Quantitative and qualitative analysis of MDMA, MDEA, MA and amphetamine in urine by headspace/solid phase micro-extraction (SPME) and GC/MS.

abstract：:The population genetic data of 18 X-chromosomal short tandem repeat (STR) markers DXS6807, DXS8378, DXS9895, DXS9902, DXS6810, DXS7132, DXS981, DXS6800, DXS9898, DXS6789, DXS101, DXS6797, GATA172D05, GATA165B12, HPRTB, GATA31E08, DXS8377, and DXS7423 were analyzed in samples of unrelated 220 males and 181 females from...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Shin SH,Yu JS,Park SW,Min GS,Chung KW

更新日期：2005-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The investigations were carried out on 99 brains of which 83 exhibited macroscopic features of brain oedema. The tissue investigated came from four regions of the brain: the cortex of frontal and occipital regions, the white matter and the tissue of the pons varioli. The percentage of water in these regions was evalua...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Madro R,Chagowski W

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium oxybate (Xyrem®), the sodium salt of γ- hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), is a first-line treatment of the symptoms induced by type 1 narcolepsy (NT1) and it is highly effective in improving sleep architecture, decreasing excessive daytime sleepiness and the frequency of cataplexy attacks. Using an ultra-high-performa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tittarelli R,Pichini S,Pedersen DS,Pacifici R,Moresco M,Pizza F,Busardò FP,Plazzi G

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cyanide is a powerful chemical asphyxiant found in some forensic cases following voluntary (suicide) or involuntary ingestion (fire, accidental exposure). A quantification method for cyanide that is specifically suited to post-mortem forensic purposes was developed. Determination was performed by headspace gas chromat...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Desharnais B,Huppé G,Lamarche M,Mireault P,Skinner CD

更新日期：2012-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoglycemia was long considered to kill neurons by depriving them of glucose. We now know that hypoglycemia kills neurons actively from without, rather than by starvation from within. Hypoglycemia only causes neuronal death when the EEG becomes flat. This usually occurs after glucose levels have fallen below 1 mM (18...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Auer RN

更新日期：2004-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol levels in the median nerve were studied at various post-mortem intervals (PMIs). Single median nerve samples were collected from the wrists of 36 subjects during forensic autopsies of subjects with known circumstances and times of death. Although the absolute values varied, increments in cholesterol concen...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vacchiano G,Maldonado AL,Ros MM,Di Lorenzo P,Pieri M

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies for 15 STR loci found in PowerPlex 16 System kit were determined in a sample of 200 unrelated individuals living in Sichuan area in west China. The values of observed heterozygosity (Ho), power of discrimination (PD), probability of paternity exclusion (PE) and polymorphism information content (PIC)...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zhang H,Li Y,Jiang J,Zhang J,Wu J,Du H,Yan J,Shen Y,Hou Y

更新日期：2007-09-13 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved derivatization method for analysing 12 ring- and N-substituted amphetamine-derivatives in body fluids or seized materials by gas chromatograph combined either with mass spectrometer, electron capture or nitrogen phosphorus detector is presented. Heptafluorobutyric anhydride is used as derivatization reagen...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lillsunde P,Korte T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study explores the applicability of micro-Raman spectroscopy as a non-destructive technique for the analysis of color toner printed counterfeits. The main aim of the research paper was to find out whether Raman spectroscopy is a suitable method for establishing the connection between different specimens of counte...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Skenderović Božičević M,Gajović A,Zjakić I

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontal sinuses of Japanese skulls were radiographically examined from the view point of identifying individuals. The system of classification of sinus was proposed, basing on the area size, the bilateral asymmetry, the superiority of side, the outline of upper borders, the partial septa and the supraorbital cells. Fr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Yoshino M,Miyasaka S,Sato H,Seta S

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obtaining palynological and other botanical evidence from murder victims is becoming part of routine mortuary protocol in the United Kingdom. Forensic pathologists are often keen to cooperate in the collection of classes of material that have, in the past, been considered to be of little importance in criminal investi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wiltshire PE

更新日期：2006-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:As fatal trauma to the neck is often associated with short survival times, proof of vitality may often be difficult using standard histochemical techniques. Soft tissue neck injuries resulting from strangulation by ligature or manual strangulation were examined immunohistochemically using antibodies to myoglobin, fibr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fieguth A,Franz D,Lessig R,Kleemann WJ

更新日期：2003-08-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The absence of population-specific standards for sex, age and stature estimation for rural Guatemala is problematic for the forensic analysis of skeletal remains recovered from clandestine graves attributed to the recent armed conflict in that country. In order to increase the reliability of the forensic analyses bein...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ríos Frutos L

更新日期：2005-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:It is a requirement that forensic DNA profiling evidence be accompanied by an estimation of its weight, in order that the court can assign an appropriate probative value to it during legal proceedings. There are various models by which this estimation can be made, but each relies on approximations of the allele freque...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Goetz R,West J,Walsh SJ,Buckleton JS

更新日期：2008-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Likelihood ratios are increasingly being adopted to convey expert evaluative opinions to courts. In the absence of appropriate databases, many of these likelihood ratios will include verbal rather than numerical estimates of the support offered by the analysis. However evidence suggests that verbal formulations of unc...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martire KA,Kemp RI,Sayle M,Newell BR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Facial profile is an important aspect in physical anthropology, forensic science, and cosmetic research. Thus, facial soft tissue measurement technology plays a significant role in facial restoration. A considerable amount of work has investigated facial soft tissue thickness, which significantly varies according to g...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wang J,Zhao X,Mi C,Raza I

更新日期：2016-09-01 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 Purkinje-cells (PCs) of the cerebellum are highly vulnerable to hypoxic/ischemic insult. Calbindin-D28k is a calcium-binding protein that is strongly expressed in PCs. Following hypoxia, a decrease in its concentration has been found in animal models before any morphological change of the PCs took place. Hypoxia-i...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bartschat S,Fieguth A,Könemann J,Schmidt A,Bode-Jänisch S

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The superimposition of a face photograph with that of a skull for identification purposes necessitates the use of comparable photographic parameters between the two image acquisition sessions, so that differences in optics and consequent recording of images does not thwart the morphological analysis. Widely divergent,...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Stephan CN

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blunt (non-penetrating) aortic injuries, in which the arterial wall is damaged in the direction from the intima towards the adventitia, are most commonly the result of a traffic accident. The various forms of blunt aortic injuries, from limited laceration of the intima to complete transection of the aorta, depend on t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Prijon T,Ermenc B

更新日期：2010-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Diastereomeric dipeptides were derived from the amino acid enantiomers in dentin by O-phthalaldehyde-N-acetyl-L-cysteine. The products were separated using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and detected by fluorescence detector. A short analysis time (total analysis time was 15 min, including retention tim...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fu SJ,Fan CC,Song HW,Wei FQ

更新日期：1995-05-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of complex analyses of body injuries and clothing has been proven by practice. The purpose of presented study is to discuss what additional information can be obtained during investigations of clothes in the area of injury. A case study, in which results of visual and stereomicroscopic morphological analysis...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sitiene R,Varnaite J,Zakaras A

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Foreign body aspiration is frequently encountered in young children, in the majority of cases it will not lead to an adverse outcome. However, in case of coin battery ingestion more serious adverse outcomes, including death, have been reported. We present a case with fatal outcome due to exsanguination, of a 2-year-ol...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Soerdjbalie-Maikoe V,van Rijn RR

更新日期：2010-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Obtaining a genetic profile from pieces of evidence collected at a crime scene is the primary objective of forensic laboratories. New procedures, methods, kits, software or equipment must be carefully evaluated and validated before its implementation. The constant development of new methodologies for DNA testing leads...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martins C,Ferreira PM,Carvalho R,Costa SC,Farinha C,Azevedo L,Amorim A,Oliveira M

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicolegal malpractice assessments have been an important part of the work of forensic pathologists. Not only botchers are concerned but also physicians of all clinical subjects, especially malpractice charges claiming a malpractice leading to death. Single long articles and book chapters have been published about ma...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dettmeyer R,Preuss J,Madea B

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:This study describes an innovative application of a well-established method of age determination. The conventional method of aspartic acid racemization (AAR) is based on estimation of the d-l-aspartic acid ratio in slow turnover tissues, such as tooth tissue, to reflect the age of an individual. This method has been r...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Arany S,Ohtani S

更新日期：2011-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Early in 2009, a state policing agency raided a clandestine drug laboratory in a suburb of a major city in Australia. During the search of the laboratory, a small glass jar labelled "Gamma Source" and containing a green powder was discovered. The powder was radioactive. This paper documents the detailed nuclear forens...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Keegan E,Kristo MJ,Colella M,Robel M,Williams R,Lindvall R,Eppich G,Roberts S,Borg L,Gaffney A,Plaue J,Wong H,Davis J,Loi E,Reinhard M,Hutcheon I

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to the different types and quality of forensic evidence materials, their DNA content can vary substantially, and particularly low quantities can impact the results in an identification analysis. In this study, the quantity of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA was determined in a variety of materials using a previously...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Andréasson H,Nilsson M,Budowle B,Lundberg H,Allen M

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a method for obtaining specific and reproducible deoxyribonuclease I (DNase I) typing from liquid semen. Isoelectric focusing of the enzymes on polyacrylamide gel (IEF-PAGE, pH 3.5-5) was accomplished using a 0.5-mm thick gel. The separated isozymes were visualized by a new activity staining method, dried ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sawazaki K,Yasuda T,Nadano D,Tenjo E,Iida R,Takeshita H,Kishi K

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In forensics and archaeology, it is important to distinguish human from animal remains and to identify animal species from fragmentary bones and bloodstains. We report blind tests in which a protein radioimmunoassay (pRIA) was used to identify the species of six bone fragments lacking morphological specificity and 43 ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lowenstein JM,Reuther JD,Hood DG,Scheuenstuhl G,Gerlach SC,Ubelaker DH

更新日期：2006-06-02 00:00:00