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The Supreme Court of Canada interprets the fitness to stand trial test in R v. Bharwani
Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract At the core of the common law, rooted in fairness, is the principle that an accused must be “fit” or “competent” to answer charges pursued by the state. Fitness rules vary considerably across jurisdictions but generally share the requirement that the accused be able to actively participate in the conduct of their defense.
Dennis Curry, Jason Quinn
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Postmortem forensic toxicology: a retrospective investigation from Dammam—Saudi Arabia
Egyptian Journal of Forensic SciencesBackground Postmortem forensic toxicology is a critical discipline in forensic science, analyzing biological samples to detect and quantify drugs, alcohol, and other toxic substances in deceased individuals.
Mohamed AlDossary +7 more
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Unreliable estimation of prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome [PDF]
, 2017 Svetlana Popova and colleagues (March, 2017)1 sought to estimate the global, regional, and national prevalence of alcohol use during pregnancy and fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS).
Busardã², Francesco Paolo +4 more
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Oxycodone in Forensic Toxicology : Analytical Strategies and Interpretation
, 2022 Gerd Jakobsson
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Incidents of sudden death during restraint of agitated individuals in Sweden between 1992 and 2024
Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract Restraint‐related sudden deaths in agitated individuals raise complex questions at the intersection of medicine and law. Hyperactive delirium with extreme agitation as well as positional asphyxia due to restraint have been proposed to account for these deaths. However, the exact physiological mechanisms responsible and to what extent restraint
Alexander Tyr +4 more
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The Future and Application of Artificial Intelligence in Toxicology [PDF]
Asia Pacific Journal of Medical ToxicologyBackground: Toxicology is a critical field that is of significant importance to various industries, including pharmaceuticals, environmental protection, and consumer product safety.
Fatemeh Shaki +2 more
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Uncertainty in Widmark calculations:ABV variation in packaged versions of the most popular beers in the UK [PDF]
, 2018 Forensic practitioners regularly use the Widmark equation to determine theoretical blood alcohol concentrations for use in cases involving alcohol. It is important in these calculations to determine the uncertainty associated with any result.
Maskell, Dawn L. +2 more
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Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.Abstract This study investigated links between skeletal age estimation error and lifestyle variables to better elucidate sources of interpersonal variability in the rates of skeletal aging. Skeletal age for 180 individuals from the New Mexico Decedent Image Database was estimated by applying the Suchey–Brooks method and transition analysis to 3D models
Natalie Moss, Elizabeth Craig‐Atkins
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New Advances in Toxicological Forensic Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry Techniques
Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, 2018 This article reviews mass spectrometry methods in forensic toxicology for the identification and quantification of drugs of abuse in biological fluids, tissues, and synthetic samples, focusing on the methodologies most commonly used; it also discusses ...
Noroska Gabriela Salazar Mogollón +6 more
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