The cribriform approach to the retrieval of palynological evidence from the turbinates of murder victims.

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most individuals detained in police custody are male adolescents or young adults. Demeaning custody conditions, which are common in French police cells, bring to light legitimate questions about the detention of elderly people. We aimed to determine the proportion of detainees over age 60, their health cha...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Beaufrère A,Belmenouar O,Chariot P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to determine whether breath alcohol elimination rate varies as a function of age, gender, and drinking practice, factorially combined. Eighty-four men and 84 women drank enough alcohol to produce peak BrACs of .110 g/210 L for heavy and moderate drinkers and BrACs of .090 g/210 L for li...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fiorentino DD,Moskowitz H

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an overview of the organisation and the results of the collaborative exercises (CE) of the European DNA Profiling (EDNAP) Group's mitochondrial DNA population database project (EMPOP). The aim of the collaborative exercises was to determine whether uniformity of mtDNA sequencing results could be ac...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Parson W,Brandstätter A,Alonso A,Brandt N,Brinkmann B,Carracedo A,Corach D,Froment O,Furac I,Grzybowski T,Hedberg K,Keyser-Tracqui C,Kupiec T,Lutz-Bonengel S,Mevag B,Ploski R,Schmitter H,Schneider P,Syndercombe-Court

更新日期：2004-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:As hatchet blows to the human head frequently cause fatal injuries, the forensic examination of survivors with cranial chop injuries is a rare phenomenon in forensic casework. Besides evaluation of clinical records, photographs, and medico-legal physical examination, the analysis and 3-dimensional reconstruction of pr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wittschieber D,Beck L,Vieth V,Hahnemann ML

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An accurate and rapid screening test for nine quaternary ammonium compounds (suxamethonium chloride, pancuronium bromide, ambenonium chloride, benzethonium chloride, distigmine bromide, methylbenactyzium bromide, neostigmine bromide, propantheline bromide and pyridostigmine bromide) by direct inlet electron impact ion...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nisikawa M,Tatsuno M,Suzuki S,Tsuchihashi H

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate age using DNA based on telomere shortening, we determined the terminal restriction fragment (TRF) length, as telomere length, using Southern blot analysis of peripheral human blood and blood stains. All blood stains had been stored at room temperature for 5 months. The average TRF length clearly showed a t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tsuji A,Ishiko A,Takasaki T,Ikeda N

更新日期：2002-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:The infliction of a bite is a four-dimensional space-time event that is ideally analyzed with three-dimensional (3-D) technology. Comparison of 2-D images (photographs) of a bitemark with a 3-D replica of a suspect's dentition is challenging. The authors present a technique that produces 3-D images of indented marks a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martin-de-las-Heras S,Tafur D

更新日期：2009-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we propose an innovative methodology for automated profiling of illicit tablets by their surface granularity; a feature previously unexamined for this purpose. We make use of the tiny inconsistencies at the tablet surface, referred to as speckles, to generate a quantitative granularity profile of tablets...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lopatka M,Vallat M

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the first reported death involving ocfentanil, a potent synthetic opioid and structure analogue of fentanyl abused as a new psychoactive substance in the recreational drug scene. A 17-year-old man with a history of illegal substance abuse was found dead in his home after snorting a brown powder pu...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Coopman V,Cordonnier J,De Leeuw M,Cirimele V

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bayesian approach provides a unified and logical framework for the analysis of evidence and to provide results in the form of likelihood ratios (LR) from the forensic laboratory to court. In this contribution we want to clarify how the biometric scientist or laboratory can adapt their conventional biometric system...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gonzalez-Rodriguez J,Fierrez-Aguilar J,Ramos-Castro D,Ortega-Garcia J

更新日期：2005-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The typing of the D1S8 (MS32) locus using the minisatellite variant repeat (MVR) polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method was performed by visualising amplified DNA stained with ethidium bromide. The results from rapid detection MVR-PCR were compared with those from the original MVR-PCR using Southern blot hybridisation...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Yamamoto T,Tamaki K,Kojima T,Uchihi R,Katsumata Y,Jeffreys AJ

更新日期：1994-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study was to evaluate the accuracy and reliability of three commonly used age estimation methods in Thailand: Greulich-Pyle, Tanner-Whitehouse and Fishman. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Three hundred and sixty-five hand and wrist radiographs of 8-20 years old Thai patients were retrospectively colle...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Benjavongkulchai S,Pittayapat P

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign objects as acquired characteristics in footwear examination have a great value in declaring a proposed identification. However, they do not have the same significance in excluding any footwear because they may disappear for many reasons as time passes by. The aim of this study was to establish the value of for...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Liu L,Wang W,Luo Y

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Following a recent meeting by the ENFSI and EDNAP groups on the 4-5 April, 2005, in Glasgow, UK, it was unanimously agreed that the process of standardization within Europe should take account of recent work that unequivocally demonstrated that chance of obtaining a result from a degraded sample was increased when sma...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gill P,Fereday L,Morling N,Schneider PM

更新日期：2006-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of suicide and attempted suicide, respectively, are presented. A 15-year old boy suffering from diabetes died of hyperglycemia after continuous drinking of large amounts of sugared tea. He concealed his disease from the teachers as well as from the doctor. A 52-year old woman was found with multiple blunt fo...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Darok M,Gatternig R

更新日期：2005-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles (133,000) shows a very high prevalence of end-stage renal disease (approximately 1 per 1,000). These patients are often treated chronically with haemodialysis. As the drinking water on the island is prepared by distillation of sea water, the haemodialysis fluid used to b...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： de Wolff FA,Berend K,van der Voet GB

更新日期：2002-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Gasoline was added to moldy samples of unused building materials. The unused samples were allowed to sit at room temperature for 2, 4, 7, and 14 days. Each set of samples was extracted using passive headspace concentration and analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Microbial degradation of the gasoline p...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hutches K

更新日期：2013-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The hair of 97 cases were analysed for ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE, including ethyl myristate, ethyl palmitate, ethyl oleate and ethyl stearate) according to the Society of Hair Testing guidelines to examine the role of both tests in documenting chronic excessive alcohol drinking, particu...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kintz P,Nicholson D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide attempts are one of the risk factors of suicide. Possible mechanisms by which Toxoplasma gondii may affect human behavior and it may also cause humans to attempt suicide. The aim of this study is to find out whether or not T. gondii is one of the reasons in suicide attempts. We investigated the sero-positivity...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Yagmur F,Yazar S,Temel HO,Cavusoglu M

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The forensic literature shows a clear trend towards increasing use of chemometrics (i.e. multivariate analysis and other statistical methods). This can be seen in different disciplines such as drug profiling, arson debris analysis, spectral imaging, glass analysis, age determination, and more. In particular, current c...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bovens M,Ahrens B,Alberink I,Nordgaard A,Salonen T,Huhtala S

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rabbits, intracerebrally applied erythrocytes can move with the cerebrospinal fluid along connecting pathways between the subarachnoid space and the cervical lymph nodes. This study compares the time dependency for the degradation of intracerebrally injected erythrocytes in the brain as well as in the cervical lymp...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Oehmichen M,Wiethölter H,Grüninger H,Gencic M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four novel alkyl 2-cyanoacrylate monomers (alkyl=1-cyanoethyl, 2-cyanoethyl, trideuteromethyl and pentadeuteroethyl) have been tested for their ability to develop latent fingermarks that can then be visualized using mid-infrared spectral (chemical) imaging. Each of the four monomers was chosen for its potential to pro...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tahtouh M,Scott SA,Kalman JR,Reedy BJ

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a unique case of transmesenteric hernia resulting in death, which went undiagnosed during a recent hospital visit. The victim was a 2.5-year-old girl who - with the exception of chronic constipation - had no medical history. One night she complained of abdominal pains and was taken to a pediatric hospital wh...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kakimoto Y,Abiru H,Kotani H,Ozeki M,Tsuruyama T,Tamaki K

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the distribution of drugs in a 49-year-old brain-dead man. Our objective was to determine the possibility of diagnosing how and at what point the patient became brain dead. The presence of mepivacaine, pentazocine, lidocaine and thiamylal in various tissues, including seven regions of the brain were confir...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jitsufuchi N,Kudo K,Imamura T,Kimura K,Ikeda N

更新日期：1997-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The intradural sagittal diameter at the second cervical vertebra (SD/C2) of 62 SIDS cases was measured myelographically. This SD/C2 proved to be dependent on body size, body weight, and age. A clear, age-dependent difference is to be found in the primarily narrow spinal canal. This parameter (SD/C2), which is more pre...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Saternus KS,Koebke J,von Tamaska L

更新日期：1986-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic involution has been reported to be an important parameter of the degree and duration of child abuse. In the present study, we assessed the status of tyrosine phosphorylation signaling, which is known to play a key role in the physiological function of the thymus, in involuted thymuses of abused children through...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nishio H,Matsui K,Tsuji H,Tamura A,Suzuki K

更新日期：2000-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have analyzed 80 skeletons (40 males and 40 females) from the collection at the Institute of Legal Medicine of the University of Bari belonging to a known contemporary Southern Italian population; time of death was around 1970 and ages ranged from 25 to 80 years. Seven measurements taken on 80 intact, unde...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Introna F Jr,Di Vella G,Campobasso CP

更新日期：1998-07-06 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：:Pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN) and its degradation products are analyzed to discriminate between residues originating from PETN explosions and residues obtained under other circumstances, such as natural degradation on textile, or after handling intact PETN. The degradation products observed in post-explosion sam...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Brust H,van Asten A,Koeberg M,van der Heijden A,Kuijpers CJ,Schoenmakers P

更新日期：2013-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Gunshot residue (GSR) analysis is a frequently used forensic method for investigating shooting events. In this process, GSR-particles are detected on pertinent objects, often the hands of a suspect, with energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis in a scanning electron microscope. The question asked in court is usually the...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ditrich H

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00