2026 March - 31 articles
Background/Objectives: The opioid crisis is an ongoing problem in the United States, and fentanyl analogs play a major role in the issue, as novel fentanyl analogs are constantly being developed. Substitutions and additions to the fentanyl scaffold i...
Background/Objectives: Abortion legislation represents a complex intersection of medical practice, ethical considerations, and legal frameworks that demonstrate significant legal heterogeneity across Europe. This study undertakes a comprehensive comp...
Background/Objectives: Calcaneal spurs are pathological bone formations at entheseal attachment sites with clinical implications but limited forensic anthropological applications. While entheseal changes have been proposed as age estimation markers i...
Dental hard tissues, through their remarkable resistance to degradation, represent one of the most durable biological materials available for postmortem investigation. The preparation of undecalcified or ground sections allows microscopic visualizati...
Background/Objectives: Viper envenomation in Italy is uncommon but carries significant clinical and forensic implications: an average of 257 bites per year are estimated, with only one fatality. This epidemiological context necessitates careful consi...
Introduction: Gender-based violence and femicide represent the most extreme manifestation of a deep-rooted cultural distortion embedded within patriarchal social structures. In this study, adopting a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, we ana...
Background/Objectives: When analyzing human skeletal remains for human identification, the assessment of sexual dimorphism is fundamental because it underlies sex estimation, a key parameter of the biological profile, which reduces the number of cand...
Background: Listeria monocytogenes is an ubiquitous foodborne pathogen capable of persisting in food-processing environments, domestic settings, and water systems; consequently, the mere co-detection of the microorganism in a patient and in a food pr...
Background: Stature estimation is a key parameter in biological profiling of human skeletal remains and thus in aiding in the identification process of the deceased. Various methods, including anatomical approaches, multifactorial regressions and org...
Background/Objectives: The Casablanca-Settat region of Morocco, located at the interface between Arab and Amazigh cultural zones, has only recently been investigated using autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) markers. The objective of this study was t...
Background/Objectives: Personal identification is a cornerstone of Forensic Medicine. Historical records indicated that 27 Italian soldiers were executed by Tito’s army in April 1945 and buried in the mass grave of Ossero (Cres Island, Croatia)...
Background/Objectives: DNA profiling in forensic investigation typically compares genetic profiles, usually derived from the analysis of STR markers. However, this method has limitations when there is no biological reference sample or match in the DN...
Background/Objectives: Rapid DNA systems accelerate STR profiling but often require the consumption of the entire swab, limiting confirmation testing or downstream analyses. We previously validated a simple subsampling protocol for blood swabs on the...
This review explores the vital role of orthodontic specialty and orthodontic records in forensic investigations, emphasizing their contribution to human identification. It synthesizes current literature on methodologies, advantages, limitations, and...
Burnout syndrome is increasingly recognized as a significant occupational health issue, characterized by emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and a reduced sense of personal accomplishment. It predominantly arises from chronic work-related stress...
Background/Objectives: Hanging is the most common method of suicide in most countries worldwide. It is characterized by high lethality, technical simplicity, and typical autopsy findings. Autopsy plays a crucial role in determining the cause and mech...
Background and Clinical Significance: Fatal attacks by domestic dogs, particularly against familiar owners, are rare but represent a significant forensic and public health concern. Understanding the dynamics and forensic features distinguishing preda...
Background/Objectives: Nasal morphology is an important craniofacial feature in forensic anthropology for examining population-level variation and informing biological profiling in living individuals. Despite genetic, historical, and cultural similar...
The application of advanced imaging techniques, particularly computed tomography (CT), photogrammetric scanning, and three-dimensional reconstructions of body surfaces and skeletal remains, is becoming a crucial component of Forensic Anthropology. Th...
Emerging contaminants (ECs) are trace-level chemical and biological compounds detected in the environment, particularly in water, including personal care products, microplastics, nanoplastics, antibiotic resistance genes, etc., which have the potenti...
Background: In forensic ballistics, identifying ammunition types on physical evidence is critical, particularly when metallic residues are minimal. This study comparatively analyzes the elemental signatures deposited by two common projectiles—F...
Background/Objectives: The identification of individuals from human remains is crucial in any scenario where their identity is unknown. The study of ontogenetic allometry, which refers to proportional changes in the shape and size of bones during gro...
Background/Objectives: MDMA and MDA are among the stimulant drugs most frequently encountered in forensic casework, and oral fluid represents a practical biological matrix for their detection. However, liquid oral fluid requires refrigeration, is sus...
Forensic anthropology, a specialized branch of biological anthropology, plays a crucial role in the identification of human remains, particularly when conventional methods such as fingerprinting are not applicable. In Ecuador, its relevance has incre...
Background: Cigarette burns represent a well-established forensic indicator of inflicted injury, frequently encountered in cases of domestic violence. Clinical significance: Their morphological consistency and anatomical distribution offer valuable e...
Background/Objectives: This systematic review examines how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming fingerprint and latent print identification in criminal investigations, tracing the evolution from traditional dactyloscopy to Automated Fingerpri...
Background. Determining the cause and manner of death in scenes involving multiple and putrified bodies found in the same environment is a real challenge for forensic pathologists. While common scenarios include fires, vehicle crashes, and natural di...
Background/Objectives: A common challenge in both forensic and bioarchaeological research is commingling, the intermixing of skeletal material originating from multiple individuals or contexts. To tackle that problem past reassociation methods primar...
Background: Postmortem DNA identification of highly decomposed human remains is often limited by the availability and quality of conventional biological samples. Keratinized tissues, such as fingernails, represent a potentially valuable alternative d...
Background/Objectives: Snakebite envenoming remains a critical yet frequently under-recognized cause of mortality in many parts of the world, particularly in tropical and rural areas where access to timely medical care and accurate post-mortem invest...
Background/Objective: Accurate biological profile estimation from skeletal remains is fundamental to forensic identification. While the humerus demonstrates considerable sexual dimorphism, population-specific validation data for Thai populations rema...
