Forensic Science International 243 (2014) A1–A2
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Editorial
Introduction for the special edition
The 51st Annual Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT2013) took place in Funchal – Madeira, Portugal, on September 2–6, 2013. Simultaneously, we organized the 1st Meeting of Forensic Toxicologists in Portuguese and Spanish and was the first time that this important scientific event took place in Portugal, involving nearly 600 participants from 56 countries and five continents. 348 scientific papers were presented, with 12 keynote lectures, 81 oral presentations and 255 posters, in nine different scientific areas (Alcohol, Drugs & Medicines: driving and sexual assaults; Clinical Toxicology, Experimental Toxicology & Therapeutic Drug Monitoring; Toxicogenomics & Drug metabolism and kinetics; Occupational Toxicology: workplace drug testing & Doping control; Postmortem Toxicology; Alternative Matrices in Forensic and Clinical Toxicology; Emerging substances and analytical techniques in Forensic Toxicology; Quality Assurance & Accreditation; Free topics). We ensured that this was a top-quality state-of-the-art scientific event and we thank all the participants for the rich and numerous works submitted to our meeting, and our Scientific Committee for helping us improving the quality of all the presentations. We sincerely thank the organizing and scientific committees for their excellent work, never forgetting that this meeting would have never been be possible without the support of our sponsors. We sincerely thank you all for embracing with us this meeting. We can never foresee the future, however, the first step to get what we want in life is to truly know what we want, always believing that today is the tomorrow, that everyone dreamed yesterday. When we do not know where to go, we never go too far. In 2006 we started to dream of a new project, a possibility to embrace the love of TIAFT and the desire to receive all the colleagues and friends of this association in our country. The idea of organizing this meeting was first discussed at the TIAFT meeting in Slovenia. The way was not always easy, but we always believed that the taste of something more challenging would lead us to success, value, recognition, happiness, and fulfill our dream. St. Augustine, one of the most important Fathers of the church once said ‘‘It is better to limp on a defined way rather than walk a great distance outside it, because who limps along the way but proceed it slowly, approaches the goal... while those who follow it out, as faster as they run, as faster as they walk away from the target.’’ Altogether, this Forensic Science International special edition should be a valuable source of information for all readers with an interest in forensic toxicology and related fields. We sincerely express our appreciation to all the authors and reviewers that contributed for the progress in research and practice of Forensic and Clinical Toxicology.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.09.004 0379-0738/ß 2014 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Helena M. Teixeira is a Legal Medicine Superior Specialist at the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Portugal, recently nominated as Director of the Investigation, Education and Documentation Department. She is also Professor at the Medicine Faculty of the University of Coimbra. She has the Pharmaceutical Sciences Degree, the Superior Degree on Legal Medicine, the Master on Experimental Pathology and the PhD on Biomedical Sciences. She has published over 60 papers and her main topics are drugs and driving, post-mortem toxicology and analytical toxicology. She was the President of the 51st International Meeting of the Association of the Forensic Toxicologists, held in Madeira, in September 2013, and she has been the TIAFT Regional Representative of Portugal since 2004, member of the Young Scientist Board since 2007, and Member of the Advisors Board of the Brazilian Society of Forensic Sciences since 2013.
Francisco Corte Real is graduated in Medicine, master and PhD in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, and Professor of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine – University of Coimbra, member of the Directive Council; Specialist in Legal Medicine, is the President of the College of Legal Medicine, Portuguese Order of Medical Doctors; Deputy of the European Council of Legal Medicine; Past Director of Centre Branch – Portuguese National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences; Past President of the Portuguese Society for Human Genetics; Past President of the Portuguese Association of Body Damage Evaluation; Past Member of the MedicoLegal Council from the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences.
Duarte Nuno Vieira is Full Professor of Forensic medicine and Forensic Sciences, University of Coimbra. President of the European Council of Legal Medicine. Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Chairman of the Thematic Federation on Legal and Forensic Medicine of the European Union of Medical Specialists. President of the International Academy of Legal Medicine (2006–2012), of the International Association of Forensic Sciences (2008–2011), of the World Association of Police Medical Officers (2008–2011), of the Mediterranean Academy of Forensic Sciences (2005–2007), and of the Latin American Association of Medical Law (2005–2007). Director of the Institute of Legal Medicine of Coimbra (2006–2010) and President of the Portuguese National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences and of the Portuguese MedicoLegal Council (2000–2013). He works on regular basis as Temporary Forensic Consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and he is Member of the Forensic Advisory Board of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Member of the Forensic Expert Group of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims.
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Editorial / Forensic Science International 243 (2014) A1–A2
Helena M. Teixeira* National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Portugal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Duarte Nuno Vieira Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal *Corresponding
Francisco Corte Real Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal
author.
Contents lists available at ScienceDirect
Forensic Science International journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/forsciint
Editorial
Introduction for the special edition
The 51st Annual Meeting of the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT2013) took place in Funchal – Madeira, Portugal, on September 2–6, 2013. Simultaneously, we organized the 1st Meeting of Forensic Toxicologists in Portuguese and Spanish and was the first time that this important scientific event took place in Portugal, involving nearly 600 participants from 56 countries and five continents. 348 scientific papers were presented, with 12 keynote lectures, 81 oral presentations and 255 posters, in nine different scientific areas (Alcohol, Drugs & Medicines: driving and sexual assaults; Clinical Toxicology, Experimental Toxicology & Therapeutic Drug Monitoring; Toxicogenomics & Drug metabolism and kinetics; Occupational Toxicology: workplace drug testing & Doping control; Postmortem Toxicology; Alternative Matrices in Forensic and Clinical Toxicology; Emerging substances and analytical techniques in Forensic Toxicology; Quality Assurance & Accreditation; Free topics). We ensured that this was a top-quality state-of-the-art scientific event and we thank all the participants for the rich and numerous works submitted to our meeting, and our Scientific Committee for helping us improving the quality of all the presentations. We sincerely thank the organizing and scientific committees for their excellent work, never forgetting that this meeting would have never been be possible without the support of our sponsors. We sincerely thank you all for embracing with us this meeting. We can never foresee the future, however, the first step to get what we want in life is to truly know what we want, always believing that today is the tomorrow, that everyone dreamed yesterday. When we do not know where to go, we never go too far. In 2006 we started to dream of a new project, a possibility to embrace the love of TIAFT and the desire to receive all the colleagues and friends of this association in our country. The idea of organizing this meeting was first discussed at the TIAFT meeting in Slovenia. The way was not always easy, but we always believed that the taste of something more challenging would lead us to success, value, recognition, happiness, and fulfill our dream. St. Augustine, one of the most important Fathers of the church once said ‘‘It is better to limp on a defined way rather than walk a great distance outside it, because who limps along the way but proceed it slowly, approaches the goal... while those who follow it out, as faster as they run, as faster as they walk away from the target.’’ Altogether, this Forensic Science International special edition should be a valuable source of information for all readers with an interest in forensic toxicology and related fields. We sincerely express our appreciation to all the authors and reviewers that contributed for the progress in research and practice of Forensic and Clinical Toxicology.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2014.09.004 0379-0738/ß 2014 Published by Elsevier Ireland Ltd.
Helena M. Teixeira is a Legal Medicine Superior Specialist at the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Portugal, recently nominated as Director of the Investigation, Education and Documentation Department. She is also Professor at the Medicine Faculty of the University of Coimbra. She has the Pharmaceutical Sciences Degree, the Superior Degree on Legal Medicine, the Master on Experimental Pathology and the PhD on Biomedical Sciences. She has published over 60 papers and her main topics are drugs and driving, post-mortem toxicology and analytical toxicology. She was the President of the 51st International Meeting of the Association of the Forensic Toxicologists, held in Madeira, in September 2013, and she has been the TIAFT Regional Representative of Portugal since 2004, member of the Young Scientist Board since 2007, and Member of the Advisors Board of the Brazilian Society of Forensic Sciences since 2013.
Francisco Corte Real is graduated in Medicine, master and PhD in Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, and Professor of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine – University of Coimbra, member of the Directive Council; Specialist in Legal Medicine, is the President of the College of Legal Medicine, Portuguese Order of Medical Doctors; Deputy of the European Council of Legal Medicine; Past Director of Centre Branch – Portuguese National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences; Past President of the Portuguese Society for Human Genetics; Past President of the Portuguese Association of Body Damage Evaluation; Past Member of the MedicoLegal Council from the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences.
Duarte Nuno Vieira is Full Professor of Forensic medicine and Forensic Sciences, University of Coimbra. President of the European Council of Legal Medicine. Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Chairman of the Thematic Federation on Legal and Forensic Medicine of the European Union of Medical Specialists. President of the International Academy of Legal Medicine (2006–2012), of the International Association of Forensic Sciences (2008–2011), of the World Association of Police Medical Officers (2008–2011), of the Mediterranean Academy of Forensic Sciences (2005–2007), and of the Latin American Association of Medical Law (2005–2007). Director of the Institute of Legal Medicine of Coimbra (2006–2010) and President of the Portuguese National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences and of the Portuguese MedicoLegal Council (2000–2013). He works on regular basis as Temporary Forensic Consultant for the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and he is Member of the Forensic Advisory Board of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Member of the Forensic Expert Group of the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims.
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Editorial / Forensic Science International 243 (2014) A1–A2
Helena M. Teixeira* National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Portugal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Duarte Nuno Vieira Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal *Corresponding
Francisco Corte Real Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Portugal
author.
