，它代表统治集团的利益，是统治阶级的权力、意志、价值观念、意识形态的体现和象征。当代人们更寺地把知识理解为价值性的、个体性的、情境性的与过程性的，而不是客观的放之四海而皆准的真理，从而确立了建构性的课程知识观。     

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。     

论法官的知识

我国目前正在推进司法活动专门化的进程,受社会的变化、法官与学者的作用以及国家策略等因素的影响,法官的知识也必将发生结构性的变迁。现代社会中法官的知识对法官及社会都会产生重要影响。因此,在法官知识的转型过程中,在关注法律专业知识的同时,不应忽略法官的生活知识及生活理性。     

When Negotiations Become Routine: Not Reinventing the Wheel While Thinking Outside the Box

In this article, we seek to apply the insights of recent research on routine to the context of repeated negotiations. To demonstrate the link between both concepts, we introduce an analytical framework in which we identify different negotiation situations in which routine can develop. We distinguish two dimensions of the negotiation process: a problem-solving dimension and a communication dimension. Our framework for analyzing the role of routine in negotiation is built around these two dimensions. We define those skills that we argue in repeated negotiations can help negotiators manage particular kinds of negotiations depending on the level and type of routinization that type of negotiation involves. Moreover, we demonstrate that our framework is inherently dynamic, which we illustrate with simplified business examples.     

关于提高公安经济侦查队伍业务素质能力思考

本文从理论和实践相结合的角度深刻阐述了公安经济侦查队伍正规化建设特别是业务素质能力提高的重要性,并对其提高的路径做了有益的探索。