Mastoid triangle for sex determination in adult Nigerian population: a validation study.

abstract：:A manner of death may be ruled undetermined by the forensic pathologist when there is insufficient information about the circumstances surrounding the death to make a ruling. The aim of our study was to retrospectively analyze a series of autopsy cases that were classified as undetermined manner of death after complet...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Advenier AS,Guillard N,Alvarez JC,Martrille L,Lorin de la Grandmaison G

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 58-year-old man who committed suicide using a modern crossbow. The victim shot himself in the chest with a conical field-tip arrow from close proximity. We first presumed that this was a case of homicide committed with a firearm. We were, however, subsequently proved wrong. The reasons for the pr...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Zátopková L,Hejna P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short tandem repeat (STR) loci amplified by PCR are known as a useful tool for individual identification and paternity testing. Direct PCR amplification from small amounts of whole blood is a rapid and convenient method for population screening for STR and VNTR markers. The allele frequencies of the vWF locus were det...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Khatib H,Ezzughayyar M,Ayesh S

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Erythrocyte acid phosphatase is a useful system for the crime laboratory for both fresh and degraded blood and bloodstains, provided the inherent problems of phenotyping this particular enzyme system are recognized. Because of the great number of variables affecting this enzyme system in vitro, phenotyping should not ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Zajac PL,Grunbaum BW

更新日期：1978-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study concentrates on samples of bare pork skin, with and without bristles, and dried bovine ribs shot with a semi-automatic pistol to find the best methodology and sampling surface in the search for inorganic gunshot residues (IGSR). Four quadrants of known surface areas were sampled at different distances from ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Merli D,Amadasi A,Mazzarelli D,Cappella A,Castoldi E,Ripa S,Cucca L,Cattaneo C,Profumo A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA is often difficult to extract from old bones and teeth due to low levels of DNA and high levels of degradation. This study established a simple yet efficient method for extracting DNA from 20 aged bones and teeth (approximately 60 years old). Based on the concentration and STR typing results, the new method of DNA...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Liu Q,Liu L,Zhang M,Zhang Q,Wang Q,Ding X,Shao L,Zhou Z,Wang S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews 18 publications that advocate the use of product tampering and other poisoning methods as techniques for exacting revenge against individuals and corporations, as methods of committing murder, and for other criminal purposes. Several of the particular techniques recommended in these publications sub...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Dietz PE

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decomposition studies were conducted at two sites on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, to compare patterns of decomposition and arthropod invasion in intertidal and adjacent terrestrial habitats. The animal model used was the domestic pig. One site was on Coconut Island in Kaneohe Bay on the northeast side of Oahu, and the ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Davis JB,Goff ML

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual assault evidence samples require the use of a specific process known as a differential digestion to separate sperm from nonsperm cells prior to DNA extraction. An automated differential digestion process was developed using a selective degradation technique, which uses DNase I to digest the remaining nonsperm D...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Wong H,Mihalovich J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were performed to determine the extent of cross-contamination of DNA resulting from secondary transfer due to fingerprint brushes used on multiple items of evidence. Analysis of both standard and low copy number (LCN) STR was performed. Two different procedures were used to enhance sensitivity, post-PCR cl...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bolivar PA,Tracey M,McCord B

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study utilizes geographic information systems (GIS) and spatial analysis (SA) technology to address the problems associated with prediction of location and effective recovery of dumped and scattered human remains in Louisiana. The goals are to determine if a selective bias exists in Louisiana as to where and when...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Manhein MH,Listi GA,Leitner M

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the relationship between hyoid bone shape and fracture pattern figures prominently in forensic investigations of strangulation, few quantitative data exist on age and sex differences in hyoid morphology. An image analysis system was used to take a series of 30 measurements on digitized radiographs of 315 hyoi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Miller KW,Walker PL,O'Halloran RL

更新日期：1998-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure has been developed to extract and recover minute amounts of delta-9-carboxytetrahydrocannabinol (THC-COOH) from urine. A new non-isotopic internal standard is introduced to permit a chromatographic assay of the metabolite. The method affords a 91% recovery of 20 ng/mL of the THC-COOH acid from spiked urine...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nakamura GR,Meeks RD,Stall WJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concentrations of antimony, copper, tin, arsenic, silver, bismuth, and cadmium in lead alloys produced by two smelters and one ammunition manufacturer were determined using inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. These element concentrations were used to measure the variations in composition of le...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Koons RD,Grant DM

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:An improved technique for recording infrared spectra from minute amounts of synthetic fibers by using KBr micropellets is described. The procedure is the same for all commonly encountered synthetic fiber varieties; hence, no preliminary identification is required. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Grieve MC,Kearns JA

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Potassium chloride intravenous injection is used in suicide attempts and lethal procedures for state-sanctioned punishment. Owing to its relatively high concentrations in hemolyzed blood (25-80 mM) compared to serum (about 4 mM), it is difficult to conclude potassium poisoning by postmortem analysis of biologic sample...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bertol E,Politi L,Mari F

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celebratory gunfire injuries from "falling bullets" occur when guns are fired into the air during celebrations without realizing that this can cause serious injuries or even fatalities. Fatal celebratory gunfire injury is an uncommonly reported event in the continental United States. Our electronic database was querie...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rapkiewicz AV,Shuman MJ,Hutchins KD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low recovery rate of intact crania in conflict-related contexts necessitates the use of postcranial elements for ancestry estimation. This study aimed to develop a new method to discriminate between Korean and U.S. White casualties from the Korean War using vertebrae. Maximum body heights of C2 through L5 were measure...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Jeong Y,Jeong G,Pergande S,Lee K

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since forensic facial approximations are used to promote recognition of a deceased person, an accurate forensic facial approximation (FFA) should be easily recognized as the person to whom the skull belonged (target individual). However, the accuracy of FFAs has been previously assessed by the direct comparison of an ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Stephan CN

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful identification of human skeletal remains relies on proven diagnostic techniques for sex determination. This research utilized 608 individuals from South Africa (420 men, 188 women) to conduct a blind nonmetric determination of sex from three features of the distal humerus: olecranon fossa shape, angle o...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Vance VL,Steyn M,L'Abbé EN

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On September 10, 2003, Anna Lindh, the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs, was assassinated. The offender, a 24-year-old man, was a socially isolated, culturally and familially dislocated, yet academically quite competent young man who became enthralled with the habitual criminality of some of his relatives and thei...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Unsgaard E,Meloy JR

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of these studies was to evaluate the performance characteristics of the Cozart Microplate Enzyme Immunoassay (EIA) for the determination of methadone in oral fluid from patients in a drug misuse treatment program. Oral fluid specimens were collected using the Cozart RapiScan Collection system from 198 dono...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cooper G,Wilson L,Reid C,Baldwin D,Hand C,Spiehler V

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accidents and inflicted trauma account for 33% and 5-8% of childhood deaths, respectively. Injuries secondary to falling televisions have been reported in the clinical literature. However, descriptions of such injuries at autopsy are limited. The severity and patterns of injury may mimic those considered ''typical'' o...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Deisch J,Quinton R,Gruszecki AC

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six multiplex PCR systems using single-base extension reactions to analyze 46 mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)-coding region single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that define 42 haplogroups, that is, 24 major mtDNA haplogroups and 18 subclades, were devised. To improve the usefulness of the established systems for the analy...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nunotani M,Sato N,Kamei S,Shiozaki T,Hayashi T,Asamura H

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When determining an age estimate from adult skeletal remains, forensic anthropologists face a series of methodological choices. These decisions, such as which skeletal region to evaluate, which methods to apply, what statistical information to use, and how to combine information from multiple methods, ultimately impac...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Garvin HM,Passalacqua NV

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 48-year-old woman accused of killing at least 12 elderly women and attempting to kill another one during the last 3 years is presented. Extensive neuropsychological, electrophysiological, and neuropsychiatric testing showed no evidence of a DSM-IV-TR Axis I diagnosis, but a decrease in executive function...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ostrosky-Solís F,Vélez-García A,Santana-Vargas D,Pérez M,Ardila A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genipin, a hydrolytic product of geniposide extracted from gardenia fruit, was thoroughly studied as a potential fingerprint reagent, and optimal conditions for fingerprint development have been determined. Latent fingerprints on paper items that have been treated with a non-ink running formulation containing 0.17% of...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Levinton-Shamuilov G,Cohen Y,Azoury M,Chaikovsky A,Almog J

更新日期：2005-11-01 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 diagnosis of death as a result of starvation is established on anthropological measurements, visual appearance of the deceased on external and internal examination, microscopic analysis, laboratory testing, and exclusion of other causes of death. Herein, we present our findings on a case of 95-year-old man who die...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Baković M,Vreča P,Mayer D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00