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In 2001, Benecke concluded a review on the history of forensic entomology with these optimistic words: "basic research and advanced application of forensic entomology (…) has opened the way to routine casework". At the same time, the TV show Crime Scene Investigation (CSI) largely brought forensic entomology to light. However, the show also cruelly pointed out its limits: After the team leader explained to his colleague how insects can help determine the time of death, the team leader added "You've still got to convince a jury", to which the colleague promptly responded "On guns. It's got to be better than bugs. Less Latin." Indeed, several factors—including complexity, inherent limitations, and the rapid evolution of scientific knowledge—explain the slow acceptance of insect-based evidence. In this context, this Special Issue focuses on the articulation between laboratory studies and casework, a major challenge for the future of forensic entomology.

Diptera --- identification --- forensic entomology --- funerary archaeoentomology --- crime scene --- autopsy --- cooling period --- entomological evidence --- expertise --- casework --- court --- criminal justice systems --- expert witness --- insect evidence --- research --- postmortem interval --- development --- succession --- species identification --- animal carcass --- cadaver --- decaying substrate --- insect succession --- successional studies --- vertebrate decomposition --- animal carcasses --- bait attraction --- ADD --- TBS --- PMI --- colonisation --- temperature --- medico-legal entomology --- time of colonization --- accumulated degree day estimates --- length-weight estimates --- species interactions --- Calliphoridae --- legislation --- expert witness statement --- criteria --- limitations --- thanatology --- confession --- post-mortem interval --- carrion --- larva --- first record --- barcoding DNA --- integrative taxonomy --- arthropods --- burial --- decay --- insects --- pig --- biological variation --- death time estimation --- alternative storage --- carrion insects --- validation --- minimum postmortem interval (PMI-min) --- rearing --- calliphoridae --- Lucilia sericata --- climate change --- global warming --- Fanniidae --- larval morphology --- human cadaver --- Forensic Entomology --- Spain --- experimental studies --- cases --- cold cases --- hair evidence --- n/a

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This Special Issue was proposed by and for engineers, physicists, medical doctors, researchers and scientists. We intend to analyze and discuss different topics on special materials for medical applications. There is great potential in the application of active or smart materials (metallic, polymer or ceramic) for the progression of applications in the medical domain of MEMS, actuators, sensors or functional systems. Active or “smart” materials have the ability to respond to different physical or chemical stimuli in a specific, repeatable mode. The actual activity in the domain, however, presents problems connected to obtaining, processing, characterizing, modeling and simulating or prototyping technologies. This Special Issue focuses on the most recent advances in obtaining and thermal and mechanical processing active materials used in the medical field with enhanced performances.

Technology: general issues --- History of engineering & technology --- Materials science --- self-expandable metallic stent --- ear canal --- cadaver --- ear speculum --- endoscopy --- surfactant --- skin barrier function --- skin permeability --- alkyl structure --- magnetic abrasive finishing --- FEMM --- surface roughness --- multi-feed movement --- beta-titanium wire --- EDS elemental mapping --- atomic force microscope --- 3D printing --- Co–Cr–W --- dental materials --- SEM --- EDS --- scratch test --- droplet adhesion --- profilometry --- microhardness --- Mg–Ca–Gd alloys --- microstructure --- electrochemical evaluation --- in vitro test --- dental bridges --- inlays --- finite element analysis --- orthodontics --- healthy and reduced periodontium --- bodily movement --- mandibular anterior teeth --- PLD --- turmeric --- curcuminoid-silanol films --- transdermal patch --- demetoxilation --- SEM-EDS --- LIF --- hemp composite --- Ti4Al4Zr --- HA --- electrophoresis --- corrosion --- biodegradable --- Zn --- microscratch --- n/a --- Co-Cr-W --- Mg-Ca-Gd alloys