In general, bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) refers to the collection and subsequent forensic analysis investigation of the size, shape, and distribution patterns of bloodstains found at a crime ...

David Camm lost 13 years of his life to eight drops of blood. In 2000, the Indiana state trooper was charged with murder after finding his wife and two children shot to death in their home. During the ...

Every so often a buzzword or phrase in information security discourse surfaces from the infosec jargon din into broader public consciousness. One such buzz phrase is “pattern of life” analytics (POL).

In biology, phylogenetic trees represent the evolutionary history and diversification of species -- the ''family tree'' of Life. Phylogenetic trees not only describe the evolution of a group of ...

Anyone who’s a fan of TV police procedurals and true crime knows that many cases hinge on blood pattern evidence. That’s nothing new. The first documented use of bloodstain pattern analysis, or BPA, ...

It’s no secret that a successful yield ramp directly impacts integrated circuit (IC) product cost and time-to-market. Tools and techniques that help companies ramp to volume faster, while also ...

In Netflix’s “The Staircase,” Duane Deaver, a blood spatter analyst who worked for North Carolina’s State Bureau of Investigation, testified that blood stains at the bottom of author Michael ...

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