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Forensic odontology in DVI—A path forward
Dental identification is a pillar of disaster victim identification (DVI). Dental identification is accurate, efficient, inexpensive, and accepted in courts of law. The (known) antemortem (AM) dental charts and radiographic images acquired from the dentist of the missing person a...
Radiographic age estimation based on degenerative changes of vertebrae
Age estimation is an important component of decedent identification. When assessing adult remains, anthropologists frequently use gross examination of skeletal elements, such as clavicles, ribs, and pubic symphyses. For fleshed bodies, this requires the removal of these elements ...
Robust dense‐field based copy‐move forgery localization using generic radial harmonic...
As the importance of reliable multimedia content increases in today's society, image forensics is a growing field of research. The act of copying and pasting specific parts of an image, known as copy‐move forgery, may be utilized for illegal or unethical purposes. Just as wi...
Board Box—November 3
A classification of combined homicide‐suicide: An update—Part III: Extrafamilial homicide...
The subclassification of homicide‐suicide into psychopathology and intrafamilial homicide‐suicides having been presented in the foregoing Parts I and II, this Part III concerns extrafamilial homicide‐suicides. Extrafamilial homicide‐suicides are divided into adversarial, autogeni...
Hemorrhagic stroke caused by xylometazoline poisoning
An increase in the use of over‐the‐counter medications has been observed in recent years. This also concerns xylometazoline, approved for the treatment of allergic rhinitis or upper respiratory tract infections. We present the fatal case of a 40 year‐old‐woman with a massive hemo...
A classification of combined homicide‐suicide: An update—Part I: Introduction and...
A 1995 classification of combined homicide‐suicide was based on the psychopathology of the perpetrator and the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim(s). A three‐part model was proposed for the study and potential understanding of individual homicide‐suicide acts. Th...
A classification of combined homicide–suicide: An update—Part II: Intrafamilial homicide...
This Part II of the three‐part presentation of the updated classification of combined‐homicide published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences addresses intrafamilial homicide–suicides (H–Ss). Intrafamilial H–Ss in this classification includes all close relationships including dati...
Spontaneous retroperitoneal and intracranial hemorrhage following streptokinase therapy in...
Bleeding complications following thrombolytic treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are not infrequent, among which intracranial hemorrhage is commonly reported. In contrast, retroperitoneal hematoma following the administration of thrombolytics is rarely reported in th...
Genotyping strategies for tissues fixed with various embalming fluids for human...
Within anatomical willed body programs and skeletal collections, whole bodies and their disassociated limbs and organs are identified and tracked. However, if these tracking mechanisms fail, DNA recovered from the formalin‐fixed tissues/organs could provide an additional layer of...
The suitability of using domestic pigs (Sus spp.) as human proxies in the geophysical...
Research in many forensic science fields commonly uses domestic pigs (Sus spp.) as proxies for human remains, due to their physiological and anatomical similarities, as well as being more readily available. Unfortunately, previous research, especially that which compares the deco...