Publications by authors named "Claudine Abegg"
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- Forensic anthropology (FA) has been practiced in Switzerland for over ten years, but there's a lack of awareness about its benefits among legal professionals like police and prosecutors.
- A survey was conducted to evaluate the experiences of biological and forensic anthropologists, perceptions of FA among legal stakeholders, and identify knowledge gaps that could be improved.
- Results showed that awareness of FA varies by profession and region; closer collaboration between forensic anthropologists and other forensic professionals increases awareness, and many expressed a desire for further education on FA's role.
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- Virtual Anthropology (VA) is using technology to study bones in a virtual world, similar to how physical anthropologists study them in real life.
- The researchers looked at 30 pelvis bones and measured them using two kinds of scans to see if the results were different when using 3D models compared to the actual bones.
- They found that while most measurements were very close, some showed significant differences, and measuring in a virtual environment can be tricky, especially for getting angles right.
Unlabelled: One of the many challenging cases that forensic pathologists, anthropologists, and forensic imaging experts have to face are burnt human remains. Perpetrators frequently attempt to hide/destroy evidence and make the body unidentifiable by exposing it to fire. We present a case of a partially burnt body found in an apartment after an explosion.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFVirtual anthropology (VA) is based on applying anthropological methods currently used to analyse bones to 3D models of human remains. While great advances have been made in this endeavour in the past decade, several interrogations concerning how reliable these models are and what their proper use should be remain unanswered. In this research, a fundamental assumption of VA has been investigated: if the way we perceive and apply an anthropological method is truly similar when looking at bones macroscopically and through various 3D media.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWe present the case of an individual from the Simon Identified Skeletal Collection (Vaud, Switzerland) who appears to have been affected by a form of neoplastic disease. A detailed description and differential diagnosis of the lesions was conducted and is presented here. Considering the biological profile of the individual, the distribution of the lesions, and their appearance, a case is made for multiple myeloma as the most likely diagnosis.
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