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  1. Workplace violence in the healthcare sector has become a global issue that poses a threat to the safety and well-being of healthcare staff. This study aims to understand and analyze workplace violence experien...

    Authors: Ida Bagus Gede Surya Putra Pidada and Abdul Wahab
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:37
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  2. Identification is one of the main aspects of forensics. Sex estimation is an essential part of identification because it can simplify the whole process. Mandible is the largest, strongest, and sexually dimorph...

    Authors: Selcaria Istna Datau, Sekar Khansa Aisha, Nurulita Fida Aulia, Rurie Ratna Shantiningsih, Munakhir Mudjosemedi, Ryna Dwi Yanuaryska and Rini Widyaningrum
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:36
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  3. Increasing the number of drug-related deaths has affected medico-legal death investigations. Drugs within a corpse have a great impact on the insects’ development rate which in turn will affect the rate of pos...

    Authors: Fatema M. Saleh, Assem H. Badawy, Rawda M. Badawy, Asmaa Abdel Rahman and Eslam Adly
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:35
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  4. Estimating sex from a dry skull depends on studying validated and specific traits. One such reference area exhibiting sexual dimorphism is the glabella, located on the frontal bone. This anatomical landmark is...

    Authors: Júlia Neves de Moura Ferreira Gomes, Marcus Vitor Diniz de Carvalho, André Marquim Nogueira da Fonte Cornélio, Greiciane Miguel de Azevedo Santos, Gabriela Granja Porto Petraki and Evelyne Pessoa Soriano
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:34
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  5. Wormian, or sutural bones, are additional, irregularly shaped bone fragments that can occur within cranial sutures. These bones may arise due to various factors, including mechanical pressure on skull bones du...

    Authors: Alla Movsesian
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:33
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  6. Operators in the obituary and necropsy sectors are exposed to various environmental hazards during specific tasks. Despite this exposure, occupational risks have often been underestimated, resulting in a lack ...

    Authors: Matteo Scopetti, Nicola Di Fazio, Martina Padovano, Giuseppe Delogu, Donato Morena, Paola Frati, Carmela Protano, Matteo Vitali and Vittorio Fineschi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:32
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  7. Forensic nursing, which merges healthcare and legal expertise to address trauma and violence, is vital yet often underrepresented in nursing education. Many nursing students lack knowledge in this field, under...

    Authors: Ebtsam Aly Abou Hashish
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:31
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  9. The identification of skeletal remains begins with a sex evaluation since other biological profile elements, such as size and age, are sex-specific. The pelvis is the favored element for sex assessment since i...

    Authors: Marwa Abd El-Moniem Amer, Marwa Elsayed Abd Elhamed, Lamiaa Lotfy Elhawy, Amany Mohammed AbdAllah, Nanies Sameeh Mohammad, Manar A. Bessar, Mohamed Nabil Soliman Elgebely and Dena Mohamed Naguib Abdel Moawed
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:29
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  10. Sexual assault is an important social issue that influences women’s lives. Despite a significant increase in 2018, there is no reliable information available in the Kingdom of Bahrain about female sexual assau...

    Authors: Fatema Abdul-Rahman Alfadhel, Mohammed Nour El-Din Fouda and Mona Mohamed Awny
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:28
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  13. The aim of this study, which was based on this hypothesis, was to estimate sex and age by using a machine learning algorithm (ML) and artificial neural networks (ANN) with parameters obtained from the eyeball....

    Authors: Nesibe Yilmaz, Yusuf Secgin and Kadir Mercan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:25
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  14. Powder-based fingermark ridge visibility enhancement is a common technique employed in crime scenes due to ease of application and robustness of the application method. Pigmented powders created a contrast bet...

    Authors: Revathi Rajan, Yusmazura Zakaria, Shaharum Shamsuddin and Nik Fakhuruddin Nik Hassan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:24
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  15. Femicide is a fundamental human rights violation that compromises one’s life, liberty, and personal safety and impedes social and economic advancement. In recent years, Egypt has witnessed an alarming rise in ...

    Authors: Fatma Mohamed Hassan, Maged Nabil Hussein and Asmaa Mohammad Moawad
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:23
    Content type: Review Published on:

  17. Digital tools, which offer superior accuracy compared to manual metrics, utilize radiological images for noninvasive data collection, providing a convenient means of obtaining skeletal data. The greater sciati...

    Authors: Ruchi Kumari, Jay Narayan Pandit, Surya Kiran Panga, Swati Tyagi, Abhishek Yadav and Sudhir Kumar Gupta
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:21
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  18. Cyclophosphamide (CP) is a chemotherapeutic and immunosuppressive agent that induces oxidative stress, causing lung tissue damage.

    Authors: Mahrous A. Ibrahim, Ayman Fathi Elsharawy, Waleed E. Abo Baraka, Athar M. Khalifa, Metwally E Abdalla, Mohamed S. Nafie, Shaimaa A. Shehata and Gamal Abdelrahman Bakhaat
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:20
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  19. Composites are materials that have multiple phases and have attracted much attention as they are able to improve physical and chemical properties of an isolated material. In this sense, these composites are co...

    Authors: Amanda Fonseca Leitzke, Danielle Tapia Bueno, Tais Poletti, Guilherme Kurz Maron, Bruno Vasconcellos Lopes, Eduarda Vitória Morais, Ana Paula de Oliveira Lopes Inacio, Caroline Ieque Silveira, Juliana Porciuncula da Silva, Daiane Dias, Netftali Lenin Villarreal Carreño and Claudio Martin Pereira de Pereira
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:19
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  20. For over a century, anthropometric techniques, widely used by anthropologists and adopted by medical scientists, have been utilized for predicting stature and sex. This study, conducted on a Eastern Turkish sa...

    Authors: Muhammed Emin Parlak, Bengü Berrak Özkul, Mucahit Oruç and Osman Celbiş
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:18
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  21. The Chaouia - Ouradigha is a historical and ethno-geographic region of Morocco. Despite its historical relevance, this region has not received sufficient attention in terms of population genetic exploration. T...

    Authors: Othmane Essoubaiy, Bouchaïb Gazzaz, Hakima Yahia, Hicham EL Ossmani, Jalal Talbi, Brahim El Houate and Taoufiq Fechtali
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:17
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  22. Fingermarks are one of the oldest, reliable, and universally accepted evidence found on the crime scene. They can be used to link suspect with scene of crime and weapon of offence. Fingermarks are frequently u...

    Authors: Aseem Grover, Laxmi Devi, Jyotirmoy Maity, Gurvinder Singh Bumbrah and Anirban Das
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:16
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  24. Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) are segments of DNA composed of a short sequence of nucleotides that repeat consecutively. These repeating sequences exhibit distinct lengths and nucleotide sequences among individu...

    Authors: Izzah Syahira Omar, Md Yusop Nur Hafiza, Zainuddin Zafarina, Mohd Nafi Siti Norasikin, Mohd Isa Seoparjoo Azmel, Mohamed Yusoff Shafini and Hanis Z. A. NurWaliyuddin
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:14
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  25. Crime scene investigation (CSI) in general means the standard procedures and techniques used for processing and reconstructing of scene of crime. In Palestine, the competent authorities delegated by law to car...

    Authors: Walid Mahmoud Khalilia, Simon Ricard, Abd Al Latif Rabaia, Mathieu Arès and Frank Crispino
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:13
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  26. Proper investigation of digital evidence is of prime significance in cyber investigations. From the collection of evidence, its preservation, and its analysis, it is important to maintain its integrity in the ...

    Authors: Harsh Patil, Ravshish Kaur Kohli, Sorabh Puri and Pooja Puri
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:12
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  27. Traumatic spinal cord and peripheral nerve injuries may lead to neurological deficits and fatal consequences. This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of traumatic spinal cord and peripheral nerve inju...

    Authors: Ahsen Kaya, Ender Senol, Engin Bayrakci and Hayrettin Altindag
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:11
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  28. Forensic medicine is crucial in ensuring that the law and justice are carried out as swiftly, effectively, clearly, and accurately as possible. The significant number and interactions of forensic clinical exam...

    Authors: Sogand Habibi-Chenaran, Bahram Samadirad, Amir Torab Miandoab, Peyman Rezaei-Hachesu and Taha Samad Soltani
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:10
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  29. Electrocution caused by electricity conducted via overhead power lines carries a high risk to health and life. With the introduction and proliferation of conductive carbon fibre fishing tackle, severe and fata...

    Authors: Szymon Rzepczyk, Paweł Świderski, Maciej Obst, Damian Rusek, Beata Bożek, Zbigniew Żaba and Czesław Żaba
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:9
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  30. Meningiomas are common benign intracranial tumors, accounting for 1/3 of all primary intracranial neoplasms, and hence, are not considered the chief cause of death when encountered incidentally during autopsy....

    Authors: Mohamed Amine Mesrati, Oumeima Brahim, Marwa Boussaid, Rakia Soiniya, Yosra Mahjoub, Nouha Ben Abdeljelil, Atef Ben Ncir, Abdelfattah Zakhama and Abir Aissaoui
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:8
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  33. The ears have increasingly been recognized as one of the supportive tools in forensics, based on the identification of landmark variations of ear biometrics in living persons. However, no studies on the reliab...

    Authors: Nur Arina Ahmad, Faridah Mohd Nor, Mohamed Swarhib Shafie, Nurul Kharmila Abdullah, Nadiawati Abdul Razak, Nadeeya ‘Ayn Umaisara Mohamad Nor and Normaliza Omar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:5
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  34. Blunt cardiac injuries, which are typically the result of blunt chest trauma, are not particularly significant clinically. It is vital never to underestimate blunt chest injuries, especially when they occur in...

    Authors: Mohammed Akbar, Vempalli Seshagiri Raju, Puneet Setia, Kriti Chaturvedi and Meenakshi Rao
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:4
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  35. The usage and implementation of telemedicine by urologists to diagnose, treat, mentor, and prevent diseases have grown worldwide. Numerous clinical, legal, and ethical issues are addressed by this practice. Th...

    Authors: Ezzat A. Ismail, Shaimaa A. Shehata, Ahmed M. Fouad, Moetaz D. Gomaa and Ahmed M. Bakr
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:3
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  36. Forensic diatomology is a rapidly progressing domain that involves the examination of microscopic algae known as diatoms for forensic purposes. Diatoms are microscopic, single-celled, eukaryotic algae that exi...

    Authors: Parshant Dahiya, Madhav D. Makwana, Poojan Chaniyara and Ashna Bhatia
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:2
    Content type: Review Published on:

  37. Dental age estimation of adults is a challenging procedure in forensic odontology. Radiographic techniques have enabled non-invasive age estimation of adults since the 90’s. Kvaal’s method based on the deposit...

    Authors: Suzana Mantovani, Adriano Petta, Marianna Arakelyan, Mariana Soares and Ademir Franco
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2024 14:1
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  38. It is difficult to pinpoint the manner of death in cases of death due to sharp force injuries where injury patterns resemble one another. Other issues that might arise include physical mobility and survival ti...

    Authors: Cemil Çelik, Tuba Akkuş Çetinkaya, Uğur Ata, Murat Kamalak and Naile Esra Saka
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:54
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  39. The beginning of chemometrics within pattern recognition of the 1960s and 1970s is defined. This article shows a comprehensive deliberation on application of the chemometric techniques to chemical data analysis.

    Authors: Sukhwinder Singh, Hanan Shakeel and Rakesh Sharma
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:53
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  40. Personal identification using partial fingerprints poses a major challenge in forensic investigations. In light of such restrictions, sweat pore characteristics have shown to be a possible alternative. However...

    Authors: Sakshi Sharda and Prakash Ranjan Mondal
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:52
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  44. Sex estimation gives the probability that someone is classified as a male or a female. Lateral cephalogram analysis can be used for sex estimation due to the resistance and dimorphism of the skull. Glabella ha...

    Authors: Aini Hasibah Ningtyas, Rini Widyaningrum, Rurie Ratna Shantiningsih and Ryna Dwi Yanuaryska
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:48
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  45. Y-chromosome-specific short tandem repeat markers reside on the non-recombinant portion of the Y chromosome and are paternally inherited. These properties make Y-STRs a useful tool in investigations of sexual ...

    Authors: Carlos David Neyra-Rivera, Edgardo Delgado Ramos, Ericson Gutierrez Ingunza and Bruce Budowle
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:47
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  46. Child sexual abuse is one of the major issues of concern globally. Teachers and parents being the child’s primary caregivers should be knowledgeable regarding child sexual abuse.

    Authors: Shwetha Prabhu, Savitha Prabhu and Flavia Noronha
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:46
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  48. The human face can reveal a great deal about a person’s identity. Age, sex, and ethnicity differences can be recognized, classified, and analyzed using facial features, which give a scientific basis for person...

    Authors: Nurdan Sezgin and Gökhan Ersoy
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:44
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  50. Rape myths may harm those who have been sexually assaulted, according to the past literature. This study looked at the associations between grandiose narcissism, psychopathic characteristics, and rape myth acc...

    Authors: Syed Messum Ali Kazmi, Syeda Salma Hasan, Fatima Murtaza, Samreen Arshad and Ali Haider Chattha
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:42
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