Category: DNA and Biology

Evaluation and Verification of a microRNA Panel Using Quadratic Discriminant Analysis for the Classification of Human Body Fluids in DNA Extracts

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Ciara Rhodes, Carolyn Lewis, Kelsey Price, Anaya Valentine, Mary-Randall A. Creighton, Edward Boone, Sarah Seashols-Williams

Genes; 14(5); 2023

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Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DNA and Biology, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Sexual Assault / SANE

Evaluating the Usefulness of Human DNA Quantification to Predict DNA Profiling Success of Historical Bone Samples

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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

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Anthropology, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DNA and Biology, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy

A Way of Estimating the Standard Errors of Bayes Factor and Weight of Evidence – A Case Study (Theoretical Framework)

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Jin Chu Wu, John M. Libert

NIST; 18pp; 2023

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Alcohol, Anthropology, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Digital and Multimedia Analysis, DNA and Biology, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Entomology, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Debris Analysis, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Laboratory Operations, Odontology, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Questioned Documents, Sexual Assault / SANE, Statistics and Data Analysis, Trace Evidence

Developmental validation of the ForenSeq MainstAY kit, MiSeq FGx sequencing system and ForenSeq Universal Analysis Software

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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

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Comparative evaluation of the MAPlex, Precision ID Ancestry Panel, and VISAGE Basic Tool for biogeographical ancestry inference

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Peter Resutik, Simon Aeschbacher, Michael Krützen, Adelgunde Kratzer, Cordula Haas, Christopher Phillips, Natasha Arora

Forensic Sci Int Gen; 64; 2023

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Development and evaluations of the ancestry informative markers of the VISAGE Enhanced Tool for Appearance and Ancestry

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J Ruiz-Ramírez, M de la Puente, C Xavier, A Ambroa-Conde, J Álvarez-Dios, A Freire-Aradas, A Mosquera-Miguel, A Ralf, C Amory, M A Katsara, T Khellaf, M Nothnagel, E Y Y Cheung, T E Gross, P M Schneider, J Uacyisrael, S Oliveira, M D N Klautau-Guimarães, C Carvalho-Gontijo, E Pośpiech, W Branicki, W Parson, M Kayser, A Carracedo, M V Lareu, C Phillips, VISAGE Consortium

Forensic Sci Int Gen; 64; 2023

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Landscape Study of Next Generation Sequencing Technologies for Forensic Applications

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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

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Forensic Testimony Archaeology: Analysis of Exoneration Cases and its Implications for Forensic Science Testimony and Communications

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John Morgan

NIJ; 163pp; 2023

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Anthropology, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, Digital and Multimedia Analysis, DNA and Biology, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Education and Training, Entomology, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Debris Analysis, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Laboratory Operations, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Questioned Documents, Sexual Assault / SANE, Toxicology, Trace Evidence, Veterinary Forensics, Wildlife

National Best Practices for Sexual Assault Kits: A Multidisciplinary Approach

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Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Reporting (SAFER) Working Group

USDOJ; OJP; 2017

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Anthropology, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, DNA and Biology, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Education and Training, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Sexual Assault / SANE, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Statistics and Data Analysis, Toxicology, Trace Evidence

Body Fluid Identification in Samples Collected after Intimate and Social Contact: A Comparison of Two mRNA Profiling Methods and the Additional Information Gained by cSNP Genotypes

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Helen Johannessen, Erin Hanson, Peter Gill, Cordula Haas, Erik Francisco Bergseth, Jack Ballantyne and Ane Elida Fonneløp

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The Blast Effect – This is how bullets from an AR-15 blow the body apart

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N. Kirkpatrick, Atthar Mirza and Manuel Canales

Wash Post; March 27, 2023

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Alcohol, Anthropology, Biometrics, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, Digital and Multimedia Analysis, DNA and Biology, Dogs and Sensors, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Education and Training, Entomology, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Debris Analysis, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Laboratory Operations, Odontology, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Questioned Documents, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Sexual Assault / SANE, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Statistics and Data Analysis, Toxicology, Trace Evidence, Veterinary Forensics, Wildlife

Large-scale forensic search for fallen soldier burials from the American revolutionary war at Kettle Creek battlefield, Georgia, USA

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Daniel P. Bigman, David Noble, Tracy Sargent, Jamie K. Pringle

Forensic Sci Int Rep; 7; 2023

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Anthropology, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DNA and Biology, Dogs and Sensors, Entomology, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Trace Evidence

Source determination of human and animal oral fluid stains on porous substrates by chemometrics-assisted ATR FTIR spectroscopy: A preliminary study

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Cristina Cano-Trujillo, Anna Barbaro, Fernando E. Ortega-Ojeda, Carmen García-Ruiz, Gemma Montalvo

Microchem J; 190; 2023

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Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, DNA and Biology, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Toxicology, Trace Evidence

ChatGPT – The impact of Large Language Models on Law Enforcement

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Europol Innovation Lab; March 2023

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Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, Digital and Multimedia Analysis, DNA and Biology, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Questioned Documents, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Statistics and Data Analysis, Toxicology, Trace Evidence

Ethical data sharing in forensic research

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Carolyn I. Allen, Samuel H. Payne, Julie L. Valentine

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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Anthropology, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, Digital and Multimedia Analysis, DNA and Biology, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Education and Training, Firearms and Toolmarks, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Laboratory Operations, Questioned Documents, Statistics and Data Analysis, Toxicology, Trace Evidence

Hierarchical Bayesian non-response models for error rates in forensic black-box studies

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Kori Khan and Alicia Carriquiry

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A

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Alcohol, Anthropology, Biometrics, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, Digital and Multimedia Analysis, DNA and Biology, Dogs and Sensors, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Education and Training, Entomology, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Debris Analysis, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Laboratory Operations, Odontology, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Questioned Documents, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Sexual Assault / SANE, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Standards, Statistics and Data Analysis, Toxicology, Trace Evidence, Veterinary Forensics, Wildlife

Proactive crime scene response optimizes crime investigation

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Ray A. Wickenheiser

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Digital and Multimedia Analysis, DNA and Biology, Education and Training, Entomology, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Debris Analysis, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Odontology, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Questioned Documents, Sexual Assault / SANE, Statistics and Data Analysis, Trace Evidence

Wrongful convictions and claims of false or misleading forensic evidence

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John Morgan PhD

J Forensic Sci; 2023

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Alcohol, Anthropology, Biometrics, Bloodstain Pattern Analysis, Cannabis and Cannabinoids, Chemistry, Crime Scene Investigation and Reconstruction, Criminal Justice System, Digital and Multimedia Analysis, DNA and Biology, Dogs and Sensors, DREs / Traffic Safety Resource Prosecutors, Education and Training, Entomology, Fingerprints / Friction Ridge, Fire Debris Analysis, Fire Investigation and Explosions, Firearms and Toolmarks, Footwear and Tire, Forensic Pathology and Medicolegal Death Investigation, Genetic Genealogy, Laboratory Operations, Odontology, Photography, Video, and Imaging Technology, Questioned Documents, Seized Drugs/Controlled Substances, Sexual Assault / SANE, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Statistics and Data Analysis, Toxicology, Trace Evidence, Veterinary Forensics, Wildlife

Genomic analyses of hair from Ludwig van Beethoven

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Tristan James Alexander Begg, Axel Schmidt, Arthur Kocher, Maarten H.D. Larmuseau, Göran Runfeldt, Paul Andrew Maier, John D. Wilson, Rodrigo Barquera, Carlo Maj, András Szolek, Michael Sager, Stephen Clayton, Alexander Peltzer, Ruoyun Hui, Julia Ronge, Ella Reiter, Cäcilia Freund, Marta Burri, Franziska Aron, Anthi Tiliakou, Joanna Osborn, Doron M. Behar, Malte Boecker, Guido Brandt, Isabelle Cleynen, Christian Strassburg, Kay Prüfer, Denise Kühnert, William Rhea Meredith, Markus M. Nöthen, Robert David Attenborough, Toomas Kivisild, Johannes Krause

Curr Biol; 33; 2023

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Developmental Validation of the Illumina Infinium Assay Using the Global Screening Array on the iScan System for Use in Forensic Laboratories

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David A. Russell, Erin M. Gorden, Michelle A. Peck, Christina M. Neal, Mary C. Heaton, Jessica L. Bouchet, Alexander F. Koeppel, Elayna Ciuzio, Stephen D. Turner, Carmen R. Reedy

Forensic Genomics; 3(1); 2023

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