Publications by authors named "Yara Vieira Lemos"
Unlabelled: This article presents a series of three complex forensic cases that posed significant challenges for identifying human remains. These include a mass dam disaster, burnt human remains, and extensively decomposed human remains. Positive identification was achieved using a shadow positioning technique with imaging comparisons of medical findings.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe collapse of the B1 Dam of VALE SA mining company in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil was the largest humanitarian disaster and occupational accident in the country's history, and it posed challenges regarding the management and identification of multiple victims. We evaluated the impact of the iron ore tailings on the victims' bodies. We examined the scientific identification of the victims and the dynamics of the disaster over the 1st year after it occurred.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThis article presents a forensic case of an unusual illegal cremation of a person using a process colloquially known as the "microwave oven" practice in Brazil. The microwave process involves two actions: placing the victim in a tire stack and then setting the structure on fire using flammable substances to accelerate the progression. A similar practice, identified as "necklacing", has also been reported in other countries such as South Africa.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjectives: The use of illicit drugs is considered a risk factor for victimization by lethal violence and is frequently found in necropsies of homicide victims. This study aimed to evaluate the profile of these victims.
Methods And Material: A cross-sectional retrospective study was performed on homicide victims in 2014 with a sample composed of all homicide cases in 2014 for which toxicology had been performed in an Official Forensic Laboratory (Minas Gerais- Brazil).
Article Synopsis
- Surviving a gunshot wound to the head is rare, especially in the past when medical treatments were not as advanced, making this specific case from a 1946 skull in a museum collection particularly unusual.
- This study explores the injury's details through various assessments including trauma classification and CT scan imaging to understand the nature of the wound and the circumstances of the incident.
- The findings suggest the injury was likely caused by a low-velocity bullet, indicating a high probability of a suicide attempt, but the potential for homicide posing as a suicide also remains a possibility, emphasizing the educational value for forensic anthropology.
Gastric emptying of solids and semi-solids in morbidly obese and non-obese subjects: an assessment using the 13C-octanoic acid and 13C-acetic acid breath tests.
Obes Surg
February 2007
Background: It has been suggested that obesity is associated with an altered rate of gastric emptying. The objective of the present study was to determine whether the rates of solid and semi-solid gastric emptying differ between morbidly obese patients and lean subjects.
Methods: The Gastric-emptying time (GET) of solid and semi-solid meals were compared between lean healthy subjects and morbidly obese patients enrolled in two previously published studies.