Application of dye analysis in forensic fibre and textile examination: Case examples.

abstract：:A new solid-phase extraction procedure for the determination of cocaine and some of its metabolites in brain tissue, using high-flow co-polymeric sorbents is reported as a substantial improvement on our recently reported procedure. The recovery of cocaine, norcocaine and cocaethylene was excellent as was the reproduci...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Moore C,Browne S,Tebbett I,Negrusz A

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study determines the development rates of the immature stages of the fly Ophyra albuquerquei Lopes, 1985. In this study, with 70% relative humidity and a 12-h photophase, eggs, larvae, and pupae were kept in a biochemical oxygen demand chamber at temperatures of 10, 15, 17, 20, 22, 25, 27, 30, 33, 35, and 40°C. W...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Duarte JL,Emmerich RF,Corrêa AP,Krüger RF

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study the transient indirect effect of a rifle bullet on bone in the gelatin-bone composite target experimentally and computationally. The process of a 56 type 7.62-mm rifle bullet penetrating the composite target has been simulated using numerical method. The experiment provided the criteria for verifying the corr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zhang X,Xu C,Wen Y,Luo S

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were: first, to determine the accuracy of the Cameriere method for assessing chronological age in children based on the relationship between age and measurement of open apices in teeth and, second, to compare the accuracy of this method with the widely used Demirjian et al. method and with the m...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cameriere R,Ferrante L,Liversidge HM,Prieto JL,Brkic H

更新日期：2008-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A 79-year-old woman suffered from acute posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and a loco typico, non-displaced fracture of her right distal radius due to an incident involving the assault of two unleashed owned dogs, which suddenly ran into her and aggressively jumped on her chest and knocked her down to the ground. Re...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jovanović AA,Ivković M,Gašić MJ

更新日期：2011-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we propose an innovative methodology for automated profiling of illicit tablets by their surface granularity; a feature previously unexamined for this purpose. We make use of the tiny inconsistencies at the tablet surface, referred to as speckles, to generate a quantitative granularity profile of tablets...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lopatka M,Vallat M

更新日期：2011-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of heating on hemoglobin (Hb) and carbon monoxide (CO) levels in human blood were investigated by in vitro experiments. Head-space gas chromatography (HS-GC) using a molecular sieve 5A stationary phase and thermal conductivity detection was adopted for the measurement of CO gas, and spectrophotometric meth...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Seto Y,Kataoka M,Tsuge K

更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:In the poisonous incident case occurred in Japan, clarification of the identity between seized poisons and retrieved from crime scene is strictly required from the court. In this case, arsenous acid was used as a poisonous material and, seized one from suspect's house was only twenty particles. The synchrotron X-ray f...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Suzuki S,Suzuki Y,Ohta H,Sugita R,Kasamatsu M,Marumo Y

更新日期：2005-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Compilations of substances detected in fatal intoxications are important in order to observe changes in intoxication patterns, to monitor effects of preventive work and to discover new trends in drug usage. The aim of the present study was to describe the current pattern of substances detected in fatal intoxications i...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jönsson A,Holmgren P,Ahlner J

更新日期：2004-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Tooth formation is widely used to assess maturity and to predict age. Within clinical dentistry, such information aids in diagnosis and treatment planning. Numerous methods exist that allow either the prediction of age or an assessment of maturation. One widely used method was first described in 1973 by Demirjian et a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tunc ES,Koyuturk AE

更新日期：2008-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:3-methoxyphencyclidine (3-MeO-PCP) appeared on the illicit drug market in 2011 and is an analogue of phencyclidine, which exhibits anesthetic, analgesic and hallucinogenic properties. In this paper, we report data from a non-fatal intoxication and seven deaths involving 3-MeO-PCP in Sweden during the perio...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Johansson A,Lindstedt D,Roman M,Thelander G,Nielsen EI,Lennborn U,Sandler H,Rubertsson S,Ahlner J,Kronstrand R,Kugelberg FC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological findings of the temporal bone in 23 autopsy cases of various asphyxial fatalities were studied. The temporal bones of 12 cases who died of tumors including mammary cancer, gastric cancer, myxoma of heart and craniopharyngioma, the bones of 3 cases of heart attack and the bones of 17 cases who died of vari...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ito Y,Kimura H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cadaver and dead plant organic matter, or litter, are rich energy sources that undergo a complex decomposition process, which impact the surrounding environmental microbiota. Advances in molecular microbiology techniques, with study of the 16S RNA genes, in particular, have highlighted the application of forensic ec...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Olakanye AO,Nelson A,Ralebitso-Senior TK

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alleles present at the HLA DQ alpha locus may be typed by either allele specific oligonucleotide (ASO) probing or by restriction mapping, referred to here as amplification restriction fragment polymorphism (ARFP) analysis. ASO typing relies upon hybridization principles, whereas ARFP typing relies upon restriction...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Harrington CS,Dunaiski V,Williams KE,Fowler C

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The establishment of approaches for the differentiation of the ink entries of seals on paper can provide evidence to authenticate the related documents and can play a key role in judicial expertise. The identification and discrimination method for 38 red ink entries of seals on paper has been investigated using laser ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wang XF,Zhang Y,Wu Y,Yu J,Xie MX

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymic involution has been reported to be an important parameter of the degree and duration of child abuse. In the present study, we assessed the status of tyrosine phosphorylation signaling, which is known to play a key role in the physiological function of the thymus, in involuted thymuses of abused children through...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nishio H,Matsui K,Tsuji H,Tamura A,Suzuki K

更新日期：2000-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Besides alcohol and drugs of abuse, several popular foods contain potentially toxic substances and cases of intoxication after consumption of these foods attract notice of forensic toxicology. This is also true for the case of a 34-year-old woman who was suspected to have suffered lethal acute intoxication from eating...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Albermann ME,Musshoff F,Hagemeier L,Madea B

更新日期：2010-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies have been calculated in 13 STR loci in a Roma (Gypsy) population sample from Greece. The data can be used in forensic cases. The comparison of the allele frequencies between the Roma and the Greeks showed significant differences for the majority of the loci. Furthermore comparison to another Romany ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Deligiannidis P,Triantaphyllidis C,Psaroulis D,Kouvatsi A

更新日期：2006-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of fatalities are reported of which the recreational use of Mitragyna speciosa ("kratom") could be confirmed. One of these cases presents with one of the highest postmortem mitragynine concentrations published to date. Our results show that even extremely high mitragynine blood concentrations following the c...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Domingo O,Roider G,Stöver A,Graw M,Musshoff F,Sachs H,Bicker W

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Identification in forensic anthropology and the definition of a biological profile in bioarchaeology are essential to each of those fields and use the same methodologies. Sex, age, stature and ancestry can be conclusive or dispensable, depending on the field. The Fordisc(®) 3.0 computer program was developed to aid in...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Guyomarc'h P,Bruzek J

更新日期：2011-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a long-term project on Northeastern Brazilians, population genetic data were obtained from 323 unrelated individuals from the state of Paraíba. The loci studied were CSF1P0, TPOX, TH01, vWA, D16S539, D7S820, D13S317, D18S51, D21S11, D8S1179, F13A01, F13B and LPL. Their distributions are in Hardy-Weinberg eq...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gomes AV,Mauricio-da-Silva L,Raposo G,Vieira JR,Silva Rdos S

更新日期：2007-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Fundamental to any ballistic armour standard is the reference projectile to be defeated. Typically, for certification purposes, a consistent and symmetrical bullet geometry is assumed, however variations in bullet jacket dimensions can have far reaching consequences. Traditionally, characteristics and internal dimensi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Thornby J,Landheer D,Williams T,Barnes-Warden J,Fenne P,Norman DG,Attridge A,Williams MA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most consistently used methods of postmortem interval estimation (PMIE) is by means of body temperature measurements. Several variations of this method exist, from simple 'rules of the thumb' to quite complex equations requiring a knowledge of body mass and height. All of these methods employ a certain degr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Green MA,Wright JC

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As well as being the route for gaseous exchange, the nasal passages protect the lungs from debris and fine particulates inhaled during breathing. Foreign particles are trapped by mucus produced by membranes that line the upper respiratory tract. Even when a corpse has skeletonised, particles can be retrieved from the ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wiltshire PE,Black S

更新日期：2006-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A recent publication in this journal [1] presented the results of a field study that revealed the data provided by the fingermarks not processed in a forensic science laboratory. In their study, the authors were interested in the usefulness of this additional data in order to determine whether such fingermarks would h...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gittelson S,Bozza S,Biedermann A,Taroni F

更新日期：2013-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE), non-volatile, direct metabolites of ethanol have been shown to be suitable markers for the evaluation of social and chronic excessive alcohol consumption. Previous investigations have shown that the regular use of hair-care products with high alcohol content ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martins Ferreira L,Binz T,Yegles M

更新日期：2012-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A 24-year-old male died suddenly following the intravenous injection of what was believed to be the ring-derivate amphetamine 'ecstasy' (MDMA). Toxicological analyses of the victim's blood and the injected material, however, failed to reveal MDMA, but showed instead low levels of bufotenine, a tryptamine derivative al...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kostakis C,Byard RW

更新日期：2009-07-01 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 superimposition of a face photograph with that of a skull for identification purposes necessitates the use of comparable photographic parameters between the two image acquisition sessions, so that differences in optics and consequent recording of images does not thwart the morphological analysis. Widely divergent,...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Stephan CN

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The formation of adipocere slows further decomposition and preserves corpses for decades or even centuries. This resistance to degradation is a serious problem, especially with regard to the reuse of graves after regular resting times. We present results from an exhumation series in modern graveyards where coffins fro...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fiedler S,Berns AE,Schwark L,Woelk AT,Graw M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00