Y chromosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci in a representative group of males living in South Württemberg: a database for application in forensic medicine.

abstract：:Generalized arterial calcification in infancy is a rare genetic disorder characterized by abnormal calcification of large and medium sized arteries and marked myointimal proliferation resulting in arterial stenosis. The condition is often fatal secondary to complications of cardiac ischemia, hypertension and cardiac f...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bolster F,Ali Z,Southall P,Fowler D

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spreading of bloodstains on matt, vinyl silk and gloss painted surfaces, following both perpendicular and non-perpendicular impact, has been studied with a view to understanding whether surface-specific properties affect the size and shape of the final stain. In all cases the dimensions of the stains on the roughe...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Adam CD

更新日期：2013-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated that metal particles remain on bone after sharp force injury or gunshot and that their detection by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDS) could greatly help in tool identification. However, the presence of metal particles on bone surfaces in th...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Pechníková M,Porta D,Mazzarelli D,Rizzi A,Drozdová E,Gibelli D,Cattaneo C

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man is discovered unconscious in a pool of blood in the kitchen of his house. According to findings, the man used a 22 long Rifle to fire 14 shots at his thorax with trajectories going from front to back, from right to left and on a nearly horizontal level. All the projectiles got into the left front sid...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Boxho P

更新日期：1999-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A sandwich ELISA for human prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is described. Optimal assay conditions, resulting in a sensitive assay with a low background, are presented. The method uses a hyperimmune antiserum produced in the New Zealand white rabbit, against human semen PSA. The IgG fraction of the antiserum was conjug...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Stowell LI,Sharman LE,Hamel K

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Careful examination of foot impressions can provide important evidences and clues in a crime scene investigation. The present study is conducted on a cross-sectional sample of 1040 adult male Gujjars inhabiting the sub-Himalayan region of North India. The study describes the utility of individualizing characteristics ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Krishan K

更新日期：2007-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we report the chemical analyses of various non-pathological, tuberculosis and syphilis infected bone samples from different burial environments by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), in the framework of a general study of diagenesis. Dating human skeletal remains is one of the most importan...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nagy G,Lorand T,Patonai Z,Montsko G,Bajnoczky I,Marcsik A,Mark L

更新日期：2008-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Genomic DNA samples from 222 individuals from Southern China, 154 individuals from Thailand, 100 individuals from Japan as well as from 124 German individuals were analysed for the short tandem repeat (STR) locus D12S391. Typing was carried out by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and subsequent polyacryra...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Waiyawuth W,Zhang L,Rittner C,Schneider PM

更新日期：1998-06-08 00:00:00

abstract：:There has recently been an increase in the research and implementation of advanced measurement techniques to ballistic toolmark identification. This has led to a shift from greyscale imaging to the acquisition of dense areal datasets. With the addition of mathematical correlation algorithms, these advanced techniques ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Addinall K,Zeng W,Bills P,Wilcock PT,Blunt L

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, recent trends have seen wild silk preferred over cultivated silk because of its texture. Some cases of fraud have occurred where cultivated silk garments are sold as wild silk. Samples from these cases, morphological observation using light microscope and polarized microscope have been conducted in forensic ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Matsuyama Y,Nagatani Y,Goto T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Institute of Forensic Toxicology, Oslo, receives blood and urine samples from all Norwegian drivers apprehended on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 1983 we received samples from 1446 drug-suspected drivers, out of which 445 underwent toxicological analysis. The drugs found ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bjørneboe A,Bjørneboe GE,Gjerde H,Bugge A,Drevon CA,Mørland J

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the sex ratio in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) cases in Hungary, in Tokyo and Japan between 1985 and 1996. From all the infant death cases in Hungary 395 (240 male, 155 female) were SIDS (odds ratio (OR)=1.179, with 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.961, 1.446), in Japan 4348 (2550 male, 1798 female) we...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Töro K,Sawaguchi T,Sawaguchi A,Rózsa S,Sótonyi P

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Compilations of substances detected in fatal intoxications are important in order to observe changes in intoxication patterns, to monitor effects of preventive work and to discover new trends in drug usage. The aim of the present study was to describe the current pattern of substances detected in fatal intoxications i...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jönsson A,Holmgren P,Ahlner J

更新日期：2004-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical evaluation of gunshot residues (GSR) produced by non-toxic lead-free ammunition (NTA) has been a challenge to forensic analyses. Our group developed some luminescent markers specific to the detection of GSR. Here, we evaluated the performance of selected markers in experiments that mimic forensic context and/...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Weber IT,Melo AJ,Lucena MA,Consoli EF,Rodrigues MO,de Sá GF,Maldaner AO,Talhavini M,Alves S Jr

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Not much information is available on workplace drug testing (WDT) in Europe. There is no specific legislation and there are no generally accepted guidelines. Many companies establish a drug policy with little or no provisions for drug testing. Often, testing is performed on-site by occupational physicians, with little...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Verstraete AG,Pierce A

更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic investigators commonly interpret bone fracture patterns to estimate the force required to generate that trauma. Unfortunately, these estimates are limited to qualitative values such as "mild", "moderate" or "extreme" force. This work presents a new experimental forensic device developed to simulate blunt- and...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gaudet JR,Lievers WB,Fairgrieve SI

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have determined the allele and genotype frequencies at the hypervariable locus D1S80 in a native Kuwaiti population using the polymerase chain reaction technique and subsequent high resolution gel electrophoresis. In a sample of 200 individuals, 21 alleles and 57 genotypes were detected. The alleles with 18 and 24 ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： al-Nassar KE,Mathew J,Thomas N,Fatania HR

更新日期：1996-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A 66-year-old man received a local infiltration of cortisone and xylocain in the left paravertebral region between the fifth and sixth cervical vertebrae. Respiratory failure occurred 2.5 h later with subsequent successful resuscitation. During the following 2 months of assisted ventilation up to the patients death, t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Meyer HJ,Monticelli F,Kiesslich J

更新日期：2005-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Sativex(®) is an oromucosal spray used to treat spasticity in multiple sclerosis sufferers in some European countries, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand. The drug has also recently been registered by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia for treatment of multiple sclerosis. Sativex(®) contai...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Molnar A,Fu S,Lewis J,Allsop DJ,Copeland J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to have accurate and reliable measurements of soft tissue thickness for specific landmarks of the face and scalp when producing a facial reconstruction. In the past several methods have been created to measure facial soft tissue thickness (FSTT) in cadavers and in the living. The conventional spiral CT...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fourie Z,Damstra J,Gerrits PO,Ren Y

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Four fatalities related to smuggling of drugs by body-packing were investigated. The victims were examined at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Hamburg University between 1983 and 1995, two of them due to "sudden" unknown cause of death. All victims were male. Two of them were found already dead in a backyard and ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Heinemann A,Miyaishi S,Iwersen S,Schmoldt A,Püschel K

更新日期：1998-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a recent meeting by the ENFSI and EDNAP groups on the 4-5 April, 2005, in Glasgow, UK, it was unanimously agreed that the process of standardization within Europe should take account of recent work that unequivocally demonstrated that chance of obtaining a result from a degraded sample was increased when sma...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gill P,Fereday L,Morling N,Schneider PM

更新日期：2006-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an experiment to investigate the potential effectiveness of an international DNA database for linking unsolved crimes using the data from a collaborative exercise among members of the European DNA Profiling Group. We show that effective retrieval of unknown samples will be feasible even from large database...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Evett IW,Scranage J,Pinchin R

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death scene investigation (DSI) is critically important for the identification of the manner of death. The present study aims to present a scoring system for the correct framing of a case as a suicide starting from the DSI and its preliminary application. The method is based on five items: (1) statistical frequency of...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Visentin S,Massaro L,Viel G,Cecchetto G,Montisci M

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical signatures within the environment vary between regions as a result of climatological, geochemical and anthropogenic influences. These variations are incorporated into the region's geology, soils, water and vegetation; ultimately making their way through the food chain to higher level organisms. Because the va...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kreitals NM,Watling RJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA from the short tandem repeat (STR) system HUMTH01 was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and analyzed by vertical electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels followed by silver staining. DNA samples from 100 unrelated Danes, 147 unrelated Greenland Eskimos, and 89 Danish mother/child pairs were analyzed. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nellemann LJ,Møller A,Morling N

更新日期：1994-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies of nine short tandem repeat (STR) loci, D3S1358, vWA, FGA, TH01, TPOX, CSF1PO, D5S818, D13S317 and D7S820, were determined for 127 unrelated Bangladeshi individuals and 105 unrelated Indonesian individuals using the AmpFLSTR Profiler Kit. The genotype frequency distributions of the nine STR loci wer...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dobashi Y,Kido A,Fujitani N,Susukida R,Oya M

更新日期：2003-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the heat-induced alterations in human bone tissue observed using scanning electron microscopy and microradiography. Femoral bone samples were taken from persons varying in age from 1 year to 97 years at the time of their death. The bone was heated at selected temperatures in the range 200-1600 de...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Holden JL,Phakey PP,Clement JG

更新日期：1995-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic cannabinoids are a group of new psychoactive compounds (NPS) that act as agonists at the cannabinoid receptor. First reported in 2008, they currently represent one of the largest groups of NPS that are monitored by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). Five samples (4 from the...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bovens M,Bissig C,Staeheli SN,Poetzsch M,Pfeiffer B,Kraemer T

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes novel methodology used to identify a 43-year-old post-mortem photo of a drowned male recovered from a London river in the 1970s. Embedded in an array of foils, police super-recognisers (n=25) possessing superior simultaneous face matching ability, and police controls (n=139) provided confide...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Davis JP,Maigut A,Forrest C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00