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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"DNA database"”.
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Challening privacy: Using the national DNA database to support victims of sexed violence
The National DNA Database raises controversial issues over privacy, consent, human rights, crime prevention and control. Taking these themes as guides, I will develop a critical discussion on the issue of sexed violence to exemplify how the law has failed to provide sanction for victims of this …
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The Genome, Genetic Genealogy Database (3g Database)
… importance of having national and global genetic databases. DNA phenotyping is the technology used in criminal justice to identify crime suspects through observable traits in their DNA. This can play a key role in convicting the right crime perpetrators and avoiding future court appeals. It also …
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Are human identification methods effectively utilised? a retrospective review of unidentified remains between 2019-2020 at Salt River mortuary, Cape Town, South Africa
… methods exist ranging from visual recognition to DNA profiling. While DNA is utilised at Salt River Mortuary (SRM), there is slow turnaround and seldom feedback from the state laboratory. Thus in 2020, SRM began submitting samples for DNA profiling to a private laboratory (Unistel) as well. It is …
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Empirical Analyses on Public Safety
… and federal policy decisions on public safety. DNA databases are useful tools for improving public safety. While past research examines the effects of national or state-level databases, little is known about the distinct benefits of a local, District Attorney-run DNA database. Two key advantages …
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A review of human identification methods used at Salt River Mortuary, South Africa
… of identification (fingerprints (n = 50), DNA (n = 126), and odontology (n = 1)) were successful in identifying a further 4.99% (n = 174/3482) individuals. Unidentified and unclaimed individuals made up 2.96% (n = 103/3482) and 2.01% (n = 70/3482) of the total caseload, respectively – but …
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Mutation analysis of important retinal candidate genes: progression from research to diagnostic service
… Cape Town (UCT) has samples archived in the RDD DNA database from over 1000 South African families. The research in this Division currently involves mutation screening of retinal candidate genes, with the goal of identifying the causative genetic mutation in each of the families registered in the …
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Retrospective analysis of the utilisation of DNA analyses in the identification of human remains at Salt River Mortuary (Cape Town, South Africa)
… in developing countries. The use of forensic DNA profiling is a reliable method for human identification and was legislated in South Africa in January 2015. However, the use and success of DNA as an identification tool at Salt River Mortuary (SRM) in South Africa are unknown. Medico-legal case …
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Genetic diversity and relationships among Nguni cattle populations in three Southern African countries
… data were generated from 90 unrelated autosomal DNA samples of the three cattle populations (SA Nguni n=30, Mozambican Nguni (Landim) n=30 and Swazi Nguni n=30) collected from government research stations and stud herds. Five South African beef cattle breeds’ DNA profiles were obtained from the …
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Function-based Algorithms for Biological Sequences
… level, efficient pattern matching algorithms in DNA sequences are presented. For gene order data, an efficient data structure is presented capable of storing all gene re-orderings in a systematic manner. A common characteristic of presented methods is the use of binary decision diagrams that …
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Blood on FTA™ Paper: Does Punch Location Affect the Quality of a Forensic DNA Profile?
Forensic DNA profiling is widely used as an identification tool for associating an individual with evidence of a crime. Analysis of a DNA sample involves observation of data in the form of an electropherogram, and subsequently annotating a DNA “profile” from an individual or from the evidence. The …
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PROFILI SOSPETTI. STRUMENTI DI IDENTIFICAZIONE CRIMINALE E PRATICHE DI CLASSIFICAZIONE: LA BANCA DATI NAZIONALE DEL DNA
… establishment and implementation of the Italian DNA databank arranged on the base of the Prüm treaty and set up with the law n.85 of 30th June 2009. This archive of criminal DNA profiles operates as part of a broader set of tools for the regulation and the government of phenomena and situations …