Undetected drug addict fatalities.

abstract：:The autopsy findings from two rare cases of sudden death concerning a 31- and a 44-year-old woman are reported. Autopsy and morphological examination revealed a dissection of the aorta but no rupture into the pericardial sac. In both cases mucoid deposits in all layers of the media and rarefication of the elastic fibe...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dettmeyer R,Schmidt P,Madea B

更新日期：1998-06-22 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents real world acceleration data for an ambulance driving up and over a curb. A full scale reenactment was performed for a litigated case in which a patient on a gurney in an ambulance claimed a variety of bodily injuries after the ambulance struck a curb. A height and weight matched surrogate rode on ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lee EL,Hayes WC

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study was performed to distinguish fatal from non-fatal blood concentrations of morphine. For this purpose, blood levels of free morphine and total morphine (free morphine plus morphine conjugates) in 207 cases of heroin-related deaths were compared to those in 27 drivers surviving opiate intoxication. The majorit...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Meissner C,Recker S,Reiter A,Friedrich HJ,Oehmichen M

更新日期：2002-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Phentermine capsules labelled Ionamin were suspected of being counterfeit. Examination of the contents revealed no phentermine, but caffeine and phenylpropanolamine. The usual microcrystalline and spectrodensitometry was used to confirm results of spectrophotometric identity tests. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hadzija BW,Mattocks AM

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The shape of the post-mortem cooling curve is described and its theoretical aspects are summarised. The concepts of the "infinite cylinder" and the "initial temperature plateau" are explained and their practical implications are discussed. Results of the study of the shape of post-mortem cooling curves for the brain, ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Al-Alousi LM

更新日期：2002-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:As hatchet blows to the human head frequently cause fatal injuries, the forensic examination of survivors with cranial chop injuries is a rare phenomenon in forensic casework. Besides evaluation of clinical records, photographs, and medico-legal physical examination, the analysis and 3-dimensional reconstruction of pr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wittschieber D,Beck L,Vieth V,Hahnemann ML

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tasmanian opium accounts for 25% of the world's legal supply of opium straw, and in 1998-99 sufficient numbers of flower pods (66,013) to manufacture ca 500 kg of heroin were stolen. Whilst the heroin signature program has been developed to determine the origin of heroin from other key producers, no such signature cur...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Odell LR,Skopec J,McCluskey A

更新日期：2008-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic science is increasingly relied on by police and the courts to exonerate the innocent and to establish links to crime. With this increased reliance the potential for unjust outcomes increases, especially in serious matters for two reasons. The more serious the matter, the more likely that evidence mishandling ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kelty SF,Julian R,Ross A

更新日期：2013-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was made on an experimental animal model of a death from anaphylaxis, in which postmortem changes in levels of histamine and 1-methylhistamine, in whole blood were measured. Instead of the usual immunological method administering compound 48/80, a degranulating agent of mast cell and the effect close...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hieda Y,Kageura M,Hara K,Takamoto M,Fukuma Y,Kashimura S

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：:Research has been conducted to establish the effect that changes in relative humidity have on both the effectiveness of the cyanoacrylate fuming technique and the microstructures formed by the polymerisation reaction during the development of the marks. The study investigated 'natural' fingermarks and deliberately gro...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Paine M,Bandey HL,Bleay SM,Willson H

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:With the increasing prevalence of obesity, the use of counterfeit drugs for weight loss is widespread owing to their easy and rapid availability. Since counterfeit weight-loss drugs are not prepared under the rigorous standard of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP), they pose a risk to public health and cause significan...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lee JH,Park HN,Kim NS,Park S,Bogonda G,Oh K,Kang H

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cocaine abuse is widespread all over the world, and is performed generally by sniffing, injecting or smoking cocaine or crack. The distinction between the recreational use of cocaine from the practice of the so called "coqueo" is still an issue in those countries where this habit is diffused and where it is not consid...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rubio C,Strano-Rossi S,Tabernero MJ,Anzillotti L,Chiarotti M,Bermejo AM

更新日期：2013-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of heating on hemoglobin (Hb) and carbon monoxide (CO) levels in human blood were investigated by in vitro experiments. Head-space gas chromatography (HS-GC) using a molecular sieve 5A stationary phase and thermal conductivity detection was adopted for the measurement of CO gas, and spectrophotometric meth...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Seto Y,Kataoka M,Tsuge K

更新日期：2001-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of absorption time, titer of antiserum or lectin in the absorption stage, and elution temperature on relative antibody or lectin yield in elutes in the absorption-elution procedure were studied in bloodstains and ammoniacal extracts of bloodstains using conventional grouping reagents. In addition, monoclon...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gaensslen RE,Lee HC,DeGraw SS,Carroll-Reho J

更新日期：1986-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA evidence frequently plays an important role in criminal investigations and in some cases may be the only means of convicting a suspect. The constant improvement of DNA analysis techniques affords the individualization of minute amounts of DNA, aggravating the risk of contamination artifacts. In our study, we inves...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Schwark T,Poetsch M,Preusse-Prange A,Kamphausen T,von Wurmb-Schwark N

更新日期：2012-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we describe an acetylating method for fast synthesis of heroin from morphine in the presence of 4-dimethylaminopyridine (4-DMAP) as a catalyst. In the reaction which led to heroin formation, the morphine base was subjected to a solution made up of 4-DMAP (catalyst), methylene chloride (solvent) and acet...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Klemenc S

更新日期：2002-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic identification of sudden unexplained death (SUD) has always been a ticklish issue because it used to be defined as sudden death without a conclusive diagnosis after autopsy. However, benefiting from the developments in genome research, a growing body of evidence points to the importance of ion channelopathies...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wang S,Li L,Tao R,Gao Y

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatalities due to an extreme ambient temperature might present with poor or nonspecific pathologies; thus, the diagnosis of the cause of death in such cases is one of the most difficult tasks in forensic pathology. The present study investigated the molecular pathology of alveolar damage involving pulmonary edema with...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wang Q,Ishikawa T,Michiue T,Zhu BL,Guan DW,Maeda H

更新日期：2013-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:In developed countries, sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) represents the most prevalent cause of death in children between 1 month and 1 year of age. SIDS is a diagnosis of exclusion, a negative autopsy which requires the absence of structural organ disease. Although investigators have confirmed that a significant p...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Brion M,Allegue C,Santori M,Gil R,Blanco-Verea A,Haas C,Bartsch C,Poster S,Madea B,Campuzano O,Brugada R,Carracedo A

更新日期：2012-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:3-methoxyphencyclidine (3-MeO-PCP) appeared on the illicit drug market in 2011 and is an analogue of phencyclidine, which exhibits anesthetic, analgesic and hallucinogenic properties. In this paper, we report data from a non-fatal intoxication and seven deaths involving 3-MeO-PCP in Sweden during the perio...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Johansson A,Lindstedt D,Roman M,Thelander G,Nielsen EI,Lennborn U,Sandler H,Rubertsson S,Ahlner J,Kronstrand R,Kugelberg FC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty nine participants in the United Kingdom national external quality assessment scheme for drugs of abuse in urine reported details of their sample extraction technique by questionnaire. Laboratories were categorised by differences in technique and their analytical test results compared for samples containing D-amf...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wilson JF,Smith BL,Toseland PA,Watson ID,Williams J,Thomson AH,Capps NE,Sweeney G,Sandle LN,Steering Committee for the United Kingdom National External Quality Assessment Scheme for Drug Assays.

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on molecularly imprinted photonic hydrogels (MIPHs) that combined the colloidal-crystal with molecular imprinting technique, a novel label-free colorimetric chemosensor for convenient and fast efficient detection of atropine with high sensitivity and specificity was developed. Due to the special inverse opal arr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Meng L,Meng P,Tang B,Zhang Q,Wang Y

更新日期：2013-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of ions in sphenoidal fluid can be a useful index for the diagnosis of drowning. We evaluated the reference ranges of non-drowning cases using statistical methods and three indices: sodium ion (Na+), summation of sodium and potassium ions (SUMNa+K), and summation of sodium, potassium and chloride ions (SUMNa+...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Yajima D,Inokuchi G,Makino Y,Motomura A,Chiba F,Torimitsu S,Yamaguchi R,Hoshioka Y,Malakienė D,Raudys R,Iwase H

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies for nine short tandem repeats (STRs) loci (CSF1PO, TPOX, THO1, F13AO1, FES/FPS, vWA, D16S539, D7S820 and D13S317) and two variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) were obtained from a sample of 270 unrelated individuals born in the Rosario city, Santa Fe province of Argentina. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tenaglia M,Scollo A,Tripaldi R,Grappiolo I,Perichón AM

更新日期：2004-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel 39-plex typing system for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has been developed. This multiplex approach has the advantage of being able to type 38 autosomal SNPs and one sex-discriminating base exchange site on the X and Y chromosomes rapidly and simultaneously. The SNP loci on the autosomes, which we exa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Inagaki S,Yamamoto Y,Doi Y,Takata T,Ishikawa T,Imabayashi K,Yoshitome K,Miyaishi S,Ishizu H

更新日期：2004-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cadaver body bags are the conventional method to contain a human body or human remains, which includes the use for storage and transportation of the deceased at any crime scene or disaster scene. During disasters, most often than not, the first responders including the police will be equipped with cadaver body bags to...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Khoo LS,Lai PS,Saidin MH,Noor Z,Mahmood MS

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A population study on 10 short tandem repeat (STR) loci was performed on 202 unrelated Czech Caucasians. DNA, initially frozen, was thawed and placed FTA paper. The DNA was purified in situ. DNA was amplified by PCR using the AmpFlSTR SGM Plus amplification kit. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vanek D,Hradil R,Budowle B

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most cases involving entomological evidence occur in urban environments and under indoor conditions, there is a lack of studies determining the insect fauna of forensic importance in those environments. In the current paper we provide the first data on the composition of the forensically important insect spec...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Baz A,Botías C,Martín-Vega D,Cifrián B,Díaz-Aranda LM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper focuses on likelihood ratio based evaluations of fibre evidence in cases in which there is uncertainty about whether or not the reference item available for analysis - that is, an item typically taken from the suspect or seized at his home - is the item actually worn at the time of the offence. A likelihood...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Taroni F,Biedermann A,Bozza S,Comte J,Garbolino P

更新日期：2012-07-10 00:00:00