abstract：:Biological evidence analysis from contact traces is adversely affected by low quantity and quality of DNA. Proteins in these samples contain potentially individualizing information and may be particularly important for difficult surfaces such as brass, where DNA may yield incomplete profiles. In this study, touched un...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sterling SA,Mason KE,Anex DS,Parker GJ,Hart B,Prinz M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estimating the time since death of the deceased is a main goal in forensic investigations, but this can be challenging due to contradictory results derived from different investigations at the scene of death. We present a case of a 78-year-old woman, found dead in a small forest with broad-leaved trees, whose husband ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ondruschka B,Babian C,Neef M,Zwirner J,Schwarz M

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first report regarding the characterization of the new synthetic cannabinoid 4F-MDMB-BINACA. 4F-MDMB-BINACA was first analytically confirmed in seized drug material using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), liquid chromatography-quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry (LC-QTOF), and nuclear m...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Krotulski AJ,Mohr ALA,Kacinko SL,Fogarty MF,Shuda SA,Diamond FX,Kinney WA,Menendez MJ,Logan BK

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In today's society, human cannibalism is extremely rare and represents an unthinkable act of violence. Scientific literature on the topic is sparse due to significant methodological problems, such as collecting enough data and generating unbiased analyses. The purpose of this article is to illustrate some psychodynami...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Raymond S,Léger AS,Gasman I

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome (SUNDS) is widely considered to be related to hereditary fatal arrhythmias. Hyperpolarization-activated cyclic nucleotide-gated channel 4 (HCN4) channels are widely distributed in sinus myocytes and play a profound role in generating pacemaker electro-activity in cardiomyocy...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Wu Q,Zhao Q,Yin K,Hu BJ,Cheng J

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reconstruction of 2D object is a problem concerning many different fields such as forensics science, archiving, and banking. In the literature, it is considered as one-sided puzzle problem. But this study handles torn banknotes as a double-sided puzzle problem for the first time. In addition to that, a new dataset (To...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Yılmaz S,Nabiyev VV

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Organization of Scientific Area Committees defines threshold of identification as the minimum concentration of ignitable liquid identifiable from gas chromatographic-mass spectrometry data using accepted pattern identification criteria. We propose a method for determining this threshold for gasoline based on base ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hondrogiannis EM,Newton C,Alibozek R

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated the relationship between chronological age and pulp tooth area ratio (PTR) in maxillary central teeth using cone-beam computed tomography (CBCT) images in the Turkish population. The sample consisted of CBCT images of 120 male and female subjects between 14 and 75 years old. The PTR of the maxi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Uğur Aydın Z,Bayrak S

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gabapentin, a GABA analogue, is a nonopioid prescribed for seizure control and neuralgic pain. Its abuse for recreational purposes has been increasing in recent years as the number of prescriptions also increases. In our series, we review 104 cases of decedents who tested positive for gabapentin in postmortem blood sa...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Tharp AM,Hobron K,Wright T

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerotic calcifications, as calcified atheromatous elements, are markers of cardiovascular disease. However, the literature gives little information regarding their morphological aspect, making their identification very rare in skeletonized cases. In this paper, we document the morphological, histological, and ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Biehler-Gomez L,Maderna E,Brescia G,Caruso V,Rizzi A,Cattaneo C

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hand preference may be crucial in the forensic domain, notably in cases where the assailant is known to be left-handed and the defendant claims to be right-handed (or vice versa). In such cases, forensic psychologists or physicians may be asked to test the hand preference of the defendant. However, hand preference may...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Merckelbach H,Jelicic M

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The same-source problem remains a major challenge in forensic toolmark and firearm examination. Here, we investigate the applicability of the Chumbley method (J Forensic Sci, 2018, 63, 849; J Forensic Sci, 2010, 55, 953) (10,12), developed for screwdriver markings, for same-source identification of striations on bulle...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Krishnan G,Hofmann H

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine the effect of gender, body mass index, and time on the width of friction ridge impressions in fingerprints and the content of sweat and sebum forming the print. The research showed that the friction ridge impressions of women are significantly wider than those of men, and this ten...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Czech A,Szabelak A,Sowiński A

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "Blue Whale Challenge" is a dangerous Internet phenomenon. As per media reports, it involves a series of life-threatening tasks imposed by a "curator" to "players," who must fulfill the whole list, and it ends with the suicide of the player. The authors report the data of five suspected cases of "Blue Whales" mana...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lupariello F,Curti SM,Coppo E,Racalbuto SS,Di Vella G

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Few studies have examined life history and cognitive characteristics unique to female homicide offenders. Understanding these characteristics could aid in risk assessment for extreme violence in this group of offenders. The current study utilized t-tests or chi-square tests to compare 27 female and 81 male homicide of...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Fox JM,Brook M,Heilbronner RL,Susmaras T,Hanlon RE

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic DNA interpretation is transitioning from manual interpretation based usually on binary decision-making toward computer-based systems that model the probability of the profile given different explanations for it, termed probabilistic genotyping (PG). Decision-making by laboratories to implement probability-bas...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Buckleton JS,Bright JA,Gittelson S,Moretti TR,Onorato AJ,Bieber FR,Budowle B,Taylor DA

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pubic symphysis is among the most commonly used bilateral age indicators. Because of potential differences between right and left sides, it is necessary to investigate within-individual asymmetry, which can inflate age estimation error. This study uses 3D laser scans of paired pubic symphyses for 88 documented Whi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Stoyanova DK,Algee-Hewitt BFB,Kim J,Slice DE

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sexual assault evidence samples require the use of a specific process known as a differential digestion to separate sperm from nonsperm cells prior to DNA extraction. An automated differential digestion process was developed using a selective degradation technique, which uses DNase I to digest the remaining nonsperm D...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Wong H,Mihalovich J

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assigning correct population affinity to a skeleton can contribute important information to an investigation-yet recent work highlights high error rates when classifying Latinos with a traditional tool, Fordisc 3.1 (FD3). Our study examines whether misclassification trends exist, and whether these can be used to infer...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hughes CE,Dudzik B,Algee-Hewitt BFB,Jones A,Anderson BE

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study concentrates on samples of bare pork skin, with and without bristles, and dried bovine ribs shot with a semi-automatic pistol to find the best methodology and sampling surface in the search for inorganic gunshot residues (IGSR). Four quadrants of known surface areas were sampled at different distances from ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Merli D,Amadasi A,Mazzarelli D,Cappella A,Castoldi E,Ripa S,Cucca L,Cattaneo C,Profumo A

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate sorting of commingled human remains comprises a fundamental requirement for all further anthropological analyses. The lower limb bones are particularly important for reconstructing biological profiles. This study introduces a metric technique for sorting these elements using eight standard anthropological mea...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Anastopoulou I,Karakostis FA,Moraitis K

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, the manner of death in most hospital autopsy cases is natural, in which death is due to the natural course of disease or reasonably anticipated outcomes of medical interventions. Some cases fall into a potential gray zone between natural and accident, including rare or unanticipated outcomes of medical ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Criss BE,Zimmermann N,Butler RT

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visualization of nitrite residues is essential in gunshot distance determination. Current protocols for the detection of nitrites include, among other tests, the Modified Griess Test (MGT). This method is limited as nitrite residues are unstable in the environment and limited to partially burned gunpowder. Previous re...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Berger J,Upton C,Springer E

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of sudden death in the world. The etiology of sudden cardiac death involves a wide range of diseases, but seldom pericardial cysts. A pericardial cyst is an uncommon cyst usually located in the middle mediastinum and rarely in the posterior part. They are usually harmless an...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ley MB,Larsen MK

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Next-generation sequencing (NGS) has been used to genotype forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers for individual identification and kinship analysis. STR data from several NGS platforms have been published, but forensic application trials using the Ion S5™ XL system have not been reported. In this work, we report ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Wang L,Chen M,Wu B,Liu YC,Zhang GF,Jiang L,Xu XL,Zhao XC,Ji AQ,Ye J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Septic cavernous sinus thrombosis (SCST) is an uncommon consequence of head and face infection, but a rare complication after craniofacial fracture. In this case, SCST developed in a 13-year-old girl following a minor fall during volleyball, with impact and resulting abrasive contusion of the left forehead. She develo...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Srettabunjong S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When deaths occur in water, soft tissue decomposes after a temperature-dependent period, making DNA identification dependent on bone. This study examined the effects of water on bone DNA purity and quantity, and determined the best of three extraction methods for isolating DNA. The organic phenol-chloroform method con...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cartozzo C,Singh B,Boone E,Simmons T

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electrostatic dust print lift method is known to be able to recover only dry-origin footwear impression. However, the wet-origin footwear impression could also be recovered using this method. As the amount of dust accumulated before deposition of the wet-origin footwear impression increased, the intensity of the footw...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hong S,Park M

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil DNA profiling has potential as a forensic tool to establish a link between soil collected at a crime scene and soil recovered from a suspect. However, a quantitative measure is needed to investigate the spatial/temporal variability across multiple scales prior to their application in forensic science. In this stu...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Damaso N,Mendel J,Mendoza M,von Wettberg EJ,Narasimhan G,Mills D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Papaveris pericarpium, a natural source of morphine and codeine, is the principal active component in many antitussive traditional Chinese medicines. We herein report the first PK study of papaveris pericarpium in human plasma and urine following oral administration of single (15, 30, 60 mL) and multiple dose (15 mL) ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Guo BB,Zhang YQ,Wang SF,Ding JS,Zhou WH

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Powder stippling caused by the impact of propellant particles during close-distance gunfire has been previously described on skin and solid objects only. Additionally, radial tearing has been described as clear evidence of a contact-distance shot, requiring no further testing. Patterns of discrete perforating holes (r...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kusluski MA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Office of the Chief Coroner for Ontario database for 2011-2012 was used to compare fatal injury patterns in drivers whose third-generation airbags deployed compared to first- and second-generation airbag deployments and airbag nondeployments with and without seatbelt use. There were 110 frontal and offset frontal ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kuk M,Shkrum MJ

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zolpidem is a sedative that could be used to drug victims, but its suitability to dissolve in drinks is unknown. In this small study, we added either crushed or whole tablets of zolpidem hemitartrate to carbonated beverages or still water to observe how this affected the taste and appearance. Also, concentrations were...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Heide G,Hjelmeland K,Brochmann GW,Karinen R,Høiseth G

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is an increasing demand for automated verbal deception detection systems. We propose named entity recognition (NER; i.e., the automatic identification and extraction of information from text) to model three established theoretical principles: (i) truth tellers provide accounts that are richer in detail, (ii) con...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kleinberg B,Mozes M,Arntz A,Verschuere B

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA is often difficult to extract from old bones and teeth due to low levels of DNA and high levels of degradation. This study established a simple yet efficient method for extracting DNA from 20 aged bones and teeth (approximately 60 years old). Based on the concentration and STR typing results, the new method of DNA...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Liu Q,Liu L,Zhang M,Zhang Q,Wang Q,Ding X,Shao L,Zhou Z,Wang S

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anticoagulant rodenticides are widely used for rodent control around the world. A rapid and sensitive method was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of 13 anticoagulant rodenticides (coumafuryl, pindone, valone, warfarin, coumatetralyl, coumachlor, diphacinone, dicumarol, chlorophacinone, bromad...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Qiao Z,Xiang P,Shen B,Shen M,Yan H

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both clinicians and forensic practitioners should distinguish parental alienation (rejection of a parent without legitimate justification) from other reasons for contact refusal. Alienated children-who were not abused-often engage in splitting and lack ambivalence with respect to the rejected parent; children who were...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bernet W,Gregory N,Reay KM,Rohner RP

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The physiological, psychological, and social consequences associated with illicit drug use are well documented. In addition to the effects directly related to the drug(s), the delivery mechanism can precipitate other serious health conditions. A case is reported where an individual stopped by law enforcement was disco...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Labay LM,Catanese CA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A closed case file review of a nonrandom national sample of 975 homicides disclosed 11 cases (1.13%) of undoing, wherein offenders engaged in crime scene behavior that has been considered an attempt to symbolically reverse the murder. The frequency of the various methods of undoing involved the use of blankets to cove...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Russell M,Schlesinger LB,Leon M,Holdren S

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetyl fentanyl is a Schedule I controlled synthetic opioid that is becoming an increasingly detected "designer drug." Routine drug screening procedures in local forensic toxicology laboratories identified a total of 41 overdose deaths associated with acetyl fentanyl within multiple counties of the southwestern region...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Dwyer JB,Janssen J,Luckasevic TM,Williams KE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00