scholarly journals Medico-Legal Opinion Based on Autopsy Findings of a Victim of an Explosion Involving Mass Fatality

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 158-165
Author(s):  
Yalini Thivaharan ◽  
Indira Deepthi Gamage Kitulwatte
Keyword(s):  
Legal Issues ◽  
Temporal Region ◽  
Skull Fractures ◽  
Autopsy Findings ◽  
Parietal Lobes ◽  
Event Reconstruction ◽  
Police Personnel ◽  
Autopsy Examination ◽  
Mass Fatality ◽  
The Brain

Introduction: Investigation into explosions is one of the major areas in forensic medicine and pathology. Medico legal issues associated with these deaths are diverse and forensic experts are often expected to make clarifications. Assistance of a methodical scientific investigation of such a death in evaluation of unanswered medico legal issues, of an autopsy of one of the victims of Easter Sunday explosions is discussed. Case history: The deceased was a 15-year-old girl who was participating in the Easter mass at St. Sebastian’s Church - Kattuwapaitya, Negombo, Sri Lanka when a suicide bomber blew himself up. The mother of the deceased noticed the deceased being rushed to the hospital. However, she was pronounced dead on admission. Pre-autopsy radiology revealed spherical shrapnel in the temporal region. At autopsy, the fatal injury was found on the head and a detailed study revealed skull fractures associated with penetration by 3 shrapnels. There was a keyhole lesion among the penetrations. Internal examination revealed an extensive dural tear underlying the compound fracture. The brain was grossly edematous with lacerations on the frontal and parietal lobes associated with localized subarachnoid hemorrhage. There were multiple underlying contusions on bilateral frontal white matter. Small subarachnoid haemorrhage was noted on the basal aspect of the brain. Discussion: Careful evaluation of the autopsy findings assisted in formulating the opinion scientifically on event reconstruction including the proximity of the victim to the epicenter of explosion and nature of explosive device, period of survival, mechanism of causation of skull fractures and the mechanism of death in addition to the cause of death. Conclusion: A forensic pathologist following a meticulous autopsy examination, along with a team of ballistic experts and specially trained police personnel play a pivotal task in analyzing a scene of explosion and an autopsy of a victim, in concluding the case and in bringing justice to all the victims and survivors of the catastrophe.

scholarly journals Combine and conquer: event reconstruction with Bayesian Ensemble Neural Networks

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Y. Araz ◽  
Michael Spannowsky
Keyword(s):  
Neural Network ◽  
Neural Networks ◽  
Top Quark ◽  
Feature Space ◽  
Training Sample ◽  
Bayesian Techniques ◽  
Training Sample Size ◽  
Event Reconstruction ◽  
Neural Network Classifiers ◽  
Quark Jets

Abstract Ensemble learning is a technique where multiple component learners are combined through a protocol. We propose an Ensemble Neural Network (ENN) that uses the combined latent-feature space of multiple neural network classifiers to improve the representation of the network hypothesis. We apply this approach to construct an ENN from Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Networks to discriminate top-quark jets from QCD jets. Such ENN provides the flexibility to improve the classification beyond simple prediction combining methods by linking different sources of error correlations, hence improving the representation between data and hypothesis. In combination with Bayesian techniques, we show that it can reduce epistemic uncertainties and the entropy of the hypothesis by simultaneously exploiting various kinematic correlations of the system, which also makes the network less susceptible to a limitation in training sample size.

scholarly journals Stochastic event reconstruction of atmospheric contaminant dispersion using Bayesian inference

2008 ◽  
Vol 42 (33) ◽  
pp. 7718-7727 ◽  
Author(s):  
Inanc Senocak ◽  
Nicolas W. Hengartner ◽  
Margaret B. Short ◽  
W. Brent Daniel
Keyword(s):  
Bayesian Inference ◽  
Contaminant Dispersion ◽  
Event Reconstruction ◽  
Stochastic Event

Primary Vertex in the ALICE Experiment in Absence of the Event Reconstruction

2002 ◽  
Vol 16 (1-4) ◽  
pp. 315-326
Author(s):  
L. Vannucci ◽  
N. Bustreo ◽  
A. Badal? ◽  
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Keyword(s):  
Primary Vertex ◽  
Alice Experiment ◽  
Event Reconstruction
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