Identification of ascorbic acid and its degradation products in black powder substitutes.

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：:This study analyses depressed fractures (by blunt force trauma) and circular full-thickness injuries (drill injuries and gunshot wounds) in charred bones. Fifty bovine ribs (total 104 lesions) were divided into three groups. The first group consisted in 20 depressed hammer-produced fractures; in the second one, 60 rou...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Collini F,Amadasi A,Mazzucchi A,Porta D,Regazzola VL,Garofalo P,Di Blasio A,Cattaneo C

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the quality distribution of ninhydrin-developed prints on A4 bond paper in two groups of individuals, in Israel and in India. While the quality distributions of the developed marks in both countries had some dissimilarities, both groups showed the expected bell-shape distribution, with the majority of the ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Almog J,Sheratzki H,Elad-Levin M,Sagiv AE,Singh GD,Jasuja OP

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine the effect of gender, body mass index, and time on the width of friction ridge impressions in fingerprints and the content of sweat and sebum forming the print. The research showed that the friction ridge impressions of women are significantly wider than those of men, and this ten...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Czech A,Szabelak A,Sowiński A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Gustafson technique was a significant contribution to forensic identification. Unfortunately, many statistical errors were present in the published articles. It now seems clear that greater precision can be achieved through modification of the original technique. One of the authors (W. R. M.) will report soon on m...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Maples WR,Rice PM

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continual reports of illicit trafficking incidents involving radioactive materials have prompted authorities to consider the likelihood of forensic evidence being exposed to radiation. In this study, we investigated the ability to recover latent fingermark evidence from a variety of substrates that were exposed to ion...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Colella M,Parkinson A,Evans T,Lennard C,Roux C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The demographic and toxicological characteristics of deliberate (SUI, n = 50) and accidental (ACC, n = 927) fatal heroin overdose cases were examined. SUI cases were more likely to be female, had lower body mass indices, were more likely to be enrolled in treatment and less likely to have hepatic pathology. The median...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Darke S,Duflou J,Torok M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide is an important problem, ranking among the top 10 causes of death for individuals in all ages in developed countries. This article is a retrospective study evaluating suicide cases in Assiut, one of the largest provinces in Egypt, from 2005 to 2009. There were 117 cases, of which involved 68 male victims (58.1...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Abdel Moneim WM,Yassa HA,George SM

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:The smokeless powders in 22 kinds of ammunitions seized from one of the Japanese gang groups were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (SEM/EDX). Copper(Cu), sulfur(S), potassium(K), silicon(Si), aluminum(Al), calcium(Ca), iron(Fe), chlorine(Cl), and barium(Ba) were detected. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Miyauchi H,Kumihashi M,Shibayama T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel technique for the development of latent fingerprints is presented. It is based on placing a fingerprint-bearing object inside a corona discharge induced plasma. The development of various real and artificial fingerprints on metallic substrates under a wide range of conditions is studied. Using the results of t...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Halahmi E,Levi O,Kronik L,Boxman RL

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elopements from psychiatric units are a frequent but usually low-grade risk. However, they are sometimes followed by harmful consequences, for which the psychiatrist and the hospital may be held liable. We describe management methods developed to reduce such liability. These include a structured observation system and...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Molnar G,Keitner L,Swindall L

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The record files of the Dade County Medical Examiner Department were reviewed and 133 homicide-suicides were identified. Of these, ten (or 7.5%) were female perpetrated. The chart data of these 10 female homicide-suicide perpetrators, chart data of 50 female homicide-suicide victims, and 50 female individual suicides ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Fishbain DA,Rao VJ,Aldrich TE

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing demand for automated verbal deception detection systems. We propose named entity recognition (NER; i.e., the automatic identification and extraction of information from text) to model three established theoretical principles: (i) truth tellers provide accounts that are richer in detail, (ii) con...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kleinberg B,Mozes M,Arntz A,Verschuere B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concerns over the toxic by-products produced by traditional ammunition have led to an increase in popularity of nontoxic ammunition. In this work, the chemical composition of six brands of nontoxic ammunition was investigated and compared to that of a road flare, which served as an environmental source with similar co...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hogg SR,Hunter BC,Waddell Smith R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recent decline in the incidence of the SIDS in the District of Columbia has permitted identification of what appears to be two separate groups of cases within the generic SIDS population. While deaths of bed-sharing victims remained relatively constant throughout the study period, a greater than fourfold decrease ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Luke JL

更新日期：1978-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of an FDA-licensed rapid assay to detect antibodies to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was accomplished by testing 414 serum samples collected sequentially from autopsy cases at the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Maryland. The time of postmortem collection ranged from 8 to 30 hours. All s...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Li L,Constantine NT,Zhang X,Smialek JE

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：: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：: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：:Maximum length measurement of the tibia has been found to be variable both in description and implementation. Historically, the literature often excludes the intercondylar eminences from the tibia in metric analysis. This paper explores the quantitative effects of inclusion or exclusion of the eminences on the maximum...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Waxenbaum EB,Hunt DR,Falsetti AB

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To establish a useful laboratory protocol to investigate possible cases of fatal anaphylaxis, we measured mast-cell-derived tryptase levels and allergen-specific immunoglobulin E (IgE) antibody levels in sera obtained prior to or within 24 h after death from 19 anaphylaxis victims. Elevated serum tryptase levels (rang...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Yunginger JW,Nelson DR,Squillace DL,Jones RT,Holley KE,Hyma BA,Biedrzycki L,Sweeney KG,Sturner WQ,Schwartz LB

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papaveris pericarpium, a natural source of morphine and codeine, is the principal active component in many antitussive traditional Chinese medicines. We herein report the first PK study of papaveris pericarpium in human plasma and urine following oral administration of single (15, 30, 60 mL) and multiple dose (15 mL) ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Guo BB,Zhang YQ,Wang SF,Ding JS,Zhou WH

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been used to genotype forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers for individual identification and kinship analysis. STR data from several NGS platforms have been published, but forensic application trials using the Ion S5™ XL system have not been reported. In this work, we report ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Wang L,Chen M,Wu B,Liu YC,Zhang GF,Jiang L,Xu XL,Zhao XC,Ji AQ,Ye J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fluids from frozen muscle tissue taken from 449 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) were analyzed using a radioimmunoassay technique for testosterone. Comparing 309 deer sampled in early November, antlered males had significantly higher tissue testosterone levels (range = 0.18 to 16.00 ng/mL) than females (rang...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kerr KD

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid and precise method for the isolation and identification of dihydrocodeine from urine is reported. The narcotic is isolated from urine using Sep-Pak C18 cartridges for cleanup, requiring less than 30 min for preparation. Identification is performed by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nakamura GR,Stall WJ,Meeks RD

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of suicide is significantly increased in schizophrenics; it is estimated that 10-13% of individuals suffering from schizophrenia commit suicide. Schizophrenia is marked by psychotic exacerbations and remissions, with persistent deterioration in baseline functioning with each relapse. We present a 10-year (199...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Shields LB,Hunsaker DM,Hunsaker JC 3rd

更新日期：2007-07-01 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：:Respiratory pathogens have been detected in forensic investigations using multiple techniques; however, no study has examined the use of automated, nested, multiplex polymerase chain reaction (ANM-PCR), commonly used in living patients, in the forensic setting. This retrospective study assessed the utility of ANM-PCR ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Baker T,Schandl C,Presnell SE,Madory J,Nolte FS,Batalis N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) samples extracted from stained pap smear, semen smear and postcoital slides were amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and typed for the AmpliType PM and HLA DQ alpha alleles. HLA DQ alpha and PM types consistent with blood controls from the donors were obtained. Stained cells fi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Roy R,Reynolds R

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00