Pattern of acute poisoning in a medical unit in central Sri Lanka.

abstract：:An arson suspect's contact with an ignitable liquid container can leave small traces of the substance on his hands, but detecting these traces is difficult. This research paper presents a method to obtain clear gasoline detection even 3h after hands have been moistened with 50 μL of gasoline using activated charcoal s...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Muller D,Levy A,Shelef R

更新日期：2011-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrophotometric method for the determination of carboxyhemoglobin (HbCO) in blood reported by Fretwurst and Meinecke was modified so as to give the same values of percentage HbCO (HbCO%) as those determined by the oxygen electrode method. Values of HbCO% of nine practical samples determined by both the oxygen e...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Katsumata Y,Aoki M,Sato K,Oya M,Yada S,Suzuki O

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved capillary gas chromatographic method for the analysis of illicit diamorphine preparation is reported. The method was able to resolve the impurities and more frequent adulterants and contaminants present in street heroin preparations with a diamorphine detection limit of 0.2 ng in split-less mode. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Chiarotti M,Carnevale A,de Giovanni N

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro evaluation of the effect of five insecticidal phosphoric and 11 thiophosphoric acid esters on different, non-specific human leukocytes esterases indicated that most of the organic phosphor compounds studied inhibited the activity of neutral alpha-naphthylacetate esterase, alpha-naphthylbutyryl esterase, and n...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Oehmichen M,Pedal I,Besserer K,Gencic M

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：: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：:The ability of human pelvic bones to sexually differentiate has been of great interest in forensic anthropology for quite some time as it allows for the determination of skeletal sex by combining metric and morphological data. However, the criteria for determining the sex of a skeleton must be calibrated according to ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vacca E,Di Vella G

更新日期：2012-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to inadequacies in historical hair examinations, the use and perceived value of microscopic hair evidence has reduced. Many reports have heavily criticised the use of pattern-based evidence including hair evidence as being unreliable, with police forces focussing on more individualising evidence. Hair evidence has...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wilkinson L,Gwinnett C

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of buried firearms remains a critical issue in law enforcement. We assess the suitability of magnetic gradiometers to detect buried rifles and handguns at multiple depths using numerical modeling and field investigations. Our simulation is based on a simple approach to characterize handguns and rifles as...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Achuoth Deng E,Doro KO,Bank CG

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of sex is considered one of the first essential steps in positive identification. The current study aspires to accomplish a threefold purpose: to develop an easy and rapid sex determination technique using digital radiographs from the proximal epiphysis of the femur, to develop a simplified tool for ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kranioti EF,Vorniotakis N,Galiatsou C,Işcan MY,Michalodimitrakis M

更新日期：2009-08-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To assess the species composition of necrophagous blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) in the area around the federal city of Switzerland, Bern, sampling with baited bottle traps was performed over the course of 34 weeks in 2014. Six locations ranging from urban to forest habitats were sampled weekly or rather biweekly...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Feddern N,Amendt J,Schyma C,Jackowski C,Tschui J

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the presence of alcohol, phosphatidylcholine (PC) is transformed to the direct alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol (PEth). This reaction is catalyzed by the enzyme phospholipase D (PLD) and dependent on substrate availability. As recent methods have solely focused on the determination of PEth, information about t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Luginbühl M,Willem S,Schürch S,Weinmann W

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a differential study to distinguish bruises from putrefactive discoloration, glycophorin A, a component of the erythrocyte membrane, was extracted from discolored skins and detected by immunological methods utilizing an anti-glycophorin A serum. Skin samples of 18 bruises, 8 postmortem hypostasises and 7 putrefacti...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kibayashi K,Hamada K,Honjyo K,Tsunenari S

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A large number of passerine birds, mainly greenfinches, were found dead or dying in a hedgerow close to a field of onions recently sprayed with sodium monochloroacetate (SMCA). An analytical method is described for isolating monochloroacetic acid from bird tissues, as its potassium salt, by ion exchange chromatography...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Quick MP,Porter S,Bennett AC,Fleetwood AJ

更新日期：1992-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Retrospective analysis of 215 deaths in the bathtub (Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Cologne, 1980-1993) revealed 12 fatalities involving children, seven boys and five girls, aged from 9 months to 13 years. The manner and cause of death was seven accidents (five by drowning, two by scalding burns), two n...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Schmidt P,Madea B

更新日期：1995-03-31 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for identifying human skeletal muscle by detection of human myoglobin using a double-sandwich ELISA was developed. When an extract was prepared from 0.1 g skeletal muscle homogenized with 10 ml PBS, this method was able to detect human myoglobin in extracts diluted 10(4)-fold. There was no difference in the d...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kitao T,Miyaishi S,Ishizu H

更新日期：1995-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The shape of the post-mortem cooling curve is described and its theoretical aspects are summarised. The concepts of the "infinite cylinder" and the "initial temperature plateau" are explained and their practical implications are discussed. Results of the study of the shape of post-mortem cooling curves for the brain, ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Al-Alousi LM

更新日期：2002-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Document examination is an important forensic discipline and the legal system regularly needs the knowledge and skills of the scientific expert when questioned documents are involved in criminal or civil matters. Amongst the many aspects of the scientific examination of documents, elemental analysis can provide useful...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lennard C,El-Deftar MM,Robertson J

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two pig (Sus scrofta L.) carcasses were placed in sunlit and shaded plots in September 2003, and again in May 2004. Mean ambient temperatures between sunlit and shaded plots were not significantly different in either September or May, but mean ambient temperatures at sunlit and shaded plots in 2004 were significantly ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Joy JE,Liette NL,Harrah HL

更新日期：2006-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele- and genotype frequencies for the polymerase chain reaction-based DNA genetic marker HLA-DQA1 were determined previously in a Swiss sample population (n = 200). In this study we subtyped the allele 4 in the same Swiss Caucasian population sample (distinguishing the 4.1 allele from the 4.2 and 4.3 alleles) using...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gehrig C,Hochmeister MN,Budowle B,Reynolds R,Dirnhofer R

更新日期：1996-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin, collagen type III, laminin, and cytokeratin 5 were visualized in normal skin and in skin showing early or advanced signs of autolytic decomposition to prove whether the immunohistochemical analysis of these antigens can provide useful information for an age-estimation of skin wounds obtained from putrifie...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Betz P,Nerlich A,Wilske J,Tübel J,Penning R,Eisenmenger W

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of dental age (DA) and skeletal age (SA) methods in order to estimate chronological age (CA) in individuals with Down syndrome (DS), contributing to the Forensic Dentistry and making the identification of these individuals age possible. For this, 278 images of individuals were...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hala LA,Moraes MEL,Villaça-Carvalho MFL,de Castro Lopes SLP,Gamba TO

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of X bodies is an everyday preoccupation in forensic pathology. This retrospective analysis studied all methods of identification and characteristics of unidentified bodies arrived in the Department of Forensic Medicine and Pathology (University Hospital R. Poincaré, Garches, France) during a 6-year...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cavard S,Alvarez JC,De Mazancourt P,Tilotta F,Brousseau P,de la Grandmaison GL,Charlier P

更新日期：2011-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Diastereomeric dipeptides were derived from the amino acid enantiomers in dentin by O-phthalaldehyde-N-acetyl-L-cysteine. The products were separated using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and detected by fluorescence detector. A short analysis time (total analysis time was 15 min, including retention tim...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fu SJ,Fan CC,Song HW,Wei FQ

更新日期：1995-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Torture appears to be a permanent feature in countries, which have experienced military coups or ruled by oppressive governments in the past, such as Turkey. The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) was established in 1990 to serve torture victims, mainly those who were the victims of the 1980 military regime. Sin...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ozkalipci O,Unuvar U,Sahin U,Irencin S,Fincanci SK

更新日期：2013-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Road accident reconstruction by simulation represents an important step to determine what happened, as well as responsibilities of subjects involved in the event. To allow the reconstruction, a large variety of well-established simulative approaches are available on the market, e.g., impulse-momentum models, finite el...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vangi D,Begani F,Spitzhüttl F,Gulino MS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) is a spectroscopic technique that provides the researcher with the elemental composition of a given target material. In this paper, we illustrate the utility of PIXE analysis in two forensic contexts: (1) case of cremation in which the nature of the remains is questioned and (2) ca...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Warren MW,Falsetti AB,Kravchenko II,Dunnam FE,Van Rinsvelt HA,Maples WR

更新日期：2002-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Haplotypes and allele frequencies for 12 Y-STR loci were determined in Sichuan Han ethnic population samples of 237 unrelated males living in west China. Only one haplotype was encountered in triple. Twelve of the haplotypes were encountered in duplicate, while 210 haplotypes were unique. The gene diversity was 0.9952...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zhang H,Yun L,Li Y,Zhang J,Wu J,Yan J,Hou Y

更新日期：2008-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of synthetic cannabinoids (SC) has been widespread in certain groups of drug users for many years. In the scientific literature many intoxication cases and a number of fatalities after the use of synthetic cannabinoids were reported. In this paper three death cases are described with involvement of the synthet...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Angerer V,Jacobi S,Franz F,Auwärter V,Pietsch J

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A previously identified difficulty with the development of latent fingerprints on low-density polyethylene (LDPE) by vacuum metal deposition (VMD) is that excess gold deposition prevents effective zinc deposition and so inhibits latent print development [1]. The investigation of a means to correct for excess gold depo...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jones N,Stoilovic M,Lennard C,Roux C

更新日期：2001-11-15 00:00:00