Comparative analysis of differences by gender in sudden infant death syndrome in Hungary and Japan.

abstract：:Sex identification of forensic samples (bloodstains and decomposed tissue) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was investigated. Amplification of a segment of the amelogenin gene using a pair of primers revealed both Y- and X-specific bands at the same time. The gene has counterparts in both the X and Y chromosomes and...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Akane A,Shiono H,Matsubara K,Nakahori Y,Seki S,Nagafuchi S,Yamada M,Nakagome Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides alcohol and drugs of abuse, several popular foods contain potentially toxic substances and cases of intoxication after consumption of these foods attract notice of forensic toxicology. This is also true for the case of a 34-year-old woman who was suspected to have suffered lethal acute intoxication from eating...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Albermann ME,Musshoff F,Hagemeier L,Madea B

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most individuals detained in police custody are male adolescents or young adults. Demeaning custody conditions, which are common in French police cells, bring to light legitimate questions about the detention of elderly people. We aimed to determine the proportion of detainees over age 60, their health cha...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Beaufrère A,Belmenouar O,Chariot P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many document examiners recognize the importance of an individuals 'state of mind' and its effect on handwriting but historically have steered clear of working closely with psychiatrists, linguists, or psychologists in understanding the interaction of nervous impulses and motor responses on the final handwritten produ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cain S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fundamental to any ballistic armour standard is the reference projectile to be defeated. Typically, for certification purposes, a consistent and symmetrical bullet geometry is assumed, however variations in bullet jacket dimensions can have far reaching consequences. Traditionally, characteristics and internal dimensi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Thornby J,Landheer D,Williams T,Barnes-Warden J,Fenne P,Norman DG,Attridge A,Williams MA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the transient indirect effect of a rifle bullet on bone in the gelatin-bone composite target experimentally and computationally. The process of a 56 type 7.62-mm rifle bullet penetrating the composite target has been simulated using numerical method. The experiment provided the criteria for verifying the corr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zhang X,Xu C,Wen Y,Luo S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Debrisoquine hydroxylase (CYP2D6) is involved in the metabolism of many toxicologically important drugs. The gene encoding for this enzyme displays a polymorphic distribution in all populations examined. We report a study on 46 cases, where analyses of the CYP2D6 gene were conducted on postmortem femoral blood in orde...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Druid H,Holmgren P,Carlsson B,Ahlner J

更新日期：1999-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A 76-year-old male with a previous history of heart arrhythmia and decompensation was treated for a complicated thoraco-abdominal trauma. Accidentally, a pleural drain was inserted in his heart through the ventricular septum, perforating the left ventricle, the drain tip being buried in its posterior wall. This injury...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rajs J,Rotmil PL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An interrelation between consumption of illegal drugs and committing an indictable offence has been repeatedly discussed in literature. In a retrospective study serum concentrations of illegal and legal drugs as well as data originating from police reports and examinations by physicians taking blood from individuals b...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kirschbaum KM,Grigoleit L,Hess C,Madea B,Musshoff F

更新日期：2013-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases of disputed parentage the biostatistical information is contained in the frequencies X and Y (as defined by Essen-M oller ); X denotes the hypothesis "paternity", Y the hypothesis "non-paternity". Essen-M oller proposed a probability of paternity which includes both values: W = X/(X + Y) (where X + Y becomes ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hummel K

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimating error rates for firearm evidence identification is a fundamental challenge in forensic science. This paper describes the recently developed congruent matching cells (CMC) method for image comparisons, its application to firearm evidence identification, and its usage and initial tests for error rate estimati...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Song J,Vorburger TV,Chu W,Yen J,Soons JA,Ott DB,Zhang NF

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 23-year-old man was found on a raised hide in lying position, the head wrapped in a plastic bag connected with a helium gas cylinder by a polypropylene tube. The autopsy did not show any specific findings nor did the routine toxicological analysis reveal significant information regarding the cause of death (BAC 0.9 ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Auwaerter V,Perdekamp MG,Kempf J,Schmidt U,Weinmann W,Pollak S

更新日期：2007-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE), non-volatile, direct metabolites of ethanol have been shown to be suitable markers for the evaluation of social and chronic excessive alcohol consumption. Previous investigations have shown that the regular use of hair-care products with high alcohol content ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martins Ferreira L,Binz T,Yegles M

更新日期：2012-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The hair samples of 15 grizzled patients with a permanent medical treatment by amitriptyline, carbamazepine, chlorprothixene, diclofenac, doxepine, indomethacine, maprotiline or metoclopramide, or with a chronic heroin and cocaine abuse were separated into white and pigmented fibers and both fractions were independent...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rothe M,Pragst F,Thor S,Hunger J

更新日期：1997-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was performed to distinguish fatal from non-fatal blood concentrations of morphine. For this purpose, blood levels of free morphine and total morphine (free morphine plus morphine conjugates) in 207 cases of heroin-related deaths were compared to those in 27 drivers surviving opiate intoxication. The majorit...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Meissner C,Recker S,Reiter A,Friedrich HJ,Oehmichen M

更新日期：2002-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The differentiation of intoxication courses is one of the most difficult challenges for forensic pathologists and toxicologists. The case of a 52-year-old female inpatient of a psychiatric clinic with multiple medications who died from doxepin intoxication is reported. Concentrations of doxepin metabolites and isomers...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Neukamm MA,Vogt S,Hermanns-Clausen M,Naue J,Thierauf A,Auwärter V

更新日期：2013-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Tramadol is an opioid drug metabolised in phase I by cytochrome P450 (CYP) enzymes, of which CYP2D6 is mainly responsible for the O-demethylation of tramadol, but is not involved in N-demethylation. Defects in the genes encoding drug metabolising enzymes (DMEs) may lead to adverse drug effects, even to death. To aid i...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Levo A,Koski A,Ojanperä I,Vuori E,Sajantila A

更新日期：2003-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous research has raised the possibility that automotive brake pads can produce particles that are both compositionally and morphologically similar to gunshot residue (GSR). These studies, published in the early 2000s, coincided with the reduction or removal of unnecessary sources of lead from the automotive indus...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tucker W,Lucas N,Seyfang KE,Kirkbride KP,Popelka-Filcoff RS

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Databases have been used to record data in forensic science, such as fingerprints, shoeprints, and photos. In traditional databases, we use "text" as the "keyword" for retrieving data (text-keyword retrieval); however, in some applications, "text" is not proper to describe the searching target, and in this case, "imag...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wen CY,Yao JY

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicides with chain saws and circular saws are extreme exceptions, in particular with regard to females and concerning the neck region. We report two of such rare cases involving young women. A 30-year-old female with a known schizoaffective psychosis killed herself with an electric chain saw. The autopsy revealed a d...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Grellner W,Wilske J

更新日期：2009-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Catecholamine (CA) levels in rat adrenals increase significantly over the first day post-mortem, but then decrease. This suggests that adrenal CA synthesis is active after death and stress the possibility that tissue levels of CAs may increase post-mortem. This has to be considered when evaluating post-mortem tissue C...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Holgert H

更新日期：2003-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a forensic investigation that took place in the city of Murcia (SE Spain) and shows how the entomological specimens collected at the scene were extremely helpful for estimating the minimum post-mortem interval (PMImin). The occurrence of Telomerina flavipes (Meigen, 1830) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Arnaldos MI,Ubero-Pascal N,García R,Carles-Tolrá M,Presa JJ,García MD

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden infant death (SID) is an unresolved problem of high relevance and previous studies have indicated a role of viral heart infections. The diagnosis remains difficult in clinical practice using routine diagnostic tests and must be substantially improved. A prospective study based on post-mortem samples from SID vi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gaaloul I,Riabi S,Evans M,Hunter T,Huber S,Aouni M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population study on thirteen short tandem repeat (STR) loci was performed on 223 unrelated Italian Caucasians. The DNA was amplified by PCR. Separation and detection of the amplified STR fragments was carried out by use of 377 automated system (Applied Biosystems Division/Perkin Elmer). All loci meet Hardy-Weinberg ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Garofano L,Pizzamiglio M,Vecchio C,Lago G,Floris T,D'Errico G,Brembilla G,Romano A,Budowle B

更新日期：1998-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old woman was found dead at home. She was single, foreign national, chronic alcoholic, and had given shelter to a compatriot for three days. This man found the deceased in her bed, after a night of heavy drinking. The emergency medical team observed numerous recent blue ecchymoses of the upper limbs. Because...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dedouit F,Piercecchi-Marti MD,Leonetti G,Rougé D,Telmon N

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanide is a powerful chemical asphyxiant found in some forensic cases following voluntary (suicide) or involuntary ingestion (fire, accidental exposure). A quantification method for cyanide that is specifically suited to post-mortem forensic purposes was developed. Determination was performed by headspace gas chromat...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Desharnais B,Huppé G,Lamarche M,Mireault P,Skinner CD

更新日期：2012-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and ten pairs of blood and semen samples and their stains were studied to type glyoxalase 1 (GLO 1) isoenzymes using agarose-starch medium. A good agreement was observed between the phenotypes expressed in blood and semen samples of the same donor. No GLO 1 activity however could be demonstrated in the vag...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sharma A,Arora VK,Bhalla V

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To improve the possibilities to delimitate the time of death after longer laytime, it was examined if this is possible by immunohistochemical insulin detection. The results show that in our examination material, the pancreatic beta-cells of up to 12-day-old corpses produce a positive immunoreaction towards insulin in ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wehner F,Wehner HD,Schieffer MC,Subke J

更新日期：1999-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The alleles present at the HLA DQ alpha locus may be typed by either allele specific oligonucleotide (ASO) probing or by restriction mapping, referred to here as amplification restriction fragment polymorphism (ARFP) analysis. ASO typing relies upon hybridization principles, whereas ARFP typing relies upon restriction...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Harrington CS,Dunaiski V,Williams KE,Fowler C

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies and population data for 17 Y-STR loci included in a new commercial kit that has recently been available, the AmpFlSTR Y-filer PCR amplification kit (Applied Biosystems), that permits the simultaneous amplification of all the markers included in the actually used European "extended haplotype", DYS19,...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Pontes ML,Cainé L,Abrantes D,Lima G,Pinheiro MF

更新日期：2007-07-20 00:00:00