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Darrach Procedure: A Skeletal Example
No full textA 62-year-old white male, whose remains were donated to Colorado Mesa University’s Forensic Investigation Research Station, presented with an unusual surgical procedure on the wrist. The distal end of the ulna was removed and a hole drilled through the stump. The medical history for this individual is minimal, but the technique is morphologically consistent with a Darrach procedure. A Darrach procedure is done to repair damage to the wrist joint by removing the distal end of the ulna. Modifications to this technique drill a hole in the ulnar stump as an anchor point for a tendon. Identification of a surgical procedure on unidentified skeletal remains may be useful to forensic specialists working to identify unknown remains
Characteristics of Vertebral Body Augmentation in Human Skeletal Remains
No full textVertebral body compression fractures are extremely common in adults in the United States, particularly postmenopausal women. Vertebral body compression fractures are associated with increased mortality and morbidity and often require medical intervention. Vertebral augmentations such as percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty are routinely used to treat vertebral body compression fractures. Here we present two unrelated case studies of willed-body donors exhibiting gross dry bone vertebral augmentations consistent with percutaneous vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty. Vertebrae on both donors exhibit characteristics associated with vertebral body compression fractures, such as decreased vertebral height, as well as protruding areas of a hard, off-white colored substance, which was determined to be bone cement. Additionally, radiographic imaging of the affected vertebrae of both donors exhibits the internal presence of bone cement throughout much of the vertebral bodies. Understanding this medical procedure as well as its morphological characteristics permits forensic anthropologists to correctly recognize these vertebral augmentations and associated abnormalities. Additionally, knowledge of these procedures could assist in the identification process of unknown individuals expressing these characteristics
Quantifying Sexual Dimorphism in Scapular Morphology
No full textThis project explores sexual differences in scapular morphology through linear measurements (LMs) and geometric morphometric (GM) methods. Traditional LMs assess size while GM methods primarily assess shape. Our two hypotheses are as follows: the human scapula expresses sexual dimorphism in both size and shape, and given that shape differences exist, this bone will producehigher correct classification rates when assessed for sex using GM rather than using LMs. Three-dimensional data were obtained from the UTK Donated Skeletal Collection (n = 106); linear data were obtained from the Forensic Anthropology Data Bank (n = 1,252).
We modeled these data separately to quantify levels of sexual dimorphism in size (LM) and shape (GM) variability. Linear measurements correctly identified 93% of the sample; the GM method could only correctly identify ~70% of the sample when following the GM protocol for the scapular landmark collection outlined in Uhl et al. (2007). However, GM data produced correct classification rates of over 93% when checked for correlation of centroid size. These results indicate that both size and shape drive differences between female and male shoulder girdle morphology, though the primary contributor is sexual size dimorphism. Size-free and/or allometric differences were also noted within this sample but with a much smaller impact on morphology. The human scapula produces high accuracy rates for sex estimation, regardless of whether LMs or GMs are utilized. 
Communication about Perinatal Mental Health Disorders in the Rural United States: Narrative and Social Support as Communication Strategies
No full textPerinatal mental health disorders (PMHDs) include perinatal depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, or postpartum psychosis. U.S. rural communities often lack access to perinatal and mental health care; taken together, this health issue of PMHDs in the rural United States is complex. As polydisciplinary scholars of rhetoric of health & medicine (RHM), health communication, and public health, we explore: how do rural U.S. communities navigate the public health crisis of PMHDs? To answer that question, we contextualize PMHDs within mental health rhetoric research (MHRR). We review literature about narrative and social support as tools for communicating about PMHDs in rural U.S. communities. We suggest future research directions for better understanding communication about PMHDs in the rural U.S
Review of The End of Genre: Curations and Experiments in Intentional Discourses, Brenton Faber. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan, 2022. 244 pages, 129 softcover; $129 hardcover.
No full textThe End of Genre: Curations and Experiments in Intentional Discourses, Brenton Faber. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave MacMillan, 2022. 244 pages, 129 softcover; $129 hardcover. Publisher webpage: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-08747-
Review of Sex and the Planet: What Opt-In Reproduction Could Do for the Globe. Margaret Pabst Battin. The MIT Press, 2024. 264 pages, $35.00 paperback.
No full textSex and the Planet: What Opt-In Reproduction Could Do for the Globe. Margaret Pabst Battin. The MIT Press, 2024. 264 pages, $35.00 paperback
Locally Owned Private Security Companies in Overlapping Markets: The Case of KASS in South Sudan
No full textWhat type of markets for private security are created in personalist autocracies with large international sectors? Are locally owned private security companies (PSCs) likely competitors to transnational PSCs in these markets? The proliferation of locally owned PSCs in Africa remains obscured by the presence of high-capacity Western firms and state-sponsored entities originating in Russia and China. Rarely have scholars considered how locally owned PSCs compete with transnational PSCs in domestic markets across the continent, much less how regime type influences the market for force. Seeking to broaden explanations of private security contracting in complex domestic marketplaces, this article argues that locally owned PSCs are dependent on relationships with political elites in the overlapping market structures found in personalist autocracies that house peacekeeping economies. The article is organized as a case study of South Sudan’s capital Juba, where a market for security services centered on a UN peacekeeping mission operates alongside a state-centered market where the government is both a buyer and provider of private security. In the 2010s, the locally owned firm Kerbino Agok Security Services (KASS) earned UN contracts while navigating international accreditation standards; however, KASS was later shut down by the government’s National Security Service (NSS). The compulsory authority of the state ultimately determines the fate of local initiatives, especially when political elites exercise their licensing and sanctioning authority to favor state-sponsored entities
Makina, Daniel, and Dominic Pasura, eds. Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African Migration.
No full textReview of: Makina, Daniel, and Dominic Pasura, eds. Routledge Handbook of Contemporary African Migration. London: Routledge, 2023
Sohal, Amar. The Muslim Secular: Parity and the Politics of India’s Partition.
No full textReview of: Sohal, Amar. The Muslim Secular: Parity and the Politics of India’s Partition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023
Binnie, Mari Rodríguez. The São Paulo Neo-Avant-Garde: Radical Art and Mass Print Media in Cold War Brazil
No full textReview of: Binnie, Mari Rodríguez. The São Paulo Neo-Avant-Garde: Radical Art and Mass Print Media in Cold War Brazil. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2024