Ion channelopathies associated genetic variants as the culprit for sudden unexplained death.

abstract：:Cocaine abuse is widespread all over the world, and is performed generally by sniffing, injecting or smoking cocaine or crack. The distinction between the recreational use of cocaine from the practice of the so called "coqueo" is still an issue in those countries where this habit is diffused and where it is not consid...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rubio C,Strano-Rossi S,Tabernero MJ,Anzillotti L,Chiarotti M,Bermejo AM

更新日期：2013-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man was found hanged on the concrete dam of a water reservoir. The ligature, a braided rope made of synthetic fibres, was attached to a lamp on the dam crest. The length of the rope between the fastening point and the noose was about 4m. At autopsy, stretchmark-like intimal tears of the carotid arteries ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kramer L,Große Perdekamp M,Geisenberger D,Pircher R,Pollak S,Schmidt U

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) is a conundrum to both forensic pathologists and physicians, more than 80% of which the molecular pathogenesis remains unclear. Reported studies on both clinical and genetic phenotypes suggest SUNDS is related to congenital and acquired arrhythmias. Recent researches...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wu Q,Wu Y,Zhang L,Zheng J,Tang S,Cheng J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic assessment of skeletal material includes age estimation of unknown individuals. When dealing with extremely fragmented human remains that lack macro-features used in age estimation, histological assessment of the skeletal elements can be employed. Historically, microscopic methods for age assessment used by f...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kranioti EF,Michopoulou E,Tsiminikaki K,Bonicelli A,Kalochristianakis M,Xhemali B,Paine RR,García-Donas JG

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Likelihood ratios are increasingly being adopted to convey expert evaluative opinions to courts. In the absence of appropriate databases, many of these likelihood ratios will include verbal rather than numerical estimates of the support offered by the analysis. However evidence suggests that verbal formulations of unc...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martire KA,Kemp RI,Sayle M,Newell BR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In autopsy files from April 1999 to April 2001, five cases showed macroscopic subendocardial small infarct above 1 cm diameter in the superior ventricular septum (SVS) near the atrioventricular (AV) junction, and all five were finally considered to be sudden cardiac death after full investigation. All these small infa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nishida N,Ikeda N,Katayama Y,Kudo K,Takasaki T

更新日期：2003-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The Mombello Psychiatric Hospital in Limbiate, near Milan, replaced the old Senavra Hospital as the Psychiatric Hospital for the Province of Milan in the 19th century. During the early 20th century, bodies of several Mombello patients were dissected and preserved by Giuseppe Paravicini, an anatomist who operated withi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Musshoff F,Fels H,Carli A,Piombino-Mascali D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mathematical modeling of the microbial ethanol production under strict anaerobic experimental conditions for some bacterial species has been proposed by our research group as the first approximation to the quantification of the microbial ethanol production in cases where other alcohols were produced simultaneously...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Boumba VA,Kourkoumelis N,Gousia P,Economou V,Papadopoulou C,Vougiouklakis T

更新日期：2013-10-10 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：:When a gun is fired, the majority of gunshot residues are deposited on the shooter's hands. But these residues disappear through contact with surfaces or washing. Therefore, the maximum time frame to find GSR on a suspect's hands is 8h. The mucus, inside of a nostril, forms a surface layer where they are trapped forei...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Aliste M,Chávez LG

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When tried in court, mothers accused of neonaticide may claim that the umbilical cord just broke during birth and the newborn child bled to death accordingly. To evaluate the possibility of a breakage of the umbilical cord is the goal of this work. Therefore 25 umbilical cords from neonates of both sexes born at term ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tantius B,Rothschild MA,Valter M,Michael J,Banaschak S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carrion insect succession patterns have long been used to estimate the postmortem interval (PMI) during a death investigation. However, no published carrion succession study included sufficient replication to calculate a confidence interval about a PMI estimate based on occurrence data. We exposed 53 pig carcasses (16...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Perez AE,Haskell NH,Wells JD

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A few cases of the sudden unintended acceleration have been reported over the last few years [1-11] and some of them seemed to be somewhat related to an electronic throttle control (ETC) system [11,12]. In this experimental study, efforts were made to reproduce the cases of sudden unintended acceleration possibly rela...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Park S,Choi Y,Choi W

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The proximal and distal parts of the femur show the differences between the sexes. Head diameter and the breadth of the epicondyle of the femur are known to distinguish males from females. The proximal end of the femur is studied to determine sex using discriminant analysis but; its distal end is not done. This study ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kim DI,Kwak DS,Han SH

更新日期：2013-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Pyrethroids, organic compounds similar to natural pyrethrums, constitute the majority of insecticides. Pyrethroids are widely used around the world owing to their excellent selective toxicity to certain insects. In addition, they are easily found in daily life, accounting for most household pesticides. Owing to the ea...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jeong D,Kang JS,Kim KM,Baek SH,Choe S,Pyo J

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments in the month of September 2005 were performed to study nocturnal larviposition by the flesh flies (Diptera: Sarcophagidae). Two species namely Sarcophaga albiceps Meigen and Sarcophaga hirtipes Wiedemann were observed to deposit their larvae during night time as well. Therefore, possibility of night larvip...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Singh D,Bharti M

更新日期：2008-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Four fatalities related to smuggling of drugs by body-packing were investigated. The victims were examined at the Institute of Forensic Medicine of Hamburg University between 1983 and 1995, two of them due to "sudden" unknown cause of death. All victims were male. Two of them were found already dead in a backyard and ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Heinemann A,Miyaishi S,Iwersen S,Schmoldt A,Püschel K

更新日期：1998-03-02 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：:Research into fingermark enhancement techniques has traditionally used visual comparisons and qualitative methods to assess their effectiveness based on the quality of the developed fingermark. However, with increasing research into the optimisation of these techniques the need for a quantitative evaluative method has...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Humphreys JD,Porter G,Bell M

更新日期：2008-06-10 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：UNLABELLED:The paper gives a review of the development of methods of postmortem electrical excitability of skeletal muscle for determining the time since death. For practical application in casework, the following method can be proposed: position of electrodes in the orbicularis oculi muscle, stimulation by rectangular...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Madea B,Henssge C

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved technique for cocaine extraction from urine samples for gas chromatographic (GC) analysis is described. Employing a simple liquid-liquid extraction (LLE) of cocaine with a mixture of ethyl ether:isopropanol (9:1) the method presents a mean recovery of 74.49%. Limit of detection (LOD) and limit of quantific...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Farina M,Yonamine M,Silva OA

更新日期：2002-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man is discovered unconscious in a pool of blood in the kitchen of his house. According to findings, the man used a 22 long Rifle to fire 14 shots at his thorax with trajectories going from front to back, from right to left and on a nearly horizontal level. All the projectiles got into the left front sid...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Boxho P

更新日期：1999-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a sensitive UPLC-MS/MS method for quantification of methadone and 2-ethylidene-1,5-dimethyl-3,3-diphenylpyrrolidine (EDDP) in single empty puparial case of Lucilia sericata. Larvae were reared on substrates spiked with different concentrations of methadone (0-4 μg/g). Methadone was quantified in p...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gosselin M,Di Fazio V,Wille SM,Fernandez Mdel M,Samyn N,Bourel B,Rasmont P

更新日期：2011-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:CT scanning of the deceased is an established technique performed on all individuals admitted to VIFM over the last 5 years. It is used primarily to assist pathologists in determining cause and manner of death but is also invaluable for identification of unknown deceased individuals where traditional methods are not p...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： O'Donnell C,Iino M,Mansharan K,Leditscke J,Woodford N

更新日期：2011-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A duplex primer set for the amplification of mitochondrial DNA HVI and HVII control regions was evaluated for the optimization of a DNA sequencing protocol suitable for forensic casework. HVI and HVII products, with the absence of non-specific products, could be detected by agarose gel electrophoresis when as little a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Chong MD,Calloway CD,Klein SB,Orrego C,Buoncristiani MR

更新日期：2005-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：:For prospective investigation of drugs and metabolites in archaeological and contemporary dental calculus, a sensitive, broadly applicable ultra-high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method using pneumatically assisted electrospray ionisation (UHPLC-ESI-MS/MS) was developed. The dental calcul...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sørensen LK,Hasselstrøm JB,Larsen LS,Bindslev DA

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Switzerland, the sale of cannabis with tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) content less than 1% has recently been legalized. As a consequence, cannabis with low THC and high cannabidiol (CBD) values up to approximately 25% is legally available on the market. In this study, we investigated cannabinoid blood and urine concent...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Meier U,Dussy F,Scheurer E,Mercer-Chalmers-Bender K,Hangartner S

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The use of methadone in opioid maintenance treatment (OMT) is potentially associated with a number of adverse effects and the risk of fatal toxicity. Increased methadone availability may lead to an increase in methadone-related deaths. We have investigated methadone-related deaths in Norway over the period...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bernard JP,Havnes I,Slørdal L,Waal H,Mørland J,Khiabani HZ

更新日期：2013-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Modifications of cotton and polyester textiles due to shots fired at short range were analyzed with a variable pressure scanning electron microscope (VP-SEM). Different mechanisms of fiber rupture as a function of fiber type and shooting distance were detected, namely fusing, melting, scorching, and mechanical breakag...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hinrichs R,Frank PRO,Vasconcellos MAZ

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00