第二篇 Brain-dead Mother Dies after Giving Birth A brain-dead woman who was kept alive for three months so she could deliver the child she was carrying was removed from life support on Wednesday and died, a day after giving birth. "This is obviously a bittersweet time for our family," Justin Torres, the woman’s brother-in-law, said in a statement. Susan Torres, a cancer-stricken, 26-year-old researcher at the National Institutes of Health, suffered a stroke in May after the melanoma (黑瘤) spread to her brain. Her family decided to keep her alive to give her foetus (胎儿) a chance. It became a race between the foetus’ development and the cancer that was destroying the woman’s body. Doctors said that Torres’ health was getting worse and that the risk of harm to the foetus finally outweighed the benefits of extending the pregnancy. Torres gave birth to a daughter by Caesarean section (剖腹产手术) on Tuesday at Virginia Hospital Center. The baby was two months premature and weighed about a kilogram. She was in the newborn intensive care unit. Dr Donna Tilden-Archer, the hospital’s director of neonatology (新生儿学), described the child as "very vigorous." She said the baby had responded when she received stimulation, indicating she was healthy. Doctors removed Torres from life support early Wednesday with the consent of her husband, Jason Tortes, after she received the final sacrament (圣礼) of the RomanCatholic Church. "We thank all of those who prayed and provided support for Susan, the baby and our family," Jason Torres said in a statement. "We especially thank God for giving us little Susan. My wife’s courage will never be forgotten."English-language medical literature contains at least 11 cases since 1979 ofirreversibly brain-damaged women whose lives were prolonged for the benefit of thedeveloping foetus, according to the University of Connecticut Health Center. Dr Christopher McManus, who coordinated care 1"or Susan Torres, put the infant’s chances of developing cancer at less than 25 per cent. He said 19 women who have had the same aggressive form of melanoma as Tortes have given birth, and five of their babies became ill with the disease. The baby’s chances of developing cancer were said to be()
A. about 11 per cent
B. around 19 per cent.
C. less than 25 per cent.
D. close to 5 per cent.
甲公司2007年在物资采购中,有关票据方面发生如下情况: 甲公司销售给乙公司一批货物,按合同约定如期交货,乙公司签发了一张金额为30万元的转账支票,交给甲公司。甲公司到银行提示付款时,发现该支票是空头支票。甲公司认为,对乙公司应处以罚款,并有权要求乙公司给予经济赔偿。 甲公司某采购人员持该公司开户银行签发的、注明“现金”字样的银行本票,购置一批物资。由于该采购人员保管不慎,将银行本票丢失。随后,甲公司采取了一系列的措施。 根据《票据法》的规定,对于票据遗失行为,甲公司可以采取的暂时性预防措施是( )。
A. 公示催告
B. 诉讼
C. 挂失止付
D. 刊登遗失声明