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Sinfield, Laura Nancy. "Use and usefulness of forensic archaeology and forensic anthropology in Great Britain." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/10054.

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This thesis explores the extent to which forensic archaeology and forensic anthropology are utilised within Great Britain and to what extent they aid, or do not aid, medico-legal investigation of death. Chapter One introduces the topic and considers the need for an exploration of these issues. In Chapter Two, the differences between the American and British situations are examined and an explanation for the differences proposed, based on the development of the academic ‘parent’ disciplines during the last century. Chapter Three explores issues around accreditation and registration in the UK. T

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Byrne, Ana M. "Forensic anthropology : its contribution to forensic cases submitted to the University of Montana for analysis." The University of Montana, 2006. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-07202006-142543/.

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The Anthropology Lab at the University of Montana is regularly consulted by law enforcement agencies throughout the state of Montana on cases suspected to involve skeletal human remains. In this paper, how specifically Forensic Anthropology contributes to these cases is examined. Cases submitted to the UM Lab for analysis between the years of 1971 and 2004 are followed up and the agencies involved are asked specific questions regarding each case. Agencies responded to questions regarding 97 of the UMs 238 total cases. Results of this study show that of those cases containing contemporary human

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Machado, Marcos Paulo Salles 1974. "Análise retrospectiva dos exames realizados no serviço de antropologia forense do Instituto Médico Legal Afrânio Peixoto, Rio de Janeiro-Brasil = Retrospective analysis of the skills performed in the forensic anthropology service of the Afrânio Peixoto Medical Legal Institute, Rio de Janeiro-Brasil." [s.n.], 2015. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/290733.

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Orientador: Eduardo Daruge Junior<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-27T18:33:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Machado_MarcosPauloSalles_M.pdf: 1542270 bytes, checksum: 2ded2442ee636b63adfcabdc553824aa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015<br>Resumo: O objetivo deste trabalho foi realizar a análise retrospectiva dos casos investigados nos dois primeiros anos de funcionamento do Serviço de Antropologia Forense (SAFO) do Rio de Janeiro. Foram recebidas 66 requisições de exames expedidas por autor

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Omari, Rita Kemunto. "Virtual anthropology? Reliability of three-dimensional photogrammetry as a forensic anthropology measurement and documentation technique." Thesis, Omari, Rita Kemunto (2019) Virtual anthropology? Reliability of three-dimensional photogrammetry as a forensic anthropology measurement and documentation technique. Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University, 2019. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/53977/.

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Establishing the identity of unknown remains is a vital role of forensic anthropology. While establishing identity is generally straightforward due to conventional methods of identification like DNA analysis, sometimes these methods are not applicable in the case of remains that are heavily skeletonized, severely decomposed or severely charred. In such instances, a forensic anthropologist will be called upon. The role of the forensic anthropologist is to aid in the identification of remains when conventional methods such as DNA and fingerprinting are not applicable. They may also be requir

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Ackermann, Rebecca Rogers 1969. "From calipers to computers: Three-dimensional imaging in forensic anthropology." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/278413.

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Forensic anthropology is an applied science sorely lacking in theoretical underpinnings, despite the fact that forensic anthropologists have unique, albeit usually fleeting, access to modern skeletal remains. By constructing a database of three-dimensional images, such remains can be accessed indefinitely. I have proposed a method for just such imaging, using Macintosh hardware and NIH Image software to digitally preserve remains using red-blue three-dimensional imaging techniques. Additionally, I address the qualitative and quantitative accuracy of these images. By creating this type of foren

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Marques, Jeidson Antônio Morais [UNESP]. "Prevalência de lesões causadas por mordidas humanas e desenvolvimento de técnica para análise de mordidas na pele em investigações criminais." Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/104207.

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Anderson, Bruce Edward, and Bruce Edward Anderson. "Forensic anthropology as science: Is there a difference between academic and applied uses of biological anthropology?" Diss., The University of Arizona, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/282649.

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The central issued explored by this research is whether forensic anthropology can be characterized as being fundamentally different from academically-oriented biological anthropology. My view--and thesis statement--is that they are not two fundamentally-differing pursuits. While I recognize that important differences do exist between these fields, I argue that the differences are not sufficient to draw a stark line between academically-oriented biological anthropology and its medico-legal application. The principal source of data marshaled in support of this view is my dozen-plus years experie

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Oliveira, Osvaldo Fortes de. "Estudo do dimorfismo sexual por meio de medidas cranianas." [s.n.], 2010. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/290738.

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Orientador: Eduardo Daruge Junior<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas. Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-16T05:25:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_OsvaldoFortesde_M.pdf: 1686263 bytes, checksum: 011e66d64852b8a5da91c8f32159b2ce (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010<br>Resumo: Objetivo: Verificar se há presença de dimorfismo sexual para cada uma das medidas realizadas no crânio e observar qual das medidas são mais confiáveis para elaboração de um modelo matemático que possa ser aplicado na prática forense. Material e méto

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Gettings, Katherine Butler. "Forensic Ancestry and Phenotype SNP Analysis and Integration with Established Forensic Markers." Thesis, The George Washington University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3590467.

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<p> When an evidential DNA profile does not match identified suspects or profiles from available databases, further DNA analyses targeted at inferring the possible ancestral origin and phenotypic characteristics of the perpetrator could yield valuable information. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs), the most common form of genetic polymorphisms, have alleles associated with specific populations and/or correlated to physical characteristics. With this research, single base primer extension (SBE) technology was used to develop a 50 SNP assay designed to predict ancestry among the primary U.S

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Haak, Daniel James. "Analysis of The University of Montana Forensic Case 29." The University of Montana, 2010. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-06032010-145520/.

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The application of non-metric forensic anthropological techniques produces results that are sometimes not always scientifically valid. Using the commonly accepted techniques to produce a biological profile (age, sex, ancestry, height, pathology and trauma), an application of the methods is utilized and critiqued in the analysis of The University of Montana forensic case 29 (UMFC 29). Using the accepted techniques in forensic anthropology, UMFC 29 was identified as a Black Male with an age range of 35-65 years and a height of 53-56. Possible skeletal trauma is found on the vertebral bodies, lef

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Navsa, Nadia. "Skeletal morphology of the human hand as applied in forensic anthropology." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28575.

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The lack of detailed descriptions makes positive identification of individual bones of the human hand difficult. In some instances, labelled photographs and line diagrams depicting a few anatomical features are available in the literature while in other cases, unlabelled photographs and diagrams are provided. Textbooks generally describe each hand bone as having a head, shaft and base. The morphology of metacarpals is more commonly described than that of the phalanges. Thus, identification and siding of hand bones are rare, which excludes them from use in many forensic cases. Forensic anthropo

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Yip, Julianne. "An anthropology of "avian flu": beyond the nature/culture divide." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119459.

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Since its appearance in 2003, avian influenza (AI) has been highly 'productive,' linking into a distinct form diverse elements, among which include: international health organizations and local farmers; governments and AI viruses; wildlife experts and public health practitioners; food regulatory bodies and ecologists; ornithologists and the poultry industry; ordinary citizens and, of course, poultry. From the perspective of an anthropology of thinking, 'AI' is intriguing because it escapes 'nature' and 'culture' concepts that traditionally ordered relationships between man and the natural worl

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Sanders, Jennifer Ellen. "Age Estimation of Fetal Skeletal Remains from the Forensic Context." The University of Montana, 2010. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-12162009-131218/.

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This study tested the efficacy of the traditional method (Fazekas and Kosa, 1978) of aging fetal remains from the forensic context against ultrasound (Chevernak et al., 1998)and radiographic (Sherwood et al., 2000) methods to determine which was most accurate. Two data sets were used in this study. The first consisted of measurements from historic (1902-1917) fetal remains of known age. The second consisted of measurements from modern fetal remains of known age from the forensic context. Using these samples in the different prediction models for aging fetal remains, the accuracy of each was de

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Gocha, Timothy Paul. "Mapping Spatial Patterns in Cortical Remodeling from the Femoral Midshaft using Geographic Information Systems Software: Implications for Age Estimation from Adult Human Skeletal Remains." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1416584228.

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Feldman, Amanda D. "From trauma to trial| Proposing new methods for examining the variability of sharp force trauma on bone." Thesis, San Jose State University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10011649.

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<p>Although sharp force trauma is not the most common form of homicide in the United States, it accounts for the majority of violent crimes committed in the United Kingdom, and the frequency of knife related crimes has been increasing over several decades. Despite the prevalence of sharp force trauma in forensic literature, there is still a large gap linking weapons to skeletal injuries. Although there have been forensic studies on the effects of fabric during decomposition, very little data exist on the effects of fabric and bodily coverings on wounds during stabbing events. In a significant

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Koch, Sandra. "The detection of sharp force, blunt force and gunshot trauma on whole pigs recovered from a fire environment." Thesis, Boston University, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/12455.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University<br>The ability to recognize and identify skeletal material is a fundamental skill in forensic and physical anthropology. Understanding the process that remains have undergone when they have been exposed to a fire environment necessitates further study and specialization as the basic structure of a bone may be altered from the microscopic level to the overall morphology. Analysis of burnt bone goes beyond understanding how the normal taphonomic processes may affect skeletal remains to the specifics of heat and fire related changes. Additionally, the study of how

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Sporrer, Thomas William Jr. "A study of the effect of exsanguination on the rate of decomposition of Sus scrofa in the northeastern United States." Thesis, Boston University, 2012. https://hdl.handle.net/2144/12639.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Boston University.<br>A significant portion of the research in the field of forensic anthropology involves examining cadaveric remains that have undergone some degree of decomposition. There have been many studies published focusing on a multitude of variables that affect the decomposition process, such as temperature, carcass size, insect access, animal scavenging, and weather patterns. There are however, very few studies which focus on the rate of decomposition in remains that have experienced significant trauma and/or blood loss. Accordingly, this study will assess the effect

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Ramenzoni, Liza Lima. "Analise das bandas de Hunter-Schreger como novo metodo biometrico de identificação humana." [s.n.], 2006. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/290030.

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Orientador: Sergio Roberto Peres Line<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-06T02:16:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Ramenzoni_LizaLima_M.pdf: 5290352 bytes, checksum: 1818ddf6ffadc1647ac3b1313ce4f5e3 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006<br>Resumo: O esmalte dental é caracterizado por camadas de prismas em direções alternadas regularmente. Estas camadas sucessivas formam as Bandas de Hunter-Schreger (HSB) que aparecem como faixas claras e escuras quando vistas sob forte iluminação lateral. Neste

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Machado, Marcelo Afonso 1978. "Estimativa de idade através de medidas em dentes e ossos do carpo : precisão de uma amostra do sudeste brasileiro." [s.n.], 2014. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/290735.

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Orientador: Eduardo Daruge Junior<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-26T05:39:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Machado_MarceloAfonso_M.pdf: 1707822 bytes, checksum: 9c8af380bc470aec6324d45e89b2d3aa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014<br>Resumo: Introdução: As radiografias carpais e panorâmicas de crianças e adolescentes são importantes em identificação humana por serem simples de obter e por conterem quantidade significativa de estruturas que trazem informações relevantes sobre o desenvolvime

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Filiault, Matthew. "Digitization protocols and applications for laser scanning human bone in forensic anthropology." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1531.

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In medico-legal investigations involving unidentified skeletal remains, forensic anthropologists commonly assist law enforcement and medical examiners in their analysis and identification. The traditional documentation techniques employed by the forensic anthropologist during their analysis include notes, photographs, measurements and radiographic images. However, relevant visual information of the skeleton can be lacking in morphological details in 2D images. By creating a 3D representation of individual bones using a laser-scanner, it would be possible to overcome this limitation. Now that l

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Baliso, Athi. "Identification of the deceased: A retrospective review of forensic anthropology Cape Town casework." Master's thesis, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33671.

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A serious issue faced in South Africa is the identification of unknown persons, particularly those who are decomposed, skeletonised or burnt. In this regard, Forensic Anthropology Cape Town (FACT), a service provider at the University of Cape Town (UCT), has assisted with identification. Data pertaining to anthropologically analysed cases in the Western Cape (WC) province is lacking and little is known about the contribution FACT has made to local forensic investigations. Thus, this study sought to identify the profile of FACT cases and evaluate their impact on police case resolution and ident

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Takebe, Yasuko. "A Comprehensive Case Report of University of Montana Forensic Collection Case #141." The University of Montana, 2007. http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-05232007-130031/.

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UMFC case #141 was acqired in spring 2006, as a commercially prepared anatomical specimen, reportedly from the Peoples Republic of China. It is a nealy complete skeleton that exhibits severe trauma of hte lower limbs. I reviewed the literature on methods of estimating age from the skeleton, because age is difficult to estimate for this case nad presents an interesting challenge. I then proceeded to estimate sex, ancestry, age, stature, and weight. I conclude that UMFC #141 is a White male, 39 to 45 years old, 5'0" to 5'4" in height, 110 to 161 pounds in weight. Healed fractures of both tibiae

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Golda, Stephanie DuPont. "Intrinsic Properties of Bone as Predictors of Differential Survivorship." Thesis, University of Missouri - Columbia, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=13877144.

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<p> Investigating intrinsic properties as determinants of bone survival has major implications in forensic anthropology. It is useful in the incomplete recovery of a skeleton to know if certain bones that are missing are those that are expected to be missing. Assuming complete recovery, individual skeletal parts should have different recovery probabilities. This research examines the differential survivorship of human skeletal remains based on intrinsic properties (density, size, and shape) of bone. Fifty skeletons from the William M. Bass Forensic Skeletal Collection at the University of Tenn

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Millward, Georgia Grunewald. "The genetic prehistory of the lower Illinois River valley| An ancient DNA analysis of Yokem Mounds 1-5." Thesis, Indiana University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3742824.

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<p> Yokem Mounds and its neighboring lower Illinois River valley sites were part of a dramatic cultural shift that occurred during the transition from the Late Woodland period (A.D. 400-1050) to the Mississippian period (A.D. 1050-1400) of Illinois prehistory. Evident changes in diet, burial treatment, and material culture accompanied this transition at Yokem Mounds. What remains unknown is whether the transition co-occurred with a population displacement by originators of the Mississippian culture, the Cahokians, or other Mississippian immigrants. My ancient DNA analysis of Yokem Mounds 1-

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Lukaszek, David Alexander. "A Metric Investigation of the Cranial Base and Vertebrae Among Extant African Homininae| Discrimination Across Posturo-Locomotory Complexes." Thesis, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10264359.

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<p>Abstract Cranial base angle, vertebral dimensions, vertebral curvature, and locomotive behavior differ among Homo, Pan, and Gorilla; but many distinctions are obfuscated by dimensional and behavioral overlap among the genera and their fossil relatives. To address these issues, cranial and vertebral measurements (suites) were examined among Homo, Gorilla, and Pan as representative hominines for their posture and locomotion or positional-locomotory complexes. An additional analysis considered Australopithecus afarensis (A.L. 288-1 and A.L. 333) for comparative purposes. Using size-adjusted va

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Barros, Franciéllen de. "Mensuração da espessura de tecidos moles da face de indivíduos brasileiros adultos /." Araraquara, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/154031.

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Orientador: Clemente Maia da Silva Fernandes<br>Resumo: A Reconstrução Facial Forense (RFF) é uma técnica das Ciências Forenses que possibilita o reconhecimento de um indivíduo, a partir da modelagem dos contornos dos tecidos faciais sobre um crânio encontrado sem identificação. Para isto é necessário ter o conhecimento da espessura dos tecidos moles faciais (ETMFs) que recobrem os pontos craniométricos no crânio subjacente, pois os mesmos são utilizados como base para a obtenção do contorno facial. Fatores como sexo, ancestralidade, idade, e índice de massa corporal (IMC) influenciam tais esp

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D'Elia, Christina Noel. "Accommodating death an examination of the role of scientific accommodation in forensic anthropology /." Connect to this title online, 2009. http://etd.lib.clemson.edu/documents/1247508443/.

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Braun, Sandra. "Variations in the shape of the chin in South African using cone bean computed tomography scans." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75035.

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In order to support identification of crime victims in South Africa, new methods need to be sought. If victim identification involving fingerprints, DNA or dental records are not possible, facial approximation is often the only alternative. In order to gain necessary background data for the identification of unknown individuals, e.g. for facial approximations, facial features of modern South Africans need to be investigated and shape-influencing factors identified. New imaging technologies have opened the possibility of including living, dentate individuals, as specimens in skeletal collection

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Tinoco, Rachel Lima Ribeiro. "Antropologia dental = traços não-métricos de uma amostra brasileira." [s.n.], 2011. http://repositorio.unicamp.br/jspui/handle/REPOSIP/290758.

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Orientador: Eduardo Daruge Júnior<br>Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Odontologia de Piracicaba<br>Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-17T13:54:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Tinoco_RachelLimaRibeiro_M.pdf: 2296528 bytes, checksum: 35dba26baf246615db8de57fcd81a76e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011<br>Resumo: Os traços não-métricos na morfologia dental, por sua excelente preservação, e variação inter-populacional livre de pressão seletiva, são reconhecidamente um dos principais focos de observação para os pesquisadores que analisam variação humana e sua

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Oliveira, Silvia Virginia Tedeschi. "Reconstrução facial forense: projeção nasal." Universidade de São Paulo, 2010. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/23/23148/tde-22052010-103133/.

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O nariz, ocupando o terço médio da face, tem marcada influência cognitiva sobre a imagem facial. Constitui-se em grande parte por tecido cartilaginoso, músculos, pele e gordura, perdendo sua forma durante a decomposição cadavérica. A técnica de Reconstrução Facial no restabelecimento da aparência nasal pode influenciar o reconhecimento de um crânio sem identidade atribuível e tem sido alvo de numerosas críticas. Os métodos conhecidos para estimar essa projeção nasal a partir de elementos do crânio carecem de praticidade e reprodutibilidade. Neste estudo, buscou-se relacionar os pontos prosopom

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Muller, Samantha. "Shape analysis of the zygoma to assess ancestry and sex variation in modern South Africans." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/78395.

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Skeletal remains exposed to an outdoor context are prone to post-mortem damage and fragmentation, making skeletal analysis difficult for the anthropologist. Research on ancestry and sex from isolated fragments of the cranium is necessary to improve identification of fragmented remains. The zygoma has proven to be more durable post skeletonization than other cranial bones, making research relevant into variation within the zygoma. Whilst the shape of the zygoma has been studied in a South African population using morphological, metric and geometric morphometric techniques, these studies did not

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Liu, Jennifer An-Hwa. "Biomedtech nation: Taiwan, ethics, stem cells and other biologicals." Diss., Search in ProQuest Dissertations & Theses. UC Only, 2008. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3339196.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of California, San Francisco with the University of California, Berkeley, 2008.<br>Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-12, Section: A, page: 4772. Adviser: Vincanne Adams.

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Follis, Shawna L. "Dental fluctuating asymmetry as a measure of environmental stress in Nasca." Thesis, Purdue University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1571983.

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<p> This thesis evaluates how environmental stressors affected three groups (Nasca, Loro, and Chakipampa) that lived in Nasca during the Early Intermediate Period (ca. A.D. 1-750) and the Middle Horizon (ca. A.D. 750-1000). Using fluctuating asymmetry analysis as a proxy for developmental instability, biological evidence is assessed for differential stress levels incurred by groups occupying the Peruvian south coast. This study found high levels of stress in the Middle Horizon, supporting the hypothesis that populations living in Nasca were unfavorably affected by Wari colonizers. However, str

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Jacometti, Victor. "Estimativa da ancestralidade em Antropologia Forense por meio do software \"AncesTrees\" em medidas cranianas de uma amostra brasileira." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/17/17143/tde-07022019-141710/.

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A Antropologia Forense desempenha um importante papel nas Ciências Forenses e, apesar de não consistir em um método primário de identificação humana, ou seja, só a sua execução não basta para conferir identidade a um indivíduo questionado, é um método auxiliar trivial para reduzir o universo de suspeitos a serem analisados na busca da identidade. O objetivo desse trabalho foi analisar a acurácia e aplicabilidade do software AncesTrees, desenvolvido por Navega et al. (2015), em um conjunto de medidas cranianas de uma amostra brasileira. Em uma amostra constituída por 114 crânios identificados,

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Thiam, Sara. "Divine Interventions? Humanitarian aid and Qur'anic schools in Senegal." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22024.

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The thousands of Qur'anic school students ("taalibes") flooding the urban streets of Senegal, West Africa, each day begging for spare change to support their schools ("daaras") and scraps of food are inciting a burgeoning humanitarian movement consisting of international non-governmental organizations (NGOs), Christian missions and community action associations. In addition to bringing food, materials, and medical care to these impoverished schools, these groups are driven by Christian and/or secular humanitarian values which are mobilized to generate a change in behavior in "daaras" and comm

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Will, III Willard Wilson. "Making hospital chaplains in an age of biomedicine." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=92199.

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In this dissertation, I explore the training and work of chaplain residents in a large, inner-city university hospital in the eastern United States as a participant in a two-year Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) program, a culturally unique religious apprenticeship that combines (1) pastoral care on assigned hospital units with patients, family, and medical staff with (2) classroom reflection and analysis in a small student cohort with an experienced supervisor-practitioner. I utilize this experience both as a privileged lens onto issues of suffering, reflexivity, and the body and to introdu

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Kral, Michael. "Transforming communities: suicide, relatedness, and reclamation among Inuit of Nunavut." Thesis, McGill University, 2009. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=40705.

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This thesis is the story of how forms of relatedness in social organization and kinship changed among Inuit after the Canadian government assumed control of their lives. Respect and affection are identified as attributes through which to understand important contexts of relationship among Inuit. Kin and other relations are reviewed before major contact with the Western world, followed by a close look at the dynamics of relational and social change in a number of contexts during the government era after the 1950s. These shifts are readily identifiable in Inuit youth suicide, which as one form o

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Owiti, John Arianda. "Local knowledge of, and responses to, HIV-1/AIDS among the Turkana of Lodwar township." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=18678.

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This study used a broad theoretical framework encompassing an ecosystem approach to HIV-1/AIDS that investigated: local knowledge of HIV-1/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs); local knowledge of the nexus between HIV-1/AIDS and tuberculosis on one hand, and other STIs on the other; the factors of the ecosystem that influence the contraction and transmission of HIV-1; and the local responses to HIV-1/AIDS among the Turkana of Lodwar Township. The study found that, according to the Turkana's local knowledge of HIV-1/AIDS, other sexually transmitted infections, and tuberculosi

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Dirlikov, Emilio. "Engaging avian influenza: the uncertainties and pragmatics of pandemic preparedness in Hong Kong-SAR." Thesis, McGill University, 2008. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=22003.

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This thesis investigates the avian influenza pandemic preparedness project in Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR). I explore how the state, through its policies, practices, and actors, engages with the uncertainty posed by a future avian influenza pandemic by forming preparedness protocols that seek to mitigate portended misfortunes in pragmatic ways. I contextualize current preparedness practices into a history of infectious disease management in Hong Kong. Media reports and interviews elucidate nuances between state discourse on avian influenza and state healthcare actors‟ personal

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Kienzler, Hanna. "The differential impact of war and trauma on Kosovar Albanian women living in post-war Kosova." Thesis, McGill University, 2011. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=96906.

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The war in Kosova had a profound impact on the lives of the civilian population and was a major cause of material destruction, disintegration of social fabrics and ill health. Throughout 1998 and 1999, the number of killings is estimated to be 10,000 with the majority of the victims being Kosovar Albanian killed by Serbian forces. An additional 863,000 civilians sought or were forced into refuge outside Kosova and 590,000 were internally displaced. Moreover, rape and torture, looting, pillaging and extortion were committed. The aim of my dissertation is to rewrite aspects of the recent bellige

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Childerhose, Janet Elizabeth. "Genetic discrimination: genealogy of an American problem." Thesis, McGill University, 2010. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=86665.

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Genetic discrimination has been transformed from an isolated concern of a handful of professionals into a pressing civil rights and public policy problem in the United States over the last twenty years. My dissertation is a genealogical account of how genetic discrimination has been shaped into a problem of this stature. It answers two questions: Where did the problem come from? How has the problem changed over time?<br>In Part One, I trace the history of concerns about discrimination from the 1970s to the present. Drawing from oral histories with key actors and organizations that shaped earl

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Evans, Thomas Vincent. "A critical evaluation of our understanding of bone transport and deposition in fluvial channels." Thesis, Montana State University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3708764.

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<p> Forensic scientists, archaeologists, and paleontologists are interested in understanding fluvial bone transport respectively to find human remains, determine if human behavioral information persists in skeletal assemblages, or to estimate the temporal and spatial resolution of fossil assemblages. This dissertation reviews what we think we understand about fluvial bone transport, then tests the hypotheses that: 1. Elongate and concave bones adopt preferred orientations relative to flow, 2. There is a relationship between bone shape and relative transportability, and 3. There is a relationsh

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Meloni, Francesca. "Living with uncertainty: an ethnographic study on the agency and belonging of undocumented youth in Canada." Thesis, McGill University, 2014. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=123228.

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Little is known about the lives of undocumented immigrants in Canada, and even less about the experiences of undocumented youth. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, this thesis examines the complex interplay between immigration policies and the lives of undocumented youth (14-20 years old) from Latin-American and Caribbean countries living in Montreal. There are two main objectives of this thesis. Firstly, through an examination of Canadian laws and court decisions in recent decades, it aims to investigate how immigration policies define undocumented minors as both threatening Others and vulner

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Torres, Garcia Christine. "Comparison of 500 Solid Copper Bullets and an Analysis of their Influence on the Individual Rifling Characteristics of Firearms." Thesis, University of California, Davis, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10974211.

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<p> This study examines whether 500 solid copper bullets fired from a 9mm firearm would have a significant effect on the individual rifling characteristics of the barrels of a Glock Model 17, a Beretta Model M9, and a Taurus Model PT 92 AF. Five silicone casts of each barrel bore were prepared over the course of this study. The casts were used to compare and evaluate the wear on the rifling of each barrel and note any changes that may have occurred during the progression of the study. The bullets were purchased as reloading components and were tested for hardness in addition to Energy Dispersi

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Silverstein, Jason Bryan. "Without Power, Without Glory: Palliative Care for Children the Nation’s Best Hospital Couldn’t Cure." Thesis, Harvard University, 2016. http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:HUL.InstRepos:33493557.

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Based on ethnographic fieldwork and drawing on anthropological, clinical, and social science literature, Without Power, Without Glory examines the work of a palliative care team of physicians, social workers, and nurses who cared for children and families who faced catastrophe and could not be cured in an institution whose professional identity, metrics for success, and global advertising campaigns are centered on cure. This dissertation details the social construction of pediatric palliative care, which is often wrongly seen as both synonymous with hospice and clouded by the team’s close rel

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Flemons, Kristin. "Medical humanitarianism and its mutations: an ethnography of the African Medical and Research Foundation." Thesis, McGill University, 2013. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=119569.

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This thesis examines the ways in which the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) may be considered a 'mutation' of medical humanitarianism, across both time (through the course of the organization's history) and space (from humanitarianism's birthplace in Europe to AMREF's headquarters in East Africa). To this end, the author conducted field research with staff at AMREF's Kenya Country Office between June and September, 2012, involving participant observation, field visits, and archival research. In Chapter 1, the Foundation's commitment to projects of medical, technical and bureaucr

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Cosgriff-Hernandez, Meghan-Tomasita JuRi. "Histomorphometric Estimation of Age at Death Using the Femoral Cortex: A Modification of Established Methods." The Ohio State University, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1338361172.

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Nakhaeizadeh, Sherry. "Cognitive bias and forensic anthropology : the power of context in the interpretation of skeletal remains." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2017. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1571165/.

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The central role of human cognition in forensic science and its effect on the interpretation of forensic evidence is being increasingly recognised within the forensic disciplines. It is clear that the concerns over expert decision-making and their vulnerabilities have not only been highlighted in recent key governmental reports, but also created a debate within the literature. This has, within recent years lead to a rise of empirical research focusing on the impact of cognitive biases in all stages of the forensic science process, highlighting that these vulnerabilities are not limited to a sp

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Cappella, A. "INTERPRETATION OF TRAUMA AND TAPHONOMY IN A MODERN KNOWN SKELETAL POPULATION: IMPLICATION FOR FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY." Doctoral thesis, Università degli Studi di Milano, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2434/253377.

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In Forensic Anthropology, trauma analysis is essential for a correct understanding of the cause and the modality of death as well as for the interpretation of previous traumatic events which occurred in life. Both have important implications in criminal and humanitarian scenarios: to demonstrate whether a crime was committed, and to ascertain torture and maltreatment. Nevertheless, the assessment of a traumatic event, whether antemortem, perimortem or potmortem, is extremely challenging and often limited and altered by multiple variables, namely taphonomy. Few are the validated scientific met

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Marques, Jeidson Antônio Morais. "Prevalência de lesões causadas por mordidas humanas e desenvolvimento de técnica para análise de mordidas na pele em investigações criminais /." Araçatuba : [s.n.], 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/11449/104207.

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Orientador: Cléa Adas Saliba Garbin<br>Banca: Eduardo Daruge Júnior<br>Banca: Alício Rosalino Garcia<br>Banca: Maocyr da Silva<br>Banca: Luís Carlos Cavalcante Galvão<br>Resumo: Um dos mais intrigantes, complexos e controversos desafios da Odontologia Legal é o reconhecimento, registro e análise de marcas de mordidas na pele. Este estudo teve como objetivos: abordar os aspectos relevantes sobre a importância do estudo das marcas de mordidas; produzir informações sobre a ocorrência de casos registrados no Instituto Médico Legal da cidade de Araçatuba-SP, nos últimos cinco anos, envolvendo lesõe

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