The benefits of the computed tomography in the forensic medicine Radiological imaging methods represent one of the complementary examination methods supplementing conventional autopsy in addition to histological, toxicological, biochemical, microbiological, and serological examination in forensic medicine. The basic and commonly available radiological imaging method in forensic practice is X-ray imaging. With the development of modern radiological imaging methods (especially computed tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance), these modern methods have been gradually applied to the field of forensic medicine. The rapid development of radiological imaging methods in recent years (especially computed tomography and nuclear magnetic resonance) has caused the gradual application of these modern methods in the field of forensic medicine. Post mortem CT (pmCT) examination is now a common part of forensic medicine in the most developed world countries (Switzerland, Denmark, Australia, Japan, Germany, Italy, France and others) and since 2015 this examination has been available at two departments of forensic medicine in the Czech Republic. The primary aim of the study was to evaluate the benefits of pmCT examination in routine forensic practice in three comprehensive groups of individuals who died as a result of...

METHODE: Aus den Protokollen von Ertrunkenen des Sektionsgutes der Jahre 1991-2000 der Rechtsmedizinischen Institute der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (n=129) und der Ernst-Moritz-Arndt Universität Greifswald (n=209) wurde versucht die Häufigkeit und Bedeutung von Mageninhalt in den Luftwegen zu beurteilen. In diesem Zusammenhang sollte auch die Herkunft und Verwendung des Begriffs des "Sehrtschen Magentodes" durch eine Literaturrecherche ergründet werden. Der "Sehrtsche Magentod" ist per definitionem ein Erstickungstod durch Aspirieren von erbrochenem Mageninhalt beim Ertrinken. RESULTS: Von den 129 Ertrunkenen in Berlin fanden sich 8, unter den 209 Ertrunkenen in Greifswald fanden sich 12 mit Mageninhalt in Kehlkopf, Trachea oder Bronchien. Es konnte ein Hinweis auf ein mögliches häufigeres Auftreten von Mageninhalt in den Luftwegen bei Ertrunkenen mit einer Mageninhaltsmenge > 500ml gefunden werden. Es fanden sich keine Hinweise dafür, daß es häufiger zum Auffinden von Mageninhalt in den Luftwegen bei Ertrinken in kaltem Wasser, in Salzwasser oder bei starker Alkoholisierung kommt. Des weiteren wurden bei den Fällen mit Mageninhalt in den Luftwegen der Lungenbefund auf die Frage einer vitalen Aspiration kasuistisch-deskriptiv untersucht und diskutiert. Unterschiede zwischen Berlin und Greifswald hinsichtlich der statistischen Verteilung von Alter, Geschlecht, Art, Ort und Zeitpunkt des Ertrinkens, Liegezeit im Wasser, toxikologischen Befunden, Lungenbefund und Magenbefund wurden herausgearbeitet. / The coronial files of drownings from the period 1991-2000 in Berlin (n=129) and Greifswald (n=209) were analysed to assess the frequency and significance of the occurrence of gastric content in the air passages of the deceased. In this context the origin and use of the term "Sehrtscher Magentod" was also clarified by means of a literature review. The "Sehrtscher Magentod" per definition occurs through asphyxiation as vomited stomach content is aspirated during the drowning. RESULTS: From 129 drownings in Berlin, 8 showed signs of gastric content in the air passages (larynx, trachea, bronchis), whilst in Greifswald this figure amounted to 12 out of 209. The study revealed a possible higher occurrence of gastric content in air passages where the deceased were found to have a gastric content quantity exceeding 500ml. Drownings in cold or salt water, or with a high blood alcohol concentration, did not show signs of a possible higher occurrence of gastric content in the air passages. Furthermore, the lung content of those cases showing gastric content in the air passages was examined and discussed regarding the question of a vital aspiration talking in a casuistic descriptual approach. Differences between the two cities with regards to the statistical distribution of age, gender, nature, location and time of drowning, toxicological findings, and lung and gastric features are also included in the study.

The aim of the thesis is to describe the role of the Water Rescue Service of the Czech Red Cross as a component of the Integrated Rescue System, and also to analyze and compare its activities with activities, skills and the material-technical equipment with other three randomly selected Water Rescue Services in Europe (Slovak Red Cross - Water Rescue Service, Irish Water Safety, The Royal Life Saving Society UK). One of the major benefits of the diploma thesis was a proposal how to improve the activities of the Water Rescue Service of the Czech Red Cross.

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This study examines the phenomenon of abusive violence (AV) in the context of the American Post-9/11 Counter-terrorism and Counter-insurgency campaigns. Previous research into atrocities by states and their agents has largely come from examinations of totalitarian regimes with well-developed torture and assassination institutions. The mechanisms influencing willingness to do harm have been examined in experimental studies of obedience to authority and the influences of deindividuation, dehumanization, context and system. This study used Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) to examine the lived experience of AV reported by fourteen American military and intelligence veterans. Participants were AV observers, objectors, or abusers. Subjects described why AV appeared sensible at the time, how methods of violence were selected, and what sense they made of their experiences after the fact. Accounts revealed the roles that frustration, fear, anger and mission pressure played to prompt acts of AV that ranged from the petty to heinous. Much of the AV was tied to a shift in mission view from macro strategic aims of CT and COIN to individual and small group survival. Routine hazing punishment soldiers received involving forced exercise and stress positions made similar acts inflicted on detainees unrecognizable as abusive. Overt and implied permissiveness from military superiors enabled AV extending to torture, and extra-judicial killings. Attempting to overcome feelings of vulnerability, powerlessness and rage, subjects enacted communal punishment through indiscriminate beatings and shooting. Participants committed AV to amuse themselves and humiliate their enemies; some killed detainees to force confessions from others, conceal misdeeds, and avoid routine paperwork. Participants realized that AV practices were unnecessary, counter-productive, and self-damaging. Several reduced or halted their AV as a result. The lived experience of AV left most respondents feeling guilt, shame, and inadequacy, whether they committed abuse or failed to stop it.