The use of bloodhounds in determining the impact of genetics and the environment on the expression of human odortype.

abstract：:The main disadvantage to gunshot residue (GSR) particle analysis utilizing scanning electron microscope/energy dispersive X-ray (SEM/EDX) instrumentation has been the excessive operator time required for search and identification. This study uses an automated particle search and characterization program for unattended...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Tillman WL

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gait is one biological characteristic which has attracted strong research interest due to its potential use in human identification. Although almost two decades have passed since a forensic gait expert has testified to the identity of a perpetrator in court, the methods remain insufficiently robust, considering the re...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Macoveciuc I,Rando CJ,Borrion H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies for the loci HLA-DQA1, LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8, GC, and D1S80 were determined for a sample population of unrelated individuals from Slovenia. All loci meet Hardy-Weinberg expectations, except the loci GYPA (p = 0.041) and D1S80 (p = 0.009). There is little evidence for association of alleles among th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Drobnic K,Regent A,Budowle B

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the identification of acetone (0.45 mg/mL) and isopropanol (0.17 mg/mL) but without the presence of ethanol in a blood sample from a man suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol. A preliminary breath screening test with an electrochemical instrument (Alcolmeter S-L2) was positive and an evidential...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Jones AW,Andersson L

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Among the methods dealing with the age estimation, the evaluation of the ratio of the D-, L- form of the aspartic acid in tissues with a low metabolic turnover is considered to be the most precise. We introduced demineralization of the dentin with 0.5 M EDTA adjusted to pH = 7.4. The advantage of such a procedure is t...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Pilin A,Cabala R,Pudil F,Bencko V

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of DNA is inhibited in cases of sexual assault involving condom use. Trace evidence, including condom lubricant residues, provides crucial associative evidence in such cases. The existing Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) methods for lubricant analysis and detection are limited with regard t...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Campbell GP,Gordon AL

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicides due to fall from height in Geneva from 1991 to 2000 were reviewed. Scene investigations, autopsy findings, psychiatric histories, and toxicology results were examined. There were 197 of these suicides, an incidence of five cases per 100,000 inhabitants per year or one fourth of all suicides in Geneva per year...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Perret G,Flomenbaum M,La Harpe R

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a case of fatal methemoglobinemia (MetHb-emia) resulting from application of liniment solution containing large quantities of sodium nitrite. As a remedial treatment of atopic dermatitis, the liniment solution was applied all over the boy's body. Autopsy findings showed no significant macroscopic or micros...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Saito T,Takeichi S,Yukawa N,Osawa M

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The American alligator inhabits bodies of fresh water in Florida and other southeastern states. Although attacks on pets are frequent, alligator attacks on humans are relatively rare because of the animal's natural fear of man. Because of the rarity of attacks on humans, the pathologic findings and pathophysiology of ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Harding BE,Wolf BC

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) typing of ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) genes was performed with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for species identification. A variable region of the 28S ribosomal RNA gene was amplified with primers complementary to flanking sequences phylogenetically well conserved. The produc...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Naito E,Dewa K,Ymanouchi H,Kominami R

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality and efficiency of a standard organic DNA isolation method and a silica-based method using the QIAGEN Blood Maxi Kit were compared to obtain human DNA and short tandem repeats (STRs) profiles from 39 exhumed bone samples for paternity testing. DNA samples were quantified by real-time PCR, and STR profiles w...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rucinski C,Malaver AL,Yunis EJ,Yunis JJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carbon monoxide (CO) inhalation is one of the leading methods of suicide in the United States. A sharp increase in suicide by inhaling the CO produced from burning charcoal has been reported in parts of Asia; however, the incidence of this method has not been determined in a U.S. population. Thus, we determined trends...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Schmitt MW,Williams TL,Woodard KR,Harruff RC

更新日期：2011-05-01 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 stability of five commonly prescribed barbiturates and thiopental in blood and liver at room temperature and at 4 degrees C was studied. Gas chromatography was used for oxybarbiturate analysis while liquid chromatography was used to quantitate thiopental. In blood and liver, greater than 75% of the drugs were dete...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Levine BS,Blanke RV,Valentour JC

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal-inflicted injuries to humans are a major public health problem around the world resulting in great morbidity, money loss, and mortality. They are related to wild and domestic animals alike. Animals can cause injuries by various mechanisms--biting, stinging, crushing, goring, stomping, butting, kicking, pecking,...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Škavić P,Šprem N,Kostelić A

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the quest for a simple, reliable technique to estimate the sex of human remains several novel metric skeletal indices have been reported. Only a few have been examined for utility in populations different from those in which they were developed. In this study, the mastoid process was evaluated for sex determination...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Jaja BN,Ajua CO,Didia BC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The volume of bloodstains found on crime scenes may help forensic investigators reconstruct the location and kinematics of bloodletting events, as stain size, volume, and impact velocity are related. Optical coherence tomography was used as a method to determine the volume and volume ratio of dried and fresh bloodstai...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Laan N,Bremmer RH,Aalders MC,de Bruin KG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between December 2007 and January 2008, people suffered from food poisoning in the Japanese prefectures of Chiba and Hyogo after eating frozen dumplings (gyoza) produced in China, which had very high concentrations (1490-19,290 ppm) of methamidophos (O,S-dimethyl phosphoramidothioate). Thus, we measured the stable car...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kawashima H

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dental maturity of 1031 healthy southern French subjects aged between 2 and 18 years was studied with dental panoramic tomograms. Demirjian's method based on seven and eight teeth has been used to determine maturity scores as a function of age and polynomial functions to determine age as a function of score. We gi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Chaillet N,Demirjian A

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dextromethorphan is a commonly encountered antitussive medication which has found additional therapeutic use in the treatment of pseudobulbar disorder and as an adjunct to opiate use in pain management. Dextromethorphan at high doses has phencyclidine-like effects on the NMDA receptor system; recreational use of high ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Logan BK,Yeakel JK,Goldfogel G,Frost MP,Sandstrom G,Wickham DJ

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histopathologic features of New Mexico 2009 H1N1 fatalities have not been representative of those reported nationwide. We retrospectively reviewed medical records of all New Mexico 2009 pandemic influenza A (pH1N1) fatalities (n = 50). In cases in which autopsy was performed (n = 12), histologic sections and culture r...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Brooks EG,Bryce CH,Avery C,Smelser C,Thompson D,Nolte KB

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although there is considerable literature on grief and grief work, there have been few studies of the grief process in those who have killed someone. This paper reviews the scope of this problem in England and Wales and examines a number of issues in connection with the grieving process in those who have killed but, b...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hambridge JA

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, 25 postmortem urine specimens testing positive, for cocaine and ecogonine methyl ester (EME) by full scan electron impact gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, were used to evaluate the stability of EME in refrigerated and frozen conditions. After an initial quantitation (t = 0), these specimens were sp...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Levine B,Ramcharitar V,Smialek JE

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celebratory gunfire injuries from "falling bullets" occur when guns are fired into the air during celebrations without realizing that this can cause serious injuries or even fatalities. Fatal celebratory gunfire injury is an uncommonly reported event in the continental United States. Our electronic database was querie...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rapkiewicz AV,Shuman MJ,Hutchins KD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The death of a person as a reaction to the death of another is known as Philemon and Baucis death and may represent a difficult challenge for pathologists, especially due to the decompositional changes that often characterized these situations. In this article, we describe two cases of Philemon and Baucis deaths, the ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lardi C,Schmit G,Burkhardt S,Mangin P,Palmiere C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unavailable in the literature is any reference to an investigation of death after evidence has been destroyed. In this presentation two firearms and the bullet were melted after the death was certified as a suicide. A team of investigators conducted a psychological autopsy as well as shot patterns to determine the dis...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Danto BL,Streed T

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Measurements of the type and concentration of propellant and stabilizer additives in smokeless gunpowder are used by forensic scientists investigating the source of explosives and by military laboratories assuring the safety and efficacy of munitions. The National Institute of Standards and Technology recently assesse...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： MacCrehan WA,Reardon MR,Duewer DL

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA extracted from fingernail clippings of victims in forensic cases is a possible source of DNA from the perpetrator in cases where victims struggled or defended themselves. The source of this DNA on a victim's fingernails could possibly originate from contact with the suspect's blood, saliva, semen or scratched skin...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Oz C,Zamir A

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pharmacokinetic studies of psilocybin in humans have shown the rapid dephosphorylation of psilocybin to psilocin with further conversion to 4-hydroxy-tryptophole (4HT) and 4-hydroxyindole-3-acetic acid (4HIAA) in plasma. Our study shows that psilocin also undergoes conjugation and can be found in the urine as the psil...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Grieshaber AF,Moore KA,Levine B

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

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