abstract：:During a stabbing, apparel fabrics are usually damaged and may be penetrated. Despite numerous studies considering forces required to penetrate skin and human stabbing performance, none have systematically evaluated which variables affect severance appearance from a textile science perspective using a human stabbing p...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Cowper EJ,Carr DJ,Horsfall I,Fergusson SM

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of the secular trend on development of third molars in 30 years period in Littoral region of Croatia. A total of 1103 panoramic radiographs of subjects aged from 6 to 18 years were analysed. First group comprised 531 panoramic radiographs (258 girls) taken from y...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Sasso A,Legovic M,Mady Maricic B,Pavlic A,Spalj S

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Decomposing human remains alter the environment through deposition of various compounds comprised of a variety of chemical constituents. Human remains detection (HRD) dogs are trained to indicate the odor of human remains. Residual odor from previously decomposing human remains may remain in the soil and on surfaces l...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Alexander MB,Hodges TK,Bytheway J,Aitkenhead-Peterson JA

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Internationally, urine on-site testing has been used for detecting drivers under the influence of drugs (DUID) but more and more countries, such as Belgium, are switching to oral fluid screening. OBJECTIVE:To compare the previous (published in 1999) and current (published 2009) enforcement procedures of DUI...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Van der Linden T,Wille SM,Ramírez-Fernandez M,Verstraete AG,Samyn N

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The aim of this study is to investigate the value of whole body computed tomography (WB-CT) in bodies recovered from water by analysis of the imaging findings after drowning. METHODS:The bodies of 41 drowning victims and 9 persons who died from mechanical asphyxia by hanging underwent post-mortem whole body co...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vander Plaetsen S,De Letter E,Piette M,Van Parys G,Casselman JW,Verstraete K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although most cases involving entomological evidence occur in urban environments and under indoor conditions, there is a lack of studies determining the insect fauna of forensic importance in those environments. In the current paper we provide the first data on the composition of the forensically important insect spec...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Baz A,Botías C,Martín-Vega D,Cifrián B,Díaz-Aranda LM

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interpretation of vehicle paint traces in forensic casework hinges on a number of factors including the type of paint, colour, number of layers, and background information. Vehicle colour surveys are an important source of information for the forensic paint examiner when interpreting the level of significance of a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Jackson F,Bunford J,Maynard P,Roux C

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial genotyping can be used for crime scene investigations and contribute to the attribution of biological attacks for microbial forensics. PyroMark ID Pyrosequencer as an accurate detection platform for single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) has been applied to identify and resolve microorganisms involved in clo...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Gu Y,Mao X,Zha L,Hou Y,Yun L

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One hypothesis for the physical mechanism responsible for backspatter during cranial gunshot wounding is that air is ejected by the collapse of the temporary cavity formed around the bullet path. Using bovine and ovine heads and simulant materials, evidence of this ejection was sought by measuring the velocity of the ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lazarjan MS,Geoghegan PH,Taylor MC,Jermy MC

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increasing number of drugs of abuse are sold word wide over the internet. Names like "legal highs", "herbal highs" etc. give the impression that these are safe products, although the risk of fatal reactions might be substantial. Leaves from the plant Mitragyna speciosa, contain active compounds like mitragynine and...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Karinen R,Fosen JT,Rogde S,Vindenes V

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF) and scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDX) are compared in terms of their discrimination power when applied to Australian soil specimens. SEM/EDX and XRF are frequently used in forensic laboratories ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Woods B,Paul Kirkbride K,Lennard C,Robertson J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hairy maggot blow fly, Chrysomya rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae), is a forensically important fly often encountered on human and other vertebrate remains in temperate and tropic regions throughout the world including Australia, Asia, Central America and North America. C. rufifacies was reared under controlled ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Flores M,Longnecker M,Tomberlin JK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Therapeutic (or non-toxic) postmortem guaifenesin blood and liver concentrations have not been previously described. Peripheral blood guaifenesin concentrations were compared to central blood and liver concentrations in eight medical examiner cases. Specimens were initially screened for alcohol and simple volatiles, d...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： McIntyre IM,Navarrete A,Mena O

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Norway introduced legislative limits for driving under the influence of drugs (DUID) February 1st, 2012, to harmonize with the legislation on driving under the influence of alcohol. Per se limits corresponding to blood alcohol concentrations (BACs) of 0.02% were established for 20 drugs and concentration limits for gr...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vindenes V,Boix F,Koksæter P,Strand MC,Bachs L,Mørland J,Gjerde H

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Positive (certain, absolute) identification of human remains needs a scientific comparison between ante mortem and post-mortem biologic features, as fingerprint, odontological, radiological or DNA comparisons. X-rays comparison has been extensively used, usually comparing some peculiarities such as outlines of the bon...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Quatrehomme G,Biglia E,Padovani B,du Jardin P,Alunni V

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical signatures within the environment vary between regions as a result of climatological, geochemical and anthropogenic influences. These variations are incorporated into the region's geology, soils, water and vegetation; ultimately making their way through the food chain to higher level organisms. Because the va...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kreitals NM,Watling RJ

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response to wounds until healing requires the activity of many cell types coordinate in space and time, so that the types of cells in a wound and their localization may be of help to date lesions with respect to death, which would be useful in forensic pathology. Cells reacting to injury include dendritic cells; t...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Bacci S,Defraia B,Cinci L,Calosi L,Guasti D,Pieri L,Lotti V,Bonelli A,Romagnoli P

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fingermarks, footwear marks, blood and semen are amongst the most commonly encountered types of evidence at crime scenes. Previous work has extensively investigated fingermark and blood enhancement techniques and a sequence developed to maximise evidence recovery; however, there is limited research as to the effect of...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Simmons R,Deacon P,Phillips DJ,Farrugia K

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The forensic anthropologist is responsible for contributing to the identification of an unknown by constructing a biological profile from their skeletal remains. Towards achieving this goal, anthropologists can apply population and temporally specific standards with known error margins to morphometric data collected f...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： DeSilva R,Flavel A,Franklin D

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:New application protocols for the Emit(®) II Plus 6-Acetylmorphine Assay for human urine screening have been developed on the ADVIA(®) 1800 and 2400 Chemistry Systems. Precision was evaluated at the cutoff and ±25% controls. Recovery and linearity were studied by spiking 6-acetylmorphine (6-AM) into human urine pools....

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Warren JA,Siefring G Jr,Morjana N

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemical evaluation of gunshot residues (GSR) produced by non-toxic lead-free ammunition (NTA) has been a challenge to forensic analyses. Our group developed some luminescent markers specific to the detection of GSR. Here, we evaluated the performance of selected markers in experiments that mimic forensic context and/...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Weber IT,Melo AJ,Lucena MA,Consoli EF,Rodrigues MO,de Sá GF,Maldaner AO,Talhavini M,Alves S Jr

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hair of 97 cases were analysed for ethyl glucuronide (EtG) and fatty acid ethyl esters (FAEE, including ethyl myristate, ethyl palmitate, ethyl oleate and ethyl stearate) according to the Society of Hair Testing guidelines to examine the role of both tests in documenting chronic excessive alcohol drinking, particu...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Kintz P,Nicholson D

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Venlafaxine is an extensively used antidepressant drug; it is considered to be quite safe and only a few pure cases of fatal poisoning have been reported. Here we describe a fatal case of venlafaxine self-poisoning including detailed tissue distribution of the drug and its metabolite O-desmethylvenlafaxine and the exa...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Vignali C,Morini L,Chen Y,Stramesi C,Groppi A

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A challenging step in medical, veterinary and forensic entomology casework is the rapid and accurate identification of insects to estimate the period of insect activity (PIA), which usually approximates the post-mortem interval (PMI). The morphological identification of insect evidence is hampered by species similarit...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： GilArriortua M,Saloña Bordas MI,Köhnemann S,Pfeiffer H,de Pancorbo MM

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper presents a forensic investigation that took place in the city of Murcia (SE Spain) and shows how the entomological specimens collected at the scene were extremely helpful for estimating the minimum post-mortem interval (PMImin). The occurrence of Telomerina flavipes (Meigen, 1830) (Diptera: Sphaeroceridae) ...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Arnaldos MI,Ubero-Pascal N,García R,Carles-Tolrá M,Presa JJ,García MD

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A portable near infrared spectrometer was applied to the presumptive identification of psychotropic drugs based on library searching. Data-treatment methods (mathematical pretreatment and library search algorithm) were examined on the basis of differentiation ability. The optimized mathematical pretreatment was a stan...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Tsujikawa K,Yamamuro T,Kuwayama K,Kanamori T,Iwata YT,Miyamoto K,Kasuya F,Inoue H

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of analyses of synthetic cannabimimetic drugs of abuse by forensic laboratories in the United States grew rapidly from 2010 to 2012 and then declined somewhat in 2013. In 2010, according to the National Forensic Laboratory Information System (NFLIS), 3,287 reports by federal, state and local forensic labora...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Isaacs RCA

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new series of fingerprint developing membrane were prepared using ninhydrin as the developing agent, and pressure-sensitive emulsifiers as the encapsulated chemicals. The type of emulsifier, plastic film, concentration of the developing agent, modifying ions and thickness of the membrane were studied in order to get...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Yang R,Lian J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Ethanol and heroin are both depressant drugs on the central nervous system, and combined use is known to be dangerous due to pharmacodynamic interactions, leading to an even higher risk of respiratory depression and death. In addition, previous studies have suggested a pharmacokinetic interaction between e...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Thaulow CH,Høiseth G,Andersen JM,Handal M,Mørland J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carrion insect succession patterns have long been used to estimate the postmortem interval (PMI) during a death investigation. However, no published carrion succession study included sufficient replication to calculate a confidence interval about a PMI estimate based on occurrence data. We exposed 53 pig carcasses (16...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Perez AE,Haskell NH,Wells JD

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most individuals detained in police custody are male adolescents or young adults. Demeaning custody conditions, which are common in French police cells, bring to light legitimate questions about the detention of elderly people. We aimed to determine the proportion of detainees over age 60, their health cha...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Beaufrère A,Belmenouar O,Chariot P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early in 2009, a state policing agency raided a clandestine drug laboratory in a suburb of a major city in Australia. During the search of the laboratory, a small glass jar labelled "Gamma Source" and containing a green powder was discovered. The powder was radioactive. This paper documents the detailed nuclear forens...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Keegan E,Kristo MJ,Colella M,Robel M,Williams R,Lindvall R,Eppich G,Roberts S,Borg L,Gaffney A,Plaue J,Wong H,Davis J,Loi E,Reinhard M,Hutcheon I

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the case of suicidal drowning forensic examination is difficult, particularly with regard to differentiating between suicide, accident, homicide and natural death. Bondage and weighting with objects, putrescence and attendant lesions aggravate interpretation and investigation of postmortal forensic findings. In thi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Todt M,Ast F,Wolff-Maras R,Roesler B,Germerott T

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Raman spectroscopy has been used for the development of a universal method for the identification of traces of all major body fluids. Multidimensional spectroscopic signatures, which account for the intrinsic sample heterogeneity and variations between donors, have been described for blood, semen, saliva, vaginal flui...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： McLaughlin G,Lednev IK

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The conversion of levamisole to aminorex in horses was first described in 2009 and, for the first time, confirmed in humans two years later by our laboratory. Aminorex and levamisole interfere with serotonin metabolism and both are proven cause of potentially fatal idiopathic pulmonary hypertension (IPH). Because most...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Karch SB,Defraia B,Messerini L,Mari F,Vaiano F,Bertol E

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Likelihood ratios are increasingly being adopted to convey expert evaluative opinions to courts. In the absence of appropriate databases, many of these likelihood ratios will include verbal rather than numerical estimates of the support offered by the analysis. However evidence suggests that verbal formulations of unc...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Martire KA,Kemp RI,Sayle M,Newell BR

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanical properties of the human brain at high strain rate were investigated to analyse the mechanisms that cause backspatter when a cranial gunshot wound occurs. Different concentrations of gelatine and a new material (M1) developed in this work were tested and compared to bovine brain samples. Kinetic energy a...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Lazarjan MS,Geoghegan PH,Jermy MC,Taylor M

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To evaluate medical statement conclusions in the criminal-legal process in suspected cases of child sexual abuse (CSA). STUDY DESIGN:An observational study of a random sample of 130 medically examined, police reported CSA suspected cases during 2001-2009. Medical statements were evaluated and their conclusi...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Joki-Erkkilä M,Niemi J,Ellonen N

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sativex(®) is an oromucosal spray used to treat spasticity in multiple sclerosis sufferers in some European countries, the United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand. The drug has also recently been registered by the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) in Australia for treatment of multiple sclerosis. Sativex(®) contai...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Molnar A,Fu S,Lewis J,Allsop DJ,Copeland J

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An increased number of police enquiries involving human remains buried with lime have demonstrated the need for more research into the effect of different types of lime on cadaver decomposition and its micro-environment. This study follows previous studies by the authors who have investigated the effects of lime on th...

journal_title：Forensic science international

authors： Schotsmans EM,Fletcher JN,Denton J,Janaway RC,Wilson AS

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00