Correlation of trauma and cause of death to accident reconstruction: a case of a flight accident report.

abstract：:This retrospective study examined population demographics associated with motor vehicle collision (MVC) fatalities over a 5-year period in the Hamilton-Wentworth Niagara region. Variables were drawn from the five factors proposed by Fierro (1) for investigating deaths caused by transportation: human, chemical, environ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lemieux CE,Fernandes JR,Rao C

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The association between perpetration of sexual abuse and the offender's own victimization as a child has been well documented in the literature. Various researchers have examined this relationship by assessing the exclusiveness of the sexual abuser's behavior, the gender of his victims and the gender of his own childh...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Greenberg DM,Bradford JM,Curry S

更新日期：1993-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and inexpensive capillary tube procedure, which can be applied in the forensic science laboratory, is described for the detection of the Lewisa (Lea) and Lewisb (Leb) antigens on red blood cells. This procedure will permit approximately 4000 tests to be performed from a single 2-mL bottle of Lewis antiserum. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Mudd JL

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since patients with post-traumatic, neurologic, movement disorders often seek legal counsel and become involved in litigation, we used this group of disorders as a model for testing the hypothesis that an interaction with the legal system may influence its outcome. We reviewed 100 consecutive medical records of patien...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Scarano VR,Jankovic J

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fire debris evidence is collected and stored in a wide range of containers, including various polymer bags. Four different polymer bags have been investigated, including the NYLON, DUO, ALU, and AMPAC bags. The latter is the successor of the Kapak Fire DebrisPAK™. Microscopy and infrared spectroscopy were used to eluc...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Grutters MM,Dogger J,Hendrikse JN

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Age estimation methods are often based on the age-related morphological changes of the auricular surface and the pubic bone. In this study, a mathematical approach to quantify these changes has been tested analyzing the curvature variation on 3D models from CT and laser scans. The sample consisted of the 24 Suchey-Bro...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Villa C,Buckberry J,Cattaneo C,Frohlich B,Lynnerup N

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV is an illness that often leads to premature death due to arterial rupture or dissection and is characterized by very fragile connective tissue. This report documents the death of a 30-year-old man with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV from myocardial rupture and cardiac tamponade following...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gilchrist ER,Duflou JA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) syndrome is a hyperimmune disorder characterized by lymphohistiocytic infiltrations, elevated cytokine levels in the blood, macrophage activation, and hemophagocytosis, frequently presenting with a febrile septic picture. This unusual disease is more common in infancy and c...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Chute DJ,Rawley J,Cox J,Bready RJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anomalous origin of the coronary artery (AOCA) is a rare, but important cause of sudden cardiac death among young athletes. Nine autopsy cases (8 male, 1 female; mean age, 17.9 years; age range, 11-31 years) of sudden death during or just after exercise caused by AOCA were reviewed. The exercises performed at the time...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kurosu A,Kuroyanagi K,Yamauchi S,Omura K,Saito K

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two case studies are presented involving fatal falls of adult females from a height. One involved a launch at low speed from a balcony, and one involved a launch at high speed from the top of a cliff. Crime scene evidence obtained on the balcony itself provided a strong indication of homicide, but subsequent investiga...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cross R

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization of a light emitting diode (LED)-based excitation system for the detection of pretreated fingerprint fluorescence is described. Fluorescent ridges can usually be excited by irradiation with forensic light sources such as xenon arc lamps or quartz-halogen lamps with high-power output and suitable filters. H...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Takatsu M,Shimoda O,Onishi K,Onishi A,Oguri N

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported in which radiographic comparison of a clavicle was used to establish the identification of a civilian missing from the Vietnam conflict. While the use of radiographic comparison of skeletal features is not a newly developed technique for personal identification purposes, this case outlines a unique ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Adams BJ,Maves RC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive analysis of sulfide in blood was established, using an extractive alkylation technique. Pentafluorobenzyl bromide was used as the alkylating agent, tetradecyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride as the phase-transfer catalyst, and potassium dihydrogenphosphate as the buffer to suppress the formation of sulfide....

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kage S,Nagata T,Kimura K,Kudo K

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil vestiges might provide information about a crime scene. The Rietveld method with X-ray diffraction data (RM-XRD) is a nondestructive technique that makes it possible to characterize minerals present in the soils. Soil clays from the metropolitan region of Curitiba (Brazil) were submitted to DCB treatment and anal...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Prandel LV,Melo VF,Brinatti AM,Saab SDC,Salvador FAS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) profile results were obtained from bloodstains and other body fluid stains subjected to mixture with other body fluids, environmental insults (sunlight and temperature), different substrates (cotton, nylon, blue denim, glass, aluminum, and woo...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Adams DE,Presley LA,Baumstark AL,Hensley KW,Hill AL,Anoe KS,Campbell PA,McLaughlin CM,Budowle B,Giusti AM

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time and temperature effects on postmortem cerebrospinal fluid samples from 60 adult mongrel dogs were studied. After death the dogs were held at 4, 20, or 37 degrees C for intervals of 3, 6, 12, 24, or 48 h. Antemortem and postmortem cerebrospinal fluid was evaluated for sodium, chloride, potassium, urea nitrogen, gl...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Schoning P,Strafuss AC

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases of acute fatal child abuse, certain injuries, including cutaneous blunt force trauma, skull fractures, subdural hematomas, intra-abdominal hemorrhage, and retinal hemorrhages are common and well described in the pediatric and forensic literature. These gross findings at autopsy, when taken into consideration ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Dye DW,Peretti FJ,Kokes CP

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) involves the interpretation of distinct blood patterns found at crime scenes following a violent act. In this paper, we explored for the first time the effects of surface temperatures upon blood impacting a horizontal surface (steel) with its implications in BPA explored. Specific sur...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Larkin BA,Banks CE

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When bone is penetrated or perforated by a bullet, the bullet's impacting surface is often uniquely modeled by the fractured bone. Reconstructing bone with simple super-imposition of the bullet's contour lines allows matching of a particular bullet to its specific bone defect. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Smith OC,Symes SA,Berryman HE,LeVaughn MA

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Phenice method for the estimation of sex of an individual from the pelvis was tested on 198 individuals of known sex from the Terry collection by an individual with training in the technique, but no additional training in forensic anthropology. Sex was correctly estimated in 88.4% of all individuals and more accur...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ubelaker DH,Volk CG

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventative dental treatment has reduced caries incidence and thereby rendered dental identification, in caries-free individuals, more difficult. An alternate method comparing spatial relationships of dental structures in digitized superimposed antemortem and postmortem radiographs has been previously developed. This...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Goldstein M,Sweet DJ,Wood RE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using passive headspace concentration (ASTM E-1412) and gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric (GC/MS) analysis as described in ASTM E-1618, the authors have studied the volatile components detectable in several kinds of otherwise uncontaminated substrata, including clothing, shoes, household products, building materi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lentini JJ,Dolan JA,Cherry C

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is generally accepted that nuclei degrade in developing hair shafts but the point at which such occurs has not been investigated. The fate of mitochondria in the keratinizing hair shaft has been less clear. This study uses transmission electron microscopy to investigate when nuclei and mitochondria are no longer vi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Linch CA

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA DQ alpha allele and genotype frequencies for Caucasian, African American, Haitian, and Hispanic populations in Florida have been estimated. The Florida laboratories involved in these studies collected donor samples from a variety of sites including clinical laboratories, victim and suspect standards, blood banks, ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Crouse CA,Feuer WJ,Nippes DC,Hutto SC,Barnes KS,Coffman D,Livingston SH,Ginsberg L,Glidewell DE

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper tests the Demirjian and international Demirjian dental aging methods for forensic use when ancestry and ethnicity are unknown. A radiographic sample of 187 boys and girls was collected from the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Detroit Mercy and aged using both methods. The total sample...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Burt NM,Sauer N,Fenton T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prediction of visible traits from genetic data in certain forensic cases may provide important information that can speed up the process of investigation. Research that has been conducted on the genetics of pigmentation has revealed polymorphisms that explain a significant proportion of the variation observed in human...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Pośpiech E,Draus-Barini J,Kupiec T,Wojas-Pelc A,Branicki W

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

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：: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：:The body of an unidentified elderly woman was found trapped in a floodgate. Prior to autopsy, full-body multislice computed tomography (MSCT) was performed for study of bone lesions and cause of death. Age was estimated by analysis of the sternal end of the fourth rib and of the pubic symphyseal medial articular surfa...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Dedouit F,Telmon N,Guilbeau-Frugier C,Gainza D,Otal P,Joffre F,Rougé D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the introduction of radioimmunoassay (RIA) techniques, it has become toxicologically possible to determine drug concentrations in postmortem vitreous humor. This study demonstrates and confirms this toxicological feasibility. In 49 medical examiner's drug related cases, postmortem tissue levels of morphine, barbi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ziminski KR,Wemyss CT,Bidanset JH,Manning TJ,Lukash L

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00