Forensic characterization of HDPE pipes by DSC.

abstract：:A 39-year-old woman was found dead at home. She was single, foreign national, chronic alcoholic, and had given shelter to a compatriot for three days. This man found the deceased in her bed, after a night of heavy drinking. The emergency medical team observed numerous recent blue ecchymoses of the upper limbs. Because...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dedouit F,Piercecchi-Marti MD,Leonetti G,Rougé D,Telmon N

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The superimposition of a face photograph with that of a skull for identification purposes necessitates the use of comparable photographic parameters between the two image acquisition sessions, so that differences in optics and consequent recording of images does not thwart the morphological analysis. Widely divergent,...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Stephan CN

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nitrogen content is of paramount importance to predict the explosive or non-explosive character of nitrocellulose (NC), and hence its applications. There are still quite a few really effective analytical methodologies allowing its determination, due to great NC molecular complexity. One of the approaches giving ac...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Alinat E,Delaunay N,Archer X,Vial J,Gareil P

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timely identification of vehicles involved in an accident, such as a hit-and-run situation, bears great importance in forensics. To this end, procedures have been defined for analyzing car paint samples that combine techniques such as visual analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. This work proposes ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Thoonen G,Nys B,Vander Haeghen Y,De Roy G,Scheunders P

更新日期：2016-02-01 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：:Eight Y-chromosome STRs were investigated in a male population sample from Córdoba region (Argentina). Complete Y-chromosomal STRs haplotypes were obtained in 100 individuals, among which 91 different haplotypes were observed. The most common haplotype was shared by 4% of the sample, while 86 haplotypes were unique. T...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fondevila M,Jaime JC,Salas A,Lareu MV,Carracedo A

更新日期：2003-11-26 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：: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：:In this work, a case of deliberate self-poisoning is presented. A 14-year-old girl suddenly died during one of the several hospitalizations. Abdominal computer tomography showed a large number of metallic particles in the large intestine. Analysis of blood and internal organs for mercury and other toxic metals carried...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lech T

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study investigated the interobserver variation between a radiologist and a forensic pathologist in 994 injury diagnoses obtained by postmortem computed tomography (CT) of 67 traffic fatality victims, and the results were compared with diagnoses obtained by autopsy. The injuries were coded according to the ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Leth PM,Struckmann H,Lauritsen J

更新日期：2013-02-10 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：:A 66-year-old patient with terminal heart insufficiency (NYHA IV) received maximum medical therapy, but was also in need of an implantable-cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). The ICD functioned flawlessly for the whole duration of implantation. It reverted several ventricular tachycardias with anti-tachycardial pacing a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Junge M,Weckmüller J,Nägele H,Püschel K

更新日期：2002-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:When a gun is fired, the majority of gunshot residues are deposited on the shooter's hands. But these residues disappear through contact with surfaces or washing. Therefore, the maximum time frame to find GSR on a suspect's hands is 8h. The mucus, inside of a nostril, forms a surface layer where they are trapped forei...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Aliste M,Chávez LG

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Haplotypes and allele frequencies for 12 Y-STR loci were determined in Sichuan Han ethnic population samples of 237 unrelated males living in west China. Only one haplotype was encountered in triple. Twelve of the haplotypes were encountered in duplicate, while 210 haplotypes were unique. The gene diversity was 0.9952...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zhang H,Yun L,Li Y,Zhang J,Wu J,Yan J,Hou Y

更新日期：2008-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we describe an acetylating method for fast synthesis of heroin from morphine in the presence of 4-dimethylaminopyridine (4-DMAP) as a catalyst. In the reaction which led to heroin formation, the morphine base was subjected to a solution made up of 4-DMAP (catalyst), methylene chloride (solvent) and acet...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Klemenc S

更新日期：2002-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:This case report describes novel methodology used to identify a 43-year-old post-mortem photo of a drowned male recovered from a London river in the 1970s. Embedded in an array of foils, police super-recognisers (n=25) possessing superior simultaneous face matching ability, and police controls (n=139) provided confide...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Davis JP,Maigut A,Forrest C

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report we describe a first suicide case in Serbia related to ingestion of Taxus baccata leaves. A 30-year old woman was found dead, and the green plant material in a plastic bag was found near her bed. Autopsy revealed dark green needle-like leaves in the stomach, similar to that contained in the plastic bag, ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Pilija V,Djurendic-Brenesel M,Miletic S

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and sixty UK Caucasian individuals have been typed for the STR locus D12S391. Measurements of absolute band shift, relative to an allelic ladder, allowed fragments differing by one base pair to be consistently distinguished. The intermediate alleles typed from such fragments comprised approximately 5% of t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Phillips CP,Syndercombe Court D,Lareu MV,Hasskamp J,Carracedo A

更新日期：1998-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of fatalities are reported of which the recreational use of Mitragyna speciosa ("kratom") could be confirmed. One of these cases presents with one of the highest postmortem mitragynine concentrations published to date. Our results show that even extremely high mitragynine blood concentrations following the c...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Domingo O,Roider G,Stöver A,Graw M,Musshoff F,Sachs H,Bicker W

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal hair is a clinically important toxicological matrix, as it allows determination of in utero drug exposure. This paper serves to review the physiological development of the hair follicle and hair production during fetal life. An understanding of the mechanisms and timing of hair development in the prenatal per...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gareri J,Koren G

更新日期：2010-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In Japan, recent trends have seen wild silk preferred over cultivated silk because of its texture. Some cases of fraud have occurred where cultivated silk garments are sold as wild silk. Samples from these cases, morphological observation using light microscope and polarized microscope have been conducted in forensic ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Matsuyama Y,Nagatani Y,Goto T,Suzuki S

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA molecular techniques were used in a forensic investigation involving the poaching of wildlife in a national park of Italy. A poacher, after having snared a wild boar (Sus scrofa) sow, knifed it to death. The animal was retrieved by conservation officers at the scene before the poacher could remove the carcass. Sub...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lorenzini R

更新日期：2005-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometric cranial variation among Spanish samples was compared to a 19th century Portuguese sample using both traditional and three-dimensional approaches. The Spanish samples included the regional 19th century Oloriz collection and the local 16-17th century Villanubla and Vallolid sample from northwestern Spain. R...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ross AH,Ubelaker DH,Kimmerle EH

更新日期：2011-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early eighties, in response to increasing self-poisoning incidents by pharmaceuticals in Singapore, a comprehensive wide-sweep screen for these drugs in clinical gastric aspirates was devised and implemented by us. The toxicological screen which involved quadruplicate extractions, two in acidic conditions and t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Chao TC,Lo DS,Gunasegaram R,Tan-Siew WF,Tay MM

更新日期：1992-05-01 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：:The DNA identification of decomposed human remains for coronial investigations at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine routinely requires the retrieval and processing of a bone sample obtained from the deceased. Bone is a difficult sample type to work with as it requires surgical removal from the deceased, ref...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Schlenker A,Grimble K,Azim A,Owen R,Hartman D

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of approaches for the differentiation of the ink entries of seals on paper can provide evidence to authenticate the related documents and can play a key role in judicial expertise. The identification and discrimination method for 38 red ink entries of seals on paper has been investigated using laser ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wang XF,Zhang Y,Wu Y,Yu J,Xie MX

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification and the quantitative estimation of cannabis constituents is important for forensic purposes. High resolution gas-chromatography gives better results than gas-liquid chromatography with packed columns, as it shows a better resolution and higher number of constituents. Different quantitative values we...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Barni Comparini I,Centini F

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingermarks that have insufficient characteristics for identification often have discernible characteristics that could form the basis for lesser degrees of correspondence or probability of occurrence within a population. Currently, those latent prints that experts judge to be insufficient for identification are not u...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Stoney DA,De Donno M,Champod C,Wertheim PA,Stoney PL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rapid development of many open source and commercial image editing software makes the authenticity of the digital images questionable. Copy-move forgery is one of the most widely used tampering techniques to create desirable objects or conceal undesirable objects in a scene. Existing techniques reported in the lit...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zhou H,Shen Y,Zhu X,Liu B,Fu Z,Fan N

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00