Putško, Mária Bordáč, Miloš Beljak, Ján Krajčovič, Jozef
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Forensic science international
Recovery, identification, and burial of casualties from World War I and II is still a topic of interest in many countries. In Slovakia, recent discoveries of such remains are usually accidental. Unfortunately, in many cases the remains are disrupted and without any material culture present, rendering the identification of the victim almost impossib...
Campêlo, Jacqueline de M Rodrigues, Taís B Costa, Jose L Santos, Jandyson M
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Forensic science international
In this study, a comprehensively optimization of QuEChERS (quick, easy, cheap, effective, rugged and safe) method using design of experiments (DOE) was conducted to evaluate the best conditions to obtain the most effective extraction. Liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) analysis was performed to identify and quantif...
Gentile, Guendalina Galante, Nicola Tambuzzi, Stefano Zoja, Riccardo
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Forensic science international
Complex suicides are highly uncommon suicides in which multiple detrimental methods are used simultaneously or in chronological succession. We retrospectively analyzed through our database the 25512 autopsy reports registered at the Bureau of Legal Medicine of Milan in the last 27 years from 1993 until 2019, where 4498 suicides were documented. We ...
de Boer, Meike M Wiznitzer, Shosha N P van Koppen, Peter J
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Forensic science international
In this case study it was investigated whether foreign DNA may get encapsulated in a cosmetic gel nail. It was inspired by a murder case in which the main suspect claims that he was wrongly convicted. Most of the evidence in the case was circumstantial. The most direct piece of evidence was DNA of the suspect found beneath the victim's fingernails....
Djurić, Marija Pavlović, Tamara
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Forensic science international
This paper will discuss the complexity of the investigation of mass graves in today's Serbia (part of ex Yugoslavia), belonging primarily to WWII with an exception of one mass grave from WWI, through the prism of historical events behind it. By interpreting historical and political circumstances, we will show why and on what occasions mass graves, ...
Linden, Jacques Taroni, Franco Marquis, Raymond Bozza, Silvia
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Forensic science international
Dynamic signatures are recordings of signatures made on digitizing devices such as tablet PCs. These handwritten signatures contain both dynamic and spatial information on every data point collected during the signature movement and can therefore be described in the form of multivariate data. The management of dynamic signatures represents a challe...
van den Hondel, Karen E Punt, Priscilla Dorn, Tina Ceelen, Manon Aarts, Francée van der Zande, Dianne van Kuijk, Sieb Duijst, Wilma Stumpel, René van Mesdag, Taco
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Forensic science international
In 2012 and 2013 a movie and a book about a 'dignified end of life' were published in the Netherlands. These items described suicide using an 'exit bag' to establish asphyxiation using helium (the helium method). 'Right-to-die-organisations' inform the elderly about this method. The purpose of this study is to investigate whether the use of suicida...
Fullár, Alexandra Kutnyánszky, Vera Leiner, Norbert
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Forensic science international
In burglary cases, the skeleton keys used by burglars often leave tool marks that can not be identified. Hence, forensic trace experts can only provide investigating authorities with useful information by categorizing the lock opening method of pin tumbler lock cylinders and defining the class characteristics of the tool used. It is important to no...
Thompson, T J U Collings, Amber J Earwaker, Helen Horsman, Graeme Nakhaeizadeh, Sherry Parekh, Utsav
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Forensic science international
Roux, Claude Weyermann, Céline
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Forensic science international
This paper draws parallels between the current COVID-19 crisis and the apparent forensic science crisis. It investigates if shared approaches of the problem and solutions could emerge. Some relevant aspects of the medical system as it reacted to the pandemic crisis and the situation in forensic science are presented. Further, three main stages of t...
