abstract：:The beginning of latent fingerprint development on porous surface was first achieved by silver nitrate (AgNO3 ) method. But the significantly increasing cost has caused forensic experts to look for an alternative means. Silver nitrate (AgNO3 ) is the main component in the synthesis of metal nanoparticles, namely silve...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Prasad V,Prasad L,Lukose S,Agarwal P

更新日期：2021-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Physical matching methods are a family of well-known methods that are utilized in order to determine whether two pieces of a tearable/breakable material used to be one object. When performing physical match of polymers, it is sometimes difficult to reach an unambiguous conclusion. This is due to various reasons. One i...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Finkelstein NS,Levy O,Levi A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most studies of saw marks have focused on morphological characteristics and their utility in identifying saws suspected to have been utilized in cases of criminal dismemberment. The present study examined the extent to which metric analysis may be used to correlate saw blade measurements with minimum kerf widths (MKWs...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Menschel M,Pokines JT,Reinecke G

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aluminum (Al) powders are commonly used in improvised explosive devices as metallic fuels, a component of explosive mixtures. These powders can be obtained readily from industrial-scale and consumer products, and produced using unsophisticated "kitchen chemistry" techniques. This research demonstrates the potential of...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Baldaino J,Ommen DM,Saunders CP,Hietpas J,Buscaglia J

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this paper is to report on the successful implementation of forensic facial approximation in a real case in the forensic context. A three-dimensional (3D) facial approximation protocol of the skull was performed with free software, applying techniques in a virtual environment that have already...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Baldasso RP,Moraes C,Gallardo E,Stumvoll MB,Crespo KC,Strapasson RAP,de Oliveira RN

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adermatoglyphia is a very rare autosomal-dominant condition that is genetically inherited and causes an individual to be born without conventional ridge detail on either their palmar or plantar surfaces (the fingers and palms of the hands and the toes and the soles of the feet). While adermatoglyphia has been the focu...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cook HI,Harrison K,James H

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA testing of human bones is performed for identification when there is no remaining soft tissue, which often means the samples are old or environmentally compromised. Under these circumstances, it can be difficult to obtain a STR DNA profile. It is important to recover the highest quantity and quality of DNA for STR...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Klavens A,Kollmann DD,Elkins KM,Zeller CB

更新日期：2020-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Skull fractures are common in children both due to abuse and accidental incidences. The accurate detection of these fractures may therefore be critical. The aim of this study was to investigate the reliability of CT, X-ray, and Lodox® scans, the latter which has not previously been evaluated and is commonly employed i...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Spies AJ,Steyn M,Brits D

更新日期：2020-11-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) is a relatively recent advancement in forensic pathology practice that has been increasingly used as an ancillary investigation and screening tool. One area of clinical CT imaging that has garnered a lot of research interest recently is the area of "artificial intelligence" (AI), ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Garland J,Ondruschka B,Stables S,Morrow P,Kesha K,Glenn C,Tse R

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to having blast mitigation properties, aqueous foam concentrate AFC-380 blast suppression foam is designed to capture aerosolized chemical, biological, and radioactive particles during render-safe procedures of explosive devices. Exposure to aqueous environments and surfactants may negatively affect forens...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Monson KL,Kyllonen KM,Leggitt JL,Edmiston KE,Justus CR,Kavlick MF,Phillip M,Roberts MA,Shegogue CW,Watts GD

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although forensic examiners operate in a stressful environment, there is a lack of understanding about workplace stress and feedback. These organizational and human factors can potentially impact forensic science judgments. In this study, 150 practicing forensic examiners from one laboratory were surveyed about their ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Almazrouei MA,Dror IE,Morgan RM

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Between February 2017 and August 2018, West Virginia University conducted a reliability study to determine expert performance among forensic footwear examiners in the United States. Throughout the study's duration, 70 examiners each performed 12 comparisons and reported a total of 840 conclusions. In order to assess t...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Richetelli N,Hammer L,Speir JA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Field studies in forensic entomology seem to assume that a cadaver is a resource equally accessible to flies, irrespective of the species' size, behavior, and sensorial capacity. We aimed to challenge this assumption by experimentally manipulating baited traps in order to test whether the accessibility to decomposing ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Barbosa TM,Jales JT,Vasconcelos SD,Gama RA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem computed tomography (PMCT) is integrated into the evaluation of decedents in several American medical examiner offices and medicolegal death investigative centers in many other countries. We retrospectively investigated the value of PMCT in a series of firearm homicide cases from a statewide centralized med...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Vester MEM,Nolte KB,Hatch GM,Gerrard CY,Stoel RD,van Rijn RR

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present results of our study on the stability of 4-chloromethcathinone (4-CMC) in authentic postmortem peripheral blood and vitreous humor samples. The stability of 4-CMC was determined in postmortem blood samples (for a period of 90 days) and vitreous humor (30 days) at three different temperatures: -15°C, +4°C, a...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nowak K,Szpot P,Zawadzki M

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Examination of the female external genitalia to assess for sexual abuse is performed in living individuals, and the interpretation of the findings is based on evidence-based studies. However, in the deceased, no such studies are available, and postmortem changes could present as suspicious findings that can be mistake...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Al-Saif DM,Al-Farayedhi MA,Al-Shamsi GA,Al-Bayat MI,Almadani OM,Kharoshah MA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Child abuse pediatricians often carry the stigma that their sole role is to diagnose maltreatment. In reality, child abuse pediatricians use their clinical experience and current evidence-based medicine to make the best medical diagnoses for the children they evaluate. To better understand the legal conclusion of susp...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hendrix AD,Conway LK,Baxter MA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intraosseous T1-weighted (T1W) and short-tau inversion recovery (STIR) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) signal intensity changes-so-called bone marrow edema-may be able to differentiate antemortem and postmortem fractures in human forensic imaging. The primary objective of this study was to investigate this hypothesis...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Oetelaar G,Heng HG,Lim CK,Cox A,Weng HY

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, the nondestructive differentiation of individual white polyester clothing fibers was accomplished via synchrotron radiation microbeam X-ray fluorescence (SR-μ-XRF) analysis. SR-μ-XRF with vertical focusing is a useful nondestructive method for the analysis of a single polyester clothing fiber. Kirkpatri...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Nishiwaki Y,Honda S,Yamato T,Kondo R,Kaneda A,Hayakawa S

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With increasing interest in employing iris biometrics as a forensic tool for identification by investigation authorities, there is a need for a thorough examination and understanding of postmortem decomposition processes that take place within the human eyeball, especially the iris. This can prove useful for fast and ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Trokielewicz M,Czajka A,Maciejewicz P

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pair-matching of bilateral elements is a major component of resolving commingled remains both in forensic and bioarchaeological contexts. This study presents a new method of osteometric pair-matching of the lower limbs which relies on 3D digital models of the femur and tibia bones. The proposed method, which is accomp...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bertsatos A,Chovalopoulou ME

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic odontology cases examined from 2012 to 2019 at the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) laboratory were reviewed. Five cases from World War II and the Korea War were selected. Three of the cases presented involve dental assemblages, which were built by previous analysts. Postmortem radiographic analyses a...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Shiroma CY,Zuerlein CL

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the closed-circuit television (CCTV) security industry transitioned from analog media to digital video recorders (DVRs) with digital storage, the law enforcement community struggled with the means with which to collect the recordings. New guidelines needed to be established to determine the collection method which ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Bruehs WE,Stout D

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinicians tend to overestimate their ability to recognize feigning behavior in psychiatric patients, especially if it concerns patients who have been admitted for observation. Feigning can be either externally motivated (e.g., for financial compensation, known as malingering) or internally motivated (e.g., to assume ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： van der Heide D,Boskovic I,van Harten P,Merckelbach H

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As drug overdose deaths across the United States continue to rise, there is increasing interest in field testing of illicit substances. This work discusses a paper-based analytical device (idPAD) that can run a library of 12 colorimetric tests at the same time, each detecting different chemical functional groups and m...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lockwood TE,Leong TX,Bliese SL,Helmke A,Richard A,Merga G,Rorabeck J,Lieberman M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases where there is limited antemortem information, the examination of unidentified human remains as part of the investigation of long-term missing person's cases is a complex endeavor and consequently requires a multidisciplinary approach. Bomb pulse dating, which involves the analysis and interpretation of 14C c...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Johnstone-Belford EC,Blau S

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevators are mechanical transportation devices used to move vertically between different levels of a building. When first developed, elevators lacked the safety features. When safety mechanisms were developed, elevators became a common feature of multistory buildings. Despite their well-regarded safety record, elevat...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Prahlow JA,Ashraf Z,Plaza N,Rogers C,Ferreira P,Fowler DR,Blessing MM,Wolf DA,Graham MA,Sandberg K,Brown TT,Lantz PE

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infants born to diabetic mothers are at increased risk for symptomatic hypoglycemia and death after birth. A 36-year-old G4P3 mother with a history of gestational diabetes and newly diagnosed type II insulin-dependent diabetes gave birth at home, in the care of a midwife, to a macrosomic infant girl (10 lbs.). Several...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Schuppener LM,Corliss RF

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A blind quality control (QC) program was successfully developed and implemented in the Toxicology, Seized Drugs, Firearms, Latent Prints (Processing and Comparison), Forensic Biology, and Multimedia (Digital and Audio/Video) sections at the Houston Forensic Science Center (HFSC). The program was put into practice base...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Hundl C,Neuman M,Rairden A,Rearden P,Stout P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The above article, published online on January 27, 2020, in Wiley Online Library, has been withdrawn by agreement between the authors, the JFS Editor in Chief (Dr. Michael Peat), and John Wiley & Sons Ltd. The withdrawal has been agreed by all parties given the ongoing confidential legal proceeding concerning the deat...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors：

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Improvements have been made in identifying the prevalence of risk factors/indicators for violent extremism. A consistent problem is the lack of base rates. How to develop base rates is of equal concern. This study has two aims: (i) compare two methods for developing base rates; the Unmatched Count Technique (UCT) and ...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Clemmow C,Schumann S,Salman NL,Gill P

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In recent years, a number of studies have demonstrated that forensic examiners can be biased by task-irrelevant contextual information. However, concerns relating to methodological flaws and ecological validity attenuate how much the current body of knowledge can be applied to real-life operational settings. The curre...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Curley LJ,Munro J,Lages M,MacLean R,Murray J

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand how time and temperature could affect latent fingerprints, wooden pallets were used to construct five units that each housed ten 60-watt incandescent light bulbs. Fingerprints were deposited on the top, middle, and base of the globes. The bulbs were powered on (except the control bulb in each unit) for 1...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Colella O,Miller M,Boone E,Buffington-Lester S,Curran FJ 3rd,Simmons T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we have proposed a novel solvent-based method using a specific concentration of 3M™ Novec™ HFE-72DE and 7200 solvents to untangle duct tape from porous article with minimal impact to the quality of latent fingerprint deposited on the sticky-side surface of duct tape. A series of experiments determined t...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Tan TTF,Law PPK,Kwok SWK,Yeung WWL,Ho WC,Chung WK,Au BC

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitragyna speciosa (MS), a plant commonly known as kratom, is a widely used "legal high" opiate alternative for pain relief. DNA extracted from MS and 26 additional plant species was amplified by PCR using primers targeting the strictosidine beta-D-glucosidase (SGD) and secologanin synthase 2 (SLS2) genes and detected...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Cowan AF,Elkins KM

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular-based approaches for biological source identification are of great interest in the forensic community because of a lack of sensitivity and specificity in current methods. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) have been considered due to their robust nature and tissue specificity; however, analysis requires a separate RNA extra...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Lewis CA,Layne TR,Seashols-Williams SJ

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Low recovery rate of intact crania in conflict-related contexts necessitates the use of postcranial elements for ancestry estimation. This study aimed to develop a new method to discriminate between Korean and U.S. White casualties from the Korean War using vertebrae. Maximum body heights of C2 through L5 were measure...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Jeong Y,Jeong G,Pergande S,Lee K

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2012, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences began prospectively collecting injury data from pediatric autopsies. These data and associated case information from 635 pediatric cases are archived in the Infant Injury Database (IID). This paper introduces the IID to the forensic community and demonstrates i...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Soto Martinez ME,Love JC,Pinto DC,Wiersema JM,Derrick SM,Bachim A,Greeley C,Donaruma-Kwoh M,Truong VTT,Gao S,Crowder CM

更新日期：2019-11-01 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：:Gait is one biological characteristic which has attracted strong research interest due to its potential use in human identification. Although almost two decades have passed since a forensic gait expert has testified to the identity of a perpetrator in court, the methods remain insufficiently robust, considering the re...

journal_title：Journal of forensic sciences

authors： Macoveciuc I,Rando CJ,Borrion H

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00