Testing for ethanol markers in hair: discrepancies after simultaneous quantification of ethyl glucuronide and fatty acid ethyl esters.

abstract：:An increased number of police enquiries involving human remains buried with lime have demonstrated the need for more research into the effect of different types of lime on cadaver decomposition and its micro-environment. This study follows previous studies by the authors who have investigated the effects of lime on th...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Schotsmans EM,Fletcher JN,Denton J,Janaway RC,Wilson AS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As fatal trauma to the neck is often associated with short survival times, proof of vitality may often be difficult using standard histochemical techniques. Soft tissue neck injuries resulting from strangulation by ligature or manual strangulation were examined immunohistochemically using antibodies to myoglobin, fibr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fieguth A,Franz D,Lessig R,Kleemann WJ

更新日期：2003-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigations were carried out on 99 brains of which 83 exhibited macroscopic features of brain oedema. The tissue investigated came from four regions of the brain: the cortex of frontal and occipital regions, the white matter and the tissue of the pons varioli. The percentage of water in these regions was evalua...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Madro R,Chagowski W

更新日期：1987-10-01 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：:With the increasing prevalence of obesity, the use of counterfeit drugs for weight loss is widespread owing to their easy and rapid availability. Since counterfeit weight-loss drugs are not prepared under the rigorous standard of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), they pose a risk to public health and cause significan...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lee JH,Park HN,Kim NS,Park S,Bogonda G,Oh K,Kang H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem methanol levels in bone marrow and heart blood were determined in rabbits. The average ratio of blood concentration to observed bone marrow concentration in 36 rabbits was 2.6 +/- 0.6 with a range of 1.5 to 4.2. Correcting for the lipid content of the bone marrow decreased the average ratio, reduced the rat...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Winek CL,Susa D

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the presence of alcohol, phosphatidylcholine (PC) is transformed to the direct alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol (PEth). This reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme phospholipase D (PLD) and dependent on substrate availability. As recent methods have solely focused on the determination of PEth, information about t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Luginbühl M,Willem S,Schürch S,Weinmann W

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Direct detection of amphetamine type stimulants (ATSs) including methylamphetamine (MA) in street samples and biological matrices without the need for pretreatment or extraction is a great challenge for forensic drug analysis. Electrochemical techniques, such as electrochemiluminescence (ECL), are promising tools for ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： McGeehan J,Dennany L

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1968, when the Harvard Committee defined brain-death to characterize irreversible coma, the question of when a doctor might stop resuscitation remained unresolved: brain-death is a safe, but not a sufficient criterion. Furthermore, the committee defined brain-death to be the death of man without any more than pragm...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wuermeling HB

更新日期：1994-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of isoelectric focusing (IEF) in ultra-thin polyacrylamide gels as a method of phenotyping erythrocyte acid phosphatase (EAP) has been applied to a large number of red cell lysate and dried bloodstains. This paper presents the results of this study and discusses some features of the IEF patterns and prob...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Divall GB

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein-based medicines, or large molecule medicines, are innovative products used to treat various diseases like hepatitis or cancer. This new generation of molecules are usually expensive, and thus represents an attractive target for the counterfeiters. Due to the complexity of their chemical structure, their analys...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dégardin K,Desponds A,Roggo Y

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three novel fluorescent dyes were evaluated for the detection of latent fingermarks on different types and colors of adhesive tapes. Compared with the conventional reagents used to reveal latent fingermarks on these surfaces, these new fluorescent dyes have many advantages. They are highly selective to fingermarks, re...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Barros HL,Stefani V

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The timely identification of vehicles involved in an accident, such as a hit-and-run situation, bears great importance in forensics. To this end, procedures have been defined for analyzing car paint samples that combine techniques such as visual analysis and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. This work proposes ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Thoonen G,Nys B,Vander Haeghen Y,De Roy G,Scheunders P

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many techniques available for the recovery of fingermarks at scenes of crime including the possibility of taking casts of the marks. Casts can be advantageous in cases where other destructive recovery techniques might not be suitable, such as when recovering finger marks deposited on valued or immobile items...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Shalhoub R,Quinones I,Ames C,Multaney B,Curtis S,Seeboruth H,Moore S,Daniel B

更新日期：2008-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously identified difficulty with the development of latent fingerprints on low-density polyethylene (LDPE) by vacuum metal deposition (VMD) is that excess gold deposition prevents effective zinc deposition and so inhibits latent print development [1]. The investigation of a means to correct for excess gold depo...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jones N,Stoilovic M,Lennard C,Roux C

更新日期：2001-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Changes in water diffusion can be quantified by diffusion-weighted MR imaging. However, there are only few reports about changes in post mortem brain. The aim of this study was to investigate the temporal pattern of the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) in the brain after death, to compare the values to in v...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Schmidt TM,Fischer R,Acar S,Lorenzen M,Heinemann A,Wedegärtner U,Adam G,Yamamura J

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:While it has a long history, the last 30 years have brought considerable advances to the discipline of forensic anthropology worldwide. Every so often it is essential that these advances are noticed and trends assessed. It is also important to identify those research areas that are needed for the forthcoming years. Th...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Işcan MY

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postmortem root band (PMRB) is a distinct microscopic feature that is postulated to occur in hair remaining in the follicle during the postmortem interval [1] (Petraco et al., 1998). The scientific validity of this premise has been highlighted in two recent high-profile criminal cases involving PMRBs [2,3] (State of...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hietpas J,Buscaglia J,Richard AH,Shaw S,Castillo HS,Donfack J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the immunohistochemical distributions of ubiquitin (Ub) and myoglobin (Mb) in human kidney tissues to assist the pathological assessment of death due to trauma. Medicolegal autopsy cases at our institute (n=138: 0-96 years of age, 105 males and 33 females) were examined. Causes of death were blunt injury (...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ishikawa T,Zhu BL,Li DR,Zhao D,Michiue T,Maeda H

更新日期：2007-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Visible absorption spectra were recorded for single textile fibers using a microspectrophotometer based on a liquid crystal tunable filter. Spectra compared well with results from a conventional instrument. Some advantages include very fast and simple sample preparation and easy comparison of multiple fibers at the sa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Markstrom LJ,Mabbott GA

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A multicentre retrospective analysis of 4450 autopsies carried out due to suspicion of medical malpractice in 17 German institutes of forensic medicine from 1990 to 2000 was performed for the German Federal Ministry of Health. During the time period analysed an increase of cases could be mentioned. The main results of...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Madea B,Preuss J

更新日期：2009-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an experiment to investigate the potential effectiveness of an international DNA database for linking unsolved crimes using the data from a collaborative exercise among members of the European DNA Profiling Group. We show that effective retrieval of unknown samples will be feasible even from large database...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Evett IW,Scranage J,Pinchin R

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingermarks that have insufficient characteristics for identification often have discernible characteristics that could form the basis for lesser degrees of correspondence or probability of occurrence within a population. Currently, those latent prints that experts judge to be insufficient for identification are not u...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Stoney DA,De Donno M,Champod C,Wertheim PA,Stoney PL

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Road accident reconstruction by simulation represents an important step to determine what happened, as well as responsibilities of subjects involved in the event. To allow the reconstruction, a large variety of well-established simulative approaches are available on the market, e.g., impulse-momentum models, finite el...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vangi D,Begani F,Spitzhüttl F,Gulino MS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies for the 15 autosomic STR loci included in the PowerPlex 16 System kit (Promega) were estimated from a sample of 111 unrelated individuals living in Neuquen province, southwest of Argentina. Population showed to be in HWE. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Toscanini U,Berardi G,Raimondi E

更新日期：2003-07-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The key component of the PharmChek sweat patch, the membrane, has been tested for the passage of externally applied materials. Drugs in the uncharged state rapidly penetrated the membrane but charged species were greatly slowed. In basic media, detectable concentrations of cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin were obs...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kidwell DA,Smith FP

更新日期：2001-02-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Careful examination of foot impressions can provide important evidences and clues in a crime scene investigation. The present study is conducted on a cross-sectional sample of 1040 adult male Gujjars inhabiting the sub-Himalayan region of North India. The study describes the utility of individualizing characteristics ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Krishan K

更新日期：2007-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Reported here is a very rare case in which the bruises were caused to the lower anterior region of the right thigh by the impact of the rim of a scooter's seat made up of a slightly flexible plastic sheet covered with artificial leather. The bruises depicted the pattern of the subjacent lower end of the femur and the ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wankhede AG

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This method for the determination of haloperidol (HAL) in plasma is based on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a reversed-phase column, ODS-C18. HAL is rapidly extracted from human plasma by using Bond Elut C18 cartridge and its recovery is over 90%. The mobile phase is a mixture of 1% acetate/acetoni...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hayakari M,Hashimoto Y,Kita T,Murakami S

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The likelihood ratio paradigm has been studied as a means for quantifying the strength of evidence for a variety of forensic evidence types. Although the concept of a likelihood ratio as a comparison of the plausibility of evidence under two propositions (or hypotheses) is straightforward, a number of issues arise whe...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Davis LJ,Saunders CP,Hepler A,Buscaglia J

更新日期：2012-03-10 00:00:00