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The Psychological Importance of Forensic Identification to Families of Victims of Human Rights Violations [PDF]

, 2018
No one knows how many people are missing in the world. Among cases involving kidnapping, human trafficking, and armed conflicts, even the most scrutinous efforts can never verify the sheer number of missing persons.
Thoms, Emma S.
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Evaluating elbow osteoarthritis within the prehistoric Tiwanaku state using generalized estimating equations (GEE). [PDF]

, 2019
OBJECTIVES:Studies of osteoarthritis (OA) in human skeletal remains can come with scalar problems. If OA measurement is noted as present or absent in one joint, like the elbow, results may not identify specific articular pathology data and the sample ...
Bass W. M., Brothwell D. R., Buikstra J. E., Dieppe P., Felson D., Gagnon C. M., Gagnon C. M., Goldstein P. S., Goldstein P. S., Goodman A. H., Hunter D., Iscan M. Y., Janusek J. W., Jurmain R., Krogman W., Pearson O. M., Rogers J., Suchey J. M., Suchey J. M., Ubelaker D. H., Verano J., White T. D.   +21 more
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Rethinking Face‐to‐Face Interaction: Lessons from Studies of “Autistic Sociality”

Symbolic Interaction, EarlyView.
Face‐to‐face interaction is a foundational concept in microsociology. This article surveys the social experiences of autistic people, who are commonly known for having a strained relationship with interactions face to face. By interpretively reviewing and synthesizing the broader literature on “autistic sociality,” the article provides a nuanced ...
Lars E. F. Johannessen
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The Effects of Experimental Whole-Body Burning on Histological Age-at-Death Estimation from Human Cortical Bone and Dental Cementum

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, Lauren A. Meckel, Timothy P. Gocha, Justin Z. Goldstein, Shelby L. Garza   +4 more
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Autopsy, deathways, and intercultural healthcare in the southern Peruvian Andes Autopsie, pratiques mortuaires et soins de santé interculturels dans le sud des Andes péruviennes

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
While death remains a popular topic for anthropology, relatively few ethnographic accounts consider the modern bureaucratic processes accompanying it. One such process is public health autopsy, which scholars have largely taken for granted. Existing analysis has regarded it as a form of ‘cultural brokering’ and autopsy reluctance in communities is seen,
David M.R. Orr
wiley   +1 more source

Applicability of current soft tissue thickness tables in forensic anthropological facial reconstruction studies in turkey

Journal of Basic and Applied Research in Biomedicine, 2022
As rapid changes and developments are achieved in the contemporary world, the phenomenon of “crime” is also developing. In response, forensic anthropology as a part of the multi-disciplanary forensic sciences, provide precious contributions to law ...
Muhammed Sever
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‘Vitamins’, shortcuts, and athletic citizenship in Ethiopia and Cameroon: considering sporting ethics beyond biomedicine « Vitamines », courts‐circuits et citoyenneté sportive en Éthiopie et au Cameroun : l’éthique du sport, au‐delà de la biomédecine

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This article argues that the current way of thinking about ethics in sport in primarily biomedical terms, and in particular in terms of the presence of particular pharmaceutical substances, fails to account for broader notions of sporting ethics and fairness in the Global South.
Michael Crawley, Uroš Kovač
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Genetic Admixture History and Forensic Characteristics of Guizhou Sui People Inferred From Autosomal Insertion/Deletion and Genome-Wide Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Insertion-deletion (Indel) serves as one of the important markers in forensic personal identification and parentage testing, especially for cases with degraded samples.
Meiqing Yang, Meiqing Yang, Xiaomin Yang, Zheng Ren, Guanglin He, Han Zhang, Qiyang Wang, Yubo Liu, Hongling Zhang, Jingyan Ji, Jing Chen, Jianxin Guo, Jiang Huang, Jiang Huang, Chuan-Chao Wang, Chuan-Chao Wang, Chuan-Chao Wang, Chuan-Chao Wang   +17 more
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Introduction: Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI Introduction : vers une anthropologie linguistique de l'IA

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
This essay introduces the themed cluster of articles, ‘Towards a linguistic anthropology of AI’. The advent of artificial intelligence (AI), especially in large language models capable of producing coherent discourse mimicking conversational interaction, is exerting unprecedented pressure on prevailing concepts of language, personhood, and the human ...
Webb Keane, Constantine V. Nakassis
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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, Borrell-Damian, Cockram, EPSRC, EPSRC, EPSRC, EPSRC, Foote, Gilbert, Hardre, Hinchliffe, Jones, Jones, Kaplan, Kehm, Kulej, Manathunga, Muldoon, Neumann, Pritchard, RCUK, Roberts, Servage, Smith, Society of Biology, Tallantyre   +25 more
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