A referendum to recall President Hugo Chávez was held in Venezuela in August of 2004. In the referendum, voters were to vote YES if they wished to recall the President and NO if they wanted him to continue in office. The official results were 59% NO and 41% YES. Even though the election was monitored by various international groups including the Organization of American States and the Carter Ce...

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Unobtrusive in-home computer monitoring could one day be used to deliver cost-effective diagnostic information about the cognitive abilities of the elderly. This could allow for early detection of cognitive impairment and would additionally be coupled with the cost advantages that are associated with a semi-automated system. Before using the computer usage data to draw conclusions about the par...

Md, Phd Philippe lunetta1,2, Md, MPh Gordon s smith3, Ft Pirjo lillsunde 4, Md, Phd erkki vuori1, di Kai valonen5 and Ft ilkka ojanperä1 department of forensic Medicine, university of Helsinki, finland1, injury Prevention unit, national institute for Health & Welfare, finland2, department of epidemiology & Public Health, university of Maryland, uSa3, alcohol & drug analytics unit, national inst...

Noé López-Amador1, Cirilo Nolasco-Hipolito2, Macario de J. Rojas-Jimeno3, Octavio CarvajalZarrabal3* 1Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Veracruz, SS Juan Pablo II s/n, 94294 Boca del Río, Ver., México 2Department of Chemical Engineering and Energy Sustainability of the Faculty of Engineering, University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS), Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia 3Biochemical and Nu...

Computer forensics is the application of investigation and analysis techniques to gather and preserve evidence from a particular computing device in a way that is suitable for presentation in a court of law. Behavior analysis is rooted in the behaviorist tradition and utilizes learning principles to bring about behavior change. Digital forensics is a branch of forensic science encompassing the ...

The teaching and practice of forensic pathology and public health on an integrated basis or as one in which these disciplines are closely associated dates back to the turn of the century, as exemplified by the publication in 1902 of John Glaister's Textbook of Medical Jurisprudence, Toxicology and Public Health. In the metamorphosis of medical training and medical practice, however, current cir...

Death investigations usually centre on the elucidation on the cause of death. This usually includes a full autopsy. Furthermore, ballistics and toxicology may be employed in some cases. Mostly, however, the cause of death can be found by macroscopical examination or histology in cases where no gross findings are in evidence at the time of autopsy. Examples are cases of poaching, traffic acciden...

Accident and suicide are the two main epidemiological categories of poisoning; at home and at work are the two main places for it to occur; and clinically it may conveniently be classed as acute or chronic. Availability plays an important part in the incidence of poisoning and in the choice of agent by a person intending suicide, in the substance swallowed by a child, and in the toxic agent aff...