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Editorial
This special issue of the journal is a collection of some of the papers presented at the 17th International Association of Forensic Sciences (IAFS) in August 2005 in Hong Kong.
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Philip S.L. Beh
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The development and practice of forensic podiatry
Abstract: Forensic podiatry a small, but potentially useful specialty using clinical podiatric knowledge for the purpose of person identification. The practice of forensic podiatry began in the early ...
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Wesley Vernon
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284-287
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Review of initiatives adopted for effective documentation of torture in a developing country
Abstract: Effective documentation of torture is the key to successful interrogation and redress of torture victims. However the facilities available for such documentation to the forensic practitioner...
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Clifford Perera
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288-292
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Analysis of 265 autopsies of sudden death in children
Abstract: Objective: To investigate the causes of death and characteristics of sudden death in children and to offer scientific bases for prevention and cure, and medicolegal expertise of sudden death...
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Shaoying Lin
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293-295
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Wrongful convictions, lessons learned: The Canadian experience
Abstract: Following the wrongful conviction of a man for the sexual assault and murder of a child, the Province of Ontario commissioned a public inquiry to prevent future miscarriages of justice. The ...
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Jeffrey R. Manishen
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296-299
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Victims of sexual offences: Medicolegal examinations in emergency settings
Abstract: The aim of the study was to present some data concerning the examinations of victims of sexual offences in emergency settings conducted by medicolegal examiners of the Lisbon Department of t...
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Jorge Costa Santos,
Anabela Neves,
Marlene Rodrigues,
Paula Ferrão
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300-303
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Agricultural and horticultural pesticides fatal poisoning; The Jordanian experience 1999–2002
Abstract: A prospective autopsy study addressing fatal poisoning with agricultural and horticultural pesticides was undertaken in Jordan over a 4 year period. A total number of 140 deaths occurred dur...
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Emad M. Abdullat,
Mu’men S. Hadidi,
Nazir Alhadidi,
Thair Suleiman AL-Nsour,
Kamal A. Hadidi
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304-307
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Drugged driving in Hungary 2000–2004
Abstract: The authors analyzed the biological samples available in criminal cases that were started because of illicit and prescribed drug-impaired driving between 2000 and 2004. The result of the on-...
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T. Varga,
K. Mágori,
Zs. Hideg,
G. Somogyi
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308-310
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Successive explosions in Mumbai the economic center of India
Abstract: Terrorist activities in India are increasing day by day with sophistication in modus operandi. Mumbai the economic center of India was attacked by a series of bomb blasts at twelve different...
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R. Krishnamurthy,
B.B. Daundkar,
M.K. Malve
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311-315
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Forensic and criminologic aspects of murder in North-West (Epirus) Greece
Abstract: Little information is presenting in Greek literature regarding forensic and criminological aspects of homicide in North-West Greece. Autopsy reports and the prosecution authorities’ files we...
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Theodore Vougiouklakis,
Christina Tsiligianni
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316-320
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Fatal poisoning in the region of Epirus, Greece, during the period 1998–2004
Abstract: The aim of this study was to assess the characteristics of acute poisoning deaths in the deprived region of Epirus, north-west Greece, as they were recorded among the autopsies performed at ...
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Theodore Vougiouklakis,
Vassiliki A. Boumba,
Antigony Mitselou
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321-325
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Occupational accidents and forensic medicine in Turkey
Abstract: In Turkey, evaluation of the ratio of loss of working capacity is made according to various laws and regulations. These laws and regulations use different standards in computing the above-me...
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Haluk İnce,
Nurhan İnce,
Bedia Ayhan Ozyildirim
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326-330
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Homicide in Tours (Indre-et-Loire, France): A four-year review
Abstract: This retrospective study examined homicides in two French departments located in the West of France (Indre-et-Loire and Loir-et-Cher) for a four-year period from 2000 to 2003. During this pe...
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Pauline Saint-Martin,
Marie Bouyssy,
Stephane Bathellier,
Saad Sarraj,
Patrick O’Byrne
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331-334
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Sudden death in a patient with idiopathic scoliosis
Abstract: We report an autopsy case of sudden death in a 36-year-old craftsman with idiopathic scoliosis. The doctor identified his scoliosis at the age of thirteen, and he was under medical care for ...
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Fumiko Satoh,
Masaki Q. Fujita,
Yoshihisa Seto,
Akio Tsuboi,
Sanae Takeichi
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335-338
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Homicide followed by freezing and burning: Usefulness of measuring SCHAD (short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase) activity
Abstract: An observation of homicide in which the victim was frozen then burned, was reported. This confirmed the usefulness of measuring SCHAD (short-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA dehydrogenase) activity i...
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L. Fanton,
H. Yappo-Ette,
C. Vianey-Saban,
D. Malicier
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339-340
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The Pathology of the heart conduction system in congenital heart block
Abstract: The incidence of congenital complete heart block is estimated in 1 of 2500 – 20,000 births. Many cases are isolated (found in an otherwise normal heart) and the pathology of the heart conduc...
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J.M. Suárez-Peñaranda,
J.I. Muñoz,
M.S. Rodríguez-Calvo,
J.A. Ortíz-Rey,
L. Concheiro
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341-343
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Delayed deaths after vascular traumatism: Two cases
Abstract: During expert testimony in court, forensic pathologists are often asked to estimate the length of survival following fatal injuries. Though it is impossible to be precise, fatal vascular tra...
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Anny Sauvageau,
Jean-Sébastien Trépanier,
Stéphanie Racette
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344-348
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Fatal asphyxia by a thyroglossal duct cyst in an adult
Abstract: Thyroglossal duct cysts arise from remnants of embryonic thyroglossal duct that connects the foramen cecum at the base of the tongue to the thyroid gland. The remnants enlarge secondary to s...
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Anny Sauvageau,
Émilie P. Belley-Côté,
Stéphanie Racette
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349-352
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Spontaneous oesophageal perforation
Abstract: An autopsy was performed on a young adult, who apparently died during his sleep. Mediastinitis was established and empyema was also found in left pleural cavity. The oesophagus examination s...
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R. Clément,
C. Bresson,
O. Rodat
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353-355
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Macrophage activation syndrome: An autopsy case of sudden death
Abstract: In a context of viral gastroenteritis, we report an unusual case of sudden death in an 8-year-old child. The only macroscopic abnormality observed in the autopsy was a diffuse mesenteric ade...
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R. Clement,
H. Jouan,
F. Le Gall,
O. Rodat
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356-360
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Cerebellar-pulmonary embolism, cause of death in the newborn
Abstract: A 28-year-old woman delivered twin girls. The first twin was delivered without any difficulty. The head of the second twin failed to descend with pushing. A special kind of obstetrical force...
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R. Clement,
C. Bresson,
P. Marcorelles,
O. Rodat,
N. Lagarde
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361-365
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Sudden cardiac death associates with a large right atrium thrombus in a late survivor of heart transplantation
Abstract: A fatal circulatory collapse developed acutely in a patient six years after orthotopic heart transplantation. Autopsy revealed a large, fresh thrombus inside the right atrium which obstructe...
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H.L. Yin,
H.K. Yip,
C.Y. Wang,
W.H. Chen
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366-370
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Alcimedes
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371-372
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Forthcoming meetings
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