Restoration tactics for seriously corroded Cu and Cu-alloy firearms evidence.

abstract：:Over the past two decades, prescription and illicit opioid use has led to changes in public health policy to address the increasing number of opioid-related deaths. The purpose of this study was to review cases from Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office between 2004 through 2015 where heroin was listed as a signif...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Love SA,Lelinski J,Kloss J,Middleton O,Apple FS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper is concerned with the strength of DNA evidence when a suspect is identified via a search through a database of the DNA profiles of known individuals. Consideration of the appropriate likelihood ratio shows that in this setting the DNA evidence is (slightly) stronger than when a suspect is identified by other...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Balding DJ,Donnelly P

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal-inflicted injuries to humans are a major public health problem around the world resulting in great morbidity, money loss, and mortality. They are related to wild and domestic animals alike. Animals can cause injuries by various mechanisms--biting, stinging, crushing, goring, stomping, butting, kicking, pecking,...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Škavić P,Šprem N,Kostelić A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study introduces a new method of determining sex based on four morphological features of the posterior, distal humerus. The technique was developed on a 20th century anatomy series, the University of Toronto Grant Skeletal Collection, and was tested on 35 known individuals from the University of New Mexico Docume...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rogers TL

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latent fingerprint visualization on discharged shell casings can provide good forensic evidence, particularly if the casing is recovered at the scene of a crime where a firearm has been discharged. Unfortunately, visualization of such latent fingerprints when they were deposited prior to discharge of the firearm is pr...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bond JW,Heidel C

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about the effect of edaphic conditions on the decomposition of buried mammalian tissues. To address this, we set up a replicated incubation study with three fresh soils of contrasting pH: a Podsol (acidic), a Cambisol (neutral), and a Rendzina (alkaline), in which skeletal muscle tissue (SMT) of known ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Haslam TC,Tibbett M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A few sexual fatalities show ambiguous or conflicting evidence of manner of death or, in cases involving partners, of the partner's intent. In such equivocal cases, postmortem behavioral analysis and reconstruction aid in understanding what happened and provide an explainable basis for expert judgment and opinion, eve...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hazelwood RR,Dietz PE,Burgess AW

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In postmortem drug analysis, the most commonly used sample matrix is whole blood. However, postmortem changes can denature this matrix, resulting in a loss or degradation of drugs, thus biasing analytical findings. Vitreous humor is thought to be less affected by these changes and should, therefore, have the potential...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Scott KS,Oliver JS

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, there has been a renewed interest in forensic sciences about forensic age estimation in living subjects by means of radiological methods. This research was conducted on digital thorax X-rays to test the usefulness of some radiological changes in the clavicle and first rib. The sample consisted in a to...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Garamendi PM,Landa MI,Botella MC,Alemán I

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the era of Daubert and other judicial rulings pertaining to the acceptability of forensic evidence, it is increasingly important that experts are able to testify that their methods have been scientifically tested and that error rates and other factors relating to reliability have been published. The purpose of this...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Pretty IA,Pretty RJ,Rothwell BR,Sweet D

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report details the medical investigation of the crash of Galaxy Flight 203, on 21 Jan. 1985, near Reno, Nevada. Sixty-eight persons died at the scene, two died during hospitalization, and one victim survived. After completion of autopsies on all victims, pathologists determined causes of death based upon injuries...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Salomone J 3rd,Sohn AP,Ritzlin R,Gauthier JH,McCarty V

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male in his 70s was found lying dead in the living room of his house. A gunshot entrance wound was observed in the left orbit, with a lead slug and wadding left in the skull, which exhibited fatal cranio-cerebral trauma. A cartridge had been discharged from a handmade launcher, or zip gun, that had been fixed to a s...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Osawa M,Matsushima Y,Kumar A,Tsuboi A,Kakimoto Y,Satoh F

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) typing of ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) genes was performed with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for species identification. A variable region of the 28S ribosomal RNA gene was amplified with primers complementary to flanking sequences phylogenetically well conserved. The produc...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Naito E,Dewa K,Ymanouchi H,Kominami R

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many epidemiological, clinical, and autopsy studies have demonstrated that the risk of sudden coronary death (SCD) is linked to the severity of coronary atherosclerotic lesions and to their thrombotic potential. However it remains unknown why some individuals manifest no clinical evidence of coronary disease until the...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Fornes P,Lecomte D,Nicolas G

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies for six PCR-based loci and three protein-based (i.e., enzyme systems) loci were determined in a Caucasian sample population from New Jersey. The loci are LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, Gc, HLA-DQA1, PGM1, ESD, and EAP. All loci meet Hardy-Weinberg expectations. In addition, there is little evidence for ass...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Budowle B,Jankowski LB,Corey HW,Swec NT,Freck-Tootell S,Pino JA,Schwartz R,Kelley CA,Tarver ML

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated that the relative position of the inferior alveolar canal and its mental and mandibular foramina in adults vary with age and show sexual dimorphism. Conceivably, these purported differences could be of forensic value for determining identity of human remains. This study was designed to ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Angel JS,Mincer HH,Chaudhry J,Scarbecz M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A man wearing no protective helmet was struck by a motor vehicle while riding a bicycle. He was loaded on his left side, and the impact point of his head was his occiput on the car roof girder. He was immediately transported to the general hospital, where he passed away. Postmortem examination using multi-slice comput...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Aghayev E,Thali M,Jackowski C,Sonnenschein M,Yen K,Vock P,Dirnhofer R

更新日期：2004-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subaortic pseudoaneurysms are rare but can be a cause of sudden death in young individuals. This case report involves a 20-year-old Vietnamese male who died suddenly from rupture of a subaortic pseudoaneurysm with resultant hemopericardium with tamponade. He had a history of bicuspid aortic valve with recent but heale...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Saint-Martin P,Rogers C,Carpenter E,Fishbein MC,Lau S,Sathyavagiswaran L

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated both site dependent differences and time dependent changes in postmortem morphine concentrations in man. In 32 deaths involving morphine, left ventricular blood, femoral blood, and cisternal cerebrospinal fluid, were collected as soon after death as possible (T1), and collected again together with...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Logan BK,Smirnow D

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic marker analysis is a powerful tool for solving paternity-related problems when the putative father is missing. This report describes the first time this approach was employed in Chile to solve such a problem. In the case presented, the alleged father was missing as a result of the political detentions that too...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Jorquera H,Cifuentes L,Moreno F,Aguirre E

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A state law has placed an obligation on the criminal investigation laboratories to screen and quantitate all preparations, both pharmaceutical and illicit, that fall under the provisions of "Excepted Substances." Without complete screens on these preparations, there is room for erroneous indictments as well as possibl...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lowry WT,Barklow JP Jr

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work reviews the hazards and risks of practicing forensic anthropology in North America, with a focus on pathogens encountered through contact with unpreserved human remains. Since the publication of Galloway and Snodgrass' seminal paper concerning the hazards of forensic anthropology, research has provided new i...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Roberts LG,Dabbs GR,Spencer JR

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of the female external genitalia to assess for sexual abuse is performed in living individuals, and the interpretation of the findings is based on evidence-based studies. However, in the deceased, no such studies are available, and postmortem changes could present as suspicious findings that can be mistake...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Al-Saif DM,Al-Farayedhi MA,Al-Shamsi GA,Al-Bayat MI,Almadani OM,Kharoshah MA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological, psychological, and social consequences associated with illicit drug use are well documented. In addition to the effects directly related to the drug(s), the delivery mechanism can precipitate other serious health conditions. A case is reported where an individual stopped by law enforcement was disco...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Labay LM,Catanese CA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gunshot backspatter comprises biological material expelled backward through bullet entry holes. Crime scene investigators analyze backspatter patterns to infer wounding circumstances. An understanding of the mechanism of backspatter generation, and the relationship between spatter patterns and bullet and tissue charac...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Davidson PL,Taylor MC,Wilson SJ,Walsh KA,Kieser JA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：POPULATION:Identifiler-Employees and students of Muhimibili University College of Health Sciences in Dar es Salaam representing 19 widely distributed administrative districts and 42 tribes within the country. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Forward BW,Eastman MW,Nyambo TB,Ballard RE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological evidence analysis from contact traces is adversely affected by low quantity and quality of DNA. Proteins in these samples contain potentially individualizing information and may be particularly important for difficult surfaces such as brass, where DNA may yield incomplete profiles. In this study, touched un...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sterling SA,Mason KE,Anex DS,Parker GJ,Hart B,Prinz M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides regression equations for estimation of age of infants from the dimensions of their developing deciduous teeth. The sample comprises 97 individuals of known sex and age (62 boys, 35 girls), aged between 2 days and 1,081 days. The age-estimation equations were obtained for the sexes combined, as well...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Viciano J,De Luca S,Irurita J,Alemán I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haptoglobin typing by vertical electrophoresis in a discontinuous polyacrylamide gel was conducted on 47 dog blood samples, of which 19 were from Doberman pinschers, 20 from German shepherds, and 8 from pit bullterriers. Two phenotypes were common in the three breeds and could not be used to differentiate between them...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Harrington J,Heaney H,McSweeney C,Quarino L,Schwartz T,Versoza J

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimating time since death is especially difficult in the examination of poorly preserved cadavers and depends on the experience of the examiner and comparison with previously documented cases showing similar characteristics. The present study reports on information obtained over the past ten years through the work o...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Prieto JL,Magaña C,Ubelaker DH

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00