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Re intoxication with Qaat, Catha edulis L
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 21 August 2010
Rachael, Pickering
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Aims & Scope/Editorial Board
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Volume 17, Issue 6, August 2010, Page i
[No author name available]
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Alcimedes
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Volume 17, Issue 6, August 2010, Page 357
[No author name available]
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Dental age estimation in Egyptian children, comparison between two methods
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 July 2010
Amal A., El-Bakary , Shaza M., Hammad , Fatma, Mohammed
The need to estimate age of living individuals is becoming increasingly more important in both forensic science and clinical dentistry. The study of the morphological parameters of teeth on dental radiographs of adult humans is more reliable than most other methods for age estimation. Willems and Cameriere methods are newly presented methods. The aim of this work was to evaluate the applicability of using these methods for Egyptian children. Digitalized panoramas taken from 286 Egyptian children (134 boys, 152 girls) with age range from 5 to 16 years were analyzed. The seven left permanent mandibular teeth were evaluated using the...
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One model of healthcare provision lessons learnt through clinical governance
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 14 July 2010
Vanessa, Webb , Margaret, Stark , Adam, Cutts , Steve, Tait , Jerry, Randle , ...
Aim: Clinical Governance describes a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care. Risk management includes a themes analysis of clinical incidents and positive interventions with the resulting information disseminated to staff through personal performance plans, and publication and development training workshops. Our model of healthcare provision utilises doctors, nurses and paramedics to assess individuals in custody and this paper discusses the implementation of clinical risk management within this setting. Method: A description of the model of healthcare provision, together with a themes analysis was undertaken for all clinical incidents received by the clinical team. Each incident receives an individual...
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One model of healthcare provision lessons learnt through clinical governance
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 14 July 2010
Vanessa, Webb , Margaret, Stark , Adam, Cutts , Steve, Tait , Jerry, Randle , ...
Aim: Clinical Governance describes a systematic approach to maintaining and improving the quality of patient care. Risk management includes a themes analysis of clinical incidents and positive interventions with the resulting information disseminated to staff through personal performance plans, and publication and development training workshops. Our model of healthcare provision utilises doctors, nurses and paramedics to assess individuals in custody and this paper discusses the implementation of clinical risk management within this setting. Method: A description of the model of healthcare provision, together with a themes analysis was undertaken for all clinical incidents received by the clinical team. Each incident receives an individual...
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Jim Fraser, Forensic Science: A Very Short Introduction , Oxford University Press (2010) ISBN 978-0-19-955137-8.
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 23 June 2010
Sara, Short
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Infantile asphyxia due to aberrant uvula – An anatomic misadventure
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 June 2010
Ricardo, Nachman , Alon, Krispin , Martin, Nnoli , Jehuda, Hiss
A case of unexpected death of an infant with an abnormally elongated uvula is presented. The child, born prematurely, was recovering from protracted treatment in hospital, including surgical interventions and periods of ventilation support necessitating recurrent intubations and anesthesia. She was discharged home in good general health, affected by episodes of cough, and was found dead in her crib a week later.The proximity of the aberrant uvula to the vocal cords may have caused intermittent laryngospasm, with subsequent symptoms of cough and airway obstruction, ending in a fatal outcome. Recurrent airway irritation may have contributed to uvular hypertrophy, due to...
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Elder homicide in the north of Portugal
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 20 June 2010
Luís, Coelho , Teresa, Ribeiro , Ricardo, Dias , Agostinho, Santos , Teresa, Magalhães
Introduction: The increasing average life expectancy leads to population aging, and growing numbers in the elder population, a population that suffers from great vulnerability. Therefore, a rise in elder homicide is expected. This phenomenon has not been thoroughly described in Portugal. This study aims to analyse and characterize elder homicide, in order to achieve a better understanding of this form of violence. Material and Methods: We conducted a retrospective study, reviewing autopsy reports along with data regarding circumstances of death of suspected homicides occurring between 1992 and 2007 (n = 78), whose victims were 65 years old or above, autopsied in the medical–legal services of...
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Calcaneus radiograph as a diagnostic tool for sexual dimorphism in Egyptians
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 June 2010
Mahmoud S., Zakaria , Aly H., Mohammed , Sahar R., Habib , Morid M., Hanna , Ayman L., Fahiem
Measurements of calcaneus have been shown to be sexually dimorphic in American whites and blacks, Italians and South African whites and blacks. Since the validity of discriminant function equation in sex determination is population specific, the aim of the present study was to derive similar equations for the calcanei of Egyptians. Lateral radiographs of the ankles of 204 Egyptians aged 20–70 were analyzed with regards to sexual dimorphism, consisting of 104 males and 100 females. X-ray films were obtained from Minia Forensic Department. Six measurements were taken for every calcaneal X-ray film, three linear and three angular measurements. Data were...
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Toxicoepidemiology of fatal poisonings in Southern India☆
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 19 June 2010
Tanuj, Kanchan , Ritesh G., Menezes , T.S., Mohan Kumar , Shankar M., Bakkannavar , Mario Joseph, Bukelo , ...
An autopsy based retrospective study was conducted from January 2000 to December 2006 at Manipal in Southern India, and a profile of the victims of poisoning was prepared. The study was done to understand the magnitude and pattern of all poisoning fatalities in relation to the manner of death in Manipal region of Southern India. The study included a total of 198 cases of fatal poisoning. Self-poisoning was reported in 92.9% cases. Fatal accidental poisoning was seen in 6.1% cases. Homicide by poisoning was not reported during the study period. Uncertainty regarding the manner of death due to poisoning was...
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Fatal accidental asphyxia in a jack-knife position
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 June 2010
F.A., Benomran
Accidental death from postural or positional asphyxia takes place when the abnormal position of the victim’s body compromises the process of respiration. Diagnosis is largely made by circumstantial evidence supported by absence of any other significant pathology or trauma explaining death. This case report is about a 50-year-old male who had been drinking the previous night and was found dead in the morning inside a tire repair shop. His jack-knifed body had been encompassed, buttocks-down, within the hollow core made by 3 big tires stacked on top of each other. The author was called to the scene of death and...
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Fatal accidental asphyxia in a jack-knife position
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 18 June 2010
F.A., Benomran
Accidental death from postural or positional asphyxia takes place when the abnormal position of the victim’s body compromises the process of respiration. Diagnosis is largely made by circumstantial evidence supported by absence of any other significant pathology or trauma explaining death. This case report is about a 50-year-old male who had been drinking the previous night and was found dead in the morning inside a tire repair shop. His jack-knifed body had been encompassed, buttocks-down, within the hollow core made by 3 big tires stacked on top of each other. The author was called to the scene of death and...
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Drug-facilitated sexual assault in Ontario, Canada: Toxicological and DNA findings
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 June 2010
Janice, Du Mont , Sheila, Macdonald , Nomi, Rotbard , Deidre, Bainbridge , Eriola, Asllani , ...
The purpose of this study was to determine which persons reporting sexual assault to a hospital-based treatment centre may have been covertly drugged and to provide information about whether a sexual assault may have occurred.Each consecutive adolescent and adult presenting at a sexual assault treatment centre was screened for drug-facilitated sexual assault (DFSA). Urine was collected and tested for central nervous system active drugs. Oral, vaginal, and/or rectal swabs were tested for male DNA. Unexpected drugs were defined as those not reported as having been voluntarily consumed within the previous 72h. Positive swabs for unexpected DNA were determined by whether...
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Cardiac injuries in car occupants in fatal motor vehicle collisions – An autopsy-based study
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 11 June 2010
Elisabeth E., Turk , Yee-Wah, Tsang , Anisha, Champaneri , Klaus, Pueschel , Roger W., Byard
Motor vehicle accidents contribute widely to population morbidity and mortality around the world, and cardiac injuries are a major factor determining outcome. Autopsy reports from 380 motor vehicle occupants who died in motor vehicle crashes in Adelaide, Australia, and Hamburg, Germany, over a 6-year period were reviewed, analysing the presence and type of cardiac injuries and their correlation with factors such as crash type, presence of seatbelt/airbag and vehicle speed as well as with the presence of other injuries which might predict the presence of cardiac injuries in a clinical setting. 21.1% had cardiac injuries identified macroscopically autopsy or histology....
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Determination of adolescent ages 14–16 years by radiological study of permanent mandibular second molars
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 9 June 2010
B.M., Balaraj , M.D., Nithin
This study was conducted to determine the adolescent ages from 14 to 16 years, from dental radiographic study of the closure of apical foramen of permanent second molars. The sample for this study consisted of 116 students (59 males and 57 females) of age range from 13 to 18 years, from South Indian population, from various schools in and around Manipal, Karnataka, India. Here Demirjian method was applied on children of Manipal, where 94.0% of males presented with closed apical foramen at 15 years and 5 months where as 95.0% of female presented with closed apical foramen at 14 years and...
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Reliability of inter-anterior superior iliac spinous distance as compared to foot length for stature estimation in South Indians
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 9 June 2010
S., Nachiket , N., Sujatha , R., Priya , V., Raveendranath , D., Rema , ...
Estimation of stature from isolated body parts is especially important to forensic scientists and anthropologists. The aims of this study were, to evaluate the accuracy of inter-anterior superior iliac spinous distance in determining stature of an individual as compared to foot length, and to note sex differences in the above mentioned parameters.One hundred normal healthy adult subjects from South India consisting of 50 males and 50 females were studied. The height, interspinous distance, and foot length of the subjects were measured. The mean and standard deviation of the height, interspinous distance, foot length and proportions of interspinous distance and foot...
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Aims & Scope/Editorial Board
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, Volume 17, Issue 5, July 2010, Page i
[No author name available]
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Significance of teeth lead accumulation in age estimation
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 1 June 2010
S.I., AL-Qattan , M.A., Elfawal
Lead accumulation in 398 permanent teeth of Kuwaiti subjects, aged between 11 and 74 years (mean age=25±8 years) was analyzed by atomic absorption spectrophotometry. A significant correlation was found between dentin lead levels and age. The mean dentin lead concentration was significantly higher in males than in females (6.8±4.7 and 5.6±4.6, respectively, p=0.015). A formula was established to calculate age from lead levels in teeth (Age=1.2×dentin Pb+17.6). The proposed formula was applied to a validation group of 90 Kuwaiti subjects (45 males and 45 females, aged between 13 and 58 years). The standard error of age estimation, applying the proposed...
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Dental age estimation from the developmental stage of the third molars in Iranian population
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 15 May 2010
Balwant, Rai , Jasdeep, Kaur , Hamid, Jafarzadeh
A sharp increase in forensic age estimation of living persons has been observed in recent years. However, ethnic populations residing in different countries have been insufficiently analyzed. The aim of this study was to achieve a referral database and regression equations for dental age estimation of unaccompanied minors of Iran nationality. A total of 1200 orthopantomograms were collected from original Iran and equally divided in age categories between 10 and 27 years. On the radiographs, the developmental stage of the third molars was scored applying a Demirjian et al. scoring technique. Inter- and intra-observer reliabilities were tested using kappa statistics. Correlation...
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Postmortem diagnosis of acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 13 May 2010
B. Suresh, Kumar Shetty , Archith, Boloor , Ritesh G., Menezes , Mahabalesh, Shetty , Anand, Menon , ...
Forensic pathologists can help in the investigation of sudden unexpected deaths in co-operation with the officials responsible for the maintenance of law and order to administer justice. Sudden unexpected deaths form the subject of medicolegal investigation if they occur in apparently healthy individuals, wherein an autopsy would shed light regarding the cause of death. A 4 year retrospective review of autopsy files at the Department of Forensic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, South India was undertaken for cases of sudden unexpected deaths due to acute haemorrhagic pancreatitis occurring between May 2004 and April 2008. A total of seven cases of...
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The use of infrared aided photography in identification of sites of bruises after evidence of the bruise is absent to the naked eye
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 May 2010
Peter, Rowan , Michael, Hill , G.A., Gresham , Edward, Goodall , Tara, Moore
The purpose of the study was to determine whether Infrared imaging could play a role in the detection of previous blunt force injury after resolution of skin changes were no longer visible to the human eye. Investigations were performed using an adapted digital camera and the same standard Nikon camera body to photograph the bruises of ten volunteer adult subjects. The same lens was fitted to each camera body and each bruise was photographed until it was no longer possible to identify it with the naked eye.The results of photographing subjects over 6 months demonstrated that the median time the...
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Intoxication with Qăat, Catha edulis L.
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 May 2010
Robert Michael, Bruce-Chwatt
The increasing use of Qăat, Catha edulis L. in immigrants from the Horn of Africa to the UK is a matter of concern and may yet become a problem in the UK diaspora. Although it is not illegal in the UK to import sell, buy transport or consume, Qăat is a drug of addiction and demotivation. It is legal, in the unprepared plant form, in the UK and the Netherlands, but is a controlled substance and illegal in the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, and France. As long ago as 1980 the World Health Organization classified...
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The use of infrared aided photography in identification of sites of bruises after evidence of the bruise is absent to the naked eye
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 10 May 2010
Peter, Rowan , Michael, Hill , G.A., Gresham , Edward, Goodall , Tara, Moore
The purpose of the study was to determine whether Infrared imaging could play a role in the detection of previous blunt force injury after resolution of skin changes were no longer visible to the human eye. Investigations were performed using an adapted digital camera and the same standard Nikon camera body to photograph the bruises of ten volunteer adult subjects. The same lens was fitted to each camera body and each bruise was photographed until it was no longer possible to identify it with the naked eye.The results of photographing subjects over 6 months demonstrated that the median time the...
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Age-at-death estimation based on the macroscopic examination of Spheno-occipital sutures
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 6 May 2010
Mitra, Akhlaghi , Fakhredin, Taghaddosinejad , Ardeshir, Sheikhazadi , Behzad, Valizadeh , Seyed Mohsen, Rezazadeh Shojaei
Objective: To examine the closure degree of spheno-occipital synchondrosis and its relationship with chronological age. Materials and Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of the closure degree of spheno-occipital suture was done through direct inspection of 376 autopsies from both sexes whose ages ranged between 8 and 26 years in Legal Medicine Organization of Tehran, Iran from 1st of July 2007 to 1st of July 2009. The correlation between the degree of closure and chronological age was investigated. Results: Mean ages of open, semi-closed and closed sutures were 12.27, 16.12 and 21.17 years in males, and 9.04, 12.38 and 19.44 in females, respectively. Seemingly, their difference was significant...
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Tissue preservation and projectile context in a Spanish Civil War victim
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 6 May 2010
Roxana, Ferllini
Exhumations of mass graves containing the remains of those executed during the Spanish Civil War and the subsequent Franco regime are currently being conducted at the request of surviving relatives. This individual case report illustrates how soft tissue preservation, through copper ion contact in one particular victim aided in preserving the projectile in an anatomical context, thereby permitting the correct interpretation of the projectile’s path and angle, which otherwise would not have been possible as no bone tissue was affected. The information obtained has important relevance for human rights investigations and the work of the forensic anthropologist.
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Morphometric features and sexual dimorphism of adult hyoid bone: A population specific study with forensic implications
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 5 May 2010
Partha Pratim, Mukhopadhyay
Hyoid is a U-shaped bone present in the ventral aspect of neck at the level of fourth cervical vertebra. Morphological variants of hyoid are well documented. The present study was designed to identify these morphological features and examine the sexual dimorphism of adult hyoid bone in Indian Bengali population. The present work consisted of direct measurement in autopsy cases in a population specific sample. It was observed that the hyoid was larger in males regarding width, antero-posterior length and slope of cornu. Using t-Test with alpha level of 0.05 the length of greater cornu was found to be the only...
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Hanging deaths in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 5 May 2010
Osama Mohammed, Al Madni , Magdy Abdel Azim, Kharoshah , Mamdouh Kamal, Zaki , Sherien Salah, Ghaleb
A retrospective study was carried out on 133 suicidal hanging cases autopsied at Forensic Medicine Center in Dammam, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (from 2003 to 2007). Of these cases, 115 (86.46%) were males and 18 females (13.54%), with an average male:female ratio of 6.38. There was an increasing trend of hanging among ages between 21 and 50 years (88.7%), and the fourth decade had the highest number of victims (about 36%) between all age groups.Local Saudi nationals comprised a small proportion of cases (21 persons, 15.8%), while the others were foreigners working in the Kingdom with an Indian precedence (63...
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A retrospective review of homicides in Mangalore, South India
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 1 May 2010
Akshat, Vij , Anand, Menon , Ritesh G., Menezes , Tanuj, Kanchan , Prateek, Rastogi
A five-year retrospective study of homicides was carried out to determine the profile of victims and the pattern of injuries sustained between 2001 and 2005 at Government District Wenlock Hospital, Mangalore, South India. Of the 89 victims of homicide, 71 were males and 18 were females. On an average, about 17 cases of fatal assault cases were autopsied each year. The commonest age group affected was the 21–30 age group (28.1%). The head was found to be the most common site of injury followed by the extremities, abdomen and chest. In 49.4% of the cases, the victims had sustained sharp...
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Genetic data of a Brazilian population sample (Santa Catarina) using an X-STR decaplex
Publication year: 2010
Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine, In Press, Corrected Proof, Available online 1 May 2010
Laura M., Cainé , María T., Zarrabeitia , José A., Riancho , M. Fátima, Pinheiro
The study of X-chromosomal short tandem repeats (X-STRs) can complement the analysis of autosomal and Y-STRs. A decaplex system for the X-chromosome genetic markers, DXS8378, DXS9898, DXS7133, GATA31E08, GATA172D05, DXS7423, DXS6809, DXS7132, DXS9902 and DXS6789, was used to study a population sample of Santa Catarina, Brazil. 184 individuals (72 female and 112 male samples) were typed. DNA was amplified in a multiplex reaction and the automatic detection performed using capillary electrophoresis. Allele frequencies and some forensic parameters were calculated.
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