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| for public discussion or debate. |
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| ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) is a plate-based assay technique designed for detecting and quantifying substances such as peptides, proteins, antibodies and hormones. Other names, such as enzyme immunoassay (EIA), are also used to describe the same technology. |
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| A medical examiner is an official trained in pathology that investigates deaths that occur under unusual or suspicious circumstances, to perform post-mortem examinations, and in some jurisdictions to initiate inquests. |
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| appears 30-60 minutes after death, red blood cells settle and skin turns red, in 6-10 hours skin color becomes permanent. |
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| A personal record of bite forms of teeth used as personal identification. |
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| begins 3 hours after death, it's the stiffening of body muscles after death, starts in the face and eye, process reverses after 12 hours |
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| an inherited protein found on the surface of red blood cells. If your blood has the protein, you're Rh positive. If your blood lacks the protein, you're Rh negative. |
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| An postmortem examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease. |
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| Defamation is the oral or written communication of a false statement about another that unjustly harms their reputation. |
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| a disease in which the density and quality of bone are reduced. |
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| an official who investigates violent, sudden, or suspicious deaths. |
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| An inactive chromosome women possess but men do not. |
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| Health Care Code of Ethics |
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| The Health Education Code of Ethics provides a basis of shared professional values. The responsibility of all health education specialists is to reach highest possible standards of conduct and to encourage the ethical behavior of all those with whom they work. |
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| a compound which is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids. A purine derivative, it is paired with thymine in double-stranded DNA. |
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| a compound that occurs in guano and fish scales, and is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids. A purine derivative, it is paired with cytosine in double-stranded DNA. |
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| a compound found in living tissue as a constituent base of nucleic acids. It is paired with guanine in double-stranded DNA. |
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| a compound which is one of the four constituent bases of nucleic acids. A pyrimidine derivative, it is paired with adenine in double-stranded DNA. |
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| Ultrasound is sound waves with frequencies higher than the upper audible limit of human hearing. |
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| Pathology is the study of the causes and effects of disease or injury. |
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| the separation of a mixture by passing it in solution or suspension or as a vapor (as in gas chromatography) through a medium in which the components move at different rates. |
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| the study of human societies and cultures and their development. |
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| Bloodstain Pattern Analysis is the study and analysis of bloodstains at a known or suspected crime scene with the purpose of drawing conclusions about the nature, timing and other details of the crime. |
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| the classification of human blood based on the inherited properties of red blood cells (erythrocytes) as determined by the presence or absence of the antigens A and B, which are carried on the surface of the red cells. Persons may thus have type A, type B, type O, or type AB blood. |
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| a technique used to separate DNA fragments according to their size. |
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| a white-to-pale-yellow crystalline solid that is soluble in most polar organic solvents, but insoluble in water. Forensic investigators use luminol to detect trace amounts of blood at crime scenes, as it reacts with the iron in hemoglobin. |
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| Fingerprint : Loops, Whorls, Arches, Ridges |
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| All of the ridges of fingerprints form patterns called loops, whorls or arches: Loops begin on one side of the finger, curve around or upward, and exit the other side. |
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| Ossification (or osteogenesis) in bone remodeling is the process of laying down new bone material by cells called osteoblasts. |
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| upper bone of the leg or hind leg |
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| The occipital lobe is one of the four major lobes of the cerebral cortex in the brain of mammals. The occipital lobe is the visual processing center of the mammalian brain containing most of the anatomical region of the visual cortex. |
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| An outline or indentation left by a foot on a surface. Also called footmark, footstep. |
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| They come in the form of microbes – invisible bacteria and fungi that emerge like the Grim Reaper as soon as someone dies. Across many mammalian species, including humans, the appearance and succession of these microbes is predictable, acting like a kind of stopwatch that starts ticking when death occurs. |
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| the study of pollen, spores and other acid-resistant microscopic plant bodies, including dinoflagellates, to prove or disprove a relationship among objects, people and places that pertain to both criminal and civil cases. |
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| the application of statistical analysis to biological data. |
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| The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), is a computerized system maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 1999. It is a national automated fingerprint identification and criminal history system. |
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| The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a scheme of the Australian Government that funds costs associated with disability |
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