The impact of training and experience on the recovery of evidence in outdoor forensic scenes: implications for human remains recovery [PDF]
, 2018 The present study involves a multivariate assessment of the success of evidence recovery by searchers from various backgrounds and skill levels. Volunteers representing four experience levels (civilian volunteers, first year forensic anthropology ...
Studebaker-Reed, Mary Susan Elizabeth
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Improving the PhD through provision of skills training for postgraduate researchers [PDF]
, 2017 Postgraduate research degrees in some systems, such as the UK, can be almost exclusively research based, with little formal, compulsory taught component.
Barnacle +25 more
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Curriculum to career: A qualitative study of pathologists' assistant graduates' experiences
Anatomical Sciences Education, EarlyView.Abstract The field of pathologists' assistants (PathAs) has evolved significantly, with formal education programs now playing a crucial role in professional training. This study explores the educational experiences of PathA graduates in Canada, focusing on how accredited programs prepare students for professional practice.
Leeying Lau, Jina J. Y. Kum
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Forensic Anthropology Case Team [PDF]
, 2014 IMPACT. 1: FACT offers, at no charge, scientific expertise to the community in archaeological field methods and osteological laboratory methods to help resolve medicolegal death investigations. -- 2.
Kolatorowicz, Adam
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Injuries in deep time: interpreting competitive behaviours in extinct reptiles via palaeopathology
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT For over a century, palaeopathology has been used as a tool for understanding evolution, disease in past communities and populations, and to interpret behaviour of extinct taxa. Physical traumas in particular have frequently been the justification for interpretations about aggressive and even competitive behaviours in extinct taxa.
Maximilian Scott +3 more
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Kaelin Rapport - Histological Techniques for the Sex Determination of Skeletonized Human Remains [PDF]
, 2014 Determining the sex of skeletons is problematic in forensic and bio-archaeological research. Past studies demonstrate that bone cells can sometimes contain preserved sex chromosomal material in ancient samples. The sex chromosomes in skeletal remains may
Rapport, Kaelin
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Variability of developmental timings of the knee in young American children as assessed through Pyle and Hoerr's radiographic atlas [PDF]
, 2015 This study examines the accuracy of the Pyle and Hoerr radiographic atlas technique in an effort to document the extent of normal variation associated with developmental timings in the knee for purposes of age estimation.
Gallagher, John +2 more
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An Investigation of Hyperostosis Frontalis Interna in a Modern Anatomical Body Donor Population
Clinical Anatomy, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This research sought to examine the prevalence and severity of hyperostosis frontalis interna (HFI) in the Chicagoland anatomical body donor population. The study further aimed to elucidate potential demographic risk factors for HFI, including sex, age at death, and structural vulnerability index (SVI), as well as any common comorbidities, as ...
Amy C. Beresheim, Amanda Hall
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Biology, 2022 Whole-body donations (n = 6) were placed in various experimental fire-death scenarios to understand the histological effects of thermal alteration on bones and teeth. Midshaft samples of the femur, 6th rib, and metatarsal were removed from each donor pre-
Sophia R. Mavroudas +4 more
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Age-at-Death Estimation: Accuracy and Reliability of Common Age-Reporting Strategies in Forensic Anthropology [PDF]
, 2023 Christine Bailey, Giovanna M. Vidoli
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