4th International Caparica Conference in Translational Forensics 2024

20th – 24th October 2024 | Caparica | Portugal

Oral Speakers

Gustavo Breglia, PhD

Universidad Nacional del Comahue (Argentina)

Time of Immersion of Bodies found in water in Northern Patagonia Argentina

Svetlana Kotova, PhD

Scientific and Practical Center of the State Forensic Examination Committee of the Republic of Belarus (Belarus)

NGS allele frequency database of 27 autosomal STRs for the resident population of the Republic of Belarus

Veronika Rybarova, PhD

Department of Forensic Medicine and Medicolegal Expertise, Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Comenius University, Martin (Slovakia)

Forensic investigation of scuba diving fatalities

Tomas Rozsypal, PhD

University of Defence (Czech Republic)

A-234 nerve agent: Long-term study of persistence and fate on indoor materials

Jitendra Kumar, PhD

Department of Forensic Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Aligarh Muslim University (India)

An autopsy-based study of human cranial vault thickness and its relationship with body weight, stature, age, sex, food habits and ancestry at a tertiary care centre in the capital of India

Mengmeng Zhang, PhD

Process and Energy|ME|TUDelft (Netherlands)

Forensics-on-chip: Microfluidic separation&sensing platform for on-scene analysis of bodyfluids 

Francesca Cazzato, PhD

Department of Health Surveillance and Bioethics, Section of Legal Medicine, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 00168 Rome (Italy)

The Challenge of Postmortem Diagnosis in Takotsubo Syndrome

Catherine Maidment, PhD

University of Central Lancashire, Preston (UK)

Maceration and Bone Autofluorescence: Implications for the ALS Analysis of Skeletal Remains

Giulia Pascoletti, PhD

University of Perugia (Italy)

A New Anthropomorphic Articulated Total Body Model for Trauma and Injury Investigations

Jari Tiihonen, PhD

Karolinska Institutet (Sweden)

Recidivistic violent offending after forensic psychiatric hospitalization in Sweden and Finland

Max Houck, PhD

Florida International University (USA)

Is Forensic Chemistry Different?

Svetlana Spotkai, PhD

Independent Researcher (Kyrgzystan)

The dog’s nose as an object of forensic research for identification purposes

Arjo J. Loeve, PhD

Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)

Infant Head Injury by Shaking Trauma – Part I: a biomechanical engineering perspective and field update

Kim Hutchinson, MSc

Delft University of Technology (Netherlands)

Infant Head Injury by Shaking Trauma – Part II: comparing the kinematics of shaking a 1-year-old vs. 6-week-old surrogate

Anupuma Raina, PhD

JPNATC, All INdia Institute of Medical Sciences (India)

Reliability of biological samples in forensic situations in case of chimerism

Aleksandra Borowska-Solonynko, PhD

Chair and Department of Forensic Medicine Medical University of Warsaw (Poland)

The importance of PMCT in the assessment of damage to bone structures that are difficult to access in a traditional autopsy

Suni Edson, PhD

Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory (AFDIL) / SNA Intl. (USA)

Efficiencies Gained in the Extraction of DNA from Skeletonized Materials: A Novel Application of GC/MS

Natália Rocha de Azevedo, MSc

Universidade Estadual de Londrina (Brazil)

The illness caused by expert work in cybercrimes against children and adolescents and the intervention possibilities of Behavior Analysis

Alberto Chighine, PhD

Forensic Unit, Department of Medical Sciences and Public Health, University of Cagliari (Italy)

Post-mortem interval estimation on aqueous humour: human translation from animal model

Eva Pospíšilová, MSc

University of Chemistry and Technology (Czech Republic)

Sensor array based on ion-selective electrodes for detection of new psychoactive substances in oral fluid

Bergita Curri, MD

Forensic Medicine Specialist, Institute of Forensic Medicine (Kosovo)

Treatment Of Rape In Kosovo From 2019 -2021: Quality Assurance, Legal And Forensic Aspects

Irena Drofová, Ing.

Tomas Bata University in Zlin (Czech Republic)

Forensic Science: Application of Forensic Art to the Issue of Art Digitization

Nicholas Guido, PhD

MIT Lincoln Laboratory (USA)

A Machine Learning Method for Genome Engineering Design Tool Attribution

Yuko Ishida , PhD

Wakayama Medical University (Japan)

Forensic significance of intracardiac expressions of Nrf2 in acute myocardial ischemia

Stefano Tambuzzi, MD

University of Milan (Italy)

Head Mechanical asphyxia by hanging and gunshot to the head: a particular type of complex suicide

Douglas Tolleson , PhD

Texas A&M AgriLife Research (USA)

Application of near infrared spectroscopy as a field expedient forensic method.

 Nicola Galante, PhD

University of Milan (Italy)

Suicide pacts in the Milan district (Italy): A retrospective autopsy-based study with literature review

Nefeli Garoufi , MD

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece)

Sorting of archaeological skeletal material utilizing their geometric morphometric properties

Wilma Duijst, PhD

Maastricht University (Netherlands)

The Dutch system of post-mortem investigationin in children in the light of international obligations

Adrian-Alin Barglazan

University “Lucian Blaga” Sibiu (Romania)

Review of forgery inpainting detection methods

Amber Collings, PhD

Keele University (UK)

3D imaging and printing within forensic investigations

Cécile Woudenberg-van den Broek, PhD

Maastricht University (Netherlands)

Completing death certificates in hospital setting: what can go wrong, will go wrong

Sarah Gino, PhD

Dep. Health Sciences – University of Eastern Piedmont (Italy)

Violence against women: findings from a dataset collected in healthcare facilities in Piedmont (North-West Italy)

John Baugh, PhD

Rice University (USA)

Linguistics, Life, and Death

Amber Collings, PhD

Keele University (UK)

3D imaging and printing within forensic investigations

Maartje Goudswaard, PhD

GGD Amsterdam (Netherlands)

Forensic medical expertise in injury cases in criminal law

Hannarae Lee, PhD

Bridgewater State University (USA)

Tracing the Shadows: Digital Forensics in Loan Shark Investigations

Ibrahim Alothaim, PhD

Saudi Food and Drug Authority (Saudi Arabia)

A research study to analyze samples seized from the Narcotics Control Department

Adee Schoon, PhD

Canine Unit, Netherlands National Police (Netherlands)

Integrating sexual crime dogs into forensics

Sandra Bahr Ulloa, PhD

Antropología Física (Cuba)

Mathematical Tool to Identify the Lumbar Vertebrae II and IV by Osteometry

Elisabeth Alton, PhD

Humber and North Yorkshire ICB (UK)

Developing a forensic service for adults at risk of harm in England

Tamara Gelderman

Maastricht University (Netherlands)

Comparing two scorings indexes for assessing decomposition of juvenile remains

Rosalynn Quiñones, PhD

Marshall University (USA)

Quantification of Cannabis in Infused Consumer Products and cannabis-labeled vape liquids and Their Possible Effect in Humans

Andreas Bertsatos, PhD

Science and Technology in Archaeological Research Center, The Cyprus Institute (Cyprus)

3D Morphable Bone Models: from cross-sectional geometric properties to 3D surface reconstruction of human long bones

Alessandro Mauro Tavone, PhD

Institute of Legal Medicine, University of Rome “Tor Vergata” (Italy)

Distinguishing Injury Patterns in Fatal Falls from Heights versus Pedestrian Impacts: A Study for Differential Diagnosis in Ambiguous Cases

André de Sobral, MSc

Universidade de Pernambuco – Perícias Forenses (Brazil)

Ethical limits to confirming identity by morphological features