abstract：:This study reports on the relationships between the blood alcohol concentration (BAC) and the cause of death - which is of course common knowledge for forensic scientists! Our special aim was to gain unselected data for generalizing conclusions. The blood of 2465 consecutive cases (86% of all 2852 sudden unexpected an...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kubo S,Dankwarth G,Püschel K

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photoluminescence spectra of dry untreated semen have been measured and a suggested method for rapid detection of untreated semen stains is derived from these measurements. The method is presented in the form of a flow chart to cover most crime scene situations. The absorption spectrum of dry untreated blood has also ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Stoilovic M

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An accurate and rapid screening test for nine quaternary ammonium compounds (suxamethonium chloride, pancuronium bromide, ambenonium chloride, benzethonium chloride, distigmine bromide, methylbenactyzium bromide, neostigmine bromide, propantheline bromide and pyridostigmine bromide) by direct inlet electron impact ion...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nisikawa M,Tatsuno M,Suzuki S,Tsuchihashi H

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The alleles present at the HLA DQ alpha locus may be typed by either allele specific oligonucleotide (ASO) probing or by restriction mapping, referred to here as amplification restriction fragment polymorphism (ARFP) analysis. ASO typing relies upon hybridization principles, whereas ARFP typing relies upon restriction...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Harrington CS,Dunaiski V,Williams KE,Fowler C

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method has been developed on reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography for simultaneous determination of methyl, ethyl and isopropyl alcohols under refractive index detection using pure water as the mobile phase. A good separation has been achieved between these alcohols. Detector response was linear with...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sharma VK,Jadhav RK,Rao GJ,Saraf AK,Chandra H

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sandwich ELISA for human prostate-specific antigen (PSA) is described. Optimal assay conditions, resulting in a sensitive assay with a low background, are presented. The method uses a hyperimmune antiserum produced in the New Zealand white rabbit, against human semen PSA. The IgG fraction of the antiserum was conjug...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Stowell LI,Sharman LE,Hamel K

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preliminary results concerning the use of liquid crystals (LC) in fingerprinting are given. These were based on thin layers of liquid crystals, changing colours (observed in linear polarized light) due to dissolved organic matter, transferred from fingers' surfaces. The possibility is shown of using LC to illustrate n...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bładek J,Moszczyński J

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved derivatization method for analysing 12 ring- and N-substituted amphetamine-derivatives in body fluids or seized materials by gas chromatograph combined either with mass spectrometer, electron capture or nitrogen phosphorus detector is presented. Heptafluorobutyric anhydride is used as derivatization reagen...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lillsunde P,Korte T

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex identification of forensic samples (bloodstains and decomposed tissue) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was investigated. Amplification of a segment of the amelogenin gene using a pair of primers revealed both Y- and X-specific bands at the same time. The gene has counterparts in both the X and Y chromosomes and...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Akane A,Shiono H,Matsubara K,Nakahori Y,Seki S,Nagafuchi S,Yamada M,Nakagome Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tooth wear is frequently used as a method of ageing skeletal remains. Fundamental to this method is the ability to measure the amount of tooth wear. The Brothwell chart based on the Miles method of ageing, uses simple ordinal scoring and is frequently used by archeologists. The purpose of the present investigation was...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Santini A,Land M,Raab GM

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The feasibility of detecting methamphetamine and its major metabolite, amphetamine, in postmortem tissues over a 2-year period was examined. It is important to determine if the abuse and toxic effects of drugs can be proved from evidence found in decayed, submerged, or stained tissue materials. The blood, urine, liver...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Nagata T,Kimura K,Hara K,Kudo K

更新日期：1990-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:The paper gives a review of the development of methods of postmortem electrical excitability of skeletal muscle for determining the time since death. For practical application in casework, the following method can be proposed: position of electrodes in the orbicularis oculi muscle, stimulation by rectangular...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Madea B,Henssge C

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An investigation was made to determine the effects of age and sex on postmortem concentrations (mumol/l) of inosine, hypoxanthine, xanthine, uric acid, uracil and uridine in the vitreous humor of chickens (Gallus domesticus). Five male and 5 female chickens were sampled each week from 0-10 weeks of age. Samples were c...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gardiner EE,Newberry RC,Keng JY

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple and rapid method for analysis of free and conjugated cresols in biological fluids was developed. Prior to and following freeing of the conjugated cresols by acid hydrolysis in a sealed ampoule, free cresols were extracted by Extrelut column extraction, determined by gas chromatography, and confirmed by gas ch...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Yashiki M,Kojima T,Miyazaki T,Chikasue F,Ohtani M

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A sample of 166 normal adult males and females was taken from different colleges of Assiut representing those living in upper Egypt. Each subject has been studied for measurements of stature (S), hand length (HL) and hand breadth (HB). The data were statistically analysed in order to assess the relationship between st...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Abdel-Malek AK,Ahmed AM,el-Sharkawi SA,el-Hamid NA

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors describe the most popular drugs and their substitutes being used in Poland. The paper also presents the problem of developing and examining criminalistic traces in biological and some non-organic materials. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kała M,Borkowski T

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One case of the erroneous administration of deslanoside and high level of drug in antemortem plasma and postmortem specimens has been reported owing to the unusual surrounding circumstances. Deslanoside in antemortem plasma was determined by FPIA and the analysis was done by HPLC in the postmortem tissue samples. The ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Klys M,Gross A

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was made on an experimental animal model of a death from anaphylaxis, in which postmortem changes in levels of histamine and 1-methylhistamine, in whole blood were measured. Instead of the usual immunological method administering compound 48/80, a degranulating agent of mast cell and the effect close...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hieda Y,Kageura M,Hara K,Takamoto M,Fukuma Y,Kashimura S

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A minisatellite probe, MZ 1.3, detecting hypervariable fragment patterns was isolated from a human genomic library. A repetitive sequence of 27 bp length was identified which is contained in the probe approx. 40 times. The MZ 1.3 repeat shows variable homology of 53-73% to the repetitive sequence of the protein III ge...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Schacker U,Schneider PM,Holtkamp B,Bohnke E,Fimmers R,Sonneborn HH,Rittner C

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Histological findings of the temporal bone in 23 autopsy cases of various asphyxial fatalities were studied. The temporal bones of 12 cases who died of tumors including mammary cancer, gastric cancer, myxoma of heart and craniopharyngioma, the bones of 3 cases of heart attack and the bones of 17 cases who died of vari...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Ito Y,Kimura H

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toluene is the most common volatile used for sniffing among adolescents. During 1983-1987, 114 drivers were arrested in Norway with blood toluene concentrations (BTCs) greater than 10 microM. Only four of these drivers were women. The age range was 15-34 years, and the mean age was 21. The mean BTC was 109 microM. The...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gjerde H,Smith-Kielland A,Normann PT,Morland J

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a selective gas chromatographic method for the resolution and quantification of phenoperidine and its two metabolites, pethidine (meperidine) and norpethidine (normeperidine). Drugs and SKF 525 A, the internal standard, are separated from plasma by solvent extraction under alkaline conditions. T...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kintz P,Godelar B,Mangin P,Lugnier AA,Chaumont AJ

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABO groups were investigated on skin (and muscle), bone and hair specimens from 14 Egyptian mummies dating from the Roman period. Samples were tested by the AE (absorption-elution), MA (mixed agglutination) and HIF (histo-immunofluorescence) methods, in order to evaluate the reliability of each method. For half of the...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Crainic K,Durigon M,Oriol R

更新日期：1989-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Petechial thymus hemorrhages are found most frequently in SIDS (87%), and very much more rarely in fetuses after abortion and stillbirths (55%) as well as in perinatal deaths (40%). In these groups, there was a uniform histological bleeding pattern with emphasis on the cortical zone. In non-SIDS deaths of natural caus...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Risse M,Weiler G

更新日期：1989-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biochemical characterization in alveolar lavage fluids of rats which had inhaled 5% oxygen, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide was studied in comparison with control rats. The protein content, consisting mainly of serum albumin, markedly increased in the hypoxic states. The phospholipid content also increased one and ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Takahashi H,Kuroki Y,Morita M,Tabata N

更新日期：1989-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Two rapid and reliable electrophoretic techniques for PGM1 and EsD typing on ultrathin polyacrylamide gels are described. They have been based on non-equilibrium pH gradient electrophoresis and on the addition of chemical spacers (EPPS for PGM1 and HEPES for EsD) to the gel mixture. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Destro-Bisol G,Spinella A

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a transcultural investigation of violent behaviour in Argentina and Denmark an analysis was made of the incidents involving deliberate violence as registered in the emergency wards of Hospital Fernandez and Hospital Pinero in Capital Federal Buenos Aires over a period of 13 and 17 months, respectively. In t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Aalund O,Danielsen L,Katz E,Mazza PH

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a 3-year period (August 1st, 1985 to July 31st, 1988) a systematic investigation of medico-legal autopsy cases with regard to the presence of antibodies for HIV-virus was carried out at the Department of Forensic Medicine in Stockholm, Sweden. Prior to autopsy, blood samples were taken from femoral or subclavia...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rajs J,Karlsson T,Eklund B,Bergendahl K

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The presence of A, B and H group specific substances in vitreous humor taken from 105 human corpses was determined. Good agreement was obtained between these group substances and the ABO blood group. The relationship with the secretor type is discussed. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rordorf H,Dimo-Simonin N,Brandt-Casadevall C,Gujer HR

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pharmacokinetics of ethanol in the blood, vitreous humour and aqueous humour of the rabbit after intravenous administration of single dose have been compared. Ethanol levels were determined by gas-liquid chromatography. Certain parallelism between ethanol levels in these body fluids were observed after 80 min. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fernández P,López-Rivadulla M,Liñares JM,Tato F,Bermejo AM

更新日期：1989-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myxoid heart disease (MHD), more commonly known as mitral valve prolapse, is a very common cardiac abnormality affecting 5-10% of the general population. This article reviews the history, symptoms, physical findings, pathology, associated conditions and complications of this entity. Special emphasis is given to sudden...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Scheurman EH

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As part of a transcultural investigation of violent behavior in Denmark and South America an analysis was made during a one year period of the incidents involving deliberate violence as registered at 3 Danish emergency wards, and at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Copenhagen. In the three emergency wards a total...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Breiting VB,Aalund O,Albrektsen SB,Danielsen L,Helweg-Larsen K,Jacobsen J,Kjaerulff H,Staugaard H,Thomsen JL

更新日期：1989-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue sections from injection marks from 30 drug addicts and sections from endocrine organs and kidneys from an additional 33 addicts were studied together with endocrine organs and kidneys from 20 'normal' persons. All 83 persons were submitted for medico-legal autopsy at the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Copenh...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kringsholm B,Christoffersen P

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The eyes of fourteen fatally abused children and sixteen control cases were examined histopathologically. Ten of the abused children showed intraocular change. The most common ocular changes were subdural hemorrhage of the optic nerve and retinal hemorrhage which involved all the layers of the retina, but most commonl...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rao N,Smith RE,Choi JH,Xu XH,Kornblum RN

更新日期：1988-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cyanide distribution in five fatal cyanide poisonings was analyzed by the pyridine-pyrazolone method using a Conway diffusion cell. In order to study the effect of storage conditions on cyanide concentration in tissue samples, the cyanide concentrations were first measured immediately after collection of the sampl...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Chikasue F,Yashiki M,Kojima T,Miyazaki T,Okamoto I,Ohtani M,Kodama K

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An accurate and reproducible technique was employed for measurement of water content (RBCH2O) and potassium concentration (RBCK) in rat erythrocytes post mortem. Coefficients of variation for determination of RBCH2O and RBCK, as estimated from the results of duplicate analyses (n = 36), were 1.21% and 1.17%, respectiv...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Querido D,Pillay B

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and ten pairs of blood and semen samples and their stains were studied to type glyoxalase 1 (GLO 1) isoenzymes using agarose-starch medium. A good agreement was observed between the phenotypes expressed in blood and semen samples of the same donor. No GLO 1 activity however could be demonstrated in the vag...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sharma A,Arora VK,Bhalla V

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study focused on the frequency of pathological acid gastroesophageal reflux (AGER) on 50 children considered to be at risk for sudden infant death syndrome: that is to say, 30 near misses and 20 subsequent siblings. Four parameters were studied in a 24-h pH metry: (1) The percentage of time spent at pH less than ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Baccino E,Le Goff D,Lancien G,Le Guillou M,Alix D,Mottier D

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and seventy nine cases of acute poisoning constituting 1.1% of all admissions to the medical unit over 3 years were analysed. Eighty-three per cent of the patients were under 30 years of age and 72% were males. The common agents were: OP insecticides in 51%, kerosene oil in 12%, rat poison in 8% and drugs ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Senanayake N,Karalliedde L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The experience of the Northern Ireland State Pathology Service is drawn on to illustrate the forensic aspects of death by shooting and bombing caused by terrorists. The investigations into these deaths have to contend with rumours and allegations which can inflame feelings in the community or mislead the investigators...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Marshall T

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00