Indra, Lara Giles, Stephanie Alfsdotter, Clara Errickson, David Lösch, Sandra
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Journal of forensic sciences
The total body score (TBS) is a visual scoring method to scale the succession of decomposition stages. It compares decomposition between cadavers, to connect it with external taphonomic factors and estimate the post-mortem interval. To study decomposition in various climatic environments, pigs are often used as human proxies. Currently, there is on...
Bernardi, Noémie Delteil, Clémence Kania, Éric Giravalli, Pascale Tuchtan, Lucile Guay, Jean-Pierre Piercecchi, Marie-Dominique Bartoli, Christophe Guivarch, Jokthan
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Journal of forensic sciences
Since 2017, complaints of sexual violence have increased in France. At the same time, the management of sexual offenders has been at the center of international public health policies. The prevalence of mental disorders among sexual offenders is an essential field of research. There are some published studies on the prevalence of psychiatric disord...
Mathew, Deepu Jadav, Devendra Munisankar, Prudvi Meshram, Vikas P Kumawat, Ruchi Elhence, Poonam
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Journal of forensic sciences
Electrocution deaths are mostly accidental. However, reconstruction of events in unusual electrocution death is challenging. This article reports an accidental death due to electrocution in a highly unusual circumstance, in which a truck driver reversing his vehicle was electrocuted when his truck inadvertently touched an overhead high-voltage wire...
Sheth, Devansh De Alcaraz-Fossoul, Josep
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Journal of forensic sciences
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States released the CDC-issued vaccination card to document the status of immunizations. It eventually was used as a verification system to allow patrons to safely access public venues. This is/was apparently a simple printed piece of paper with minimal security features which made it an easy target for coun...
Brinsko-Beckert, Kelly Palenik, Skip Abraham, Otyllia R Groves, Ethan Palenik, Christopher S
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Journal of forensic sciences
Solution dyed fibers are synthetic fibers colored through the addition of insoluble pigmentation to the polymer prior to extrusion. This is in contrast to most textile fibers, which are traditionally colored via immersion in liquid dyebaths following extrusion. Solution dyed fibers are increasing in market share in numerous applications (e.g., appa...
Yadav, Arti Nimi, Chongtham Sharma, Sweety Kaur, Jasleen Singh, Rajinder
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Journal of forensic sciences
Lip balm may be encountered as physical evidence in cases involving sexual assaults, homicides, and kidnappings. Lip balm can be used as corroborative evidence by providing a potential link between the victim, accused, and the crime scene. For lip balms to be used as evidence, it is important to understand the diversity and their aging process unde...
Raddi, Silvia Tarozzi, Ilaria Cecchetti, Matteo Chericoni, Silvio Franceschetti, Lorenzo Bugelli, Valentina
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Journal of forensic sciences
In December 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared SARS-CoV2 a global pandemic. Home confinement, low social contacts, and fear of virus transmission played a major role as risk factors for suicides during the following period. Suicide pacts, in particular, showed a different pattern. A rare case of a triple suicide pact among members o...
Arya, Rhea Hudson, Brittany C Green, Tracey Dawson
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Journal of forensic sciences
While efforts have been made to reduce the pervasive backlog of sexual assault evidence collection kits, the actual laboratory process remains very time-consuming due to the requirement of a differential lysis step before DNA purification, as well as intricate mixture analysis towards the end of the DNA workflow. Recently, an alternative, direct-to...
Zainuddin, Muhammad Zaid Mohamad, Noor Shafini Su Keng, Tan Mohd Yusof, Mohd Yusmiaidil Putera
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Journal of forensic sciences
Conventional dental age estimation relies on destructive methods such as sectioning and staining, which are unpreferable when the tooth is required for evidential or archeological preservation. MicroCT is a non-destructive, high-resolution imaging technique that allows for accurate morphometrical measurement. Although microCT technology has been ap...
Coombs, Thomas Abdelkader, Amor Tang, Leung Al-Jumeily, Dhiya Assi, Sulaf
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Journal of forensic sciences
The last few years have witnessed the change in the modalities of smuggling of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists (SCRAs) by impregnating them in mail envelopes and fast parcels. Considering the aforementioned scenario, it is important to develop a portable technique to identifying SCRAs through packages. The purpose of this research was to de...
