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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine"”.
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Diagnostic use of hair analysis for the detection of misuse of amfetamines and cannabinoids
The purpose of this study was to develop a single method to analyse drugs in hair and to apply this to case samples received from The Security Forces Hospital, Saudi Arabia. First of all, mass fragments and retention times for amfetamines and cannabinoids were identified by GC-MS using …
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Applications of LC-MS/MS in forensic toxicology for the analysis of drugs and their metabolites
This thesis studied opioids and alcohol in forensic toxicology by LC-MS/MS, which avoids time-consuming procedures involving hydrolysis, extraction and derivatisation. Initially, a method was validated for quantification of opioids and unhydrolysed polar metabolites in autopsy specimens and was …
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Stability of drugs and pesticides of forensic toxicological interest and their metabolites in biological samples
… storage has potentially serious implications in forensic toxicology and represents a challenge for the forensic toxicologist, especially in the interpretation of case results. The initial aim of the studies in this thesis was to evaluate the stability of some important drugs and compounds in …
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Mental health service users’, carers’ and professionals’ perceptions of the named person provisions of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003
Background: The Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 reduced the role of the nearest relative, identified by a hierarchy of relationships, who previously could admit and discharge a patient as well as receive information about their care. This role is now reduced to one of …
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Multivariate Analysis of War Crime Behaviour: Implications for the International Criminal Court
To prosecute perpetrators of war crimes the International Criminal Court (ICC) must connect the physical actions of the offence and ‘most responsible’ offenders charged with planning, instigating and intent on carrying out crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and crimes of …
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Increasing the Evidential Value of Biological evidence
… was deposited at the crime scene has eluded the forensic community thus far. Timing is critically important as it could help police determine when the crime was committed. In this body of work an investigation was conducted into whether the degradation rates of nucleic acid macromolecules could …
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Guiding principles in medical law : the ability to treat
The involvement of the medical profession in everyone’s lives makes an understanding of the law governing the provision of medical treatment extremely important. This thesis argues that there is a logical and coherent structure to this area of the law. This is achieved through the application of …
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Reassessing DNA Preservation of Ancient Material from Poulton, UK and Testing and Optimizing of CATS: a Novel Single-Strand DNA Library Preparation Technique
Sequencing of ancient DNA with low preservation is still a major challenge, despite the immense progress that the field of ancient genetic studies has made since its inception over thirty years ago. The main aim of this study was to reassess the DNA preservation of ancient medieval material from …
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A comparison of derivatisation procedures for the detection of multiple analytes in systematic forensic toxicology
Three different derivatisation procedures were evaluated for their general applicability to systematic toxicological analysis (STA) involving (a) acylation with pentafluoropropionyl anhydride (PFPA) and pentafluoropropanol (PFP-OH), (b) acylation/esterification (methylation) with …
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Forensic facial reconstruction using 3-D computer graphics: evaluation and improvement of its reliability in identification
This thesis is concerned with computerised forensic 3-D facial reconstruction as a means of identification and involves the restoration of the face on the skull in an attempt to achieve a close likeness of the individual when alive. The reconstruction process begins with the biological …