Determination of ring- and N-substituted amphetamines as heptafluorobutyryl derivatives.

abstract：:Desomorphine is reported to be the principal pharmacologically active opioid in Krokodil, a homemade injectable drug that is perceived to be a cheaper alternative to heroin. There have been limited studies regarding its pharmacology or detection in biological matrices. The goal of this study was to contribute further ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Winborn J,Haines D,Kerrigan S

更新日期：2018-08-01 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 Forensic Anthropology Service of the Medical Examiner's Office of Porto Alegre was created in September 1997 to examine human skeletons, establish identification and identify lesions that may explain death. From September 1997 to December 2006, 344 skeletons were examined (mean: 37 examinations/year), and 322 were...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vaz M,Benfica FS

更新日期：2008-08-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Usually, the differentiation of inks on questioned documents is carried out by optical methods and thin layer chromatography (TLC). Therefore, spectrometric methods were also proposed in forensic literature for the analysis of dyes. Between these techniques, laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (LDI-MS) has d...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gallidabino M,Weyermann C,Marquis R

更新日期：2011-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to the pelvis, cranium and phalanges, the sternum is also used for postmortem sex identification. Bone measurements may be obtained on cadaveric bones. Alternatively, computerized tomography may be used to obtain measurements close to the original ones. Moreover, usage of artificial neural networks (ANNs) ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Oner Z,Turan MK,Oner S,Secgin Y,Sahin B

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic odontologists are involved in all phases of disaster victim identification (DVI). The failure of DVI management to embed odontology teams within all phases of the investigation and to include them in management decisions throughout the operation may lead to delays in the reconciliation process and could possi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hill AJ,Hewson I,Lain R

更新日期：2011-02-25 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：:Allele frequencies and haplotypes for 12 Y-chromosomal STR loci included in the Powerplex System (Promega, Madison, USA) were determined in a sample of 113 unrelated males of Belgian origin. Ninety-nine different haplotypes were observed with an overall haplotype diversity of 0.997. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： De Maesschalck K,Vanhoutte E,Knaepen K,Vanderheyden N,Cassiman JJ,Decorte R

更新日期：2005-08-11 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：:The spectrophotometric method for the determination of carboxyhemoglobin (HbCO) in blood reported by Fretwurst and Meinecke was modified so as to give the same values of percentage HbCO (HbCO%) as those determined by the oxygen electrode method. Values of HbCO% of nine practical samples determined by both the oxygen e...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Katsumata Y,Aoki M,Sato K,Oya M,Yada S,Suzuki O

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The shape of the post-mortem cooling curve is described and its theoretical aspects are summarised. The concepts of the "infinite cylinder" and the "initial temperature plateau" are explained and their practical implications are discussed. Results of the study of the shape of post-mortem cooling curves for the brain, ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Al-Alousi LM

更新日期：2002-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical characterization in alveolar lavage fluids of rats which had inhaled 5% oxygen, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide was studied in comparison with control rats. The protein content, consisting mainly of serum albumin, markedly increased in the hypoxic states. The phospholipid content also increased one and ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Takahashi H,Kuroki Y,Morita M,Tabata N

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increase in the use of photographs on individual identification credentials such as driving licences, credit cards, security passes and passports has led, for the purpose of criminal activities, to the falsification of genuine documents bearing photographs of the perpetrating criminal. These photographs may be use...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Porter G,Doran G

更新日期：2000-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingerprint Recognition System is widely deployed in variety of application domain, ranging from forensic to mobile phones. Its widespread deployment in various applications were person authentication are required, has caused concern that a leaked fingerprint template may be used to reconstruct the original fingerprin...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Trivedi AK,Thounaojam DM,Pal S

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the heat-induced alterations in human bone tissue observed using scanning electron microscopy and microradiography. Femoral bone samples were taken from persons varying in age from 1 year to 97 years at the time of their death. The bone was heated at selected temperatures in the range 200-1600 de...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Holden JL,Phakey PP,Clement JG

更新日期：1995-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to verify the applicability and reproducibility of the FSS system [8] adapted for frontal and lateral cephalometric radiographs of the frontal sinus for human identification purposes. Eighty lateral and frontal digital cephalometric radiographs from a private Dental Radiology service's databa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rabelo KA,Dos Anjos Pontual ML,de Queiroz Jordão N,de Paiva KM,de Moraes Ramos-Perez FM,dos Santos MS,dos Anjos Pontual A

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hairy maggot blow fly, Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is a forensically important fly often encountered on human and other vertebrate remains in temperate and tropic regions throughout the world including Australia, Asia, Central America and North America. C. rufifacies was reared under controlled ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Flores M,Longnecker M,Tomberlin JK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Death in the "microwave oven" has nothing to do with microwaves energy. It is the jargon name given to a criminal form of execution by carbonization that has been adopted by drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The goal is to torture and intimidate victims, in an attempt of corpse occultation and to make identific...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Durão C,Machado MP,Daruge Júnior E

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A partial DNA sequence of cytochrome b gene was used to identify the remains of endangered animals and species endemic to Taiwan. The conservation of animals species included in this study were: the formosan gem-faced civets, leopard cats, tigers, clouded leopards, lion, formosan muntjacs, formosan sika deers, formosa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hsieh HM,Chiang HL,Tsai LC,Lai SY,Huang NE,Linacre A,Lee JC

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele and haplotype frequencies of 16 chromosome STR loci, 15 of them included in the Kit PowerPlex16 System from Promega were determined in a sample of unrelated males from the Açores Archipelago. All subjects were subjected to an interview in order to make sure that their ancestors belonged to the same island at le...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Velosa RG,Fernandes AT,Brehm A

更新日期：2002-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last 2 decades there has been a substantial increase in illicit drug consumption in North America. It has been repeatedly shown that the personal history of drug use is far from being accurate. Fearing legal consequences and embarrassment of admitted illicit substance use, most users tend to deny or, to und...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Klein J,Karaskov T,Koren G

更新日期：2000-01-10 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：:Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) of bloodstains on hard, non-porous surfaces has found widespread use in crime scene analysis and reconstruction for violent crimes in which bloodshed occurs. At many violent crime scenes, bloody clothing is also found and may be analyzed. However, to date, there are no definitive meth...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Li X,Li J,Michielsen S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of complex analyses of body injuries and clothing has been proven by practice. The purpose of presented study is to discuss what additional information can be obtained during investigations of clothes in the area of injury. A case study, in which results of visual and stereomicroscopic morphological analysis...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sitiene R,Varnaite J,Zakaras A

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Age estimation is widely applied in several clinical and forensic fields. The radiographic evaluation of dental development is one of the most accepted tools for this purpose. Among the different methods proposed, Demirjian's method was the most extensively used and tested in the medical literature revealing that the ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bagattoni S,D'Alessandro G,Gatto MR,Piana G

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gladiator remains from a recently unearthed cemetery in ancient Ephesus (Turkey) offer a unique opportunity for proving common theories involving the weaponry and techniques of gladiator fighting based on the evidence supplied by cranial bones. This mass grave is the first of its kind to undergo a thorough osteologica...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kanz F,Grossschmidt K

更新日期：2006-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic identification of sudden unexplained death (SUD) has always been a ticklish issue because it used to be defined as sudden death without a conclusive diagnosis after autopsy. However, benefiting from the developments in genome research, a growing body of evidence points to the importance of ion channelopathies...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wang S,Li L,Tao R,Gao Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Finnish guidelines for workplace drug testing outlined here represent what is considered the best practice for workplace drug testing to be followed in Finland. The guidelines are based on the act on the protection of privacy in working life (759/2004), the occupational health care act (1383/2001) and the decree o...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lillsunde P,Haavanlammi K,Partinen R,Mukala K,Lamberg M

更新日期：2008-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign body aspiration is frequently encountered in young children, in the majority of cases it will not lead to an adverse outcome. However, in case of coin battery ingestion more serious adverse outcomes, including death, have been reported. We present a case with fatal outcome due to exsanguination, of a 2-year-ol...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Soerdjbalie-Maikoe V,van Rijn RR

更新日期：2010-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is a growing medical concern in the United States. With the number of Americans suffering from hypertension increasing, the use of antihypertensives such as beta-blockers is increasing as well. In fact, three beta-blockers - atenolol, metoprolol and propranolol - were among the 200 most prescribed medicat...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Johnson RD,Lewis RJ

更新日期：2006-01-27 00:00:00