Amir Englund, Dominic Oliver, Edward Chesney, Lucy Chester, Jack Wilson, Simina Sovi, Andrea De Micheli, John Hodsoll, Paolo Fusar-Poli, John Strang, Robin M. Murray, Tom P. Freeman & Philip McGuire
Neuropsychopharmacol; 48; 2023
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Evaluation and Verification of a microRNA Panel Using Quadratic Discriminant Analysis for the Classification of Human Body Fluids in DNA Extracts
Ciara Rhodes, Carolyn Lewis, Kelsey Price, Anaya Valentine, Mary-Randall A. Creighton, Edward Boone, Sarah Seashols-Williams
Genes; 14(5); 2023
Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is capable of precise differentiation between re-dyed hair samples
ADB-5’Br-PINACA – New drug monograph
Alex J. Krotulski, Osama Abdallah Sharif Alyamani, Maha Elgid, Sara E. Walton, Josh DeBord, Melissa F. Fogarty, and Barry K. Logan
CFSRE; May 1, 2023
Emergency Department Visit Rates for Motor Vehicle Crashes by Selected Characteristics: United States, 2019–2020
Danielle Davis, M.P.H., and Christopher Cairns, M.P.H.
NCHS Data Brief; No. 466; April 2023
Simple Method for the Determination of THC and THC-COOH in Human Postmortem Blood Samples by Gas Chromatography—Mass Spectrometry
Ivan Álvarez-Freire, Anxa Valeiras-Fernández, Pamela Cabarcos-Fernández, Ana María Bermejo-Barrera and María Jesús Tabernero-Duque
Molecules; 28(8); 2023
Evaluating the Usefulness of Human DNA Quantification to Predict DNA Profiling Success of Historical Bone Samples
Jacqueline Tyler Thomas, Courtney Cavagnino, Katelyn Kjelland, Elise Anderson, Kimberly Sturk-Andreaggi, Jennifer Daniels-Higginbotham, Christina Amory, Brian Spatola, Kimberlee Moran, Walther Parson, Charla Marshall
Genes; 14(5); 2023
Recent Advances in the Use of Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering for Illicit Drug Detection
Simon’s sign: Case report and review of the literature
From Bumps to Binges: Overview of Deaths Associated with Cocaine in England, Wales and Northern Ireland (2000–2019)
Recent Research on Cannabis sativa L.: Phytochemistry, New Matrices, Cultivation Techniques, and Recent Updates on Its Brain-Related Effects (2018–2023)
The analysis of ramipril/ramiprilat concentration in human serum with liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry – interpretation of high concentrations for the purposes of forensic toxicology
Marek Dziadosz, Wolfgang Rosenberger, Michael Klintschar & Jörg Teske
Forensic Sci Med Path; 2023
Rapid Analysis of Drugs: A Pilot Surveillance System To Detect Changes in the Illicit Drug Supply To Guide Timely Harm Reduction Responses — Eight Syringe Services Programs, Maryland, November 2021–August 2022
Erin Russell, MPH; Edward Sisco, PhD; Allison Thomson, MPH; Jasmine Lopes, MPH; Margaret Rybak, MPH; Malik Burnett, MD; Dana Heilman, MPH; Meghan G. Appley, PhD; R. Matt Gladden, PhD
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Determination of synthetic cannabinoids in oral fluids by liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection after solid-phase extraction
P. García-Atienza, H. Martínez-Pérez-Cejuela, E.F. Simó-Alfonso, J.M. Herrero-Martínez, S. Armenta
MethodsX; 10; 2023
A Way of Estimating the Standard Errors of Bayes Factor and Weight of Evidence – A Case Study (Theoretical Framework)
Sexual Assault Cases: Exploring the Importance of Non-DNA Evidence
Heather Waltke; Danielle Weiss; Gerald LaPorte; Dawn Schwarting; Minh Nguyen; Frances Scott
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The experience of drowning
A comprehensive study into false positive rates for ‘other’ biological samples using common presumptive testing methods
Angela Stroud, Amelia Gamblin, Penny Birchall, SallyAnn Harbison, Stephanie Opperman
Sci Just; 63(3); 2023
Introducing a Rapid DNA Analysis Procedure for Crime Scene Samples Outside of the Laboratory — A Field Experiment
Rosanne de Roo, Anna Mapes, Merel van Cooten, Britt van Hooff, Sander Kneppers, Bas Kokshoorn, Thalassa Valkenburg and Christianne de Poot
Sensors; 23(8); 2023
Sweden’s first Take-Home Naloxone program: participant characteristics, dose endpoints and predictors for overdose reversals
Elin Holmén, Anna Warnqvist & Martin Kåberg
Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy; 18:24; 2023
Pharmacokinetics of N,N-dimethyltryptamine in Humans
Meghan Good, Zelah Joel, Tiffanie Benway, Carol Routledge, Chris Timmermann, David Erritzoe, Richard Weaver, Graham Allen, Charlotte Hughes, Helen Topping, Amy Bowman & Ellen James
Eur J Drug Metab Pharmacokinet; 2023
Estimation of temperature-dependent growth profiles for the assessment of time of hatching in forensic entomology
Davide Pigoli, Frédéric Ferraty, John A D Aston, Anjali Mazumder, Cameron Richards, Martin J R Hall
J Royal Stat Soc Series C: Appl Stat; 2023
Carfentanil Blood Concentrations in Impaired Driving Investigations in Ontario, Canada
Simultaneous Screening and Quantitation of Drugs and Their Metabolites in Postmortem Samples by Liquid Chromatography–High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry: Does It Provide Any Benefits?
Edmund Rab, Stephanie Martin, Anthony Freemont, Samantha Maslin, Roger Marr, Mohammad-Sadik Kanu
J Anal Tox; 47(4); 2023
NPS Benzodiazepines, NPS Opioids, NPS Stimulants & Hallucinogens, and Synthetic Cannabinoids in the United States – Q1 2023 Trend Report
Alex J. Krotulski, PhD; Sara E. Walton, MS; Amanda L.A. Mohr, MSFS, D-ABFT-FT; and Barry K. Logan, PhD, F-ABFT
CFSRE; April 2023
Forensic identity SNPs: Characterisation of flanking region variation using massively parallel sequencing
Lucinda Davenport, Laurence Devesse, Denise Syndercombe Court, David Ballard
Forensic Sci Int Gen; 64; 2023
Developmental validation of the ForenSeq MainstAY kit, MiSeq FGx sequencing system and ForenSeq Universal Analysis Software
Kathryn M. Stephens, Richelle Barta, Keenan Fleming, Juan Carlos Perez, Shan-Fu Wu, June Snedecor, Cydne L Holt, Bobby LaRue, Bruce Budowle
Forensic Sci Int Gen; 64; 2023
Counterfeit medicines: relevance, consequences and strategies to combat the global crisis
Appraisal of published guidelines in European countries addressing the clinical care of childhood sexual abuse: protocol for a systematic review
Gabriel Otterman, Ulugbek Nurmatov, Ather Akhlaq, Aideen Naughton, Alison Mary Kemp, Laura Korhonen, Andreas Jud, Mary Jo Vollmer Sandholm, Eva Mora-Theuer, Sarah Moultrie, Martin Chalumeau, Wouter A Karst, Jordan Greenbaum
BMJ Open; 13(4); 2023
The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition and the Postmortem Interval: Insect, Scavenger and Microbial Evidence
Dawnie Wolfe Steadman, Ph.D., D-ABFA, Jennifer DeBruyn, Ph.D., Shawn Campagna, Ph.D., Kristi Bugajski, Mary Davis, Thomas Delgado, Katharina Höland, Allison Mason, Amanda May, Hayden McKee, Charity Owings, Erin Patrick, Sarah Schwing
Univ Tenn; 56pp; 2023
OSTEOID, A New Forensic Tool: Developing a Practical Online Resource for Species Identification of Skeletal Remains
“Spice”-related deaths in and around Munich, Germany: A retrospective look at the role of synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists in our post-mortem cases over a seven-year period (2014–2020)
Olwen Groth, Gabriele Roider, Verena Angerer, Jan Schäper, Matthias Graw, Frank Musshoff & Volker Auwärter
Int J Legal Med; 2023
Purification and Isolation of Cannabinoids: Current Challenges and Perspectives
Simona Felletti, Greta Compagnin, Yannick Krauke, Svea Stephan, Giorgia Greco, Alessandro Buratti, Tatiana Chenet, Chiara De Luca, Martina Catani, Alberto Cavazzini
LCGC Europe; 36(4); April 2023
Sexual Assault Services in the Pandemic: Lessons Learned
Catherine J. Carter-Snell, PhD RN SANE-A DF-AFN, Cari Ionson, MSW RSW, Maryjane Kanikwu, SW(Dipl) RSW
J Acad Forensic Nurs; 1(1); 2023
Pharmacology, prevalence in Germany, and analytical data of cyclobutylmethyl- and norbornylmethyl-type synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists
Benedikt Pulver, Jan Riedel, Torsten Schönberger, Sebastian Halter, Tobias Lucas, Till Opatz, Katharina Elisabeth Grafinger, Martin Scheu, Annette Zschiesche, Michael Pütz, Klaus Pützer, Folker Westphal, Volker Auwärter
Drug Test Anal; 15(4); 2023
Comparative evaluation of the MAPlex, Precision ID Ancestry Panel, and VISAGE Basic Tool for biogeographical ancestry inference
Peter Resutik, Simon Aeschbacher, Michael Krützen, Adelgunde Kratzer, Cordula Haas, Christopher Phillips, Natasha Arora
Forensic Sci Int Gen; 64; 2023
Development and evaluations of the ancestry informative markers of the VISAGE Enhanced Tool for Appearance and Ancestry
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Microchemical Identification of Synthetic Narcotics (1950)
Charles G. Farmilo, R.J. Ross, Stavely Berry, Patricia M.L. Kennett
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Landscape Study of Next Generation Sequencing Technologies for Forensic Applications
Martin, Mikalaa, Erin Estes, Shannon Krauss, Cody Sorrell, Rebecca Shute, Lyndsie Ferrara, Tracey Johnson, and Patricia Melton
FTCOE; US Dept Justice; Office of Justice Programs; NIJ; Office of Investigative and Forensic Sciences; 37pp; April 2023
Rise of Pregabalin Poisoning and Abuse Cases in Serbia: A Ten-Year Retrospective Study
Marko Antunovic, Slavica Vucinic, Jelena Kotur-Stevuljevic, Kristijan Krstic, Jasmina Jovic-Stosic, Vesna Kilibarda, Natasa Perkovic-Vukcevic, Snezana Djordjevic
Int J Gen Med; 16; 2023
Nitrazepam and 7-aminonitrazepam studied at the macroscopic and microscopic electrified liquid-liquid interface
Paweł Stelmaszczyk, Karolina Kwaczyński, Konrad Rudnicki, Sławomira Skrzypek, Renata Wietecha-Posłuszny & Lukasz Poltorak
Microchim Acta; 190:182; 2023
Forensic Testimony Archaeology: Analysis of Exoneration Cases and its Implications for Forensic Science Testimony and Communications
Simultaneous Determination of 5- and 6-APB in Blood, Other Body Fluids, Hair and Various Tissues by HPLC–MS-MS
Vanessa Hofmann, Tom Richard Sundermann, Aysche Landmann, Stefanie Rechtsteiner, Georg Schmitt, Marc Bartel
J Anal Tox; 46(3); 2022
Quantifying microcracks on fractured bone surfaces – Potential use in forensic anthropology
Steven J. Walden, Wendy Rowe, Jacqui Mulville, Sam L. Evans, Peter Zioupos
J Mech Behav Biomed Mater; 142; 2023
Non-invasive prenatal paternity testing using mini-STR-based next-generation sequencing: a pilot study
Wenqian Song, Nan Xiao, Shihang Zhou, Weijian Yu, Ni Wang, Linnan Shao and Xiaohua Liang
Application and limitation of a biological clock-based method for estimating time of death in forensic practices
Akihiko Kimura, Yuko Ishida, Mizuho Nosaka, Akiko Ishigami, Hiroki Yamamoto, Yumi Kuninaka, Satoshi Hata, Mitsunori Ozaki & Toshikazu Kondo
Sci Rep; 13:6093; 2023
Evidence of D-shaped wounds in the intrasomatic bullet path: two case reports
Luca Tomassini, Anna Maria Manta, Daniele Paolini, Pia Eugenia Ylenia Petrasso, Gianluca Niccolò Piras & Costantino Ciallella
Forensic Sci Med Path; 19; 2023
Bone finds and their medicolegal examination: a study from Hesse, Germany
T. E. N. Ohlwärther, F. Holz, K. Edler, S. C. Kölzer, E. Reuss, M. A. Verhoff & C. G. Birngruber
Forensic Sci Med Path; 2023