Manufacturing Convictions: Why Defendants Are Entitled to the Data Underlying Forensic DNA Kits

Manufacturing convictions: why defendants are entitled to the data underlying forensic DNA kits.

Why We Whistleblowers Are Passionate in Our Convictions

Ntambwe Malangu The implementation of the comprehensive plan for the care, management, and treatment of HIV and AIDS in South Africa [1] needs to be supported by all. It is encouraging to note that Wilson and Blower [2] used South Africa to develop a novel method to determine the optimal strategy for allocating antiretroviral treatment (ART) sites among healthcare facilities (HCFs) in KwaZulu–N...

Wrongful Convictions Involving Unvalidated or Improper Forensic Science that Were Later Overturned through DNA Testing

The Innocence Project defines unvalidated or improper forensic science as: • the use of forensic disciplines or techniques that have not been tested to establish their validity and reliability; • testimony about forensic evidence that presents inaccurate statistics, gives statements of probability or frequency (whether numerical or non-numerical) in the absence of valid empirical data, interpre...

Why are complementary DNA strands symmetric?

MOTIVATION Over sufficiently long windows, complementary strands of DNA tend to have the same base composition. A few reports have indicated that this first-order parity rule extends at higher orders to oligonucleotide composition, at least in some organisms or taxa. However, the scientific literature falls short of providing a comprehensive study of reverse-complement symmetry at multiple orde...

Using Neural Networks with Limited Data to Estimate Manufacturing Cost

Neural networks were used to estimate the cost of jet engine components, specifically shafts and cases. The neural network process was compared with results produced by the current conventional cost estimation software and linear regression methods. Due to the complex nature of the parts and the limited amount of information available, data expansion techniques such as doubling-data and data-cr...