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Forensic investigation of atypical asphysia

open access: yesJournal of Forensic Science and Medicine, 2018
Smothering, choking, confined spaces, traumatic asphyxia, positional asphyxia, and other kinds of atypical mechanical asphyxia are not rare in forensic practice. However, these are not commonly well demonstrated in forensic monographs worldwide.
Zhe Cao   +3 more
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Adolescent traumatic brain injury leads to incremental neural impairment in middle-aged mice: role of persistent oxidative stress and neuroinflammation

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2023
BackgroundTraumatic brain injury (TBI) increases the risk of mental disorders and neurodegenerative diseases in the chronic phase. However, there is limited neuropathological or molecular data on the long-term neural dysfunction and its potential ...
Ziyuan Chen   +12 more
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Sudden and unexpected deaths in adults : an investigation of cases reported to Tygerberg Forensic Pathology Services from January 2001 - December 2005 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Thesis (MMed (Pathology. Forensic Medicine))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.BibliographyENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background - The workload of the forensic pathologist and Forensic Pathology Services staff is increased by the referral of potentially ...
Tiemensma, Marianne
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Large-vocabulary forensic pathological analyses via prototypical cross-modal contrastive learning

open access: yesNature Communications
Forensic pathology plays a vital role in determining the cause and manner of death through macroscopic and microscopic post-mortem examinations. However, the field faces challenges such as variability in outcomes, labor-intensive processes, and a ...
Chen Shen   +13 more
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A roadmap to the safe practice of forensic medicine in the COVID-19 pandemic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced forensic practitioners to consider how we perform our normal duties, especially when those duties involve humans. The potential for contracting the virus from working in close contact with living sufferers is high, and we
Stray-Pedersen, Arne   +11 more
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Re-examining the ‘reliability’ of forensic pathology evidence

open access: yes, 2018
This chapter considers how forensic pathology sits within the general domain of medical science and operates according to its own professional standards, regulatory mechanisms and cultural norms, which intersect with legal processes in distinctive ways ...
Jackson, Adam   +3 more
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Cell survival and DNA damage repair are promoted in the human blood thanatotranscriptome shortly after death

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2021
RNA analysis of post-mortem tissues, or thanatotranscriptomics, has become a topic of interest in forensic science due to the essential information it can provide in forensic investigations.
Laura G. Antiga   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Digital pathology and AI in forensic medicine: advances, limitations, and medico-legal utility

open access: yesAcademia Medicine
Digital pathology (DP) is revolutionizing forensic histopathology through enhanced accuracy, efficiency, and accessibility in post-mortem evaluation. Traditional histopathological evaluations are founded on physical slides and light microscopy,
Jaspinder Pratap Singh   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Megaselia scalaris (Diptera: Phoridae), a fly of forensic interest: advances in chronobiology and biology [PDF]

open access: yes
Megaselia scalaris (Diptera, Phoridae) is a common species found amongst indoor and outdoor crime scenes and plays an important role in the decomposition of human remains and can be used following the forensic entomology approach for the estimation of ...
Bostock, Esta
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Epidemiological characteristics of detectable post-mortem alcohol among fatal road traffic crash victims in Botswana

open access: yesDiscover Public Health
Road traffic injuries remain a major global public health challenge and a leading cause of preventable mortality. Botswana continues to experience a substantial burden of fatal road traffic crashes (RTCs), and alcohol use is an important contextual risk ...
Shathani Mugoma   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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