abstract：:The investigations were carried out on 99 brains of which 83 exhibited macroscopic features of brain oedema. The tissue investigated came from four regions of the brain: the cortex of frontal and occipital regions, the white matter and the tissue of the pons varioli. The percentage of water in these regions was evalua...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Madro R,Chagowski W

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This method for the determination of haloperidol (HAL) in plasma is based on high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) with a reversed-phase column, ODS-C18. HAL is rapidly extracted from human plasma by using Bond Elut C18 cartridge and its recovery is over 90%. The mobile phase is a mixture of 1% acetate/acetoni...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hayakari M,Hashimoto Y,Kita T,Murakami S

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Frontal sinuses of Japanese skulls were radiographically examined from the view point of identifying individuals. The system of classification of sinus was proposed, basing on the area size, the bilateral asymmetry, the superiority of side, the outline of upper borders, the partial septa and the supraorbital cells. Fr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Yoshino M,Miyasaka S,Sato H,Seta S

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Institute of Forensic Toxicology, Oslo, receives blood and urine samples from all Norwegian drivers apprehended on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs. In 1983 we received samples from 1446 drug-suspected drivers, out of which 445 underwent toxicological analysis. The drugs found ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bjørneboe A,Bjørneboe GE,Gjerde H,Bugge A,Drevon CA,Mørland J

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The extent of aspartic acid racemization in human dentin can be used to assess chronological age of the individual. This novel chemical method of aging human remains has potential applications in forensic sciences. Six autopsy cases have been analyzed for D/L aspartic acid contents, and their ages at death calculated....

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Masters PM

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new solid phase extraction method was studied to extract methadone from small amounts of biological samples, by using little disposable columns prepacked with reverse phase sorbents. Two different commercial kinds of reversed phase columns prepacked with octadecylsilane (ODS) were tested; the results were compared t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Chiarotti M,Offidani C,de Giovanni N

更新日期：1986-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of absorption time, titer of antiserum or lectin in the absorption stage, and elution temperature on relative antibody or lectin yield in elutes in the absorption-elution procedure were studied in bloodstains and ammoniacal extracts of bloodstains using conventional grouping reagents. In addition, monoclon...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gaensslen RE,Lee HC,DeGraw SS,Carroll-Reho J

更新日期：1986-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The intradural sagittal diameter at the second cervical vertebra (SD/C2) of 62 SIDS cases was measured myelographically. This SD/C2 proved to be dependent on body size, body weight, and age. A clear, age-dependent difference is to be found in the primarily narrow spinal canal. This parameter (SD/C2), which is more pre...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Saternus KS,Koebke J,von Tamaska L

更新日期：1986-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The lungs of deep smokers contain large numbers of alveolar macrophages with pigment granules in the cytoplasma that are demonstrable by means of fat stains and a distinct green-yellow inherent fluorescence at a wave length range of 350-450 nm. Systematic examinations to test the eluting effect of different solvents o...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Reiter C

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Forensic pathologists are often involved in the identification of unknown bodies. It is imperative, therefore, that they become aware of a national computerized identification system (NCIC) administered by the FBI. There is also a state system in California which has resulted in the identification of 59 individuals. T...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sperber N

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Though the child abuse syndrome is usually considered to have been first described in the middle of the present century, references to child abuse occur throughout history and in the 19th century, detailed descriptions were published in the French medical literature. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Knight B

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This is the first controlled study of torture victims published. Ten persons who alleged subjection to torture were examined by two different medical teams during the first months after torture. The testimonies of the probands were found to be credible and the method of examination was found to be reliable. The state ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Petersen HD,Jacobsen P

更新日期：1985-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reports results from a field trial with a breath-alcohol screening device--Alcolmeter pocket model. Breath tests were made with drivers apprehended during routine controls (road-blocks), for traffic violations and those involved in traffic accidents. Of 908 roadside breath tests made with chemical reagent t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jones AW

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of the most consistently used methods of postmortem interval estimation (PMIE) is by means of body temperature measurements. Several variations of this method exist, from simple 'rules of the thumb' to quite complex equations requiring a knowledge of body mass and height. All of these methods employ a certain degr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Green MA,Wright JC

更新日期：1985-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Urine morphine levels after the consumption of poppy seeds were measured in two separate trials. Maximum levels of approximately 18 micrograms/ml were found using RIA, EMIT-ST and GC methodologies. Positive immunoassay results were seen up to 60 h post-ingestion. Several different lots of seeds from various sources we...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fritschi G,Prescott WR Jr

更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro evaluation of the effect of five insecticidal phosphoric and 11 thiophosphoric acid esters on different, non-specific human leukocytes esterases indicated that most of the organic phosphor compounds studied inhibited the activity of neutral alpha-naphthylacetate esterase, alpha-naphthylbutyryl esterase, and n...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Oehmichen M,Pedal I,Besserer K,Gencic M

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article studies teenage homicide victims in Metro-Dade County, Miami, FL, U.S.A., between the years 1973 through 1982. A total of 263 cases were selected. Cases were then analyzed with respect to age, race, sex, cause of death, scene circumstances, alcohol and drugs detected at autopsy. A discussion follows that ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Copeland AR

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study of recreational deaths in the "land of sun and fun" has pointed out several useful factors. Firstly, accidental deaths are more common than naturals. Secondly, the most common accidental death is drowning while swimming. The latter is not usually at public facilities, but rather at unsupervised uninstitutio...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Copeland AR

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In cases of disputed parentage the biostatistical information is contained in the frequencies X and Y (as defined by Essen-M oller ); X denotes the hypothesis "paternity", Y the hypothesis "non-paternity". Essen-M oller proposed a probability of paternity which includes both values: W = X/(X + Y) (where X + Y becomes ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hummel K

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hundred and seventy-six plants of 22 different lots of Cannabis sativa L., grown at the Botanical Garden of Siena (Italy) were chromatographically analysed in order to define the cannabinoid content in their leaves. The content of the major cannabinoids, delta 9-tetrahydrocannabinol, cannabidiol, cannabinol and ca...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Barni-Comparini I,Ferri S,Centini F

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phentermine capsules labelled Ionamin were suspected of being counterfeit. Examination of the contents revealed no phentermine, but caffeine and phenylpropanolamine. The usual microcrystalline and spectrodensitometry was used to confirm results of spectrophotometric identity tests. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hadzija BW,Mattocks AM

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Albumin concentration in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and plasma was determined in 44 cadavers divided into three groups on the basis of death agony duration. The same was determined in a control group of 42 patients with no demonstrable neurological disease. Following Schuller's method, the evaluation of the blood CSF b...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Mangin P,Lugnier AA,Chaumont AJ,Offner M,Grucker M

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved capillary gas chromatographic method for the analysis of illicit diamorphine preparation is reported. The method was able to resolve the impurities and more frequent adulterants and contaminants present in street heroin preparations with a diamorphine detection limit of 0.2 ng in split-less mode. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Chiarotti M,Carnevale A,de Giovanni N

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The identification and the quantitative estimation of cannabis constituents is important for forensic purposes. High resolution gas-chromatography gives better results than gas-liquid chromatography with packed columns, as it shows a better resolution and higher number of constituents. Different quantitative values we...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Barni Comparini I,Centini F

更新日期：1983-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In rabbits, intracerebrally applied erythrocytes can move with the cerebrospinal fluid along connecting pathways between the subarachnoid space and the cervical lymph nodes. This study compares the time dependency for the degradation of intracerebrally injected erythrocytes in the brain as well as in the cervical lymp...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Oehmichen M,Wiethölter H,Grüninger H,Gencic M

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tongue was examined for the presence of haemorrhages in 264 medicolegal autopsy cases. The tongue was sectioned transversely and examined macroscopically and microscopically. Haemorrhages were found in marginal and/or central parts of the tongue in 104 cases. Among them, 28 cases showed haemorrhages in central par...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Suyama H,Nakasono I,Yoshitake T,Narita K,Yoshida C

更新日期：1982-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The discovery in 1934 of the badly burned, pyjama clad body of a young woman protruding from a roadside culvert near Albury, N.S.W., led to one of the largest investigations in the history of Australian crime. Two simple errors, made by a local dentist with no previous experience in forensic odontology called by the p...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Brown KA

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Postmortem methanol levels in bone marrow and heart blood were determined in rabbits. The average ratio of blood concentration to observed bone marrow concentration in 36 rabbits was 2.6 +/- 0.6 with a range of 1.5 to 4.2. Correcting for the lipid content of the bone marrow decreased the average ratio, reduced the rat...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Winek CL,Susa D

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many document examiners recognize the importance of an individuals 'state of mind' and its effect on handwriting but historically have steered clear of working closely with psychiatrists, linguists, or psychologists in understanding the interaction of nervous impulses and motor responses on the final handwritten produ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cain S

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The spectrophotometric method for the determination of carboxyhemoglobin (HbCO) in blood reported by Fretwurst and Meinecke was modified so as to give the same values of percentage HbCO (HbCO%) as those determined by the oxygen electrode method. Values of HbCO% of nine practical samples determined by both the oxygen e...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Katsumata Y,Aoki M,Sato K,Oya M,Yada S,Suzuki O

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The technique of isoelectric focusing (IEF) in ultra-thin polyacrylamide gels as a method of phenotyping erythrocyte acid phosphatase (EAP) has been applied to a large number of red cell lysate and dried bloodstains. This paper presents the results of this study and discusses some features of the IEF patterns and prob...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Divall GB

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone marrow may be utilized as an alternative biological sample in cases where uncontaminated blood samples are not available for analyses. Bone marrow/blood ratios of ethchlorvynol as a function of time and dosage level were determined in 40 rabbits. A modified quantitative analysis that produced accurate and reprodu...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Winek CL,Cibulas W Jr,Wahba WW

更新日期：1981-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 76-year-old male with a previous history of heart arrhythmia and decompensation was treated for a complicated thoraco-abdominal trauma. Accidentally, a pleural drain was inserted in his heart through the ventricular septum, perforating the left ventricle, the drain tip being buried in its posterior wall. This injury...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Rajs J,Rotmil PL

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A pilot study has been performed to evaluate the usefulness of isolated viable rat cardiac myocytes in the evaluation of histochemical oxidoreductase methods for estimating cellular anoxic damage. Data are presented in support of the use of succinate dehydrogenase and beta-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase for evaluating ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jakobsson SW

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the fifty-seven cases of cot death studied two-thirds were younger than 3 months, which is also the peak age of infantile hypoglycaemia. Findings from routine necropsy and histology were scarce; in eleven cases they could be regarded as potentially fatal. About half of the infants had had a mild virus-type infectio...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Hirvonen J,Jantti M,Syrjala H,Lautala P,Akerblom HK

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new method for diatom detection is described. It includes an ultrasonic irradiation procedure with the use of a tissue solubilizer. The method is easy to carry out and is less time-consuming than previous techniques. ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Fukui Y,Hata M,Takahashi S,Matsubara K

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systematic autopsy was performed in 807 medicolegal deaths where the police had not requested autopsy. In all cases both the cause of death and the mode of death had been reported at the medicolegal external examination. The autopsy revealed differences in the mode of death in about 4% of all cases. This was due in pa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Asnaes S,Paaske F

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During a one-year-period 1243 medicolegal deaths in the City of Copenhagen were autopsied after the mode of death was provisionally determined by an external medicolegal examination. In 35% of the cases an atuopsy was requested by the police. Without autopsy the mode of death would have been defined erroneously in 10....

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Asnaes S

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A classification system is described for drugs using thin-layer chromatography (TLC), gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) and ultraviolet (UV) spectrophotometry. The TLC classifications are based on division of the plate into zones relative to a set of mixed drug standards. The GLC classification is based on Kovats' reten...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： McLinden VJ,Stenhouse AM

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Finland about one-half of the fatal traffic accidents are investigated by special Boards of Inquiry. The cumulating data serves multidisciplinary sciences, juridical and insurance purposes and legislation. The participating physicians benefit from the systematic work of the Boards in many ways. As an example of the...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Karkola K

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00