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Forensic Sciences, Volume 4, Issue 2

2024 June - 6 articles

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Articles (6)

  • Systematic Review
  • Open Access
3,132 Views
14 Pages

Premortem clinical diagnoses and postmortem autopsy findings do not match historically. These clinicopathological discrepancies are expected to be higher during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic due to increased pressure on healthcare....

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,213 Views
9 Pages

Fat Embolism Syndrome in a Patient with Osteogenesis Imperfecta: A Case Report

  • Marcello Benevento,
  • Francesco Carravetta,
  • Cristina Caterino,
  • Simona Nicolì,
  • Laura Ambrosi,
  • Davide Ferorelli and
  • Biagio Solarino

Fat embolism syndrome (FES) can be challenging to diagnose by forensic pathologists. For the diagnosis of FES, there is no benchmark test. Postmortem diagnosis requires a full autopsy and specific ancillary examination. However, the high variability...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,023 Views
13 Pages

Often in the forensic context, child victims and witnesses are interviewed several times, exposing them to suggestive questions and social pressures. The present study had the main purpose of verifying the effect of coping strategies on the levels of...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
8,367 Views
10 Pages

Ovarian Weight and Uterine Volume Index Are Useful for Age Estimation in Adult Women

  • Takato Murai,
  • Takahiro Tomioka,
  • Marin Takaso,
  • Arisa Takeda,
  • Mami Nakamura,
  • Shinya Koshinuma,
  • Yumiko Tateoka and
  • Masahito Hitosugi

Practically, when only parts of an unidentified human body are found, age estimation with limited materials is required. The purpose of this study was to investigate methods for estimating age using the uterus and ovaries. Among forensic autopsies pe...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
3,848 Views
9 Pages

Application of X-STRs for Forensic Identification in Mixed DNA Profile: A Case Report

  • Nunzia Ilaria Vacca,
  • Giacoma Mongelli,
  • Stefania Ceccardi,
  • Elisabetta Moroni and
  • Vincenzo Agostini

Autosomal polymorphisms (STRs) or Y-Chromosome polymorphisms (Y-STRs) are usually used for the study and deconvolution of mixed DNA profiles in forensic genetics, accompanying data interpretation with biostatistical evaluations (e.g., RMP, RMNE, LR)....

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Forensic Sci. - ISSN 2673-6756