New data about the 21st century identified skeletal collection (University of Coimbra, Portugal)

MT Ferreira, C Coelho, C Makhoul, D Navega… - International journal of …, 2021‏ - Springer
After the publication of the first article in 2014, 21st Century Identified Skeletal Collection,
housed in the Laboratory of Forensic Anthropology, Department of Life Sciences at the …

CADOES: An interactive machine-learning approach for sex estimation with the pelvis

JO Coelho, F Curate - Forensic science international, 2019‏ - Elsevier
The pelvis is consistently regarded as the most sexually dimorphic region of the human
skeleton, and methods for sex estimation with the pelvic bones are usually very accurate. In …

DXAGE: a new method for age at death estimation based on femoral bone mineral density and artificial neural networks

D Navega, JO Coelho, E Cunha… - Journal of forensic …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
Age at death estimation in adult skeletons is hampered, among others, by the unremarkable
correlation of bone estimators with chronological age, implementation of inappropriate …

CalcTalus: an online decision support system for the estimation of sex with the calcaneus and talus

F Curate, J d'Oliveira Coelho, AM Silva - … and Anthropological Sciences, 2021‏ - Springer
The estimation of biological sex is a primary source of information regarding unidentified
skeletal individuals in bioarcheological and forensic contexts. This study aims to propose …

Outline shape analysis on the trochlear constriction and Olecranon fossa of the humerus: insights for sex estimation and a new computational tool

S Ammer, J d'Oliveira Coelho… - Journal of forensic …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
Sex estimation through visual analysis of the distal humerus can contribute to establishing
the biological profile of an unidentified skeletal individual. Using statistical shape modeling …

Computational tools in forensic anthropology: The value of open-source licensing as a standard

JJ Lynch, CN Stephan - Forensic Anthropology, 2018‏ - search.proquest.com
Over the last 40 years, the number of computational tools in forensic anthropology has
increased considerably. No longer are forensic anthropologists limited to the narrow suite of …

Preliminary results of an investigation on postmortem variations in human skeletal mass of buried bones

A Amarante, MT Ferreira, C Makhoul, AR Vassalo… - Science & Justice, 2019‏ - Elsevier
Extreme fragmentation can complicate the inventory of human skeletal remains. In such
cases, skeletal mass can provide information regarding skeleton completeness and the …

Burned bones vs unburned bones: a pilot study about the impact of differential post-depositional taphonomy on bioanthropological research

AICC Amarante - 2016‏ - baes.uc.pt
Archaeological and forensic contexts very often include skeletal remains that can result from
accidental exposure to fire, mortuary practices, mass disasters or foul play. These burning …

Dead weight: Validation of mass regression equations on experimentally burned skeletal remains to assess skeleton completeness

D Gonçalves, JO Coelho, A Amarante, C Makhoul… - Science & Justice, 2018‏ - Elsevier
In very fragmentary remains, the thorough inventory of skeletal elements is often impossible
to accomplish. Mass has been used instead to assess the completeness of the skeleton …

Diaphysator: An online application for the exhaustive cartography and user‐friendly statistical analysis of long bone diaphyses

F Santos, A Lacoste Jeanson - American journal of physical …, 2019‏ - Wiley Online Library
The cross‐sectional geometry (CSG) of long bone diaphyses is used in bioanthropology to
evaluate their resistance to biomechanical constraints and to infer life‐history‐related …