Resolution of some enantiomeric amines of forensic interest by high-performance liquid chromatography.

abstract：:Concerns over the toxic by-products produced by traditional ammunition have led to an increase in popularity of nontoxic ammunition. In this work, the chemical composition of six brands of nontoxic ammunition was investigated and compared to that of a road flare, which served as an environmental source with similar co...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hogg SR,Hunter BC,Waddell Smith R

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The successful identification of human skeletal remains relies on proven diagnostic techniques for sex determination. This research utilized 608 individuals from South Africa (420 men, 188 women) to conduct a blind nonmetric determination of sex from three features of the distal humerus: olecranon fossa shape, angle o...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Vance VL,Steyn M,L'Abbé EN

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrokinetic injection (EI) is the primary method used in forensic laboratories to load amplified PCR product in capillary electrophoresis for short tandem repeat (STR) fragment separation. Because all samples subjected to capillary electrophoresis use internal lane standard (ILS), this study investigated the conseq...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Esparza JM,Michalik M,Dukes MJ,Wojtkiewicz P

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the basis of data collection procedures and forms used in various death investigation offices, we developed generic death investigation report forms (DIRFs). One form was designed for documenting information collected by the initial investigator of death, and another form was designed for documenting information co...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hanzlick R,Parrish RG

更新日期：1994-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil DNA profiling has potential as a forensic tool to establish a link between soil collected at a crime scene and soil recovered from a suspect. However, a quantitative measure is needed to investigate the spatial/temporal variability across multiple scales prior to their application in forensic science. In this stu...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Damaso N,Mendel J,Mendoza M,von Wettberg EJ,Narasimhan G,Mills D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients, especially in cases requiring a prolonged stay in the intensive care unit. A total of 99 yeast strains were isolated from 42 postmortem cases. In this study, virulence factors and antifungal susceptibility of these...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Yagmur G,Sav H,Ziyade N,Elgormus N,Sen S,Akkoyun Bilgi E,Atan Y,Buyuk Y,Kiraz N

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Airbag injuries have resulted in the deaths of several infants and small children, and such deaths are generally associated with rearward-facing infant seats or unrestrained children in front passenger seats of cars equipped with airbags. An airbag can also cause death in a small child wearing a shoulder/lap belt, how...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cooper JT,Balding LE,Jordan FB

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study examined population demographics associated with motor vehicle collision (MVC) fatalities over a 5-year period in the Hamilton-Wentworth Niagara region. Variables were drawn from the five factors proposed by Fierro (1) for investigating deaths caused by transportation: human, chemical, environ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lemieux CE,Fernandes JR,Rao C

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Computer-Assisted Postmortem Identification (CAPMI) system was developed at the U.S. Army Institute of Dental Research to facilitate rapid identification of human remains. The increasing requirement for dental based identification of high-energy fatalities and decomposed remains has dovetailed with the development...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lorton L,Rethman M,Friedman R

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new set of multiplexed PCR primers has been applied to the analysis of human skeletal remains to determine their efficacy in analyzing degraded DNA. These primer sets, known as Miniplexes, produce shorter amplicons (50-280 base pairs (bp)) than standard short tandem repeat (STR) kits, but still utilize the 13 CODIS ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Opel KL,Chung DT,Drábek J,Tatarek NE,Jantz LM,McCord BR

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celebratory gunfire injuries from "falling bullets" occur when guns are fired into the air during celebrations without realizing that this can cause serious injuries or even fatalities. Fatal celebratory gunfire injury is an uncommonly reported event in the continental United States. Our electronic database was querie...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rapkiewicz AV,Shuman MJ,Hutchins KD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two hundred and twenty-eight consecutive medicolegal autopsies were studied as to the cause of death established by a physician, the mode of death as suggested in the police report, and findings of medical interest often discovered following autopsy. Corrections had to be made even in some cases which seemed to be obv...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Segerberg-Konttinen M

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine the effect of gender, body mass index, and time on the width of friction ridge impressions in fingerprints and the content of sweat and sebum forming the print. The research showed that the friction ridge impressions of women are significantly wider than those of men, and this ten...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Czech A,Szabelak A,Sowiński A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobile multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scanners are potentially available to temporary mortuaries and can be operational within 20 min of arrival. We describe, to our knowledge, the first use of mobile MDCT for a mass fatality incident. A mobile MDCT scanner attended the disaster mortuary after a five vehicl...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rutty GN,Robinson CE,BouHaidar R,Jeffery AJ,Morgan B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparing skeletal structures between antemortem and postmortem chest radiographs is widely used by forensic specialists from many disciplines to positively identify unknown decedents. However, validity assessments of this method have been fairly limited. This study had three objectives: 1) to quantify the reliability...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kuehn CM,Taylor KM,Mann FA,Wilson AJ,Harruff RC

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, a number of studies have demonstrated that forensic examiners can be biased by task-irrelevant contextual information. However, concerns relating to methodological flaws and ecological validity attenuate how much the current body of knowledge can be applied to real-life operational settings. The curre...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Curley LJ,Munro J,Lages M,MacLean R,Murray J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the Korean War, International Business Machines (IBM) punch cards were created for every individual involved in military combat. Each card contained all pertinent personal information about the individual and was utilized to keep track of all soldiers involved. However, at present, all of the information known ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Mitsunaga EM

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide is an important problem, ranking among the top 10 causes of death for individuals in all ages in developed countries. This article is a retrospective study evaluating suicide cases in Assiut, one of the largest provinces in Egypt, from 2005 to 2009. There were 117 cases, of which involved 68 male victims (58.1...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Abdel Moneim WM,Yassa HA,George SM

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports on the disaster that occurred after a flight was hijacked at Baiyuen International Airport in Guangzhou, China, on Tuesday, 2 Oct. 1990. The authors show the results of analyses for the causes of death and trauma and compare the disaster with several previous flight accidents that have occurred in C...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Min JX,Jia MZ

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A procedure has been developed to extract and recover minute amounts of delta-9-carboxytetrahydrocannabinol (THC-COOH) from urine. A new non-isotopic internal standard is introduced to permit a chromatographic assay of the metabolite. The method affords a 91% recovery of 20 ng/mL of the THC-COOH acid from spiked urine...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nakamura GR,Meeks RD,Stall WJ

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) was the first viable synthetic pearl pigment developed 50 years ago. It was only used for a limited time period in automotive paint (model years 1998-2000), serving to produce luster for a single Chrysler black metallic color. Identification of this pigment in an unknown automotive paint ca...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Suzuki EM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) syndrome is a hyperimmune disorder characterized by lymphohistiocytic infiltrations, elevated cytokine levels in the blood, macrophage activation, and hemophagocytosis, frequently presenting with a febrile septic picture. This unusual disease is more common in infancy and c...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Chute DJ,Rawley J,Cox J,Bready RJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：: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 study has shown that the combination of simple techniques with the use of multivariate statistics offers the potential for the comparative analysis of soil samples. Five samples were obtained from each of twelve state parks across New Jersey in both the summer and fall seasons. Each sample was examined using part...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bonetti J,Quarino L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moderate to high levels of alcohol decrease brain intracellular free magnesium concentration, a factor known to be critical in brain injury. Phosphorus magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to examine changes to brain free magnesium concentration after blunt cranial trauma in alcohol-intoxicated rats. Rats exposed ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Vink R,Byard RW

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undocumented Border Crosser (UBC) deaths in Arizona are a major issue faced by medicolegal authorities. Currently, the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner (MCOME) is in possession of over two hundred unidentified individuals, more than half of whom are presumed to be UBCs. The primary goal of this study was...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Fleischman JM,Kendell AE,Eggers CC,Fulginiti LC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An analytical procedure for the simultaneous determination of both cocaine and benzoylecgonine in postmortem fluid and tissue samples has been developed by using computerized gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and gas chromatography using a nitrogen/phosphorus (N/P) detector. Both methods are accurate and sensitive ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Griesemer EC,Liu Y,Budd RD,Raftogianis L,Noguchi TT

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conventional PCR-based genotyping is useful for forensic testing but cannot be used to determine parental origins of alleles in DNA specimens. Here we describe a novel method of combined conventional genotyping and PIA typing (parentally imprinted allele typing) at a minisatellite region upstream from the H19 locus. T...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Naito E,Dewa K,Fukuda M,Sumi H,Wakabayashi Y,Umetsu K,Yuasa I,Yamanouchi H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although forensic examiners operate in a stressful environment, there is a lack of understanding about workplace stress and feedback. These organizational and human factors can potentially impact forensic science judgments. In this study, 150 practicing forensic examiners from one laboratory were surveyed about their ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Almazrouei MA,Dror IE,Morgan RM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00