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International Journal of Legal Medicine

Ausgabe 3/2024

Inhalt (50 Artikel)

Open Access Review

Epigenetic analyses in forensic medicine: future and challenges

Maria Carla Gerra, Cristina Dallabona, Rossana Cecchi

Open Access Original Article

Chemical investigation of biological trace evidence; toxicological screening of waste residues obtained from DNA extraction processes

Domenico Di Candia, Gaia Giordano, Michele Boracchi, Paolo Bailo, Paola Primignani, Andrea Piccinini, Riccardo Zoja

Original Article

Integrative lncRNA, circRNA, and mRNA analysis reveals expression profiles of six forensic body fluids/tissue

Zhiyong Liu, Jingyi Yang, Nana Wang, Jiajun Liu, Jiaojiao Geng, Jianzhang Zhu, Bin Cong, Hongyu Sun, Riga Wu

Open Access Original Article

Revisiting the association of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) with polymorphisms of NHE3 and IL13

Dong Qu, Peter Schürmann, Thomas Rothämel, Jessica Fleßner, Daniela Rehberg, Thilo Dörk, Michael Klintschar

Original Article

Rapid ABO genotyping method using loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) and real-time PCR

Hokwon Choi, Jiwoo Choi, Kyunghyeon Kwak, Yebin Kim, Eunbyeol Kim, Si-Keun Lim

Open Access Original Article

Self- and non-self-DNA on hands and sleeve cuffs

Léonie Henry, Martin Zieger

Original Article

Technical strategy for monozygotic twin discrimination by single-nucleotide variants

Weifen Sun, Ziwei Wang, Shubo Wen, Ao Huang, Hui Li, Lei Jiang, Qi Feng, Danlin Fan, Qilin Tian, Dingding Han, Xiling Liu

Case Report

Nails as optimal source of DNA for molecular identification of 5 decomposed bodies recovered from seawater: from Y-ancestry to personal identification

Chiara Della Rocca, Alberto Chighine, Gavino Piras, Cesare Vecchio, Alessandro Mameli

Original Article

Alcohol and toxicological factors influencing fatal falls from height in the Greater Tokyo Area: a retrospective study

Shuheng Wen, Kana Unuma, Ryoichi Hanazawa, Shutaro Nagano, Ryo Watanabe, Akihiro Hirakawa, Koichi Uemura

Original Article

Sex and blood group determination from hair using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and chemometrics

Sweety Sharma, Srishti Gupta, Praveen Kumar Yadav

Original Article

Severe 25E-NBOH intoxication associated with MDPHP intake: a case report, metabolism study, and literature review

Romain Pelletier, Thomas Gicquel, Julien Carvelli, Pierre Balaz, Anne-Laure Pelissier-Alicot, Isabelle Morel, Charline Bottinelli, Caroline Solas, Brendan Le Daré, Nicolas Fabresse

Open Access Original Article

Cardiac effects of 5F-Cumyl-PEGACLONE

Nicole Esdar, Evelyn Pawlik, Simon B. Eickhoff, Annika Raupach, Stefanie Ritz-Timme, Felix Mayer

Case Report

Cardiogenic shock in a 28-year-old woman associated with sibutramine use

Ronghui Wan, Huaxiong Song, Guoqiang Qu, Liang Ren, Xiaowei Zhou, Qishuo Tian, Yunyun Wang, Liang Liu

Open Access Case Report

Morphine concentrations in fatalities after palliative treatment of acute burn injury

Julian Bickel, Nadine Aboutara, Hilke Jungen, Anne Szewczyk, Alexander Müller, Benjamin Ondruschka, Stefanie Iwersen-Bergmann

Original Article

A diagnostic strategy for pulmonary fat embolism based on routine H&E staining using computational pathology

Dechan Li, Ji Zhang, Wenqing Guo, Kaijun Ma, Zhiqiang Qin, Jianhua Zhang, Liqin Chen, Ling Xiong, Jiang Huang, Changwu Wan, Ping Huang

Original Article

MC1R and age heteroclassification of face phenotypes in the Rio Grande do Sul population

Cássio Augusto Bettim, Alexsandro Vasconcellos da Silva, Alessandro Kahmann, Márcio Dorn, Clarice Sampaio Alho, Eduardo Avila

Open Access Original Article

A new, deep learning–based method for the analysis of autopsy kidney samples used to study sex differences in glomerular density and size in a forensic population

Valérie Vilmont, Nadine Ngatchou, Ghislaine Lioux, Sabrina Kalucki, Wendy Brito, Michel Burnier, Samuel Rotman, Christelle Lardi, Menno Pruijm

Original Article

Forensic pilot application of rehydrating solutions on human cadaveric skin: what are the effects on hemorrhagic infiltrates?

Stefano Tambuzzi, Guendalina Gentile, Lison Raud, Salvatore Andreola, Riccardo Primavera, Riccardo Zoja

Open Access Original Article

Does third molar agenesis influence the second lower molar mineralization?

C. Ferreira, I. M. Caldas

Open Access Original Article

Testing the accuracy of the DRNNAGE software for age estimation in a modern Greek sample

Leuteris Rizos, Nefeli Garoufi, Eustratios Valakos, Efthymia Nikita, Maria-Eleni Chovalopoulou

Original Article

Automated bone age assessment from knee joint by integrating deep learning and MRI-based radiomics

Fei Fan, Han Liu, Xinhua Dai, Guangfeng Liu, Junhong Liu, Xiaodong Deng, Zhao Peng, Chang Wang, Kui Zhang, Hu Chen, Chuangao Yin, Mengjun Zhan, Zhenhua Deng

Open Access Original Article

MRI segmentation of tooth tissue in age prediction of sub-adults — a new method for combining data from the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd molars

Mai Britt Bjørk, Øyvind Bleka, Sigrid Ingeborg Kvaal, Tomas Sakinis, Frode Alexander Tuvnes, Heidi Beate Eggesbø, Peter Mæhre Lauritzen

Original Article

Adult age estimation from the sternum using maximum intensity projection images of CT and data mining in a Chinese population

Xian-e Tang, Ting Lu, Yu-chi Zhou, Meng-jun Zhan, Wang Chen, Zhao Peng, Jun-hong Liu, Yu-fan Gui, Zhen-hua Deng, Fei Fan

Open Access Original Article

Forensic age estimation of the knee by post-mortem DR, CT, and MR imaging: a comparative study

Apameh Khatam-Lashgari, Mette Lønstrup Harving, Chiara Villa, Niels Lynnerup, Sara Tangmose Larsen

Original Article

Age assessment in unaccompanied minors: assessing uniformity of protocols across Europe

Marco Cummaudo, Zuzana Obertova, Niels Lynnerup, Anja Petaros, Hans de Boer, Eric Baccino, Maryna Steyn, Eugenia Cunha, Ann Ross, Pascal Adalian, Elena Kranioti, Tony Fracasso, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Philippe Lefèvre, Stefano Tambuzzi, Robin Peckitt, Carlo Pietro Campobasso, Oguzhan Ekizoglu, Danilo De Angelis, Cristina Cattaneo

Open Access Review

Philemon and Baucis death: a literature review

Lukas Sottmann, Andreas Schmeling

Open Access Review

Artificial intelligence in the practice of forensic medicine: a scoping review

Laurent Tournois, Victor Trousset, Didier Hatsch, Tania Delabarde, Bertrand Ludes, Thomas Lefèvre

Original Article

Development of Phormia regina at seven constant temperatures for minimum postmortem interval estimation

Ruonan Zhang, Gengwang Hu, Yinghui Wang, Liangliang Li, Yi Guo, Yu Wang, Luyang Tao

Open Access Original Article

Awareness of forensic anthropology in Switzerland: a survey among forensic practitioners, police, and prosecutors

Inga Siebke, Claudine Abegg, Tony Fracasso, Negahnaz Moghaddam, Zuzana Obertová

Open Access Original Article

Transcending time: the forensic anthropological case study of three unidentified transgender women in Italy in the early 1990s

Andrea Palamenghi, Lorenzo Franceschetti, Stefano Tambuzzi, Annalisa D’Apuzzo, Debora Mazzarelli, Cristina Cattaneo

Original Article

A computational approach to estimate postmortem interval using postmortem computed tomography of multiple tissues based on animal experiments

Zefang Shen, Yue Zhong, Yucong Wang, Haibiao Zhu, Ran Liu, Shengnan Yu, Haidong Zhang, Min Wang, Tiantong Yang, Mengzhou Zhang

Open Access Original Article

Luminol and the postmortem interval estimation — influence of taphonomic factors

Catarina Ermida, Eugénia Cunha, Maria Teresa Ferreira

Open Access Original Article

Metric evaluation of the anterior nasal spine to estimate sex and population group in South African individuals

Christy Lana Davidson, Johan de Klerk, Zina Matejovsky, Inger Fabris-Rotelli, Andre Uys

Original Article

Identification of sudden cardiac death from human blood using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy and machine learning

Xiangyan Zhang, Jiao Xiao, Fengqin Yang, Hongke Qu, Chengxin Ye, Sile Chen, Yadong Guo

Open Access Original Article

The muzzle to target distance —staining inside different parts of the firearm barrel

Christian Schyma, Rolf Müller, Julia Brünig, Martin Zieger, Silvia Utz, Melanie Grabmüller

Open Access Original Article

Skull fractures by glass bottles tested on cadaveric heads

Ana I. Lorente, Samuel Maza-Peón, César Hidalgo-García, Carlos López-de-Celis, Jacobo Rodríguez-Sanz, Albert Pérez-Bellmunt, Mario Maza-Frechín

Original Article

Artificial intelligence in healthcare: why not apply the medico-legal method starting with the Collingridge dilemma?

Rossana Cecchi, Tudor Mihai Haja, Francesco Calabrò, Iben Fasterholdt, Benjamin S. B. Rasmussen

Original Article

Identifying hypothermia death in a mouse model by ATR-FTIR

Tangdong Chen, Mao Sun, Bowen Li, Yufeng Wang, Juan Zhang, Changwei Xu, Yawen Yu, Lijuan Yuan, Yuanming Wu

Open Access Original Article

Why identification matters: an explorative study on six cases of family reunification

Lorenzo Franceschetti, Debora Mazzarelli, Chiara Ragni, Francesca Paltenghi, Andrea Pecoraro, Denise Albani, Roberto Giuffrida, Cecilia Siccardi, Nicolò Polizzi, Paola Di Simone, Annalisa D’Apuzzo, Daniele Mandrioli, Martina Buscemi, Marilisa D’Amico, Ilaria Viarengo, Cristina Cattaneo

Open Access Original Article

Estimation of ancestry from cranial measurements based on MDCT data acquired in a Japanese and Western Australian population

Suguru Torimitsu, Akari Nakazawa, Ambika Flavel, Lauren Swift, Yohsuke Makino, Hirotaro Iwase, Daniel Franklin

Original Article

Development of a novel panel for blood identification based on blood-specific CpG-linked SNP markers

Zeqin Li, Na Liu, Fang Yuan, Zimeng Guan, Jinding Liu, Feng Liu, Jianbo Ren, Jiangwei Yan, Gengqian Zhang

Correction

Correction to: Forensic pilot application of rehydrating solutions on human cadaveric skin: what are the effects on hemorrhagic infiltrates?

Stefano Tambuzzi, Guendalina Gentile, Lison Raud, Salvatore Andreola, Riccardo Primavera, Riccardo Zoja

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Gastrointestinale Stromatumoren (GIST) stellen seit über 20 Jahren ein Paradigma für die zielgerichtete Therapie mit Tyrosinkinaseinhibitoren dar. Eine elementare Voraussetzung für eine mögliche neoadjuvante oder adjuvante Behandlung bei …