Psychiatric-legal analysis of criminal defendants charged with murder: a sample without major mental disorder.

abstract：:Reducing amplicon sizes has become a major strategy for analyzing degraded DNA typical of forensic samples. However, amplicon sizes in current mini-short tandem repeat-polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and mini-sequencing assays are still not suitable for analysis of severely degraded DNA. In this study, we present a mu...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Zhang Z,Wang BJ,Guan HY,Pang H,Xuan JF

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method of specific gene amplification was used in casework to synthesize millions of copies of the polymorphic second exon of the human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DQ alpha (or DQA1) locus from a variety of evidence samples. The HLA-DQ alpha allelic variants in the amplified deoxyribonu...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Blake E,Mihalovich J,Higuchi R,Walsh PS,Erlich H

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A study of the reaction between ninhydrin and alanine has been carried out taking into account that, adhered on the surface of a dry porous medium such as paper, a quasi-heterogeneous reaction has to take place. Instead of amino acids released from human sweat glands, aqueous solutions of alanine were taken to deliver...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ramminger U,Nickel U,Geide B

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most false aneurysms of the heart represent contained ventricular free wall ruptures after myocardial infarction. Post-traumatic aneurysms also may follow penetrating or non-penetrating trauma to the chest. Regardless of the origin of the false aneurysm there is a propensity for aneurysm rupture. We report a patient w...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Veinot JP,Acharya V

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Determination of sex of unknown skeleton remains is the most important step in the identification process. Racial and regional differences in the populations create and maintain specificity in their dimorphic characteristics. Moreover, considering continued secular changes in the population structure, constant revisio...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Srivastava R,Saini V,Rai RK,Pandey S,Tripathi SK

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assigning correct population affinity to a skeleton can contribute important information to an investigation-yet recent work highlights high error rates when classifying Latinos with a traditional tool, Fordisc 3.1 (FD3). Our study examines whether misclassification trends exist, and whether these can be used to infer...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hughes CE,Dudzik B,Algee-Hewitt BFB,Jones A,Anderson BE

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compositional analysis of the organic additives in smokeless handgun powder can provide forensic information to associate known and questioned samples. A reliable method for the quantitative extraction of smokeless powder additives would strengthen these measurements. To achieve quantitative recovery, both supercritic...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Reardon MR,MacCrehan WA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A few sexual fatalities show ambiguous or conflicting evidence of manner of death or, in cases involving partners, of the partner's intent. In such equivocal cases, postmortem behavioral analysis and reconstruction aid in understanding what happened and provide an explainable basis for expert judgment and opinion, eve...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hazelwood RR,Dietz PE,Burgess AW

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deaths attributed to ingestion of Nicotiana glauca are extremely rare. We report here a case where a 43-year-old man was found dead after apparently drinking a water extract of Nicotiana glauca. The primary alkaloid in the plant is anabasine. Toxicological analysis by capillary gas chromatography showed the deceased h...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sims DN,James R,Christensen T

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The quality and efficiency of a standard organic DNA isolation method and a silica-based method using the QIAGEN Blood Maxi Kit were compared to obtain human DNA and short tandem repeats (STRs) profiles from 39 exhumed bone samples for paternity testing. DNA samples were quantified by real-time PCR, and STR profiles w...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rucinski C,Malaver AL,Yunis EJ,Yunis JJ

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol-related amnesia--alcohol blackout--is a common claim of criminal defendants. The generally held belief is that during an alcohol blackout, other cognitive functioning is severely impaired or absent. The presentation of alcohol blackout as scientific evidence in court requires that the science meets legal relia...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Pressman MR,Caudill DS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphic exemplars of cranial sex and ancestry are essential to forensic anthropology for standardizing casework, training analysts, and communicating group trends. To date, graphic exemplars have comprised hand-drawn sketches, or photographs of individual specimens, which risks bias/subjectivity. Here, we performed qu...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Caple J,Stephan CN

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological, psychological, and social consequences associated with illicit drug use are well documented. In addition to the effects directly related to the drug(s), the delivery mechanism can precipitate other serious health conditions. A case is reported where an individual stopped by law enforcement was disco...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Labay LM,Catanese CA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic calcifications, as calcified atheromatous elements, are markers of cardiovascular disease. However, the literature gives little information regarding their morphological aspect, making their identification very rare in skeletonized cases. In this paper, we document the morphological, histological, and ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Biehler-Gomez L,Maderna E,Brescia G,Caruso V,Rizzi A,Cattaneo C

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In fire debris analysis, weathering of ignitable liquids and matrix interferences can make the identification of ignitable liquid residues (ILRs) difficult. An objective method was developed to associate ILRs with the corresponding neat liquid with discrimination from matrix interferences using principal components an...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Baerncopf JM,McGuffin VL,Smith RW

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common for researchers using animal or human remains for scientific study to freeze samples prior to use. However, effects of freezing on bone macro- or microstructure are relatively unknown. The research objective of this study was to determine whether freezing could potentially bias experimental results by ana...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hale AR,Ross AH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using GC/MS in scanning mode as a screening and definitive identification methodology for substance abuse testing, 4500 urine samples have been analyzed. The accuracy and sensitivity of this method was evaluated by the results of 92 proficiency sample analyses, reanalyses by TLC screening with GC confirmation of 125 s...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gibb RP,Cockerham H,Goldfogel GA,Lawson GM,Raisys VA

更新日期：1993-01-01 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：:In late June 1990, the Mono County Sheriffs Department in Bridgeport, CA contacted the Physical Anthropology Human Identification Laboratory (PAHIL) at California State University, Chico to seek assistance in the identification of a recently discovered skull. To assist with possible identification, the cranium receive...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Murad TA,Murad TD

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case of homicide and attempted homicide is described. The comparison of tire-marks linked the suspect's vehicle to the scene of crime only with low certainty. However, the comparison of the pressure mark on the hubcap found at the scene, with the balance weight on one of the wheels of the suspect's car, connected th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Novoselsky Y,Tsach T,Klein A,Volkov N,Shor Y,Vinokurov A

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The smokeless powders in 22 kinds of ammunitions seized from one of the Japanese gang groups were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray microanalysis (SEM/EDX). Copper(Cu), sulfur(S), potassium(K), silicon(Si), aluminum(Al), calcium(Ca), iron(Fe), chlorine(Cl), and barium(Ba) were detected. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Miyauchi H,Kumihashi M,Shibayama T

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) analysis of botanical forensic evidence provides a means of obtaining a reproducible DNA profile in a relatively short period of time in species for which no sequence information is available. AFLP profiles were obtained for 40 Acer rubrum trees. Leaf material from five ad...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bless C,Palmeter H,Wallace MM

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Skeletal remains discovered at a construction site in Georgia display classic "butterfly" fractures on several long bones. Although this fracture pattern is usually associated with perimortem trauma, in this case taphonomic indicators demonstrate that they can also occur on dry defleshed bone. Variations in bone color...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ubelaker DH,Adams BJ

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The scientific community and the judicial system are different components of society with different structures and functions. Nevertheless, science can contribute relevant and useful information to judicial deliberations if the inherent limitations of that information are understood. These limitations stem from the wa...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bird SJ

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decomposition studies were conducted at two sites on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, to compare patterns of decomposition and arthropod invasion in intertidal and adjacent terrestrial habitats. The animal model used was the domestic pig. One site was on Coconut Island in Kaneohe Bay on the northeast side of Oahu, and the ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Davis JB,Goff ML

更新日期：2000-07-01 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：:The paper describes the use of the Polilight, a light source based on a xenon arc lamp, to exploit the fluorescence properties of semen as an aid to searching fabrics for stains in sexual assault cases. The broad excitation spectrum of semen allows the fluorescence to be generated at a range of wavelengths. This permi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kobus HJ,Silenieks E,Scharnberg J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Concerns have been raised about hypothetical problems arising from the use of statistics for determining the likelihood of occurrence of DNA profiles for forensic purposes. A major contention is that reference databases based on subgroups of a major population category rather than on general (or major) population grou...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Budowle B,Monson KL,Giusti AM,Brown BL

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:These studies were designed to demonstrate that the usual method of laryngeal dissection carries a significant risk of overlooking important laryngeal injuries. Formalin-fixed hyoid-larynx complexes were prepared in a prospective forensic study involving 191 cases of homicidal strangulation, 1984 to 1997. The basic st...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Maxeiner H

更新日期：1998-07-01 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