Anatomical reconstruction of fragments of burned human bones: a necessary means for forensic identification.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate medical statement conclusions in the criminal-legal process in suspected cases of child sexual abuse (CSA). STUDY DESIGN:An observational study of a random sample of 130 medically examined, police reported CSA suspected cases during 2001-2009. Medical statements were evaluated and their conclusi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Joki-Erkkilä M,Niemi J,Ellonen N

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：:Among all the improvised explosive devices (IEDs) known, pipe bombs are one of the most popular devices used by terrorists. They are simple to use, easy to construct and materials are readily available. For this IED, fragmentation is the primary injury mechanism, which makes them a desirable weapon for terrorists aimi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： da Silva LA,Johnson S,Critchley R,Clements J,Norris K,Stennett C

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal specimens from 19 autopsies of persons known to be intravenous heroin-addicts and with severe lympho-monocytic glomerulonephritis were investigated to correlate the inflammatory activity and deposits of immunoglobulin and complement. In all sections, there were 10 or more LCA-positive cells/glomerulum, counted i...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dettmeyer R,Stojanovski G,Madea B

更新日期：2000-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the DNA mutation rate and pattern in the hypervariable short tandem repeat (STR) locus D12S391 and in the locus D8S1132, samples from an eastern German population (Dresden area) were analysed. A duplex PCR was applied, using short amplification products for D12S391 (129-177bp) and a modified reverse pri...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hering S,Müller E

更新日期：2001-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The variety of instruments used for crime of violence is wide. Besides the manufactured legal weapons, there are comparable numbers of purchased instruments, which are used as lethal weapons and significant numbers of comprising home-made ones. The instruments used during the commission of a crime shows similarity thr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Uner HB,Gökdogan MR,Cakan H

更新日期：2003-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Death in the "microwave oven" has nothing to do with microwaves energy. It is the jargon name given to a criminal form of execution by carbonization that has been adopted by drug dealers in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). The goal is to torture and intimidate victims, in an attempt of corpse occultation and to make identific...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Durão C,Machado MP,Daruge Júnior E

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Buprenorphine is available in Singapore as substitution treatment for opioid dependence since 2002. This study surveys buprenorphine related deaths in Singapore between September 2003 and December 2004. The aims are to establish the autopsy prevalence of buprenorphine related deaths and the demographical and toxicolog...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lai SH,Yao YJ,Lo DS

更新日期：2006-10-16 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the frequency of genital and anal injury and associated demographic and assault characteristics in women alleging sexual assault. DESIGN:Cross-sectional study. SETTING:Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC), Western Australia. PARTICIPANTS:Total of 1266 women attending SARC from Jan-2009 to Mar...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Zilkens RR,Smith DA,Phillips MA,Mukhtar SA,Semmens JB,Kelly MC

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new solid-phase extraction procedure for the determination of cocaine and some of its metabolites in brain tissue, using high-flow co-polymeric sorbents is reported as a substantial improvement on our recently reported procedure. The recovery of cocaine, norcocaine and cocaethylene was excellent as was the reproduci...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Moore C,Browne S,Tebbett I,Negrusz A

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We study in this paper the expanding behaviour of hollow point 9 mm Parabellum projectiles (Hornady XTP(®) and Speer Gold Dot(®)). We defined a deformation rate that takes into account both the diameter increase and the length reduction. We plotted the behaviour of this parameter versus impact velocity (we refer to th...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bresson F,Ducouret J,Peyré J,Maréchal C,Delille R,Colard T,Demondion X

更新日期：2012-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Databases have been used to record data in forensic science, such as fingerprints, shoeprints, and photos. In traditional databases, we use "text" as the "keyword" for retrieving data (text-keyword retrieval); however, in some applications, "text" is not proper to describe the searching target, and in this case, "imag...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wen CY,Yao JY

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cigarettes are consumer products with a broad market-driven orientation. In order to satisfy the different needs of smokers, cigarette trademarks with different aroma, taste and appearance are available on the market. In this study near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy in combination with chemometrics was applied in order ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Omar J,Slowikowski B,Boix A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Downstairs falls frequently occur within domestic environments and are mainly associated with elderly and intoxicated individuals, often feature multiple injuries on various parts of the body. In most cases it is not possible to determine the cause of the fall and/or death solely by means of external examination. In t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Preuss J,Padosch SA,Dettmeyer R,Driever F,Lignitz E,Madea B

更新日期：2004-05-10 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：: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：:Forensic pathologists are often involved in the identification of unknown bodies. It is imperative, therefore, that they become aware of a national computerized identification system (NCIC) administered by the FBI. There is also a state system in California which has resulted in the identification of 59 individuals. T...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sperber N

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fifteen autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) markers (D3S1358, HUMTH01, D21S11, D18S51, PENTA E, D5S818, D13S317, D7S820, D16S539, CSF1PO, PENTA D, HUMvWA, D8S1179, HUMTPOX, FGA) were analyzed in 1734 individuals living in urban areas of cities from six different Argentinian provinces (Buenos Aires, Neuquén, Tucumán, L...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Toscanini U,Gusmão L,Berardi G,Amorim A,Carracedo A,Salas A,Raimondi E

更新日期：2007-01-05 00:00:00

abstract：:In our study 1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-propanone (MDP-2-P or PMK) was prepared by two different routes, i.e. by oxidizing isosafrole in an acid medium and by 1-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)-2-nitropropene reduction. The final product-MDP-2-P was subjected to GC/MS analysis. The intermediates and reaction by-products...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Swist M,Wilamowski J,Zuba D,Kochana J,Parczewski A

更新日期：2005-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis (RFLP-analysis) was carried out on blood samples from 616 unrelated Danish Caucasians. DNA was restricted with Hinf I and analyzed with the single locus variable number tandem repeats (VNTR) probes MS1, MS31, MS43a and YNH24. The effect of the sample size on the estima...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Eriksen B,Svensmark O

更新日期：1994-05-13 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：:A comparison study of the American style ASP extendible police baton with the conventional UK police wooden truncheon was performed. It was found that the ASP baton generated approximately twice the contact pressure than the conventional wooden truncheon. A discussion on the medical/legal aspects of the results are gi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Roberts A,Nokes L,Leadbeatter S,Pike H

更新日期：1994-06-28 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：:The abuse or misuse of forged erectile-dysfunction drugs, containing phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (e.g. sildenafil), is a serious issue globally. Therefore, the detection of sildenafil and related active analogues in counterfeit pharmaceuticals or the differentiation between counterfeit and authentic drugs has ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lee S,Ji D,Park M,Chung KH

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A highly polymorphic sequence structure is reported in the human beta-actin related pseudogene 2 (ACTBP2) (SE33) locus in members of the Taiwanese Han population. A total of 100 unrelated members of the Taiwanese Han population were used in the study. Alleles that shared the same size but differ in their sequence are ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hsieh HM,Wu KL,Tsai LC,Lo CH,Linacre A,Lee JC

更新日期：2002-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Fundamental to any ballistic armour standard is the reference projectile to be defeated. Typically, for certification purposes, a consistent and symmetrical bullet geometry is assumed, however variations in bullet jacket dimensions can have far reaching consequences. Traditionally, characteristics and internal dimensi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Thornby J,Landheer D,Williams T,Barnes-Warden J,Fenne P,Norman DG,Attridge A,Williams MA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A fraction of SIDS cases have death delayed by successful CPR, yet they have not been compared to SIDS cases which were found dead or not successfully resuscitated. Our aims were to: (1) determine the percent of SIDS cases in the San Diego SIDS Research Project database for whom death was delayed by CPR and subsequent...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Krous HF,Haas EA,Chadwick AE,Masoumi H,Mhoyan A,Stanley C

更新日期：2008-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was to determine the chronology of third molar mineralization and to establish Austrian reference data. Therefore, a cross-sectional study was undertaken by evaluating 610 panoramic radiographs in order to assess the mineralization status of the mandibular third molars of Austrian male and...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Meinl A,Tangl S,Huber C,Maurer B,Watzek G

更新日期：2007-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a high performance liquid chromatographic method with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FL) for the determination of fenfluramine (Fen) and norfenfluramine (Norf) in human hair as biomarker metabolites of N-nitrosofenfluramine (N-Fen) is described. Washed and cut hair segments were extracted by ultrasonicati...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kaddoumi A,Wada M,Nakashima MN,Nakashima K

更新日期：2004-11-10 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