Single fiber analysis by internal reflection infrared microspectroscopy.

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：:In bite mark analyses, the initial photograph is critical for the collection and presentation of evidence. A high-contrast film technique previously used primarily in the graphic arts field has been refined and applied to forensic odontology. The process, called toneline, reduces the interpretational bias of the inves...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Robinson E,Wentzel J

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of fire on the features associated with saw marks in bone. Both class and individual characteristics were examined using stereomicroscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Twenty-four semifleshed Sus scrofa L. tibiae were sawed into three sections with the middle section having de...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Robbins SC,Fairgrieve SI,Oost TS

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of certain fluorescing vapor-phase chemicals for the development of latent fingerprints is described. Some advantages of these chemicals over other methods that use fluorescers are discussed. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Almog J,Gabay A

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate quantification of DNA samples is an important step in obtaining accurate and reproducible short tandem repeat (STR) profiles. Quantitative real-time-PCR has improved the speed and accuracy of DNA quantification over earlier methods, albeit at significantly greater cost per reaction. Here, the performance of r...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Westring CG,Kristinsson R,Gilbert DM,Danielson PB

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reproducibility of quantitative PCR results is dependent on the generation of consistent calibration curves via accurate volume transfers and instrument performance. A review of 14 standard curves, using two different QuantDuo® standard DNA lots, showed variability of cycle threshold values between assays were larger ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Grgicak CM,Urban ZM,Cotton RW

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidents and inflicted trauma account for 33% and 5-8% of childhood deaths, respectively. Injuries secondary to falling televisions have been reported in the clinical literature. However, descriptions of such injuries at autopsy are limited. The severity and patterns of injury may mimic those considered ''typical'' o...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Deisch J,Quinton R,Gruszecki AC

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a massive fatal posterior myocardial infarct resulting from compression of the right coronary artery by a Teflon pledget granuloma in a patient who had undergone aortic valve replacement six months before death. Other iatrogenic causes of coronary artery occlusion or compression are discussed in this paper...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cohle SD,Delavan JW

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five hundred psychological autopsies on equivocal (suicide versus accident) deaths were reviewed to ascertain which factors are significant in making the determination between suicidal and accidental deaths. Factors varied in relative importance according to the method used to cause death. Significant factors included...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Litman RE

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously reported a new triplex amplification and typing system by silver staining for three short tandem repeat (STR) loci, 9q2h2 (D2S3020), D15S233, and D14S299 without "microvariant" alleles such as .1, .2, and, .3 alleles in the Japanese population. In the present study, we established a new quadruplex s...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Yoshimoto T,Yamamoto T,Mizutani M,Uchihi R,Ohtaki H,Katsumata Y,Waiyawuth W,Songsivilai S

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When insect evidence is obtained during autopsy, forensic entomologists make decisions regarding the effects of low-temperature (-1 degrees C to 4 degrees C) storage of the body and associated insects when estimating the post-mortem interval (PMI). To determine the effects of storage in a morgue cooler on the temperat...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Huntington TE,Higley LG,Baxendale FP

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case study is presented to demonstrate the utility of the team approach to the identification of human remains, and to illustrate a methodological innovation developed by MFAT. Case 1 represents the first of several planned case studies, each designed to present new methodological solutions to standard problems in i...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Taylor JV,DiBennardo R,Linares GH,Goldman AD,DeForest PR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three-dimensional visualization is an important tool in the evaluation and demonstration of injury. Creating convincing graphics, however, requires strict distinction between illustrative and reconstructive visualizations and a method of validation. We present a case in which we used a radiation-planning tool to provi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Oliver WR,Chancellor AS,Soltys M,Symon J,Cullip T,Rosenman J,Hellman R,Boxwala A,Gormley W

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Bath salts" are synthetic derivatives of cathinones, compounds found in the leaves of Catha edulis, which possesses amphetamine-like properties. At the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, we conducted a 3-year retrospective analysis of deaths in which cathinones were detected. Two categories emerged; thos...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： deRoux SJ,Dunn WA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Internal standards are commonly used for the quantitative determination of drugs of abuse and their metabolites (drug/metabolite) in biological fluids and tissues by the selective ion monitoring (SIM) gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) procedure. Analogs of drugs/metabolites that are labeled with three or mo...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Liu RH,Foster G,Cone EJ,Kumar SD

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent court challenges have highlighted the need for statistical research on fingerprint identification. This paper proposes a model for computing likelihood ratios (LRs) to assess the evidential value of comparisons with any number of minutiae. The model considers minutiae type, direction and relative spatial relati...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Neumann C,Champod C,Puch-Solis R,Egli N,Anthonioz A,Bromage-Griffiths A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic anthropologists are more often turning to nondestructive methods to assist with skeletal analyses, specifically for trace elemental analyses. Portable XRF (pXRF) instruments are versatile and are able to be used in diverse settings or for specimens of a shape and size that cannot be accommodated by laboratory...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Byrnes JF,Bush PJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infections have become a major issue of public health and lead to an increasing number of suits for damages. We present a rare case of Aspergillus contamination during cardiac surgery, describe the medicolegal investigation, and present the new system for compensation of bodily injury after nosocomial infec...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Tuchtan L,Piercecchi-Marti MD,Dumon H,Métras D,Léonetti G,Bartoli C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old nondiabetic female developed fatal hypoglycemia when chlorpropamide (Diabinese) was accidentally substituted for acetaminophen (Tylenol) with codeine no. 3 in a pharmacy dispensing error. When found, the patient's serum glucose was less than 20 mg/dL. The serum chlorpropamide level on hospital admission ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Scala-Barnett DM,Donoghue ER

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric (GC/MS) assay is described for the quantitation of codeine and morphine as trimethylsyl (TMS) derivatives. The TMS derivatization of ketone-containing opiates results in the formation of multiple derivatives. Some of these products have retention times close to those ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cremese M,Wu AH,Cassella G,O'Connor E,Rymut K,Hill DW

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The full childhood triad of enuresis, firesetting, and cruelty to animals is seldom reported by patients in acute care psychiatric facilities. Two of the three elements have been reported with greater frequency and constitute useful diagnostic information. Literature on the triad has been reviewed and data from three ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Felthous AR,Bernard H

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PSA is currently being used to detect and monitor quantitatively the development of prostate cancer by serum levels of PSA and has also been found to be present in high concentrations in semen. Elegantly simple, sensitive, and reproducible methods have been developed for analysis of the presence of PSA, including the ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Simich JP,Morris SL,Klick RL,Rittenhouse-Diakun K

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrokinetic injection (EI) is the primary method used in forensic laboratories to load amplified PCR product in capillary electrophoresis for short tandem repeat (STR) fragment separation. Because all samples subjected to capillary electrophoresis use internal lane standard (ILS), this study investigated the conseq...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Esparza JM,Michalik M,Dukes MJ,Wojtkiewicz P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dramatic increase in the sensitivity of DNA profiling systems that has occurred over recent years has led to the need to address a wider range of interpretational problems in forensic science. The issues surrounding questions of the kind "whose DNA is this?" have been the subject of considerable controversy but no...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Evett IW,Gill PD,Jackson G,Whitaker J,Champod C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During postmortem examination of the dental arches of carbonized victims, dental restorative materials may be found. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of heat source action on the color stability of composite resin (CR) and glass ionomer cement (GIC) restorations, to discriminate between them and compar...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Biancalana RC,Vicente SA,Alves da Silva RH,Pires-de-Souza FC

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide variety of problems may prevent or hinder a dental-identification (ID) team in its efforts to identify mass casualties. Since these problems have been infrequently reported in a comprehensive manner, the authors identified and summarized these problems to increase the awareness of dental-ID team members and to ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Brannon RB,Kessler HP

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of apparent suicide by injection of snake venom was investigated. Evidence found at the scene and presumably used for self-injection was positive for nonspecific venom but had the characteristics of a viper venom. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Yadlowski JM,Tu AT,Garriott JC,Norton LE

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a genetic test for full sibship for a pair of carrion flies that could reveal the postmortem relocation of a corpse. A carrion fly larva is sometimes left behind when a corpse is moved. The discovery of full sibling larvae of approximately the same developmental stage at two locations would strongly suggest...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Picard CJ,Wells JD

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven subjects participated in a two-part study to evaluate mouth alcohol dissipation in alcohol positive subjects. In part one, subjects rinsed their mouths with a vodka solution and were breath tested after 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 min intervals. On average, breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) decreased 20.4% (range 3.2-47...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sterling K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Classification of ignitable liquids in accordance with voluntary consensus-based standards published by ASTM International has become increasingly specific, relying upon both the chemical composition and the boiling point range of submitted ignitable liquids. This classification system includes among others, specific ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Dolan JA,Stauffer E

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00