Confocal microscopy analysis of breech face marks on fired cartridge cases from 10 consecutively manufactured pistol slides.

abstract：:Child abuse pediatricians often carry the stigma that their sole role is to diagnose maltreatment. In reality, child abuse pediatricians use their clinical experience and current evidence-based medicine to make the best medical diagnoses for the children they evaluate. To better understand the legal conclusion of susp...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hendrix AD,Conway LK,Baxter MA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current practice in securing the contact traces of chemical substances taken from clothes belonging to a person suspected of manual handling explosives is focused on pockets and cuffs. The outerwear worn by people who had contact with fluorescent powders that simulate explosives and drugs was the subject of this s...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Pawłowski W,Matyjasek Ł,Karpińska M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is a prescribed medication as well as a drug of abuse. Its detection in various matrices for in-field forensic scientists remains a challenge. We have developed an assay that uses aldo-keto reductase 7A2 (AKR7A2) for the specific determination of GHB in various drinks. AKR7A2 was purified u...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bendinskas K,Sattelberg P,Crossett D,Banyikwa A,Dempsey D,MacKenzie JA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low explosives such as smokeless powder, black powder, and black powder substitutes have been used in illicit pipe bombings throughout the United States. Some of the newer black powder substitutes are formulated with ascorbic acid, which gradually decomposes as the powder ages, making it difficult if not impossible fo...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Goodpaster JV,Keto RO

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We consider a hypothetical series of cases in which the DNA profile of a crime-scene sample is found to match a known profile in a DNA database (i.e., a "cold hit"), resulting in the identification of a suspect based only on genetic evidence. We show that the average probability that there is another person in the pop...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Song YS,Patil A,Murphy EE,Slatkin M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short tandem repeat (STR) loci represent a rich source of highly polymorphic markers in the human genome which are useful for the purposes of forensic identification and determination of biological relatedness of individuals. Here, as a part of an ongoing extensive study, we report the analysis of a multilocus genotyp...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Busque L,Desmarais D,Provost S,Schumm JW,Zhong Y,Chakraborty R

更新日期：1997-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is presented involving a young woman on several illicit drugs (heroin, cocaine and cannabis) as well as two medications and a solvent used for their anesthetic and narcotic properties: thiopental, ketamine and chloroform. This complex drug use was supported by hair analysis over a 10.5 cm segment of the hair ta...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gaillard Y,Pépin G

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic odontology cases examined from 2012 to 2019 at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) laboratory were reviewed. Five cases from World War II and the Korea War were selected. Three of the cases presented involve dental assemblages, which were built by previous analysts. Postmortem radiographic analyses a...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Shiroma CY,Zuerlein CL

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biological evidence analysis from contact traces is adversely affected by low quantity and quality of DNA. Proteins in these samples contain potentially individualizing information and may be particularly important for difficult surfaces such as brass, where DNA may yield incomplete profiles. In this study, touched un...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sterling SA,Mason KE,Anex DS,Parker GJ,Hart B,Prinz M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latent fingerprint visualization on discharged shell casings can provide good forensic evidence, particularly if the casing is recovered at the scene of a crime where a firearm has been discharged. Unfortunately, visualization of such latent fingerprints when they were deposited prior to discharge of the firearm is pr...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bond JW,Heidel C

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) typing of ribosomal ribonucleic acid (rRNA) genes was performed with a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay for species identification. A variable region of the 28S ribosomal RNA gene was amplified with primers complementary to flanking sequences phylogenetically well conserved. The produc...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Naito E,Dewa K,Ymanouchi H,Kominami R

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of in-custody or unlawful death are presented as examples of increased bone fragility with an associated increase in fracture rates due to ethanol-induced osteopenia. In addition, one of the individuals suffered fractures several weeks premortem, allowing some healing to take place. Using radiographs and ph...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Backo H,Love J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common disease involving insulin resistance or deficit that, when left unchecked, may cause severe hyperglycemia and subsequent end-organ damage. Acute pancreatitis (AP) is inflammation of the pancreas that can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. AP and DM both account for a signif...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Butler DC,Emanuel AJ,Self SE,Batalis NI

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The techniques described above have been found to provide a rapid method of human skeletal preparation, with advantages of speed and applicability to fresh, fixed, or partially decomposed skeletal materials. While other techniques which can be used include the traditional use of Dermestidae beetle colonies, a five-st...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Snyder RG,Burdi A,Gaul G

更新日期：1975-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Continual reports of illicit trafficking incidents involving radioactive materials have prompted authorities to consider the likelihood of forensic evidence being exposed to radiation. In this study, we investigated the ability to recover latent fingermark evidence from a variety of substrates that were exposed to ion...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Colella M,Parkinson A,Evans T,Lennard C,Roux C

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "physical strength hypothesis" (PSH) predicts that where there is the greatest discrepancy in size and strength between offenders and victims, the former will use superior weaponry (e.g., firearms) to overcome structural imbalances against the latter. Using archival data from the New York Times and the Chicago Tri...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Shon PC

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity and feasibility of using DNA collection cards in the field for preservation and analysis of Cannabis sativa genotypes were investigated using a highly specific hexanucleotide marker. Collection cards were submitted to the National Marijuana Initiative, which selectively trained and managed the collection ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Allgeier L,Hemenway J,Shirley N,LaNier T,Coyle HM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old nondiabetic female developed fatal hypoglycemia when chlorpropamide (Diabinese) was accidentally substituted for acetaminophen (Tylenol) with codeine no. 3 in a pharmacy dispensing error. When found, the patient's serum glucose was less than 20 mg/dL. The serum chlorpropamide level on hospital admission ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Scala-Barnett DM,Donoghue ER

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The dramatic increase in the sensitivity of DNA profiling systems that has occurred over recent years has led to the need to address a wider range of interpretational problems in forensic science. The issues surrounding questions of the kind "whose DNA is this?" have been the subject of considerable controversy but no...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Evett IW,Gill PD,Jackson G,Whitaker J,Champod C

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial biomarkers that indicate aspects of an organism's growth conditions are important targets of forensic research. In this study, we examined fatty acid composition as a signature for the types of complex nutrients in the culturing medium. Bacillus cereus T-strain spores were grown in medium formulations supple...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ehrhardt CJ,Murphy DL,Robertson JM,Bannan JD

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to the scanty evidence on usefulness of information of appearance of gray hair for age estimation, this study was conducted to estimate age based on the appearance of gray hair on different body sites in a sample of autopsy cases in Sri Lanka. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Teaching Hospita...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Senanayake HMK,Wickramasinghe ND

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inks from seven black and eight blue ballpoint pens were separated by a high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method utilizing a photodiode array detection (PDA). A classifier flowchart was designed for the chromatographic data based on the presence or absence of certain peaks at different wavelengths to quali...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kher AA,Green EV,Mulholland MI

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven subjects participated in a two-part study to evaluate mouth alcohol dissipation in alcohol positive subjects. In part one, subjects rinsed their mouths with a vodka solution and were breath tested after 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 min intervals. On average, breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) decreased 20.4% (range 3.2-47...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sterling K

更新日期：2012-05-01 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 extraction of DNA from human skeletal remains applied to forensic, and evolutionary studies do not exclude risks, which are to be evaluated when working with unique specimens that could be damaged or even destroyed. In the present study were evaluated several nondestructive methods for recovering DNA instead of th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hervella M,Iñiguez MG,Izagirre N,Anta A,de-la-Rúa C

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to investigate the utility of digital dental radiographic superimposition in the various stages of development of the human dentition. Digital, computer assisted dental identification is a means of identification which allows the spatial relationships of the root and support structures of ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Wood RE,Kirk NJ,Sweet DJ

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to correctly estimate the sex of skeletal remains is vital in forensic sciences. This article investigates the sexual dimorphism of the human sacro-iliac joint, using geometric morphometric techniques that assess morphological characters better than the traditional approaches for recording outline shapes, ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Anastasiou E,Chamberlain AT

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of data collection procedures and forms used in various death investigation offices, we developed generic death investigation report forms (DIRFs). One form was designed for documenting information collected by the initial investigator of death, and another form was designed for documenting information co...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hanzlick R,Parrish RG

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the introduction of radioimmunoassay (RIA) techniques, it has become toxicologically possible to determine drug concentrations in postmortem vitreous humor. This study demonstrates and confirms this toxicological feasibility. In 49 medical examiner's drug related cases, postmortem tissue levels of morphine, barbi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ziminski KR,Wemyss CT,Bidanset JH,Manning TJ,Lukash L

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of DNA is inhibited in cases of sexual assault involving condom use. Trace evidence, including condom lubricant residues, provides crucial associative evidence in such cases. The existing Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) methods for lubricant analysis and detection are limited with regard t...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Campbell GP,Gordon AL

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00