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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...
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Death from methamphetamine intoxication in a body stuffer
A 28‐year‐old man was admitted dead to the emergency department of the regional hospital. All resuscitation attempts were unsuccessful in this case. Attending officers stated that he was suspected of possessing drugs at the time of arrest and had taken them quickly to cover up. U...
Automated identification of copy‐move forgery using Hessian and patch feature extraction...
Copy‐move forgeries are a conceptual sort of image retouching that involves duplicating a portion of an image and moving it to a different position within the original image, whether by modifying the duplicated part or just moving it altogether. To identify cloned portions that h...
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Injury comparisons between paired drivers and front‐seat passengers in frontal collisions...
Forensic engineers and crash safety researchers sometimes use the injuries of a seatbelted occupant to infer the injury risk of an unbelted occupant in the same crash, had they instead been wearing a seatbelt. It is unclear, however, whether this inference is valid or how often t...
Commentary on: Thompson WC. Uncertainty in probabilistic genotyping of low template DNA: a...
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Standard for Metrological Traceability in Forensic Toxicology
