Revealing a decades-old fingermark with cyanoacrylate fuming and rhodamine 6G.

abstract：:Allele and genotype frequencies for D1S80, 3'ApoB and YNZ22 loci have been determined in a population sample of the North of Portugal using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification and nonradioactive detection. The distribution of genotypes in the three polymorphisms studied is in agreement with expected valu...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Pinheiro MF,Pontes ML,Huguet E,Gené M,da Costa JP,Moreno P

更新日期：1996-05-17 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：: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 retrospective investigation of the exposure to toxic substances by general unknown screening of hair is still a difficult task because of the large number of possible poisons, the low sample amount and the difficult sample matrix. In this study the use of liquid chromatography-hybrid quadrupole time-of-flight mass...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Broecker S,Herre S,Pragst F

更新日期：2012-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A new series of fingerprint developing membrane were prepared using ninhydrin as the developing agent, and pressure-sensitive emulsifiers as the encapsulated chemicals. The type of emulsifier, plastic film, concentration of the developing agent, modifying ions and thickness of the membrane were studied in order to get...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Yang R,Lian J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine is often the sample of choice for drug screening in aviation/general forensic toxicology and in workplace drug testing. In some instances, the origin of the submitted samples may be challenged because of the medicolegal and socioeconomic consequences of a positive drug test. Methods for individualization of biol...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vu NT,Chaturvedi AK,Canfield DV

更新日期：1999-05-31 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3,4-methylenedioxy ring-substituted amphetamines, including "ADAM' and "EVE', are currently popular drugs of abuse. Adverse reactions are reported in the clinical literature but few fatal cases are documented and little toxicological data is available to guide those determining the cause or manner of death in such...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cox DE,Williams KR

更新日期：1996-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA from the short tandem repeat (STR) system HUMTH01 was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and analyzed by vertical electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels followed by silver staining. DNA samples from 100 unrelated Danes, 147 unrelated Greenland Eskimos, and 89 Danish mother/child pairs were analyzed. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nellemann LJ,Møller A,Morling N

更新日期：1994-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In bitemark analysis the extent of distortion of both maxillary and mandibular arches and how one affects the other has not been studied. A single dentition was used to create 49 bites on unembalmed cadavers. Landmarks were placed on digital images of the bitemarks and scanned images of the biting dentition. A sample ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sheets HD,Bush PJ,Bush MA

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Two rates of carbon dioxide flow into the termination chamber were applied for the euthanasia of rats. The classical phases of asphyxia were observed in both groups of animals although their course was prolonged in rats exposed to the lower gas flow. The haemorrhages were assessed histologically in the following struc...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hauser R,Jankowski Z,Gos T,Krzyzanowski M

更新日期：2001-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Population genetic data of the short tandem repeat system FGA were determined by PCR analysis in two Austrian population samples, one population north of the Alps and one population south of the Alps. A total of 15 different alleles could be observed in 500 unrelated individuals. No significant differences were found ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Neuhuber F,Klintschar M,Radacher M

更新日期：1998-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A 48-year-old man died from a transnasal intracranial stab wound caused by an umbrella. The track of the stab passed from the right nostril, through the sphenoid sinus, the left side of the sella turcica and anterior clinoid process, and finally reached the surface of the brain. The stab wound crossed the left interna...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ihama Y,Nagai T,Ninomiya K,Fukasawa M,Fuke C,Miyazaki T

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the fact that the differences in epidermal ridge density between men and women have been accepted for some time, they have only been thoroughly demonstrated in a small number of populations. The aim of this study is to determine whether such differences exist in a sample of the Spanish population by counting e...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gutiérrez-Redomero E,Alonso C,Romero E,Galera V

更新日期：2008-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphometric cranial variation among Spanish samples was compared to a 19th century Portuguese sample using both traditional and three-dimensional approaches. The Spanish samples included the regional 19th century Oloriz collection and the local 16-17th century Villanubla and Vallolid sample from northwestern Spain. R...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ross AH,Ubelaker DH,Kimmerle EH

更新日期：2011-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report of an ongoing study of insect succession on carrion carried out in Medellín, Colombia, using pigs (Sus scrofa) as a model to determine the insect sequence over 207 days. During this period, 2314 insects belonging to the following orders and families were collected: Diptera: Calliphoridae, Musc...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wolff M,Uribe A,Ortiz A,Duque P

更新日期：2001-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The alarming increase of drug mortality rates in Germany was followed by research projects to enlighten the causes of this increase. The results of the Bremen, Hamburg and Berlin studies 1991-92, led to the conclusion that specific risk constellations have to be considered in the process of improving the drug counsell...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zenker HJ,Zenker C,Lang P

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of suicides in road traffic fatalities is estimated at 1-8% depending on the investigated study material. Especially single-car accidents, for which no technical reason or driving error is apparent, are considered suspicious. The elucidation of suicides in road traffic is difficult if there are no relevant cl...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Schmidt U,Rost T,Jungmann L,Pollak S

更新日期：2011-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Databases have been used to record data in forensic science, such as fingerprints, shoeprints, and photos. In traditional databases, we use "text" as the "keyword" for retrieving data (text-keyword retrieval); however, in some applications, "text" is not proper to describe the searching target, and in this case, "imag...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wen CY,Yao JY

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

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：:The purpose of the study was to test the potential utility of a geographical profiling approach for three separate series of rapes committed by a single offender. Two different mathematical distance-decay functions using either a normal distribution with a mean distance and standard deviation based on previous researc...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Santtila P,Zappalà A,Laukkanen M,Picozzi M

更新日期：2003-01-09 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：:The investigation of deaths due to the inhalation of volatile substances may be complicated by a lack of scene and autopsy findings. Mechanisms of death may not be determinable at autopsy, and there may be very few markers of inhalant abuse. A 21-year-old man is reported who died from the combined effects of methadone...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Byard RW,Gilbert JD,Terlet J

更新日期：2007-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Nineteen Y-chromosomal short tandem repeats (STRs), DYS19, DYS389-I, DYS389-II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393, DYS385, DYS388, DYS434, DYS435, DYS436, DYS437, DYS438, DYS439, DYS460, DYS461 and DYS462 were typed in Inuit (n=70) and Danish (n=62) population samples. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bosch E,Rosser ZH,Nørby S,Lynnerup N,Jobling MA

更新日期：2003-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:A revised technique is described in which the sino-atrial node, the atrio-ventricular node and the distal part of the His bundle and the bundle brances of the cardiac conduction system are demonstrated in longitudinal sections through cutting of 4-5 blocks. The longitudinal sectioning allows observation of continuity ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Song Y,Zhu J,Laaksonen H,Saukko P

更新日期：1997-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A purge and trap concentrator with a Tenax trap was coupled to gas chromatography-Fourier transform infrared spectrometry for the identification of volatile organic compounds in blood samples. A styrene-divinyl benzene porous layer capillary column allowed the separation of compounds such as household and medical gase...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ojanperä I,Hyppölä R,Vuori E

更新日期：1996-07-12 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：INTRODUCTION:Age at death estimation is of major importance for the forensic scientist. Currently, various methods have used macroscopic osseous criteria for articular surfaces. Particularly in the pelvis, articular surfaces are used to classify bone evolution and age. The objective was to assess coxal bone computed to...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ferrant O,Rougé-Maillart C,Guittet L,Papin F,Clin B,Fau G,Telmon N

更新日期：2009-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden infant death (SID) is an unresolved problem of high relevance and previous studies have indicated a role of viral heart infections. The diagnosis remains difficult in clinical practice using routine diagnostic tests and must be substantially improved. A prospective study based on post-mortem samples from SID vi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gaaloul I,Riabi S,Evans M,Hunter T,Huber S,Aouni M

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In prosecution, Belgian judiciary currently uses outdated yield figures (28.1g per plant, sold at € 3/g at grower level) for fining illicit indoor cannabis plantations. Using state-of-the-art cultivation techniques, our growth experiments showed that yield is better expressed in g/m(2) cultivated surface area rather t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vanhove W,Surmont T,Van Damme P,De Ruyver B

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In the process of questioned document examination, the discrimination of inkjet printing inks is becoming more necessary due to increasingly frequent counterfeiting of documents printed by inkjet printers. Therefore, a method based on micellar electrophoretic capillary chromatography (MECC) has been developed and appl...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Szafarska M,Wietecha-Posłuszny R,Woźniakiewicz M,Kościelniak P

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00