A simple spectrophotometric method for the determination of carboxyhemoglobin in blood.

abstract：:Cannabis is the one of the most frequently detected drug in workplace drug testing and in cases of driving under influence of drugs, and there is a greater demand for sensitive, rapid and reliable methods for confirming the presence of this drug in biological samples. This paper describes an LC-MS-MS procedure for dir...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Felli M,Martello S,Chiarotti M

更新日期：2011-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The article is devoted to the comparative analysis of effectiveness of the most widely used methods for medico-legal examination of the hyoid bone and laryngeal cartilages, i.e. palpation, radiography and complete preparation. A consecutive study of 137 cases of hanging (including 20 cases of roentgenological analysis...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Khokhlov VD

更新日期：1997-08-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical and physicochemical examinations of the fragments of an Egyptian mummy dated between the 3rd and 1st century B.C. were performed. The chemical examinations indicated the presence of resin in the skull and in the fragments of bandages wrapped around the mummy. An analysis of the infrared spectra of the fragmen...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kłys M,Lech T,Zieba-Palus J,Białka J

更新日期：1999-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ethanol and heroin are both depressant drugs on the central nervous system, and combined use is known to be dangerous due to pharmacodynamic interactions, leading to an even higher risk of respiratory depression and death. In addition, previous studies have suggested a pharmacokinetic interaction between e...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Thaulow CH,Høiseth G,Andersen JM,Handal M,Mørland J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method of identifying human skin from a tissue fragment by detection of squamous cell carcinoma-related (SCC) antigen, using an enzyme immunoassay, was developed. When an extract was prepared from 0.1 g human skin homogenized with 1 ml of phosphate buffered saline, this method was able to detect SCC antigen in e...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kitao T,Miyaishi S,Yamamoto Y,Ishizu H

更新日期：1996-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of sudden cardiac death are diverse and are function of age. In young people, coronary anomalies, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are the most common findings at autopsies; in adults, coronary atherosclerosis and acquired forms of cardiomyopathy are frequent findings. In many of non-ischemia related cases autop...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martínez-Sánchez MC,Rodríguez-Vicente C

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first controlled study of torture victims published. Ten persons who alleged subjection to torture were examined by two different medical teams during the first months after torture. The testimonies of the probands were found to be credible and the method of examination was found to be reliable. The state ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Petersen HD,Jacobsen P

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We extracted the DNA contained in samples of bones and teeth from 10 skeletons excavated from the Gravette site (400-1000 AD, south of France). Ancient DNA was analysed by autosomal short tandem repeats (STRs). The DNA present in these ancient remains appeared very degraded, but nevertheless, better conserved in tooth...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ricaut FX,Keyser-Tracqui C,Crubézy E,Ludes B

更新日期：2005-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Every year thousands of migrants die during the endeavour to reach the Italian coasts, making the Mediterranean the theatre of one of the greatest tragedies of mankind. Over 60% of these victims is buried unidentified: one of the reasons behind this is related to the specific difficulties and lack of strategies concer...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Olivieri L,Mazzarelli D,Bertoglio B,De Angelis D,Previderè C,Grignani P,Cappella A,Presciuttini S,Bertuglia C,Di Simone P,Polizzi N,Iadicicco A,Piscitelli V,Cattaneo C

更新日期：2018-04-01 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：:A 71-year-old man was found dead in a car into which exhaust fumes had been introduced. His wife who was in the same car recovered consciousness following hospitalization. She claimed that they had both attempted suicide by taking a large number of sleeping pills. Autopsy revealed no significant external injuries or m...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kudo K,Imamura T,Jitsufuchi N,Zhang XX,Tokunaga H,Nagata T

更新日期：1997-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the 110 species of genus Papaver, only Papaver somniferum and P. setigerum are controlled poppies in Korea. All poppy samples share similar morphology therefore it is important to check if they contain controlled substances such as morphine and codeine for forensic purpose. Since the alkaloid content of Papaver pla...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Choe S,Lee E,Jin GN,Lee YH,Kim SY,Choi H,Chung H,Hwang BY,Kim S

更新日期：2012-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification and the quantitative estimation of cannabis constituents is important for forensic purposes. High resolution gas-chromatography gives better results than gas-liquid chromatography with packed columns, as it shows a better resolution and higher number of constituents. Different quantitative values we...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Barni Comparini I,Centini F

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic cathinones constitute a major class of the new psychoactive substances (NPS) that have come to dominate recreational drug abuse in recent years. As synthetic cathinones are all chiral molecules, the use of chiral analysis to determine their enantiomeric ratios (ER) in seized drug samples can assist in the id...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lin HR,Kuo FW

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical fit examinations have long played a critical role in forensic science, particularly in the trace evidence, toolmark, and questioned documents disciplines. Specifically, in trace evidence, physical fits arise in various instances such as separated pieces of duct tape, torn textile fragments, and fractured poly...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Brooks E,Prusinowski M,Gross S,Trejos T

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a long-term project on Northeastern Brazilians, population genetic data were obtained from 323 unrelated individuals from the state of Paraíba. The loci studied were CSF1P0, TPOX, TH01, vWA, D16S539, D7S820, D13S317, D18S51, D21S11, D8S1179, F13A01, F13B and LPL. Their distributions are in Hardy-Weinberg eq...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gomes AV,Mauricio-da-Silva L,Raposo G,Vieira JR,Silva Rdos S

更新日期：2007-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The 4977-bp deletion in human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is known to accumulate in various tissues with age. Since this deletion in mtDNA correlates closest with age in muscle tissue, iliopsoas muscle tissue was taken at autopsy from 50 persons aged 24-97 years to determine whether age at death can be estimated based o...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Meissner C,von Wurmb N,Schimansky B,Oehmichen M

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Data of eight Y-chromosomal STRs, the so called "minimal core set", were obtained from 152 unrelated males of the Primorye region of Russia. The allelic frequencies correspond to other European populations. The background is a settlement of males from the European part of Russia, Ukraine and other states which were in...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lessig R,Edelmann J,Kleemann WJ,Kozhemyako V

更新日期：2006-05-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The stability of four target organic explosives [pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), 2,4,6-trinitrotoluene (TNT), hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine (RDX) and triacetone triperoxide (TATP)] and two inorganic anions (chlorate and nitrate) on polyester-based alcohol wipes and in 60% (v/v) methanol/water extracts, ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Song-im N,Benson S,Lennard C

更新日期：2013-03-10 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：:Since it is established that human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) affects testosterone production and release in the human body, the use of this hormone as a performance enhancing drug has been prohibited by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Nowadays, the only validated biomarker of a hCG doping is its direct quantification...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Strahm E,Marques-Vidal P,Pralong F,Dvorak J,Saugy M,Baume N

更新日期：2011-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the frequency of genital and anal injury and associated demographic and assault characteristics in women alleging sexual assault. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC), Western Australia. PARTICIPANTS:Total of 1266 women attending SARC from Jan-2009 to Mar...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zilkens RR,Smith DA,Phillips MA,Mukhtar SA,Semmens JB,Kelly MC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diphenhydramine is one of the first effective antihistamine agents to have been discovered. The compound is also used for its sedative and antiemetic effects. The first case involving repetitive sedation linked to the use of diphenhydramine as a drug-facilitated crime and subsequent impairment of a 9-year-old female v...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kintz P,Evans J,Villain M,Salquebre G,Cirimele V

更新日期：2007-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many techniques available for the recovery of fingermarks at scenes of crime including the possibility of taking casts of the marks. Casts can be advantageous in cases where other destructive recovery techniques might not be suitable, such as when recovering finger marks deposited on valued or immobile items...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Shalhoub R,Quinones I,Ames C,Multaney B,Curtis S,Seeboruth H,Moore S,Daniel B

更新日期：2008-07-04 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

abstract：:Debrisoquine hydroxylase (CYP2D6) is involved in the metabolism of many toxicologically important drugs. The gene encoding for this enzyme displays a polymorphic distribution in all populations examined. We report a study on 46 cases, where analyses of the CYP2D6 gene were conducted on postmortem femoral blood in orde...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Druid H,Holmgren P,Carlsson B,Ahlner J

更新日期：1999-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The frequency distributions of eight STR loci were surveyed in 510 unrelated individuals from the Korean population ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Han MS,Kang PW,Choi DH,Lee YH,Choi SK,Kim W

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex estimation is an integral aspect of biological anthropology. Correctly estimating sex is the first step to many subsequent analyses, such as estimating living stature or age-at-death. Klales et al. (2012) [6] provided a revised version of the Phenice (1969) [3] method that expanded the original three traits (ventr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kenyhercz MW,Klales AR,Stull KE,McCormick KA,Cole SJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingerprint detection and Short Tandem Repeat (STR) typing are two approaches used for identification of individuals. The main goal of forensic laboratories is the development of a standardized protocol to obtain an STR profile from latent fingerprints, by typing the DNA transferred onto touched objects. The results o...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Romano CG,Mangiaracina R,Donato L,D'Angelo R,Scimone C,Sidoti A

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of average curvature measurements for the forensic comparison of curly hairs has been reported, but a method, in which various types of hair form are quantitatively examined and objectively interpreted for hair comparison, has not been reported to date. In the present study, numerical data on hair form from Ja...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sato H

更新日期：2003-01-28 00:00:00