abstract：:We consider a hypothetical series of cases in which the DNA profile of a crime-scene sample is found to match a known profile in a DNA database (i.e., a "cold hit"), resulting in the identification of a suspect based only on genetic evidence. We show that the average probability that there is another person in the pop...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Song YS,Patil A,Murphy EE,Slatkin M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the ability to develop latent fingerprints on paper using heat alone has been noted previously, it has been considered impractical for casework and inferior to other techniques. Here a new refinement of the technique is demonstrated for the high quality development of latent fingerprints on porous surfaces su...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Brown AG,Sommerville D,Reedy BJ,Shimmon RG,Tahtouh M

更新日期：2009-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Johns Hopkins University Center for Craniofacial Development and Disorders estimates that 1 in 3,000 children born in the United States is diagnosed with a rare form of craniosynostosis. Although the medical literature has documented numerous descriptions of craniofacial disorders from an anthropometric or genetic...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Harris SM,Ross AH

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Detection of ketamine exposure in skeletal tissues by automated enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) and gas chromatography with electron capture detection (GC-ECD) is described. Rats (n = 18) received 0, 15, 30, or 75 mg/kg ketamine hydrochloride acutely (i.p.), and were euthanized within 15 min or 1 h. Ketamine...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： VandenBoer TC,Grummett SA,Watterson JH

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases of acute fatal child abuse, certain injuries, including cutaneous blunt force trauma, skull fractures, subdural hematomas, intra-abdominal hemorrhage, and retinal hemorrhages are common and well described in the pediatric and forensic literature. These gross findings at autopsy, when taken into consideration ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Dye DW,Peretti FJ,Kokes CP

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The case of a 48-year-old woman accused of killing at least 12 elderly women and attempting to kill another one during the last 3 years is presented. Extensive neuropsychological, electrophysiological, and neuropsychiatric testing showed no evidence of a DSM-IV-TR Axis I diagnosis, but a decrease in executive function...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Ostrosky-Solís F,Vélez-García A,Santana-Vargas D,Pérez M,Ardila A

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The RSID-saliva test and the SALIgAE-saliva test are two recently developed forensic saliva detection kits. In this study, we compared the sensitivity and the specificity of the two test kits with the Phadebas amylase test by analyzing amylases from various sources including human, animals, plants, and micro-organism....

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Pang BC,Cheung BK

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatalities related to sporting events are predominantly caused by blunt force injuries especially due to the emotional involvement of crowd, but occasionally other types of trauma are reported as well. A case of very rare trauma caused by shooting with a hand-held parachute signal rocket during a football match is pre...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Alempijević D,Jecmenica D,Pavlekić S,Savić S,Kovacević S

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to conduct a morphometric analysis of the root development of the third molar, with the purpose of overcoming the limits of an exclusively morphological analysis. The study was divided in two phases. The first one was the verification of the existence of a constant crown-root (C/R) ratio on a ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Santoro V,Lozito P,Mastrorocco N,Introna F

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optimization of a light emitting diode (LED)-based excitation system for the detection of pretreated fingerprint fluorescence is described. Fluorescent ridges can usually be excited by irradiation with forensic light sources such as xenon arc lamps or quartz-halogen lamps with high-power output and suitable filters. H...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Takatsu M,Shimoda O,Onishi K,Onishi A,Oguri N

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last 15 years, the US Supreme Court has implemented major changes concerning the admittance of expert testimony. In 1993, Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals superseded the Frye ruling in federal courts and established judges, not the scientific community, as the gatekeepers regarding the credibility of scie...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Grivas CR,Komar DA

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study analyzed apical translucency and periodontal recession on single-rooted teeth in order to generate age-at-death estimations using two inverse calibration methods and one Bayesian method. The three age estimates were compared to highlight inherent problems with the inverse calibration methods. The res...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Prince DA,Konigsberg LW

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial content may be helpful in differentiating forensic soil samples; however, the effectiveness of bacterial profiling depends on several factors, including uniqueness among different habitat types, the level of heterogeneity within a habitat, and changes in bacterial communities over time. To examine these, soi...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Meyers MS,Foran DR

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This retrospective study examined population demographics associated with motor vehicle collision (MVC) fatalities over a 5-year period in the Hamilton-Wentworth Niagara region. Variables were drawn from the five factors proposed by Fierro (1) for investigating deaths caused by transportation: human, chemical, environ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lemieux CE,Fernandes JR,Rao C

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous attempts to sex juvenile skeletons have focused on the application of qualitative or semi-quantitative techniques. This study applies a variety of geometric morphometric methods, including eigenshape analysis, to this problem. Six metric criteria for the ilia were tested with the aim of investigating previous...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Wilson LA,MacLeod N,Humphrey LT

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic science aims to serve society by advancing justice. It is accepted that some actions taken by the state in the interests of advancing justice, such as postmortem examinations, may impinge on values held by members of groups within society. Such actions have the potential to cause cultural offense. It is impor...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hudson ML,Allan CA,Bedford KR,Buckleton JS,Stuart K

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoidosis is a multisystem disease of uncertain etiology characterized by multifocal areas of discrete and confluent granulomatous inflammation that may rarely be responsible for sudden and unexpected death. Two cases are reported to demonstrate disparate pathological features in fatal cases, one involving cardiac s...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Byard RW,Manton N,Tsokos M

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:When mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) heteroplasmies are detected, they often confound forensic identification, especially if they are the result of poor biological sampling. In this study, we determined the ratio of heteroplasmy in samples that were amplified from a very small amount of template mtDNA or a few cells using a...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nakahara H,Sekiguchi K,Imaizumi K,Mizuno N,Kasai K

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Advances in the technology employed for the manufacture of glass have resulted in a final glass product with little variability in terms of its physical and optical properties. For example, the refractive index of Australian float glass tends to lie between 1.5189 and 1.5194. It has therefore become necessary to compl...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Coumbaros J,Denman J,Kirkbride KP,Walker GS,Skinner W

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the four pillars of the anthropological protocol is the estimation of sex. The protocol generally consists of linear metric analysis or visually assessing individual skeletal traits on the skull and pelvis based on an ordinal scale of 1-5, ranging from very masculine to very feminine. The morphologic traits are...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kimmerle EH,Ross A,Slice D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequences of the two hypervariable (HV) segments of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region were determined in 167 randomly selected, unrelated individuals living in the state of Alagoas, north-eastern Brazil. One hundred and forty-five different haplotypes, associated with 139 variable positions, were determ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Barbosa AB,da Silva LA,Azevedo DA,Balbino VQ,Mauricio-da-Silva L

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zip guns and the atypical gunshot wounds they produce are rare in forensic pathology. Because of this, investigators and forensic pathologists may be unfamiliar with their construction, appearance, and the wounds associated with them. A 43-year-old mechanic, with a history of depression was found dead in a washroom st...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cunliffe CH,Denton JS

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：POPULATION:Identifiler-Employees and students of Muhimibili University College of Health Sciences in Dar es Salaam representing 19 widely distributed administrative districts and 42 tribes within the country. ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Forward BW,Eastman MW,Nyambo TB,Ballard RE

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While victims of racially motivated violence may be identified through observation of morphological features, those targeted because of their ethnic, religious, or national identity are not easily recognized. This study examines how perpetrators of genocide recognize their victims. Court documents, including indictmen...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Komar DA

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to assess the histomorphological features of the fourth rib and to develop age-predicting equations for Koreans. Sixty-four rib samples (36 males and 28 females) obtained from forensic cases were used for developing equations. Two thin sections (<100-microm thick) per sample were prepared by ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Kim YS,Kim DI,Park DK,Lee JH,Chung NE,Lee WT,Han SH

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Blood samples of two cases were analyzed preliminarily by a classical spectrophotometric method (VIS) and by an automated headspace gas chromatographic method with nitrogen-phosphorus detector (HS-GC/NPD). In the former, hydrogen cyanide (HCN) was quantitatively determined by measuring the absorbance of chromophores f...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Gambaro V,Arnoldi S,Casagni E,Dell'acqua L,Pecoraro C,Froldi R

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sevoflurane concentrations in blood, brain, and lung were measured in an individual apparently dying from sevoflurane inhalation. Sevoflurane is a volatile nonflammable fluorinated methyl isopropyl ether inhaled anesthetic, chemically related to desflurane and isoflurane. The incidence of abuse of sevoflurane is lower...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rosales CM,Young T,Laster MJ,Eger EI 2nd,Garg U

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mobile multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scanners are potentially available to temporary mortuaries and can be operational within 20 min of arrival. We describe, to our knowledge, the first use of mobile MDCT for a mass fatality incident. A mobile MDCT scanner attended the disaster mortuary after a five vehicl...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Rutty GN,Robinson CE,BouHaidar R,Jeffery AJ,Morgan B

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The importance of forensic age estimation in living subjects has grown over the last few years. In dental age estimation, tooth eruption is a parameter of developmental morphology that can be analyzed by either clinical examination or by evaluation of dental X-rays. In the present study, we determined the stage of wis...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Olze A,van Niekerk P,Schulz R,Schmeling A

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lamendin et al. (J Forensic Sci 1992;37:1373) developed a general technique to estimate age of adults at death using two dental features: periodontosis and translucency of the tooth root. Prince and Ubelaker (J Forensic Sci 2002;47:107) modified this method, creating a formula for each sex and for different ancestries...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： González-Colmenares G,Botella-López MC,Moreno-Rueda G,Fernández-Cardenete JR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report describes the genetic identification of James "Earthquake McGoon" McGovern, a WWII fighter ace who perished in Laos while providing supplies to French troops during the French Indochina war. Because reference samples were unavailable for all of the potential casualties, testing of the entire mitochondrial ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Irwin JA,Edson SM,Loreille O,Just RS,Barritt SM,Lee DA,Holland TD,Parsons TJ,Leney MD

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accurate quantification of DNA samples is an important step in obtaining accurate and reproducible short tandem repeat (STR) profiles. Quantitative real-time-PCR has improved the speed and accuracy of DNA quantification over earlier methods, albeit at significantly greater cost per reaction. Here, the performance of r...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Westring CG,Kristinsson R,Gilbert DM,Danielson PB

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The risk of suicide is significantly increased in schizophrenics; it is estimated that 10-13% of individuals suffering from schizophrenia commit suicide. Schizophrenia is marked by psychotic exacerbations and remissions, with persistent deterioration in baseline functioning with each relapse. We present a 10-year (199...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Shields LB,Hunsaker DM,Hunsaker JC 3rd

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The body of an unidentified elderly woman was found trapped in a floodgate. Prior to autopsy, full-body multislice computed tomography (MSCT) was performed for study of bone lesions and cause of death. Age was estimated by analysis of the sternal end of the fourth rib and of the pubic symphyseal medial articular surfa...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Dedouit F,Telmon N,Guilbeau-Frugier C,Gainza D,Otal P,Joffre F,Rougé D

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Passive infrared technology was used to film diurnal and nocturnal scavenging behavior of brown rats and gray squirrels at the University of Tennessee's Anthropological Research Facility. This direct documentation demonstrated that brown rats modified fat-laden cancellous bone while gray squirrels generally gnawed the...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Klippel WE,Synstelien JA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suspects in shooting investigations in Chicago are routinely transported in department vehicles and detained in department facilities prior to gunshot residue (GSR) evidence collection. The GSR test results are used to associate the suspect with primary exposure to GSR. The potential for these vehicles and facilities ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Berk RE,Rochowicz SA,Wong M,Kopina MA

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoerotic deaths are normally classified as accidental deaths occurring during individual, and usually solitary, sexual activity in which a device, apparatus, or prop used to enhance sexual stimulation of the deceased somehow causes unintended death. The most common methods of autoerotic practices are asphyxia by han...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Schellenberg M,Racette S,Sauvageau A

更新日期：2007-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested a new approach to the stature prediction that could be used in the identification process of human skeletal remains of unknown identity. The stature of 19 female and 21 male adult cadavers was measured within 24 h after death and considered to be equal to the living stature. The antero-posterior radiographs ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Petrovecki V,Mayer D,Slaus M,Strinović D,Skavić J

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The detection of DNA is inhibited in cases of sexual assault involving condom use. Trace evidence, including condom lubricant residues, provides crucial associative evidence in such cases. The existing Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) methods for lubricant analysis and detection are limited with regard t...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Campbell GP,Gordon AL

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Borate-containing compounds were formerly used as topical antiseptics and were components of many medicinal preparations including skin powders and ointments used for the treatment of burns and diaper rash. These compounds were also used as irrigants for body cavities, including the pleural, vaginal, and rectal caviti...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hamilton RA,Wolf BC

更新日期：2007-05-01 00:00:00