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International Journal of Legal Medicine

Ausgabe 4/2021

Inhalt (60 Artikel)

Ten years of molecular ballistics—a review and a field guide

  • Open Access
  • Review

Jan Euteneuer, Cornelius Courts

Identification and sequencing of 59 highly polymorphic microhaplotypes for analysis of DNA mixtures

  • Original Article

Riga Wu, Haixia Li, Ran Li, Dan Peng, Nana Wang, Xuefeng Shen, Hongyu Sun

Population inference based on mitochondrial DNA control region data by the nearest neighbors algorithm

  • Original Article

Fu-Chi Yang, Bill Tseng, Chun-Yen Lin, Yu-Jen Yu, Adrian Linacre, James Chun-I Lee

Validation of BMI genetic risk score and DNA methylation in a Korean population

  • Original Article

Sohee Cho, Eun Hee Lee, Haein Kim, Jeong Min Lee, Moon Hyun So, Jae Joon Ahn, Hwan Young Lee

Signatures of vaginal microbiota by 16S rRNA gene: potential bio-geographical application in Chinese Han from three regions of China

  • Original Article

Yao Ting, Zhi Wang, Xiaomin Liang, Changhui Liu, Zhonghao Yu, Xiaolong Han, Ruolan Liu, Yinglin Liu, Chao Liu, Ling Chen

Molecular clocks in ancient proteins: Do they reflect the age at death even after millennia?

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Nina Sophia Mahlke, Silvia Renhart, Dorothea Talaa, Alexandra Reckert, Stefanie Ritz-Timme

Intra-bone nuclear DNA variability in Second World War metatarsal and metacarpal bones

  • Original Article

Jezerka Inkret, Eva Podovšovnik, Tomaž Zupanc, Gregor Haring, Irena Zupanič Pajnič

Analytical validation of an RI sample cartridge with the RapidHIT® ID system

  • Original Article

Anqi Chen, Yue Yang, Qi Yang, Ruiyang Tao, Chong Chen, Suhua Zhang, Chengtao Li

The diversity of shedder tests and a novel factor that affects DNA transfer

  • Original Article

Max Schwender, Malte Bamberg, Lisa Dierig, Sebastian N. Kunz, Peter Wiegand

Development of a multiplex methylation-sensitive restriction enzyme-based SNP typing system for deconvolution of semen-containing mixtures

  • Original Article

Zeqin Li, Jintao Li, Yidan Li, Na Liu, Feng Liu, Jianbo Ren, Keming Yun, Jiangwei Yan, Gengqian Zhang

The forensic landscape and the population genetic analyses of Hainan Li based on massively parallel sequencing DNA profiling

  • Original Article

Haoliang Fan, Zhengming Du, Fenfen Wang, Xiao Wang, Shao-Qing Wen, Lingxiang Wang, Panxin Du, Hai Liu, Shengping Cao, Zhenming Luo, Bingbing Han, Peiyu Huang, Bofeng Zhu, Pingming Qiu

Suitability of specific soft tissue swabs for the forensic identification of highly decomposed bodies

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Katharina Helm, Christian Matzenauer, Franz Neuhuber, Fabio Monticelli, Harald Meyer, Stefan Pittner, Walther Gotsmy

Prediction of eye and hair pigmentation phenotypes using the HIrisPlex system in a Brazilian admixed population sample

  • Original Article

Thássia Mayra Telles Carratto, Letícia Marcorin, Guilherme do Valle-Silva, Maria Luiza Guimarães de Oliveira, Eduardo Antônio Donadi, Aguinaldo Luiz Simões, Erick C. Castelli, Celso Teixeira Mendes-Junior

Re-evaluation of single nucleotide variants and identification of structural variants in a cohort of 45 sudden unexplained death cases

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Jacqueline Neubauer, Shouyu Wang, Giancarlo Russo, Cordula Haas

Molecular characterization of the Yp11.2 region deletion in the Chinese Han population

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Qianqian Pang, Qingai Lin, Di Wang, Zhenghao Sun, Junfang Wang

Developmental validations of a self-developed 39 AIM-InDel panel and its forensic efficiency evaluations in the Shaanxi Han population

  • Original Article

Xingru Zhang, Chunmei Shen, Xiaoye Jin, Yuxin Guo, Tong Xie, Bofeng Zhu

Selection and evaluation of bi-allelic autosomal SNP markers for paternity testing in Koreans

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Soyeon Bae, Sohyoung Won, Heebal Kim

Sudden infant death syndrome: deletions of glutathione-S-transferase genes M1 and T1 and tobacco smoke exposure

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Anthea Mawick, Heidi Pfeiffer, Marielle Vennemann

“I’ve never been at the crime scene!” — gloves as carriers for secondary DNA transfer

  • Original Article

Katrin Tanzhaus, Marie-Therese Reiß, Tom Zaspel

Genetic investigations of 100 inherited cardiac disease-related genes in deceased individuals with schizophrenia

  • Original Article

Sofie Lindgren Christiansen, Jeppe Dyrberg Andersen, Gonçalo Espregueira Themudo, Christin Løth Hertz, Johannes Rødbro Busch, Martin Roest Christensen, Kristine Boisen Olsen, Jytte Banner, Niels Morling

Species identification from seized animal oil: a case study of suspected Gangetic dolphin (Platanista gangetica)

  • Case Report

Abhishek Singh, Avijit Ghosh, Stanzin Dolker, Venkatraman Chinnadurai, Lalit Kumar Sharma, Kailash Chandra, Mukesh Thakur

Large fragment demineralization: an alternative pretreatment for forensic DNA typing of bones

  • Method Paper

Heitor Corrêa, Venusia Cortellini, Lorenzo Franceschetti, Andrea Verzeletti

Population data and genetic characteristics of 12 X-STR loci using the Investigator® Argus X-12 Quality Sensor kit for the Kedayan population of Borneo in Malaysia

  • Population Data

Hashom Mohd Hakim, Hussein Omar Khan, Siti Afifah Ismail, Japareng Lalung, Abban Edward Kofi, Mohd Yusmaidie Aziz, Siddhartha Pati, Bryan Raveen Nelson, Geoffrey Keith Chambers, Hisham Atan Edinur

Anabolic steroids and extreme violence: a case of murder after chronic intake and under acute influence of metandienone and trenbolone

  • Case Report

Frédéric Aknouche, Laurie Gheddar, Angeline Kernalléguen, Christophe Maruejouls, Pascal Kintz

Scopolamine fatal outcome in an inmate after buscopan® smoking

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Sabina Strano-Rossi, Serena Mestria, Giorgio Bolino, Matteo Polacco, Simone Grassi, Antonio Oliva

Involuntary 5F-ADB-related intoxication following e-cigarette use

  • Short Communication

Sophie Salle, Christelle Sevestre, Camille Richeval, Florian Hakim, Delphine Allorge, Jean-michel Gaulier

Comments on “Evaluation and review of ways to differentiate sources of ethanol in post-mortem blood”

  • Letter to the Editor

Florian Hakim, Thomas Gicquel, Delphine Allorge, Jean-michel Gaulier

Spinal cord injury as an indicator of abuse in forensic assessment of abusive head trauma (AHT)

  • Open Access
  • Review

Michela Colombari, Claire Troakes, Stefania Turrina, Franco Tagliaro, Domenico De Leo, Safa Al-Sarraj

Gene variants associated with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) in relation to sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

J. Kerz, P. Schürmann, T. Rothämel, T. Dörk, M. Klintschar

Gunshot homicides in Denmark 1992–2016

  • Original Article

Asser H. Thomsen, Peter M. Leth, Hans Petter Hougen, Palle Villesen

Elder abuse among Spanish and Iranian people: new methodological approach to the same old story

  • Original Article

Vahid Farnia, Hafez Bajoghli, Senobar Golshani, Jalal Shakeri, Antonio Maurandi-López, Luis Rubio, Maria D. Perez-Carceles

Myelin basic protein and neurofilament H in postmortem cerebrospinal fluid as surrogate markers of fatal traumatic brain injury

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Simone Bohnert, Christoph Wirth, Werner Schmitz, Stefanie Trella, Camelia-Maria Monoranu, Benjamin Ondruschka, Michael Bohnert

“Guboow”—child abuse or traditional medical treatment? a case report

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

N. Lange-Herr, A. Rindlisbacher, F. Romano, C. Jackowski

A case of fatal embolization during laser lithotripsy

  • Case Report

Giorgia Farì, Eleonora Vecchio, Antonio Oliva, Nicola Silvestri, Marco Dell’Aquila, Davide Silvestri, Ilaria Pennacchia, Vincenzo Arena

An updated approach to sudden cardiac death, the AECVP perspective

  • Letter to the Editor

Katarzyna Michaud, Allard C. van der Wal, Jytte Banner, Mary N. Sheppard, Cristina Basso

Ethmoidal labyrinth hemorrhage: a novel complement autopsy finding in fatal neck compression

  • Letter to the Editor

Petr Hejna, Dalibor Kovařík, Lenka Zátopková, Štěpánka Pohlová Kučerová, Martin Janík

Validation of Roberts’ method using root canal width patterns as a mandibular maturity marker in determining the 18-year threshold

  • Original Article

Christy L. Davidson, Chané Nel, Herman Bernitz, Paul J. van Staden, André Uys

Ultrasonographic assessment of ossification of the distal radial epiphysis for estimating forensic age

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Oguzhan Ekizoglu, Ali Er, Asli Dilara Buyuktoka, Mustafa Bozdag, Gokce Karaman, Negahnaz Moghaddam, Silke Grabherr

CT of the medial clavicular epiphysis for forensic age estimation: hands up?

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Magdalini Tozakidou, Rieke L. Meister, Lennart Well, Kay U. Petersen, Sebastian Schindera, Eilin Jopp-van Well, Klaus Püschel, Jochen Herrmann

Accurate age classification using manual method and deep convolutional neural network based on orthopantomogram images

  • Original Article

Yu-cheng Guo, Mengqi Han, Yuting Chi, Hong Long, Dong Zhang, Jing Yang, Yang Yang, Teng Chen, Shaoyi Du

Age-dependent decrease in dental pulp cavity volume as a feature for age assessment: a comparative in vitro study using 9.4-T UTE-MRI and CBCT 3D imaging

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Maximilian Timme, Jens Borkert, Nina Nagelmann, Adam Streeter, André Karch, Andreas Schmeling

Forensic age estimation based on fast spin-echo proton density (FSE PD)–weighted MRI of the distal radial epiphysis

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Oguzhan Ekizoglu, Ali Er, Mustafa Bozdag, Negahnaz Moghaddam, Silke Grabherr

Shape morphing technique can accurately predict pelvic bone landmarks

  • Original Article

Michal Kuchař, Petr Henyš, Pavel Rejtar, Petr Hájek

Dismembered porcine limbs as a proxy for postmortem muscle protein degradation

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

J. Geissenberger, B. Ehrenfellner, F. C. Monticelli, Stefan Pittner, Peter Steinbacher

A model to differentiate WAD patients and people with abnormal pain behaviour based on biomechanical and self-reported tests

  • Open Access
  • Original Article

Merylin Monaro, Helios De Rosario, José María Baydal-Bertomeu, Marta Bernal-Lafuente, Stefano Masiero, Mónica Macía-Calvo, Francesca Cantele, Giuseppe Sartori

Forensic investigative issues in a fireworks production factory explosion

  • Open Access
  • Case Report

Gennaro Baldino, Chiara Stassi, Cristina Mondello, Antonio Bottari, Stefano Vanin, Elvira Ventura Spagnolo

Application of the “bubbling” procedure to dead body portraits in forensic identification

  • Open Access
  • Method Paper

Stefan Potente, Frank Ramsthaler, Mattias Kettner, Tomoya Ikeda, Peter Schmidt

Interference of hemolysis on the postmortem biochemical analysis of IgE by ECLIA

  • Method Paper

Tianqi Wang, Zeyu Li, Yuqing Jia, Baoli Zhu, Zhipeng Cao

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DNA mixture deconvolution using fully continuous models EuroForMix and EFMrep

  • Open Access
  • Originalien

Mixture deconvolution is a powerful tool for inferring individual DNA profiles from DNA mixtures for subsequent transmission to a database or database queries. To carry out deconvolution, a mixed trace can be interpreted either manually by an …