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。     

开发吉林省农村人才资源的对策建议

建设社会主义新农村,关键在人才,特别是农村实用人才。针对吉林省农业人才匮乏,特别是实用人才匮乏的实际情况,本文在分析农村人才开发的现状及存在问题的基础上,提出了符合吉林省农业发展规律和开发农村人才资源的总体思路及对策措施,以期加快其新农村建设的步伐。     

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。     

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。     

浅论治安管理的体系建设

对于社会治安综合治理要有科学的头脑 ,正确分析社会主义市场经济体制在建立发展过程中的矛盾和规律 ,从立体的、动态的多层面构建预防和控制犯罪的有效体系     

中欧全面战略伙伴关系:从构想到实现

经过30 年的共同努力,中欧正致力于“全面战略伙伴关系”的建设,双边关系现正处于历史上最富有成果的时期,合作的深度与广度都有新的拓展。作为欧亚大陆两股上升的力量,中欧是维护世界和平与稳定、促进共同发展的重要力量。中欧关系正是建立在共有利益的基础上,它有助于建构一个更为平衡、多元的国际新秩序。