Determination of direction of fire from graze gunshot wounds of internal organs.

abstract：:The record files of the Dade County Medical Examiner Department were reviewed and 133 homicide-suicides were identified. Of these, ten (or 7.5%) were female perpetrated. The chart data of these 10 female homicide-suicide perpetrators, chart data of 50 female homicide-suicide victims, and 50 female individual suicides ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Fishbain DA,Rao VJ,Aldrich TE

更新日期：1985-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seals are traditionally used in the Far East Asia to stamp an impression on a document in place of a signature. In this study, an accuser claimed that a personal contract regarding mining development rights acquired by a defendant was devolved to the accuser because the defendant stamped the devolvement contract in th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nam YS,Park JS,Kim NK,Lee Y,Lee KB

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing demand for automated verbal deception detection systems. We propose named entity recognition (NER; i.e., the automatic identification and extraction of information from text) to model three established theoretical principles: (i) truth tellers provide accounts that are richer in detail, (ii) con...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kleinberg B,Mozes M,Arntz A,Verschuere B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although nitrite is widely used in meat processing, it is a major toxicity hazard to children and is responsible for the blue-baby syndrome. A simple and effective method to determine nitrite in whole blood has been devised using ion chromatography with suppressed conductivity detection. The blood sample was deprotein...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Yan H,Zhuo X,Shen B,Xiang P,Shen M

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Controlled and uncontrolled fluid intake studies were conducted on series of volunteers over the 6 or 12 h of the study periods. Urine specimens were obtained from each subject randomly or at specified times relative to fluid ingestion. Creatinine analysis performed by a modification of the Abbott TDx procedure demons...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Needleman SB,Porvaznik M,Ander D

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Effective solid-phase extraction, derivatization, and GC/MS procedures are developed for the simultaneous determinations of butalbital, amobarbital, pentobarbital, and secobarbital, using a deuterated pentobarbital (d5-pentobarbital) as the internal standard. Buffered (pH 7) urine samples were extracted with Bond Elut...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Liu RH,McKeehan AM,Edwards C,Foster G,Bensley WD,Langner JG,Walia AS

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic aneurysms are a common autopsy finding, but aneurysms confined exclusively to the subclavian arteries are rare. When found, they are typically associated with trauma, surgery, or aberrant vessel distribution. Subclavian-esophageal fistula formation is also rare, with the vast majority being related to aberrant ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Quinton RA,McClain JL

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper documents the 36-year history, with five examples, of fatal road rage in Marion County, Oregon. Relevant details (all that were available) from each case are presented. Alcohol intoxication was present in four of our five cases. We include two deaths by gunshot at close range, two deaths as a result of a mo...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Batten PJ,Penn DW,Bloom JD

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In general, hanging cases are the result of suicide, and accidental and homicidal hanging cases are rarely seen. This study retrospectively investigated 4571 death examinations and autopsies that were performed at The Konya Branch of the Forensic Medicine Council (Turkey) between 1998 and 2007; hanging was involved in...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Dogan KH,Demirci S,Erkol Z,Gulmen MK

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On request of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the Danish-Swedish forensic teams worked in Kosovo during the summer and the fall of 1999. The teams worked mainly as "mobile teams" at sites with few graves. Only two larger sites were examined. Most of the bodies were buried separate...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sprogøe-Jakobsen S,Eriksson A,Hougen HP,Knudsen PJ,Leth P,Lynnerup N

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of sudden death in the world. The etiology of sudden cardiac death involves a wide range of diseases, but seldom pericardial cysts. A pericardial cyst is an uncommon cyst usually located in the middle mediastinum and rarely in the posterior part. They are usually harmless an...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ley MB,Larsen MK

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes an epidemic of uncommon psychiatric symptoms among nine criminal defendants charged under California's new "Three Strikes and You're Out" law. The defendants were facing a minimum sentence of 25 years to life in prison. The defendants exhibited the following uncommon psychiatric symptoms: copropha...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Jaffe ME,Sharma KK

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thromboemboli were found diffusely throughout the pulmonary vasculature system of a 76-year-old white female who died unexpectedly 3 days following injury and repair of a left hip intracapsular fracture. A diffuse chronic nonspecific myocarditis with marked fat atrophy, an acute myocardial infarct of the posterior lef...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Perrot LJ,Froede RC

更新日期：1985-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 38-year-old nondiabetic female developed fatal hypoglycemia when chlorpropamide (Diabinese) was accidentally substituted for acetaminophen (Tylenol) with codeine no. 3 in a pharmacy dispensing error. When found, the patient's serum glucose was less than 20 mg/dL. The serum chlorpropamide level on hospital admission ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Scala-Barnett DM,Donoghue ER

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:The increased marketing of fake perfumes has encouraged us to investigate how to identify such products by their chemical characteristics and multivariate analysis. The aim of this study was to present an alternative approach to distinguish original from fake perfumes by means of the investigation of sodium, potassium...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gomes CL,de Lima AC,Loiola AR,da Silva AB,Cândido MC,Nascimento RF

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper tests the Demirjian and international Demirjian dental aging methods for forensic use when ancestry and ethnicity are unknown. A radiographic sample of 187 boys and girls was collected from the Department of Pediatric Dentistry at the University of Detroit Mercy and aged using both methods. The total sample...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Burt NM,Sauer N,Fenton T

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To estimate postmortem interval (PMI), spontaneous cleavage of the third component of complement (C3) was studied in aged blood and cadaveric blood by crossed immunoelectrophoresis. Using the kinetics of C3 cleavage in vitro described as dC/dt = -kC, where C is the concentration of native C3 at time t and k is a first...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kominato Y,Kumada K,Yamazaki K,Misawa S

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infections have become a major issue of public health and lead to an increasing number of suits for damages. We present a rare case of Aspergillus contamination during cardiac surgery, describe the medicolegal investigation, and present the new system for compensation of bodily injury after nosocomial infec...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Tuchtan L,Piercecchi-Marti MD,Dumon H,Métras D,Léonetti G,Bartoli C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is thought that, in a consignment of discrete units, a certain proportion of the units contain illegal material. A sample of the consignment is to be inspected. Various methods for the determination of the sample size are compared. The consignment will be considered as a random sample from some super-population of ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Aitken CG

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied sexually dimorphic differences in the ilium using geometric morphometric analysis of 10 osteometric landmarks recorded by multislice computed tomography, based on three-dimensional reconstructions of 188 children (95 boys, 93 girls) of mixed origins living in the area of Toulouse, southern France, and rangi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bilfeld MF,Dedouit F,Sans N,Rousseau H,Rougé D,Telmon N

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the postmortem diffusion of tracheal lidocaine into the blood after intubation in three individuals whose heart beat was not restored by cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The results are compared with those obtained in animal experiments using rabbits. The first human subject was a 3.5-month-old f...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Moriya F,Hashimoto Y

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the degradation of sebaceous fingerprints on brass surfaces using silver electroless deposition (SED) as a visualization technique. We have stored fingerprints on brass squares either (i) in a locked dark cupboard or (ii) in glass-filtered natural daylight for periods of 3 h, 24 h, 1 week, 3 weeks, and...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Payne IC,McCarthy I,Almond MJ,Baum JV,Bond JW

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was conducted to collect data on specific volatile fatty acids (produced from soft tissue decomposition) and various anions and cations (liberated from soft tissue and bone), deposited in soil solution underneath decomposing human cadavers as an aid in determining the "time since death." Seven nude subjects...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Vass AA,Bass WM,Wolt JD,Foss JE,Ammons JT

更新日期：1992-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microbial biomarkers that indicate aspects of an organism's growth conditions are important targets of forensic research. In this study, we examined fatty acid composition as a signature for the types of complex nutrients in the culturing medium. Bacillus cereus T-strain spores were grown in medium formulations supple...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ehrhardt CJ,Murphy DL,Robertson JM,Bannan JD

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive research has attempted to elucidate the role of fantasy in sexual offending. In this paper, the authors summarize the main results of the literature, especially the contents, themes, dynamics, etiopathogenesis, and potential functions of fantasy in sexual offending. Further, the authors analyze the case of a...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Carabellese F,Maniglio R,Greco O,Catanesi R

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical matching methods are a family of well-known methods that are utilized in order to determine whether two pieces of a tearable/breakable material used to be one object. When performing physical match of polymers, it is sometimes difficult to reach an unambiguous conclusion. This is due to various reasons. One i...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Finkelstein NS,Levy O,Levi A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic psychiatrists should be aware of the many ways that paranoid individuals may present within the legal system. Litigious paranoids often utilize the legal system as a vehicle to act out their fantasies and delusional preoccupations. Imaginary grievances, accusations based on delusional ideation, and irrational...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Goldstein RL

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of uncertain etiology characterized by multifocal areas of discrete and confluent granulomatous inflammation that may rarely be responsible for sudden and unexpected death. Two cases are reported to demonstrate disparate pathological features in fatal cases, one involving cardiac s...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Byard RW,Manton N,Tsokos M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a case of a 58-year-old man who committed suicide using a modern crossbow. The victim shot himself in the chest with a conical field-tip arrow from close proximity. We first presumed that this was a case of homicide committed with a firearm. We were, however, subsequently proved wrong. The reasons for the pr...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Zátopková L,Hejna P

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00