Ausgabe 5/2025
Inhalt (50 Artikel)
Genealogically bewildered individuals and forensic identification: a review of current and emerging solutions
- Review
Hirak Ranjan Dash, Anubhuti Patel
Evaluation of the ForenSeq® Kintelligence Kit and the FORensic Capture Enrichment Panel for Unidentified and Missing Persons Casework
- Open Access
- Original Article
Jessica L. Watson, Kelly Grisedale, Dennis McNevin, Jodie Ward
Exploratory study on source identification of saliva stain and its TsD inference based on the microbial relative and absolute abundance
- Original Article
Xi Wang, Xi Yuan, Yifeng Lin, Qiong Lan, Shuyan Mei, Meiming Cai, Fanzhang Lei, Bonan Dong, Ming Zhao, Bofeng Zhu
Comprehensive investigation of the Applied Biosystems™ SeqStudio™ Genetic Analyzer platform for forensic DNA typing
- Original Article
Brayleigh Keefe, Megan Foley, Nicole Novroski, Fabio Oldoni
Assessment of DNA transfer and degradation in washing machines: forensic implications
- Open Access
- Original Article
A. M. López-Parra, S. Bravo, M. Lozano, C. Gomes, S. Palomo-Díez, E. Arroyo-Pardo
The impact of considering different numbers of contributors in identification problems involving real casework mixture samples
- Open Access
- Original Article
Camila Costa, Carolina Figueiredo, Sandra Costa, Paulo Miguel Ferreira, António Amorim, Lourdes Prieto, Nádia Pinto
Allele frequencies and forensic parameters based upon 23 Autosomal STRs loci of 406 Cambodian individuals in Thailand
- Original Article
Nutthapicha Siripatoomrut, Tayawee Romgaew, Sunisa Aobaom
Discovery and comprehensive analysis of a congenital chimerism via paternity testing using short tandem repeat genotyping
- Case Report
Hongyan Wu, Lin Zhang, Kejie Wang, Aiying Fan
Detection of sequence-tagged sites to reveal mechanisms of multi-step mutations at multi-copy Y-STRs in father-son pairs
- Case Report
Longnian Zhang, Guangxin Jing, Ze Liu, Haiduo Wu, Dahua Liu, Shaobo Yu, Fu Ren, Fei Guo
Multiplex-RNA-analysis for detection and identification of forensically relevant organ tissues
- Method Paper
Kathrin Broderius, Annica Gosch, Cornelius Courts
Genetic characterization of the Sikh population of Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, through forensically important STR markers
- Short Communication
Gourav Ostwal, Pankaj Shrivastava, Kapil Verma, Shivani Dixit, R. K. Kumawat, Bhawana Joshi
Genetic diversity and forensic profiling: analysis of 20 CODIS STR Loci in the population of West Bengal, India
- Short Communication
Sreemoyee Chakraborti, Bipradut Sil, Sutanwi Bhuiya, Sandip Ghosh
Improved second-degree kinship analysis using the FGID forensic four-in-one DNA typing kit
- Letter to the Editor
Xiaoyuan Zhen, Shubo Wen, Fan Yang, Ruocheng Xia, Jianghua Lai, Chengtao Li, Ruiyang Tao
Variance in intraindividual stability of vitreous humor for thanatochemistry
- Open Access
- Original Article
Antonia Kaehler, Piotr Kuta, Thomas Renné, Jack Garland, Rexson Tse, Stefanie Iwersen-Bergmann, Antonia Fitzek, Benjamin Ondruschka
Rearing maggots of the blow fly Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) on tissues of rabbits treated with morphine hydrochloride caused shifts in their developmental time, with implications for postmortem interval estimation
- Original Article
Abeer M. Salem, El-Sayed H. Shaurub, Yahya Al Naggar, Mustafa Soliman, Amr Mohamed, Eman E. Zaher
Fracture patterns in diaphyseal gunshot trauma: role of the bullet’s impact point and angle
- Open Access
- Original Article
Nathalie Schwab, Doreen Jost, Xavier Jordana, Jordi Monreal, Xavier Garrido, Pedro Brillas, Ignasi Galtés
A simple optical microscopy-based diatom classification approach for forensic drowning site inference: a pilot study
- Original Article
Ao Ma, Min Chen, Qihan Yu, Liqin Chen, Ping Huang, Ji Zhang
The current state of forensic imaging – recommended radiological tools and international guidelines
- Open Access
- Review
Fabrice Dedouit, Mathilde Ducloyer, Jamie Elifritz, Natalie L. Adolphi, Grace Wong Yi-Li, Summer Decker, Jonathan Ford, Yanko Kolev, Michael Thali
Characterization of fluid in facial sinuses on post-mortem CT in case of death by drowning
- Open Access
- Original Article
Lucia Fernandes Mendes, Leonor Pedreira Lago, Coraline Egger, Jérôme Schmid
Determination of normal post-mortem computed tomography (PMCT) parameters for the temporomandibular joint
- Open Access
- Original Article
Megane Beaugeois, Chris O’Donnell, Lyndal Bugeja, Richard Huggins, Joanna Glengarry
Automated identification of unknown decedents: matching postmortem CT images with clinical databases
- Open Access
- Original Article
Andreas Heinrich, Michael Hubig, Ulf Teichgräber, Gita Mall
Ötzi the Iceman: forensic 3D reconstructions of a 5300-year-ago murder case
- Open Access
- Case Report
Chiara Villa, Sara Larsen, Albert Zink, Niels Lynnerup
Skull CT metadata for automatic bone age assessment by using three-dimensional deep learning framework
- Original Article
Meng Liu, Shuai Luo, Ting Lu, Ye Xue, Xian-e Tang, Wenchi Ke, Zi-qi Cheng, Yushan Lin, Yuchi Zhou, Hu Chen, Zhenhua Deng
Magnetic resonance imaging for multi-factorial age estimation using Bayes’ rule: a validation study in two independent samples
- Original Article
Heleen Coreelman, Jannick De Tobel, Thomas Widek, Martin Urschler, Steffen Fieuws, Patrick Werner Thevissen, Koenraad Luc Verstraete
Unaccompanied foreign minors: the Novara experience as a reference center of Eastern Piedmont (Italy)
- Open Access
- Original Article
Federica Collini, Samuele Baldi, Sarah Gino
Assessing the accuracy of the third molar eruption as an indicator of adulthood: findings from a black South African sample using the Gambier method
- Open Access
- Original Article
Nikolaos Angelakopoulos, Shatakshi Sharma, Sudheer Babu Balla, Galina Zolotenkova, Stefano De Luca
An X-ray bone age assessment method for hands and wrists of adolescents in Western China based on feature fusion deep learning models
- Original Article
Ya-Hui Wang, Hui-Ming Zhou, Lei Wan, Yu-Cheng Guo, Yuan-Zhe Li, Tai-Ang Liu, Jian-Xin Guo, Dan-Yang Li, Teng Chen
CT of the medial clavicular epiphysis for forensic age estimation – raised arms position recommended
- Open Access
- Original Article
Saskia C Kuhnen, Martin Müller, Andreas Schmeling, Wolf-Dieter Zech, Jeremias B Klaus, Paolo Lombardo, Michael Ith, Rainer J Egli, Thomas D Ruder
Comparison among artificial intelligence-based age estimation from morphological analysis of the pubic symphysis versus experienced and novice practitioners using a new atlas for component labeling
- Open Access
- Short Communication
Javier Irurita Olivares, Juan Carlos Gámez-Granados, Ángel Rubio Salvador, Ana García Reina, Emma Gutiérrez Pascual, Laura Castillo Jiménez, Sergio Damas Arroyo, Oscar Cordón García, Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera
Population affinity estimation in forensic anthropology: a South African perspective
- Open Access
- Review
Thandolwethu Mbonani, Ericka L’Abbé, Ding-Geng Chen, Alison Ridel
Skeletal age-at-death estimation: validating the Suchey-Brooks method using 3D reconstructed models in a contemporary Indonesian population
- Open Access
- Original Article
Ridhwan Lye, Zuzana Obertová, Nur Amelia Bachtiar, Daniel Franklin
The estimation of biological sex through the radius and ulna in Portuguese reference skeletal samples
- Original Article
Catarina Pinto, Sandra Marques, Maria Teresa Ferreira, Susana Garcia, Francisco Curate
Cranial sutures as an age indicator: verification of the method using postmortem CT acquisition material
- Open Access
- Original Article
Marta Barszcz, Elżbieta Badach, Krzysztof Jerzy Woźniak
The oriental latrine fly Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as a new forensic indicator in SW Europe
- Open Access
- Original Article
Anabel Martínez-Sánchez, Tania Ivorra, Leticia C. Roberts, Salvador Giner, Luisa M. Beringola, Pedro M. Cano, Santos Rojo
Correction to: The oriental latrine fly Chrysomya megacephala (Fabricius, 1794) (Diptera: Calliphoridae) as a new forensic indicator in SW Europe
- Open Access
- Correction
Anabel Martínez-Sánchez, Tania Ivorra, Leticia C. Roberts, Salvador Giner, Luisa M. Beringola, Pedro M. Cano, Santos Rojo
Identification of circular RNAs as biomarkers for pupal age estimation and postmortem interval in forensically important Sarcophaga peregrina (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)
- Original Article
Hai Wu, Haojie Tang, Xing Han, Fernand Jocelin Ngando, Yanjie Shang, Yadong Guo
Differential gene expression during intra-puparial period of Lucilia sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae) for improving minimum postmortem interval estimation
- Original Article
Ana Julia Pereira, Silvina V. Sonzogni, Néstor D. Centeno, Natalia L. Guiñazú
Immunohistochemical insights into hyperthermia-related deaths: a systematic review
- Review
Luca Tomassini, Giulia Ricchezze, Cristiana Gambelunghe, Massimo Lancia, Virginia Goracci, Francesco De Micco, Piergiorgio Fedeli, Mariano Cingolani, Roberto Scendoni
Literature reviews: typology and forensic applications
- Review
Ademir Franco, Wahaj Anees, Débora Moreira, Cauane Blumenberg, Marcelo Napimoga, Luiz Renato Paranhos
Dating long bone fractures of infants under one year of age
- Original Article
Amandine Capelli, Luisa Nogueira, Frédéric Santos, Béatrice Leloutre, Marco Albertario, Caroline Bernardi, Véronique Alunni
Correlation of pulmonary fat embolism with trauma and resuscitation in children
- Open Access
- Original Article
Rosa Maria Martinez, Wolf Schweitzer, Michael Josef Thali, Akos Dobay, Stephan Andreas Bolliger
Cardiac-specific troponin-I (cTnI) in a post-mortem setting
- Open Access
- Original Article
Ethan D. Sutton, Sarah Parsons, Maria Pricone, Hans H. de Boer
Genital and anal injury in women after sexual assault: prevalence rates and associated risk factors in 294 cases
- Open Access
- Original Article
Daniel Kane, James Walshe, Deirdra Richardson, Christine Pucillo, Wendy Ferguson, Sarah O. Connor, Nicola Maher, Karen Flood, Maeve Eogan
Estimation of postmortem interval under different ambient temperatures based on multi-organ metabolomics and machine learning algorithm
- Original Article
Weihao Fan, Xinhua Dai, Yi Ye, Hongkun Yang, Yiming Sun, Jingting Wu, Yingqiang Fu, Kaiting Shi, Xiaogang Chen, Linchuan Liao
Assessment of cardiac biomarker “point-of-care” testing as postmortem diagnostic tool
- Open Access
- Original Article
Jan Michael Federspiel, Mattias Kettner, Stefan Potente, Sara Heinbuch, Constantin Lux, Marcel A. Verhoff, Frank Ramsthaler
Post-mortem forensic application of proteomics on human ribs: Investigating the phenomenon of vital reaction
- Open Access
- Original Article
Nicola Galante, Daniele Capitanio, Manuela Moriggi, Laura Mangiavini, Riccardo D’Ambrosi, Alessio Battistini, Riccardo Zoja
The migrant experience through the lens of forensic medicine: the multifaceted utility of asylum applicants’ medico-legal narratives and forensic evidence analysed over time
- Original Article
Jane Moffat, Stefano Tambuzzi, Lorenzo Franceschetti, Francesca Magli, Cristina Cattaneo
A preliminary study on cause‑of‑death discrimination and the pathological stage identification in acute ischemia heart disease (AIHD) based on plasma lipidomic technique and machine learning algorithms
- Original Article
Xing-yu Ma, Can-can Sun, Tian-qi Wang, Qi Wang, Guang-xi Wang, Jiao Liu, Dong Zhao
Can studies and published findings on enamel rod-end patterns contribute to practical forensic dental identification?
- Letter to the Editor
Ashith B. Acharya
