Archive for September, 2009

ASTM Forensics Committee Develops Standard for Computer Forensics Degree Programs

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

I wanted to share this information to those reading this blog as I thought this is quite important.
Computer Forensics is still a rather new discipline in computer security and is a rapidly growing subject. The need to develop standards, frameworks, and curricula for degree programs based on actual needs of criminal investigation [...]

Etroiture

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

Cela fait 20 jours que nous explorons une zone d'environ 80 km2 autour de notre camp de base. Nous sommes huit, nous sommes jeunes, nous sommes en Crête.On devient un jour spéléologue, mais on le reste toute sa vie.L'expédition de spéléologie est prévue pour durer un mois, ayant obtenu les autorisations nécessaires auprès de la fédération spéléologique de Grèce relativement facilement car cela

MINORENNI ERGASTOLANI NEGLI USA

Monday, September 28th, 2009

I centonove minorenni ergastolani: ecco i ragazzi che sconvolgono gli UsaSolo in Florida sono 77. A novembre la Corte suprema potrebbe decidere che le condanne violano la CostituzioneWASHINGTON - In America ci sono 109 detenuti condannati all’ergasto...

Le petit monde des experts judiciaires

Monday, September 28th, 2009

Je viens de lire ce billet intitulé "Expert judiciaire, vous avez dit “indépendant”?" consacré à une décision de la Cour de cassation confirmant la non réinscription d'un médecin sur la liste des experts judiciaires en raison d'un nombre trop élevé d'expertises privées.Un passage du billet m'a fait tiquer: "Disons le d’emblée. Le monde des experts est un petit monde lucratif où on se connaît, on

Forensic pathologists old and new revisited

Monday, September 28th, 2009

A recent BBC4 programme - Watching the dead - considered how the portrayal of forensic scientists and pathologists in 'crime dramas' had changed over the past 30 or so years, and in doing so presented a clip of Professor Keith Simpson teaching some stu...

CARCERE INUMANO

Sunday, September 27th, 2009

Qualcuno di voi può pensare che talvolta esagero con le questioni concernenti la cd. compatibilità carceraria. Leggi quel che è accaduto a questo vecchietto di 89 anni.CARCERI: GARANTE LAZIO, MUORE DETENUTO 89ENNE(AGI) - Roma, 26 set. - E' morto a 8...

Friday, September 25th, 2009

This volume is an updated version of the original volume (at that time Volume 2 in this series) published 6years previously. Chapters relating to drugs and toxicology account for 80% of the book (>800 pages) and the information contained within this part of the book is very detailed. (Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine)

Alcimedes

Friday, September 25th, 2009

(Source: Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine)

Lemierre syndrome and unexpected death in childhood

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Abstract: Lemierre syndrome refers to necrotizing infections of the head due to Fusobacterium necrophorum and has been called the ?forgotten disease’ due to its rarity in the antibiotic era. Recently, however, more cases have been documented in the literature suggesting that there has been an increase in incidence. A 10-year-old boy is reported who had a five-day history of ear infection, with the development of fever, drowsiness and ipsilateral neck swelling. Unexpected cardiac arrest occurred soon after medical assessment. At autopsy, right otitis media was demonstrated with extension of suppurative infection into subcutaneous tissues behind the ear and also into the extradural space at the lateral end of the petrous temporal bone. There was also septic thrombophlebitis of the adjace...

Paradoxical air embolism through patent foramen ovale during consensual intercourse in a non-pregnant young female

Friday, September 25th, 2009

Abstract: Sudden vaginal bleeding and a cardiac arrest occurred in a 18-year-old female during consensual intercourse. Resuscitation procedures, applied at the arrival of a medical emergency team, restored the cardiac function allowing admission to hospital, where two vaginal mucosal lacerations were diagnosed and sutured. Cardiological investigations diagnosed a left ventricle myocardial infarction and a patent foramen ovale while a brain CT scan showed ischemic signs and intravascular air images. Death occurred after 48h, due to heart failure, cerebral anoxia and multiorgan failure. Autopsy confirmed a patent foramen ovale considered as responsible for a paradoxical air embolism. Judicial Authority evaluated the fatal paradoxical air embolism as a consequence of an unpredictable accident...