Postmortem redistribution of Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), 11-hydroxy-THC (11-OH-THC), and 11-nor-9-carboxy-THC (THCCOOH).

abstract：:Suicide attempts are one of the risk factors of suicide. Possible mechanisms by which Toxoplasma gondii may affect human behavior and it may also cause humans to attempt suicide. The aim of this study is to find out whether or not T. gondii is one of the reasons in suicide attempts. We investigated the sero-positivity...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Yagmur F,Yazar S,Temel HO,Cavusoglu M

更新日期：2010-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:New application protocols for the Emit(®) II Plus 6-Acetylmorphine Assay for human urine screening have been developed on the ADVIA(®) 1800 and 2400 Chemistry Systems. Precision was evaluated at the cutoff and ±25% controls. Recovery and linearity were studied by spiking 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) into human urine pools....

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Warren JA,Siefring G Jr,Morjana N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2017, 47,600 overdose deaths were reported to be associated with the abuse of opioids, including prescription painkillers (e.g. oxycodone), opiates (e.g. heroin), or synthetic opioids (e.g. fentanyl) within the United States. The recent spike in the presence of synthetic opioids in lots of heroin distributed on the...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Angelini DJ,Biggs TD,Maughan MN,Feasel MG,Sisco E,Sekowski JW

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are numerous types of fluorescent fingermark powders or reagents used with the visualization of latent fingermarks deposited on multicolored substrate surfaces that can present a contrast problem if developed with regular fingermark powders. The developed fingermarks can show bright fluorescence upon exposure to...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Liu L,Zhang Z,Zhang L,Zhai Y

更新日期：2009-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 13 STR loci were typed from over 200 Caucasians from the Strathclyde region in the west of Scotland. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Goodwin W,Scoular C,Linacre A

更新日期：2001-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The instant detection of explosives and explosive-related compounds has become an urgent priority in recent years for homeland security and counter-terrorism applications. Modern techniques should offer enhancement in selectivity, sensitivity, and standoff distances. Miniaturisation, portability, and field-ruggedisati...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Elbasuney S,El-Sherif AF

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to recover trace DNA from fired cartridge cases can help establish important leads regarding the handler of the ammunition. Over recent years, several DNA recovery techniques for fired ammunition have been published. Three techniques of significant interest include tape lifting, direct PCR, and vacuum filt...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Prasad E,Hitchcock C,Raymond J,Cole A,Barash M,Gunn P,McNevin D,van Oorschot RAH

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One case of the erroneous administration of deslanoside and high level of drug in antemortem plasma and postmortem specimens has been reported owing to the unusual surrounding circumstances. Deslanoside in antemortem plasma was determined by FPIA and the analysis was done by HPLC in the postmortem tissue samples. The ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Klys M,Gross A

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cadaver and dead plant organic matter, or litter, are rich energy sources that undergo a complex decomposition process, which impact the surrounding environmental microbiota. Advances in molecular microbiology techniques, with study of the 16S RNA genes, in particular, have highlighted the application of forensic ec...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Olakanye AO,Nelson A,Ralebitso-Senior TK

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is designed to evaluate the correlation between fatal vehicle crashes (FVC) and consumption of alcohol and/or drugs among drivers. Between 1996 and 2000 in Hong Kong, a total of 197 FVC cases of deceased drivers were investigated. The blood and/or urine samples of the victims were examined for the presence ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cheng JY,Chan DT,Mok VK

更新日期：2005-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, sperms are isolated from vaginal cell mixtures by preferential extraction methods. Although these methods work well when there is a reasonable amount of DNA present, they are problematic when there are limited amounts (ca. 250 pg). In particular, the analysis of sperm from microscope slides has proven d...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Elliott K,Hill DS,Lambert C,Burroughes TR,Gill P

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved cleanup method has been developed for the recovery of trace levels of 12 nitro-organic explosives in soil, which is important not only for the forensic community, but also has environmental implications. A wide variety of explosives or explosive-related compounds were evaluated, including nitramines, nitra...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Thomas JL,Donnelly CC,Lloyd EW,Mothershead RF 2nd,Miller ML

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the field of questioned document examinations, the disadvantages of qualitative examination based on expert experience are becoming more and more obvious. In the source determination of laser-printed documents, the quantitative evaluation based on image quality is more and more important. In this paper, the ImageXp...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Li B,Qu Y,Wang C,Zhou G

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the automotive companies use cast iron for their engine blocks. Restoration of obliterated number on these iron surfaces by chemical etching is known to be quite difficult. Heating of the obliterated surface using oxyacetylene flame is an alternative recovery treatment suggested in literature and used in pract...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Abdul Wahab MF,Mohamad Ghani NI,Kuppuswamy R

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Two sewing needles were found in a woman's cranial cavity by X-ray examination after she had sustained traffic injury. After investigation and analysis, it has been confirmed that the sewing needles were inserted by others when she was an infant, and not by the traffic injury. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Meng X

更新日期：2001-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have suggested that postmortem serum catecholamine levels reflect the magnitude of physical stress responses or toxic/hyperthermic neuronal dysfunction during the death process. The present study investigated postmortem adrenaline (Adr), noradrenaline (Nad), and dopamine (DA) levels in pericardial flu...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ishikawa T,Quan L,Michiue T,Kawamoto O,Wang Q,Chen JH,Zhu BL,Maeda H

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The impetus to begin a legal investigation or prosecution of the crime of genocide is a "trigger mechanism," which serves as the prima facie case against the accused state or actor. Unlike domestic cases of homicide, the trigger mechanisms for international genocide investigations to date have not included any forensi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Komar D,Parra RC,Jundi SE

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of a LC-MS/MS system for benzodiazepines detection remarkably increased the analytical sensitivity of these drugs in biological matrices, in particular in non-conventional ones such as hair. Since the amount of hair sample available for the analysis is frequently limited and, moreover, it needs to ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Morini L,Vignali C,Polla M,Sponta A,Groppi A

更新日期：2012-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Levamisole has been identified as a cocaine adulterant in the United States since 2002. Although there is a variation in the percentage of levamisole in cocaine samples between European countries, measurement of levamisole in human samples of cocaine users has become increasingly important. To our best knowledge, only...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Indorato F,Romano G,Barbera N

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A total of 48 methamphetamine hydrochloride samples from eight seizures were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) and gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector (GC-FID). Major impurities detected include 1,2-dimethyl-3-phenylaziridine, ephedrine/pseudoephedrine, 1,3-dimethyl-2-phenylna...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zhang JX,Zhang DM,Han XG

更新日期：2008-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Reddish discoloration of exposed skin areas, called frost erythema, is an important criterion for the diagnosis of fatal hypothermia. In the present study, we used immunohistochemistry in a prospective trial to show that on the molecular level, the correlate of frost erythema is hemoglobin without hemorrhage. Furtherm...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Türk EE,Sperhake JP,Madea B,Preuss J,Tsokos M

更新日期：2006-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The prosecution of those socially irresponsible individuals who drive when they have had too much to drink - in that their breath, blood or urine alcohol level exceeds the prescribed legal limit - has been standard practice since October 1967. The forensic analysis of whichever type of specimen is taken from the suspe...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Williams PM

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele- and genotype frequencies of the two short tandem repeat (STR) systems VWA and TH01 were determined in an Austrian population sample by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis. A total of 9 alleles for VWA and 6 alleles for TH01 could be observed in a population of 278 (VWA) and 276 (TH01) individuals. Both sy...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Neuhuber F,Radacher M

更新日期：1997-06-23 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of recreational deaths in the "land of sun and fun" has pointed out several useful factors. Firstly, accidental deaths are more common than naturals. Secondly, the most common accidental death is drowning while swimming. The latter is not usually at public facilities, but rather at unsupervised uninstitutio...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Copeland AR

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination of the organ weights associated with victims of drowning, asphyxiation and trauma was undertaken to determine (a) the effects of asphyxiation compared to a trauma group, and in turn, (b) the effects of drowning compared to an asphyxiation group. Included in the study were 217 drowning deaths, 166 pure a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hadley JA,Fowler DR

更新日期：2003-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Downstairs falls frequently occur within domestic environments and are mainly associated with elderly and intoxicated individuals, often feature multiple injuries on various parts of the body. In most cases it is not possible to determine the cause of the fall and/or death solely by means of external examination. In t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Preuss J,Padosch SA,Dettmeyer R,Driever F,Lignitz E,Madea B

更新日期：2004-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Petechial thymus hemorrhages are found most frequently in SIDS (87%), and very much more rarely in fetuses after abortion and stillbirths (55%) as well as in perinatal deaths (40%). In these groups, there was a uniform histological bleeding pattern with emphasis on the cortical zone. In non-SIDS deaths of natural caus...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Risse M,Weiler G

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:False positives due to the presence of antimony in vehicle seat fabrics are a problem in gunshot residue (GSR) analysis, in particular, when graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry (GFAAS) is employed. In this study, we sought to determine the reason for the prevalence of false positive results and to propose ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Aksoy Ç,Bora T,Şenocak N,Aydın F

更新日期：2015-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemicals associated with clandestine drug laboratories are often disposed of covertly into soil, sewerage systems, or public waste management facilities. There are two significant issues relating to such dumps of materials; they might contain valuable evidence as to drug manufacture, and they might be a source of pol...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Janusz A,Kirkbride KP,Scott TL,Naidu R,Perkins MV,Megharaj M

更新日期：2003-06-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method was developed for the simultaneous detection and quantitation of 6-acetyl-morphine (MAM), amphetamine, benzoylecgonine (BZE), cocaine, codeine, dihydrocodeine, EDDP (methadone metabolite), methadone and morphine in hair. The hair samples were washed, cut into 2-cm segments, pulverized, incubated with phos...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Moeller MR,Fey P,Wennig R

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00