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  1. 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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  2. Dental age estimation (DAE) research has grown rapidly and became one of the biggest topics in forensic odontology. This study aimed to evaluate the DAE research trends over the span of 60 years using bibliome...

    Authors: Rizky Merdietio Boedi, Scheila Mânica and Ademir Franco
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:41
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  3. Forensic age estimation using multiple maturity indicators necessitates investigation of correlation between various techniques. This study intended to compare and evaluate the correlation between skeletal age...

    Authors: Champak Kumar Behera, Rachna Rath, Surya Narayan Das, Geeta Sahu, Gaurav Sharma and Archana Bhatta
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:40
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  4. Obstruction of the upper respiratory airway can terminate in fatal asphyxia. Autopsy findings in asphyxial deaths as described in literature are not necessarily pathognomonic. A complete autopsy with ancillary...

    Authors: A. I. Mgbehoma, S. S. Soyemi and J. O. Obafunwa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:39
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  5. Human face is complex and intricate structure, with several features that are unique to each individual and can be taken as an identity pass in this mortal world. The facial profile of an individual holds mate...

    Authors: Shubham Thakur and J. S. Sehrawat
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:38
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  6. Sudden cardiac death is a major public health concern. The incidence of sudden cardiac death in young adults remains unclear and is generally underestimated.

    Authors: Marcello Benevento, Simona Nicolì, Davide Ferorelli, Marco Matteo Ciccone, Andrea Marzullo and Biagio Solarino
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:37
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  7. Medical child abuse and neglect are part of a spectrum of conditions that can lead to significant morbidity and mortality in children. Recognition of these forms of child maltreatment is crucial to prevent har...

    Authors: Bhagya J, Latha Mary Cherian, Pradeesh Sathyan, Sudharani, Rasla P C and Swathi Sanil
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:36
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  8. Age estimation is a vital aspect of the identification of an individual in forensic science. Teeth are one of the toughest structures in the human body and generally survive postmortem destruction. So, they ca...

    Authors: Dena Mohamed Naguib Abdel Moawed, Nadia Mohsen Ali Ibrahim, Ibrahim Mohamed Eid, Amir Soliman and Heba El-Sayed Mostafa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:35
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  10. Fulminant hemolytic streptococcal infection is a condition of sudden onset and rapidly progressing septic shock caused by Streptococcus pyogenes. It causes beta (complete) hemolysis. Although type A Streptococcus

    Authors: Fumiko Satoh, Wataru Irie, Chizuko Sasaki, Eriko Ochiai and Maho Kondo
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:33
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  11. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the accuracy of established mathematical regression models for estimating the age of Egyptian children, develop new models that would better match this population and ...

    Authors: Rehab Samir Salma and Omnia M. AbdElfatah
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:32
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  12. This research aimed to determine the incidence, variations, types, and potential locations of the accessory transverse foramen (ATF) in dry cervical vertebrae. A total of 250 Turkish dry cervical vertebrae wer...

    Authors: Eren Ogut, Ozge Guzelad and Fatos Belgin Yıldırım
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:31
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  13. In Egypt, as elsewhere around the world, there are more medical malpractice claims and lawsuits being brought against doctors and hospitals. The present study attempts to identify the medico-legal aspects of m...

    Authors: MM Nagieb, GA El-Gallad, SS Ghaleb and AR Saleh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:30
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  14. Age estimation has paramount importance for the forensic practitioner. Depending on the timing of fusion, the spheno-occipital synchondrosis will be open during childhood and then later fuse during adulthood. ...

    Authors: Rajesh Nayak, Nitika C. Panakkal and Visakh T
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:29
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  15. Tramadol provokes oxidative stress that gives rise to apoptosis with alterations in the cellular structure and adversely influences male fertility. A specific inhibitor of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB), pyrro...

    Authors: Abeer Ramzy Hussieny Mahmoud, Suzan M. M. Moursi, Safya E. Esmaeel, Nesma Ismail Sharawy Mohamed and Nagah ElSayed Mohammed Ali
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:28
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  16. The aim of this study is to obtain a highly accurate and objective sex and age estimation by using the parameters of maxillary molar and canine teeth obtained from cone beam computed tomography images in the i...

    Authors: Deniz Senol, Yusuf Secgin, Burak Suayip Duman, Seyma Toy and Zulal Oner
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:27
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  17. Domestic violence (DV) is one of the major concerning health problems worldwide, and individuals who experienced domestic violence, may suffer physical or psychological consequences.

    Authors: Alireza Doroudchi, Mohammad Zarenezhad, Homayoun Hosseininezhad, Abdorrasoul Malekpour, Zahra Ehsaei, Reza Kaboodkhani and Maryam Valiei
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:26
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  18. Femoral venous blood (FVB) is accepted as a standard sample for postmortem ethanol analysis, but owing to the nature of unnatural death cases, FVB may not always be obtainable, and subclavian blood might be us...

    Authors: Aphinan Tangsermkijsakul and Tossanai Pipatchotitham
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:25
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  19. Estimating or predicting stature, using fragments of the body or components of the human skeleton, for this purpose, originates from the idea of proportionality between the different parts of the body. The aim...

    Authors: José Aderval Aragão, Erick Mendonça do Sacramento, Israel Santos Marcelo, Iapunira Catarina Sant’Anna Aragão, Felipe Matheus Sant’Anna Aragão and Francisco Prado Reis
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:24
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  20. Radiology plays a vital role in determining human age. Age estimation based on radiographic evaluation of human third molars can prove useful and accurate. The present study aimed to evaluate the reliability o...

    Authors: Mohammed A Sindi, Maisa O Al-Sebaei and Mohamed S Bamashmous
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:23
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  21. Post severe traumatic brain injury (sTBI), axonal alterations lead to myelin loss and its degeneration. In the recovery phase, numerous intermingled biochemical pathways involving complex inflammatory reaction...

    Authors: Meenakshi Sharma, Arulselvi Subramanian, Vaishali Suri, Purva Mathur, Shyam Prakash, Nabarun Chakraborty, Deepak Agrawal, R. M. Pandey, Anupuma Raina, Rajesh Malhotra and Sanjeev Lalwani
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:22
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  22. Virtopsy is “a virtual alternative to the traditional autopsy, conducted with scanning and imaging technology,” mainly with the use of postmortem computed tomography (PMCT). It is still in the budding stage in...

    Authors: Karthi Vignesh Raj K., Anam Khan, Abhishek Yadav, Manisha Jana, Sudhir K. Gupta, Varun Chandran A., Balaji D., Alex Eldo Simon and Aditya Pratap Singh Chauhan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:21
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  23. Individuals who have been sexually assaulted often turn to their friends for comfort and support. Responses to such disclosures vary greatly and may be influenced by prior victimization, the relationship of th...

    Authors: Syed Messum Ali Kazmi, Amina Hanif Tarar, Awais Nasir and Rabia Iftikhar
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:20
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  24. The types of Wormian bones may play a role in population affinity and differential diagnosis of several clinical syndromes. This study investigates the distribution of types in adult skulls, their correlation ...

    Authors: Eren Ogut and Fatos Belgin Yildirim
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:19
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  25. Recent research has explored volumetric assessment in three-dimensional (3D) imaging procedures for sexual dimorphism. The 3D techniques have enabled a more realistic, accurate, and non-invasive visualization ...

    Authors: Mohd Hafizal Harudin, Ademir Franco, Norhayati Jaffar, Mohamad Helmee Mohamad Noor, Mohamad Azaini Ibrahim and Scheila Manica
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:18
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  26. Saliva is the most common biological evidence found at any crime scene next to blood. It is a clear liquid which makes it immune to any possible evidence of alteration by the perpetrator. In forensics, saliva ...

    Authors: Megha Upadhyay, Pankaj Shrivastava, Kapil Verma and Bhawana Joshi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:17
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  27. Any science can be a forensic science (FS) if it has some justice application. Therefore, FS is an extremely interdisciplinary field at the interface of chemistry, biology, physics, medicine, law, criminology,...

    Authors: Walid M. Khalilia
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:16
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  28. Post-mortem interval estimation of carcasses buried in shallow graves is a grey area in Nigerian forensic investigations. Most of the investigations and court decisions on the time of death of concealed homici...

    Authors: Darlington Nnamdi Onyejike, Victor Adolf Fischer, Ugochukwu Godfrey Esomonu and Ifeoma Miracle Onyejike
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:15
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  29. Because of the individuality of the palatal rugae, they are applicable for human identification purposes the same as the fingerprints. Therefore, it is important to assess the effect of different factors on ru...

    Authors: Nazanin Ziar, Hamid Reza Pakshir, Yasaman Alamdarloo and Shabnam Ajami
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:14
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  30. The forms and compositions of primer gunshot residue (GSR) in shooting cases have been routinely analyzed in many crime labs by scanning electron microscope/energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS). Guns...

    Authors: Bryan R. Burnett and Felice Nunziata
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:13
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  31. Airguns with the energy of ejected pellets below 17 J are not considered weapons in Poland, can be purchased without permission, and do not require registration. The mere possession of this kind of airgun does...

    Authors: Sebastian Glowinski, Sławomir Majdanik and Barbara Potocka-Banaś
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:12
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  32. Synthetic cannabinoids are one of the largest groups of new psychoactive substances that invaded Egypt’s drug abuse market over the past few years.

    Authors: Wafaa M. Abdelmoneim, Marwa H. Bakr, Nagwa M. Ghandour, Marwa Kh. Mohammed, Mohamed Fawzy, Abdelrahman G. Ramadan and Nora Z. Abdellah
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:11
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  33. This article has been retracted. Please see the Retraction Notice for more detail: https://doi.org/10.1186/s41935-021-00242-6.

    Authors: Raissa Orsayeva, Alexander Vasyaev and Viktor Shestak
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:10
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  34. After substantial trauma, pulmonary embolism (PE) carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality. Early post-traumatic PE in the absence of deep vein thrombosis (DVT) is a distinct entity that might be connect...

    Authors: Yalini Thivaharan, Asurappulige Dayapala and Muthulingam Thanushan
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:9
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  35. The non-metric dental crown traits (NDCT) can vary within and between the geo-populations. These play a critical role in the ethnicity determination and help in identification of an individual. A commonly used...

    Authors: Aman Chowdhry, Deepika Bablani Popli, Keya Sircar and Priyanka Kapoor
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:8
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  36. Estimating age is essential in both the analysis of human skeletal remains and assessing live persons. The third molar develops over a longer period and is hence used in age estimation for subadults. Since den...

    Authors: Jayapriya T, Vaishali Keluskar, Sridhar M, Lokesh Kumar S and Anabelle Fernandes
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:7
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  37. The increase in drug abuse a major global issue. Clandestine laboratories along with illegal drug trafficking and trade increase the menace. Increased confiscation of illicit drugs not only indicates the mani...

    Authors: Sujata Dash, Neha Vashisht, Sweta Sinha, Adesh Kumar and Kavita Goyal
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:6
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  38. The Phenice method is a reliable qualitative analysis of the pubis and ischium region of the innominate bone to assess an individual’s sex. Geometric morphometric provides methods of quantitative analysis of t...

    Authors: Muhammad Naqib Harith Hamzah, Siti Hanum Mohd Ali, Faridah Mohd Nor and Helmi Hadi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:5
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  39. Post-mortem animal predation affects human corpses in various ways. Lesions are a characteristic of the type of terrestrial or aquatic predators. These lesions can be misinterpreted and may be challenging for ...

    Authors: Jayanth S. H., Geetha K. B., Vidusha Vijay and Manju Prakash
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:4
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  40. Colloid cysts arise from congenital abnormalities of the endodermis and are characteristically comprised of an external fibrous layer, with a lining of cuboidal and columnar epithelial cells and endodermal cil...

    Authors: Abdulrahman Alzahrani, Abdullah Albouijan, Ghada Alshamsi, Abdulwahab Almanjumi, Mohammed Hamdi, Battel Alteraiqi and Mohammed Alshaikhi
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:3
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  41. Rape myths are marked for being false beliefs about sexual assault. With the problem being quite prevalent around the world, research has shown that numerous factors such as rape proclivity and perpetuation of...

    Authors: Syed Messum Ali Kazmi, Rabia Iftikhar and Muhammad Umar Fayyaz
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:2
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  42. Violence against women is a global problem affecting different social and economic classes. The present study aimed to identify the impact of domestic violence on the health status of women abused by their int...

    Authors: Y. Mellouki, L. Sellami, Y. Zerairia, L. Saker, N. Belkhadja, H. Zetili, F. Guehria, F. Kaious, M. Bensaaida and A. H. Mira
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2023 13:1
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  43. Thermal injuries are one of the commonest causes of unnatural deaths in females in developing countries. However, there is a lack of adequate research into the social and psychological aspects that lead to suc...

    Authors: Karen Harshitha, Venkata Raghava and C. Mahesh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2022 12:61
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  44. Stabbing is a relatively uncommon method of suicide. Typical suicide is usually associated with tentative wounds. Self-stabbing using two sharp weapons to produce two stab wounds without tentative marks is an ...

    Authors: Abdurrab A. A. Kasim, Faisal M. Alzubaidi, Yahya H. Zakari, Almaha A. A. Shatwan, Sahar Saleh Mulla, Abdulaziz Alasmari and Samah F. Ibrahim
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2022 12:60
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  45. Nitrous oxide (N2O), also called “laughing gas,” is the most commonly used inhalation anesthetic in dentistry. The N2O is no longer used, because of the long-term neurologic and cardiovascular sequelae. Due to...

    Authors: Cipolloni Luigi and De Simone Stefania
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2022 12:59
    Content type: Review Published on:

  46. The common causes of early postpartum maternal deaths are cardiomyopathies, obstetric hemorrhage, hypertensive disorders, and sepsis. However, a maternal death from choking together with aspiration of gastric ...

    Authors: Amal Nishantha Vadysinghe, Tharanga Bandara Nayakarathne, Ilangarathne Banda and Ranasinghe Arachchilage Erandathi Isuru Perera
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2022 12:58
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  47. Fatal blast injuries are generally reported as a consequence of explosions, mainly in terrorist events, work-related detonations, or domestic settings. Although quite rare, blast injuries of high kinetic energ...

    Authors: Amal Ben Daly, Sarra Gharsallaoui, Maher Jedidi, Bilel Gammoudi, Majed Zemni, Mohamed Kamel Souguir and Mohamed Ben Dhiab
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2022 12:57
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  48. This study was aimed at establishing age estimates based on distal root development of the mandibular third molar for Ugandans aged 10–22 years. This was a cross-sectional study using orthopantomograms (OPGs) ...

    Authors: Annet Kutesa Mutebi, Adriane Kamulegeya, Grace Nabaggala and Cathy Lutalo Mwesigwa
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2022 12:56
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  49. Identifying the causes of unexpected pediatric deaths is a clinical, medicolegal, and humanitarian requirement. This study included autopsied children aged < 18 years who suddenly died due to natural causes an...

    Authors: Nora Fawzy Fnon, Nour El-Hoda Sayed Ismael, Hanan Hosney Hassan, Samar Abd-Elmonem El-Sheikh and Zahraa Khalifa Sobh
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2022 12:55
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  50. Dental age estimation plays an important role in identifying an unknown person. In forensic science, estimating age with high accuracy depends on the experience of the practitioner. Previous studies proposed c...

    Authors: Patipan Pintana, Witsarut Upalananda, Suwit Saekho, Uten Yarach and Kittichai Wantanajittikul
    Citation: Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences 2022 12:54
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