DNA typing of cellular material on perforating bullets.

abstract：:In order to establish a reliable age indicator in the period when all other epiphyseal age indicators have already been inactivated, medial clavicle as the bone with the longest period of growth became the object of various investigations. However, the lack of population-specific method often made it unreliable in som...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Milenkovic P,Djukic K,Djonic D,Milovanovic P,Djuric M

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The in vitro experiments on the interaction of 3H-cocaine and melanin from Sepia officinalis confirmed the existence of drug binding sites on melanin granules. The results suggested that the binding of 3H-cocaine to melanin could be analyzed by assuming that the binding to the surface of pigment granules is analogous ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Pötsch L,Skopp G,Rippin G

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Military rifle bullets are assumed to tumble 180 degrees in the target and end up facing backwards, but intact. It has been claimed, however, that a German version of the 7.62 mm x 51 (7.62 mm NATO) bullet may fragment at ranges up to 100 m. A lack of strength in the jacket, causing it to break at the cannelure when h...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Knudsen PJ,Vigsnaes JS,Rasmussen R,Nissen PS

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex estimation is a task of utmost importance in forensic anthropology and bioarcheology. Along with the pelvic bone, the skull is the most important source of sexual dimorphism. On the human skull, the upper third of the face (i.e., the frontal bone) is one of the most significant sexually dimorphic structures useful...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Čechová M,Dupej J,Brůžek J,Bejdová Š,Horák M,Velemínská J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In clinical and forensic practice, fatal thromboembolism is a major problem, particularly in a patient with no pre-existing risk factors. Out of a recent case, we discuss here the criteria for age determination of venous thrombi in a 46-year-old female with concomitant deep vein thrombosis in the common femoral left v...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Maffeis V,Nicolè L,Rago C,Fassina A

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accuracy of most age determination methods in adults is unsatisfactory and therefore more precise methods are required. Teeth provide several useful points about an individuals age. With advancing age secondary dentine is deposited along the wall of the dental pulp chamber leading to a reduction in the size of the...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Paewinsky E,Pfeiffer H,Brinkmann B

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity indices and forensic parameters at 20 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci were evaluated in 233 unrelated individuals of Himachal Pradesh, India. In total, 255 alleles were observed with an average of 11.25 ± 0.88 alleles per locus. None of the loci deviated from Hardy Weinberg Equilibrium. The ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Sahajpal V,Singh A,Thakur M,Sharma A,Bhandari D,Sharma LK,Chandra K,Kumar S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A medicolegal/algological collaboration lasting several years aimed at developing methods for dealing with dead bodies found in water where the circumstances are not clear, has led to an interdisciplinary procedure. To enable algological analysis, sample preservation and preparation must be free from contamination or ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Hürlimann J,Feer P,Elber F,Niederberger K,Dirnhofer R,Wyler D

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For over a century, law enforcement agencies, forensic laboratories, and penal courts worldwide have used fingerprint impressions as reliable and conclusive evidence to identify perpetrators of criminal activity. Although fingerprint identification has been repeatedly proven as one of the most robust and definite fore...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： De Alcaraz-Fossoul J,Mestres Patris C,Balaciart Muntaner A,Barrot Feixat C,Gené Badia M

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Scars of human skin can on occasions provide a very useful ancillary method of identification of an unknown deceased. If the age of any visible scars can be estimated objectively, then this might be of some assistance in the identification procedure. Melanocytes migrate into scar tissue as it ages and their number wit...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Dressler J,Busuttil A,Koch R,Harrison DJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic diversity indices and forensic parameters at 20 autosomal short tandem repeat (STR) loci were evaluated in 541 unrelated individuals of north-western Indian state Rajasthan. In total, 243 alleles were observed with an average of 12.15 alleles per locus. The most polymorphic and discriminative locus was Penta E...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Kumar R,Kumar A,Kumawat RK,Tilawat AK

更新日期：2020-06-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tracker dogs is the main method of finding hidden bodies, and in their search the dogs use typical scent patterns. "Electronic noses" can also be used to find and compare such patterns. Highly sensitive scent detectors have been successfully applied, e.g. in the examination of foodstuffs, in environmental t...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Hädrich C,Ortmann C,Reisch R,Liebing G,Ahlers H,Mall G

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When blood reaches an extracorporeal surface, a drying process is initiated. Properties of this drying process may be crucial for the correct assessment of case-specific time lapses, however, there is a lack of systematic studies concerning the drying times of blood. We present a study on drying properties of small bl...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Ramsthaler F,Schmidt P,Bux R,Potente S,Kaiser C,Kettner M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA profiles from degraded samples often suffer from information loss at the longer short tandem repeat (STR) loci. Sensitising the reactions, either by performing additional PCR cycles or increasing the capillary electrophoresis injection settings, carries the risk of over-amplifying or overloading the shorter fragme...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Westen AA,van der Gaag KJ,de Knijff P,Sijen T

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, Verzeletti et al. (Am J Forensic Med Pathol 31:27-33, 2010) developed a new components method for the estimation of age-at-death from the sternal end of the fourth rib. This approach consists of the assignment of numerical scores for several age-related morphological characteristics, which are then inserted ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Macaluso PJ Jr,Lucena J

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The smoking cessation agent varenicline acts as a partial agonist on α(4)β(2) nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Although debated, several reports have linked varenicline therapy to an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and/or suicide. In addition, several non-fatal overdose cases have been reported. In this report, ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Stove CP,De Letter EA,Piette MH,Lambert WE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multiple tooth development staging techniques were reported based on arbitrarily set borderlines between succeeding stages. Anatomic tooth features or predictions of future tooth part dimensions were described to identify the thresholds between the established stages. The need to predict mature tooth dimensions, while...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Altalie S,Thevissen P,Willems G

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have sequenced the entire mtDNA genome (mtGenome) of 241 individuals who match 1 of 18 common European Caucasian HV1/HV2 types, to identify sites that permit additional forensic discrimination. We found that over the entire mtGenome even individuals with the same HV1/HV2 type rarely match. Restricting attention to ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Coble MD,Just RS,O'Callaghan JE,Letmanyi IH,Peterson CT,Irwin JA,Parsons TJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DCs) can essentially contribute to innate and adaptive immune system in various organs. A double-color immunofluorescence analysis was carried out with anti-CD11c and -HLA-DRα antibodies to detect DCs in 53 skin wounds (their postinfliction intervals: group I, 0-3 days; group II, 4-7 days; group III, ...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Kuninaka Y,Ishida Y,Nosaka M,Shimada E,Kimura A,Ozaki M,Hata S,Michiue T,Yamamoto H,Furukawa F,Eisenmenger W,Kondo T

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The localization of ABH related antigens in human male reproductive tract was examined using monoclonal antibodies and an avidin biotin complex method. No positive reaction with blood group antibodies on spermatozoa was observed in testis and ductus epididymidis apart from erythrocytes and endothelial cells. The expre...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Nishi K,Fukunaga T,Yamamoto Y,Yamada M,Kane M,Tanegashima A,Rand S,Brinkmann B

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forensic application of mtDNA typing requires large databases which are regionally well defined. To further this aim, we have typed mtDNA in a sample of 111 French and 106 Sicilians. The French were typed for both hypervariable segments (HVR1 and HVR2) of the mtDNA control region, whereas the Sicilians were only t...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Cali F,Le Roux MG,D'Anna R,Flugy A,De Leo G,Chiavetta V,Ayala GF,Romano V

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human fingertip microflora is transferred to touched objects and may provide forensically relevant information on individual hosts, such as on geographic origins, if endogenous microbial skin species/strains would be retrievable from physical fingerprints and would carry geographically restricted DNA diversity. We tes...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Tims S,van Wamel W,Endtz HP,van Belkum A,Kayser M

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using AGCU Y24 Plus PCR Amplification Kit, 32 Y short tandem repeat (STR) loci were analyzed in 355 unrelated male participants of Meizhou city in Guangdong Province of China. By analyzing 341 different haplotypes, it was found that haplotype diversity (HD) and discrimination capacity (DC) were 0.9995 and 0.9605, resp...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Du W,Wu W,Wu Z,Guo L,Wang B,Chen L

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DXS8378, DXS7132, HPRTB, and DXS7423 microsatellite markers located in four different X-chromosomal linkage groups were studied in the Hungarian population. After genotyping unrelated men (219) and women (165), forensic efficiency parameters showing that the four X-linked short tandem repeats are informative for foren...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Zalán A,Völgyi A,Jung M,Peterman O,Pamjav H

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate the applicability of ion-pair reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (ICEMS) for the simultaneous characterization of length and nucleotide polymorphisms. Two sections within the first (HVS-I) and second (HVS-II) hypervariable segme...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Oberacher H,Niederstätter H,Parson W

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various aspects concerning the practical application and forensic interpretation of data obtained by saliva drug testing and drug monitoring from the skin surface are discussed. Basic information on the composition of saliva and skin secretions and their particular transport mechanisms, as far as known, are given. For...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Skopp G,Pötsch L

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During forensic investigations, it is often important to be able to distinguish between impact spatter patterns (blood from gunshots, explosives, blunt force trauma and/or machinery accidents) and bloodstain patterns generated by expiration (blood from the mouth, nose or lungs). These patterns can be difficult to dist...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Donaldson AE,Walker NK,Lamont IL,Cordiner SJ,Taylor MC

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 3.5-year-old boy with sudden anal blood loss at school. Sexual abuse was suspected, and, apart from anal fissures seen on sigmoidoscopy, no other clinical signs of any sort of disorder were present. As no medical explanation for the blood loss could be given, penetrating anal trauma was sugges...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： De Munnynck K,Van Geet C,De Vos R,Van de Voorde W

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In sauna-associated deaths, the vitality of heat exposure is of great importance. Two case reports address this. First, we present the case of a 77-year-old man who was found dead in the sauna of his family home. When found, the sauna door was closed, and the sauna indicated a temperature of 78 °C. The body had alread...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Wegner A,Doberentz E,Madea B

更新日期：2021-01-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The brains of 70 fatal cases with AIDS were studied by means of immunohistochemistry and in-situ hybridization in a consecutive autopsy series (1985-July 1992). In addition, the neuropathological changes were correlated with the neurological and neuroimaging findings. Opportunistic infections included toxoplasmosis (1...

journal_title：International journal of legal medicine

authors： Neuen-Jacob E,Figge C,Arendt G,Wendtland B,Jacob B,Wechsler W

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00