Relationship Inference with Familias and R

• Author : Thore Egeland,Daniel Kling,Petter Mostad
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2015-12-24
• ISBN : 9780128026267

Relationship Inference in Familias and R discusses the use of Familias and R software to understand genetic kinship of two or more DNA samples. This software is commonly used for forensic cases to establish paternity, identify victims or analyze genetic evidence at crime scenes when kinship is involved. The book explores utilizing Familias software and R packages for difficult situations including inbred families, mutations and missing data from degraded DNA. The book additionally addresses identification following mass disasters, familial searching,

• Author : Pankaj Shrivastava,Hirak Ranjan Dash,Jose A. Lorente,Jahangir Imam
• Publisher : Springer Nature
• Release Date : 2020-12-11
• ISBN : 9789811566554

The book explores the fundamental principles, advances in forensic techniques, and its application on forensic DNA analysis. The book is divided into three modules; the first module provides the historical prospect of forensic DNA typing and introduces fundamentals of forensic DNA typing, methodology, and technical advancements, application of STRs, and DNA databases for forensic DNA profile analysis. Module 2 examines the problems and challenges encountered in extracting DNA and generating DNA profiles. It provides information on the methods and the best

• Author : David L. Banks,Karen Kafadar,David H. Kaye,Maria Tackett
• Publisher : CRC Press
• Release Date : 2020-11-05
• ISBN : 9781000096064

Handbook of Forensic Statistics is a collection of chapters by leading authorities in forensic statistics. Written for statisticians, scientists, and legal professionals having a broad range of statistical expertise, it summarizes and compares basic methods of statistical inference (frequentist, likelihoodist, and Bayesian) for trace and other evidence that links individuals to crimes, the modern history and key controversies in the field, and the psychological and legal aspects of such scientific evidence. Specific topics include uncertainty in measurements and conclusions; statistically

• Author : Daniel Kling,Thore Egeland,Andreas Tillmar,Lourdes Prieto
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2021-04-19
• ISBN : 9780128184240

Mass Identifications: Statistical Methods in Forensic Genetics summarizes the state-of-the-art in the field, including methods and recent development in genetics (sequencing). The book's authors focus on practical applications and implementation, helping readers determine how to approach the problem to identify individuals using DNA and statistically summarize evidence. Written by leading experts in the field for forensic scientists, geneticists, forensic anthropologists, and pathologists working with identifications, the book is ideal for scientists and practitioners in many areas. Focuses on methods, challenges

• Author : Martin J. Wainwright,Michael I. Jordan
• Publisher : Now Publishers Inc
• Release Date : 2008
• ISBN : 9781601981844

The core of this paper is a general set of variational principles for the problems of computing marginal probabilities and modes, applicable to multivariate statistical models in the exponential family.

• Author : Lauren Dundes
• Publisher : MDPI
• Release Date : 2019-07-11
• ISBN : 9783038978480

In this volume of 15 articles, contributors from a wide range of disciplines present their analyses of Disney movies and Disney music, which are mainstays of popular culture. The power of the Disney brand has heightened the need for academics to question whether Disney’s films and music function as a tool of the Western elite that shapes the views of those less empowered. Given its global reach, how the Walt Disney Company handles the role of race, gender, and sexuality

• Author : Charles Bazerman,Adair Bonini
• Publisher : Parlor Press LLC
• Release Date : 2009-09-16
• ISBN : 9781643170015

Genre studies and genre approaches to literacy instruction continue to develop in many regions and from a widening variety of approaches. Genre has provided a key to understanding the varying literacy cultures of regions, disciplines, professions, and educational settings. GENRE IN A CHANGING WORLD provides a wide-ranging sampler of the remarkable variety of current work. The twenty-four chapters in this volume, reflecting the work of scholars in Europe, Australasia, and North and South America, were selected from the over 400 presentations

• Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Life Sciences,Committee on DNA Forensic Science: An Update
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release Date : 1996-12-12
• ISBN : 0309053951

In 1992 the National Research Council issued DNA Technology in Forensic Science, a book that documented the state of the art in this emerging field. Recently, this volume was brought to worldwide attention in the murder trial of celebrity O. J. Simpson. The Evaluation of Forensic DNA Evidence reports on developments in population genetics and statistics since the original volume was published. The committee comments on statements in the original book that proved controversial or that have been misapplied in the

• Author : World Health Organization
• Publisher : World Health Organization
• Release Date : 2013
• ISBN : 9789241548625

"This resource book discusses the economic arguments that could (and could not) be put forth to support the case for investing in the social determinants of health on average and in the reduction in socially determined health inequalities. It provides an overview and introduction into how economists would approach the assessment of the economic motivation to invest in the social determinants of health and socially determined health inequities, including what the major challenges are in this assessment. It illustrates the

• Author : William Warwick Buckland
• Publisher : Cambridge University Press
• Release Date : 2010-06-24
• ISBN : 9781108009430

Buckland's magisterial work of 1908 surveys in detail the principles of the Roman law regarding slavery.

• Author : Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education,Committee on Research in Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
• Publisher : National Academies Press
• Release Date : 1987-02-01
• ISBN : 9780309037853

The economic and social challenges confronting the nation today demand that all citizens acquire and learn to use complex reasoning and thinking skills. Education and Learning to Think confronts the issues facing our schools as they take on this mission. This volume reviews previous research, highlights successful learning strategies, and makes specific recommendations about problems and directions requiring further study. Among the topics covered are the nature of thinking and learning, the possibilities of teaching general reasoning, the attempts to

• Author : Nic Rawlence,Michael David Martin,Nathan Wales,Michael Knapp
• Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
• Release Date : 2021-06-17
• ISBN : 9782889669332

• Author : Magnus Dehli Vigeland
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release Date : 2021-05-06
• ISBN : 9780128245606

Pedigree Analysis in R gives an introduction to the theory of relatedness and covers a range of applications in forensic and medical genetics. The book's material was developed through teaching courses on genetic relatedness, pedigree analysis and R, and offers insights from a decade of research activities in forensic and medical genetics. The R code in the book uses the ped suite, a unified collection of packages for pedigree analysis, developed by the author. All code examples are given in

• Author : Thomas A. J. McGinn
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release Date : 2003-01-30
• ISBN : 9780198024866

This is a study of the legal rules affecting the practice of female prostitution at Rome approximately from 200 B.C. to A.D. 250. It examines the formation and precise content of the legal norms developed for prostitution and those engaged in this profession, with close attention to their social context. McGinn's unique study explores the "fit" between the law-system and the socio-economic reality while shedding light on important questions concerning marginal groups, marriage, sexual behavior, the family, slavery, and citizen

• Author : Marco Martuzzi,Joel A. Tickner
• Publisher : Unknown
• Release Date : 2004
• ISBN : IND:30000122436516

The purpose of this publication is to provide the background rationale and support for WHO's working paper Dealing with uncertainty - how can the precautionary principle help protect the future of our children?, prepared for the Fourth Ministerial Conference on Environment and Health held in Budapest, Hungary, in June 2004. The debate around the precautionary principle has provided many insights into how to improve public health decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. This publication should further support approaches to attaining the concurrent