abstract：:Collection of DNA for genetic profiling is a powerful means for the identification of individuals responsible for crimes and terrorist acts. Biologic hazards, such as bacteria, endospores, toxins, and viruses, could contaminate sites of terrorist activities and thus could be present in samples collected for profiling....

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Timbers J,Wilkinson D,Hause CC,Smith ML,Zaidi MA,Laframboise D,Wright KE

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In bloodstain pattern analysis, the blood droplet volume and surface impact velocity play an important role, and many related experimental studies have been carried out. If an appropriate computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model that could solve bloodstain patterns, especially spine formation bloodstain patterns, can ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Park CS,Ihm CH,Cho NS,Chung NE

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bismuth oxychloride (BiOCl) was the first viable synthetic pearl pigment developed 50 years ago. It was only used for a limited time period in automotive paint (model years 1998-2000), serving to produce luster for a single Chrysler black metallic color. Identification of this pigment in an unknown automotive paint ca...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Suzuki EM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensically significant digital trace evidence that is frequently present in sectors of digital media not associated with allocated or deleted files. Modern digital forensic tools generally do not decompress such data unless a specific file with a recognized file type is first identified, potentially resulting in mis...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Garfinkel SL

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the beginning of recorded history, stones have been used in the commission of crimes due to their widespread availability. Stones can be used as a lethal weapon that sometimes might be the only evidence in a serious case. The common perception, even in professional fingermark circles, is that stones do not yield...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hefetz I,Cohen A,Cohen Y,Chaikovsky A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pica is characterized by the persistent eating of non-nutritive substances over some time that is inappropriate for the maturation stage of the individual and is not culturally sanctioned. A 9-year-old boy with Goldenhar syndrome, significant developmental delay and pica, collapsed and died after a short history of di...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Byard RW

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the degradation of sebaceous fingerprints on brass surfaces using silver electroless deposition (SED) as a visualization technique. We have stored fingerprints on brass squares either (i) in a locked dark cupboard or (ii) in glass-filtered natural daylight for periods of 3 h, 24 h, 1 week, 3 weeks, and...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Payne IC,McCarthy I,Almond MJ,Baum JV,Bond JW

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work, we present a measuring methodology for long bones of the limbs (humerus, femur, and tibia) of human corpses. Measurements of cadaveric height and long bone lengths were conducted on 72 corpses (20 females and 52 males) from the School of Medicine at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Additiona...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Menéndez Garmendia A,Gómez-Valdés JA,Hernández F,Wesp JK,Sánchez-Mejorada G

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The death of a person as a reaction to the death of another is known as Philemon and Baucis death and may represent a difficult challenge for pathologists, especially due to the decompositional changes that often characterized these situations. In this article, we describe two cases of Philemon and Baucis deaths, the ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lardi C,Schmit G,Burkhardt S,Mangin P,Palmiere C

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seals are traditionally used in the Far East Asia to stamp an impression on a document in place of a signature. In this study, an accuser claimed that a personal contract regarding mining development rights acquired by a defendant was devolved to the accuser because the defendant stamped the devolvement contract in th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nam YS,Park JS,Kim NK,Lee Y,Lee KB

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study conducts an investigation of fatal falls from height, examines gender differences, and compares our findings with those of Western countries. We review deaths in Taiwan caused by falls from height that underwent forensic autopsy from 1994 to 2010. Among the examined cases, 182 were suicide, 156 were acciden...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Peng TA,Lee CC,Lin JC,Shun CT,Shaw KP,Weng TI

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a grave is an anomalous environment and differs from its surroundings, criminal investigators employ different techniques for locating, recovering, and analyzing clandestine graves. In this study were identified the fungi found in the soil under corpses in decomposition with an aim at relating the copresence of hum...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Tranchida MC,Centeno ND,Cabello MN

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study has shown that the combination of simple techniques with the use of multivariate statistics offers the potential for the comparative analysis of soil samples. Five samples were obtained from each of twelve state parks across New Jersey in both the summer and fall seasons. Each sample was examined using part...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bonetti J,Quarino L

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We herein report the case of a 36-year-old man who died suddenly after a fight with another man. Forensic investigations included unenhanced computed tomography, postmortem angiography, autopsy, histology, neuropathology, toxicology, and biochemistry and allowed a traumatic cause of death to be excluded. An electrocar...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Palmiere C,Lesta Mdel M,Vanhaebost J,Mangin P,Augsburger M,Vogt P

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage is used in criminal investigations to compare perpetrators with suspects. Usually, incomplete gait cycles are collected, making evidential gait analysis challenging. This study aimed to analyze the discriminatory power of joint angles throughout a gait cycle. Six sets from 12 m...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Yang SX,Larsen PK,Alkjær T,Simonsen EB,Lynnerup N

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The U.S. agricultural sector is vulnerable to intentionally introduced microbial threats because of its wide and open distribution and economic importance. To investigate such events, forensically valid assays for plant pathogen detection are needed. In this work, real-time PCR assays were developed for three model pl...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： James M,Blagden T,Moncrief I,Burans JP,Schneider K,Fletcher J

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The volume of bloodstains found on crime scenes may help forensic investigators reconstruct the location and kinematics of bloodletting events, as stain size, volume, and impact velocity are related. Optical coherence tomography was used as a method to determine the volume and volume ratio of dried and fresh bloodstai...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Laan N,Bremmer RH,Aalders MC,de Bruin KG

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Celebratory gunfire injuries from "falling bullets" occur when guns are fired into the air during celebrations without realizing that this can cause serious injuries or even fatalities. Fatal celebratory gunfire injury is an uncommonly reported event in the continental United States. Our electronic database was querie...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rapkiewicz AV,Shuman MJ,Hutchins KD

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide by inhalation of carbon monoxide produced by mixing formic acid and sulfuric acid within a confined space is a rare method of suicide. This method is similar to the so-called "detergent suicide" method where an acid-based detergent is mixed with a sulfur source to produce hydrogen sulfide. Both methods produce...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lin PT,Dunn WA

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present work on matching 2-mm-thick wires using optical 3D imaging methods. Marks on such small surfaces are difficult to match using a comparison microscope as this 2D imaging method does not provide height data about the sample surface. Moreover, these 2D microscopy images may be affected by illumination. Hence, ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Heikkinen VV,Kassamakov I,Barbeau C,Lehto S,Reinikainen T,Haeggström E

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the quest for a simple, reliable technique to estimate the sex of human remains several novel metric skeletal indices have been reported. Only a few have been examined for utility in populations different from those in which they were developed. In this study, the mastoid process was evaluated for sex determination...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Jaja BN,Ajua CO,Didia BC

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Slimming cactus (Hoodia), found only in southwestern Africa, is a well-known herbal product for losing weight. Consequently, Hoodia extracts are sought-after worldwide despite a CITES Appendix II status. The failure to eradicate illegal trade is due to problems with detecting and identifying Hoodia using morphological...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gathier G,van der Niet T,Peelen T,van Vugt RR,Eurlings MC,Gravendeel B

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Any person with a tattoo known to their family or friends could potentially be identified from the presence of such personal identifying markers. Problems in identification utilizing tattoos may arise when these markers are removed or defaced in some way. This paper uses infrared wavelengths at 760, 850, and 950 nm to...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Clarkson H,Birch W

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) involves the interpretation of distinct blood patterns found at crime scenes following a violent act. In this paper, we explored for the first time the effects of surface temperatures upon blood impacting a horizontal surface (steel) with its implications in BPA explored. Specific sur...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Larkin BA,Banks CE

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method for quantification of contrast in a fingerprint is proposed. Contrast is defined as the average difference in intensity of pixels between valleys and ridges in a fingerprint. It is quantified from a scanner-acquired image of the fingerprint using a histogram function of Adobe Photoshop. The method was ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Matuszewski S,Szafałowicz M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human ecchinococcosis also known as hydatid disease is a zoonotic infection caused by the tapeworm Ecchinococcus with 2-3 Million cases worldwide. We hereby report a 6 years period study of Sudden death due to hydatidosis aiming to analyze the epidemiological criteria, death circumstances, and autopsy observations att...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ben Khelil M,Allouche M,Banasr A,Gloulou F,Benzarti A,Zhioua M,Haouet S,Hamdoun M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Weight is often one of the few recoverable data when analyzing human cremains but references are still rare, especially for European populations. Mean weights for skeletal remains were thus documented for Portuguese modern cremations of both recently deceased individuals and dry skeletons, and the effect of age, sex, ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gonçalves D,Cunha E,Thompson TJ

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to analyze the accuracy and the reliability of four methods of dental age estimation (Demirjian, Willems I, Willems II, and Chaillet standards) in a French population. Orthopantomograms of 743 children aged between 4 and 15 years were used. The Demirjian standards gave a consistent overestima...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Urzel V,Bruzek J

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alcohol-related amnesia--alcohol blackout--is a common claim of criminal defendants. The generally held belief is that during an alcohol blackout, other cognitive functioning is severely impaired or absent. The presentation of alcohol blackout as scientific evidence in court requires that the science meets legal relia...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Pressman MR,Caudill DS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) syndrome is a hyperimmune disorder characterized by lymphohistiocytic infiltrations, elevated cytokine levels in the blood, macrophage activation, and hemophagocytosis, frequently presenting with a febrile septic picture. This unusual disease is more common in infancy and c...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Chute DJ,Rawley J,Cox J,Bready RJ

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Four cases of in-custody or unlawful death are presented as examples of increased bone fragility with an associated increase in fracture rates due to ethanol-induced osteopenia. In addition, one of the individuals suffered fractures several weeks premortem, allowing some healing to take place. Using radiographs and ph...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Backo H,Love J

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Paleontology and facies analysis proved to be useful tools in activities of intelligence and investigation on some criminal cases, as well as in in-court activities, thus defining the "forensic paleontology" area of study. The definition was given by analyzing its possible specific applications and excluding some marg...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Sacchi E,Nicosia U

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Renal cortical pallor was studied as a potential marker at autopsy of diabetic ketoacidosis in 23 cases, hyperglycemic nonketotic coma in eight cases, and alcoholic ketoacidosis in five cases (vitreous humor glucose level≥11.1 mM; β-hydroxybutyrate level≥5 mM). Renal cortical pallor was noted on macroscopic examinatio...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Zhou C,Yool A,Byard RW

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic science laboratories perform analyses on a variety of materials using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS). Instruments from different vendors may be used, requiring analysts to be proficient in the use of multiple proprietary software packages for collecting and processing data. There is no standardi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： McGee E,MacDonald S,McGibbon GA,Moser A

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied sexually dimorphic differences in the ilium using geometric morphometric analysis of 10 osteometric landmarks recorded by multislice computed tomography, based on three-dimensional reconstructions of 188 children (95 boys, 93 girls) of mixed origins living in the area of Toulouse, southern France, and rangi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bilfeld MF,Dedouit F,Sans N,Rousseau H,Rougé D,Telmon N

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intercostal and age differences in the sternal rib end morphology of documented female skeletons from Spitalfields and St. Bride's are examined. The morphology was captured using three-dimensional morphometrics and the statistical analyses employed included parametric and nonparametric MANOVA, discriminant analysis, a...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nikita E

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case concerns a sudden death of a patient with Chiari I malformation. A 17-year-old female was seen unconscious then fell off a motorbike during the vehicle acceleration. The girl was confirmed dead on the way to hospital, being previously asymptomatic and with a clean medical record. Autopsy findings showed an e...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Zhang J,Shao Y,Qin Z,Liu N,Zou D,Huang P,Chen Y

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multishot firearm suicides are relatively rare and suggest the possibility of homicide. Physical activity following gunshots to the head, the neck, and the thorax does occur, and immediate incapacitation does not occur in every fatal gunshot wound that penetrates the head or perforates the heart. Cancer patients appea...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Marnerides A,Zagelidou E,Leontari R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The foot measurements are important in forensic field as they can be used as body height predictors for an individual. The morphology of human feet shows the variations and therefore the aim of this study was to find the relation between stature and foot measurements and to generate population-specific equations. We m...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Uhrová P,Beňuš R,Masnicová S

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mixed DNA profiles are being encountered more frequently as laboratories analyze increasing amounts of touch evidence. If it is determined that an individual could be a possible contributor to the mixture, it is necessary to perform a statistical analysis to allow an assignment of weight to the evidence. Currently, th...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bille T,Bright JA,Buckleton J

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00