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Investigating the findings of a Police workshop on the identification of skeletal material (2024)
Journal Article
Goodison, G. A., & Aris, C. (2024). Investigating the findings of a Police workshop on the identification of skeletal material. Policing, 18, https://doi.org/10.1093/police/paae055

Emergency services professionals can encounter human remains on a frequent basis, therefore an ability to locate and recognize skeletal elements would be highly beneficial. While recognizing human bone has a clear utility to those involved in searchi... Read More about Investigating the findings of a Police workshop on the identification of skeletal material.

Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries. (2022)
Journal Article
De Sabbata. (2022). Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases, e0010476 - ?. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0010476

BACKGROUND: Leprosy reactions, Type-1 and erythema nodosum leprosum, are immune-mediated complications of leprosy, which play a significant role in the morbidity associated with the disease. A considerable amount of literature has been published on t... Read More about Understanding leprosy reactions and the impact on the lives of people affected: An exploration in two leprosy endemic countries..

Predictors, Treatments, and Outcomes of Do-Not-Resuscitate Status in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients (from a Nationwide Inpatient Cohort Study). (2021)
Journal Article
Mamas. (2021). Predictors, Treatments, and Outcomes of Do-Not-Resuscitate Status in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients (from a Nationwide Inpatient Cohort Study). American Journal of Cardiology, 8 - 18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2021.07.054

Little is known about how frequently do-not-resuscitate (DNR) orders are placed in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the types of patients in which they are placed, treatment strategies or clinical outcomes of such patients. Using the... Read More about Predictors, Treatments, and Outcomes of Do-Not-Resuscitate Status in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients (from a Nationwide Inpatient Cohort Study)..

Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators (2021)
Journal Article
Davenward, B., Mirosch, N., Spencer, F., Jervis, J. R., Pringle, J. K., Stimpson, I. G., …Heaton, V. (2021). Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators. Geology Today, 37(2), 63-65. https://doi.org/10.1111/gto.12344

Locating murder victims buried within clandestine graves is one of the most important and difficult challenges for forensic search teams. This article details how applied geoscientists have been geophysically monitoring simulated clandestine burials,... Read More about Geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine burials of murder victims to aid forensic investigators.

Is it time for biocatalysis in fragment-based drug discovery? (2020)
Journal Article
Cosgrove. (2020). Is it time for biocatalysis in fragment-based drug discovery?. Chemical Science, 11104 - 11112. https://doi.org/10.1039/D0SC04103C

The use of biocatalysts for fragment-based drug discovery has yet to be fully investigated, despite the promise enzymes hold for the synthesis of poly-functional, non-protected small molecules. Here we analyze products of the biocatalysis literature... Read More about Is it time for biocatalysis in fragment-based drug discovery?.

The Chemiluminescent imaging of blood on washed cotton and polyester fabrics (2020)
Journal Article
(2020). The Chemiluminescent imaging of blood on washed cotton and polyester fabrics. The Journal of Academic Development and Education, https://doi.org/10.21252/tnyg-h570

Luminol is a sensitive test used by forensic investigators to detect blood over a large area in crime scenes. When in contact with blood, luminol emits a bright blue light. This reaction, known as chemiluminescence, was utilised in this study to test... Read More about The Chemiluminescent imaging of blood on washed cotton and polyester fabrics.

Ethical considerations for creating a Human Taphonomy Facility in the UK (2020)
Book Chapter
Williams, A., Cassella, J. P., & Pringle, J. K. (2020). Ethical considerations for creating a Human Taphonomy Facility in the UK. In Ethical Challenges in the Analysis of Human Remains. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32926-6_16

Human Taphonomy Facilities are outdoor laboratories where forensic scientists investigate and monitor the decomposition of donated human cadavers in a variety of conditions. The use of human cadavers for this purpose is potentially controversial, as... Read More about Ethical considerations for creating a Human Taphonomy Facility in the UK.

The Ethical Considerations for Creating a Human Taphonomy Facility in the United Kingdom (2020)
Book Chapter
Williams, A., Cassella, J. P., & Pringle, J. K. (2020). The Ethical Considerations for Creating a Human Taphonomy Facility in the United Kingdom. In Ethical Challenges in the Analysis of Human Remains (367–384). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-32926-6_16

Human Taphonomy Facilities are outdoor laboratories where forensic scientists investigate and monitor the decomposition of donated human cadavers in a variety of conditions. The use of human cadavers for this purpose is potentially controversial, as... Read More about The Ethical Considerations for Creating a Human Taphonomy Facility in the United Kingdom.

Experimental and theoretical studies into the release of blood droplets from weapon tips (2019)
Journal Article
(2019). Experimental and theoretical studies into the release of blood droplets from weapon tips. Forensic Science International, 109934 - 109934. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2019.109934

The formation and release under gravity of blood droplets from simulated weapon tips has been investigated experimentally and the results analysed and interpreted using established theoretical models for detached pendent drops. Droplets were produced... Read More about Experimental and theoretical studies into the release of blood droplets from weapon tips.

Testing Application of Geographical Information Systems, Forensic Geomorphology and Electrical Resistivity Tomography to Investigate Clandestine Grave Sites in Colombia, South America (2019)
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Martin Molina, C., Wisniewski, K. D., Drake, J., Baena, A., Guatame, A., & Pringle, J. K. (2020). Testing Application of Geographical Information Systems, Forensic Geomorphology and Electrical Resistivity Tomography to Investigate Clandestine Grave Sites in Colombia, South America. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 65(1), 266-273. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.14168

Colombian forensic investigators required assistance locating clandestine burials of missing persons related to human right atrocities from 14 years ago. Geoscientific search methods were trialled, including a predictive spatial statistical model, us... Read More about Testing Application of Geographical Information Systems, Forensic Geomorphology and Electrical Resistivity Tomography to Investigate Clandestine Grave Sites in Colombia, South America.

Sexual Dimorphism of the First Rib: A Comparative Approach Using Metric and Geometric Morphometric Analyses (2017)
Journal Article
Heaton. (2017). Sexual Dimorphism of the First Rib: A Comparative Approach Using Metric and Geometric Morphometric Analyses. Journal of Forensic Sciences, 1251-1258. https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.13421

This research investigated the sexual dimorphism of the first human rib using geometric morphometric and metric approaches on a sample of 285 specimens containing European Americans and African Americans from the Hamann-Todd collection. Metric measur... Read More about Sexual Dimorphism of the First Rib: A Comparative Approach Using Metric and Geometric Morphometric Analyses.

The use of geoscience methods for aquatic forensic searches (2017)
Journal Article
Ruffell, A., Pringle, J., Cassella, J., Morgan, R., Ferguson, M., Heaton, V., …McKinley, J. (2017). The use of geoscience methods for aquatic forensic searches. Earth-Science Reviews, 171, 323-337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.04.012

There have been few publications on the forensic search of water and fewer still on the use of geoforensic techniques when exploring aqueous environments. Here we consider what the nature of the aqueous environment is, what the forensic target(s) may... Read More about The use of geoscience methods for aquatic forensic searches.

'Twisted Reasoning: Disentangling Matters of Law, Conjoined Embodiment, Life and Death - Legal Commentary on Re A' (2016)
Book Chapter
(2016). 'Twisted Reasoning: Disentangling Matters of Law, Conjoined Embodiment, Life and Death - Legal Commentary on Re A'. In Ethical judgments: re-writing medical law

This edited collection is designed to explore the ethical nature of judicial decision-making, particularly relating to cases in the health/medical sphere, where judges are often called upon to issue rulings on questions containing an explicit ethical... Read More about 'Twisted Reasoning: Disentangling Matters of Law, Conjoined Embodiment, Life and Death - Legal Commentary on Re A'.

Age estimation of Calliphora (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae using cuticular hydrocarbon analysis and Artificial Neural Networks. (2016)
Journal Article
Moore, H. E., Butcher, J. B., Adam, C. D., Day, C. R., & Drijfhout, F. P. (2016). Age estimation of Calliphora (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae using cuticular hydrocarbon analysis and Artificial Neural Networks. Forensic Science International, 81 - 91. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.09.012

Cuticular hydrocarbons were extracted daily from the larvae of two closely related blowflies Calliphora vicina and Calliphora vomitoria (Diptera: Calliphoridae). The hydrocarbons were then analysed using Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS),... Read More about Age estimation of Calliphora (Diptera: Calliphoridae) larvae using cuticular hydrocarbon analysis and Artificial Neural Networks..

Discovery of a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War using GPR and forensic archaeology (2016)
Journal Article
Fernández-Álvarez, J., Rubio-Melendi, D., Martínez-Velasco, A., Pringle, J. K., & Aguilera, H. (2016). Discovery of a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War using GPR and forensic archaeology. Forensic Science International, 267, e10-e17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2016.05.040

An estimated 500,000 people died from all causes during the Spanish Civil War between 1936 and 1939, with a further 135,000 killed after the war ended. There are currently over 2,000 known mass burial locations throughout Spain but many more are unkn... Read More about Discovery of a mass grave from the Spanish Civil War using GPR and forensic archaeology.

Semblance analysis to assess GPR data from a five-year forensic study of simulated clandestine graves (2015)
Journal Article
Booth, A. D., & Pringle, J. K. (2016). Semblance analysis to assess GPR data from a five-year forensic study of simulated clandestine graves. Journal of Applied Geophysics, 125, 37-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jappgeo.2015.11.016

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) surveys have proven useful for locating clandestine graves in a number of forensic searches. There has been extensive research into the geophysical monitoring of simulated clandestine graves in different burial scenario... Read More about Semblance analysis to assess GPR data from a five-year forensic study of simulated clandestine graves.