Comparative study of postmortem barbiturates, methadone, and morphine in vitreous humor, blood, and tissue.

abstract：:This study provides regression equations for estimation of age of infants from the dimensions of their developing deciduous teeth. The sample comprises 97 individuals of known sex and age (62 boys, 35 girls), aged between 2 days and 1,081 days. The age-estimation equations were obtained for the sexes combined, as well...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Viciano J,De Luca S,Irurita J,Alemán I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians tend to overestimate their ability to recognize feigning behavior in psychiatric patients, especially if it concerns patients who have been admitted for observation. Feigning can be either externally motivated (e.g., for financial compensation, known as malingering) or internally motivated (e.g., to assume ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： van der Heide D,Boskovic I,van Harten P,Merckelbach H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven subjects participated in a two-part study to evaluate mouth alcohol dissipation in alcohol positive subjects. In part one, subjects rinsed their mouths with a vodka solution and were breath tested after 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 min intervals. On average, breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) decreased 20.4% (range 3.2-47...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sterling K

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A death of an amateur SCUBA diver with undiagnosed late phase endomyocardial fibrosis is reported. This 27-year-old man found himself in difficulties during a Sub-Aqua Club outing and drowned. Autopsy revealed features of drowning in addition to severe endomyocardial fibrosis (EMF) with collagenization of the left ven...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Obafunwa JO,Purdue B,Busuttil A

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In postmortem drug analysis, the most commonly used sample matrix is whole blood. However, postmortem changes can denature this matrix, resulting in a loss or degradation of drugs, thus biasing analytical findings. Vitreous humor is thought to be less affected by these changes and should, therefore, have the potential...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Scott KS,Oliver JS

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most fire departments respond within the first 5 min of notification of a fire. If fire victims are found at that stage by the firefighters, then incapacitation or death has occurred during the initial low-energy phase where smoke is being produced. Studies have shown that during this initial low-energy phase of the f...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lowry WR,Peterson J,Petty CS,Badgett JL

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethanol was determined by gas chromatography in a variety of tissues and body fluids secured at autopsy in 61 cases. The specimens tested included right and left heart blood, femoral blood, pericardial fluid, cerebrospinal fluid, vitreous humor, urine, stomach contents, and brain. Statistical analysis of the cases rev...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Briglia EJ,Bidanset JH,Dal Cortivo LA

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opium is the raw material for the production of heroin, and the characterization of opium seizures through laboratory analysis is a valuable tool for law enforcement agencies to trace clandestine opium production and trafficking. In this work, a method for opium profiling based on the relative content of five principa...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Liu C,Hua Z,Bai Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of five commonly prescribed barbiturates and thiopental in blood and liver at room temperature and at 4 degrees C was studied. Gas chromatography was used for oxybarbiturate analysis while liquid chromatography was used to quantitate thiopental. In blood and liver, greater than 75% of the drugs were dete...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Levine BS,Blanke RV,Valentour JC

更新日期：1984-01-01 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：:In this study, the nondestructive differentiation of individual white polyester clothing fibers was accomplished via synchrotron radiation microbeam X-ray fluorescence (SR-μ-XRF) analysis. SR-μ-XRF with vertical focusing is a useful nondestructive method for the analysis of a single polyester clothing fiber. Kirkpatri...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nishiwaki Y,Honda S,Yamato T,Kondo R,Kaneda A,Hayakawa S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is a prescribed medication as well as a drug of abuse. Its detection in various matrices for in-field forensic scientists remains a challenge. We have developed an assay that uses aldo-keto reductase 7A2 (AKR7A2) for the specific determination of GHB in various drinks. AKR7A2 was purified u...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bendinskas K,Sattelberg P,Crossett D,Banyikwa A,Dempsey D,MacKenzie JA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gunshot backspatter comprises biological material expelled backward through bullet entry holes. Crime scene investigators analyze backspatter patterns to infer wounding circumstances. An understanding of the mechanism of backspatter generation, and the relationship between spatter patterns and bullet and tissue charac...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Davidson PL,Taylor MC,Wilson SJ,Walsh KA,Kieser JA

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ammunition having mercury fulminate-based primers are commonly manufactured by Eastern Bloc countries and used extensively in the Middle East. Gunshot residue (GSR) particles formed by firing these types of ammunition were examined. It was observed that much lower percentage of mercury-containing GSR particles were fo...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Zeichner A,Levin N,Dvorachek M

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification, analysis, and occurrence in U.S. automobile original finishes (1974-1989) of Nickel Titanate (yellow) and Chrome Titanate (yellow-orange) are described in this report. The titanate pigments are based on the rutile (titanium dioxide) structure and there are only minor differences between the infrare...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Suzuki EM,McDermot MX

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We consider a hypothetical series of cases in which the DNA profile of a crime-scene sample is found to match a known profile in a DNA database (i.e., a "cold hit"), resulting in the identification of a suspect based only on genetic evidence. We show that the average probability that there is another person in the pop...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Song YS,Patil A,Murphy EE,Slatkin M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trace metal ratios in human bones were examined to determine if there were ratios that were sufficiently consistent within an individual yet varying sufficiently from the bones of another individual so that bones in a mixed grave could be reassembled. The concentrations of 21 elements sampled at 54 places on 30 human ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Fulton BA,Meloan CE,Finnegan M

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sensitive analysis of sulfide in blood was established, using an extractive alkylation technique. Pentafluorobenzyl bromide was used as the alkylating agent, tetradecyldimethylbenzylammonium chloride as the phase-transfer catalyst, and potassium dihydrogenphosphate as the buffer to suppress the formation of sulfide....

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kage S,Nagata T,Kimura K,Kudo K

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:Complete or incomplete decapitation as a consequence of suicidal hanging is very rare, few cases having been reported in the worldwide literature. Posthanging decapitation is typically related to a drop of several meters. Three cases of complete decapitation and one case of incomplete decapitation by suicidal hanging ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hejna P,Bohnert M

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:There has been considerable recent activity in the development of standards relating to bioacoustics, especially in the areas of noise, hearing, and speech. Most of these national and international standards are written within the framework of the Bioacoustic Committee, S3, of the American National Standards Institute...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Yost WA

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The validity and feasibility of using DNA collection cards in the field for preservation and analysis of Cannabis sativa genotypes were investigated using a highly specific hexanucleotide marker. Collection cards were submitted to the National Marijuana Initiative, which selectively trained and managed the collection ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Allgeier L,Hemenway J,Shirley N,LaNier T,Coyle HM

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The allele frequency distributions of three STR loci amplified by PCR have been studied in four Israeli communities: Ashkenazi Jews and three non-Ashkenazi groups, namely Moroccan, Yemenite, and Ethiopian Jews. The loci analyzed were CSF1PO, TPOX, and HUMTHO1. The typing was performed in sequencing polyacrylamide gels...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Amar A,Brautbar C,Motro U,Fisher T,Bonne-Tamir B,Israel S

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skin detail of the hand is used in photographic comparisons, yet its reliability has not been evaluated. This study examines a count-based method for documenting skin features. In Part I, 14 individuals counted skin features on 40 color images of the hand, three of which were repeated. An average correlation value of ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Malone CA,Salyards MJ,Hein M

更新日期：2015-11-01 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：:Pica is characterized by the persistent eating of non-nutritive substances over some time that is inappropriate for the maturation stage of the individual and is not culturally sanctioned. A 9-year-old boy with Goldenhar syndrome, significant developmental delay and pica, collapsed and died after a short history of di...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Byard RW

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to follow the postmortem ethanol production phenomenon under controlled experimental conditions (temperature, time interval) in different tissues. Specimens of blood, liver, skeletal muscle and kidney were taken from 30 corpses and no chemical preservatives were used in the specimens collecte...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Petković SM,Simić MA,Vujić DN

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimation of age in individuals has received considerable attention in forensic science, in which it is a widely used method for individual identification, together with paleo-demographic analyses to establish mortality patterns in past populations. The present investigation, which is a continuation of a previously p...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cameriere R,Ferrante L,Belcastro MG,Bonfiglioli B,Rastelli E,Cingolani M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of sudden and unexpected death is reported in an 87-year-old woman who was found dead at her home. At autopsy, the most striking finding was of a right-sided direct inguinal hernia containing a 20 mm infarcted Meckel diverticulum, with proximal small intestinal obstruction. Significant stenosing atheroscle...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Tse R,Byard RW

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00