forensics

Michael Thomson admitted to breaching a restraining order by selling a range of luxury items The former boss of collapsed investment firm London Capital & Finance (LC&F) has been imprisoned for six months for contempt of court, after admitting breaching a restraining order by selling luxury items including horse saddles and a hot tub. Michael Thomson’s actions were characterised by Judge Milne as…

The modern crime scene is no longer confined to obvious, physical evidence like broken glass or shell casings. In the age of the “smart home,” seemingly innocuous devices that are networked, mounted on a wall or strapped on a wrist can play a key role in solving — and committing — crimes. As the number […] The post UT San Antonio leads national effort to arm law enforcement with ‘smart’ forensic …

This scoping review sought to assess the evidence base for physical activity (PA) as a potential confounder of vitamin D (vitD) status in health outcomes. Correlations between vitD and health/disease are well-documented. However, this does not always translate in vitD supplementation studies. We hypothesize that these observed relationships may be confounded by PA, especially outdoor PA, which co…

Abstract To examine implementation approaches and effectiveness of preoperative cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) on patient-reported outcomes following lumbar fusion. We systematically searched PubMed/Medline, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and Epistemonikos (inception to December 15, 2024) for studies investigating preoperative CBT in patients scheduled for lumbar fusion. Primary and…

BACKGROUND While numerous studies have examined the associations between dietary polyphenol subclasses (i.e. , flavonoids, phenolic acids, lignans, and stilbenes) and the risk of gastric cancer (GC), evidence regarding their relationships with gastric precancerous lesions (GPL) and their subtypes [i.e. , chronic atrophic gastritis, intestinal metaplasia (IM), and low-grade dysplasia (LGD)] remain…