Suicide of a cyclist.

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated that metal particles remain on bone after sharp force injury or gunshot and that their detection by scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry (SEM-EDS) could greatly help in tool identification. However, the presence of metal particles on bone surfaces in th...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Pechníková M,Porta D,Mazzarelli D,Rizzi A,Drozdová E,Gibelli D,Cattaneo C

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Obtaining a genetic profile from pieces of evidence collected at a crime scene is the primary objective of forensic laboratories. New procedures, methods, kits, software or equipment must be carefully evaluated and validated before its implementation. The constant development of new methodologies for DNA testing leads...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martins C,Ferreira PM,Carvalho R,Costa SC,Farinha C,Azevedo L,Amorim A,Oliveira M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors have proposed a quantitative method for assessing weight of evidence in the case where a fingermark from a crime scene is compared with a set of control prints from the ten fingers of a suspect. The approach is based on the notion of calculating a Likelihood Ratio (LR) that addresses a pair of propositions...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Neumann C,Evett IW,Skerrett JE,Mateos-Garcia I

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The intoxicated person may cause harm to others, often requiring expert evaluation for the determination of guilt. The primary aim of this study was to determine the mechanisms of mistakes that led 17 doctors accused of working under the influence of alcohol to face malpractice. We also wanted to clarify w...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sendler DJ

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the poisonous incident case occurred in Japan, clarification of the identity between seized poisons and retrieved from crime scene is strictly required from the court. In this case, arsenous acid was used as a poisonous material and, seized one from suspect's house was only twenty particles. The synchrotron X-ray f...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Suzuki S,Suzuki Y,Ohta H,Sugita R,Kasamatsu M,Marumo Y

更新日期：2005-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Doxylamine is an antihistamine of the ethanolamine class. It is used primarily as a sleep-inducing agent. Only a few reports can be found in the literature about lethal intoxications with doxylamine, but many with combined intoxications. Doxylamine is, aside from diphenhydramine, the only chemically defined active ing...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bockholdt B,Klug E,Schneider V

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The livings have responsibilities for the dead; and in particular, civilized societies recognize the need for identity both during life and at death, particularly in circumstances when an unknown body is summoned for medico-legal autopsy. There are numerous tools for identification of an unknown body which includes vi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Shetty BS,Jagadish Rao PP,Sameer KS,Salian PR,Shetty M

更新日期：2009-01-10 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 discusses the immunoassay screening of pain management drugs, and the mass spectrometric confirmation of fentanyl in human hair. Hair specimens were screened for fentanyl, opiates (including oxycodone), tramadol, propoxyphene, carisoprodol, methadone, and benzodiazepines and any positive results were conf...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Moore C,Marinetti L,Coulter C,Crompton K

更新日期：2008-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The mandibular bone is an important part of the forensic facial reconstruction and it has the possibility of getting lost in skeletonized remains; for this reason, it is necessary to facilitate the identification process simulating the mandibular position only through craniomaxillary measures, for this task,...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Niño-Sandoval TC,Guevara Perez SV,González FA,Jaque RA,Infante-Contreras C

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a differential study to distinguish bruises from putrefactive discoloration, glycophorin A, a component of the erythrocyte membrane, was extracted from discolored skins and detected by immunological methods utilizing an anti-glycophorin A serum. Skin samples of 18 bruises, 8 postmortem hypostasises and 7 putrefacti...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kibayashi K,Hamada K,Honjyo K,Tsunenari S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The retrospective investigation of the exposure to toxic substances by general unknown screening of hair is still a difficult task because of the large number of possible poisons, the low sample amount and the difficult sample matrix. In this study the use of liquid chromatography-hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Broecker S,Herre S,Pragst F

更新日期：2012-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Characterization of DNA that remains in seafood products after skin, scales, and shells are removed is widely used in forensic species identification, however, ordinary methods may be prohibitively expensive or time-consuming if large sample series need to be discriminated. Forensic discrimination of two species of bi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Marshall HD,Johnstone KA,Carr SM

更新日期：2007-03-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The judicial system calls upon expert witnesses to testify in court when complex or specialized knowledge, beyond that of the lay person, is needed to interpret the evidence. Previous research has indicated that particular traits of the expert witness can affect their credibility in the eyes of the jury, however most ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： McCarthy Wilcox A,NicDaeid N

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amplification of the STR DYS391, using the primers described in the Genome Data Base (GDB: G00-365-251), shows not only an additional band to the Y-specific one in males with a size range of 26 bp less than those of DYS391 locus alleles, but also a polymorphic pattern in females in the same size range as the addit...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gusmão L,González-Neira A,Sánchez-Diz P,Lareu MV,Amorim A,Carracedo A

更新日期：2000-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Compilations of substances detected in fatal intoxications are important in order to observe changes in intoxication patterns, to monitor effects of preventive work and to discover new trends in drug usage. The aim of the present study was to describe the current pattern of substances detected in fatal intoxications i...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jönsson A,Holmgren P,Ahlner J

更新日期：2004-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The comparison of two or more samples of liquid gasoline (petrol) to establish a common origin is a difficult problem in the forensic investigation of arsons and suspicious fires. A total of 35 randomly collected samples of unevaporated gasoline, covering three different grades (regular unleaded, premium unleaded and ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sandercock PM,Du Pasquier E

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a study of 40 burnt bodies on which an autopsy was carried out at the Institut de Médecine Légale in Lyon (28 men/12 women, average age = 41 years, minimum age = 3 years, maximum age = 86 years). Criminal deaths (31%) represented the second cause of death after accidents (52%), and before suicide (16%). Crim...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fanton L,Jdeed K,Tilhet-Coartet S,Malicier D

更新日期：2006-05-10 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：:Can a mineral paper be called paper? Until now all known writing supports have been ancient stones and tablets, parchment, and paper of vegetable origin, such as papyrus and fiber pulp paper. Some years ago polymeric banknotes appeared in Australia, and in 2004 mineral paper (stone plus polymer) emerged as an ecologic...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ezcurra M

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The population of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles (133,000) shows a very high prevalence of end-stage renal disease (approximately 1 per 1,000). These patients are often treated chronically with haemodialysis. As the drinking water on the island is prepared by distillation of sea water, the haemodialysis fluid used to b...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： de Wolff FA,Berend K,van der Voet GB

更新日期：2002-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The systematic exhumation of mass graves is becoming a frequent occurrence globally. Historically, it has been mostly anthropologists with their particular expertise in osteology that have been engaged by non-governmental organizations (NGO) to monitor mass grave exhumations and postmortem examinations, conducted by a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Skinner M,Alempijevic D,Djuric-Srejic M

更新日期：2003-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A sandwich ELISA for human prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is described. Optimal assay conditions, resulting in a sensitive assay with a low background, are presented. The method uses a hyperimmune antiserum produced in the New Zealand white rabbit, against human semen PSA. The IgG fraction of the antiserum was conjug...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Stowell LI,Sharman LE,Hamel K

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The precision of death time estimation by vitreous potassium using 5 different formulas is compared on a random sample of 600 cases. Mean differences, standard deviations and 95% limits of confidence between real and extrapolated time since death were calculated. The best results were obtained using equations with "me...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ortmann J,Markwerth P,Madea B

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study it is demonstrated that human odor collected from items recovered at a post-blast scene can be evaluated using human scent specific canine teams to locate and identify individuals who have been in contact with the improvised explosive device (IED) components and/or the delivery vehicle. The purpose of th...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Curran AM,Prada PA,Furton KG

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly polymorphic sequence structure is reported in the human beta-actin related pseudogene 2 (ACTBP2) (SE33) locus in members of the Taiwanese Han population. A total of 100 unrelated members of the Taiwanese Han population were used in the study. Alleles that shared the same size but differ in their sequence are ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hsieh HM,Wu KL,Tsai LC,Lo CH,Linacre A,Lee JC

更新日期：2002-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to study the efficiency of automatic fibre searching with the Maxcan fibre finder (Cox Analytical Systems, Sweden) in comparison to manual searching. The influence of some parameters (color, thickness, background noise) on the results of a fibre search was considered. Eighteen experimental tap...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Monard Sermier F,Massonnet G,Buzzini P,Fortini A,Gason F,De Wael K,Rovas P

更新日期：2006-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies and population data for 17 Y-STR loci included in a new commercial kit that has recently been available, the AmpFlSTR Y-filer PCR amplification kit (Applied Biosystems), that permits the simultaneous amplification of all the markers included in the actually used European "extended haplotype", DYS19,...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Pontes ML,Cainé L,Abrantes D,Lima G,Pinheiro MF

更新日期：2007-07-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A collaborative study on Raman spectroscopy and microspectrophotometry (MSP) was carried out by members of the ENFSI (European Network of Forensic Science Institutes) European Fibres Group (EFG) on different dyed cotton fabrics. The detection limits of the two methods were tested on two cotton sets with a dye concentr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Massonnet G,Buzzini P,Monard F,Jochem G,Fido L,Bell S,Stauber M,Coyle T,Roux C,Hemmings J,Leijenhorst H,Van Zanten Z,Wiggins K,Smith C,Chabli S,Sauneuf T,Rosengarten A,Meile C,Ketterer S,Blumer A

更新日期：2012-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification in forensic anthropology and the definition of a biological profile in bioarchaeology are essential to each of those fields and use the same methodologies. Sex, age, stature and ancestry can be conclusive or dispensable, depending on the field. The Fordisc(®) 3.0 computer program was developed to aid in...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Guyomarc'h P,Bruzek J

更新日期：2011-05-20 00:00:00