abstract：:The absence of population-specific standards for sex, age and stature estimation for rural Guatemala is problematic for the forensic analysis of skeletal remains recovered from clandestine graves attributed to the recent armed conflict in that country. In order to increase the reliability of the forensic analyses bein...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ríos Frutos L

更新日期：2005-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cases of suicide and attempted suicide, respectively, are presented. A 15-year old boy suffering from diabetes died of hyperglycemia after continuous drinking of large amounts of sugared tea. He concealed his disease from the teachers as well as from the doctor. A 52-year old woman was found with multiple blunt fo...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Darok M,Gatternig R

更新日期：2005-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibronectin has been proposed as the reliable marker of wound vitality and potent tool for age estimation in cases where survival time is at least few minutes. Cases of suicidal gunshot wounds were divided into two groups according to projectile energy and damage of the vital structures. Immunohistochemical reaction o...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Balazic J,Grajn A,Kralj E,Serko A,Stefanic B

更新日期：2005-01-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The population genetic data of 18 X-chromosomal short tandem repeat (STR) markers DXS6807, DXS8378, DXS9895, DXS9902, DXS6810, DXS7132, DXS981, DXS6800, DXS9898, DXS6789, DXS101, DXS6797, GATA172D05, GATA165B12, HPRTB, GATA31E08, DXS8377, and DXS7423 were analyzed in samples of unrelated 220 males and 181 females from...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Shin SH,Yu JS,Park SW,Min GS,Chung KW

更新日期：2005-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoglycemia was long considered to kill neurons by depriving them of glucose. We now know that hypoglycemia kills neurons actively from without, rather than by starvation from within. Hypoglycemia only causes neuronal death when the EEG becomes flat. This usually occurs after glucose levels have fallen below 1 mM (18...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Auer RN

更新日期：2004-12-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study is to appraise the increase of the discrimination power of the Y-specific haplotype allowed by 20 STR markers in a sample of the Italian population. The set of Y STR markers analyzed includes the European "extended haplotype" DYS19, DYS385, DYS389I/II, DYS390, DYS391, DYS392, DYS393 and YC...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Biondo R,Caglià A,Asili P,D'Agostaro G,D'Agostino G,Spinella A

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Short tandem repeats (STRs) or microsatellites have been recognized worldwide as a powerful tool for human identification. They have become widely used in human identification especially in criminal cases and mass disasters. Police departments are often interested in cases where tissues are already decomposed and only...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Staiti N,Di Martino D,Saravo L

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The causes of sudden cardiac death are diverse and are function of age. In young people, coronary anomalies, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy are the most common findings at autopsies; in adults, coronary atherosclerosis and acquired forms of cardiomyopathy are frequent findings. In many of non-ischemia related cases autop...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martínez-Sánchez MC,Rodríguez-Vicente C

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The value of complex analyses of body injuries and clothing has been proven by practice. The purpose of presented study is to discuss what additional information can be obtained during investigations of clothes in the area of injury. A case study, in which results of visual and stereomicroscopic morphological analysis...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sitiene R,Varnaite J,Zakaras A

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we analyse mismatched technical conditions in training and testing phases of speaker recognition and their effect on forensic human and automatic speaker recognition. We use perceptual tests performed by non-experts and compare their performance with that of a baseline automatic speaker recognition syst...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Alexander A,Botti F,Dessimoz D,Drygajlo A

更新日期：2004-12-02 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, a high performance liquid chromatographic method with fluorescence detection (HPLC-FL) for the determination of fenfluramine (Fen) and norfenfluramine (Norf) in human hair as biomarker metabolites of N-nitrosofenfluramine (N-Fen) is described. Washed and cut hair segments were extracted by ultrasonicati...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kaddoumi A,Wada M,Nakashima MN,Nakashima K

更新日期：2004-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The procedure used in this laboratory for removing and identifying contamination of hair specimens with drugs is demonstrated by its application to hair contaminated by various experimental models. The models include soaking; coating with drug followed by sweat conditions for 6 h; and soaking in a very high concentrat...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cairns T,Hill V,Schaffer M,Thistle W

更新日期：2004-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of subjects in drug rehabilitation programs, cocaine and cocaine metabolite levels were determined in the hair of 75 subjects who had produced cocaine-positive urine results. The hair was analyzed after being washed with the 3.75 h wash procedure developed by this laboratory. In addition, results of testing...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cairns T,Hill V,Schaffer M,Thistle W

更新日期：2004-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a repeatability test, comparing conventional X-ray diffraction (XRD) analyses with the technique of quantitative X-ray diffraction (QXRD) as a determinant of mineral abundance. The conjunctive use of both methods allows specific mineral abundances to be matched between scene of crime (SOC) and sus...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ruffell A,Wiltshire P

更新日期：2004-10-04 00:00:00

abstract：:German Forensic Medicine established the tasks and aims of forensic medicine during the period of the "Weimar Republic" (1919-1933). Since 1925, forensic medicine is part of the medical examination regulation. In times of the 3rd Reich (1933-1945), most of forensic pathologists were influenced by and involved in Natio...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lignitz E

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1970, traumatomechanics has been a focal point in research at the Institute for Legal Medicine and Traffic Medicine in Heidelberg. Here, the main topics are the understanding of the interrelation between mechanical strain and the resulting degree of injury; at the forefront of all interest is the determination o...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Mattern R,Schueler F,Kallieris D

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Medicolegal malpractice assessments have been an important part of the work of forensic pathologists. Not only botchers are concerned but also physicians of all clinical subjects, especially malpractice charges claiming a malpractice leading to death. Single long articles and book chapters have been published about ma...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Dettmeyer R,Preuss J,Madea B

更新日期：2004-09-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel 39-plex typing system for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has been developed. This multiplex approach has the advantage of being able to type 38 autosomal SNPs and one sex-discriminating base exchange site on the X and Y chromosomes rapidly and simultaneously. The SNP loci on the autosomes, which we exa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Inagaki S,Yamamoto Y,Doi Y,Takata T,Ishikawa T,Imabayashi K,Yoshitome K,Miyaishi S,Ishizu H

更新日期：2004-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Following the introduction of limit values for blood alcohol and breath alcohol concentrations of 0.5 g/kg and 0.25 mg/L, respectively, as provided under s. 24 a of the German Road Traffic Act the question is whether also breath alcohol concentrations can be back calculated to the time of the traffic offence in cases ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jachau K,Sauer S,Krause D,Wittig H

更新日期：2004-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Since gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB) is present in both blood and urine of the general population as an endogenous compound, toxicologists must be able to discriminate between these endogenous levels and a concentration resulting from exogenous exposure. The implementation of a cut-off concentration must be done cautious...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kintz P,Villain M,Cirimele V,Ludes B

更新日期：2004-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Compilations of substances detected in fatal intoxications are important in order to observe changes in intoxication patterns, to monitor effects of preventive work and to discover new trends in drug usage. The aim of the present study was to describe the current pattern of substances detected in fatal intoxications i...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jönsson A,Holmgren P,Ahlner J

更新日期：2004-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:In a medicolegal study the postmortem serotonin (5-HT) cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) concentrations were determined in routine autopsies using a high performance liquid chromatographic procedure with electrochemical detection. There was no correlation between 5-HT concentrations and age, sex or blood alcohol concentration...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Musshoff F,Menting T,Madea B

更新日期：2004-06-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide has been reported as the second or third most common cause of death in children and adolescents worldwide. In this study, cases of under the age of 19 years submitted to the Institute of Forensic Medicine, First Specialization Board between 1996 and 2000 as suicides by the Board were evaluated retrospectively....

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ağritmiş H,Yayci N,Colak B,Aksoy E

更新日期：2004-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Downstairs falls frequently occur within domestic environments and are mainly associated with elderly and intoxicated individuals, often feature multiple injuries on various parts of the body. In most cases it is not possible to determine the cause of the fall and/or death solely by means of external examination. In t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Preuss J,Padosch SA,Dettmeyer R,Driever F,Lignitz E,Madea B

更新日期：2004-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies for nine short tandem repeats (STRs) loci (CSF1PO, TPOX, THO1, F13AO1, FES/FPS, vWA, D16S539, D7S820 and D13S317) and two variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) were obtained from a sample of 270 unrelated individuals born in the Rosario city, Santa Fe province of Argentina. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tenaglia M,Scollo A,Tripaldi R,Grappiolo I,Perichón AM

更新日期：2004-05-10 00:00:00

abstract：:A new rapid and sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method has been developed for the simultaneous identification and quantification in human plasma of the 13 most commonly prescribed beta-blockers and one active metabolite-atenolol, sotalol, diacetolol, carteolol, nadolol, pindolol, acebutolol, me...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Delamoye M,Duverneuil C,Paraire F,de Mazancourt P,Alvarez JC

更新日期：2004-04-20 00:00:00

abstract：:A collaborative exercise was carried out by the European DNA Profiling Group (EDNAP) in order to evaluate the distribution of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) heteroplasmy amongst the hairs of an individual who displays point heteroplasmy in blood and buccal cells. A second aim of the exercise was to study reproducibility of...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tully G,Barritt SM,Bender K,Brignon E,Capelli C,Dimo-Simonin N,Eichmann C,Ernst CM,Lambert C,Lareu MV,Ludes B,Mevag B,Parson W,Pfeiffer H,Salas A,Schneider PM,Staalstrom E

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The FearID research project is aimed at the individualisation of earprints for the purpose of forensic research. The study presented here was carried out within the framework of this project. It intends to combine a review of what is known from literature on the classification and individualisation of earprints with r...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Meijerman L,Sholl S,De Conti F,Giacon M,van der Lugt C,Drusini A,Vanezis P,Maat G

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Malignant tissue samples may sometimes be the only source of biological material for forensic investigations, including identification of individuals or paternity testing. However, in use of such samples, uncertainties due to microsatellite instability (MSI) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) often associated with neopl...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vauhkonen H,Hedman M,Vauhkonen M,Kataja M,Sipponen P,Sajantila A

更新日期：2004-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents an overview of the organisation and the results of the collaborative exercises (CE) of the European DNA Profiling (EDNAP) Group's mitochondrial DNA population database project (EMPOP). The aim of the collaborative exercises was to determine whether uniformity of mtDNA sequencing results could be ac...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Parson W,Brandstätter A,Alonso A,Brandt N,Brinkmann B,Carracedo A,Corach D,Froment O,Furac I,Grzybowski T,Hedberg K,Keyser-Tracqui C,Kupiec T,Lutz-Bonengel S,Mevag B,Ploski R,Schmitter H,Schneider P,Syndercombe-Court

更新日期：2004-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Bullet embolism is a well known but a relatively rare phenomenon in common medicolegal autopsy practice. We present a homicide case of a bullet embolism to the left popliteal artery with interesting trajectory of projectile through the chest wall and right heart ventricle into the aortic lumen. Since in our presented ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Slobodan S,Slobodan N,Djordje A

更新日期：2004-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies for the 19 STRs loci, D3S1358, D5S818, D7S820, D8S1179, D13S317, D16S539, D18S51, D21S11, CSF1PO, F13A01, F13B, FESFPS, FGA, LPL, Penta D, Penta E, TH01, TPOX and VWA were obtained from a sample of 203-1188 unrelated individuals living in the area of south-east Poland. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kozioł P,Ciesielka M,Madro R,Krajka A

更新日期：2004-01-06 00:00:00

abstract：:In autopsy files from April 1999 to April 2001, five cases showed macroscopic subendocardial small infarct above 1 cm diameter in the superior ventricular septum (SVS) near the atrioventricular (AV) junction, and all five were finally considered to be sudden cardiac death after full investigation. All these small infa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nishida N,Ikeda N,Katayama Y,Kudo K,Takasaki T

更新日期：2003-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies for the 15 STRs included in the AmpFlSTR SGM Plus and Profiler kit (D3S1358, VWA, D16S539, D2S1338, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D19S433, THO1, FGA, TPOX, CSF1PO, D5S818, D13S317 and D7S820) were obtained from a sample of 597 unrelated individuals living in Taiwan. All loci, except for D8S1179 and D5S81...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Wang CW,Chen DP,Chen CY,Lu SC,Sun CF

更新日期：2003-12-17 00:00:00

abstract：:An examination of the organ weights associated with victims of drowning, asphyxiation and trauma was undertaken to determine (a) the effects of asphyxiation compared to a trauma group, and in turn, (b) the effects of drowning compared to an asphyxiation group. Included in the study were 217 drowning deaths, 166 pure a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hadley JA,Fowler DR

更新日期：2003-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSBP) is a special form of child abuse in which an adult repeatedly produces symptoms of illness in a person under his/her care. In most cases the perpetrators are mothers who repeatedly and in different ways produce or feign symptoms of illness in their children in order to obtain medica...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bartsch C,Risse M,Schütz H,Weigand N,Weiler G

更新日期：2003-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Eight Y-chromosome STRs were investigated in a male population sample from Córdoba region (Argentina). Complete Y-chromosomal STRs haplotypes were obtained in 100 individuals, among which 91 different haplotypes were observed. The most common haplotype was shared by 4% of the sample, while 86 haplotypes were unique. T...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fondevila M,Jaime JC,Salas A,Lareu MV,Carracedo A

更新日期：2003-11-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditionally, sperms are isolated from vaginal cell mixtures by preferential extraction methods. Although these methods work well when there is a reasonable amount of DNA present, they are problematic when there are limited amounts (ca. 250 pg). In particular, the analysis of sperm from microscope slides has proven d...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Elliott K,Hill DS,Lambert C,Burroughes TR,Gill P

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequency data and forensic efficiency parameters for 10 STR loci: D3S1358, vWA, D16S539, D2S1338, D8S1179, D21S11, D18S51, D19S433, TH01 and FGA, were estimated from a sample of 207 unrelated individuals in Lodz region of Poland. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jacewicz R,Berent J,Prośniak A,Kadłubek M,Szram S

更新日期：2003-10-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present investigation, which is a continuation and extension of a previous published pilot study [Forensic Sci. Int. 129 (2002) 110], was to calculate the chronological age of an individual based on the dental developmental stages of third molars (so-called wisdom teeth). The evaluated material consiste...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gunst K,Mesotten K,Carbonez A,Willems G

更新日期：2003-09-09 00:00:00