http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100706112601.htm
As we all know from doing the sex identification lab, there are many ways to find out whether a skeleton is male or female, black, white, or Asian. However, scientists have recently discovered a new way to identify the sex of a skeleton. Scientists are now using three-dimensional imaging technology to effectively quantify the specific characteristics of the os coax (pelvis) that differentiate males from females. This scientific breakthrough is being lead by Dr. Ann Ross, a doctor as North Carolina State University. This technology was originally going to be used to identify skeletons that had been smashed and un-identifiable in natural disasters or massive accidents. However, recently forensics scientists have began to take an interest in this technology to help better identify victims in cases. This method is not merely helpful for identifying remains, but is much more accurate than being done by a human because the computers can make much more exact calculations. Dr. Ross and many of her associates hope that forensic scientists will begin to use this machine regularly some time in the near future.
7 comments:
I really like how Nick summarized this article. He kept it casual in a very informational way. I also liked how Nick said why this new technique is better than our previous sex determining technique; it made the article seem even more interesting and important. Overall, he found an article which is pretty interesting and made it seem more interesting than it really is.
Some things I would revise about this summary are that there was only one paragraph. I would have liked Nick to specifically block the summary, criticism, and the relation to us in separate paragraphs. Lastly, he made no critique on the article; he primarily focused on the summary section of the assignment.
I found this article pretty boring, but definitely informative and relevant to us today in terms of moving forward in technology. This article shows how technology is where forensic science is going and how it is superior to our theories and methods before.
This article was well presented by getting strait to the point. The author immediately started talking about the use of this new advance in forensics science. The author also gave a good overview of the different important factors included in the article. For example he included the scientists working on the technology, the location and the focus of the study. Also included was, of course, the purpose of the results. However, two things that might have been better presented would have been to include more information. Also, the criteria were not met by fully met. The author should have put in his personal opinion about the article as well as the information he included. One thing I found interesting was the how scientists are able to identify sex and race using broken skeletal remains. I personally would have thought it would not be possible because of how precise the angles, lengths and widths are needed to be in order to identify them.
One of the things i liked about this is the creative title of this summary: it acts as an attention grabber and catches the eye of the reader. Also, the summary is straightforward and to the point, including a solid review and opinion of the article by the reviewer. Even though it is well summarized, i would have like to see it a little longer, explaining the specific characteristics of the pelvis that differenciate males and females from eachother.
I've learned that there are specific charactericts that differenciate races
It’s been a while since we did the “Sex Identification” lab activity, but Nick’s article summary made me remember it like it was yesterday! First of all, I really like the way he puts all of it together. He describes this article in such a way that even those without knowledge of forensics could probably understand. In other words, he “breaks it down” so it’s not too overwhelming to read. In addition, I liked learning the scientific names of the bones (in Latin), such as os coax, meaning “pelvis”.
However, despite Nick’s strengths as a writer, I also noticed some weaknesses. No offense, but this article could have been longer. Also, I noticed some punctuation and grammar mistakes, such as “Dr. Ann Ross, a doctor as North Carolina State University.” Just try to avoid typos from now on, okay?
The final thing I want to say is that I thoroughly enjoyed this article. I must admit – the aptly-named title “Hips Don’t Lie” grabbed my attention. And I guess that’s it – I have absolutely nothing else to say, except good-bye!
Nick did a good job in this article. Firstly, he explains how scientists are now using three-dimensional imaging technology to effectively quantify the specific characteristics of the pelvis that differentiate males from females. Secondly, he had a very good title. It acted as an attention grabber and was the reason I read this article. Also, the response was smooth. It was easy to read and comprehend.
The main flaw of this article was that it was too short. It was only one paragraph and I recommend it to be at least three. Next, there were a few grammatical and spelling errors in the summary.
I thought this article was interesting because of the way it described more accurate ways to determine the gender of skeletal remains.
I think that nick choosed a great topic to talk about. It was cool to see that we did somthing in a lab that is being talked about. Also Nick did a great job summing up the original article.
Even though i thought that it was interesting to see this topic in an article I feel that it was not that new to me becasue we had already studied the topic. Also i feel that he could have gone into a little more detail on the article.
Other than that I feel that it was a great blog done by Nick.
I thought Nick did a very good job in summarizing this article. He made it very easy to understand and provided a lot of interesting facts. He showed of this newly developed technique is a vast improvement from previous sex determining techniques. This shows the significant advances that are occurring in forensic science. I would have broken up the summary into separate paragraphs. I would have included if this is currently being used.
I enjoyed this article because it shows how advances are occurring in forensic science.
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