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The Effects of Cranial Orientation on Forensic Frontal Sinus Identification as Assessed by Outline Analyses

Journal

Biology

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Body mass classification from skeletal elements using landmark-free morphological atlas estimation with diffeomorphic shape mapping

Date Published

April 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Presentation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Implications of dimorphism, population variation, and secular change in estimating population affinity in the Iberian Peninsula

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

2011

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Microbial Ecology of Vertebrate Decomposition in Terrestrial Ecosystems

Journal

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of Missing Data Imputation Methods for Human Osteometric Measurements

Journal

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Error and bias in race and ethnicity descriptions in medical examiner records in New Mexico: Consequences for understanding mortality among Hispanic/Latinos

Journal

Forensic Science International: Synergy

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains

Date Published

November 2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains

Date Published

November 15, 2023

NIJ-supported researchers developed a free web tool to help forensic investigators and others interested in bone identification.

Improving Methods Using Machine Learning and Databases in Forensic Anthropology

Event Dates

December 5, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

2023 NIJ Forensic Science R&D Webinar Series

Advances in Chemical Sorting of Commingled Remains

Event Dates

November 30, 2023, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

2023 NIJ Forensic Science R&D Webinar Series

Survivability versus rate of recovery for skeletal elements in forensic anthropology

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Tooth Morphology and Population Affinity: Testing rASUDAS2 on Modern African and European-derived Samples

Journal

American Journal of Biological Anthropology

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Reference Material

Evaluating the reliability and accuracy of multiple geophysical methods in the search for clandestine graves

15PNIJ-23-GG-04226-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$351,078

Evaluation of Target Enrichment for SNP Genotyping of Skeletal Remains

15PNIJ-23-GG-04224-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$659,287

Empirical Analysis of Saw Mark Characteristics in Human Bone: Meeting Forensic Standards in Dismemberment Cases

15PNIJ-23-GG-04215-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$495,637

Developing and Validating Standards for Dental Cementum Age-at-Death and Season-of-Death Estimation

15PNIJ-23-GG-04229-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$467,325

Additive Effects of Diabetes and Lower-Limb Amputation on Osteoarthritis with Comparison to Diabetic and Healthy Controls

Journal

Faseb Journal

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Synthetic patient-specific whole-body CT for the calculation of Peripheral Dose During Radiotherapy

Journal

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Presentation, Research (Applied/Empirical)

Ontogenetic Study of the Pelvis Through Examination of Interlandmark Distances and Geometric Morphometric Analyses: Implications for Subadult Sex and Age Estimation

15PNIJ-23-GG-01940-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$111,000

Sampling and Selection Bias in Research using Documented Skeletal Collections

15PNIJ-23-GG-01939-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$78,656

A novel method for sorting and reassociating commingled human remains using deviation analysis

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Matching 3D Facial Shape to Demographic Properties by Geometric Metric Learning: A Part-Based Approach

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Biometrics, Behavior, and Identity Science

Date Published

April 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Reconstructing Native American population history

Journal

Nature

Date Published

2012

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A method for the development of cranial fracture histology slides

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

July 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Observer error and its impact on ancestry estimation using dental morphology

Journal

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)