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Stakeholders' perspectives on integrating point‐of‐care diagnostics into forensic death investigations in South Africa

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Unnatural and unexplained deaths present critical challenges to the criminal justice, medico‐legal, and public health systems. This study explored forensic professionals' perspectives on the integration of point‐of‐care (POC) diagnostics into unnatural death investigations in South Africa.
Sebueng Ramatsokotla, Bathabile Soul, Kuhlula Maluleke, Lucinda Evert, Stefan Jansen van Vurren, Bettina Chale‐Matsau, Susan Mabotja, Evans Duah, Tivani Mashamba‐Thompson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Determining the utility of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology for disaster victim identification (DVI)

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology was evaluated as a method for electronically tracking human remains and associated identifying information during mass fatality incidents. Conventional tags are prone to physical damage and failure, which can compromise identification processes and hinder the repatriation of bodies.
Makena P. McLean, Vienna C. Lam, Megan Bassendale, Gail S. Anderson   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Applying humanitarian principles within forensic medico‐legal investigations to better support families impacted by the MMIWG2+ crisis

Journal of Forensic Sciences, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing public awareness and political attention, the crisis of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two‐Spirit People (MMIWG2+) in Canada and the United States remains unresolved. Indigenous families continue to report that the disappearances and deaths of their loved ones are investigated inadequately and without ...
Steff King, Sabine U. Stratton, Gail S. Anderson   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Between the Text and Stone: Crimean Tatar Necropolises and Mortuary Practices in Travelogues of the 19th Century

Київські історичні студії
This article aims to explore how Crimean Tatar mortuary practices and necropolises were represented and interpreted in the 19th century through the lens of travelers’ accounts.
Аnna Hedo, Oleh Ivaniuk
doaj   +1 more source

Terendak Military Cemetery: Bodies, Burials, and ‘Operation Bring Them Home'

Australian Journal of Politics &History, EarlyView.
Terendak Military Cemetery occupies an unusual position in the history of Australian war cemeteries. Initially established to service the needs of the community at Terendak Garrison—the operational base for Commonwealth forces in Malaya during the early years of the Cold War—it became the official overseas burial site of Australian dead during the ...
Hannah Swaine, Kate Ariotti
wiley   +1 more source

The Spacetimes of the Scythian Dead: Rethinking Burial Mounds, Visibility, and Social Action in the Eurasian Iron Age and Beyond

Arts
The Eurasian Iron Age Scythians, in all their regional iterations, are known for their lavish burials found in various kinds of tumuli. These tumuli, of varying sizes, are located throughout the Eurasian steppe.
James A. Johnson
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Containing Histories Past and Present: Making Samples in the “Huntington Collection” (1893–1921)

American Anthropologist, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Huntington Anatomical Collection (1893–1921) includes the skeletal remains of immigrants, migrants, and lifelong New York City residents. The collection's formation was coeval with the formalization of physical anthropology, and the collection was made to serve research aims centered on race and origin.
Alanna L. Warner‐Smith
wiley   +1 more source

The mortuary treatment of children at Late Roman/Early Byzantine (L)Ibida (4th – 6th Centuries AD)

Materiale și Cercetări Arheologice, 2023
This study evaluates the treatment of children in death through an examination of the available archaeological evidence related to mortuary practices from Late Roman and Early Byzantine (L) Ibida (Slava Rusă, Tulcea County, Romania).
Crețu, C.
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Adapting to Change: The Dynamic Crop Production Systems of Smallholder Farmers in the PNG Highlands

Asia Pacific Viewpoint, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder sweet potato farmers in Papua New Guinea's Eastern Highlands Province (EHP) face challenges as they navigate social, economic, demographic, and environmental change. While they routinely adapt to weather variability and shifting markets, population growth is placing additional strain on an already finely balanced farming system ...
Geoff Kuehne, Joe Koima, Lonica Aris, Ismael Nae, Akia Aira, Bennie Afigini, James Aniau, John Gahekave, Naomi Paul, Steven Crimp   +9 more
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In search of past identities

Documenta Praehistorica, 2011
This paper discuses the conceptualisation of ‘partible’ and ‘permeable’ dividual personhood in archaeology. It focuses on flows of substances as media which produce relations with others and are used in altering the composition of the person according to
Mihael Budja
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