Issue 2/2016
Content (37 Articles)
Identification of rare variants of DSP gene in sudden unexplained nocturnal death syndrome in the southern Chinese Han population
Qianhao Zhao, Yili Chen, Longlun Peng, Rui Gao, Nian Liu, Pingping Jiang, Chao Liu, Shuangbo Tang, Li Quan, Jonathan C. Makielski, Jianding Cheng
Relationship inference based on DNA mixtures
Navreet Kaur, Mariam M. Bouzga, Guro Dørum, Thore Egeland
Genetic investigation of sudden unexpected death in epilepsy cohort by panel target resequencing
Monica Coll, Catarina Allegue, Sara Partemi, Jesus Mates, Bernat Del Olmo, Oscar Campuzano, Vincenzo Pascali, Anna Iglesias, Pasquale Striano, Antonio Oliva, Ramon Brugada
Selection of highly informative SNP markers for population affiliation of major US populations
Xiangpei Zeng, Ranajit Chakraborty, Jonathan L. King, Bobby LaRue, Rodrigo S. Moura-Neto, Bruce Budowle
A segment of rbcL gene as a potential tool for forensic discrimination of Cannabis sativa seized at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
I. C. T. Mello, A. S. D. Ribeiro, V. H. G. Dias, R. Silva, B. D. Sabino, R. G. Garrido, L. Seldin, Rodrigo Soares de Moura Neto
X-chromosomal 21-indel marker panel in German and Baltic populations
Jeanett Edelmann, Michael Kohl, Jan Dressler, Andre Hoffmann
The role of hereditary KCNQ1 mutations in water-related death
Iliana Tzimas, Thomas Bajanowski, Micaela Poetsch
Analysis of 16 autosomal STRs and 17 Y-STRs in an indigenous Maya population from Guatemala
Sergio Cardoso, Rubén Sevillano, María J. Illescas, Marian Martínez de Pancorbo
Genetic portrait of Tamil non-tribal and Irula tribal population using Y chromosome STR markers
Rajshree Raghunath, Kamalakshi Krishnamoorthy, Lakshmi Balasubramanian, Ramkumar Kunka Mohanram
Influence of dose-death interval on colchicine and metabolite distribution in decomposed skeletal tissues
Anic B. Imfeld, James H. Watterson
Death following ingestion of methylone
L. Barrios, H. Grison-Hernando, D. Boels, R. Bouquie, C. Monteil-Ganiere, R. Clement
Detection of the ethanol consumption markers ethyl glucuronide and ethyl sulfate in urine samples from inmates of two German prisons
Annette Thierauf-Emberger, Anette Franz, Volker Auwärter, Laura M. Huppertz
Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in blood samples from “driving under the influence” cases as indicator for prolonged excessive alcohol consumption
Alexandra Schröck, Ana Hernández Redondo, Marie Martin Fabritius, Stefan König, Wolfgang Weinmann
Systemic inflammatory response due to chloroform intoxication—an uncommon complication
A. Dettling, K. Stadler, C. Eisenbach, G. Skopp, H. T. Haffner
A methoxydiphenidine-impaired driver
Nicole Stachel, Andrea Jacobsen-Bauer, Gisela Skopp
A potential new metabolite of gamma-hydroxybutyrate: sulfonated gamma-hydroxybutyric acid
Stephanie Hanisch, Nicole Stachel, Gisela Skopp
Sudden infant death syndrome caused by cardiac arrhythmias: only a matter of genes encoding ion channels?
Georgia Sarquella-Brugada, Oscar Campuzano, Sergi Cesar, Anna Iglesias, Anna Fernandez, Josep Brugada, Ramon Brugada
Postmortem degradation of skeletal muscle proteins: a novel approach to determine the time since death
Stefan Pittner, Fabio C. Monticelli, Alexander Pfisterer, Angela Zissler, Alexandra M. Sänger, Walter Stoiber, Peter Steinbacher
Skeletal muscle proteins: a new approach to delimitate the time since death
Elena Esra Foditsch, Alexandra Maria Saenger, Fabio Carlo Monticelli
A case of acute subdural hematoma due to ruptured aneurysm detected by postmortem angiography
Go Inokuchi, Yohsuke Makino, Daisuke Yajima, Ayumi Motomura, Fumiko Chiba, Suguru Torimitsu, Yumi Hoshioka, Hirotaro Iwase
Technical note: unsafe rectal temperature measurements due to delayed warming of the thermocouple by using a condom. An issue concerning the estimation of the postmortem interval by using Henßge’s nomogram
Tristan Krap, Joris Meurs, Janine Boertjes, Wilma Duijst
Can postmortem MRI be used to assess trajectories in gunshot victims?
M. Luijten, I. I. H. Haest, R. A. T. van Kan, W. van Lohuizen, J. Kroll, R. S. Schnerr, R. Hermsen, P. A. M. Hofman
When the prey gets too big: an uncommon road accident involving a motorcyclist, a car and a bird
J. Tschui, N. Feddern, N. Schwendener, L. Campana, S. Utz, M. Schweizer, C. Jackowski, W. D. Zech
Detection of aortic rupture using post-mortem computed tomography and post-mortem computed tomography angiography by cardiac puncture
Shu Zhou, Lei Wan, Yu Shao, Chongliang Ying, Yahui Wang, Donghua Zou, Wentao Xia, Yijiu Chen
Probabilistic graphical models to deal with age estimation of living persons
Emanuele Sironi, Matteo Gallidabino, Céline Weyermann, Franco Taroni
Obtaining appropriate interval estimates for age when multiple indicators are used: evaluation of an ad-hoc procedure
Steffen Fieuws, Guy Willems, Sara Larsen-Tangmose, Niels Lynnerup, Jesper Boldsen, Patrick Thevissen
Variability in developmental timings of the knee in young American children as assessed through Pyle and Hoerr’s radiographic atlas
Maureen Schaefer, Lucina Hackman, John Gallagher
Postmortem redistribution of the heroin metabolites morphine and morphine-3-glucuronide in rabbits over 24 h
Peter D. Maskell, Mohammed Albeishy, Giorgia De Paoli, Nathan E. Wilson, L. Nitin Seetohul
Comparing the face to the body, which is better for identification?
Teghan Lucas, Maciej Henneberg
Osteometric sorting of skeletal elements from a sample of modern Colombians: a pilot study
Juan Manuel Guerrero Rodríguez, Lucina Hackman, Wendy Martínez, César Sanabria Medina
Response of forest soil euglyphid testate amoebae (Rhizaria: Cercozoa) to pig cadavers assessed by high-throughput sequencing
Christophe V. W. Seppey, Bertrand Fournier, Ildikò Szelecz, David Singer, Edward A. D. Mitchell, Enrique Lara
Experimental and computational investigation of the trajectories of blood drops ejected from the nose
P. H. Geoghegan, C. J. T. Spence, J. Wilhelm, N. Kabaliuk, M. C. Taylor, M. C. Jermy
The medico-legal investigation of abandoned fetuses and newborns—a review of cases admitted to the Pretoria Medico-Legal Laboratory, South Africa
L. du Toit-Prinsloo, C. Pickles, Z. Smith, J. Jordaan, G. Saayman
Possible application of CT morphometry of the calcaneus and talus in forensic anthropological identification
Osamu Inamori-Kawamoto, Takaki Ishikawa, Tomomi Michiue, Asmaa Mohammed Hishmat Mustafa, Nozomi Sogawa, Tetsuya Kanou, Shigeki Oritani, Hitoshi Maeda
Renaissance of criticism on the concept of brain death—the role of legal medicine in the context of the interdisciplinary discussion
L. Markert, B. Bockholdt, M. A. Verhoff, S. Heinze, M. Parzeller