Recent advances in forensic geology and botany for the reconstruction of event dynamics in outdoor crime scenes: a case study - Somma R, Cascio M, Cucinotta F, Mondello F, Morabito M.
The present research is devoted to criminal investigation regarding the disappearance of two persons suspected to be kidnapped. The multi-disciplinary investigation based on the application of Forensic Geology and Botany allowed to ascertain the pre-morte... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Israeli civilians were tortured and abused by Hamas fighters says forensic teams, Reuters reports
Israeli soldiers removing civilian bodies who were killed days earlier in an attack by Hamas militants on this kibbutz in Kfar Aza, Israel. Alexi J. Rosenfeld via Getty Images Slain victims of the Hamas attacks have signs of abuse and torture, Reuters reports. Forensic teams in Israel discovered…#israeli #hamas #kfaraza #israel #alexijrosenfeld #benjaminnetanyahu #isis #gazastrip #alaqsaflood #palestinian (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Israeli forensic teams describe signs of torture, abuse
Military forensic teams in Israel have examined bodies of victims of last week's Hamas attack on communities around the Gaza Strip and found multiple signs of torture, rape and other atrocities, officers said on Saturday. Around 1,300 bodies have been brought to an army base in Ramla in central…#israel #hamas #gazastrip #ramla #rabbiisraelweiss #avigayil #islamist #gaza #israelis #israeli (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 15, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Commentary on: Monson KL, Smith ED, Peters EM. Repeatability and reproducibility of comparison decisions by firearms examiners. J Forensic Sci. 2023;68(5):1721-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15318 - Dorfman AH, Valliant R.
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Source: SafetyLit - October 13, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news
Identification and quantification of the main psychoactive ingredients of cannabis in urine using excitation-eemission matrix fluorescence coupled with parallel factor analysis - Cui SF, Yang HL, Lin SY, Wan JW, Zhou CH.
Cannabis is the most prevalent abused substance after alcohol, and its consumption severely harms human health and thus adversely impacts society. The identification and quantification of cannabis in urine play important roles in practical forensics. Excit... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 12, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
Review of analytical methods for screening and quantification of fentanyl analogs and novel synthetic opioids in biological specimens - Palmquist KB, Truver MT, Shoff EN, Krotulski AJ, Swortwood MJ.
Fentanyl, fentanyl analogs, and other novel synthetic opioids (NSO), including nitazene analogs, prevail in forensic toxicology casework. Analytical methods for identifying these drugs in biological specimens need to be robust, sensitive, and specific. Iso... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
A charred body inside a burning car with a garden hose connected to the exhaust pipe: Post-mortem self-immolation, a complex or a complicated suicide after the ingestion of alcohol? The importance of an interdisciplinary approach - Simonit F, Da Broi U, Angeli F, Innocenti D, Desinan L.
We present an unusual case in which the charred body of a 61-year-o... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Automatic detection and identification of diatoms in complex background for suspected drowning cases through object detection models - Tournois L, Hatsch D, Ludes B, Delabarde T.
The diagnosis of drowning is one of the most difficult tasks in forensic medicine. The diatom test is a complementary analysis method that may help the forensic pathologist in the diagnosis of drowning and the localization of the drowning site. This test c... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Drowning, Suffocation Source Type: news
Forensic geology applied to the search for homicide graves - Somma R, Sutton L, Byrd JH.
The percentage of discoveries due to traditional and non-traditional searches for homicide graves is still meager in Italy. A critical exam of the scientific approaches followed by Italian law enforcements, in recent cases of unsuccessful ground searches f... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news
Participation of aeromedicine specialists in complex forensic medical examination in aviation accidents - Krapivnitskaia TA, Kniga VV, Krapivnitskaia LV.
The problem of flight safety and aviation injury were considered, data on aviation accidents in Civil aviation were shown, the main causes of aviation accidents were presented: technical failure, difficult meteorological conditions, deficiencies in flight ... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Engineering, Physics, Structural Soundness and Failure Source Type: news
Fatal injury to the neck while working with an angle grinder - Nagornov MN, Leonova EN, Vlasyuk IV, Lomakin YV, Sheptulin DA.
A fatal accident using an angle grinder is presented. During the forensic medical examination of the corpse, a soft tissue wound of the neck was found, localized in the region of its anterior and right lateral surfaces, with damage to the common carotid ar... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Ergonomics, Human Factors, Anthropometrics, Physiology Source Type: news
Research progress and potential application of microRNA and other non-coding RNAs in forensic medicine - Song B, Qian J, Fu J.
At present, epigenetic markers have been extensively studied in various fields and have a high value in forensic medicine due to their unique mode of inheritance, which does not involve DNA sequence alterations. As an epigenetic phenomenon that plays an im... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 9, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Research Methods, Surveillance and Codes, Models Source Type: news
Histopathological diagnosis of suicidal oleander poisoning: an illustrated forensic pathology report - Sangita M, Vidua RK, Chaurasia JK, Bhargava DC.
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Source: SafetyLit - October 7, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news
After a woman was found dead in the woods, Ohio relied on a forensics expert in the murder case. Was it the right call?
In an interview with NBC News, Smock dismissed the anthropologists’ concerns and said he had studied strangulation and asphyxiation for nearly four decades. He stood by his findings and said there was only one possible cause of Noble’s death. “As far as I’m concerned, Emily Noble’s hyoid bone…#smock #emilynobles #delawarecounty #marksleeper #dateline #moore #desmoinesuniversity #dianemenashe #westerville #stevegrubbs (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
A latent class analysis of mental disorders, substance use, and aggressive antisocial behavior among Swedish forensic psychiatric patients - Green J, Lindqvist Bagge AS, Laporte N, Andin é P, Wallinius M, Hildebrand Karlén M.
BACKGROUND: Patients in the forensic mental health services (FMHS) with a mental disorder, a co-occurring substance use disorder (SUD), and high risk of aggressive antisocial behavior (AAB) are sometimes referred to as the 'triply troubled'. They suffer po... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 5, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news
