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Atlas of human cranial macromorphoscopic traits / / Joseph T. Hefner, Kandus C. Linde
Atlas of human cranial macromorphoscopic traits / / Joseph T. Hefner, Kandus C. Linde
Autore Hefner Joseph T.
Pubbl/distr/stampa London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (358 pages)
Disciplina 614.17
Soggetto topico Forensic osteology
ISBN 0-12-814386-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910583043003321
Hefner Joseph T.  
London, England : , : Academic Press, , 2018
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Comparative bone identification : human subadult to nonhuman / / by Diane L. France
Comparative bone identification : human subadult to nonhuman / / by Diane L. France
Autore France Diane L.
Edizione [First edition.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2016
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (853 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Disciplina 612.75
Soggetto topico Bones
Skeleton
Human skeleton
Forensic osteology
ISBN 1-315-37477-3
1-315-35709-7
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Introduction -- Part II: Major Bones of the Bodies of Different Animals -- Cranium -- Mandible -- Pectoral Girdle -- Sternum -- Ribs -- Vertebrae -- Ossa Coxae -- Humerus -- Radius -- Ulna -- Hand -- Femur -- Tibia -- Fibula -- Foot -- Part III: Skeletons Arranged by Species -- Human Subadult -- Birds -- Reptiles -- Marine Mammals -- Fish -- Frog -- References -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910165053403321
France Diane L.  
Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, , 2016
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Computer-graphic facial reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks
Computer-graphic facial reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks
Pubbl/distr/stampa Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (409 p.)
Disciplina 006.4
614.1
Altri autori (Persone) ClementJohn G
MarksMurray K
Soggetto topico Forensic osteology
Facial reconstruction (Anthropology)
Forensic anthropology
Human face recognition (Computer science)
Dead
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-63793-5
9786610637935
0-08-045422-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto COVER; COMPUTER-GRAPHIC FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART I HISTORY AND BACKGROUND; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 1.1 BACKGROUND; 1.2 UNITING MICRO- AND MACROMORPHOLOGICAL THEMES; 1.3 FORENSIC IMPERATIVES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 CLASSICAL NON-COMPUTER-ASSISTED CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 2.3 HISTORY OF CFR; 2.4 ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SKULL; 2.5 SOFT-TISSUE DEPTH; 2.6 MANUAL 2D CFR; 2.6.1 SKETCHES; 2.6.2 GEORGE'S METHOD
2.7 MANUAL 3D CFR2.8 DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 THE WISDOM OF BONES: FACIAL APPROXIMATION ON THE SKULL; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE PURPOSE OF FACIAL APPROXIMATION; 3.3 A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE; 3.4 WHAT THE SKULL CAN TELL US: POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE FACIAL FEATURES; 3.4.1 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ORBIT AND THE EYE; 3.4.2 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BONY NASAL APERTURE AND THE NOSE; 3.4.3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SKULL, THE TEETH, AND THE MOUTH; 3.4.4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE EARS; 3.4.5 SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE FACE
3.5 BUILDING THE FACE FROM THE SKULL3.5.1 PRELIMINARY COLLECTION OF DATA; 3.5.2 CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF THE SKULL; 3.5.3 REPAIRING THE DAMAGED SKULL; 3.5.4 THE CLAY MODELING PROCEDURE; 3.6 HOW SUCCESSFUL IS FACIAL APPROXIMATION?; 3.7 COMPUTER ENHANCEMENT OF THE APPROXIMATION; 3.8 PUBLICIZING THE RESULTS; 3.9 CASE REPORTS; 3.10 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTIFICATION OF FACIAL SHAPE; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 BACKGROUND: WHY MEASURE FACES?; 4.3 BACKGROUND: WHAT IS A FACE?; 4.4 DATA ACQUISITION METHODS; 4.5 SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR DATA EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS
4.6 QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACES4.7 DATA TYPES: POINT CLOUDS; 4.8 DATA TYPES: LANDMARKS; 4.9 DATA TYPES: OUTLINES; 4.10 CALCULATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACES; 4.11 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 AUTOMATIC 3D FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION BY FEATURE-BASED REGISTRATION OF A REFERENCE HEAD; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; MORPHOMETRY-BASED METHODS; MORPHOLOGY-BASED METHODS; REGISTRATION-BASED METHODS; 5.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD; 5.2.1 DATA ACQUISITION; THE ACQUISITION PROCESS; THE REFERENCE HEAD; EXPERIMENT 1: UNKNOWN CONTEMPORARY SKULL
EXPERIMENT 2: PREHISTORIC SKULL OF THE MAN OF TAUTAVEL5.2.2 EXTRACTION OF FEATURE POINTS AND LINES; 5.2.3 REGISTRATION OF FEATURE LINES; 5.2.4 GEOMETRICAL NORMALIZATION; 5.2.5 COMPUTING THE 3D TRANSFORMATION; 5.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 5.3.1 THE PROBLEM OF THE VALIDATION; EXPERIMENT 1; EXPERIMENT 2; 5.3.2 DEFINING A REFERENCE HEAD; 5.3.3 MODELING THE HUMAN VARIABILITY; AGE; ETHNICITY; CORPULENCE; EXPRESSIVITY; 5.3.4 INFERRING ILL-DEFINED FACIAL PARTS OR FEATURES; 5.4 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II CONCEPTS AND CREATION OF FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION MODELS
CHAPTER 6 TWO-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER-GENERATED AVERAGE HUMAN FACE MORPHOLOGY AND FACIAL APPROXIMATION
Record Nr. UNINA-9910458087003321
Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
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Computer-graphic facial reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks
Computer-graphic facial reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks
Pubbl/distr/stampa Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (409 p.)
Disciplina 006.4
614.1
Altri autori (Persone) ClementJohn G
MarksMurray K
Soggetto topico Forensic osteology
Facial reconstruction (Anthropology)
Forensic anthropology
Human face recognition (Computer science)
Dead
ISBN 1-280-63793-5
9786610637935
0-08-045422-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto COVER; COMPUTER-GRAPHIC FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART I HISTORY AND BACKGROUND; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 1.1 BACKGROUND; 1.2 UNITING MICRO- AND MACROMORPHOLOGICAL THEMES; 1.3 FORENSIC IMPERATIVES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 CLASSICAL NON-COMPUTER-ASSISTED CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 2.3 HISTORY OF CFR; 2.4 ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SKULL; 2.5 SOFT-TISSUE DEPTH; 2.6 MANUAL 2D CFR; 2.6.1 SKETCHES; 2.6.2 GEORGE'S METHOD
2.7 MANUAL 3D CFR2.8 DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 THE WISDOM OF BONES: FACIAL APPROXIMATION ON THE SKULL; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE PURPOSE OF FACIAL APPROXIMATION; 3.3 A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE; 3.4 WHAT THE SKULL CAN TELL US: POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE FACIAL FEATURES; 3.4.1 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ORBIT AND THE EYE; 3.4.2 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BONY NASAL APERTURE AND THE NOSE; 3.4.3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SKULL, THE TEETH, AND THE MOUTH; 3.4.4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE EARS; 3.4.5 SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE FACE
3.5 BUILDING THE FACE FROM THE SKULL3.5.1 PRELIMINARY COLLECTION OF DATA; 3.5.2 CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF THE SKULL; 3.5.3 REPAIRING THE DAMAGED SKULL; 3.5.4 THE CLAY MODELING PROCEDURE; 3.6 HOW SUCCESSFUL IS FACIAL APPROXIMATION?; 3.7 COMPUTER ENHANCEMENT OF THE APPROXIMATION; 3.8 PUBLICIZING THE RESULTS; 3.9 CASE REPORTS; 3.10 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTIFICATION OF FACIAL SHAPE; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 BACKGROUND: WHY MEASURE FACES?; 4.3 BACKGROUND: WHAT IS A FACE?; 4.4 DATA ACQUISITION METHODS; 4.5 SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR DATA EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS
4.6 QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACES4.7 DATA TYPES: POINT CLOUDS; 4.8 DATA TYPES: LANDMARKS; 4.9 DATA TYPES: OUTLINES; 4.10 CALCULATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACES; 4.11 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 AUTOMATIC 3D FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION BY FEATURE-BASED REGISTRATION OF A REFERENCE HEAD; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; MORPHOMETRY-BASED METHODS; MORPHOLOGY-BASED METHODS; REGISTRATION-BASED METHODS; 5.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD; 5.2.1 DATA ACQUISITION; THE ACQUISITION PROCESS; THE REFERENCE HEAD; EXPERIMENT 1: UNKNOWN CONTEMPORARY SKULL
EXPERIMENT 2: PREHISTORIC SKULL OF THE MAN OF TAUTAVEL5.2.2 EXTRACTION OF FEATURE POINTS AND LINES; 5.2.3 REGISTRATION OF FEATURE LINES; 5.2.4 GEOMETRICAL NORMALIZATION; 5.2.5 COMPUTING THE 3D TRANSFORMATION; 5.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 5.3.1 THE PROBLEM OF THE VALIDATION; EXPERIMENT 1; EXPERIMENT 2; 5.3.2 DEFINING A REFERENCE HEAD; 5.3.3 MODELING THE HUMAN VARIABILITY; AGE; ETHNICITY; CORPULENCE; EXPRESSIVITY; 5.3.4 INFERRING ILL-DEFINED FACIAL PARTS OR FEATURES; 5.4 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II CONCEPTS AND CREATION OF FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION MODELS
CHAPTER 6 TWO-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER-GENERATED AVERAGE HUMAN FACE MORPHOLOGY AND FACIAL APPROXIMATION
Record Nr. UNINA-9910784565403321
Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
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Computer-graphic facial reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks
Computer-graphic facial reconstruction [[electronic resource] /] / [edited by] John G. Clement and Murray K. Marks
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (409 p.)
Disciplina 006.4
614.1
Altri autori (Persone) ClementJohn G
MarksMurray K
Soggetto topico Forensic osteology
Facial reconstruction (Anthropology)
Forensic anthropology
Human face recognition (Computer science)
Dead
ISBN 1-280-63793-5
9786610637935
0-08-045422-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto COVER; COMPUTER-GRAPHIC FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; ABOUT THE EDITORS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PART I HISTORY AND BACKGROUND; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 1.1 BACKGROUND; 1.2 UNITING MICRO- AND MACROMORPHOLOGICAL THEMES; 1.3 FORENSIC IMPERATIVES; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 2 CLASSICAL NON-COMPUTER-ASSISTED CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 2.1 INTRODUCTION; 2.2 CRANIOFACIAL RECONSTRUCTION; 2.3 HISTORY OF CFR; 2.4 ANTHROPOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE SKULL; 2.5 SOFT-TISSUE DEPTH; 2.6 MANUAL 2D CFR; 2.6.1 SKETCHES; 2.6.2 GEORGE'S METHOD
2.7 MANUAL 3D CFR2.8 DISCUSSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 3 THE WISDOM OF BONES: FACIAL APPROXIMATION ON THE SKULL; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 THE PURPOSE OF FACIAL APPROXIMATION; 3.3 A HISTORIC PERSPECTIVE; 3.4 WHAT THE SKULL CAN TELL US: POSITIONAL RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE FACIAL FEATURES; 3.4.1 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE ORBIT AND THE EYE; 3.4.2 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE BONY NASAL APERTURE AND THE NOSE; 3.4.3 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SKULL, THE TEETH, AND THE MOUTH; 3.4.4 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SKULL AND THE EARS; 3.4.5 SEXUAL DIMORPHISM IN THE FACE
3.5 BUILDING THE FACE FROM THE SKULL3.5.1 PRELIMINARY COLLECTION OF DATA; 3.5.2 CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF THE SKULL; 3.5.3 REPAIRING THE DAMAGED SKULL; 3.5.4 THE CLAY MODELING PROCEDURE; 3.6 HOW SUCCESSFUL IS FACIAL APPROXIMATION?; 3.7 COMPUTER ENHANCEMENT OF THE APPROXIMATION; 3.8 PUBLICIZING THE RESULTS; 3.9 CASE REPORTS; 3.10 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 4 THREE-DIMENSIONAL QUANTIFICATION OF FACIAL SHAPE; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 BACKGROUND: WHY MEASURE FACES?; 4.3 BACKGROUND: WHAT IS A FACE?; 4.4 DATA ACQUISITION METHODS; 4.5 SOFTWARE TOOLS FOR DATA EXTRACTION AND ANALYSIS
4.6 QUANTITATIVE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACES4.7 DATA TYPES: POINT CLOUDS; 4.8 DATA TYPES: LANDMARKS; 4.9 DATA TYPES: OUTLINES; 4.10 CALCULATION OF DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FACES; 4.11 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; CHAPTER 5 AUTOMATIC 3D FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION BY FEATURE-BASED REGISTRATION OF A REFERENCE HEAD; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; MORPHOMETRY-BASED METHODS; MORPHOLOGY-BASED METHODS; REGISTRATION-BASED METHODS; 5.2 DESCRIPTION OF THE METHOD; 5.2.1 DATA ACQUISITION; THE ACQUISITION PROCESS; THE REFERENCE HEAD; EXPERIMENT 1: UNKNOWN CONTEMPORARY SKULL
EXPERIMENT 2: PREHISTORIC SKULL OF THE MAN OF TAUTAVEL5.2.2 EXTRACTION OF FEATURE POINTS AND LINES; 5.2.3 REGISTRATION OF FEATURE LINES; 5.2.4 GEOMETRICAL NORMALIZATION; 5.2.5 COMPUTING THE 3D TRANSFORMATION; 5.3 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION; 5.3.1 THE PROBLEM OF THE VALIDATION; EXPERIMENT 1; EXPERIMENT 2; 5.3.2 DEFINING A REFERENCE HEAD; 5.3.3 MODELING THE HUMAN VARIABILITY; AGE; ETHNICITY; CORPULENCE; EXPRESSIVITY; 5.3.4 INFERRING ILL-DEFINED FACIAL PARTS OR FEATURES; 5.4 CONCLUSION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; REFERENCES; PART II CONCEPTS AND CREATION OF FACIAL RECONSTRUCTION MODELS
CHAPTER 6 TWO-DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER-GENERATED AVERAGE HUMAN FACE MORPHOLOGY AND FACIAL APPROXIMATION
Record Nr. UNINA-9910817548503321
Burlington, MA, : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005
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Fundamentals of forensic anthropology [[electronic resource] /] / Linda L. Klepinger
Fundamentals of forensic anthropology [[electronic resource] /] / Linda L. Klepinger
Autore Klepinger Linda L
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Liss, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (201 p.)
Disciplina 599.9
614.17
614/.17
Collana Foundations of human biology
Soggetto topico Forensic anthropology
Forensic osteology
Anthropometry
ISBN 1-280-51722-0
9786610517220
0-470-00772-9
0-470-00771-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto FUNDAMENTALS OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; CONTENTS; PHOTO CREDITS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SERIES INTRODUCTION; PART I BACKGROUND SETTING FOR FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; 1 Introduction; Overview of the Field; Education and Training; Overview of the Book; 2 The Role of Forensic Anthropology in Historical Context; The Somewhat Difficult Birth of a Specialty; The Middle Years; Approaching Senescence?; PART II TOWARDS PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION; 3 Initial Assessments of Skeletal Remains; Human or Not?; Number of Individuals Represented; 4 Assignment of Sex; Criteria for Sex Attribution in the Adult Skeleton
Pelvic TraitsThe Skull; Visual Assessment; Discriminant Function Analysis; The Appendicular Bones; Femur; Humerus; Other Appendicular Elements; Miscellaneous Axial Bones; Attribution of Sex from the Skeletons of Children; Figuring the Error Rate; 5 Age Estimation; The Early Years; Dental Age; Bone Age; Long Bone Length; Union of Primary Ossification Centers; Epiphyseal Fusion; The Adult Years; Macroscopic Methods; Face of the Pubic Symphysis; Sternal Extremity of the Rib; The Auricular Surface; Cranial Suture Closure; Dental Methods; Microscopic Methods; Other Age Indicators
Concluding Remarks on Adult Age Estimation6 Deciphering Ancestral Background; The Biological and the Cultural; The Biological Context; The Cultural Component; Skeletal Indicators; The Skull; The Postcranium; 7 Stature Estimation; How Tall Are You, Really?; Estimation of Living Stature from Skeletal Remains; The Fully Method; Stature Estimation From Long Bone Length; Comparison of Methods; Reporting Stature Estimates; Correcting Stature Estimates for Older Adults; Secular Trend; Stature Estimates from Fragmentary Long Bones; Stature Estimation from Short Bone Length; Footwear and Foot Length
8 Skeletal Markers of Activity and Life HistoryChildbirth Indicators; Handedness; Other Activity Markers; Partial Medical History; Medical Radiology; PART III PRINCIPAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ROLES IN MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION; 9 Trauma; Blunt Force Trauma; Cranial Fracture; Hyoid Fracture; Postcranial Fracture; Child Abuse; Penetrating and Perforating Trauma; Gunshot Wounds; Sharp Injuries; 10 The Postmortem Period; Estimation of the Postmortem Interval; Postmortem Events; Carnivore Scavenging; Cremation; Has the Body Been Burned?; Fracturing; Bone Shrinkage; Dismemberment
Ritual Use of Skeletal Material11 Professionalism, Ethics, and the Expert Witness; The Expert Witness; Standards and Credentials for Expert Testimony; Some Practical Issues; Ethics; Science in the Courtroom: Two Unfortunate Examples; When Good Science is not Presented; When Good Science is Ignored; 12 Genetics and DNA; Serology and Mendelian Genetics; Forensic DNA Analysis; Legal Considerations; References; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910585794803321
Klepinger Linda L  
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Liss, c2006
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Fundamentals of forensic anthropology [[electronic resource] /] / Linda L. Klepinger
Fundamentals of forensic anthropology [[electronic resource] /] / Linda L. Klepinger
Autore Klepinger Linda L
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Liss, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (201 p.)
Disciplina 599.9
614.17
614/.17
Collana Foundations of human biology
Soggetto topico Forensic anthropology
Forensic osteology
Anthropometry
ISBN 1-280-51722-0
9786610517220
0-470-00772-9
0-470-00771-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto FUNDAMENTALS OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; CONTENTS; PHOTO CREDITS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SERIES INTRODUCTION; PART I BACKGROUND SETTING FOR FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; 1 Introduction; Overview of the Field; Education and Training; Overview of the Book; 2 The Role of Forensic Anthropology in Historical Context; The Somewhat Difficult Birth of a Specialty; The Middle Years; Approaching Senescence?; PART II TOWARDS PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION; 3 Initial Assessments of Skeletal Remains; Human or Not?; Number of Individuals Represented; 4 Assignment of Sex; Criteria for Sex Attribution in the Adult Skeleton
Pelvic TraitsThe Skull; Visual Assessment; Discriminant Function Analysis; The Appendicular Bones; Femur; Humerus; Other Appendicular Elements; Miscellaneous Axial Bones; Attribution of Sex from the Skeletons of Children; Figuring the Error Rate; 5 Age Estimation; The Early Years; Dental Age; Bone Age; Long Bone Length; Union of Primary Ossification Centers; Epiphyseal Fusion; The Adult Years; Macroscopic Methods; Face of the Pubic Symphysis; Sternal Extremity of the Rib; The Auricular Surface; Cranial Suture Closure; Dental Methods; Microscopic Methods; Other Age Indicators
Concluding Remarks on Adult Age Estimation6 Deciphering Ancestral Background; The Biological and the Cultural; The Biological Context; The Cultural Component; Skeletal Indicators; The Skull; The Postcranium; 7 Stature Estimation; How Tall Are You, Really?; Estimation of Living Stature from Skeletal Remains; The Fully Method; Stature Estimation From Long Bone Length; Comparison of Methods; Reporting Stature Estimates; Correcting Stature Estimates for Older Adults; Secular Trend; Stature Estimates from Fragmentary Long Bones; Stature Estimation from Short Bone Length; Footwear and Foot Length
8 Skeletal Markers of Activity and Life HistoryChildbirth Indicators; Handedness; Other Activity Markers; Partial Medical History; Medical Radiology; PART III PRINCIPAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ROLES IN MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION; 9 Trauma; Blunt Force Trauma; Cranial Fracture; Hyoid Fracture; Postcranial Fracture; Child Abuse; Penetrating and Perforating Trauma; Gunshot Wounds; Sharp Injuries; 10 The Postmortem Period; Estimation of the Postmortem Interval; Postmortem Events; Carnivore Scavenging; Cremation; Has the Body Been Burned?; Fracturing; Bone Shrinkage; Dismemberment
Ritual Use of Skeletal Material11 Professionalism, Ethics, and the Expert Witness; The Expert Witness; Standards and Credentials for Expert Testimony; Some Practical Issues; Ethics; Science in the Courtroom: Two Unfortunate Examples; When Good Science is not Presented; When Good Science is Ignored; 12 Genetics and DNA; Serology and Mendelian Genetics; Forensic DNA Analysis; Legal Considerations; References; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910829823703321
Klepinger Linda L  
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Liss, c2006
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Fundamentals of forensic anthropology [[electronic resource] /] / Linda L. Klepinger
Fundamentals of forensic anthropology [[electronic resource] /] / Linda L. Klepinger
Autore Klepinger Linda L
Pubbl/distr/stampa Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Liss, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (201 p.)
Disciplina 599.9
614.17
614/.17
Collana Foundations of human biology
Soggetto topico Forensic anthropology
Forensic osteology
Anthropometry
ISBN 1-280-51722-0
9786610517220
0-470-00772-9
0-470-00771-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto FUNDAMENTALS OF FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; CONTENTS; PHOTO CREDITS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SERIES INTRODUCTION; PART I BACKGROUND SETTING FOR FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; 1 Introduction; Overview of the Field; Education and Training; Overview of the Book; 2 The Role of Forensic Anthropology in Historical Context; The Somewhat Difficult Birth of a Specialty; The Middle Years; Approaching Senescence?; PART II TOWARDS PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION; 3 Initial Assessments of Skeletal Remains; Human or Not?; Number of Individuals Represented; 4 Assignment of Sex; Criteria for Sex Attribution in the Adult Skeleton
Pelvic TraitsThe Skull; Visual Assessment; Discriminant Function Analysis; The Appendicular Bones; Femur; Humerus; Other Appendicular Elements; Miscellaneous Axial Bones; Attribution of Sex from the Skeletons of Children; Figuring the Error Rate; 5 Age Estimation; The Early Years; Dental Age; Bone Age; Long Bone Length; Union of Primary Ossification Centers; Epiphyseal Fusion; The Adult Years; Macroscopic Methods; Face of the Pubic Symphysis; Sternal Extremity of the Rib; The Auricular Surface; Cranial Suture Closure; Dental Methods; Microscopic Methods; Other Age Indicators
Concluding Remarks on Adult Age Estimation6 Deciphering Ancestral Background; The Biological and the Cultural; The Biological Context; The Cultural Component; Skeletal Indicators; The Skull; The Postcranium; 7 Stature Estimation; How Tall Are You, Really?; Estimation of Living Stature from Skeletal Remains; The Fully Method; Stature Estimation From Long Bone Length; Comparison of Methods; Reporting Stature Estimates; Correcting Stature Estimates for Older Adults; Secular Trend; Stature Estimates from Fragmentary Long Bones; Stature Estimation from Short Bone Length; Footwear and Foot Length
8 Skeletal Markers of Activity and Life HistoryChildbirth Indicators; Handedness; Other Activity Markers; Partial Medical History; Medical Radiology; PART III PRINCIPAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL ROLES IN MEDICAL-LEGAL INVESTIGATION; 9 Trauma; Blunt Force Trauma; Cranial Fracture; Hyoid Fracture; Postcranial Fracture; Child Abuse; Penetrating and Perforating Trauma; Gunshot Wounds; Sharp Injuries; 10 The Postmortem Period; Estimation of the Postmortem Interval; Postmortem Events; Carnivore Scavenging; Cremation; Has the Body Been Burned?; Fracturing; Bone Shrinkage; Dismemberment
Ritual Use of Skeletal Material11 Professionalism, Ethics, and the Expert Witness; The Expert Witness; Standards and Credentials for Expert Testimony; Some Practical Issues; Ethics; Science in the Courtroom: Two Unfortunate Examples; When Good Science is not Presented; When Good Science is Ignored; 12 Genetics and DNA; Serology and Mendelian Genetics; Forensic DNA Analysis; Legal Considerations; References; Index
Record Nr. UNINA-9910841568403321
Klepinger Linda L  
Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley-Liss, c2006
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Skeletal trauma analysis : case studies in context / / edited by Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Christopher W. Rainwater ; contributors Bradley Adams [and thirty one others]
Skeletal trauma analysis : case studies in context / / edited by Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Christopher W. Rainwater ; contributors Bradley Adams [and thirty one others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (307 p.)
Disciplina 614/.17
Soggetto topico Forensic anthropology
Forensic osteology
ISBN 1-118-38419-9
1-118-38421-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Atypical gunshot and blunt force injuries : wounds along the biomechanical continuum / Brian F. Spatola -- Over-interpretation of bone injuries and implications for cause and manner of death / Joao Pinheiro, Eugenia Cunha, and Steven Symes -- Skeletal injuries in cases of child abuse : two case studies from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences / Jason M. Wiersema and Jennifer C. Love -- Blunt force trauma patterns in the human skull and thorax : a case study from northern California / Eric J. Bartelink -- Patterns of skeletal trauma inflicted during the Spanish Civil War / Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Ciaran Brewster, Marina Martinez de Pinillos Gonzalez, and Jose Miguel Carretero Diaz -- Shot and beaten to death : suspected projectile and blunt force trauma in a case involving an extended period of postmortem water immersion / Hugo F.V. Cardoso, Katerina S. Puentes, and Luis F.N. Coelho -- Man's best friend : a case study of ballistics trauma and animal scavenging / Gina Hart -- Skeletal evidence of violent sexual assault in remains with excessive evidence of scavenging / Hugh E. Berryman and Tiffany B. Saul -- Neurocranial fractures / Jennifer C. Love -- Blunt force trauma associated with a fall from heights / MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant -- Low-velocity impact trauma : an illustrative selection of cases from the joint POW/MIA accounting command Central Identification Laboratory / Paul Emanovsky -- Blast trauma / Angi M. Christensen and Victoria A. Smith -- Case studies in skeletal blast trauma / Nikki A. Willits, Joseph T. Hefner, and MariaTeresa Tersigni-Tarrant -- Burned human remains in a double homicide : a forensic case in Cyprus / Popi Th. Chrysostomou -- The utility of spatial analysis in the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns in burned human remains / Christina L. Fojas, Luis L. Cabo, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Christopher W. Rainwater, Katerina S. Puentes, and Steven A. Symes -- Three modes of dismemberment : disarticulation around the joints, transecting of bone via chopping, and transection of bone via sawing / Christopher W. Rainwater -- Kreischer Mansion homicide / Lauren Regucci and Bradley Adams -- Postmortem trauma and the "CSI effect" : is TV making smarter criminals? / Elizabeth A. Murray and Anthony E. Dwyer.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910140461803321
Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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Skeletal trauma analysis : case studies in context / / edited by Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Christopher W. Rainwater ; contributors Bradley Adams [and thirty one others]
Skeletal trauma analysis : case studies in context / / edited by Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Christopher W. Rainwater ; contributors Bradley Adams [and thirty one others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (307 p.)
Disciplina 614/.17
Soggetto topico Forensic anthropology
Forensic osteology
ISBN 1-118-38419-9
1-118-38421-0
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Atypical gunshot and blunt force injuries : wounds along the biomechanical continuum / Brian F. Spatola -- Over-interpretation of bone injuries and implications for cause and manner of death / Joao Pinheiro, Eugenia Cunha, and Steven Symes -- Skeletal injuries in cases of child abuse : two case studies from the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences / Jason M. Wiersema and Jennifer C. Love -- Blunt force trauma patterns in the human skull and thorax : a case study from northern California / Eric J. Bartelink -- Patterns of skeletal trauma inflicted during the Spanish Civil War / Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Ciaran Brewster, Marina Martinez de Pinillos Gonzalez, and Jose Miguel Carretero Diaz -- Shot and beaten to death : suspected projectile and blunt force trauma in a case involving an extended period of postmortem water immersion / Hugo F.V. Cardoso, Katerina S. Puentes, and Luis F.N. Coelho -- Man's best friend : a case study of ballistics trauma and animal scavenging / Gina Hart -- Skeletal evidence of violent sexual assault in remains with excessive evidence of scavenging / Hugh E. Berryman and Tiffany B. Saul -- Neurocranial fractures / Jennifer C. Love -- Blunt force trauma associated with a fall from heights / MariaTeresa A. Tersigni-Tarrant -- Low-velocity impact trauma : an illustrative selection of cases from the joint POW/MIA accounting command Central Identification Laboratory / Paul Emanovsky -- Blast trauma / Angi M. Christensen and Victoria A. Smith -- Case studies in skeletal blast trauma / Nikki A. Willits, Joseph T. Hefner, and MariaTeresa Tersigni-Tarrant -- Burned human remains in a double homicide : a forensic case in Cyprus / Popi Th. Chrysostomou -- The utility of spatial analysis in the recognition of normal and abnormal patterns in burned human remains / Christina L. Fojas, Luis L. Cabo, Nicholas V. Passalacqua, Christopher W. Rainwater, Katerina S. Puentes, and Steven A. Symes -- Three modes of dismemberment : disarticulation around the joints, transecting of bone via chopping, and transection of bone via sawing / Christopher W. Rainwater -- Kreischer Mansion homicide / Lauren Regucci and Bradley Adams -- Postmortem trauma and the "CSI effect" : is TV making smarter criminals? / Elizabeth A. Murray and Anthony E. Dwyer.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910814011803321
Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2015
Materiale a stampa
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
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