The estimation of sex of human skeletal remains in the Portuguese identified collections: History and prospects

F Curate - Forensic Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The estimation of biological sex is of paramount significance for the identification of
anonymous skeletal remains in contemporary medico-legal contexts or bioarcheological …

[HTML][HTML] The Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE) map of identified osteological collections

A Petaros, Z Caplova, E Verna, P Adalian… - Forensic science …, 2021 - Elsevier
Identified (documented) osteological collections represent an important resource in the
development of forensic anthropology standards and methods as well as a precious tool for …

Adult skeletal age-at-death estimation through deep random neural networks: a new method and its computational analysis

D Navega, E Costa, E Cunha - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Age-at-death is of paramount importance in forensic analysis of skeletal
remains. In addition to sex, stature, and population affinity, it constitutes baseline information …

Profiling of human burned bones: oxidising versus reducing conditions

MPM Marques, D Gonçalves, AP Mamede… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Complementary optical and neutron-based vibrational spectroscopy techniques (Infrared,
Raman and inelastic neutron scattering) were applied to the study of human bones (femur …

Automated age‐at‐death estimation from 3D surface scans of the facies auricularis of the pelvic bone

M Štepanovský, Z Buk, AP Kotěrová, J Brůžek… - Forensic Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
This work presents an automated data-mining model for age-at-death estimation based on
3D scans of the auricular surface of the pelvic bone. The study is based on a multi …

Estimation of the post-mortem interval in human bones by infrared spectroscopy

A Baptista, M Pedrosa, F Curate, MT Ferreira… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
In forensic anthropology, there is an inherent difficulty in estimating the post-mortem interval
(PMI). This study aimed to assess whether there is a correlation between changes in the …

The impact of moderate heating on human bones: An infrared and neutron spectroscopy study

MPM Marques… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
This study aims to analyse human bones exposed to low/medium temperatures (200–650°
C) under experimentally controlled conditions, both oxidizing and reducing, using …

Application of machine-learning methods in age-at-death estimation from 3D surface scans of the adult acetabulum

M Štepanovský, Z Buk, AP Kotěrová, J Brůžek… - Forensic Science …, 2024 - Elsevier
Objective Age-at-death estimation is usually done manually by experts. As such, manual
estimation is subjective and greatly depends on the past experience and proficiency of the …

Sexual dimorphism of the human scapula: a geometric morphometrics study in two Portuguese reference skeletal samples

R Maranho, MT Ferreira, F Curate - Forensic Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
The estimation of biological sex is of paramount relevance in the analysis of skeletal
remains recovered in forensic contexts. This study aims to assess sexual dimorphism for …

Spina bifida, the normal, the pathological and the in-between: first evidence from a forensic osteological collection

MT Manso, VMJ Matos - International Journal of Legal Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Spina bifida (SB), a rare congenital disorder, is often mentioned as an individualizing factor
in Forensic Anthropology. A lack of empirical data regarding SB is noticed in the scientific …