Sébastien Crot, Raymond Marquis
A comparative review of error rates in forensic handwriting examination
AAFS Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume69, Issue6 - November 2024 - Pages 2127-2138
https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15589
A comparative review of error rates in forensic handwriting examination
AAFS Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume69, Issue6 - November 2024 - Pages 2127-2138
https://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15589
Wiley Online Library
A comparative review of error rates in forensic handwriting examination
A comparison of error rates between studies in forensic handwriting examination has been made in response to the lack of knowledge on error in this field. Fifteen indicators have been used to describ...
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Kylie Jones, Carolyne Bird - Complexity, Features, and Comparisons in Forensic Handwriting Examination -
WIREs Forensic Science, Volume7, Issue. March 2025
This article describes the approach and methodology utilized by forensic handwriting examiners (FHEs) in analyzing and comparing handwriting and signatures, with a focus on assessing complexity and characterizing features. This is one part of the handwriting examination process where the ultimate goal is to express an authorship opinion. The perceived complexity of handwriting by FHEs is a critical element in the examination process. It relates to the examiner's judgment of both the ease with which a handwriting sample might be simulated, and the possibility of a chance correspondence of features between two and more samples of writing written by different individuals. This assessment is relevant as part of both the pre-analysis and evaluation stages of an examination. A broader set of features is also defined, comprising construction, spatial, and line quality features. Both habits and variations are noted. These are used to determine whether there are similarities or dissimilarities between two and more samples being compared.
https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wfs2.1537
WIREs Forensic Science, Volume7, Issue. March 2025
This article describes the approach and methodology utilized by forensic handwriting examiners (FHEs) in analyzing and comparing handwriting and signatures, with a focus on assessing complexity and characterizing features. This is one part of the handwriting examination process where the ultimate goal is to express an authorship opinion. The perceived complexity of handwriting by FHEs is a critical element in the examination process. It relates to the examiner's judgment of both the ease with which a handwriting sample might be simulated, and the possibility of a chance correspondence of features between two and more samples of writing written by different individuals. This assessment is relevant as part of both the pre-analysis and evaluation stages of an examination. A broader set of features is also defined, comprising construction, spatial, and line quality features. Both habits and variations are noted. These are used to determine whether there are similarities or dissimilarities between two and more samples being compared.
https://wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wfs2.1537
Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews
Complexity, Features, and Comparisons in Forensic Handwriting Examination
Forensic handwriting examiners conduct detailed examinations of handwriting and signatures to understand the habits and variations of a writer. Once complete, comparisons are undertaken between one a...
Carolina Rojas Alfaro, Diego Ureña Mora, Mauricio Chacón Hernández, Adele Quigley-McBride - A practical approach to mitigating cognitive bias effects in forensic casework - Forensic Science International: Synergy - Volume 10, June 2025
Historically, forensic science results have been admitted in court, with minimal scrutiny regarding their scientific validity. However, following the National Academy of Sciences (NAS, 2009) report, the forensic community has undergone a significant transformation. This shift has demonstrated that forensic scientists and laboratories want to ensure the scientific rigor and quality of their results, but that they are often uncertain where to begin when addressing concerns about error and bias. In response to these challenges, the Department of Forensic Sciences in Costa Rica designed and began a pilot program within the Questioned Documents Section of the laboratory. This program incorporates various existing research-based tools, including Linear Sequential Unmasking-Expanded, Blind Verifications, case managers, and other important mitigation strategies to enhance the reliability of and reduce subjectivity in forensic evaluations.
https://tinyurl.com/m5betk5h [open access]
Historically, forensic science results have been admitted in court, with minimal scrutiny regarding their scientific validity. However, following the National Academy of Sciences (NAS, 2009) report, the forensic community has undergone a significant transformation. This shift has demonstrated that forensic scientists and laboratories want to ensure the scientific rigor and quality of their results, but that they are often uncertain where to begin when addressing concerns about error and bias. In response to these challenges, the Department of Forensic Sciences in Costa Rica designed and began a pilot program within the Questioned Documents Section of the laboratory. This program incorporates various existing research-based tools, including Linear Sequential Unmasking-Expanded, Blind Verifications, case managers, and other important mitigation strategies to enhance the reliability of and reduce subjectivity in forensic evaluations.
https://tinyurl.com/m5betk5h [open access]
Forensic Sciences Research - Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2024 - Special Issue Forensic Document Examination
https://academic.oup.com/fsr/issue/9/4
https://academic.oup.com/fsr/issue/9/4
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Siamo al sicuro, quindi ?
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2468853-why-being-bilingual-really-does-seem-to-delay-dementia/
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2468853-why-being-bilingual-really-does-seem-to-delay-dementia/
New Scientist
Why being bilingual really does seem to delay dementia
Multiple studies suggest that speaking more than one language pushes back the onset of dementia, but doesn't seem to stop it entirely
Meta: torrenting senza seeding non è pirateria.
Anche quando scarichi 82 TB (tera!) di copie pirata di contenuti protetti da diritto d'autore, via Torrent da Anna’s Archive, utilizzati per il training dei modelli AI Llama. Meta sostiene che si tratti di fair use, consentito dalla legge.
Oui, je suis stocazzó ?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-defends-its-vast-book-torrenting-were-just-a-leech-no-proof-of-seeding/
Anche quando scarichi 82 TB (tera!) di copie pirata di contenuti protetti da diritto d'autore, via Torrent da Anna’s Archive, utilizzati per il training dei modelli AI Llama. Meta sostiene che si tratti di fair use, consentito dalla legge.
Oui, je suis stocazzó ?
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/02/meta-defends-its-vast-book-torrenting-were-just-a-leech-no-proof-of-seeding/
Ars Technica
Meta claims torrenting pirated books isn’t illegal without proof of seeding
Meta’s copyright defense may hinge on court ignorance of torrenting terminology.
"Uan schifezz's megl che tù"
Dal 5 Maggio 2025 (Ei fu ...) chiude Skype, passa tutto a Teams.
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/microsoft-ritireremo-skype-5-maggio-concentrarci-teams-AGeVTxDD
Dal 5 Maggio 2025 (Ei fu ...) chiude Skype, passa tutto a Teams.
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/microsoft-ritireremo-skype-5-maggio-concentrarci-teams-AGeVTxDD
Il Sole 24 ORE
Microsoft annuncia la chiusura di Skype: il passaggio a Teams come hub di comunicazione
L’azienda comunica il ritiro della storica piattaforma nata nel 2003 e acquista da Microsoft nel 2011 per 8,5 miliardi di dollari
“The relevant truth is that the country was settled by a desperate, divided, and rapacious horde of people who were determined to forget their pasts and determined to make money.”
James Baldwin, Nothing Personal, Dell, 1964
James Baldwin, Nothing Personal, Dell, 1964
LEVINE_46.1.5_FINAL-WEB-11.8.pdf
9.8 MB
Caroline Levine - Anyone You Are Related to Can Be Used Against You: Criminal Discovery Statutes and Investigative Genetic Genealogy - Cardozo Law Review,
Volume 46, Issue 1, 2024
Volume 46, Issue 1, 2024
“If you want critical minerals, Ukraine ain’t the place to look for them,” declares Jack Lifton, executive chairman of the Critical Minerals Institute. “It’s a fantasy. There’s no point to any of this. There’s some other agenda going on here. I can’t believe that anybody in Washington actually believes that it makes sense to get rare earths in Ukraine.”
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The irony isn’t lost on Sanderson that the United States, too, has substantial deposits of rare earth ore, in California, Alaska, Wyoming, Georgia, and Texas, among other places. “He [Trump] is discounting what we have within our borders.” The unanswerable question, at the moment, is why?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ukraine-rare-earth-minerals
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The irony isn’t lost on Sanderson that the United States, too, has substantial deposits of rare earth ore, in California, Alaska, Wyoming, Georgia, and Texas, among other places. “He [Trump] is discounting what we have within our borders.” The unanswerable question, at the moment, is why?
https://spectrum.ieee.org/ukraine-rare-earth-minerals
IEEE Spectrum
Rare Earths Reality Check: Ukraine Doesn't Have Minable Deposits
A chaotic Oval Office press conference on Feb. 28 revealed a nonsensical U.S.-Ukraine deal for rare earths, baffling experts who knew Ukraine lacks viable deposits. Is Trump’s rare-earth strategy misguided political theater? With China dominating the market…
"Compagna di un detenuto va al colloquio in carcere con tre mini cellulari nelle mutande" - questo ieri a Rebibbia G11.
Quando lo dicevo io [Seraphicum/Sapienza 2015], osservando il parallelismo tra la situazione delle carceri brasiliane e la deriva che stava prendendo la legislazione penitenziaria italiana, mi ridevano dietro ...
https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/03/15/news/colloquio_carcere_cellulari_mutande_rebibbia-424064718/
Quando lo dicevo io [Seraphicum/Sapienza 2015], osservando il parallelismo tra la situazione delle carceri brasiliane e la deriva che stava prendendo la legislazione penitenziaria italiana, mi ridevano dietro ...
https://roma.repubblica.it/cronaca/2025/03/15/news/colloquio_carcere_cellulari_mutande_rebibbia-424064718/
On The Writing of The Insane (1870) di G. Mackenzie Bacon (1835–1883), alienista e sovrintendente del Cambridgeshire asylum, poi Fulbourn Hospital.
Disponibile in versione integrale e in pubblico dominio sull'Internet Archive : https://archive.org/details/onwritingofinsan00baco/mode/2up
Disponibile in versione integrale e in pubblico dominio sull'Internet Archive : https://archive.org/details/onwritingofinsan00baco/mode/2up
Finalmente arrivata la versione 3 di GIMP, per Linux, macOS e Zozzows (verificare sul sito le richieste di sistema).
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
https://www.gimp.org/downloads/
www.gimp.org
GIMP - Downloads
The official download page for all things GIMP! Please only use the official binaries provided here unless you really, really know what you’re doing (it’s the only way to be safe). We try to provide binaries in-time with regular releases, but may occasionally…
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