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Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Last month I had a lung infection, and was sick for a whole time, so I did not have much time to do work. Perhaps some allergic/hypersensitive reaction which caused this, so still some examinations at the hospital, howevever it seems to be more stable ...

NUOVI SCHIAVI

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

Compravendita di esseri umani, sei nigeriani finiscono in manetteTRIESTESi è conclusa un'operazione della Squadra mobile di Trieste, coordinata dalla Procura della Repubblica del capoluogo giuliano, che ha portato all’arresto dei vertici di un’org...

COME MUORE UN BAMBINO

Saturday, May 31st, 2008

NOTIZIE DEL 31 MAGGIO 2008I soccorritori intervenuti sul luogo della frana a Villar Pellice hanno recuperato due cadaveri. Si tratta di Erika Poet, 34 anni, e della figlia di tre anni, Annik Rivoire. I corpi sono stati estratti dopo un giorno intero di...

RAPINA CON MORTO D’INFARTO

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Napoli, rapinato muore d'infarto - Tragica rapina nel tardo pomeriggio di oggi a Somma Vesuviana. Francesco De Falco, di 52 anni, poco dopo avere prelevato un'ingente somma di denaro in banca è stato assalito da due malviventi che volevano rapinarlo. ...

MEDICO DI BASE

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Sentenza a Torino: 100mila euro a un anziano rimasto danneggiato da un'ischemiaIl dottore era intervenuto in ritardo e aveva somministrato solo un calmantedi SARAH MARTINENGHI"Se il medico di base sbaglial'Asl deve risarcire"TORINO - "L'Asl è responsa...

Methadone and methadone metabolites in postmortem specimens

Friday, May 30th, 2008

Abstract  We have determined drug/metabolite concentrations and ratios of methadone (METH) to two of its metabolites (EDDP, 2-ethylidene-1,
5-dimethyl-3, 3-diphenylpyrrolidine; and EMDP, 2-ethyl-5-methyl-3,3-diphenylpyrroline) in postmortem peripheral blood and
liver tissue by liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry. The assays employed deuterated internal standards and multiple
reaction monitoring (MRM) techniques. The assay linear range was 0.01–2.0 mg/l for each analyte. METH, EDDP, and EMDP were
determined in liver and peripheral blood from 46 methadone-positive cases. METH and EDDP were detected in all specimens, whether
blood or liver. EMDP was detected, only in liver, and only 17 cases, at concentrations much lower than those of EDDP. Concentrations
of METH and EDDP in blood and liver from EMDP-positive cases were in ranges higher than, but overlapping with, concentrations
in blood and liver from EMDP-negative cases. These data suggest that although METH is readily demethylated and cyclized to
EDDP, in vivo, conversion to EMDP may be less efficient and its accumulation in postmortem tissues may be highly individual.

Content Type Journal ArticleCategory Original PaperDOI 10.1007/s12024-008-9039-7Authors
Terry J. Danielson, Harris County Medical Examiner 1885 Old Spanish Trail Houston TX 77054 USAAshraf Mozayani, Harris County Medical Examiner 1885 Old Spanish Trail Houston TX 77054 USALuis A. Sanchez, Harris County Medical Examiner 1885 Old Spanish Trail Houston TX 77054 USA

Journal Forensic Science, Medicine, and PathologyOnline ISSN 1556-2891Print ISSN 1547-769X (Source: Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology)

Establishing correlation of footprints with body weight-forensic aspects.

Friday, May 30th, 2008
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Establishing correlation of footprints with body weight-Forensic aspects.

Forensic Sci Int. 2008 May 30;

Authors: Krishan K

Analysis of footprints can reveal very important clues which can be used as forensic evidence in crime scene investigation. Apart from giving idea about the bare foot morphology and individualistic characteristics, the footprints are also indicative of the body size of the person. The present study is an attempt to establish the correlation between footprints and body weight of individuals. The sample for the present study consists of 50 male subjects ranging in age from 18 to 30 years. The subjects belonging to Gujjar caste were randomly taken from a village near Chandigarh city in North India. Three kinds of bilateral footprints were taken from each subject. First, the footprints with the subject's normal weight were taken, the footprints were taken when the subject holds 5kg weight in his hands, then the footprints were taken when the subject holds 20kg weight in his hands. In this way, the present study analyses 300 bilateral footprints obtained from 50 individuals. Nine measurements were taken on each footprint using precise and defined landmarks. The measurements of these three kinds of footprints were compared with each other and t-test was employed to see the significant variation. Some of the measurements of the footprints were altered significantly when the subject was subjected to 20kg weight. However, there is no significant change when the subject holds 5kg weight in his hands. Body weight was also estimated using regression method from the measurements of these three kinds of footprints. The utility of the study in offences like sexual assault, homicide, theft, burglary, mugging, stealing, shoplifting, dacoity, etc. has been discussed.

PMID: 18515026 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

(Source: Forensic Science International)

IL CAPO DELLA POLIZIA

Friday, May 30th, 2008

«al nord il 60-70% dei crimini commessi dagli immigrati clandestini«In Italia c'è un indulto quotidiano»Manganelli: ci troviamo in una situazione di «indulto quotidiano in cui tutti parlano, ma nessuno faROMA - La certezza della pena non esiste pi...

Selecting forensic pathology as a career: a survey of the past with an eye on the future.

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Page: 114DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318174f0a9Authors: Hanzlick, Randy MD *+; Prahlow, Joseph A. MD ++[S]; Denton, Scott MD [P]; Jentzen, Jeffrey MD [//]; Quinton, Reade MD **; Sathyavagiswaran, Lakshmanan MD ++; Utley, Suzanne MD ++++ (Source: The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology)

Evaluation of aortic injury in driver fatalities occurring in motor vehicle accidents in the state of maryland for 2003 and 2004.

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

Page: 123DOI: 10.1097/PAF.0b013e318173f067Authors: Ripple, Mary G. MD *; Grant, Jami R. PhD +; Mealey, Joan BS +; Fowler, David R. MB, ChB, MMed(Path) * (Source: The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology)