abstract：:Over the past decade, there has been a growing openness about the importance of human factors in forensic work. However, most of it focused on cognitive bias, and neglected issues of workplace wellness and stress. Forensic scientists work in a dynamic environment that includes common workplace pressures such as worklo...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Jeanguenat AM,Dror IE

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past two decades, prescription and illicit opioid use has led to changes in public health policy to address the increasing number of opioid-related deaths. The purpose of this study was to review cases from Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office between 2004 through 2015 where heroin was listed as a signif...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Love SA,Lelinski J,Kloss J,Middleton O,Apple FS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Soil vestiges might provide information about a crime scene. The Rietveld method with X-ray diffraction data (RM-XRD) is a nondestructive technique that makes it possible to characterize minerals present in the soils. Soil clays from the metropolitan region of Curitiba (Brazil) were submitted to DCB treatment and anal...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Prandel LV,Melo VF,Brinatti AM,Saab SDC,Salvador FAS

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study provides regression equations for estimation of age of infants from the dimensions of their developing deciduous teeth. The sample comprises 97 individuals of known sex and age (62 boys, 35 girls), aged between 2 days and 1,081 days. The age-estimation equations were obtained for the sexes combined, as well...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Viciano J,De Luca S,Irurita J,Alemán I

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The documentation of dental materials used in the USA during the WWII era is readily available, while references for the Japanese are minimal. It was therefore important to build a photographic database of Japanese restorative care which could be utilized as a comparison tool for the deployed odontologist. The dental ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Shiroma CY

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elevated serum tryptase concentration is considered a specific marker for systemic mast cell activation, a central feature of anaphylaxis. However, in some cases of acute cardiovascular death, high concentrations of serum tryptase are also observed. We compared the postmortem serum tryptase concentrations in 74 cas...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Xiao N,Li DR,Wang Q,Zhang F,Yu YG,Wang HJ

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Respiratory pathogens have been detected in forensic investigations using multiple techniques; however, no study has examined the use of automated, nested, multiplex polymerase chain reaction (ANM-PCR), commonly used in living patients, in the forensic setting. This retrospective study assessed the utility of ANM-PCR ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Baker T,Schandl C,Presnell SE,Madory J,Nolte FS,Batalis N

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The estimation of postmortem interval (PMI) based on successional patterns of adult insects is largely limited, due to the lack of potential PMI markers. Sex and size of adult insects could be easily used for such estimation. In this study, sex- and size-related patterns of carrion attendance by adult insects were ana...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Mądra-Bielewicz A,Frątczak-Łagiewska K,Matuszewski S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Owing to the scanty evidence on usefulness of information of appearance of gray hair for age estimation, this study was conducted to estimate age based on the appearance of gray hair on different body sites in a sample of autopsy cases in Sri Lanka. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in Teaching Hospita...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Senanayake HMK,Wickramasinghe ND

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bipartite patella is recognized as a developmental anomaly of ossification. Most of them are asymptomatic and are discovered incidentally. Bipartite patella is sometimes misdiagnosed as a patella fracture, because the x-ray images of both these conditions may appear very similar. In this case, the patient complained o...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ma J,Shi F,Huang C,Gu S

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diphenidine is a dissociative drug that shows several psychotropic effects including euphoria, shifts in perception of reality, hallucinations, and transient anterograde amnesia. In this study, a case of acute intoxication occurring after diphenidine intake is reported. A 30-year-old Caucasian male was hospitalized af...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gerace E,Bovetto E,Corcia DD,Vincenti M,Salomone A

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The current practice in securing the contact traces of chemical substances taken from clothes belonging to a person suspected of manual handling explosives is focused on pockets and cuffs. The outerwear worn by people who had contact with fluorescent powders that simulate explosives and drugs was the subject of this s...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Pawłowski W,Matyjasek Ł,Karpińska M

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undocumented Border Crosser (UBC) deaths in Arizona are a major issue faced by medicolegal authorities. Currently, the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner (MCOME) is in possession of over two hundred unidentified individuals, more than half of whom are presumed to be UBCs. The primary goal of this study was...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Fleischman JM,Kendell AE,Eggers CC,Fulginiti LC

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Self-embedding behavior (SEB) is the repeated insertion of sharp objects, such as needles or pins, into the soft tissues of abdomen, limbs, and other body parts. In this study, two cases of SEB were reported and the scientific worldwide literature reviewed. Thirty-two cases of SEB were identified through systematic se...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Mannarino VS,Pereira DCS,Gurgel WS,Costa CBF,Valença AM,Fontenelle LF,Mendlowicz MV

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteoarthritis (OA) is a marker of degeneration within the skeleton, frequently associated with age. This study quantifies the correlation between OA and age-at-death and investigates the utility of shoulder OA as a forensic age indicator using a modern North American sample of 206 individuals. Lipping, surface porosi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Brennaman AL,Love KR,Bethard JD,Pokines JT

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nosocomial infections have become a major issue of public health and lead to an increasing number of suits for damages. We present a rare case of Aspergillus contamination during cardiac surgery, describe the medicolegal investigation, and present the new system for compensation of bodily injury after nosocomial infec...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Tuchtan L,Piercecchi-Marti MD,Dumon H,Métras D,Léonetti G,Bartoli C

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:"Bath salts" are synthetic derivatives of cathinones, compounds found in the leaves of Catha edulis, which possesses amphetamine-like properties. At the New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner, we conducted a 3-year retrospective analysis of deaths in which cathinones were detected. Two categories emerged; thos...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： deRoux SJ,Dunn WA

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Graphic exemplars of cranial sex and ancestry are essential to forensic anthropology for standardizing casework, training analysts, and communicating group trends. To date, graphic exemplars have comprised hand-drawn sketches, or photographs of individual specimens, which risks bias/subjectivity. Here, we performed qu...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Caple J,Stephan CN

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The combination of subdural hemorrhage (SDH), retinal hemorrhage (RH), and encephalopathy, or the presence of severe retinal hemorrhages alone in infants, is often attributed to and has been stated to be pathognomonic for abusive head trauma (AHT) or shaken baby syndrome. These beliefs have been challenged, because th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Shuman MJ,Hutchins KD

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is common for researchers using animal or human remains for scientific study to freeze samples prior to use. However, effects of freezing on bone macro- or microstructure are relatively unknown. The research objective of this study was to determine whether freezing could potentially bias experimental results by ana...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hale AR,Ross AH

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common disease involving insulin resistance or deficit that, when left unchecked, may cause severe hyperglycemia and subsequent end-organ damage. Acute pancreatitis (AP) is inflammation of the pancreas that can lead to significant morbidity and mortality. AP and DM both account for a signif...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Butler DC,Emanuel AJ,Self SE,Batalis NI

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During postmortem examination of the dental arches of carbonized victims, dental restorative materials may be found. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of heat source action on the color stability of composite resin (CR) and glass ionomer cement (GIC) restorations, to discriminate between them and compar...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Biancalana RC,Vicente SA,Alves da Silva RH,Pires-de-Souza FC

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spreading dynamics of blood dripping onto hard surfaces is compared to two spreading models. Samples of human blood, porcine blood, and Millipore® water were dripped onto cardboard, foamcore, and glass surfaces in low velocity passive drip simulations. Final stain diameter, the total number of spines and scallops,...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Stotesbury T,Taylor MC,Jermy MC

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Due to increasing caseloads and inadequate staffing, the burden on Coroner/Medical Examiner Offices to comply with recommended autopsy limits for forensic pathologists (FPs) has been difficult. Since 2006, pathologists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have performed select autopsies for the Alabama Departmen...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： McCleskey BC,Reilly SD,Atherton D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paper presents a case of an atypical iatrogenic complication after tracheotomy analyzed on the basis of the case dossier materials submitted to the authors by the court of justice to prepare a forensic medical opinion concerning the correctness of the medical procedure. A 37-year-old woman was brought by the ambul...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Smędra A,Meissner E,Barzdo M,Grabowski P,Kartasiński M,Krajewski W,Berent J

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of death as a result of starvation is established on anthropological measurements, visual appearance of the deceased on external and internal examination, microscopic analysis, laboratory testing, and exclusion of other causes of death. Herein, we present our findings on a case of 95-year-old man who die...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Baković M,Vreča P,Mayer D

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Juvenile age estimation methods used in forensic anthropology generally lack methodological consistency and/or statistical validity. Considering this, a standard approach using nonparametric Multivariate Adaptive Regression Splines (MARS) models were tested to predict age from iliac biometric variables of male and fem...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Corron L,Marchal F,Condemi S,Chaumoître K,Adalian P

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Opium is the raw material for the production of heroin, and the characterization of opium seizures through laboratory analysis is a valuable tool for law enforcement agencies to trace clandestine opium production and trafficking. In this work, a method for opium profiling based on the relative content of five principa...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Liu C,Hua Z,Bai Y

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about to what extent the events surrounding death can be reliably reconstructed from blunt force trauma analysis alone. In this study, we reconstruct circumstances of death from a blind blunt force trauma analysis using a sample of 21 individuals of known death circumstances, obtained from two identifi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Marinho L,Cardoso HF

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A portable capillary electrophoresis instrument with dual capacitively coupled contactless conductivity detection (C4 D) was used to determine the inorganic ionic profiles of three pharmaceutical samples and precursors of two illicit drugs (contemporary samples of methylone and para-methoxymethamphetamine). The LODs r...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Evans E,Costrino C,do Lago CL,Garcia CD,Roux C,Blanes L

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Handwriting of children in early grades is studied from the viewpoint of quantitatively measuring the development of handwriting individuality. Handwriting samples of children, in grades 2-4, writing a paragraph of text in both handprinted and cursive, collected over a period of 3 years, were analyzed using two differ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Srihari SN,Meng L,Hanson L

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The information inherent in cigarette ash in the form of trace-metal concentrations may be of use in a forensic context as it can indicate the brand from which the ash originated. This knowledge might help place suspects at crime scenes or determine how many people may have been present. To develop and test statistica...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Groth AC,Barnes JH,Lewis C,Murray CK,Albahadily F,Jourdan TH

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Invasive fungal infections are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in immunocompromised patients, especially in cases requiring a prolonged stay in the intensive care unit. A total of 99 yeast strains were isolated from 42 postmortem cases. In this study, virulence factors and antifungal susceptibility of these...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Yagmur G,Sav H,Ziyade N,Elgormus N,Sen S,Akkoyun Bilgi E,Atan Y,Buyuk Y,Kiraz N

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increased marketing of fake perfumes has encouraged us to investigate how to identify such products by their chemical characteristics and multivariate analysis. The aim of this study was to present an alternative approach to distinguish original from fake perfumes by means of the investigation of sodium, potassium...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gomes CL,de Lima AC,Loiola AR,da Silva AB,Cândido MC,Nascimento RF

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A rare case of lethal idiopathic plasmacytic lymphadenopathy (IPL) with polyclonal hyperimmunoglobulinemia with chronic renal failure is described. A 40-year-old woman who had suffered from upper airways disease was admitted to the Emergency Room with acute renal failure and hypergammaglobulinemia. She developed peric...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Tattoli L,Solarino B,Schiraldi O,Di Vella G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic anthropologists are more often turning to nondestructive methods to assist with skeletal analyses, specifically for trace elemental analyses. Portable XRF (pXRF) instruments are versatile and are able to be used in diverse settings or for specimens of a shape and size that cannot be accommodated by laboratory...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Byrnes JF,Bush PJ

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite technological advances, human remains detection (HRD) dogs still remain one of the best tools for locating clandestine graves. However, soil texture may affect the escape of decomposition gases and therefore the effectiveness of HDR dogs. Six nationally credentialed HRD dogs (three HRD only and three cross-tra...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Alexander MB,Hodges TK,Wescott DJ,Aitkenhead-Peterson JA

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rise in improved and widely accessible printing technology has resulted in an interest to develop rapid and minimally destructive chemical analytical techniques that can characterize printing inks for forensic document analysis. Chemical characterization of printing inks allows for both discrimination of inks orig...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Williamson R,Raeva A,Almirall JR

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Footwear examination can provide an important link between the crime scene and the suspect. Casts have been taken from snow, soil, and sand substrates to assist with the examination and to accurately depict the impression. However, there has been some discrepancy on what kind of fixative, if any, should be used with i...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Battiest T,Clutter SW,McGill D

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male in his 70s was found lying dead in the living room of his house. A gunshot entrance wound was observed in the left orbit, with a lead slug and wadding left in the skull, which exhibited fatal cranio-cerebral trauma. A cartridge had been discharged from a handmade launcher, or zip gun, that had been fixed to a s...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Osawa M,Matsushima Y,Kumar A,Tsuboi A,Kakimoto Y,Satoh F

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00