The detection of petechial haemorrhages of the conjunctivae in dependency on the postmortem interval.

abstract：:The increase in the use of photographs on individual identification credentials such as driving licences, credit cards, security passes and passports has led, for the purpose of criminal activities, to the falsification of genuine documents bearing photographs of the perpetrating criminal. These photographs may be use...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Porter G,Doran G

更新日期：2000-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Illicit cocaine samples (156), seized on Rome's illegal market between January 1996 and June 1997, were examined. Both the purity of the cocaine and the presence of substances employed for dilution were determined for each sample. Adulterants were found in many of the street samples analysed. Lidocaine (average 14.7%)...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fucci N,De Giovanni N

更新日期：1998-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the immunohistochemical distributions of ubiquitin (Ub) and myoglobin (Mb) in human kidney tissues to assist the pathological assessment of death due to trauma. Medicolegal autopsy cases at our institute (n=138: 0-96 years of age, 105 males and 33 females) were examined. Causes of death were blunt injury (...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ishikawa T,Zhu BL,Li DR,Zhao D,Michiue T,Maeda H

更新日期：2007-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabis cultivation in order to produce drugs is forbidden in Switzerland. Thus, law enforcement authorities regularly ask forensic laboratories to determinate cannabis plant's chemotype from seized material in order to ascertain that the plantation is legal or not. As required by the EU official analysis protocol th...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Broséus J,Anglada F,Esseiva P

更新日期：2010-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a forensic investigation that took place in the city of Murcia (SE Spain) and shows how the entomological specimens collected at the scene were extremely helpful for estimating the minimum post-mortem interval (PMImin). The occurrence of Telomerina flavipes (Meigen, 1830) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Arnaldos MI,Ubero-Pascal N,García R,Carles-Tolrá M,Presa JJ,García MD

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hair samples of 15 grizzled patients with a permanent medical treatment by amitriptyline, carbamazepine, chlorprothixene, diclofenac, doxepine, indomethacine, maprotiline or metoclopramide, or with a chronic heroin and cocaine abuse were separated into white and pigmented fibers and both fractions were independent...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rothe M,Pragst F,Thor S,Hunger J

更新日期：1997-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral fluid (collected with the Intercept((R)) device) and plasma samples were obtained from 139 individuals suspected of driving under the influence of drugs and analyzed for Delta(9)-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the major psychoactive constituent of cannabis, using a validated quantitative LC-MS-MS method. The first a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Laloup M,Del Mar Ramirez Fernandez M,Wood M,De Boeck G,Maes V,Samyn N

更新日期：2006-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA molecular techniques were used in a forensic investigation involving the poaching of wildlife in a national park of Italy. A poacher, after having snared a wild boar (Sus scrofa) sow, knifed it to death. The animal was retrieved by conservation officers at the scene before the poacher could remove the carcass. Sub...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lorenzini R

更新日期：2005-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to appraise the increase of the discrimination power of the Y-specific haplotype allowed by 20 STR markers in a sample of the Italian population. The set of Y STR markers analyzed includes the European "extended haplotype" DYS19, DYS385, DYS389I/II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393 and YC...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Biondo R,Caglià A,Asili P,D'Agostaro G,D'Agostino G,Spinella A

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of Ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in hair provides a strong indication of ethanol consumption and its investigation is of interest in both clinical and forensic contexts because of the wide window of detection. However, due to the possibility of false negative results in cases of small ethanol intake or excessiv...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bastiani MF,Lizot LLF,Da Silva ACC,Hahn RZ,Dries SS,Perassolo MS,Antunes MV,Linden R

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin has been proposed as the reliable marker of wound vitality and potent tool for age estimation in cases where survival time is at least few minutes. Cases of suicidal gunshot wounds were divided into two groups according to projectile energy and damage of the vital structures. Immunohistochemical reaction o...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Balazic J,Grajn A,Kralj E,Serko A,Stefanic B

更新日期：2005-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to accurately determine injury dimensions is an essential property of forensic documentation. The current standard for injury documentation is photography using a scale to approximate the injury dimensions in the image. The technical qualities of the photograph, such as orthogonality, depth of the field an...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Koller S,Ebert LC,Martinez RM,Sieberth T

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal hair is a clinically important toxicological matrix, as it allows determination of in utero drug exposure. This paper serves to review the physiological development of the hair follicle and hair production during fetal life. An understanding of the mechanisms and timing of hair development in the prenatal per...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gareri J,Koren G

更新日期：2010-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper introduces a set of methods for image and video forensic analysis. They were designed to help to assess image and video credibility and origin and to restore and increase image quality by diminishing unwanted blur, noise, and other possible artifacts. The motivation came from the best practices used in the ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kamenicky J,Bartos M,Flusser J,Mahdian B,Kotera J,Novozamsky A,Saic S,Sroubek F,Sorel M,Zita A,Zitova B,Sima Z,Svarc P,Horinek J

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper demonstrates a numerical pattern recognition method applied to curvilinear image structures. These structures are extracted from physical cross-sections of cast internal pistol barrel surfaces. Variations in structure arise from gun design and manufacturing method providing a basis for discrimination and id...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bolton-King RS,Bencsik M,Evans JP,Smith CL,Allsop DF,Painter JD,Cranton WM

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The differentiation of intoxication courses is one of the most difficult challenges for forensic pathologists and toxicologists. The case of a 52-year-old female inpatient of a psychiatric clinic with multiple medications who died from doxepin intoxication is reported. Concentrations of doxepin metabolites and isomers...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Neukamm MA,Vogt S,Hermanns-Clausen M,Naue J,Thierauf A,Auwärter V

更新日期：2013-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the sex ratio in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) cases in Hungary, in Tokyo and Japan between 1985 and 1996. From all the infant death cases in Hungary 395 (240 male, 155 female) were SIDS (odds ratio (OR)=1.179, with 95% confidence interval (CI)=0.961, 1.446), in Japan 4348 (2550 male, 1798 female) we...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Töro K,Sawaguchi T,Sawaguchi A,Rózsa S,Sótonyi P

更新日期：2001-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The judicial system calls upon expert witnesses to testify in court when complex or specialized knowledge, beyond that of the lay person, is needed to interpret the evidence. Previous research has indicated that particular traits of the expert witness can affect their credibility in the eyes of the jury, however most ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： McCarthy Wilcox A,NicDaeid N

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Impurity profiling of methamphetamine (MA) using thermal desorption (TD) and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) was examined. Using TD/GC-MS, impurities were extracted and separated under various conditions. Optimal chromatograms were obtained when a 20 mg MA sample was extracted at 120 degrees C for 3 min u...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kuwayama K,Inoue H,Kanamori T,Tsujikawa K,Miyaguchi H,Iwata Y,Kamo N,Kishi T

更新日期：2007-08-24 00:00:00

abstract：:A study was performed to acquire urine, serum and oral fluid samples in cases of suspected driving under the influence of drugs of abuse. Oral fluid was collected using a novel sampling/testing device (Dräger DrugTest System). The aim of the study was to evaluate oral fluid and urine as a predictor of blood samples po...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Toennes SW,Kauert GF,Steinmeyer S,Moeller MR

更新日期：2005-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:It is frequently difficult to prove the vitality in cases of fatal hanging. Using impulse cytophotometry, Müller et al. (Krim. Forens. Wiss. 44, 1981) reported on possibly vital alterations of the DNA content in five strangulation marks (hypodiploidy). The objective of the present study was to perform a re-e...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Grellner W,Benecke M

更新日期：1997-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Material and failure analysis techniques are key tools for determining causation in case of explosive and bursting accident result from material and process defect of product in the field of forensic science. The boiler rupture generated by defect of the welding division, corrosion, overheating and degradation of the ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kim ES

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A challenging step in medical, veterinary and forensic entomology casework is the rapid and accurate identification of insects to estimate the period of insect activity (PIA), which usually approximates the post-mortem interval (PMI). The morphological identification of insect evidence is hampered by species similarit...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： GilArriortua M,Saloña Bordas MI,Köhnemann S,Pfeiffer H,de Pancorbo MM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Levamisole has been identified as a cocaine adulterant in the United States since 2002. Although there is a variation in the percentage of levamisole in cocaine samples between European countries, measurement of levamisole in human samples of cocaine users has become increasingly important. To our best knowledge, only...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Indorato F,Romano G,Barbera N

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 39-year-old woman was found dead at home. She was single, foreign national, chronic alcoholic, and had given shelter to a compatriot for three days. This man found the deceased in her bed, after a night of heavy drinking. The emergency medical team observed numerous recent blue ecchymoses of the upper limbs. Because...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dedouit F,Piercecchi-Marti MD,Leonetti G,Rougé D,Telmon N

更新日期：2012-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We present two non fatal cases of intoxication with carbofuran (CBF) documented by hair analysis. Carbofuran and 3-hydroxycarbofuran (OHCBF, its main metabolite) hair concentrations were determined using a liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method. The obtained results were surprising if we consider severa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dulaurent S,Gaulier JM,Zouaoui K,Moesch C,François B,Lachâtre G

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic investigators commonly interpret bone fracture patterns to estimate the force required to generate that trauma. Unfortunately, these estimates are limited to qualitative values such as "mild", "moderate" or "extreme" force. This work presents a new experimental forensic device developed to simulate blunt- and...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gaudet JR,Lievers WB,Fairgrieve SI

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The results of qualitative and quantitative analysis of some amphetamines and their analogs isolated from urine samples by solid phase micro-extraction with polydimethylsiloxane fibers are reported. The analytical method employed was gas-chromatography/mass spectrometry of head space samples. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Centini F,Masti A,Barni Comparini I

更新日期：1996-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:A 50-year-old man was found hanged on the concrete dam of a water reservoir. The ligature, a braided rope made of synthetic fibres, was attached to a lamp on the dam crest. The length of the rope between the fastening point and the noose was about 4m. At autopsy, stretchmark-like intimal tears of the carotid arteries ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kramer L,Große Perdekamp M,Geisenberger D,Pircher R,Pollak S,Schmidt U

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports results from a field trial with a breath-alcohol screening device--Alcolmeter pocket model. Breath tests were made with drivers apprehended during routine controls (road-blocks), for traffic violations and those involved in traffic accidents. Of 908 roadside breath tests made with chemical reagent t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jones AW

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00