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Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology

Issue 3/2014

Content (30 Articles)

Editorial

The Soria Moria approach to pediatric forensic issues

Roger W. Byard, Henry F. Krous, Torleiv O. Rognum

Original Article

Species identification of protected carpet pythons suitable for degraded forensic samples

Sherryn Ciavaglia, Stephen Donnellan, Julianne Henry, Adrian Linacre

Original Article

The use of magnetic resonance imaging to examine ossification of the proximal tibial epiphysis for forensic age estimation in living individuals

Jan Alexander Krämer, Sven Schmidt, Kai-Uwe Jürgens, Markus Lentschig, Andreas Schmeling, Volker Vieth

Original Article

DNA and RNA analysis of blood and muscle from bodies with variable postmortem intervals

Jakob Hansen, Iana Lesnikova, Anette Mariane Daa Funder, Jytte Banner

Original Article

An evaluation of two conducted electrical weapons using a swine comparative cardiac safety model

Donald M. Dawes, Jeffrey D. Ho, Johanna C. Moore, Andrew P. Laudenbach, Robert F. Reardon, James R. Miner

Original Article

Early evidence kits in sexual assault: an observational study of spermatozoa detection in urine and other forensic specimens

Debbie A. Smith, Laurance G. Webb, Angelika I. Fennell, Elizabeth A. Nathan, Christine A. Bassindale, Maureen A. Phillips

Original Article

Radiological analysis of hand and foot injuries after small aircraft crashes

Bela Kubat, Tessa Korthout, Gert van Ingen, Louk A. C. Rietveld, Henri M. de Bakker

Original Article

Analysis of suspected wildlife crimes submitted for forensic examinations in Scotland

Caroline Millins, Fiona Howie, Charles Everitt, Michael Shand, Catherine Lamm

Original Article

Immersion-related deaths in infants and children: autopsy experience from a specialist center

Andrew R. Bamber, Jeremy W. Pryce, Michael T. Ashworth, Neil J. Sebire

Original Article

Maori heads (mokomokai): the usefulness of a complete forensic analysis procedure

Philippe Charlier, Isabelle Huynh-Charlier, Luc Brun, Julie Champagnat, Laetitia Laquay, Christian Hervé

Original Article

Characterization of Bacillus strains and hoax agents by protein profiling using automated microfluidic capillary electrophoresis

Jessica McLaughlin, Michelle Nelson, Dennis McNevin, Paul Roffey, Michelle E. Gahan

Original Article

Can early myocardial infarction-related deaths be diagnosed using postmortem urotensin receptor expression levels?

Mustafa Talip Sener, Emre Karakus, Zekai Halici, Erol Akpinar, Atilla Topcu, Ahmet Nezih Kok

Review

A brief history of fatal child maltreatment and neglect

Ann H. Ross, Chelsey A. Juarez

Case Report

Homicide or suicide? Xylophagia: a possible explanation for extraordinary autopsy findings

Anke Klein, Carolin Schröder, Axel Heinemann, Klaus Püschel

Case Report

Fatal accidental ingestion of 35 % hydrogen peroxide by a 2-year-old female: case report and literature review

Francesca Indorato, Cataldo Raffino, Filippa Maria Tropea, Nunziata Barbera, Angela Grieco, Giovanni Bartoloni

Case Report

A case of suicide by ingestion of caffeine

Alessandro Bonsignore, Sara Sblano, Fulvia Pozzi, Francesco Ventura, Alessandro Dell’Erba, Cristian Palmiere

Case Report

Sudden unexpected death in the setting of undiagnosed Graves’ disease

Matthew J. Lynch, Noel W. F. Woodford

Images in Forensics

Thoracolithiasis: a unique autopsy finding

Petr Hejna, Jan Laco

Images in Forensics

Arterial calcifications from mummified materials: use of micro-CT-scan for histological differential diagnosis

Philippe Charlier, Patricia Wils, Alain Froment, Isabelle Huynh-Charlier

Images in Forensics

The pathological features of Wernicke encephalopathy

Kelly Olds, Neil E. I. Langlois, Peter Blumbergs, Roger W. Byard

Images in Forensics

Could the Shroud of Turin be an effect of post-mortem changes?

Lucia Tattoli, Michael Tsokos, Claas Buschmann

Differential Diagnosis

Ant activity as a source of postmortem bleeding

Karen J. Heath, Roger W. Byard