Establishing identity using cheiloscopy and palatoscopy.

abstract：:A population study on thirteen short tandem repeat (STR) loci was performed on 223 unrelated Italian Caucasians. The DNA was amplified by PCR. Separation and detection of the amplified STR fragments was carried out by use of 377 automated system (Applied Biosystems Division/Perkin Elmer). All loci meet Hardy-Weinberg ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Garofano L,Pizzamiglio M,Vecchio C,Lago G,Floris T,D'Errico G,Brembilla G,Romano A,Budowle B

更新日期：1998-10-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to investigate the reason for relatively low detection rates for opioids and fentanyl in particular in post-mortem cases in the State of Hamburg. We re-analysed 822 blood samples from two different time periods, 2011/12 and 2016. These samples had been previously analysed in accordance with post-mortem rou...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Schönfeld T,Heinemann A,Schulz M,Gradl G,Andresen-Streichert H,Müller A,Iwersen-Bergmann S

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Considering the high use of inkjet printing in forgery cases, the classification of inkjet printing is particularly important in questioned document examination. In this work, a universal GC-MS method has been developed to analyze various ink components extracted from inkjet printouts. The results indicated that sever...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lian Z,Yang R,Zhao L,Shi G,Liang L,Qin D,Zou J,Yin B

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An interrelation between consumption of illegal drugs and committing an indictable offence has been repeatedly discussed in literature. In a retrospective study serum concentrations of illegal and legal drugs as well as data originating from police reports and examinations by physicians taking blood from individuals b...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kirschbaum KM,Grigoleit L,Hess C,Madea B,Musshoff F

更新日期：2013-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The study of post mortem vitreous magnesium (Mg) is less common than sodium (Na), chloride (Cl) and potassium (K) in the forensic literature. There is no accepted normal range for post mortem vitreous Mg and the relationship between post mortem vitreous Mg levels and post mortem interval (PMI), other electro...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tse R,Garland J,Kesha K,Morrow P,Lam L,Elstub H,Cala AD,Palmiere C,Stables S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of levamisole to aminorex in horses was first described in 2009 and, for the first time, confirmed in humans two years later by our laboratory. Aminorex and levamisole interfere with serotonin metabolism and both are proven cause of potentially fatal idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (IPH). Because most...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Karch SB,Defraia B,Messerini L,Mari F,Vaiano F,Bertol E

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of the secular trend on development of third molars in 30 years period in Littoral region of Croatia. A total of 1103 panoramic radiographs of subjects aged from 6 to 18 years were analysed. First group comprised 531 panoramic radiographs (258 girls) taken from y...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sasso A,Legovic M,Mady Maricic B,Pavlic A,Spalj S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Agilent GC-MS MSD Chemstation offers automated library search report for toxicological screening using total ion chromatogram (TIC) and mass spectroscopy in normal mode. Numerous peaks appear in the chromatogram of biological specimen such as blood or urine and often large migrating peaks obscure small target peaks, i...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Choe S,Kim S,Choi H,Choi H,Chung H,Hwang B

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were: first, to determine the accuracy of the Cameriere method for assessing chronological age in children based on the relationship between age and measurement of open apices in teeth and, second, to compare the accuracy of this method with the widely used Demirjian et al. method and with the m...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cameriere R,Ferrante L,Liversidge HM,Prieto JL,Brkic H

更新日期：2008-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Air weapons are commonly used by civilian populations across the world, particularly by those under 18, and discharges often result in desecration, criminal damage and animal abuse. Online forums and websites provide an accessible resource for civilians to access airgun modification methods proposing to increase muzzl...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Greenslade KJ,Bolton-King RS

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buprenorphine is available in Singapore as substitution treatment for opioid dependence since 2002. This study surveys buprenorphine related deaths in Singapore between September 2003 and December 2004. The aims are to establish the autopsy prevalence of buprenorphine related deaths and the demographical and toxicolog...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lai SH,Yao YJ,Lo DS

更新日期：2006-10-16 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：:V. M. E. was evacuated when he was a young boy in 1939. He left an aunt and cousins in Spain (G. E. family). He was adopted in Belgium by the D. family and thus his new name became V. D. He has been unable to remember his childhood before his adoption, a symptomatology compatible with amnesia for personal identity, pr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Puig P,Barceló A,Lahoz R,Niubó À,Jiménez J,Soler-López M,Donovan MJ,Navarro J,Camps J,Garcia-Caldés M,Etxeberria F,Miró R

更新日期：2019-05-01 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：:Benzodiazepines are one of the most widely prescribed drugs for the treatment of a wide spectrum of clinical disorders. They are used as anticonvulsants, anxiolytics, hypnotics or muscle relaxants with different duration of action. In this paper, a simple and sensitive method for the determination of benzodiazepines i...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Inoue H,Maeno Y,Iwasa M,Matoba R,Nagao M

更新日期：2000-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemicals associated with clandestine drug laboratories are often disposed of covertly into soil, sewerage systems, or public waste management facilities. There are two significant issues relating to such dumps of materials; they might contain valuable evidence as to drug manufacture, and they might be a source of pol...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Janusz A,Kirkbride KP,Scott TL,Naidu R,Perkins MV,Megharaj M

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We report an alleged case of sexual assault in which an anti-wrinkle cream could have been used as a lubricant. Three anorectal samples taken from the victim were given to us in an attempt to document the presence of remains of the cream involved. After examining the composition of the cream, octocrylene (OCT) was sel...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jamey C,Tracqui A,Ludes B

更新日期：2012-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe two suicide cases in which old paraquat was ingested. In conjunction with lung involvement a pronounced degeneration was observed in skeletal muscle of one who died on the 14th day after the ingestion. The following sarcoplasmic or endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) monoclonal antibodies were used f...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tabata N,Morita M,Mimasaka S,Funayama M,Hagiwara T,Abe M

更新日期：1999-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a selective gas chromatographic method for the resolution and quantification of phenoperidine and its two metabolites, pethidine (meperidine) and norpethidine (normeperidine). Drugs and SKF 525 A, the internal standard, are separated from plasma by solvent extraction under alkaline conditions. T...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kintz P,Godelar B,Mangin P,Lugnier AA,Chaumont AJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of average curvature measurements for the forensic comparison of curly hairs has been reported, but a method, in which various types of hair form are quantitatively examined and objectively interpreted for hair comparison, has not been reported to date. In the present study, numerical data on hair form from Ja...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sato H

更新日期：2003-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden infant death (SID) is an unresolved problem of high relevance and previous studies have indicated a role of viral heart infections. The diagnosis remains difficult in clinical practice using routine diagnostic tests and must be substantially improved. A prospective study based on post-mortem samples from SID vi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gaaloul I,Riabi S,Evans M,Hunter T,Huber S,Aouni M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicolegal malpractice assessments have been an important part of the work of forensic pathologists. Not only botchers are concerned but also physicians of all clinical subjects, especially malpractice charges claiming a malpractice leading to death. Single long articles and book chapters have been published about ma...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dettmeyer R,Preuss J,Madea B

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an experiment to investigate the potential effectiveness of an international DNA database for linking unsolved crimes using the data from a collaborative exercise among members of the European DNA Profiling Group. We show that effective retrieval of unknown samples will be feasible even from large database...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Evett IW,Scranage J,Pinchin R

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Dunedin (South Island, New Zealand), a sexual assault is reported to police approximately once every two to three weeks, with some reports fictitious. Identifying a fictitious claim is difficult, and damage to apparel, especially knickers, may be the only form of evidence. In this paper, the tear behaviour of three...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dann TJ,Carr DJ,Laing RM,Niven BE,Kieser J

更新日期：2012-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Wischnewsky's spots in the mucosa of the stomach have been a well-known sign of death due to hypothermia for many years. Furthermore it is reported that those spots can rarely be found in the esophagus as well. We now report on a case concerning a 93-year-old woman who presented an ectopic stomach with erosions of the...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Preuss J,Thierauf A,Dettmeyer R,Madea B

更新日期：2007-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem radiographic examinations of animals are often performed in judicial investigation to rule out gunshot and fractures due to cruelty. Literature describing postmortem changes seen on radiographs of animals is rarely available. Serial thoracic radiography of six recently euthanized dogs was performed in an in...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Heng HG,Selvarajah GT,Lim HT,Ong JS,Lim J,Ooi JT

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The 4977-bp deletion in human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is known to accumulate in various tissues with age. Since this deletion in mtDNA correlates closest with age in muscle tissue, iliopsoas muscle tissue was taken at autopsy from 50 persons aged 24-97 years to determine whether age at death can be estimated based o...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Meissner C,von Wurmb N,Schimansky B,Oehmichen M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and ten pairs of blood and semen samples and their stains were studied to type glyoxalase 1 (GLO 1) isoenzymes using agarose-starch medium. A good agreement was observed between the phenotypes expressed in blood and semen samples of the same donor. No GLO 1 activity however could be demonstrated in the vag...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sharma A,Arora VK,Bhalla V

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe a technique for the gross examination of postmortem eyes of children who are suspected to have been the victims of deliberate trauma. By removing the anterior segment (cornea, iris, lens and pars plicata of the ciliary body) en bloc by a coronal incision through the pars plana just anterior to the...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gilliland MG,Folberg R

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of recreational deaths in the "land of sun and fun" has pointed out several useful factors. Firstly, accidental deaths are more common than naturals. Secondly, the most common accidental death is drowning while swimming. The latter is not usually at public facilities, but rather at unsupervised uninstitutio...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Copeland AR

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00