Injuries to the hyoid bone and laryngeal cartilages: effectiveness of different methods of medico-legal investigation.

abstract：:Organised criminality is a great concern for national/international security. The demonstration of complex crimes is increasingly dependant on knowledge distributed within law-enforcement agencies and scientific disciplines. This separation of knowledge creates difficulties in reconstructing and prosecuting such crime...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Esseiva P,Ioset S,Anglada F,Gasté L,Ribaux O,Margot P,Gallusser A,Biedermann A,Specht Y,Ottinger E

更新日期：2007-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:For PCR-based genotyping using polymorphic microsatellite markers, DNA from decomposed postmortem human tissues was fractionated into six groups according to molecular size. The minimum required amounts of this degraded DNA, for detecting alleles at five microsatellite loci (ACTBP2, CMAG, HUMTH01, CYP19, and LPL) and ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Takahashi M,Kato Y,Mukoyama H,Kanaya H,Kamiyama S

更新日期：1997-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The interpretation of vehicle paint traces in forensic casework hinges on a number of factors including the type of paint, colour, number of layers, and background information. Vehicle colour surveys are an important source of information for the forensic paint examiner when interpreting the level of significance of a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jackson F,Bunford J,Maynard P,Roux C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obesity is a widespread condition affecting modern Americans. The prevalence of obesity has led to questions of how it can affect the skeleton, and if so can it be identified in unknown skeletal material. This study attempts to decipher the effects of activity level and body mass in modern Americans by employing muscu...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Godde K,Taylor RW

更新日期：2011-07-15 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

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：: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：:Myxoid heart disease (MHD), more commonly known as mitral valve prolapse, is a very common cardiac abnormality affecting 5-10% of the general population. This article reviews the history, symptoms, physical findings, pathology, associated conditions and complications of this entity. Special emphasis is given to sudden...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Scheurman EH

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is designed to evaluate the correlation between fatal vehicle crashes (FVC) and consumption of alcohol and/or drugs among drivers. Between 1996 and 2000 in Hong Kong, a total of 197 FVC cases of deceased drivers were investigated. The blood and/or urine samples of the victims were examined for the presence ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cheng JY,Chan DT,Mok VK

更新日期：2005-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A new discrimination method for the bioapatite materials bone, antler and ivory was developed using X-ray diffractometry and comprises non-invasive measurements in order to take valuable objects into account. Our approach deals with the analysis of peak intensity ratios resulting from several measurements on each obje...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hoelzig H,Muenster T,Blanke S,Kloess G,Garmasukis R,Koenig A

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA from the short tandem repeat (STR) system HUMTH01 was amplified by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and analyzed by vertical electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels followed by silver staining. DNA samples from 100 unrelated Danes, 147 unrelated Greenland Eskimos, and 89 Danish mother/child pairs were analyzed. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nellemann LJ,Møller A,Morling N

更新日期：1994-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification of an arsonist remains one of the most difficult challenges a fire investigation has to face. Seeking and detection of traces of gasoline could provide a valuable information to link a suspect with an arson scene where gasoline was used to set-up the fire. In this perspective, a first study was unde...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Darrer M,Jacquemet-Papilloud J,Delémont O

更新日期：2008-03-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue-specific differential DNA methylation has been an attractive target for the development of markers for discrimination of body fluids found at crime scenes. Though mostly stable, DNA methylation patterns have been shown to vary between different ethnic groups, in different age groups as well as between healthy a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kader F,Ghai M,Zhou M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Short tandem repeats (STRs) or microsatellites have been recognized worldwide as a powerful tool for human identification. They have become widely used in human identification especially in criminal cases and mass disasters. Police departments are often interested in cases where tissues are already decomposed and only...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Staiti N,Di Martino D,Saravo L

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and ten pairs of blood and semen samples and their stains were studied to type glyoxalase 1 (GLO 1) isoenzymes using agarose-starch medium. A good agreement was observed between the phenotypes expressed in blood and semen samples of the same donor. No GLO 1 activity however could be demonstrated in the vag...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sharma A,Arora VK,Bhalla V

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of recreational deaths in the "land of sun and fun" has pointed out several useful factors. Firstly, accidental deaths are more common than naturals. Secondly, the most common accidental death is drowning while swimming. The latter is not usually at public facilities, but rather at unsupervised uninstitutio...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Copeland AR

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The adhesion molecules identified in recent years can help improve the diagnosis of the wound age, especially of injuries with a short survival time. This is also indicative of the vitality of the wounds. The material investigated in the study originated from 465 skin wounds. The samples were taken from human autopsy ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dressler J,Bachmann L,Strejc P,Koch R,Müller E

更新日期：2000-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The analysis of ethyl glucuronide (EtG) in hair is a powerful tool for chronic alcohol abuse control because of the typical wide detection window of the hair matrix and due to the possibility of segmentation, allowing evaluation of alcohol consumption in different periods. Additionally, EtG in hair is often the only d...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Agius R,Nadulski T,Kahl HG,Schräder J,Dufaux B,Yegles M,Pragst F

更新日期：2010-03-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to characterize the concentrations of total and specific IgE as well as mast cell-derived tryptase in postmortem serum from femoral blood and evaluate the usefulness of their determination for diagnostic purposes in cases of fatal asthma attacks. 36 autopsy cases were retrospectively selected...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Scarpelli MP,Keller S,Tran L,Palmiere C

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：:Population study was carried out on the sample of 167 unrelated donors from the wider area of the Croatia's capital, Zagreb, using the short tandem reapet (STR) loci: TH01, VWFA31, FES/FPS, F13A01, D1S1656, D12S391, D18S535 and D22S683. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Grubić Z,Stingl K,Kastelan A

更新日期：2002-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Torture appears to be a permanent feature in countries, which have experienced military coups or ruled by oppressive governments in the past, such as Turkey. The Human Rights Foundation of Turkey (HRFT) was established in 1990 to serve torture victims, mainly those who were the victims of the 1980 military regime. Sin...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ozkalipci O,Unuvar U,Sahin U,Irencin S,Fincanci SK

更新日期：2013-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The Bavarian State Bureau of Investigation in Munich has the exclusive responsibility for investigation of criminal acts. One considerable expertise is that of hair analysis. According to the legal system in Germany, there is a special interest when some clients' hair tested positive for illicit drugs. An accused with...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Uhl M

更新日期：2000-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Road accident reconstruction by simulation represents an important step to determine what happened, as well as responsibilities of subjects involved in the event. To allow the reconstruction, a large variety of well-established simulative approaches are available on the market, e.g., impulse-momentum models, finite el...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vangi D,Begani F,Spitzhüttl F,Gulino MS

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a transcultural investigation of violent behaviour in Argentina and Denmark an analysis was made of the incidents involving deliberate violence as registered in the emergency wards of Hospital Fernandez and Hospital Pinero in Capital Federal Buenos Aires over a period of 13 and 17 months, respectively. In t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Aalund O,Danielsen L,Katz E,Mazza PH

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Writer characterization from images of handwriting has remained an important research problem in the handwriting recognition community that finds applications in forensics, paleography and neuropsychology. This paper presents a study to evaluate the effectiveness of an implicit shape codebook technique to recognize wr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bennour A,Djeddi C,Gattal A,Siddiqi I,Mekhaznia T

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A urine screening in fatalities with an unnatural or unknown cause of death (13-40 years of age) was carried out to evaluate the proportion of undetected drug-related cases. Ten out of 160 fatalities without a hint of drug consumption were classified as drug-related according to the definition of the Bundeskriminalamt...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Schulz-Schaeffer W,Elwers W,Schmoldt A

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The elemental objects of the research study are: determination of time periods corresponding to gunshot residue particles (GSR) deposition after the shot from selected pistols and a revolver, and evaluation of the deposited particles number. For several shooting experiments were used a pistol CZ model 85, caliber 9 mm...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fojtásek L,Kmjec T

更新日期：2005-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:A 56-year-old man is discovered unconscious in a pool of blood in the kitchen of his house. According to findings, the man used a 22 long Rifle to fire 14 shots at his thorax with trajectories going from front to back, from right to left and on a nearly horizontal level. All the projectiles got into the left front sid...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Boxho P

更新日期：1999-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is a growing medical concern in the United States. With the number of Americans suffering from hypertension increasing, the use of antihypertensives such as beta-blockers is increasing as well. In fact, three beta-blockers - atenolol, metoprolol and propranolol - were among the 200 most prescribed medicat...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Johnson RD,Lewis RJ

更新日期：2006-01-27 00:00:00