Postmortem serotonin (5-HT) concentrations in the cerebrospinal fluid of medicolegal cases.

abstract：:Direct detection of amphetamine type stimulants (ATSs) including methylamphetamine (MA) in street samples and biological matrices without the need for pretreatment or extraction is a great challenge for forensic drug analysis. Electrochemical techniques, such as electrochemiluminescence (ECL), are promising tools for ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： McGeehan J,Dennany L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to recover trace DNA from fired cartridge cases can help establish important leads regarding the handler of the ammunition. Over recent years, several DNA recovery techniques for fired ammunition have been published. Three techniques of significant interest include tape lifting, direct PCR, and vacuum filt...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Prasad E,Hitchcock C,Raymond J,Cole A,Barash M,Gunn P,McNevin D,van Oorschot RAH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amphetamine and related derivatives are widely abused central- and psychostimulants. Detection of certain derivatives, such as methcathinone, by commonly available immunoassay screening techniques is insufficient. Multi-analyte confirmations for amphetamine type stimulants are therefore required, but traditional gas c...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Marais AA,Laurens JB

更新日期：2009-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1985 several European Institutes of Forensic Medicine have cooperated in a multicenter study providing a constant monitoring of HIV-1 prevalence among drug-related deaths. From 1985 to 1991 the HIV status of 5372 drug-related fatalities (4328 males, 1044 females) has been tested. A total of 764 (14%) drug deaths...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lockemann U,Püschel K

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the fifty-seven cases of cot death studied two-thirds were younger than 3 months, which is also the peak age of infantile hypoglycaemia. Findings from routine necropsy and histology were scarce; in eleven cases they could be regarded as potentially fatal. About half of the infants had had a mild virus-type infectio...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hirvonen J,Jantti M,Syrjala H,Lautala P,Akerblom HK

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method for obtaining specific and reproducible deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) typing from liquid semen. Isoelectric focusing of the enzymes on polyacrylamide gel (IEF-PAGE, pH 3.5-5) was accomplished using a 0.5-mm thick gel. The separated isozymes were visualized by a new activity staining method, dried ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sawazaki K,Yasuda T,Nadano D,Tenjo E,Iida R,Takeshita H,Kishi K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hairy maggot blow fly, Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is a forensically important fly often encountered on human and other vertebrate remains in temperate and tropic regions throughout the world including Australia, Asia, Central America and North America. C. rufifacies was reared under controlled ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Flores M,Longnecker M,Tomberlin JK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synchrotron infrared chemical imaging was employed to examine and assess the extent of interlayer component migration within multilayer automotive paint samples, with a particular emphasis on the cross-linking additive melamine. Two dimensional infrared chemical images revealed that melamine consistently diffuses in s...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Maric M,van Bronswijk W,Lewis SW,Pitts K,Martin DE

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to study the efficiency of automatic fibre searching with the Maxcan fibre finder (Cox Analytical Systems, Sweden) in comparison to manual searching. The influence of some parameters (color, thickness, background noise) on the results of a fibre search was considered. Eighteen experimental tap...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Monard Sermier F,Massonnet G,Buzzini P,Fortini A,Gason F,De Wael K,Rovas P

更新日期：2006-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Tooth wear is frequently used as a method of ageing skeletal remains. Fundamental to this method is the ability to measure the amount of tooth wear. The Brothwell chart based on the Miles method of ageing, uses simple ordinal scoring and is frequently used by archeologists. The purpose of the present investigation was...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Santini A,Land M,Raab GM

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicolegal (coroner's) autopsies are an important source of epidemiological data. A large proportion of them comprise sudden natural deaths and an analysis of such cases has never been undertaken at the University Hospital of the West Indies, the only teaching hospital in Jamaica. In a retrospective study, 841 cases ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Escoffery CT,Shirley SE

更新日期：2002-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of the European project, Impaired Motorists, Methods of Roadside Testing and Assessment for Licensing, otherwise known as IMMORTAL (Deliverable R4.2), the University of Glasgow was required to analyse 1396 oral fluid samples, collected from drivers, for a wide range of drugs. A previously described method to i...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wylie FM,Torrance H,Seymour A,Buttress S,Oliver JS

更新日期：2005-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Injuries caused by traffic accidents can be complex and extensive. Due to the highly dynamic course of actions, reconstructive questions may be challenging to investigators. Differentiation of a single collision from an overrun is a central question. We hypothesized that the existence of spine fractures such as spinou...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martos V,Jackowski C

更新日期：2012-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Likelihood ratios are increasingly being adopted to convey expert evaluative opinions to courts. In the absence of appropriate databases, many of these likelihood ratios will include verbal rather than numerical estimates of the support offered by the analysis. However evidence suggests that verbal formulations of unc...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martire KA,Kemp RI,Sayle M,Newell BR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for identifying human skeletal muscle by detection of human myoglobin using a double-sandwich ELISA was developed. When an extract was prepared from 0.1 g skeletal muscle homogenized with 10 ml PBS, this method was able to detect human myoglobin in extracts diluted 10(4)-fold. There was no difference in the d...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kitao T,Miyaishi S,Ishizu H

更新日期：1995-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Objective Chloroprene, 2-chloro-1,3 butadiene, is a volatile synthetic liquid. The chloroprene monomer is extremely reactive and is used for the production of latexes and synthetic rubber such as Neoprene. Up to now an acute lethal human exposure has been described only once in the literature [19]. The intox...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rickert A,Hartung B,Kardel B,Teloh J,Daldrup T

更新日期：2012-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Some of the most polymorphic short tandem repeats (STRs) have alleles differing in size by as little as one basepair. Since sizing precision with commercially available internal standards ordinarily does not allow safe discrimination at this level, typing is accomplished through comparisons with allelic ladders run on...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dupuy BM,Olaisen B

更新日期：1997-05-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3,4-methylenedioxy ring-substituted amphetamines, including "ADAM' and "EVE', are currently popular drugs of abuse. Adverse reactions are reported in the clinical literature but few fatal cases are documented and little toxicological data is available to guide those determining the cause or manner of death in such...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cox DE,Williams KR

更新日期：1996-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes an autopsy case of a rare longitudinal brainstem laceration associated with complex basilar skull fractures. The victim was a 40-year-old male who died immediately after falling from a roof (9.2m in height) of a factory onto a concrete floor. The postmortem examination revealed an incomplete ring...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zhu BL,Quan L,Ishida K,Taniguchi M,Oritani S,Fujita MQ,Maeda H

更新日期：2002-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In the case of disasters or crime scenes, forensic anthropometric methods have been utilized as a reliable way to quickly confirm the identification of victims using only a few parts of the body. A total of 321 measurement data (from 167 males and 154 females) were analyzed to investigate the suitability of detailed h...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jee SC,Bahn S,Yun MH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE) are direct metabolites of ethanol and have been shown to be suitable markers for the evaluation of alcohol consumption. Previous research has suggested that the regular use of alcohol containing cosmetic products can influence the concentration of FAEE detected in hair. In this study we ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dumitrascu C,Paul R,Kingston R,Williams R

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bayesian statistics was applied to a small sample database of the tensile properties of five different brands of writing paper which were perceptibly similar. The measured parameters in the database were found to overlap for the five brands. This posed a limitation to the application of the classical approach for "mat...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kumar R

更新日期：2010-02-25 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：:The results of qualitative and quantitative analysis of some amphetamines and their analogs isolated from urine samples by solid phase micro-extraction with polydimethylsiloxane fibers are reported. The analytical method employed was gas-chromatography/mass spectrometry of head space samples. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Centini F,Masti A,Barni Comparini I

更新日期：1996-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyanide distribution in five fatal cyanide poisonings was analyzed by the pyridine-pyrazolone method using a Conway diffusion cell. In order to study the effect of storage conditions on cyanide concentration in tissue samples, the cyanide concentrations were first measured immediately after collection of the sampl...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Chikasue F,Yashiki M,Kojima T,Miyazaki T,Okamoto I,Ohtani M,Kodama K

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extrapleural hematoma is a rare condition in which blood is present in the extrapleural space, which sometimes causes death due to respiratory failure. Although a single low-density stripe, called a "displaced extrapleural fat sign," can be detected in chest computed tomographic (CT) scans, no reports have confirmed t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ezaki J,Ro A,Kibayashi K

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 48 methamphetamine hydrochloride samples from eight seizures were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector (GC-FID). Major impurities detected include 1,2-dimethyl-3-phenylaziridine, ephedrine/pseudoephedrine, 1,3-dimethyl-2-phenylna...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zhang JX,Zhang DM,Han XG

更新日期：2008-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Case histories make up a great part of publications in forensic medicine, especially forensic pathology, although considered low on the hierarchy of evidence based medicine because of its inherent anecdotal nature. Meanwhile some journals exclude case histories categorically from publication. The boom of case historie...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Madea B

更新日期：2007-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabis is the one of the most frequently detected drug in workplace drug testing and in cases of driving under influence of drugs, and there is a greater demand for sensitive, rapid and reliable methods for confirming the presence of this drug in biological samples. This paper describes an LC-MS-MS procedure for dir...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Felli M,Martello S,Chiarotti M

更新日期：2011-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic personnel may face a daunting task when searching for buried weapons at crime scenes or potential disposal sites. In particular, it is common to search for a small firearm that was discarded or buried by a perpetrator. When performing forensic searches, it is recommended to first use non-invasive methods such...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dionne CA,Schultz JJ,Murdock RA 2nd,Smith SA

更新日期：2011-05-20 00:00:00