Abstract
In this article, the writer discusses the medical practice known as autopsy. This paper looks at the conventional type of autopsy and compares it to the virtual autopsy (virtopsy), that is performed using CT scans and MRI. The writer discusses that while MRI is currently only in the investigative stages, it has the potential of replacing many autopsies in the next 10-15 years. The writer claims that this could be the case particularly in the field of forensics. The writer looks at the benefits of using MRI, offering the example that MRI could be especially useful in cultures and religions which forbid or do not readily accept conventional autopsies.

From the Paper
"An autopsy is the postmortem examination of the body to determine the cause of death and is performed by a pathologist. The autopsy is performed by a government coroner or medical examiner in a case where death is believed to be the result of foul play. Coroners and medical examiners are known as forensic pathologists and the branch of medicine dealing with unnatural causes of death is known as forensic medicine. Autopsies are done to advance medical knowledge and to provide evidence in legal matters regarding unnatural deaths."

Tags:autopsy, MRI, CT virtopsy

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This paper explains that, in the political docudrama "JFK", Oliver Stone asserts that Lee Harvey Oswald did not act alone, that the F.B.I. had a vested interest in hiding important information from the public and that the C.I.A. had an active role in the assassination in hopes of fueling the military industrial complex of the United States. The paper further explains that, in the film, Stone attempts to make viewers conscience of the possible tampering of evidence and lack of investigation into the murder of the president. The author stresses that Oliver Stone does not want his viewers to accept all of the events portrayed in the film. Rather, Stone directed this film to act as a "counter-myth" in reaction to the "myth" he believes the Warren Commission Report fed the public. The paper stresses that Stone's accusation that the Archives somehow lost the brain, which it did not, affects the viewer's understanding of what actually happened.

From the Paper
"Perhaps the most shocking claim that Oliver Stone makes in his film in relation to the autopsy is that John F. Kennedy's brain has been lost by the National Archives. This particular claim arose in 1972 when pathologist Cyril Wecht was allowed to examine the Kennedy autopsy records at the National Archives. Wecht tried to open the footlocker where the stainless steel container and microscopic tissue slides were held, only to notice that they were gone. Wecht then blames the Archives for losing an important piece of physical evidence due to negligence and carelessness."

Tags:controversy, brain, counter-myth, warren, facts

From the Paper
The purpose of this research is to discuss and support the theory of conspiracy, which must have existed in order to success-fully assassinate President John F. Kennedy in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
There are people in the United States who believe that there was not a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. Yet, those who do not believe in the conspiracy theory are clearly in a minority. As early as 1966, Gallup and Harris polls showed that 66 percent of the American people did not believe in the Warren Commission's conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald was a lone assassin. Another poll, taken in 1975, found that four out of five Americans did not accept the Warren Commission's version of the assassination (Blumenthal and Yazijian, 1976, p.ix).
Counter arguments for those who choose to disbelieve in the consp

Abstract
The paper discusses Alzheimer's that is a progressive deterioration of the brain recognized most commonly in old age. The paper explains that in 1906, a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer, discovered a collection of brain cell abnormalities identified as a progressive mental deterioration. The paper explains that his first case study involved a woman who had died after suffering for years with memory loss and other severe memory problems such as confusion and difficulty understanding the communication from others and generating communication herself. The paper reveals that during the woman's autopsy, the brain was found to have dense deposits outside and around the nerve cells and inside the nerve cells twisted bands of fiber were discovered. The paper relates that it is from Dr. Alzheimer's discoveries during the woman's autopsy that the mental disorder bears his name. The paper also reveals that in 2008, it is still only through an autopsy that a definitive diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is given without doubt ("A History of Alzheimer's Disease", 2008).

From the Paper
"Alzheimer's is a progressive deterioration of the brain recognized most commonly in old age. In 1906 a German physician, Dr. Alois Alzheimer discovered a collection of brain cell abnormalities identified as a progressive mental deterioration. His first case study involved a woman who had died after suffering for years with memory loss and other severe memory problems such as confusion and difficulty understanding the communication from others and generating communication herself. During the woman's autopsy, the brain was found to have dense deposits outside and around the nerve cells. Inside the nerve cells twisted bands of fiber were..."

Tags:alzheimer's, disease, syndrome

Abstract
This paper discusses the use of radio-diagnostic imagery instead of the more standard form of autopsy in forensic medicine. The paper examines the pros and cons of using images provided by machinery such as MRIs instead of the information provided by the more invasive autopsy procedure. The paper discusses the accuracy of radio-diagnostic imagery compared with its less technologically advanced counterpart in determining causes of death. The author concludes that while radio-diagnostic imaging can be useful in forensic medicine, it can not yet replace traditional autopsy.

Table of Contents:
Objective
Introduction
Negative Findings in the use of Radio-diagnostic Imaging in Forensic Medicine
Positive Findings in the use of Radio-diagnostic Imaging in Forensic Medicine
Discussion
Conclusion

From the Paper
"There has been an increase in the use of MRI in forensics in making a diagnosis when death involved either injury or disease. Stated to be one of the: "main criticisms of the use of MRI as an alternative to conventional autopsy is the lack of validation of this imaging technique." This is due to the mixed results that have been reported related to MRI post mortem examinations in the fields of neuropathology and paediatrics."

Tags:MRI, forensic, medicine, Post, Mortem, Magnetic, Resonance, Imaging

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This paper explains that, although there is a sufficient number of incriminating facts against Lee Harvey Oswald Oswald, there is just as much evidence to prove that Oswald was innocent of assassinating President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. The author claims that the Central Intelligence Agency was involved because it wanted the United States to enter the Vietnam War, but President Kennedy was reluctant to send our troops. The paper relates that Kennedy's body was most likely tampered with before the autopsy in Washington. The author points out that the Secret Service despised Kennedy because he threatened to disband the FBI several times. The paper concludes that it is obvious that Oswald was framed. The paper includes an annotated bibliography.

From the Paper
"Later that day when the Knoll was inspected, cigarette butts and fresh footprints were found behind the fence, proving that someone had been there recently. During the motorcade, two men were spotted exchanging hand signals. One of the men would pump his umbrella and the other man raised his right hand. The umbrella was closed until Kennedy was directly opposite the man at which he pumped the umbrella, and the other man raised his right fist in the air. Robert Cutler, an assassination researcher, said the umbrella was likely to be a dart gun (one of the fifty issued by the CIA in 1963) which shot Kennedy in the throat and paralyzed him."

Tags:shots, cia, body, vietnam, accidents

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This paper explains that the history of forensic science can be traced as far back as when prehistoric man left behind evidence of fingerprints in early paintings and rock carvings and to the 700s A.D. when the Chinese began using fingerprints to establish the identity of documents and clay sculpture but without any formal classification system. The author points out that a German immunologist Paul Uhlenhuth is believed to have performed the first autopsy in 1901. The paper concludes that forensic science is an important development because it has helped to solve so many crimes which would otherwise have remained a mystery, and has made important strides in solving cases from the past, which have been left open.

From the Paper
"By the nineteenth century, advances in forensic medicine, as it was first called, became much more frequent. Around 1800, Thomas Bewick, an English naturalist, identified the books he published by using engravings of his own fingerprints. In 1810, Eugene Francois Vidoq made a deal with police to establish the first detective force (oddly enough, this deal was made in return for a suspension of arrest and a jail sentence). Also, in 1810, the first recorded use of question document analysis was performed in Germany."

Tags:prehistoric, fingerprints, oxicology, anthropometry, tools

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This paper describes three basic angles of the media's impact on adolescent self-perception. The paper illustrates the media's most positive portrayal of teenagers and its more customary negative angle. It provides real world examples of the state of adolescence in America. The paper explores how and why corporate America and the media affect the nation's children.

Table of Contents
I. Fear is in the TV: Media images of an adolescent world
II. Truth is in the Streets: The rest of the story
III. Autopsy Reports in the Profit Margins: What does Corporate America have to gain?
a. Media Stock in Violence
b. Drug Companies and the New Marketplace
c. Get Tough on Crime (it's easy on the approval ratings)
d. Selling Popularity
IV. I Don't Want to Be Part of Your World: Self-definition and other underage options
a. Media Complications and Youth Reactions
b. Self-Definition and Viable Options
V. Summary
VI. Sources Used

From the Paper
"I began work on this paper with every intention of sticking to traditional subjects. I planned to discuss media portrayal of women and beauty, the formation of high school "cool" through marketing and media pressure, and the legalities of advertising to teenagers. Along the way I expected to discuss such random issues as cartoon characters and smoking campaigns. However, once I actually started my research, an entirely different topic kept popping up over and over again: the negative media portrayal of teenagers and the wholesale selling of violence and mind-altering drugs.
"Multiple school shootings have passed in recent memory. Daily news reports continue to be filled with stories of adolescent murderers and children in adult prisons. The question then presented itself to my mind, how does all this negative media coverage affect the way teens view themselves, and the way in which they interact with the world? Are teens today really more violent, and if so, is that the fault of the entertainment media or some other cause? What is it like to be part of a subculture that takes the brunt of these media scandals? Is it all hype, and does the hype worsen the problem?
Increasingly my other research seemed to pale in comparison to these questions. One day when I was at the library, a boy walked by wearing a Marilyn Manson T-shirt that piqued my interest and made up my mind as to how I should approach this paper. It read: "Is adult entertainment killing our children, or is killing children entertaining our adults?" I set myself the task of answering that question, and further exploring how media messages on violence and group conformity might change the self-perception and self-identification of adolescents, with a focus on the events at Columbine.
There are three basic angles that I felt needed to be explored. First, I attempted to explain the media's most positive portrayal of teenagers and its more customary, negative angle. Then I contrasted these stereotypes with a few real-world truths about the state of adolescence in America. Finally, I tried to explore how and just as importantly, why, corporate America and the general media have affected our children."

Tags:media, adolescent, self-perception, teenager, adolescence, america, corporate, violence, crime

Abstract
The paper discusses the assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and examines the possibility of either the Mafia or the CIA to conspiring to kill President Kennedy. he author writes that the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, discrepancies in the Warren Report, use of different firearms and ballistic information and key things missing in autopsy photographs all suggest a cover-up.

From the Paper
" On November 22, 1963, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated. Seven days later on November 29, 1963, the newly sworn in President, Lyndon B. Johnson, formed a commission that would investigate the assassination. The Warren Commission, as it would later be known, was to evaluate all leads and facts surrounding both the assassination of the President and the assassination of his alleged assassin. After the investigation was complete, the information found was to be reported to the President. The Commission gave their findings to the President in the form of the Warren Report, as the chairman of the Commission was Earl Warren. President Johnson had appointed Warren, the former chief justice of the United States, to head up the Commission. The Commission was able to compile much of its information with the help of Federal agencies, the city of Dallas, and thousands upon thousands of testimonies from people associated with the case. The Commission concluded that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone assassin of President Kennedy and that Jack Ruby had killed Lee Harvey Oswald."

Tags:assassinate, Dallas, Giancana, presidential, school, book, depository, Zapruder

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This paper examines how A. D. Hope's poem "On an Engraving of Casserius" meditates on the metaphysical questions of origins and ends at an autopsy of a pregnant woman by a Renaissance surgeon and engraver, a single figure for science and art. It looks at how, as the central metaphor for the search for truth before the dissociation between art and science set it, the woman and child validate the search for truth as "adding to being," a spiritual enhancement of truth seekers illustrated by the surgeon's engraved art and the poet's dream of unity as a symbolic dancer with words.

From the Paper
"Few poems in any period render such a joint quest by physical science and artistic vision. And few critics -Darling and Andrew Taylor come first to mind-have devoted to "Engraving" the attention it warrants for its bold and ambitious achievement. Taylor sees "Engraving" as a nest of icons, all focusing on the harmony of science and art: the fetus, the mother, the surgeon, the engraving, the exploratory science of the era, and the poem itself, in which Hope's technical and historical erudition renders the search convincing (Taylor 91-92). In line with the critical vogue of the mid-eighties, however, Taylor tacks on to his review a display of shibboleths of postmodern and feminist critical theory (Jacques Derrida, Jacques Lacan, Julia Kristeva, and Barbara Johnson); the theoretical digression does little harm to anyone, and certainly not to Hope's remarkable poem."

Tags:knowledge, medicine, metaphor, science, truth