Postmortem concentrations of citalopram.

abstract：:Borate-containing compounds were formerly used as topical antiseptics and were components of many medicinal preparations including skin powders and ointments used for the treatment of burns and diaper rash. These compounds were also used as irrigants for body cavities, including the pleural, vaginal, and rectal caviti...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hamilton RA,Wolf BC

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When determining an age estimate from adult skeletal remains, forensic anthropologists face a series of methodological choices. These decisions, such as which skeletal region to evaluate, which methods to apply, what statistical information to use, and how to combine information from multiple methods, ultimately impac...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Garvin HM,Passalacqua NV

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bite marks inflicted on animate and inanimate objects will undergo a certain degree of deformation. This fact remains one of the biggest stumbling blocks when analyzing evidence for court presentation. It has been demonstrated that the reliability of pattern association analysis will not be affected by minimal degrees...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Stols G,Bernitz H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboemboli were found diffusely throughout the pulmonary vasculature system of a 76-year-old white female who died unexpectedly 3 days following injury and repair of a left hip intracapsular fracture. A diffuse chronic nonspecific myocarditis with marked fat atrophy, an acute myocardial infarct of the posterior lef...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Perrot LJ,Froede RC

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a novel three-dimensional transformation method for vehicle license plate number recognition is proposed. This method provides an efficient solution to normalize skew distorted vehicle license plate images. The Hough transform is used to estimate the license plate position and the normalization angle. A...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Wen CY,Yu CC,Hun ZD

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 15 years, the US Supreme Court has implemented major changes concerning the admittance of expert testimony. In 1993, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals superseded the Frye ruling in federal courts and established judges, not the scientific community, as the gatekeepers regarding the credibility of scie...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Grivas CR,Komar DA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of cases is reported in which pink teeth were observed during the postmortem period. Most cases were associated with decomposition in a moist environment. Experimental procedures led to the extraction of pink material from dentin and demonstration that hemoglobin and serum proteins were present. The pink-toot...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kirkham WR,Andrews EE,Snow CC,Grape PM,Snyder L

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to having blast mitigation properties, aqueous foam concentrate AFC-380 blast suppression foam is designed to capture aerosolized chemical, biological, and radioactive particles during render-safe procedures of explosive devices. Exposure to aqueous environments and surfactants may negatively affect forens...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Monson KL,Kyllonen KM,Leggitt JL,Edmiston KE,Justus CR,Kavlick MF,Phillip M,Roberts MA,Shegogue CW,Watts GD

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slimming cactus (Hoodia), found only in southwestern Africa, is a well-known herbal product for losing weight. Consequently, Hoodia extracts are sought-after worldwide despite a CITES Appendix II status. The failure to eradicate illegal trade is due to problems with detecting and identifying Hoodia using morphological...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gathier G,van der Niet T,Peelen T,van Vugt RR,Eurlings MC,Gravendeel B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Combitube is a ventilatory device consisting of a twin lumen tube with proximal and distal inflatable cuffs. The major benefit of the Combitube is that its design and function allow for ventilation through non-laryngoscope-assisted insertion into either the trachea, or esophagus. As with any invasive procedure, in...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Stoppacher R,Teggatz JR,Jentzen JM

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This work compares epidemiological and sociological data on persons having committed suicide in 2002 and in 2012 through a retrospective study of every suicide case having led to an autopsy at the Institute for Forensic Medicine of Lyon in 2002 and in 2012. The study included sociodemographic data, medical data, and t...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Franchi A,Bagur J,Lemoine P,Maucort-Boulch D,Malicier D,Maujean G

更新日期：2016-01-01 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：:Sodium and potassium cyanide are highly toxic, produced in large amounts by the chemical industry, and linked to numerous high-profile crimes. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified cyanide as one of the most probable agents to be used in a chemical terrorism event. We investigated whether ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kreuzer HW,Horita J,Moran JJ,Tomkins BA,Janszen DB,Carman A

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality and efficiency of a standard organic DNA isolation method and a silica-based method using the QIAGEN Blood Maxi Kit were compared to obtain human DNA and short tandem repeats (STRs) profiles from 39 exhumed bone samples for paternity testing. DNA samples were quantified by real-time PCR, and STR profiles w...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rucinski C,Malaver AL,Yunis EJ,Yunis JJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive, specific and simple color test for the improvised explosive urea nitrate is described. It is based on the formation of a red pigment upon the reaction between urea nitrate and p-dimethylaminocinnamaldehyde (p-DMAC) under neutral conditions. Urea itself, which is the starting material for urea nitrate, doe...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Almog J,Klein A,Tamiri T,Shloosh Y,Abramovich-Bar S

更新日期：2005-05-01 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 purpose of this paper is to discuss some of the major factors that can affect age-at-death predictions when using histomorphological methods. Although evidence suggests that some of the currently available methods are more reliable and accurate, and there are a number of factors other than chronological age that c...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Stout SD

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Illegal trade in snake parts has increased enormously. In spite of strict protection under wildlife act, a large number of snakes are being killed ruthlessly in India for venom and skin. Here, an interesting case involving confiscation of crystallized dried snake venom and subsequent DNA-based species identification i...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Singh CS,Gaur A,Sreenivas A,Singh L

更新日期：2012-05-01 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：:The isolation, amplification, and characterization of human DNA from hematophagous (blood feeding) and necrophagous (carrion feeding) arthropods have been advanced significantly by the development of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) DNA sequencing methodologies. Historically, DNA technology has been successfully utiliz...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： DiZinno JA,Lord WD,Collins-Morton MB,Wilson MR,Goff ML

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chorionic villus sampling (CVS), prior to pregnancy termination (pre-termination CVS), is suggested as a tool for forensic paternity testing. Unlike the abortion material, which consists of ruptured tissues of fetal and maternal origin, extra-embryonic membranes obtained through CVS can provide an uncontaminated sourc...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Reshef A,Brauner P,Shpitzen M,Gallili N,Marbach A,Motro U,Shmueli E,Meiner V

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A standardized removal and dissection procedure is presented for human infant brain. A previously unreported cistern of the pineal gland must be severed at autopsy in order to preserve the gland's anatomic integrity during brain removal. Utilization of these methods to investigate Sudden Infant Death Syndrome brain ti...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sparks DL,Coyne CM,Sparks LM,Hunsaker JC 3rd

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We wish to describe further developments to a method previously reported on the detection of 2-phenoxyethanol in ink. The solid-phase microextraction (SPME) sampling technique, together with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), has been used to quantify solvents in writing ink. In conventional approaches, the...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Brazeau L,Gaudreau M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro accuracy and precision of four infrared breath-alcohol analyzers, the Alcotest 7010, BAC Verifier, Intoxilyzer 5000, and Intoximeter 3000, were studied with a protocol adapted from portions of the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) "Standard for Devices to Measure Breath Alcohol." Statistical evalu...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Goldberger BA,Caplan YH

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis of botanical forensic evidence provides a means of obtaining a reproducible DNA profile in a relatively short period of time in species for which no sequence information is available. AFLP profiles were obtained for 40 Acer rubrum trees. Leaf material from five ad...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bless C,Palmeter H,Wallace MM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visualization of nitrite residues is essential in gunshot distance determination. Current protocols for the detection of nitrites include, among other tests, the Modified Griess Test (MGT). This method is limited as nitrite residues are unstable in the environment and limited to partially burned gunpowder. Previous re...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Berger J,Upton C,Springer E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unavailable in the literature is any reference to an investigation of death after evidence has been destroyed. In this presentation two firearms and the bullet were melted after the death was certified as a suicide. A team of investigators conducted a psychological autopsy as well as shot patterns to determine the dis...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Danto BL,Streed T

更新日期：1994-05-01 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：:In a previous paper, the author argued that clinicians who perform initial forensic evaluations might be better able to assume subsequent treating relationships with those they have evaluated than independent evaluators. In this paper, the author discusses the problems involved when clinicians who have established tre...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Miller RD

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Differentiating between black powder toners used in laser printers and copiers can be challenging for forensic examiners. One hundred and sixty-two samples from 82 different types of cartridges produced by 21 manufacturers that are currently available on the Polish market were studied using Fourier transform infrared ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Trzcińska BM

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00