Bacterial Translocation and Sample Contamination in Postmortem Microbiological Analyses.

abstract：:A method to use ionizing radiation to inactivate HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) in human body fluids was studied in an effort to reduce the risk of accidental infection to forensic science laboratory workers. Experiments conducted indicate that an X-ray absorbed dose of 25 krad was required to completely inactivat...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bigbee PD,Sarin PS,Humphreys JC,Eubanks WG,Sun D,Hocken DG,Thornton A,Adams DE,Simic MG

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Larvae and pupae of blow fly species are frequently used in postmortem interval estimation, their age indicating minimum time since death. Most studies have considered age estimation of larvae, neglecting study of pupae. Relative development of external pupal features is useful, but there are also internal changes dur...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Davies K,Harvey ML

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of subdural hemorrhage (SDH), retinal hemorrhage (RH), and encephalopathy, or the presence of severe retinal hemorrhages alone in infants, is often attributed to and has been stated to be pathognomonic for abusive head trauma (AHT) or shaken baby syndrome. These beliefs have been challenged, because th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Shuman MJ,Hutchins KD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report regarding the characterization of the new synthetic cannabinoid 4F-MDMB-BINACA. 4F-MDMB-BINACA was first analytically confirmed in seized drug material using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF), and nuclear m...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Krotulski AJ,Mohr ALA,Kacinko SL,Fogarty MF,Shuda SA,Diamond FX,Kinney WA,Menendez MJ,Logan BK

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Subaortic pseudoaneurysms are rare but can be a cause of sudden death in young individuals. This case report involves a 20-year-old Vietnamese male who died suddenly from rupture of a subaortic pseudoaneurysm with resultant hemopericardium with tamponade. He had a history of bicuspid aortic valve with recent but heale...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Saint-Martin P,Rogers C,Carpenter E,Fishbein MC,Lau S,Sathyavagiswaran L

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zip guns and the atypical gunshot wounds they produce are rare in forensic pathology. Because of this, investigators and forensic pathologists may be unfamiliar with their construction, appearance, and the wounds associated with them. A 43-year-old mechanic, with a history of depression was found dead in a washroom st...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cunliffe CH,Denton JS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes three recent false sexual assaults examined at the Victoria Forensic Science Centre laboratory where clothing damage analysis assisted in the resolution of the case. Suspected false reports of sexual assaults are often sensitive cases with little other forensic evidence. Any evidential value that ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Taupin JM

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants born to diabetic mothers are at increased risk for symptomatic hypoglycemia and death after birth. A 36-year-old G4P3 mother with a history of gestational diabetes and newly diagnosed type II insulin-dependent diabetes gave birth at home, in the care of a midwife, to a macrosomic infant girl (10 lbs.). Several...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Schuppener LM,Corliss RF

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analysis was performed on a prehistoric human vertebral column recovered during an archaeological excavation in the Sierra of northern California. Fifteen burials believed to represent the Maidu culture of 400 to 700 years ago were recovered. The vertebral column from one of the individuals is particularly signific...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Murad TA,Mertz D

更新日期：1985-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of age in individuals has received considerable attention in forensic science, in which it is a widely used method for individual identification, together with paleo-demographic analyses to establish mortality patterns in past populations. The present investigation, which is a continuation of a previously p...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cameriere R,Ferrante L,Belcastro MG,Bonfiglioli B,Rastelli E,Cingolani M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated female experiences of stalking by former partners following the dissolution of heterosexual romantic relationships. It aimed to identify those characteristics of former partners that were associated with stalking as opposed to other post-relationship experiences of minor harassment or no-harass...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Roberts KA

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In late June 1990, the Mono County Sheriffs Department in Bridgeport, CA contacted the Physical Anthropology Human Identification Laboratory (PAHIL) at California State University, Chico to seek assistance in the identification of a recently discovered skull. To assist with possible identification, the cranium receive...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Murad TA,Murad TD

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a genetic test for full sibship for a pair of carrion flies that could reveal the postmortem relocation of a corpse. A carrion fly larva is sometimes left behind when a corpse is moved. The discovery of full sibling larvae of approximately the same developmental stage at two locations would strongly suggest...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Picard CJ,Wells JD

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current clandestine methodology for the manufacture of illicit cocaine hydrochloride utilizes microwave heating in order to dry the finished product. This study addresses the effects this step has on the occluded solvents present in newly prepared cocaine hydrochloride. Nine 1-kilogram-sized batches of cocaine hyd...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Morello DR,Casale JF,Stevenson ML,Klein RF

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The acetabulum/pubis index was tested on American Eskimo and Indian samples of innominate bones to which sex had been assigned by visual inspection. The index alone sexed 91 and 89% of the Eskimo and Indian samples, respectively. Subsequent sorting of misclassified specimens with femur head diameter resulted in 96 and...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Schulter-Ellis FP,Hayek LA

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case is reported in which radiographic comparison of a clavicle was used to establish the identification of a civilian missing from the Vietnam conflict. While the use of radiographic comparison of skeletal features is not a newly developed technique for personal identification purposes, this case outlines a unique ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Adams BJ,Maves RC

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined the cellular origin and concentration of nuclear DNA in human urine. Ten subjects provided two entire, first-morning voids: one as a single specimen and one as a consecutive series of samples. The serial samples were centrifuged, organically extracted, and quantified by slot-blot analysis. Total DN...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Johnson DJ,Calderaro AC,Roberts KA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The body of an unidentified elderly woman was found trapped in a floodgate. Prior to autopsy, full-body multislice computed tomography (MSCT) was performed for study of bone lesions and cause of death. Age was estimated by analysis of the sternal end of the fourth rib and of the pubic symphyseal medial articular surfa...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Dedouit F,Telmon N,Guilbeau-Frugier C,Gainza D,Otal P,Joffre F,Rougé D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol-related amnesia--alcohol blackout--is a common claim of criminal defendants. The generally held belief is that during an alcohol blackout, other cognitive functioning is severely impaired or absent. The presentation of alcohol blackout as scientific evidence in court requires that the science meets legal relia...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Pressman MR,Caudill DS

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Little is known about to what extent the events surrounding death can be reliably reconstructed from blunt force trauma analysis alone. In this study, we reconstruct circumstances of death from a blind blunt force trauma analysis using a sample of 21 individuals of known death circumstances, obtained from two identifi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Marinho L,Cardoso HF

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have indicated that the relative position of the inferior alveolar canal and its mental and mandibular foramina in adults vary with age and show sexual dimorphism. Conceivably, these purported differences could be of forensic value for determining identity of human remains. This study was designed to ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Angel JS,Mincer HH,Chaudhry J,Scarbecz M

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We explored the quality distribution of ninhydrin-developed prints on A4 bond paper in two groups of individuals, in Israel and in India. While the quality distributions of the developed marks in both countries had some dissimilarities, both groups showed the expected bell-shape distribution, with the majority of the ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Almog J,Sheratzki H,Elad-Levin M,Sagiv AE,Singh GD,Jasuja OP

更新日期：2011-01-01 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：:A new set of multiplexed PCR primers has been applied to the analysis of human skeletal remains to determine their efficacy in analyzing degraded DNA. These primer sets, known as Miniplexes, produce shorter amplicons (50-280 base pairs (bp)) than standard short tandem repeat (STR) kits, but still utilize the 13 CODIS ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Opel KL,Chung DT,Drábek J,Tatarek NE,Jantz LM,McCord BR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this report, the authors present a case of unusual, accidental methadone intoxication in a 40-year-old man, who had inhaled methadone powder. The drug dealer was a pharmacy technician; methadone had been stolen from a pharmacy and sold as cocaine. After having inhaled methadone powder, he suffered cardiopulmonary a...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Palmiere C,Brunel C,Sporkert F,Augsburger M

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent court challenges have highlighted the need for statistical research on fingerprint identification. This paper proposes a model for computing likelihood ratios (LRs) to assess the evidential value of comparisons with any number of minutiae. The model considers minutiae type, direction and relative spatial relati...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Neumann C,Champod C,Puch-Solis R,Egli N,Anthonioz A,Bromage-Griffiths A

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The record files of the Dade County Medical Examiner Department were reviewed and 133 homicide-suicides were identified. Of these, ten (or 7.5%) were female perpetrated. The chart data of these 10 female homicide-suicide perpetrators, chart data of 50 female homicide-suicide victims, and 50 female individual suicides ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Fishbain DA,Rao VJ,Aldrich TE

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rapid, accurate, precise, reproducible, economical, and environmentally gentle method using capillary electrophoresis (CE) is presented for the routine analysis of methamphetamine, amphetamine, MDA, MDMA, MDEA, and cocaine in seized drugs. The methodology uses a 32 cm by 50 microm capillary (length to detector 23.5 ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lurie IS,Bethea MJ,McKibben TD,Hays PA,Pellegrini P,Sahai R,Garcia AD,Weinberger R

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin detail of the hand is used in photographic comparisons, yet its reliability has not been evaluated. This study examines a count-based method for documenting skin features. In Part I, 14 individuals counted skin features on 40 color images of the hand, three of which were repeated. An average correlation value of ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Malone CA,Salyards MJ,Hein M

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00