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Cementum Annuli: Technique, Microscopy, and Assessment of Age
An Opioid Analysis in “Natural” Manner Scene Inspection Cases
A Questionable Cause of Death Alphabet Soup: Anaphylaxis, Bees, Cocaine, Diabetic...
“Everybody Hurts”: Fatal Anaphylactic Shock Induced by an Intramuscular Injection of...
Tri-Allelic Patterns of Short Tandem Repeats (STRs) on D21S11 and Penta D Observed in...
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM): A Forensic Approach
Investigating DNA Methylation Analysis for the Individualization of Monozygotic Twins
The Effect of Mass-Generated Heat on Larval Development: Implications for Postmortem...
The Mouse Thanatomicrobiome Is Highly Variable in Early Postmortem Intervals
When Hidden Elder Abuse Leads to Death: An Analysis of Casework
A Model for Estimated Heart Weight With Accounting for Estimated Cardiomegaly
Powder-Free DNA Extraction Protocol From Bones and Teeth
A Proposal of a Score to Evaluate Discrepancies Between the Results of External Body...
Automatic assessment of fingermarks quality: Exploration of the possible application in...
In forensic science, particularly in the context of latent fingermarks detection, forensic scientists are often faced with the need to assess the quality of the detected fingermarks to quantitatively interpret their results and express conclusions. Today this process is mainly ca...
Detection of ɣ‐hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and ɣ‐butyrolactone (GBL) in alcoholic beverages...
Total Vaporization Solid‐Phase Microextraction (TV‐SPME) relies on the same technique as standard SPME but completely vaporizes a sample extract, and analytes are sorbed directly from the vapor phase. On‐fiber derivatization may also be performed using TV‐SPME, where the fiber is...
Electroconvulsive therapy use in the adult U.S. correctional setting: A case report and...
Mr. C is a 45‐year‐old male inmate who was found in his cell unresponsive and mute. He had poor food and fluid intake for the last four days and was later found standing in place, frozen, and resistant to movement when encouraged by a corrections officer to rest in his bed. His s...
Recovery of 3D footwear impressions using a range of different techniques
Three‐dimensional (plastic) footwear impressions are frequently found at, or in the vicinity of a crime scene, and may provide a valuable form of evidence or intelligence. This paper compares the traditional methods of casting and/or two‐dimensional photography with Structure fro...
The fentanyl phase of the opioid epidemic in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
Since late 2014, fentanyl has become the major driver of opioid mortality in the United States. However, a descriptive analysis of fentanyl victims is limited. We studied the 2016 fentanyl and heroin overdose deaths and compared them to previously studied heroin‐associated fatali...
Bloodstain pattern analysis: Does experience equate to expertise?
Bloodstain pattern analysis (BPA) has long been accepted by courts as an area of expertise; however, that position has recently been challenged. The discipline has been criticized for limited empirical research into practitioner determination error rates and whether determination...