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International Journal of Legal Medicine

Issue 5/2018

Content (35 Articles)

Review

Separation/extraction, detection, and interpretation of DNA mixtures in forensic science (review)

Ruiyang Tao, Shouyu Wang, Jiashuo Zhang, Jingyi Zhang, Zihao Yang, Xiang Sheng, Yiping Hou, Suhua Zhang, Chengtao Li

Original Article

Massively parallel sequencing-enabled mixture analysis of mitochondrial DNA samples

Jennifer D. Churchill, Monika Stoljarova, Jonathan L. King, Bruce Budowle

Original Article

Genetic diagnosis of acute aortic dissection in South China Han population using next-generation sequencing

Jinxiang Zheng, Jian Guo, Lei Huang, Qiuping Wu, Kun Yin, Lin Wang, Tongda Zhang, Li Quan, Qianhao Zhao, Jianding Cheng

Short Communication

The forensic value of X-linked markers in mixed-male DNA analysis

HaiJun He, Lagabaiyila Zha, JinHong Cai, Jian Huang

Short Communication

Mutability analysis towards 21 STR loci included in the AGCU 21 + 1 kit in Chinese Han population

Qiong Lan, Hongdan Wang, Chunmei Shen, Yuxin Guo, Caiyong Yin, Tong Xie, Yating Fang, Yongsong Zhou, Bofeng Zhu

Population Data

Forensic parameters and admixture in Mestizos from five geographic regions of Mexico based on 20 autosomal STRs (Powerplex 21 system)

J. A. Aguilar-Velázquez, G. Martínez-Cortés, A. Inclán-Sánchez, A. F. Favela-Mendoza, J. S. Velarde-Félix, H. Rangel-Villalobos

Population Data

Forensic molecular genetic diversity analysis of Chinese Hui ethnic group based on a novel STR panel

Yating Fang, Yuxin Guo, Tong Xie, Xiaoye Jin, Qiong Lan, Yongsong Zhou, Bofeng Zhu

Population Data

Population data and phylogenetic structure of Han population from Jiangsu province of China on GlobalFiler STR loci

Atif Adnan, Xiaoni Zhan, Kadirya Kasim, Allah Rakha, Xing Jia Xin

Population Data

Genetic data for 26 autosomal STR markers from Brazilian population

Tamiris Fátima Correia Pereira, Marcelo Malaghini, João Carlos Maciel Magalhães, Rodrigo Moura-Neto, Vanessa Santos Sotomaior

Population Data

Genetic analysis of 17 Y-STR loci from 1026 individuals of Han populations in Jilin Province, Northeast China

Wen-Qing Chen, Zhen Feng, Wei Jin, Yi-Jun Zhang, Qiang Wang, Pei Li, Shi-Lin Li, Lan-Hai Wei, Gang Liu

Population Data

Genetic characterization of Rio de Janeiro for different Y-STR sets

Juliana Jannuzzi, Patrícia Domingues, Filipa Simão, Anna Carolina da Silva Chaves, Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho, Leonor Gusmão

Population Data

Mutation rates at 42 Y chromosomal short tandem repeats in Chinese Han population in Eastern China

Weiwei Wu, Wenyan Ren, Honglei Hao, Hailun Nan, Xin He, Qiuling Liu, Dejian Lu

Original Article

Zornia latifolia: a smart drug being adulterated by Stylosanthes guianensis

L. Cornara, A. P. Fortuna-Perez, I. Bruni, A. Salis, G. Damonte, B. Borghesi, M. Clericuzio

Original Article

Immunohistochemical study on dystrophin expression in CAD-related sudden cardiac death: a marker of early myocardial ischaemia

Cristina Mondello, Luigi Cardia, Giovanni Bartoloni, Alessio Asmundo, Elvira Ventura Spagnolo

Original Article

Influence of striking technique on maximum striking velocities—experimental and statistical investigation

Holger Muggenthaler, T. X. Trinh, S. Heinke, C. Rode, S. Schenkl, M. Hubig, G. Mall

Open Access Original Article

Does altered protein metabolism interfere with postmortem degradation analysis for PMI estimation?

A. Zissler, B. Ehrenfellner, E. E. Foditsch, F. C. Monticelli, S. Pittner

Original Article

Necrotizing fasciitis: case series and review of the literature on clinical and medico-legal diagnostic challenges

Paolo Fais, Alessia Viero, Guido Viel, Renzo Giordano, Dario Raniero, Stefano Kusstatscher, Chiara Giraudo, Giovanni Cecchetto, Massimo Montisci

Original Article

Biomechanical approach for the assessment of contacts with deformable objects

H. Muggenthaler, T. Hunold, M. Hubig, S. Schenkl, G. Mall

Original Article

Forensic application of epidermal AQP3 expression to determination of wound vitality in human compressed neck skin

Yuko Ishida, Yumi Kuninaka, Mizuho Nosaka, Emi Shimada, Satoshi Hata, Hiroki Yamamoto, Yumiko Hashizume, Akihiko Kimura, Fukumi Furukawa, Toshikazu Kondo

Open Access Case Report

New evidence of predation on humans by cookiecutter sharks in Kauai, Hawaii

Agathe Ribéreau-Gayon, David O. Carter, Stephanie Regan

Letter to the Editor

Impaired motor control in SIDS infants

Roger W. Byard, Fiona M. Bright

Original Article

Towards multi-phase postmortem CT angiography in children: a study on a porcine model

F. Z. Mokrane, L. Dercle, O. Meyrignac, É. Crubézy, H. Rousseau, N. Telmon, F. Dedouit

Case Report

Study of a seventeenth-century French artificial mummy: autopsical, native, and contrast-injected CT investigations

Rozenn Colleter, Fabrice Dedouit, Sylvie Duchesne, Patrice Gérard, Laurent Dercle, Pierre Poilpré, Véronique Gendrot, Hervé Rousseau, Éric Crubézy, Norbert Telmon, Fatima-Zohra Mokrane

Review

Forensic age estimation using computed tomography of the medial clavicular epiphysis: a systematic review

Coralie Hermetet, Pauline Saint-Martin, Arsène Gambier, Léo Ribier, Bénédicte Sautenet, Camille Rérolle

Original Article

Third molar mineralization in relation to chronologic age estimation of the Han in central southern China

Ying Liu, Kun Geng, Yanhao Chu, Mindi Xu, Lagabaiyila Zha

Original Article

A test and analysis of Calce (2012) method for skeletal age-at-death estimation using the acetabulum in a modern skeletal sample

David Navega, Maria Godinho, Eugénia Cunha, Maria Teresa Ferreira

Population Data

Third molar maturity index (I3M) for assessing age of majority: study of a black South African sample

N. Angelakopoulos, S. De Luca, L. A. Velandia Palacio, E. Coccia, L. Ferrante, R. Cameriere

Original Article

Cranial secular change from the nineteenth to the twentieth century in modern German individuals compared to modern Euro-American individuals

Katharina Jellinghaus, Katharina Hoeland, Carolin Hachmann, Andreas Prescher, Michael Bohnert, Richard Jantz

Original Article

Stature estimation based on femoral measurements in the modern Japanese population: a cadaveric study using multidetector computed tomography

Fumiko Chiba, Yohsuke Makino, Suguru Torimitsu, Ayumi Motomura, Go Inokuchi, Namiko Ishii, Yumi Hoshioka, Hiroko Abe, Rutsuko Yamaguchi, Ayaka Sakuma, Sayaka Nagasawa, Hisako Saito, Daisuke Yajima, Yuta Fukui, Hirotaro Iwase

Original Article

Histomorphological analysis of the variability of the human skeleton: forensic implications

Marco Cummaudo, Annalisa Cappella, Miranda Biraghi, Caterina Raffone, Nicholas Màrquez-Grant, Cristina Cattaneo

Original Article

Investigating the sex-related geometric variation of the human cranium

Andreas Bertsatos, Christina Papageorgopoulou, Efstratios Valakos, Maria-Eleni Chovalopoulou