AIM To describe the contribution of forensic anthropology to the recovery, analysis, and identification of victims from the 1991-1995 war in Croatia recovered in wells. METHODS From 1996 to the present, human remains of a total of 61 individuals have been recovered from 13 wells. Six wells contained the remains of a single individual, one well contained the remains of 2 individuals, and 6 wel...

The primitive, carrion-breeding habit of blowflies has been known, recorded and used for medical purposes for centuries past. The aboriginal Ngemba tribe of New South Wales, Australia commonly used maggots to clean suppurating or gangrenous wounds, a practice which they traced back to their remote ancestors [1]. The Hill people of Northern Burma were observed during World War II placing maggots...

Sexed Pistols: The Gendered Impacts of Prolific Small Arms E day, small arms and light weapons (salw) kill, maim, wound and threaten millions of adults and children. The victims are combatants and civilians in war zones or communities in degraded “peacetime” environments characterized by large-scale criminal or political violence, and can also be found in “societies at peace” where SALW may be ...

The Medical Research Council Burns and Industrial Injuries Unit at the Birmingham Accident Hospital pioneered civilian burn care and research in the United Kingdom during the post-war years. A photographic archive has been discovered that documents this period from 1945 to 1975. The aim of this project was to sort, digitize and archive the images in a secure format for future reference. The pho...

BACKGROUND In the war against the Taliban, Canada was the lead North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) nation to provide medical and surgical care to NATO soldiers, Afghanistan National Army soldiers, Afghanistan Nation Police, civilians working in and outside Kandahar Airfield and Afghanistan civilians at the Role 3 Multinational Medical Unit (R3MMU) from February 2006 to October 2009. MET...

an in vitro study on the role of intracellular calcium ions in healing of excisional wound in rabbit was undertaken. we employed two drugs namely, glibenclamide and nitroglycerin that are topically applied in vivo to modulate the activity of intracellular calcium. our model consisted of a 15 ´ 15 mm excisional wound. seven groups of new zealand rabbits were used. the first three groups served a...

objective: to assess the effects of platelet rich plasma (prp) with chitosan biodegradable film on full thickness wound healing in rat. methods: this was an experimental study being performed in 2015 during a 4-month period. twenty-four male white wistar rats were divided into four groups of 12 rats each, randomly: control group (sham) with creation of wounds and no treatment, prp group with cr...

the effect of prepared ayurvedic formulation was evaluated on excision and incision wound models in rats. the wound-healing activity was assessed by the rate of period of epithelialization and skin-breaking strength. histological study of the granulation tissue was carried out to know the extent of collagen formation in the wound tissue. the ayurvedic formulation prepared was then promoted for ...

as an important event, each war has a lasting effect on people's life and language for decades. some war consequences are in direct relation with end result (winning or losing) of the war and some others are the aftermath of the war itself. this essay discusses two points about the period following the war, considering iran-iraq war. first, death becomes a routine. it will be internalized ...