Issue 3/2020
Content (51 Articles)
Detection and analysis of the cause of false-tetra-allelic patterns of locus D10S1435 at the sequence level
Yongsong Zhou, Qiong Lan, Yating Fang, Yuxin Guo, Tong Xie, Weian Du, Bofeng Zhu
A stepwise strategy to distinguish menstrual blood from peripheral blood by Fisher’s discriminant function
Hongxia He, Anquan Ji, Yixia Zhao, Na Han, Sheng Hu, Qinglan Kong, Li Jiang, Jian Ye, Yao Liu, Qifan Sun
Comparison of whole mitochondrial genome variants between hair shafts and reference samples using massively parallel sequencing
Bo Min Kim, Sae Rom Hong, Hein Chun, Sangwoo Kim, Kyoung-Jin Shin
Identification of human remains using Rapid DNA analysis
Rosemary S. Turingan, Jessi Brown, Ludmila Kaplun, Jake Smith, Jenna Watson, Derek A. Boyd, Dawnie Wolfe Steadman, Richard F Selden
Quantitative analysis of noncoding RNA from paired fresh and formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded brain tissues
Yehui Lv, Shiying Li, Zhihong Li, Ruiyang Tao, Yu Shao, Yijiu Chen
Multiple methods used for type detection of uniparental disomy in paternity testing
Hongliang Su, Tingting Sun, Man Chen, Jinding Liu, Xiao Wang, Yaming Chen, Wenyan Ren, Gengqian Zhang, Jiangwei Yan, Keming Yun
DNA barcoding of Stearibia nigriceps (Meigen) and Piophila casei (Linnaeus) (Diptera: Piophilidae) from Algeria and the first African report of Stearibia nigriceps
Meriem Taleb, Ghania Tail, Halide Nihal Açıkgöz
MicroRNA profiling of gastric content from breast-fed and formula-fed infants to estimate last feeding: a pilot study
Yu Kakimoto, Yutaka Matsushima, Masayuki Tanaka, Hideki Hayashi, Ting Wang, Keiko Yokoyama, Eriko Ochiai, Motoki Osawa
Biological variability of cell-free DNA in healthy females at rest within a short time course
Katrin Brodbeck, Sylvia Schick, Birgit Bayer, Katja Anslinger, Kimberly Krüger, Zsuzsanna Mayer, Stefan Holdenrieder, Steffen Peldschus
The effect of bleaching agents on the DNA analysis of bloodstains on different floor coverings
C. Edler, O. Krebs, A. Gehl, K. Palatzke, N. Tiedemann, A. S. Schröder, A. Klein
Validation of a 52-mtSNP minisequencing panel for haplogroup classification of forensic DNA samples
Leire Palencia-Madrid, Diana Vinueza-Espinosa, Miriam Baeta, Ana M. Rocandio, Marian M. de Pancorbo
Characterisation, verification and genetic basis of anomalous STR patterns: a report of four cases of X-chromosome STR biallelic patterns in human males
Chao Xiao, Chunfeng Liu, Hui Fang, Chunmei Zhang, Shengjie Chen, Yujie Huang, Shaohua Yi, Daixin Huang
Developmental validation study of a 24-plex Y-STR direct amplification system for forensic application
Yanfang Liu, Yuxin Guo, Xiaoye Jin, Shuyan Mei, Tong Xie, Qiong Lan, Yating Fang, Bofeng Zhu
Inter-laboratory adaption of age estimation models by DNA methylation analysis—problems and solutions
Manuel Pfeifer, Thomas Bajanowski, Janine Helmus, Micaela Poetsch
Development and forensic validation of human genomic DNA quantification kit
Jeongyong Kim, Ju Yeon Jung, So Yeun Kwon, Pilwon Kang, Hyunchul Park, Ki min Seong, Tae ue Kim, Hyeon Kyu Yoon, Si-Keun Lim
Genetic structure and forensic characteristics of Saraiki population from Southern Punjab, Pakistan, revealed by 20 Y-chromosomal STRs
Atif Adnan, Allah Rakha, Fuad Ameen, Abdullah A. Alarfaj, A. Almansob, Chuan-Chao Wang, Jie Lu, Jiaxin Xing
Genetic analysis of 50 Y-STR loci in Dong, Miao, Tujia, and Yao populations from Hunan
Rui Feng, Yang Zhao, Shuiqin Chen, Qiong Li, Yong Fu, Lin Zhao, Yongsong Zhou, Lei Zhang, Xinglin Mei, Minghao Shi, Jianying Yin
Population genetics of 30 insertion/deletion polymorphisms in the Kuwaiti population
Mahdi Haidar, Hussain Alsaleh, Penelope R. Haddrill
Allele frequencies of 20 autosomal STR loci for 207 unrelated individuals of the Blang people in China
Lanjiang Li, Yunmei Zhang, Weitao Wang, Kai Zhao, Guangxing Li, Ying Huang, Bingying Xu
Concentration distribution of more than 100 drugs and metabolites in forensic hair samples
F. Musshoff, G. Schwarz, H. Sachs, G. Skopp, T. Franz
A case of complex suicide due to acute nicotine intoxication caused by cigarette ingestion
Hiroki Yamamoto, Tatsunori Takayasu, Yuko Ishida, Mizuho Nosaka, Satoshi Hata, Yumi Kuninaka, Emi Shimada, Yumiko Hashizume, Akiko Ishigami, Mitsunori Ozaki, Mariko Kawaguchi, Akihiko Kimura, Fukumi Furukawa, Toshikazu Kondo
Death of an apprentice bodybuilder following 2,4-dinitrophenol and clenbuterol intake
L Dufayet, C Gorgiard, F Vayssette, JP Barbet, G Hoizey, B Ludes
Influence of a soft tissue layer covering the kidney upon blunt impact
Lea Siegenthaler, Florian Sprenger, Fabiano Riva, Matthieu J. Glardon, Beat P. Kneubuehl, Martin Frenz
An evaluation of pathologists’ application of the diagnostic criteria from the San Diego definition of SIDS and unclassified sudden infant death
Rebecca A. Shipstone, Jeanine Young, John M. D. Thompson, Roger W. Byard
Intra-class and inter-class tool discrimination through micro-CT analysis of false starts on bone
Chiara Giraudo, Massimo Montisci, Arianna Giorgetti, Lisa Martinuzzo, Marco Bisceglia, Sofia Moschi, Paolo Fais, Michael Weber, Emilio Quaia, Guido Viel, Giovanni Cecchetto
Venous air embolism: artefactual air entrapment and autopsy technique
Pylyp Zolotarov, Richard Fraser
The length and width of diatoms in drowning cases as the evidence of diatoms penetrating the alveoli-capillary barrier
Pingping Zhang, Xiaodong Kang, Shurui Zhang, Cheng Xiao, Yanbin Ma, He Shi, Quyi Xu, Jian Zhao, Lifang Chen, Chao Liu
Exploring the degrees of distortion in simulated human bite marks
Neha Dama, Andrew Forgie, Scheila Mânica, Gavin Revie
Feasibility of an accelerated PVAL method for the collection of GSR and biological traces
Constantin Lux, Lucy Taube, Marcel A. Verhoff, Sonja Kurscheid, Gabriele Zöller-Huse, Stephan Welkerling, Rüdiger Schumacher, Dieter Neimke, Mattias Kettner
The application of autophagy to thrombus age estimation in murine deep vein thrombosis model
Mizuho Nosaka, Yuko Ishida, Yumi Kuninaka, Akira Taruya, Akihiko Kimura, Emi Shimada, Hiroki Yamamoto, Tomomi Michiue, Fukumi Furukawa, Toshikazu Kondo
The effect of steatosis and fibrosis on blunt force vulnerability of the liver
Gábor Simon, Viktor Soma Poór, Veronika Heckmann, Zsolt Kozma, Tamás F. Molnár
Cases of asphyxia in children and adolescents: a retrospective analysis of fatal accidents, suicides, and homicides from 1998 to 2017 in Hamburg, Germany
Dieu Phuong Mosek, Jan Peter Sperhake, Carolin Edler, Klaus Püschel, Ann Sophie Schröder
Characterisation of gunshot residues from non-toxic ammunition and their persistence on the shooter’s hands
Sabrina Romanò, Fabio De-Giorgio, Carlo D’Onofrio, Luciano Gravina, Sergio Abate, Francesco Saverio Romolo
The punched-out tissue complex (skin-bone ”imprimatum“) in shots from captive-bolt guns: does it act as a secondary projectile?
Dorothee Geisenberger, Arianna Giorgetti, Matthieu Glardon, Markus Große Perdekamp, Stefan Pollak, Rebecca Pircher
Ballistic research techniques: visualizing gunshot wounding patterns
Tom Stevenson, Debra J. Carr, Karl Harrison, Richard Critchley, Iain E. Gibb, Sarah A. Stapley
The influence of muzzle gas on the temporary cavity
C. Schyma, K. Bauer, R. Müller, J. Brünig, W. Gotsmy
Relative blood loss in forensic medicine—do we need a change in doctrine?
Stefan Potente, Frank Ramsthaler, Mattias Kettner, Patrick Sauer, Peter Schmidt
The cutting edge—an investigation into the pressure necessary for cutting skin with different knife blade types
Stephan Andreas Bolliger, Esmé Wallace, Akos Dobay, Damaris Froehlich Knaute, Michael Josef Thali, Vera Barrera
Mongolian spots as a finding in forensic examinations of possible child abuse–implications for case work
Mattias Kettner, Christoph G. Birngruber, Constanze Niess, Marco Baz-Bartels, Lena Bunzel, Marcel A. Verhoff, Constantin Lux, Frank Ramsthaler
Preliminary effect of projectile yaw on extremity gunshot wounding in a cadaveric animal model: a serendipitous study
Tom Stevenson, Debra J Carr, Iain E Gibb, Sarah A Stapley
Lung density measurement in postmortem computed tomography: a new tool to assess immediate neonatal breath in suspected neonaticides
Mathilde Ducloyer, Lucile Tuchtan, Clémence Delteil, Marie-Dominique Piercecchi, Arthur David, Guillaume Visseaux, Renaud Bouvet, Guillaume Gorincour, Renaud Clement
Noninvasive analysis and identification of an intramuscular fluid collection by postmortem 1H-MRS in a case of a fatal motor vehicle accident
Jakob Heimer, Dominic Gascho, Carlo Tappero, Michael J. Thali, Niklaus Zoelch
Communicating 3D data—interactive 3D PDF documents for expert reports and scientific publications in the field of forensic medicine
Sören Kottner, Patricia Mildred Flach, Dominic Gascho, Garyfalia Ampanozi, Michael Thali, Lars C. Ebert
Contributions of the pars lateralis, pars basilaris and femur to age estimations of the immature skeleton within a South African forensic setting
Roxanne Thornton, A. L. Edkins, E. F. Hutchinson
Reliability of police reports when assessing health information at the forensic post-mortem examination—using schizophrenia as a model
Johannes Rødbro Busch, Jytte Banner
Religious denomination influencing attitudes towards brain death, organ transplantation and autopsy—a survey among people of different religions
Y. Alhawari, M. A. Verhoff, H. Ackermann, M. Parzeller
Taphonomic bone trauma caused by Southern African scavengers
Craig A. Keyes, J. Myburgh, D. Brits
Detection of fly artifacts from four species of necrophagous flies on household materials using immunoassays
David B. Rivers, Gregory Cavanagh, Valerie Greisman, Rebecca Brogan, Andrew Schoeffield
Second opinion system for sudden cardiac death cases in forensic practice
Sara Sabatasso, Yara Banz, Rebekka Ringger, Silvia Visonà, Christian Schyma, Stephan Bolliger, Katarzyna Michaud
Correction to: Usability of dental pulp visibility and tooth coronal index in digital panoramic radiography in age estimation in the forensic medicine
Ertugrul Gok, Recep Fedakar, Ilker Mustafa Kafa