DNA identification of "Earthquake McGoon" 50 years postmortem.

abstract：:Thromboemboli were found diffusely throughout the pulmonary vasculature system of a 76-year-old white female who died unexpectedly 3 days following injury and repair of a left hip intracapsular fracture. A diffuse chronic nonspecific myocarditis with marked fat atrophy, an acute myocardial infarct of the posterior lef...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Perrot LJ,Froede RC

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for comparison of ink entries on documents stored in different light conditions is presented. Various blue inks were exposed to light, both daylight and artificial light from fluorescent tubes. Inks were then extracted from the document and analyzed by HPLC (high performance liquid chromatography). Significan...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Andrasko J

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visualization of nitrite residues is essential in gunshot distance determination. Current protocols for the detection of nitrites include, among other tests, the Modified Griess Test (MGT). This method is limited as nitrite residues are unstable in the environment and limited to partially burned gunpowder. Previous re...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Berger J,Upton C,Springer E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of the time since death (postmortem interval [PMI]) is one of the most difficult problems in forensic investigations, and many methods currently are utilized to estimate the PMI. The goal of this study was to investigate the changes of attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectr...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ke Y,Li Y,Wang ZY

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papaveris pericarpium, a natural source of morphine and codeine, is the principal active component in many antitussive traditional Chinese medicines. We herein report the first PK study of papaveris pericarpium in human plasma and urine following oral administration of single (15, 30, 60 mL) and multiple dose (15 mL) ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Guo BB,Zhang YQ,Wang SF,Ding JS,Zhou WH

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While victims of racially motivated violence may be identified through observation of morphological features, those targeted because of their ethnic, religious, or national identity are not easily recognized. This study examines how perpetrators of genocide recognize their victims. Court documents, including indictmen...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Komar DA

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:Antisocial personality is a problem-filled diagnosis. Even when diagnosed according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) II manual, it was replete with value laden terminology. DSM III makes repeated criminal behavior central and includes a list of other behaviors that do not always truly...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Weinstock R,Nair M

更新日期：1984-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reducing amplicon sizes has become a major strategy for analyzing degraded DNA typical of forensic samples. However, amplicon sizes in current mini-short tandem repeat-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and mini-sequencing assays are still not suitable for analysis of severely degraded DNA. In this study, we present a mu...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Zhang Z,Wang BJ,Guan HY,Pang H,Xuan JF

更新日期：2009-11-01 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：:This study was designed to determine the effects of various environmental factors on the deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) obtained from dental pulp. Extracted teeth were subjected to the following conditions: varying pH (3,7,10); temperature (4 degrees C, 25 degrees C, 37 degrees C, incineration); humidity (20%, 66%, 98%);...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Schwartz TR,Schwartz EA,Mieszerski L,McNally L,Kobilinsky L

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seals are traditionally used in the Far East Asia to stamp an impression on a document in place of a signature. In this study, an accuser claimed that a personal contract regarding mining development rights acquired by a defendant was devolved to the accuser because the defendant stamped the devolvement contract in th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nam YS,Park JS,Kim NK,Lee Y,Lee KB

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased marketing of fake perfumes has encouraged us to investigate how to identify such products by their chemical characteristics and multivariate analysis. The aim of this study was to present an alternative approach to distinguish original from fake perfumes by means of the investigation of sodium, potassium...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gomes CL,de Lima AC,Loiola AR,da Silva AB,Cândido MC,Nascimento RF

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the effects of heat on the amplification of DNA from the dental pulp of Sus scrofa molars and investigated the protection afforded to the pulp tissue by the dental enamel, alveolar process, and soft tissue of the head. Segments of defleshed maxilla and mandible encasing the first molar (n = 60) wer...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rees KA,Cox MJ

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of age of skeletal remains is one of the most complex questions for anthropologists. The most common macroscopic methods are based on dental wear and histological evaluation of bone remodeling. These methods are often qualitative, require great technical expertise, and have proved inexact in the estimation ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cameriere R,Brogi G,Ferrante L,Mirtella D,Vultaggio C,Cingolani M,Fornaciari G

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal-scavenging alterations on human remains can be mistaken as human criminal activity. A 32-day study, documenting animal scavenging on a human cadaver, was conducted at the Southeast Texas Applied Forensic Science facility, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas. A Stealth Cam Rogue IR was positioned nea...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rippley A,Larison NC,Moss KE,Kelly JD,Bytheway JA

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method using purge-and-trap gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (P&T-GC/MS) for forensic examination of oil stains was studied. Carboxylic acids, chosen as target components for discrimination of oil samples, were extracted from stains with ether, methyl esterified by tetramethylammonium hydroxide, and analy...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ehara Y,Sakamoto K,Marumo Y

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paleontology and facies analysis proved to be useful tools in activities of intelligence and investigation on some criminal cases, as well as in in-court activities, thus defining the "forensic paleontology" area of study. The definition was given by analyzing its possible specific applications and excluding some marg...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sacchi E,Nicosia U

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the ability to develop latent fingerprints on paper using heat alone has been noted previously, it has been considered impractical for casework and inferior to other techniques. Here a new refinement of the technique is demonstrated for the high quality development of latent fingerprints on porous surfaces su...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Brown AG,Sommerville D,Reedy BJ,Shimmon RG,Tahtouh M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allele frequency distributions of three STR loci amplified by PCR have been studied in four Israeli communities: Ashkenazi Jews and three non-Ashkenazi groups, namely Moroccan, Yemenite, and Ethiopian Jews. The loci analyzed were CSF1PO, TPOX, and HUMTHO1. The typing was performed in sequencing polyacrylamide gels...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Amar A,Brautbar C,Motro U,Fisher T,Bonne-Tamir B,Israel S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persons who had been arrested for sexual assault were administered the Luria-Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery and the results compared to a group of normal controls. The sexual assaulters performed significantly worse on 7 of the 14 scales of the battery. The data were then broken down into three groups: (1) those ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Scott ML,Cole JK,McKay SE,Golden CJ,Liggett KR

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis of botanical forensic evidence provides a means of obtaining a reproducible DNA profile in a relatively short period of time in species for which no sequence information is available. AFLP profiles were obtained for 40 Acer rubrum trees. Leaf material from five ad...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bless C,Palmeter H,Wallace MM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case report, a very obese young woman who claimed to be 17 gestational weeks into pregnancy, sought an elective abortion. Upon dilation and curettage, the doctor assessed the fetal remains to be nearly 26 gestational weeks. After contacting local authorities, who turned the case over to the Office of the Medic...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Huxley AK,Sibley MA

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides regression equations for estimation of age of infants from the dimensions of their developing deciduous teeth. The sample comprises 97 individuals of known sex and age (62 boys, 35 girls), aged between 2 days and 1,081 days. The age-estimation equations were obtained for the sexes combined, as well...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Viciano J,De Luca S,Irurita J,Alemán I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The movement toward private sector involvement in our correctional services and programs is growing. Before our focus is turned completely to privatization of these services, it would be prudent to analyze the "policy impact of such change. It is evident that the diverse and incompatible policies guiding the governmen...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Johnson TA

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five different types of bullets, representing the major materials used in centerfire handgun and rifle ammunition, were inserted into the cranial, chest and abdominal cavities, muscle and adipose tissues of a fresh cadaver. The bullets were retrieved after the body was 90% decomposed. Observation and comparison of bef...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Smith OC,Jantz L,Berryman HE,Symes SA

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV is an illness that often leads to premature death due to arterial rupture or dissection and is characterized by very fragile connective tissue. This report documents the death of a 30-year-old man with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Type IV from myocardial rupture and cardiac tamponade following...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gilchrist ER,Duflou JA

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved gas chromatographic/mass spectrometric (GC/MS) assay is described for the quantitation of codeine and morphine as trimethylsyl (TMS) derivatives. The TMS derivatization of ketone-containing opiates results in the formation of multiple derivatives. Some of these products have retention times close to those ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cremese M,Wu AH,Cassella G,O'Connor E,Rymut K,Hill DW

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venous air embolism (VAE) is an often occurring forensic finding in cases of injury to the head and neck. Whenever found, it has to be appraised in its relation to the cause of death. While visualization and quantification is difficult at traditional autopsy, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Computed Tomography (C...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Jackowski C,Thali M,Sonnenschein M,Aghayev E,Yen K,Dirnhofer R,Vock P

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight is often one of the few recoverable data when analyzing human cremains but references are still rare, especially for European populations. Mean weights for skeletal remains were thus documented for Portuguese modern cremations of both recently deceased individuals and dry skeletons, and the effect of age, sex, ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gonçalves D,Cunha E,Thompson TJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00