Publications by authors named "Michelle Steyn"
Article Synopsis
- - The Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe (FASE) endorses the use of forensic anthropology methods for personal identification in cases where traditional methods are unavailable, especially during global migration crises.
- - The statement highlights that these identification challenges also arise in mass fatalities from natural disasters and conflicts, as well as in cases involving the homeless or economically disadvantaged.
- - There's a growing body of research supporting the use of anthropological methods, but more studies are needed to establish standardized procedures and raise awareness among professionals about their effectiveness in identification cases.
An optimised phylogenetic method sheds more light on the main branching events of rhodopsin-like superfamily.
Comp Biochem Physiol Part D Genomics Proteomics
December 2016
The comparative genomics between different rhodopsin-like family groups (α, β, γ and δ) is not well studied. We used a combination of phylogenetic analysis and statistical genomic methods to compare rhodopsin-like family proteins in species likely symbolic of this family's evolutionary progression. For intra-cluster relationships, we applied mathematical optimisation to enhance the tree search produced by the neighbour joining method (NJ) and compared it with maximum likelihood (ML) method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: High levels of wealth inequality with improved health statistics in South Africa (SA) provide an important opportunity to investigate non-communicable diseases (NCDs) among the poor.
Aims: This paper uses two distinct national data sets to contrast patterns of mortality in rich and poor areas and explore the associations between poverty, risk factors, health care and selected NCDs diseases in South African adults.
Methods: Causes of premature mortality in 1996 experienced in the poorest magisterial districts are compared with those in the richest, using average household wealth to classify districts.