Many studies have examined the genetic contribution to suicide.However,data on suicide in the Italian population are scarce.We therefore aimed to address this gap by investigating a cohort of 111 Italians for whom a v...
The Doppelgänger phenomenon refers to the experience of a direct encounter with one’s self,characteriswed by:(i)the perception of a figure with one’s own identical physical features;or(ii)the apprehension that the p...
Two onboard crew members lost their lives in the fatal Makalu Air Cessna Grand Caravan 208B domestic cargo flight crash on May 16,2018.The Disaster Victim Identification(DVI)procedure comprises external examination,ph...
This work is supported by Shanghai Sailing Program[grant number 17YF1420000];Ministry of Finance of the People's Republic of China[grant numbers GY2018G-6 and GY2020G-8].
Diseases not only bring troubles to people’s body functions and mind but also influence the appearances and behaviours of human beings.Similarly,we can analyse the diseases from people’s appearances and behaviours a...
Clinical and forensic toxicology are critically involved in the acquisition of basic skills to correctly suspect intoxication,collect biological and non-biological materials for toxicological analysis,comprehend the c...
The Y-chromosomal short tandem repeat polymorphisms(Y-STRs)are the male-specific markers.The characteristics of paternal lineages make it a valuable tool for tracing familial relationships[1-3].Y-STR analysis has been...
Dear editor,In opening,we want to thank Goldstein et al.[1]and acknowledge their hard work and dedication to the practice of forensic anthropology and to their work identifying unknown remains.We agree wholeheartedly ...
The Editors of the Forensic Sciences Research(FSR)wish to thank the following people,and any other reviewer whose name has been inadvertently omitted,for giving your time and expertise to review papers and facilitate ...
Santa Catarina is a small,developed,and relatively safe state in South Brazil.Despite having positive social economic indicators,it still faces multiple challenges regarding forensic practices for personal identificat...
Forensic anthropologists perform specialised analysis,mainly involving skeletonised human remains,cadavers in advanced stages of decomposition,disassociated elements from the human body,and human remains in extreme ca...