Dhumad, Saleh Candilis, Philip J Cleary, Sean D Dyer, Allen R Khalifa, Najat R
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Journal of forensic sciences
The increasing recognition of the risks posed by lone-actor terrorists provides the impetus for understanding the psychosocial and ideological characteristics that distinguish lone from group actors. This study examines differences between lone and group actor terrorists in two domains: (i) attitudes toward terrorism, ideology, and motivation for t...
Wolska, Bogumiła Vassalo, Ana Rita Marques, Maria Paula M Esteves Batista de Carvalho, Luís Gonçalves, David
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Journal of forensic sciences
Bone heat-induced changes complicate osteometric stature estimation of human remains from forensic settings. The validity of current methods has not been tested to a great extent. Our aim was to determine how precise are stature estimations obtained from three different approaches, namely by using (i) Rösing's method (Rösing 1977), (ii) a 10% shrin...
Suzuki, Edward M
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Journal of forensic sciences
The naphthol reds are a family of intermediate performance monoazo organic pigments and three of its members, C.I. Pigment Red 148, C.I. Pigment Red 170 (Naphthol Red), and C.I. Pigment Red 188, have been cited as having original automotive paint applications. This study sought to determine which were used in North American vehicle original finishe...
Ruffo, Hannah Elizabeth Liscio, Eugene Cao, Wanying Zhou, Yu Ran Doucette, Corrin
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Journal of forensic sciences
The TASER® is a type of conducted energy weapon (CEW) used with increasing frequency by law enforcement to subdue subjects in circumstances where compliance is necessary. When operated in the drive stun method of deployment, the electrodes at the head of this CEW are intended to make direct contact with a surface, generating heat and light which ma...
Juarez, Isaac Kurouski, Dmitry
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Journal of forensic sciences
Forensic analysis of hair is important as hair is one of the most commonly examined forms of trace evidence found at crime scenes. A growing body of evidence suggests that surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS), a label-free and non-destructive analytical technique, can be used to detect and identify artificial colorants present on hair. Howeve...
Thomsen, Asser H Leth, Peter M Hougen, Hans P Villesen, Palle
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Journal of forensic sciences
Blunt force trauma is a common homicide method, inflicted in three different ways: bodily force, assault with blunt objects of various types and falls from height. The objective of this study is to provide thorough information on blunt force homicides with data on the victims, the offenders, the surrounding circumstances, the injury methods, the ex...
Park, Young J Cho, Eunsu Kim, So H Lee, Heesang Jegal, Hyeon Park, Meejung Choe, Sanggil Sim, Yeong E Baek, Seung-Hoon Kim, Kang M
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Journal of forensic sciences
Etomidate, with efficacy similar to that of propofol, has been used as a propofol substitute because propofol is a designated narcotic drug, and an increase in the frequency of illegal distribution and misuse has been reported in Korea. Previous analytical studies on etomidate used blood and urine. For long-term use and timing estimation, a method ...
Jones, Alan Wayne Tilson, Christopher
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Journal of forensic sciences
This article reviews the scientific literature dealing with the distribution of ethanol and water between whole blood (WB), plasma, serum, and erythrocytes (red-blood cells). Knowledge of the ethanol distribution ratio is important when analytical results derived from hospital clinical laboratories are interpreted in a forensic context, such as dur...
Tusiewicz, Kaja Chłopaś-Konowałek, Agnieszka Wachełko, Olga Zawadzki, Marcin Szpot, Paweł
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Journal of forensic sciences
Synthetic cathinones comprise a large amount of substances present on the dark market, which creates an undeniably worldwide problem and still is posing a threat. A 22-year-old man was brought to the Emergency Room from a party, where he had ingested orally 20 g of mephedrone. The man exhibited a disorder of consciousness with no logical verbal con...
Lee, Joong Kim, Hongseok Kang, Tae-Yi Yook, Simyub
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Journal of forensic sciences
Analog documents and scanned digitized files are now considered equivalent in legal contexts, and the widespread supply of multi-functional printers has led to a surge in the use of scanned documents. With image editing tools, there has been more cases of forgery involving scanned files. This has highlighted the importance of integrity and authenti...
