Doctor's Graves in Somei Cemetery (2)

Finding graves in a cemetery: Preliminary forensic GPR investigations in the Non-Catholic Cemetery in Rome (Italy)

Le Morne Cemetery: Archaeological Investigations

De®ning the place of burial: what makes a cemetery a cemetery?

A great deal of material has been written about cemeteries based on the assumption that they constitute a speci®c type of burial place, but few writers have given close attention to the task of describing the features that may be particular to cemeteries. This paper regards cemeteries as speci®cally demarcated sites of burial, with an ordered internal layout that is conducive both to families c...

Mineral Contamination from Cemetery Soils: Case Study of Zandfontein Cemetery, South Africa

The burial of coffins may pose an environmental and health hazard since the metals that are used in coffin-making may corrode or degrade into harmful toxins. These may leach into the surrounding soils and groundwater. Very little research has been conducted world-wide on the mineral contamination potential of cemeteries, and virtually none in South Africa. The aim of the study is to determine w...

Fetal 2-D ultrasonography in maternal Graves’ disease

Graves’ disease complicates about 0.1-1.0% of all pregnancies [1,2]. Despite its rare occurrence in pregnant women, Graves’ disease constitutes a great therapeutic challenge. Maternal thyroid stimulating antibodies (TSAbs) cross the placenta and can overstimulate the fetal thyroid after the 20th week of gestation (WG), when fetal TSH receptors become responsive to TSH and TSAbs. On the other ha...