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Standard for the Documentation and Processing of Shooting Scenes
Best Practice Recommendations for Determining What Scene and Death Locations a Medicolegal...
Analysis of unknown (unlabeled/mislabeled) drug products for active pharmaceutical...
Two chemists employed a three‐device rapid screening "toolkit" consisting of a handheld Raman spectrometer, transportable mass spectrometer, and portable Fourier transform infrared (FT‐IR) spectrometer at an international mail facility (IMF) satellite laboratory to exam...
Death of the suicide law: A changing standard of liability for clinicians
High rates of suicide continue to plague the modern world, with clinicians, researchers, and policymakers working urgently to ameliorate what has been recognized as a worldwide public health crisis. Under American Law, individuals‐ including health care providers, could generally...
The influence of rehydration on decomposition in the Highveld region of South Africa—Using...
Researchers have observed that rainfall may re‐initiate decomposition in desiccated tissue; however, no conclusive research‐based evidence exists on the specific effects of rehydration on decomposition. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the effects of artificial rehydration o...
What's in drugs freely used by Brazilian truck drivers – “Rebites”? Determination of...
Highways, the lifeline of the Brazilian economy, transport approximately 75% of the country's economic activity, highlighting its importance. However, professional drivers, accustomed to long daily journeys, make use of tablets widely available in Gas Station, which are know...
The importance of male underwear in cases of alleged sexual assault
The potential evidential value of male underwear in cases of alleged sexual assault is often overlooked. Male underwear can be a critical item in the investigation of alleged sexual assaults. Body fluids/DNA, which may transfer to the penis during sexual contact, may in turn tran...
Commentary on: Chang K, Vincenti DM, Troncoso JC. Temporal lobe uncal herniation with...
Qualitative transformations of street‐seized ecstasy over a decade: A case study in Rio de...
The illegal drug market is constantly evolving, with new drugs being created and existing ones being modified. Adulterants are often added to the mix, and the primary substance may be secretly replaced by a new one. Once‐known tablets can now be vastly different from what they ar...
Evaluating the impact of hot water killing larvae on gene expression using the transformer...
In forensic entomology, determining the age of a larva from a body to estimate time since death is commonly performed through the measurement of a physical trait. Gene expression has been studied as an alternative age estimation approach, but the storage conditions required for t...
Optimization of crystal violet technique for enhanced fingerprint detection on various...
The crystal violet (CV) staining technique represents a prevalent approach for the development of latent fingerprints, especially on adhesive tape surfaces. Nevertheless, the technique necessitates intricate formulations to augment its performance. In this investigation, an optim...
Personal identification using frontal sinus coding methods: The effect of mixed image...
Several code‐based methods have been created for comparing the frontal sinus in skeletal identification scenarios. However, little is known regarding matched‐pair accuracy rates of these methods or how varying image modalities may affect these rates. The goals of this study were ...
Advances in Portable Drug Detection
JFS Forensic Lab Talks #7
Analytical Characterization of Emerging Drugs – Practical Approaches to Address Forensic Science Challenges
Speaker: Dr. Alex Krotulski
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