Analysis of dihydrocodeine in urine using Sep-Pak C18 cartridges for sample cleanup.

abstract：:Agencies all around the world now use less-lethal weapons with homogeneous missiles such as bean bag or rubber bullets. Contusions and sometimes significant morbidity have been reported. This study focuses on wounds caused by hybrid ammunition with the pathologists' flap-by-flap procedure. Twenty-four postmortem human...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： de Freminville H,Prat N,Rongieras F,Voiglio EJ

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand how time and temperature could affect latent fingerprints, wooden pallets were used to construct five units that each housed ten 60-watt incandescent light bulbs. Fingerprints were deposited on the top, middle, and base of the globes. The bulbs were powered on (except the control bulb in each unit) for 1...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Colella O,Miller M,Boone E,Buffington-Lester S,Curran FJ 3rd,Simmons T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Timing of oviposition on a corpse is a key factor in entomologically based minimum postmortem interval (mPMI) calculations. However, there is considerable variation in nocturnal oviposition behavior of blow flies reported in the research literature. This study investigated nocturnal oviposition in central England for ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Barnes KM,Grace KA,Bulling MT

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the genetic identification of James "Earthquake McGoon" McGovern, a WWII fighter ace who perished in Laos while providing supplies to French troops during the French Indochina war. Because reference samples were unavailable for all of the potential casualties, testing of the entire mitochondrial ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Irwin JA,Edson SM,Loreille O,Just RS,Barritt SM,Lee DA,Holland TD,Parsons TJ,Leney MD

更新日期：2007-09-01 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：:The authors report on their macro- and microscopy study of bone lesions made by a sharp force instrument (a single blade knife), and a sharp-blunt instrument classified as a chopping weapon (a hatchet). The aim of this work was to attempt to identify the instrument by analyzing the general class characteristics of the...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Alunni-Perret V,Muller-Bolla M,Laugier JP,Lupi-Pégurier L,Bertrand MF,Staccini P,Bolla M,Quatrehomme G

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this study were to enable geometric morphometric sex classification using tibial proximal and distal sexual dimorphism and to evaluate the secular trend of tibial shape/form from the early 20th century to the present day. The study samples consisted of 61 adult tibias from an early 20th-century Czech popul...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Brzobohatá H,Krajíček V,Horák Z,Velemínská J

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unclaimed dead are deceased persons with no known next of kin (NoK) or NoK was located but did not claim the deceased. Unclaimed dead in Marion County, Indiana, 2004-2011, are examined. Comparisons are provided of the unclaimed to the claimed dead population and county death patterns. Race, gender, marital status, age...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Quinet K,Nunn S,Ballew A

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preventative dental treatment has reduced caries incidence and thereby rendered dental identification, in caries-free individuals, more difficult. An alternate method comparing spatial relationships of dental structures in digitized superimposed antemortem and postmortem radiographs has been previously developed. This...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Goldstein M,Sweet DJ,Wood RE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thermal neutron activation analysis and instrumental gamma-ray spectrometry were used to analyze the elemental constituents in the head hair from sedentary Indian populations in the Venezuelan Amazonas region. Concentration values for 30 elements were determined quantitatively, and the presence of 7 others was detecte...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Perkons AK,Velandia JA,Dienes M

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a recent investigation into the death of a cat that was initially thought to involve intentionally burning the animal via the use of an ignitable liquid. The exposure of the animal to flame was ruled out. Instead, forensic investigation revealed the intentional mixing together of a common outdoor swimming po...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sandercock PM,Barnett JS

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case concerns a sudden death of a patient with Chiari I malformation. A 17-year-old female was seen unconscious then fell off a motorbike during the vehicle acceleration. The girl was confirmed dead on the way to hospital, being previously asymptomatic and with a clean medical record. Autopsy findings showed an e...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Zhang J,Shao Y,Qin Z,Liu N,Zou D,Huang P,Chen Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study evaluated both site dependent differences and time dependent changes in postmortem morphine concentrations in man. In 32 deaths involving morphine, left ventricular blood, femoral blood, and cisternal cerebrospinal fluid, were collected as soon after death as possible (T1), and collected again together with...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Logan BK,Smirnow D

更新日期：1996-03-01 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：:Self-embedding behavior (SEB) is the repeated insertion of sharp objects, such as needles or pins, into the soft tissues of abdomen, limbs, and other body parts. In this study, two cases of SEB were reported and the scientific worldwide literature reviewed. Thirty-two cases of SEB were identified through systematic se...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Mannarino VS,Pereira DCS,Gurgel WS,Costa CBF,Valença AM,Fontenelle LF,Mendlowicz MV

更新日期：2017-07-01 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：: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：:This study conducts an investigation of fatal falls from height, examines gender differences, and compares our findings with those of Western countries. We review deaths in Taiwan caused by falls from height that underwent forensic autopsy from 1994 to 2010. Among the examined cases, 182 were suicide, 156 were acciden...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Peng TA,Lee CC,Lin JC,Shun CT,Shaw KP,Weng TI

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The documentation of dental materials used in the USA during the WWII era is readily available, while references for the Japanese are minimal. It was therefore important to build a photographic database of Japanese restorative care which could be utilized as a comparison tool for the deployed odontologist. The dental ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Shiroma CY

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to the scanty evidence on usefulness of information of appearance of gray hair for age estimation, this study was conducted to estimate age based on the appearance of gray hair on different body sites in a sample of autopsy cases in Sri Lanka. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Teaching Hospita...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Senanayake HMK,Wickramasinghe ND

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a marker of degeneration within the skeleton, frequently associated with age. This study quantifies the correlation between OA and age-at-death and investigates the utility of shoulder OA as a forensic age indicator using a modern North American sample of 206 individuals. Lipping, surface porosi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Brennaman AL,Love KR,Bethard JD,Pokines JT

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-five permanent teeth, including eight carious ones whose pulp cavities had been exposed, were used for this research 3-5 weeks after extraction. Phosphate-buffered saline (PBS, at pH 7.2) was employed to extract ABO blood group substance from tooth powder. ABO grouping was performed on blood-stained compresses ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Xingzhi X,Ji L,Hao F,Ming L,Zhuyao L

更新日期：1993-07-01 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 black soldier fly, Hermetia illucens (L.), is thought to colonize corpses 20-30 days postmortem. However, recent observations indicate this might not be true for all cases. Therefore, we conducted a study examining colonization by the black soldier fly and other Diptera on pig carrion in a plowed field in southern...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Tomberlin JK,Sheppard DC,Joyce JA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When deaths occur in water, soft tissue decomposes after a temperature-dependent period, making DNA identification dependent on bone. This study examined the effects of water on bone DNA purity and quantity, and determined the best of three extraction methods for isolating DNA. The organic phenol-chloroform method con...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cartozzo C,Singh B,Boone E,Simmons T

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive and reliable method for extraction and quantification of benzoylecgonine (BZE) and cocaine (COC) in urine is presented. Propyl-chloroformate was used as derivatizing agent, and it was directly added to the urine sample: the propyl derivative and COC were then recovered by liquid-liquid extraction procedure...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Chericoni S,Stefanelli F,Da Valle Y,Giusiani M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report details a fingerprinting technique for softening mummified fingers and hands using Metaflow and Restorative, a fluid for rehydration of desiccated tissue. This procedure has proven successful in cases of extreme desiccation and has allowed for good fingerprint detail to be developed. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Haglund WD

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide by inhalation of carbon monoxide produced by mixing formic acid and sulfuric acid within a confined space is a rare method of suicide. This method is similar to the so-called "detergent suicide" method where an acid-based detergent is mixed with a sulfur source to produce hydrogen sulfide. Both methods produce...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lin PT,Dunn WA

更新日期：2014-01-01 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：:Classification of ignitable liquids in accordance with voluntary consensus-based standards published by ASTM International has become increasingly specific, relying upon both the chemical composition and the boiling point range of submitted ignitable liquids. This classification system includes among others, specific ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Dolan JA,Stauffer E

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00