Challenges and Opportunities in Searching for Missing Persons with Dementia: Insights from Specialized Police Officers.

Background And Objectives: Getting lost can cause profound distress for individuals with dementia and their families, while also imposing a significant burden on society. Existing literature primarily focuses on the incidence and consequences of such cases, overlooking the challenges and issues involved in locating them. To address this gap, the present study aimed to explore the firsthand experiences and efforts of police officers in charge of missing cases.

Bio-Anthropological Studies on Human Skeletons from the 6th Century Tomb of Ancient Silla Kingdom in South Korea.

In November and December 2013, unidentified human skeletal remains buried in a mokgwakmyo (a traditional wooden coffin) were unearthed while conducting an archaeological investigation near Gyeongju, which was the capital of the Silla Kingdom (57 BCE- 660 CE) of ancient Korea. The human skeletal remains were preserved in relatively intact condition. In an attempt to obtain biological information on the skeleton, physical anthropological, mitochondrial DNA, stable isotope and craniofacial analyses were carried out.

Women's experiences of violence and seeking help.

Every day, women survive physical or sexual violence. Some survive as a result of services they receive in the aftermath of the abuse. The study presented here explored women's experiences of victimization and their use of and perceptions about the services they received.