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Journal of Forensic Research and Criminal Investigation
Journal of Clinical Trials and Research (ISSN:2637-7373)
International Journal of Anaesthesia and Research (ISSN:2641-399X)
Journal of Renal Transplantation Science (ISSN:2640-0847)
Journal of Spine Diseases
Stem Cell Research and Therapeutics (ISSN:2474-4646)
International Journal of Clinical Case Studies and Reports (ISSN:2641-5771)
Ophthalmology Clinics and Research (ISSN:2638-115X)
Prof. Xinshan Chen (MD, Ph. D)
Professor of Forensic Pathology
Department of Forensic Pathology, Tongji Medical College
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Biography :
1989, Master's Degree had been conferred in Tongji Medical University (Now, Tongji Medical College), Wuhan, P.R.China 2004, Doctor's Degree had been conferred in Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
Forensic pathology: Sudden death (especially in cardiovascular diseases), Medical malpractice, Relationship between trauma and disease, Road traffic accident; Education of forensic medicine; Medical ethics (Euthanasia).
Co- Editor in Chief
Prof. Scott A. Johnson, MA, LP,
Licensed Psychologist (Minnesota)
Forensic Consultation
Scott A. Johnson, MA, LP, has a Master's Degree in Counseling & Psychological Services from St. Mary's College. He is a Licensed Psychologist (Minnesota) and was a Diplomate of the American Board of Psychological Specialties in Forensic Psychology (disbanded in 2017). He has over 30 years-experience addressing sexual predators as a forensic psychologist, author, educator, and police trainer. He trains and consults with law enforcement, Department of Defense (JSOC), and U.S. Probation nationwide in 28 states addressing sexual predators and violent offenders. He was involved in the civil commitment of sexual predators for the state of Minnesota for several years. He is currently an adjunct professor at Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) in the Social Sciences Department. His company is Forensic Consultation. He is the author of several books and book chapters, booklets, research, journal articles and other professional materials.
Sexual assault, rape, sexual predators, alcohol and rape, psychopathy, animal abuse.
Dr. Pragnesh B. Parmar, MD
Forensic Medicine Department
GMERS Medical College
•	Scientific publications in National/ International indexed journals: 52 (Total citation – 300, h index 8, i10 index 6) •	Book publication as author: 13 •	Editorial board member in scientific journals: 5 •	Oral scientific paper presentation in various events: 5 •	ICMR projects guided: 2 •	Scientific training taken: 29 •	Conferences attended: 5 •	Workshops attended: 12 •	CME attended: 19
Area of interest: Medico-legal issues, Forensic Medicine and Toxicology
Prof. Roy G. Beran
Suite 5, 6th Floor,12 Thomas Street
CHATSWOOD, NSW 2067
Roy is trained as a consultant neurologist and accredited sleep physician, in addition to working within legal medicine, military medicine and aviation medicine. His qualifications include: MBBS, MD, FRACP, FRACGP, Grad. Dip. Tertiary Ed., Grad. Dip. Further Ed., FAFPHM, FACLM, FRCP, FAAN, FACBS, B Leg. S, MHL and FFFLM (Hon). He is a Conjoint Professor of Medicine at the University of New South Wales and Professor in the School of Medicine at Griffith University, Queensland. He is: a founding Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine; a Past President of the College, having stepped down in 2011; is the Australian Governor and was on the executive of the Board of Governors of the World Association for Medical Law (WAML); and is an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians (London). In Neurology, he is: a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians; a Corresponding Fellow of the American Academy of Neurologists; and a Member of the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists. He was an officer in the Royal Australian Navy Reserve (holding the rank of Commander) and was awarded membership of general division of the Order of Australia, in 2015.
He pioneered the conduct of clinical trials and undertaking research within the private practice environment, having been principal author in publications which included leading academic/tertiary referral institutions. He has published in excess of 300 papers, book chapters and letters to the editor, presented in excess of 360 papers at national and international meetings and written or edited 15 books including Legal and Forensic Medicine and is on numerous editorial boards including being the editor in chief of the international journal, Medicine and Law, for the WAML.
Dr. Amarnath Mishra
Amity Institute of Forensic Sciences
Amity University
Dr. Amarnath Mishra has been working as an Assistant Professor at Amity Institute of Forensic Sciences, Amity University UP, Noida, India since August 2015. Prior to this, he had worked as an Associate Professor in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at Tribhuvan University, National Medical College, Nepal and also worked as a Lecturer in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology at Kathmandu University, College of Medical Sciences, Nepal. Dr. Mishra received his Ph.D. in Forensic Science with specialization in Forensic and Analytical Toxicology from Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, India in collaboration with the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Chandigarh, India. He received his M.Phil. in Biochemistry with specialization in DNA Forensic and Toxicology from Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, Tamilnadu, India and he completed his M.Sc. in Forensic Science with specialization in DNA Forensic and Toxicology from Sam Higginbottom University of Agriculture, Technology & Sciences, Allahabad, India in collaboration with the Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad, India.
Forensic & Analytical Toxicology
Dr. Xavier Riaud, DDS, PhD
145, route de Vannes
-	Laureate and Associate member of the National Academy of Dental Surger -	Free Member of the National Academy of Surgery -	Fellow of the Pierre Fauchard Academy -	Knight of the Order of the Academic Palms -	Knight of the Order of the National Merit -	29 books -	More than 500 publications in 5 languages
History of medicine and Forensic Dentistry
Dr. Fahd Mohammed Abd Al Wahab Abd Al Galil
Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Science
Thamar University
Dr. Fahd M. A. Abd Algalil is presently working as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Zoology, Faculty of Applied Science,Thamar University, Yemen I earned my bachelor`s degree in Biology from Thamar University, My Master degree in Zoology from University of Mysore,Karnataka State, India and PhD. in Zoology from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University, Aurangabad, Maharashtra State, India. During my work on Forensic Entomology i have discovered two new species of forensically important insects one is belongs to Sarcophagidae family and genus of Sarcophaga, the new species named as Sarcophga geetai. and the second new species belongs to Calliphoridae family and Chrysomya genus, it named as Chrysomya indiana. Also i have record one species of Calliphoridae (Chrysomya saffranea) for first time in India. i am now working as an editorial member and reviewer in several of international journals.I was invited as Chief guest and keynote address speaker in many conferences in India
During my work on Forensic Entomology i have discovered two new species of forensically important insects one is belongs to Sarcophagidae family and genus of Sarcophaga, the new species named as Sarcophga geetai. and the second new species belongs to Calliphoridae family and Chrysomya genus, it named as Chrysomya indiana. Also i have record one species of Calliphoridae (Chrysomya saffranea) for first time in India.
Dr. Sadanand S Bhise MD, MBBS, PhD (Reg)
Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Grant Govt. Medical College,
Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals
1. Faculty at Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Grant Govt Medical College and Sir J. J. Group of Hospitals, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, 400008. 2. Chairperson & nominated Judge for various scientific sessions in Conferences/CMEs conducted by, Medico-Legal Association of Maharashtra, Indian Academy of Forensic Medicine (IAFM). 3. Guest speaker in National and zonal confrerences/CMEs.
Dr. George Paraskevas, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Anatomy & Orthopedic Surgeon
Department of Anatomy, Medical School
Dr George K. Paraskevas works as Associate Professor of Anatomy at Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Greece. He gained full qualification as specialist in orthopaedic surgery. His research and scientific fields of interest include congenital anomalies of bones and muscles, trauma and surgery, entrapment syndromes of nerves and neuropathies, variational anatomy of vascular system, history of Anatomy, anatomical nomenclature, anthropometric studies and surgical anatomy and embryology of gastrointestinal tract. Dr Paraskevas is a member of the Editorial Board of 141 international medical journals and supervisor and member of the advisory board of 15 dissertations. He published over 160 papers in international medical journals indexed in PubMed and is author of several textbooks of anatomy.
Surgical anatomy and embryology of gastrointestinal tract, Congenital anomalies of bones and muscles, Entrapment syndromes of nerves and neuropathies, Variational anatomy of vascular system, Trauma and surgery, History of Anatomy, Anatomical nomenclature, Anthropometric studies
Dr. Al-Jazar Tareq
Independent Forensic Services
Sweden Uppsala
• I am currently working as a general manager for Independent Forensic Services Sweden Uppsala , independent.forensic@consultant.com . • Research project in the Division of Pharmacognosy at Department of Medicinal Chemistry at Uppsala University, Sweden 2017, (Identification of Hepatotoxicity chemicals by using ChemGPS-NP). • 2010- 2014 Teacher in Karlshamn Kommon (biology, chemistry and Physic), • 2006-2010 PhD researcher (Eco-toxicology)in Medical Faculty, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia. • 1990 to 2009, Forensic / human safety-environment in (Royal Scientific Society Jordan / Iraq ) and in different projects in the Middle East.
Toxicology, water ,wastewater ,sewage contaminated, land water quality. PAH General Toxicology Methods in Toxicology Human and Environmental Toxicology Environmental Risk Assessment and Management Chemistry of Hazardous Substances Environmental Impact Assessment Principles of Marine Biochemistry
Dr. Manash Pratim Sarma
Assam Downtown University
1- Awarded Ph.D. under Department of Biotechnology, Gauhati University, and Guwahati [Title of the thesis: Whole genome analysis of Hepatitis B virus isolates from Hepatocellular carcinoma and asymptomatic carriers from Northern, Sothern and North East India (01.10.2013)]. 2- Was awarded M.Sc. (Biotechnology) [First class 2nd] and B.Sc. (Zoology) [First class 8th] under Gauhati University, and have an academic career with throughout first class grade. 3- Have published research articles in International (15) and national (6) journals with high impact factor. 4- Cleared SLET exam 2016[8th position]. 4- Have obtained clinical research experience as a site coordinator in three clinical trials of different phases at Department of Medicine, MAMC, and New Delhi. 5- Currently working as an Associate professor, Department of Biotechnology, Assam down town University, Guwahati. 6- Have 11 years of post-M.Sc. research experience as JRF/SRF in DST and ICMR funded projects and 4 years and 7 months of experience in academics.
Keen interest in academia and research. Key areas of research are cancer biology, hepatotropic viruses and medicinal plants. Currently working on molecular docking.
Prof. Massoud Kaykhaii
Faculty of Sciences, University of Sistan and Baluchestan
Massoud Kaykhaii is a professor of analytical chemistry, working at the University of Sistan and Baluchestan (Zahedan, Iran) since 1989. His research work is focused on modern sample preparation techniques including µ-solid phase extraction, solid phase microextraction, liquid phase microextraction and stir bar sorptive extraction. He has published over 110 research articles; presented ca. 120 seminars/conferences; authored two textbooks, and (co)supervised more than 100 MSc and PhD thesis. He is member of editorial advisory board of 85 journals and acted as secretary of three national mirror committees of ISO/TC for years. He finished 25 industrial projects and has been counsellor in 10 companies in Iran. In 2017 he awarded the best researcher of the University of Sistan and Baluchestan. Publons recognized him as one of the "top 1 percent of top reviewers" in multidisciplinary and in chemistry in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Currently, he is the chairman of Smartphone Analytical Sensors Research Centre.
Modern sample preparation techniques including µ-solid phase extraction, solid phase microextraction, liquid phase microextraction and stir bar sorptive extraction.
Prof. Adarsh Kumar
Professor & In Charge
Forensic Anthropology & Forensic Radiology
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Prof. Adarsh a Gold medallist obtained his medical degree from prestigious King George's Medical College, Lucknow & post-graduation in Forensic Medicine. He is lone member from India in International Academy of Legal Medicine, British Association in Forensic medicine and Canadian Society of Forensic sciences besides being life member of many scientific associations from India. He was awarded Honorary Diploma in Legal Medicine by International Academy of Legal Medicine at Portugal in 2009. He is the first person to receive Commonwealth Fellowship at UK twice in year 2011 and 2015. He is also a Fellow of Royal Society of Medicine, London, Indian Association of Medicolegal Experts, International Science Congress Association & Indian Society of Toxicology. He was honoured with Commendation Certificate for his exemplary work in field of Forensic Investigations & Human Rights by National Human Rights Commission in 2014.
Dr (Mrs.) Reeta Rani Gupta
Senior Scientific Officer
Govt. Of India (Documents)
CFSL/CBI
Training on Application Spectroscopic and Chromatographic Technique; Good Laboratory Practice Training (2000); Course on Document Examination for criminal Justice Functionaries, National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Ministry of Home Affairs, New Delhi 2013; Report writing Statistic and Standard National Institute of Criminology and Forensic Science, Ministry of Home Affairs New Delhi 2017. Laboratory Quality Management system & Internal Audit ISO/IEC 17025:2005 STQC Jaipur. Laboratory Quality Management system & Internal Audit ISO/IEC 17025:2017 Ahmadabad.
Nanoscience, Chemistry, Forensic Science and Document including Machine Generated Document.
Prof. John Zheng Wang
School of Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Emergency Management
Dr. John Zheng Wang is a full professor of Criminal Justice and Forensic Studies in School of Criminal Justice, Criminology, and Emergency Management at California State University-Long Beach. He also serves as Director and an Instructor for the Applied Forensic Science & Crime Analysis and High Tech Crime Investigation Certificate Programs at CSULB. From 1988 to 1994, he earned his M.P.A. from Northern Michigan University and doctoral degree from Indiana University of PA. From1996 to1999, Dr. Wang taught as an adjunct instructor for the Huston Police Academy. Since 2009 he has been an expert instructor for California Police Command College (POST). He is a fellow of American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) and members of International Association for Identification (IAI), International Association for Identification-CA, and Southern California Association of Fingerprint Officers (SCAFO). He is also a member for American Chemical Society (ACS) and American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS). Since 2016, Dr. Wang has been elected to be a voting member of the AAFS's ASC National Firearm/Tool-marks Consensus Committee. He publishes widely in several areas of forensic sciences
Digital Measurements of Firearm and Fingerprint Evidence, Elemental Analysis of Trace Evidence, Crime Scene Investigation, Microanalysis of Live Biological Evidence, and Forensic Medical Examination.
Dr. Sudip Datta Banik
Department of Human Ecology
Cinvestav-IPN. Merida
2015-present Chair, Department of Human Ecology. Cinvestav-IPN. Merida, Mexico 2013-present Investigador Cinvestav-3B Department of Human Ecology. Cinvestav-IPN. Merida, Mexico 2010-2012 Visiting Researcher Department of Human Ecology. Cinvestav-IPN. Merida, Mexico 2004-2013 Lecturer and Reader Department of Anthropology. Vidyasagar University West Bengal, India 1998-2004 Lecturer Department of Anthropology Sitananda College (Under Vidyasagar University) West Bengal, India
Physical Anthropology and Human Genetics
Dr. Zorawar Singh
Department of Zoology
Khalsa College Amritsar
Dr. Zorawar Singh is working in the field of Genetic Toxicology and Occupational Health. Dr. Singh is a life member of Society for Environment and Conservation (Regd.), Punjab, India and Indian Association of Nuclear Chemists and Allied Scientists, BARC, India. He is a former member of Punjab Eco Friendly Association. He has completed two research projects granted by University Grants Commission, India and Punjab State Council for Science and Technology, Chandigarh in collaboration with Department of Science and Technology (DST) and National Council for Science and Technology Communication (NCSTC), Government of India and is currently working on third one. He has reviewed more than 40 research papers for different conferences and for more than 10 International journals including Chemico-Biological Interactions, Toxicology and Industrial Health, Iranian Journal of Public Health, Human and Experimental Toxicology, International Research Journal of Public and Environmental Health and Walailak Journal of Science and Technology, Thailand. He has published more than 40 research papers in different National and International journals in the field of toxicology and health
Dr. Rajeev Jain
Scientist B (Toxicology)
Central Forensic Science Laboratory
Dr. Rajeev Jain is presently working as Scientist 'B' (Toxicology) in Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Govt. of India (Chandigarh). He has obtained his Ph.D. degree in the field of Analytical Toxicology from CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow, India in 2014. Dr. Jain has published more than 25 research / review papers and book chapter in international journals of repute such as Trends in Analytical Chemistry, Journal of Chromatography B, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, Journal of Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Analysis, Analytical Methods, Forensic Toxicology, Food Chemistry, Journal of Planar Chromatograph – Modern TLC, Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Bioanalysis and Toxicological Sciences etc. He is acting as invited reviewer and member of editorial board of various international journals. He has received more than 350 citations on his research paper since 2011. His h-index is 12 and i-index is 15. Following is his Google Scholar Profile: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=9MHsMTgAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=sra
Development of simple, rapid, eco-friendly, cost-effective, sensitive and selective analytical methods based on microextraction techniques (such as SPME and DLLME etc.) for the determination of chemical analytes for forensic toxicological, clinical and environmental importance in various complex samples such as blood, saliva, plasma, urine, tissue etc using GC-MS, GC-FID, GC-ECD and TLC-image processing technique.
Dr. Smily Kapoor
Lab Analyst
Basmati Export Development Foundation
•	Sample preparation and analysis of multiresidue pesticides, mycotoxins, ultra-trace metals and metals speciation in paddy, brown, parboiled and milled rice samples. •	Maintain records of Measurement of Uncertainty, calibration of instruments and method validation. •	In house training of ISO 17020:2012, ISO 9001:2015 and Quality Management Systems. •	Two audits conducted by NABL and BIS at chemical lab have been faced. •	Experience in handling ICPMS-HPLC-GC, HPLC-MSn, GC-MS/MS Instruments, making their Standard Operating Procedures and equipment maintenance plans. •	Maintain record for the daily lab activities and for all the chemical lab safety parameters as per ISO 17025:2017. •	Maintain records of ILC/PT, Training records and Internal audit related to Quality System.
Prof. Richard H. Martin
Criminal Justice and Homeland Security/Emergency Management
Dept. of Leadership Studies, Mercer University
Department head for 26 years; over 40 national conference presentations; over 40 publisher textbook reviews; 38 publications, 29 are peer reviewed publications, 20 of which are in refereed journals; two supplemental textbooks; over 65 articles reviewed for academic journals; taught over 26 different criminal justice, homeland security, emergency management, and private security topics, including research methods and ethics. Began developing and implementing online courses and programs in 2001.
International Accreditation Assessor, Commission for Law Enforcement Accreditation (CALEA) and Team Leader; *National Accreditation Assessor, International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) and Team Leader *Indiana Secondary Teaching-Life License
Dr. Mark Pettigrew
Researcher and Criminologist
Dr Mark Pettigrew (BA Hons; MA; PhD; FHEA) is an award winning researcher and criminologist. After completing his doctoral research on death row incarceration in the United States, Mark has published extensively on whole life imprisonment in England & Wales and the crimes, specifically aggravated forms of homicide, that give rise to the sentence. His current research interests include sexual paraphilias and adult homicide, homicide dynamics, and crime scene behaviours of sexually motivated killers. Dr Pettigrew is currently a senior lecturer in criminology and criminal justice at Leeds Beckett University.
His current research interests include sexual paraphilias and adult homicide, homicide dynamics, and crime scene behaviours of sexually motivated killers.
Dr. Manas Bajpai
Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology
NIMS University
	Ability to maintain high standards of achievement, behavior, discipline and punctuality amongst students. 	Inclined towards research related to various diseases. 	Fostering, mentoring and encouraging student learning. 	Skilled communicator with strong people skills, sensitive to students specialized and changing needs. 	Able to organize conferences and establish contacts with the wider academic community. 	Able to make significant contributions towards university objectives and partake in administration.
Dr. Vinay J
Adichunchanagiri Institute Of Medical Sciences
Professional membership: KARNATAKA MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY Research Experience: In MS Ramaiah Medical College, Bengaluru Numbers of International papers published – 6 Numbers of national papers published – 2
Dr. Naresh Kumar,
Forensic Science Laboratory
GNCT of Delhi
	Attended training program on "Forensic examination of hairs" from 25/3/1996 to 29/3/1996 at Central Forensic Science Laboratory, Hyderabad. 	Attended conference on "Course of investigation of road accidents" form 8/4/13 to 12/4/13 at LNJPN institute of criminology and forensic science Delhi 	Attended training program on" DNA profiling in human identification" from 27/1/09 to 31/1/09/ at Central Forensic Science Laboratory ,Kolkata 	Attended conference on "International symposium on emerging trends in forensic science" at Punjabi university, Patiala from 22 to 24 February 2010 	Attended and paper presented in 23rd all India Forensic Science Conference on 23 &24 /3/15 at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. 	Attended conference on "Forensic Odontology" at Punjabi university Patiala, in January 2014.
DNA profiling from forensic samples
Dr. Prashant Kumar Dhakad
Jaipur National University
 For the past 5 years maintained more than 98% result in subjects taught.  Maintaining files for PCI inspection.  Organizing seminars, conferences in the Department of Pharmacy, Galgotias University.  Participated in organizing extracurricular activities in Department like painting competitions, Debate competition, orientation programmes, festivities competition etc.  Guiding M.Pharm students in project work  Guiding B.Pharm students in project work  Faculty in Multi-Departments such as Department of Pharmacy, Department of BSc. MLT, Department of BSc. CVT, Department of B. Optometry, MBA (Health Management), Clinical Research, and Bachelor of Physiotherapy.  Regularly working as core team member of Examination Committee organizing examination of University level.  Member of Board of Studies at Galgotias University.  Prepared syllabus of various programs that run under School of Medical & Allied Sciences, Galgotias University.  Mentoring and counseling students weekly.  Well versed in academic software"s like OBE BASED LEARNING, WEBSIM, MOODLE, ERP online learning platform.
Cardioprotective activity, Antidiabetic activity, Anti-arthritic activity, Wound-healing activity, Aphrodisiac activity, Anti- diarrhoeal activity.
Dr. Uqbah Iqbal
Socioeconomic Researcher
Research for Social Advancement
1) Certificate of Completion Commit to Higher Altitude & Master Performance (CHAMP) training program (2018) (AIA Premier Academy) 2) First Introductory Sales Training (FIST) 2.0 (2017) (AIA Premier Academy) 3) TBE Takaful Basic Examination (2017) (Islamic Banking and Finance Institute Malaysia) 4) Doctor of Philosophy (History) (2015) (National University of Malaysia) Dissertation - The History of the Look-To-The-East Idea: Japanese Interests in the Malaysian Socio-Economic Development (1906-1980) 5) Master of Business Administration (2012) (Universiti Tenaga Nasional) Case Study - Desaru Enterprise Berhad: The Needs of Training Department and Salary Payment 6) Bachelor of Social Sciences with Honours (International Relation) (2008) (National University of Malaysia) Thesis - Look East Policy: Implications on Malaysia-Japan Relationship
Prof. E N Suleimenov
Vice-Head
Laboratory of Perspective Materials and Technologies
Kazakh-British Technical University
Graduated from the Kazakh Mining and Metallurgy Institute, metallurgy faculty in 1960 with a specialty of metallurgical engineer in the area of non-ferrous, rare and precious metals. Candidate of Technical Sciences (1970), senior research associate (1981), Doctor of Technical Sciences (2005). Fellow of the International Informatization Academy (November, 2004), member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences (January, 2007). After graduation was assigned to work in the Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Benefication of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakh SSR. During the work in IMaOB performed job duties of a senior laboratory technician (1960-1961), engineer (1961-1963), junior (1963-1971) and senior (1972-1986, 1995-2000) research associates, research team (multidisciplinary) leader (1985-1995), head of laboratory (2004-2005), head of department (2005-2006), deputy director for science (2000-2004), acting director of the Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Benefication (2004).
My research interests are theoretical inorganic chemistry, physical chemistry, metallurgy, materials science
Dr. OA Anani
Department of Biological Science,
Edo University Iyamho
Dr. O.A, Anani is a Lecturer in the Department of Biological Science, Edo University Iyamho, Nigeria. He leads a research group in the Laboratory of Ecotoxicology and Forensic Biology, Department of Biological Science, Edo University Iyamho and University of Benin, Benin City, Nigeria that focuses on the Ecological and Health risk Assessment on portable water and consumables using geo spatial modelling and several Environmentric approaches. He is currently proposing a study on the impacts of climate on the distribution of freshwater aquatic species and sediment enzymology.
Pollution studies, Ecotoxicology and Forensic Biology, Hydrobiology, Ecological and Health risks, Ecology and Conservation.
Dr. Othman Alfleesy
Alfleesy is currently working As associate Professor in department of forensic medicine and pathology at faculty of medicine , Aden university-South Yemen. He has completed his MSc in Forensic Medicine in college of higher studies in Jordan(1989).He is a member in an international association of forensic medicine. Dr. Othman Alfleesy had participated and contributed to numerous International conferences ( has presented papers or posters). He has attended in a number of national and International conferences , scientific session & workshops(including workshops of WHO).
Forensic medicine , Bioethics , embryology and Genetics.
Dr. Mukesh Sharma
State Forensic Science Laboratory,
Dr. Mukesh Sharma (M.Sc. Ph.D., DCA, BAFS), is holding the post of Assistant Director in Physics Division at Regional Forensic Science Laboratory, Bharatpur (Raj.). He has completed his Ph.D. in 2005, in the field of Material Science, joined as SSO, in Forensic Science through RPSC with rank first. He has been involved and performing duties in the field of forensic science since July 2008. He has published more than 123 research articles in International/National Journals/ Conferences/Magazines including CBI Bulletin (India), Evidence Tech. Magazine (USA), Crime Watch Canada Magazine (Canada), Digital Forensic Magazine (USA) and Journals in Forensic Sciences and 07 text books in Engineering. His fields of research are Material Science, Trace evidence analysis, Forensic Physics, Cyber Forensic/Digital Forensic and Crime Scene Management. Recently, he has been elected as Associate Member of British Academy of Forensic Science, England (First Indian Forensic Scientist). His expertise in instrumental measurements on XRD, XRF, SEM and GRIM used in Forensic trace evidences analysis.
Crime Scene Visited: - 600, Case Reported as Assistant Director – 400, Attended Court Evidence: - 80
Dr. Hassan Mohammadi Nevisi
Director of the Spirit of Laws Publishing
Selinus University of Sciences and Literature
Dr. Hassan Mohammadi Nevisi is an Iranian Lawyer and Author. He was born in 1980 in Qom, Iran. He holds a Ph.D. in Legal Studies from the Atlantic International University/ USA. He has numerous publications on law, criminology, and religion. He is currently Associate Professor at Selinus University of Sciences and Literature and director of the Spirit of Laws Publishing.
Law, Criminal Law, Legal Studies, Criminology, Penology etc
Dr. Jorge Isaac Torres Manrique
Member of the International Association of Constitutional Law- IACL (Serbia)
Catholic University of Santa Maria
Consultor jurídico. Abogado por la Universidad Católica de Santa María (Arequipa). Doctorados en Derecho y Administración, y Maestrías en Derecho Empresarial y Derecho Penal, por la Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal (Lima). Ex Director Académico de la Escuela de Posgrados, Ex Co Director de Desarrollo Curricular, Ex Representante Académico Internacional y Ex Director Académico integrante del Consejo Evaluador, del Programa Fast Track Program for Rapid Courses, de la California Silicon Valley School Of The Law, SFO, Silicon Valley University, SFO -Matriz Digital (USA).
Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law and Administration.
Dr. Paul C. Mocombe, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Sociology at West Virginia State University
The Mocombeian Foundation, Inc.
Paul C. Mocombe is a Haitian philosopher and sociologist. A former Visiting Professor of Philosophy and Sociology at Bethune Cookman University, Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Sociology at West Virginia State University, and the President/CEO of The Mocombeian Foundation, Inc., he is interested in the application of his theory of phenomenological structuralism to contemporary issues such as the constitution of consciousness, race, class, and capitalism (globalization). Dr. Mocombe is the author of, The Theory of Phenomenological Sructuralism; Haitian Epistemology; Identity and Ideology in Haiti; Jesus and the Streets; Race and Class Distinctions Within Black Communities; Language, Literacy, and Pedagogy in Postindustrial Societies; A labor Approach to the Development of the Self or Modern Personality: The Case of Public Education, Education in Globalization; Mocombe's Reading Room Series; and The Mocombeian Strategy: The Reason for, and Answer to Black Failure in Capitalist Education.
•	African and Diasporic Studies •	Ancient and Medieval Philosophy •	Philosophy of Religion •	Philosophy of Science •	Sociological Theory •	Sociology of Development •	Sociology of Globalization •	Sociology of Education •	Social Problems •	Introduction to Sociology •	Advance Research Methods and Statistics •	Social Psychology •	Sociology of Work and Welfare •	Contemporary Philosophy •	Modern Philosophy •	Ethics •	Philosophy and Sociology of Religion
Prof. Vivekkumar K Redasani
Principal and Professor
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University
I am a competence academic and research professional with 21 years of enormous experience in domain of Pharmaceutical Sciences. I have completed my Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences and my research work is based on drug design and discovery through prodrug approach. It highlights the importance of using safer promioties to elevate the efficacy of existing drug candidate. Along with work in prodrug design, my research area also includes synthesis of drug intermediates, drug design, molecular modeling, forced degradation studies, analytical and bioanaytical techniques, stability indicating method validations and nanoparticles formulations.
 Recognized Ph.D. Research guide at Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere and North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon (Maharashtra)  Guided 29 students for post graduate projects on prodrugs, drug design, molecular modeling, synthesis of anticancer derivatives, analytical and bioanaytical techniques, stability indicating method validations, and nanoparticles formulations. Approved PG teacher by North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon
Dr. Mohammed Ziyauddin G. Saiyed
Department of Forensic Medicine including Toxicology
GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre
	3 years experience as a Resident doctor in Department of Forensic Medicine, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad. 	Performed 393 post mortem examinations as well as assisted and observed around 3600 post mortem examinations during period of 3 years of residency in MD Forensic Medicine course. 	Served as Assistant Professor in the department of Forensic Medicine including Toxicology at GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India from 13/08/2012 to 14/09/2018 (6 years 1 month). 	CURRENTLY: Working as an Associate Professor in the department of Forensic Medicine including Toxicology at GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India since 15th September, 2018 till date.
	7 months experience as a General practitioner - running a general OPD at Mariyam Hospital, Jamalpur, Ahmedabad. 	3 months experience as Medical officer at Urban Health Centre, Dholka, Gujarat in Government Sector. 	7 months experience as Medical Officer at Raikhad Urban Health Centre, Ahmedabad. 	Having knowledge of basic computer skills.
Dr. Eman Ahmed Alaa El-Din
Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology
Faculty of Human Medicine, Zagazig University
Dr/ Eman Ahmed Alaa El-Din works as Associate professor of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology, Faculty of Human Medicine ,Zagazig University, Egypt . Received her undergraduate medical education, MSc and MD degrees from Zagazig University Medical School. Worked as Associate professor science 2017 till now. Supervised a number of student activities through teaching Forensic Medicine and Toxicology to medical students and young researchers. Published numerous research articles in highly prestigious journals and participated with my research articles in both national and international conferences in the form of published abstract, oral presentation and posters. A member of Egyptian Society of Clinical Toxicology. An editorial board member of numerous peerreviewed journals.
Forensic Medicine, Forensic science, Forensic Chemistry, Experimental Toxicology, Environmental Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology
Dr. Utsav N Parekh
Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad
Conferences attended : National & International Forensic Conferences Scientific presentations at conferences : Various oral & poster presentation Award : 1st prize at national conference (IAFM) Workshops/CME/Seminars attended : In-house to national & International platform Scientific publications : International Forensic Journals (PubMed & Scopus) Medical Education Training : Basic & Advanced course in Medical Education. Books/ chapters in books : Many chapters in subject book Resource person : Organizing Secretary in CME Reviewer : International (PubMed) & National Forensic journals Academic appointments : Member (Board of Studies) & Convener of the board Professional membership : National & State Association of Forensic Recognition : Star Faculty Award at the working institute Gold Medal (National Accreditation Board of Hospital Training)
Forensic Pathology and Forensic Anthropology
Prof. Badó Attila
Head of the Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory
The University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences
Professor, Head of the Institute of Comparative Law and Legal Theory at the University of Szeged, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, President of the Junior Academy of Szeged (formerly: Talent Development Center), President of the Pro Talentis Universitatis Foundation, President of the Election Committee for the National Assembly in Szeged, President of the Talent Support Council of Szeged, Hungary.
Comparative law, Comparative constitutional law, Sociology of law
Prof. B. B. Meshram
Professor and Former Head
Department of Computer Engineering & Information Technology,
Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute , Matunga
Dr. B. B. Meshram (IEEE SM '14,ACM NOV'15 CSI M'05, IAENG M'10) Professor and Former Head of Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, Veermata Jijabai Technological Institute, Matunga Mumbai 400019, has obtained his Bachelor's degree (Computer Engineering), M.E. (Electronics Engineering) and Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from Shri Guru Gobind Singhji Institute of Engineering and Technology (SGGSIE&T), Nanded (MS) India. He has obtained Bachelor's degree (LLB) from Mumbai University and LLM (Constitutional law). From Sandip University, Nashik. He is also Computer Hacking Forensic Investigator(CHFI) EC-Council USA Certified. He is a teacher, trainer and consultant in the field of Computer Engineering and Information Technology. He is actively participated in delivering guest lectures and tutorials. He has authored seven books and over 375+ publications at national and international and filed eight patents. His publications citation count is 1515. h-index- 18 and i10-index -38. He has organized several workshops & seminars in the field of computer engineering and Information technology
His research interests are Multimedia Databases,Modern Information Systems, Information & Cloud Security and Digital Forensic. Beyond the researcher, he also runs the Jeman Educational Society to uplift the needy and deprived students of the society, as a responsibility towards the society and the Nation. He is collaborator and a listener, well-organized and change agent.
Dr. Kiran Kumar Patro, M.E, Ph.D
Dept. of Electronics & Communication Engineering
Aditya Institute of Technology and Management
 Awarded Ph.D in Biomedical Signal processing in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India.  M.E in the Specialization of Electronics in the Department of Electronics & Communication Engineering, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, India
1. Signal Processing with Biological data 2. Optimization Algorithms 3. Machine Learning Classification/ Pattern Recognition 4. Deep Learning Techniques 5. Image Processing/ Biomedical Image Processing


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Bed of Roses: Overcoming 9 Obstacles to Happy CoSleeping
By Stephanie Nakhleh
Cosleeping was no fun at first. Instead of the nighttime bliss I'd been promised by attachment-parenting enthusiasts, my baby often acted like a nocturnal animal—prowling the sheets in the wee hours, howling for no clear reason. I felt cheated. Where was the state of harmony everyone had told me about: those sweetly synchronous sleep patterns, the magical ability to sleep through midnight nursings? Almost everyone else in the world did this, right? Why was it so hard?
In exasperation, I talked my reluctant husband into trying to train our baby to sleep through the night in her crib. After 20 minutes of listening to her escalating screams, he strode past me with a glare and rescued our sobbing, shaking baby from her wooden prison. This felt absolutely wrong to him, he said—didn't it to me? Looking at my baby, her little fists clutching my shirt as if for dear life, I had to admit it did. So we became a dedicated, if not ecstatic, cosleeping family.
There is no foolproof way to guarantee a good night's sleep when you have young children around—to be the parent of a young child is to be tired. Cosleeping is a skill that when mastered can minimize the inevitable exhaustion. As with any skill, it takes time and practice to get the hang of it, and talking to other masters in the field—that is, other parents with cosleeping experience—can give the tired parent creative ways around the common roadblocks to happy family bedding. I interviewed parents around the world to find out how they had overcome the nine most common obstacles.
Obstacle 1: Will I squash my baby? When Kris Placke and her husband, Ben, brought their infant son into bed with them, they were terrified of rolling over on top of him. "So I would push him up as far toward the top of the bed as possible, and we would scoot down," said Placke, who lives in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. "That lasted about a week. Then I realized I was disturbing him more this way when he needed to nurse. I talked to my midwife, who had incredible advice. She said, 'How often do you fall out of bed at night? You don't, because even when you're asleep, you know the edge is there. When you are asleep, you know the baby is there, too—it's much more intense than knowing the edge is there.' "
"One thing people are always afraid of is overlaying," said Meredith Small, professor of anthropology at Cornell University, author of Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent, and herself a cosleeping mother. "Which is funny, because worldwide, babies sleep with an adult. If this was a problem, all those babies would be dead, and they're not." Small added that overlaying is extremely rare, and generally associated with certain risk factors, such as smoking, drinking, and drug use. (See sidebar, "Family Bed Safety," for more information.)
Obstacle 2: How do I keep up my love life? "This seems to be one of the biggest misconceptions about the family bed," said Rhonda Ploubis of Allen, Texas, who shares sleep with her husband and two-and-a-half-year-old son. "If you are cosleeping with a baby, how do you manage to have a fulfilling sex life? Well, it's a no-brainer, really: just take the sex out of the bedroom! Where is it written that sexual intimacy only comes at the end of the day, in the dark, in the master bedroom, on the bed?"
Lynne Hoskins, a mother of two from the state of Washington, said that from toddlerhood on, their family has used the "modified family bed," in which the children start in their own bed in the beginning of the night and join their parents later. "This, I think, helped us stay intimate with each other. We could talk, read, and cuddle with no kids in the bedroom—although we did have sex even when the baby was in the sidecar. We were quiet!"
Aletha Solter, a developmental psychologist and author of The Aware Baby, said that one important thing both partners must realize is that a woman's sex drive is often greatly reduced after having a baby—with or without cosleeping. "Life is not going to be the same after the baby is born," she said. "Many cultures have a postpartum sex taboo, which is in part to prevent another pregnancy, and also in part to protect the male ego. It can last between six months and two years, depending on the culture." Dr. Solter said that both partners have a responsibility: For the man, "don't force a woman to choose between the baby's needs and your own needs. If it comes down to that, the man needs to think about why he's so desperate to have his wife all to himself." Women also have to be careful—in their case, not to neglect their partners. "Mothers tend to put the couple's relationship on hold after having a baby, and that's a mistake, too," said Solter. Both partners need to work to schedule in regular couple time—which doesn't always have to include sex.
Obstacle 3: How do I handle the squirming? This issue was one many mothers found the most difficult, and certainly was my own biggest hurdle to overcome. (My husband can sleep through a riot.) For us, buying a king-size bed was key. One friend of mine had an even cleverer solution—she put a camping mattress under her side of the futon that she and her daughter slept on, which put them on different levels; that slight difference not only helped with the squirming but also alleviated the all-night nursing (see Obstacle 5).
Other families found other ways to increase the square footage of their sleeping space. One mother added a twin bed next to her queen-size bed; another moved a crib next to her bed and removed the side rail. "Instant relief," said Vickie Queen of Decatur, Georgia, who tried the crib option, also known as a sidecar. "I wish we'd done it a year earlier."
For some families, squirmy babies are simply part of the cosleeping territory. "We are still dealing with that," said Kris Placke. "Nigel is everywhere. It's something you just get used to! Nigel hates covers, and occasionally we wake to find feet in weird places. What I've come to realize—and this extends beyond sleep—is that parents really must constantly strive to raise their tolerance levels. It's true with anything. How long can you stand to hold your child while he turns the light switch off and on? It's a matter of accepting the child's behavior as age-appropriate and increasing your own tolerance level."
Obstacle 4: How do I keep my mobile baby from falling off the bed? An important thing for parents to know is that whether or not their baby is mobile, babies should never be left unattended in an adult bed. "Wherever possible, babies shouldn't sleep outside the supervision of adults," especially on adult beds with soft mattresses, said James J. McKenna, professor of anthropology and director of the Center for Behavioral Studies of Mother-Infant Sleep. "When babies start moving around, that could get really dangerous." McKenna suggests that if the parents want some alone time for part of the night, they temporarily move the baby to a crib or bassinet (see sidebar, "Family Bed Safety").
Many parents pointed out that if the baby sleeps between the parents, the parents themselves act as a barrier against the baby rolling out of bed. Using a crib as a sidecar, or using a commercial sidecar, also can help keep baby safely in bed. For parents who are still concerned, one suggestion is to remove the box spring and frame from the family bed and put the mattress directly on the floor. "If I had it all to do over again," said Meredith Small, "that's what I'd do—put a king-size mattress on the floor."
Obstacle 5: How do I cope with all-night nursing? James J. McKenna said his research indicates that breastfeeding doubles in frequency when parents share sleep with their children. As cumbersome as this can seem to some mothers, there may be a solid biological reason behind it. "Fifty percent of studies show that breastfeeding protects against SIDS [sudden infant death syndrome]," he said. "And it may not be so much whether you breastfeed as how much you breastfeed. Babies who wake up to nurse are not only getting more arousals, they're getting more milk, getting more antibodies." Those antibodies can protect against fast-acting bacteria and viruses that can attack the lungs, he added.
As protective as it can be, continuous night nursing can make it difficult for mothers to feel they are getting enough sleep. Jodie Lucci, a mother of two from Hooksett, New Hampshire, said that all-night nursing was one of the most annoying aspects of cosleeping—"but I can only imagine how much worse it would have been if I'd had to trudge out of bed to deal with it." Lucci's children were "reverse feeders," meaning they tended to get most of their nutrition at night. To cope, "I went to bed early, leaving baby with my husband, and on weekends I would let him take care of the children while I slept late." Lucci also worked to "tank them up" during the day with frequent feedings in dark, quiet rooms. She suggests "avoiding large amounts of solids until they are digesting them—check their diaper. They don't add much in the way of nutrients and will decrease your milk supply. Otherwise, night comes and the baby's belly no longer feels full; they are still hungry."
Obstacle 6: Will my baby ever leave the bed? Around the time I decided that weaning from the family bed was no more necessary than weaning from the family couch, my daughter, Julia, became interested in why all the other toddlers she knew were in their own beds, and why in all the books she read, the children were sleeping alone. "Where is the mommy?" she would ask. I would tell her matter-of-factly that the mommy was in her own bed and the child was in his own bed. She seemed very interested in this idea and began to pretend that the living-room couch was her own bed. We bought a bed for her, thinking it would be months, if not years, before she had any interest in it. To our shock, the day we set it up she insisted on sleeping there and hasn't slept in our bed since. She was 28 months old when she moved out of our bed, and the sense of sadness those first few nights without her in our bed was profound. "I have three children who 'graduated' from the family bed; they are now 16, 13, and 5," said Christine Ewton of Jacksonville, Florida. "They each made the transition to their own bed around the same time they weaned, usually between two and four years. Of course the five year old will make his way to my bed in the morning when he wakes up, but can you blame him? As my children nursed less often, I would begin to talk about how they would soon get to sleep in the big boy/girl bed, so that by the time they weaned, it was more of a treat to get to sleep in their own bed."
In many cultures, James J. McKenna said, weaning from the family bed is not an abrupt shift from the parental bed to solitary sleep, but rather "a gradual movement of proximity from the parent" over time. Even in American culture, cosleeping is more fluid than many might believe. "A lot of parents don't believe they are active cosleepers because they start the baby in the crib but move the baby into their bed at 2 or 3 a.m.," he said. "The location of the child can change as the developmental needs of the child change. There is a great deal of fluidity. I call this the parent-infant sleep proximity continuum—it can change through the night, week, or year." Instead of focusing on cosleeping as a static arrangement that starts in infancy and suddenly ends sometime in toddlerhood, parents should remain flexible throughout childhood about where family members sleep. It's normal for children and parents to go back and forth between various sleeping places, McKenna said. "We should be educating parents to prepare for these different encounters."
Obstacle 7: What if my partner is opposed to cosleeping? "My husband, Jim, says he is not happy with the family bed," admits Cait Goodwin of Weymouth, Massachusetts. "But he puts up with it because he knows I like it, Sophie likes it, and because he doesn't have a better plan." Earlier on, Jim was very worried about squashing Sophie, and also had trouble sleeping because he was afraid any noise or movement would rouse the baby. But "our current situation with the twin bed next to our bed is a great improvement for him," says Goodwin. "His movements don't affect her, and there's a good chance he'll get the queen-size to himself for several hours!"
Sara Sengenberger, of Oxford, England, said she "cheated" and used the easy way to win over her reluctant husband: "I finally said, 'OK, if it's that important to you, we can try putting the baby in a crib to see how well it works. Whenever she wakes at night to breastfeed, you can get her and bring her to me in bed. When she is finished, you can take her back to her crib. You can also get up to see if she's cold or if she needs to be changed. If she doesn't settle back to sleep at once, you can stand and rock her to sleep.' The idea of bedsharing suddenly seemed much more appealing to him!"
Obstacle 8: How do I handle criticism from relatives? "We didn't necessarily want to hide it," said Kris Placke, but without a crib in the house, "it was really unhideable. The subject came up all the time. And people would word things oddly—one woman said, 'That's fine for you, but I would worry about the baby.' As if I didn't worry about the baby! We would hear those comments a lot. It's not exactly like saying 'To each his own'; it's more like saying, 'You negligent mother,' but in the nicest of ways."
There are various ways of coping with critical friends and relatives, from grinning and bearing it to direct confrontation. "Education is one avenue," said Rhonda Ploubis. "I would suggest printing out information on the benefits of cosleeping and how cosleeping is the norm in most countries of the world, and encouraging them to read it. If that didn't stop the criticism, then I would be more direct and simply remind the offending relative that this was my family and my opportunity to parent in the way I felt was appropriate." Failing that, simply tell the person the subject is no longer open for discussion, she added. Finally, "the good-natured complaining I did [about the family bed] seemed to open the door for criticism of our sleeping arrangements," she said. "So I didn't volunteer information unless I was in like-minded company."
Sandra Profit, who shares sleep with her daughter, Catriona, and her husband, Troy, said that her relatives have either been supportive or quiet; it's her friends who have caused her some grief. "When they're prying into exactly when I'm going to 'move that child into her own room,' I look at their children and see no reason to change," said Profit, who lives in Yellowknife, Canada. "In fact, I see plenty of evidence why [weaning from the family bed] will happen when Catriona decides for it to happen. I just remain true to my own convictions and don't explain myself anymore."
Obstacle 9: What if one child is still in bed with me when another baby comes along? Not only is this a logistics problem, it's a potential safety problem. "It is not safe for a toddler to be next to a baby, because toddlers don't have any sense of the dangers their bodies pose," said James J. McKenna. "The assumption should be made, in fact, that the toddler will overlay the baby." What can concerned parents do? McKenna suggested that if the toddler is ready for more separation, she could move to a mattress on the floor, next to the parents. "Or . . . the young baby . . . could be attached in a cosleeper," which would allow for closeness but provide a sleeping surface separate from the toddler's. "It depends on the circumstances, on the social desires of the parents, and the nature of the child. There are alternatives to a baby sleeping next to a toddler."
For Lynne Hoskins and her husband, transitioning their son, Alan, to a futon next to their bed was a perfect solution. "When Lisa was born, she came into the middle space, and Alan didn't feel transplanted." When Alan wanted a parental cuddle, he would climb up onto his father's side of the bed, away from the baby.
Other families found they could arrange family members so that the toddler and baby weren't next to each other. "We put the mattress on the floor, with my husband on the outside, our son, then myself, and the baby on the edge," which put an adult between the children, said Jodie Lucci. Clearly, there are more solutions to cosleeping hassles than just living with them—or giving up and putting a baby into her crib to cry it out. The creativity exhibited by these bedsharing families is impressive, and it shows what we can accomplish when we come out of the closet and start talking to each other—really talking—about what life in the family bed is like.
For me, this information came a little late for my first baby. I found a few ways to cope that first year, but mostly I simply struggled along, envious of my husband—he who had been in favor of the family bed all along, and who could sleep through the most aggressive baby thrashings and piercing cries. When my second baby was born, I was a more seasoned parent. My son was an even more challenging cosleeper, but I looked at my older child, who by then mostly slept on her own through the night, and I knew that this, too, would pass.
And so it has. My youngest is now four and is sleeping longer and longer through the night in his own bed before he comes creeping into ours. In the mornings, both my babies wake me up by crawling into bed with me, flopping over me, and seeing who can get closest to me. Then they take turns saying, "I love you," over and over, as I slowly rise from sleep. I can't think of a better way to wake up.
Small, Meredith. Our Babies, Ourselves: How Biology and Culture Shape the Way We Parent. New York: Doubleday, 1998.
Solter, Aletha. The Aware Baby. Goleta, CA: Shining Star Press, 2001.
RESEARCH & STATS ON COSLEEPING HERE
Paper on Steroids October 19, 2009 10:35 AM
Excellent post... very well researched. I will hold onto this for future reference!
Kelly K
Doula Surround
Romi November 09, 2009 7:01 PM
thanks for this post! Would love you to share your thoughts on our co-sleeping video with Dr. Bob Sears and our other experts! www.parentsask.com
Random question- what is that awesome log pillow thing in the photo? Where can I get one?
Anonymous February 24, 2011 12:41 AM
The pillows pictured are these (they are essentially the same):
Family Bed Co Sleeper
Tres Tria Co-sleeping Solution
Review them listed in the baby sleep info on this page:
http://astore.amazon.com/peacefparent-20?node=29&page=3
However, at our place we made our own with body pillows and a soft sheet since they are rather pricey.
You can shop around online if you are going to find them (do Google searches for the names) and see where they are cheapest.
Thank you so much! I think I can probably manage to make one myself too, good idea!
dsblanchard May 12, 2013 11:11 PM
I loved reading this. I wrote an article about bedsharing and I am happy to see you are keeping the good research alive on this. It is so needed.
Holist Nurs Pract. 2007 Jan-Feb;21(1):19-25.
Bedsharing: toward a more holistic approach in research and practice.
Blanchard DS, Vermilya HL.
dsblanchard@comcast.net
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Works begins on $2.3 million navigation upgrade at Rottnest
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Safety boosted at Thomson, Rocky and Geordie bays, Monday Rock and Duck Rock
Project to be completed in time for a busy summer
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Special on-water safety arrangements will be in place and some delays are anticipated as 11 navigation aids are replaced, including a beacon for the channel at Thomson Bay, the main entry point to the island.
At Rocky Bay, four beacons will be replaced with the same happening at Geordie Bay, on the northern side of the island. Two new beacons will replace the old beacons at Monday Rock and Duck Rock.
The navigation aids are more than 40 years old and have reached the end of their design life. However, design changes and use of high-quality durable products are expected to give each new navigational aid a life span of at least 50 years.
Skippers should exercise caution and strictly maintain a five-knot speed when transiting through Rocky, Geordie and Thomson bays during the works. They should also check the special arrangements in place at Perth notices (transport.wa.gov.au)
"Since being awarded the contract for the project earlier this year, Maritime Constructions Pty Ltd have completed the detailed design, fabrication and planning required for construction to commence as scheduled in October following the busy school holiday period.
"To limit the impact on those visiting the island by boat, work will be restricted from Monday to Friday, until the completion of the project in December.
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This paper presents a practical approach for monitoring public transportation systems' performance by focusing on customer evaluations. Within the framework of the developed method, 22 indicators are aggregated for 6 different measures, which are time, cost, accessibility and transfer, comfort, safety - security and quality of service respectively. Passenger Oriented Performance IndeX (POPIX) has been developed and applied to the Istanbul Metro, Light Rail and Tram systems. The goal of this research is to propose a new customer oriented performance index for transportation systems, enabling a reliable and objective base for monitoring system performance by setting performance goals and identifying priorities. Meanwhile, the proposed methodology also allows for the investigation of the performance changes of a particular transportation system and for performance comparison of different systems directly from the customer point of view. The data of the index is attained by the Customer Satisfaction Survey of Istanbul Public Railways' 2005, 2006 and 2007. The POPIX methodology has been defined and the corresponding POPIX scores are calculated for the systems investigated. Furthermore, the % POPIX concept has been developed for the comparison of different systems. Lastly, the shifted POPIX concept has been proposed for more reliable comparison between different years. The framework has been implemented to the public railway systems and individual index scores are calculated for each indicator, measure and overall system. The measures of cost, accessibility and transfer and comfort have lower index scores. Metro index scores are superior in comparison to the Tram and Light Rail for all the years analyzed.


First off, I did not see this one coming. The editorial page of the NYT endorsed Clinton and so this piece is a serious slap on the wrist.
CNN's pro-Clinton coverage continued in full steam last night. What is most interesting however is how the coverage broke down racially.
Below are statements from a piece called "The Clinton campaign: What's Next?" and "The Obama Campaign: What's next?" I haven't included all the comments but two of the commentators included below are white, and two are African-American. Can you guess who made which statements?
Indeed, was what fascinating was how much the racial divide was reflected in the coverage last night. I would love to be a fly on the wall in the CNN studio after the camera's are shut off, I'm wondering how much of all this is show, and how much of it is getting very personal on the CNN stage.
This entry was posted in media, united states and tagged cnn, media, race relations, united states on April 23, 2008 by David Eaves.


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I want to help people to express and communicate a message of kindness and self love because i believe it is the only path for happiness and self evolution.
I believe that art can help us to discover and awake our soul that sometimes are slept under this stressful modern world.
Art has helped me to express my inner self in a symbolic way and now I want to help others to do the same through inspiring and meaningful images that can brighten their soul and comfort their heart.
We are all part of a perfect synchrony with the universe, animals and nature.
The human soul is a profound and interesting mystery.
Love and kindness is the key of our evolution.
I start painting to get out of the egg.
Don´t you ever feel that you have a hidden personality?
A hidden monster or a hidden clown or a hidden hero or whoever you would love to be?
Well, I do. I have a hidden artist, rockstar and superstar.
But this artist, rockstar and superstar was always very, very…very hidden under a shy little girl with an awful glasses and a Dumb and Dumber haircut.
It is not a joke. When I was a child I always was a shy and lonely girl but in spite of it I felt an imperative need to communicate and get my hidden self out. I always drew, since I was a little child but it was until I met Salvador Dalí's painting that I felt I needed to paint.
Dalí's paintings fascinated me from the beginning because they are like a photograph of the the unconscious world and dreams. I also loved his crazy and free personality. Knowing him, I went to read books of psychoanalysis and interpretation of dreams, being my favorite Carl Gustav Jung.
I was 15 years old when I felt I wanted to paint like Dalí and took an oil painting course where my first painting was surreal, it was an egg bleeding in balance on the top of a pyramid in the middle of a desert landscape. The second one I painted was a beautiful woman naked and bald with a snake on her neck.
It was not until much later that I realized that both paintings represented me and my hidden self wanting to come out of the shell, they were a symbolic self-portrait.
The first one was my shyness that had me locked up and isolated and the second one was who I wanted to be, a beautiful woman, secure and without fear.
But the moment I fell in love with painting and my heart trembled was knowing the painting of Vincent Van Gogh, because although they represent landscapes or everyday scenes, they are also psychological self-portraits that transmit all the suffering and stormy agitation of the soul of Van Gogh in a painting full of life, color and movement.
I left school without knowing what to study, I only knew that I liked art and following the typical advice of "if you are an artist you will be starving", is that I decided to study architecture. It did not take me long to realize that this was not for me so I left it because wanted to make art.
It was a wonderful experience and I learned a lot at the university.But the turns of life always made me relegate art to the background. I formed a family, I left Chile to live in Bolivia, I become a loving mother, I came back Chile and I worked as an arts teacher for 10 years, and finally I ended up not knowing how, living in England with my family and finally having the opportunity to devote myself more and more to painting.
I was always interested in painting human figures and that my paintings conveyed meanings and emotions.
At first I was not sure how to achieve it until one day I met the work of the Spanish artist of gypsy origin Lita Cabellut and I fell in love with her way of painting and the power of the emotions that her characters transmit, their mixture of realism and abstraction where the stain and paint come together with their psychological portraits.
They are not simple portraits, they present us with a separate dimension in the world of painting itself that reveals what is in the depths of these souls. She works the skin of people with cracked and stained textures which gives a symbolic charge to their portraits, they are like shells where the most powerful is the look that is what helps us connect with their characters.
It was then that I felt a strong impulse to start painting again and explore the human existence, always looking that my images not to be a simple beautiful copy of visible reality, but also to find in them the invisible and mysterious of our existence.
That is why I could define my work as "portraits", but not as classic portraits but as "symbolic portraits" and more than a representation of external appearance are portraits of the interior world, portraits of the "human soul" no matter the subject , if it is a human figure, an animal, a flower a landscape or whatever.
Since then I discovered that through my images I could help to reveal that crazy artist, that monster, that hero, that angel that rockstar superstar inside us and let it shine without fear.
So if you, need to find a way to express yourself or transform your inner hidden self into a painting that light up your soul and makes you feel happy to give your home a sense of joy and peace, a painting that you can enjoy and share then you are more than welcome to my world.
And feel free to contact and share your creative and crazy thoughts and dreams anytime.
I am Marcela Díaz and portraying the mystery of the human existence and promoting kindness and self love as a way of life has been part of my history and motivation since always. If you want to know a little more about this chilean artist here you can read my story.
That is my challenge and the value that my works can offer for you and for everyone who is looking for a significant art.. And when I say significant that also applies to custom paintings and commissioned portraits of which I have done enough.
@mireche: "Thanks to @marceladiazartstudio who has dedicated part of his time to making this painting so beautiful, inspired by a photograph of me, personalized with two symbols that for me mean a lot like the dream catcher and the clover.
@nieveenabril OMG! Many thanks!! It has been beautiful!
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"... In the physical world, an object is a moving object if its position changes over time. In a symbolic dynamic system such as a computer program or a blocks world, what are the moving objects? In this paper, we propose a definition, consider ways to generate moving objects and their "positions". We al ..."


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Whipple, William (1730-1785)
Title: to John Langdon
Written by Whipple to Langdon. Both were members of the Continental Congress from New Hampshire. Whipple would sign the Declaration of Independence in July 1776, while Langdon would leave Congress in June 1776. References Langdon's letter of 19 March 1776. Rejoices over arrival of two powder vessels. Asks "what think you of the Retreat of the Barbarians from Boston, it will be a pretty story to tell their Master"? Says Admiral Hopkins was at New Providence, North Carolina where he found 200 cannons and many cannonballs, but no powder.
Date: 2 April 1776
William Whipple, a Continental Congressman, discusses the newly established Continental Navy with fellow Congressman Langdon. Refers to supplying guns to soldiers, and mentions a United States flag with "thirteen stripes red & white for the field, & a Union." Advises Langdon not to resign his Congressional seat in order to accept an appointment as a Continental Naval Agent, stating "such a step would have an avaricious appearance, & on the other hand there can not be a greater evidence of Patriotism than preferring the public good, to ones private interest ...
Written by Whipple as a Continental Congressman from New Hampshire. He was also a colonel of militia and later signed the Declaration of Independence. To Langdon as a Continental Congressman from New Hampshire (he was to leave that body in June 1776). References Langdon's's letter of 29 April 1776. Says there was "a little Brush" with the men of war "Roebuch" and "Liverpool." Says the ships came up as far as Wilmington, Delaware and stole cattle from the Jersey shore. Reports that 18 gallies made two attacks on the ships.
Written by New Hampshire Continental Congressman Whipple to New Hampshire Continental Congressman Langdon. Whipple signed the Declaration of Independence, but Langdon resigned his position in Congress in June 1776 to become agent for Continental prizes and superintendent of the construction of several ships of war. Says Colonel Josiah Bartlett, another New Hampshire Congressman, arrived yesterday. Encloses a resolution Whipple claims Langdon will like (not included here).
Whipple, a Continental Congressman, discusses the appointment of naval officers with Langdon, Congressman and Continental Naval Agent. Discusses Langdon's suggestion to appoint Captain John Roche, admitting his apprehension that Roche's appointment would "make some uneasiness as there are many Masters of Vessels of good carecter out of employ who perhaps will think themselves neglected." Relates his intention to appoint Captain Thompson (possibly Thomas Thompson) at the first opportunity.
Title: [to Meshech Weare]
Signed "W." by Whipple and "B", by fellow New Hampshire congressman Josiah Bartlett. Asks for New Hampshire's views on the question of independence and states that a committee is being formed for this purpose. Stresses the importance of this subject. Many cross-outs. Letter is written on the address leaf of a letter sent to Whipple in Congress at Philadelphia from Meshech Weare. Docketed "Col. Weare."
Autograph letter
Title: to John Langdon & Meshech Weare
Written by Whipple, who would later signed the Declaration of Independence, as a New Hampshire Congressman to Langdon and Weare as prominent politicians in New Hampshire (Landgon resigned from his seat in Congress on 25 June 1776 to become agent for Continental prizes in New Hampshire). This document is actually two drafts of letters on different sides of one sheet of paper. The letters are unsigned. Langdon draft: Says this accompanies the 10,000 dollars for the naval service mentioned in a former letter. Says he has put it in a box with other money sent to Colonel Weare.
Title: to [John Langdon].
Discusses contracting for guns, military preparations, and the Declaration of Independence. Remarks that independence was proclaimed in the army at New York last Wednesday and a statue of King George III was taken down and cast into bullets, "... for the destruction of this tools of tyranny. May every one of them be properly commissioned." Informs that in a few days 20,000 men will be assembled at New Jersey in addition to the army of York. Writes the Declaration "has had a glorious affect has made these Colonies all alive, all the colonies forming governments. .
Docketed by Langdon on verso. Reporting on the difficulties supplying the army and navy, military plans, and the mood in Congress. Mentions a shipment of guns with defects. Comments on officer promotions. Mentions the Marine Committee's answer to a letter from the Committee of Providence. Mentions the petition of an officer to be "Releavd," which he describes as a "Petition for a Public Body to break their own Genl: Rules." He doubts it will pass but states that he will render assistance.
Date: 7 November 1776
Whipple, chairman of the Marine Committee in the Continental Congress, discusses a former request for money submitted by Langdon, naval agent for Continental prizes and supervisor of the construction of several ships. Regarding the money, mentions Langdon's acquaintances Wharton (possibly Samuel Wharton) and Donaldson. Relates that Congress has agreed to increase the Navy by one ship, and requests that Langdon assist in formulating a plan to procure materials such as iron. Discusses obtaining material from France and Spain.
4 and 7 December 1776
Written by Whipple, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, as a New Hampshire Congressman to Langdon as agent for Continental prizes in New Hampshire. First two pages are a letter from 4 December 1776 and is signed "W Whipple" and the third page is a letter from 7 December 1776 initialed "WW." 4 December: previously wrote that the navy will add another ship of 74 guns to be built in New Hampshire. Says he will send the dimensions in a few days and the builders are to make their own drafts.
Date: 4 and 7 December 1776
Written by New Hampshire Continental Congressman Whipple, a Declaration of Independence signer, to Langdon agent for Continental prizes and superintendent of the construction of several ships of war. Langdon had resigned his Congressional seat in June 1776. Wrote last letter to Langdon a day or two before Congress adjourned on 11 December 1776. Says they started meeting in Baltimore on 20 December 1776.
Whipple, chairman of the Marine Committee in the Continental Congress, discusses various military and business matters with Langdon, a agent for the Continental Navy. Mentions Miss Wharton. Discusses money submitted to Langdon by the Marine Committee, including a sum transmitted to Langdon by Colonel Bartlett (possibly Continental Congressman Josiah Bartlett). Refers to Mr. Henderson and Mr. [Betten?], who delivered money from Whipple to Langdon. Mentions a ship Langdon was fitting as a result of Mr.
Date: 1 February 1777
Title: to Josiah Bartlett
Discusses Continental troop movements, specifically regarding Fort Ticonderoga and New Jersey. Also, rising cost of living and collapsing currency, taxation, Franklin's reception at Versailles, and New Hampshire politics.
Whipple, chairman of the Marine Committee in the Continental Congress, informs Langdon that despite the efforts of Captain Dudley Saltonstall, the ship Trumbull remains grounded in a Connecticut river. Discusses the cost of moving the ship versus building new vessels. States that while in New London, Connecticut, he saw the vessel intended for Captain Chew (possibly Samuel Chew). Relates information pertaining to Mr. Shaw (possibly Nathaniel Shaw, a Connecticut shipowner, merchant, and Continental agent).
Title: to Joseph Whipple
Informs his brother that "The Treaties of Peace were sign'd," officially ending the American Revolution, and that "The British I suppose are preparing to leave our Territory." Indicates that soldiers will soon be coming home in need of employment. Joseph Whipple was William's only living brother (by blood), although it is possible that the addressee was a brother-in-law.


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Sister Rosemary O'Connell,CSJ
Rosemary O'Connell was a Sister of St. Joseph for nearly sixty years. How fitting that we celebrate Rosemary's life as we begin this season of Lent. Lent is a time to return to our loving God, not simply by denying ourselves of a pleasure but by living our lives to promote God's reign in this time in history. By our intentional actions we look to welcome the stranger, comfort the suffering, encourage those who struggle and work to change structures that dominate or oppress the dignity of others. Rosemary lived her life for the sake of others with a deep awareness of God's unconditional love in her own life.
Born in Brooklyn to her parents Mary and Patrick, Rosemary attended St. Jerome's parish school and St. Joseph's High School. Entering the congregation in 1957, Rosemary earned a Bachelor's degree in Education and eventually a Master's degree in Pastoral Counseling from St. John's University with continuing study of the Hispanic Ministry. Her early ministry in elementary education at Queen of All Saints, St. Theresa of Avila and Our Lady of Good Counsel led her to her ministry in Religious Education. For sixteen years, Rosemary served as Pastoral Minister at St. Gabriel's in East New York and then for many years as Director of Adult Education at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Jamaica.
Through all of these years, Rosemary was supported by a loving community with Kitty and of course Carole who welcomes Rosemary into eternal peace with her. For Rosemary, relationships sustained her and challenged her to be God's loving presence where there was need. We heard yesterday of Rosemary's gift of the "Golden Mouth," which enabled her to speak eloquently of God's influence in our lives in times of joy or suffering. It was not just words but Rosemary's personal experience of God's love active in her own life that enabled her to speak from her heart.
We have heard that actions speak louder than words but many of us were not aware that Rosemary loved her Clown Ministry. With delight and laughter, Rosemary brought the message that the God who created the universe, the world and everything in it loves each person unconditionally.
It is in that spirit of joy and hope that we celebrate Rosemary today. Through her faithful life of service and meeting the recent challenges to her health, she put her trust in God. We are all called to believe that those who die in the service of the Lord will now enjoy rest, knowing the results of their service go with them. We are grateful for Rosemary's dedication, her outreach to so many and we are confident that she now enjoys the fullness of God's love at the banquet prepared for her by her loving God.
Sister Rosemary O'Connell, CSJ died on March 1, 2017 in the 60th year of her religious life.