Category: Statistics and Data Analysis

Does cannabidiol make cannabis safer? A randomised, double-blind, cross-over trial of cannabis with four different CBD:THC ratios

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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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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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Three years of wastewater surveillance for new psychoactive substances from 16 countries

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R Bade, N Rousis, S Adhikari, C Baduel, L Bijlsma, E Bizani, T Boogaerts, DA Burgard, S Castiglioni, A Chappell, A Covaci, EM Driver, F Fabriz Sodre, D Fatta-Kassinos, A Galani, C Gerber, E Gracia-Lor, E Gracia-Marín, RU Halden, E Heath, F Hernandez, E Jaunay, F Yin Lai, H Lee, M Laimou-Geraniou, J Oh, K Olafsdottir, K Phung, M Castro, M Psichoudaki, X Shao, N Salgueiro-Gonzalez, R Feitosa, C Gomes, B Subedi, A Love, N Thomaidis, D Tran, A van Nuijs, T Verovsek, D Wang, JM White, V Yargeau, E Zuccato, JF Mueller

Water Res X; 19; 2023

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NPS Benzodiazepines, NPS Opioids, NPS Stimulants & Hallucinogens, and Synthetic Cannabinoids in the United States – Q1 2023 Trend Report

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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

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Appraisal of published guidelines in European countries addressing the clinical care of childhood sexual abuse: protocol for a systematic review

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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

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Development and pilot test of criteria defining best practices for organizational sexual assault prevention

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Joie Acosta, Matthew Chinman, Andra Tharp, Jack Baker, Paul Flaspohler, Beverly Fortson, Amy Kerr, Andrea Lamont, Amanda Meyer, Sierra Smucker, Katelyn Wargel, Abraham Wandersman

Prev Med Rep; 26; 2022

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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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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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Combating Fentanyl: National Guard Physician Assistants on the Front Lines of America’s War Against Synthetic Opioids

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Joshua K Radi, Robert A Dent, Cesar A Allen, Jeffrey A Anderson, J Brandon Atkins, Matthew Schneider

The Medical Journal; April-June; 2023

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Combating Fentanyl: National Guard Physician Assistants on the Front Lines of America's War Against Synthetic Opioids

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ChatGPT – The impact of Large Language Models on Law Enforcement

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Europol Innovation Lab; March 2023

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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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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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Proactive crime scene response optimizes crime investigation

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Ray A. Wickenheiser

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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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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Development of a Machine Learning Model to Estimate US Firearm Homicides in Near Real Time

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Elizabeth A. Swedo, MD; Alen Alic, MS; Royal K. Law, PhD; Steven A. Sumner, MD; May S. Chen, PhD; Marissa L. Zwald, PhD; Miriam E. Van Dyke, PhD; Daniel A. Bowen, MPH; James A. Mercy, PhD

JAMA Netw Open; 6(3); 2023

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Cannabidiol exposures in the United States, National Poison Data System, July 2014–June 2021

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Silvia Perez-Vilar, Sara Karami, Karen Long, and Kira Leishear

Clin Toxicol; 61(2); 2023

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Forensic Science Regulator Code of Practice

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Gov.UK; 362pp; March, 2023

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Enhancing research and collaboration in forensic science: A primer on data sharing

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Michael A. Marciano, Henry P. Maynard

Forensic Sci Int Synerg; 6; 2023

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New Psychoactive Substances Intoxications and Fatalities during the COVID-19 Epidemic

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Alfredo Fabrizio Lo Faro, Diletta Berardinelli, Tommaso Cassano, Gregory Dendramis, Eva Montanari, Angelo Montana, Paolo Berretta, Simona Zaami, Francesco Paolo Busardò, Marilyn Ann Huestis

Biology; 12(2); 2023

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Is It Forensics or Is It Junk Science?

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Sophia Kovatch, Pamela Colloff and Brett Murphy

ProPublica; January 31, 2023

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We Need To Get Junk Science Out of Courtrooms – interview with Chris Fabricant

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Nathan J. Robinson

CurrentAffairs.org; January 21, 2023

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Heroin and fentanyl in Dallas County: A 5-year retrospective review of toxicological, seized drug, and demographical data

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Lindsay Glicksberg PhD, Sara K. Dempsey PhD, Brittany K. Casey PhD

J Forensic Sci; 68(1); 2023

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Burden of disease due to amphetamines, cannabis, cocaine, and opioid use disorders in South America, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019

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João M Castaldelli-Maia, Yuan-Pang Wang, Andre R Brunoni, Andre Faro, Rafael A Guimarães, Giancarlo Lucchetti, Miquel Martorell, Rafael S Moreira, Kevin Pacheco-Barrios, Jefferson A B Rodriguez, Leonardo Roever, Diego A S Silva, Marcos R Tovani-Palone, Pascual R Valdez, Ivan R Zimmermann, Garland T Culbreth, Simon I Hay, Christopher J L Murray, Isabela M Bensenor

Lancet Psych; 10; 2023

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Occurrence of Z-drugs, benzodiazepines, and ketamine in wastewater in the United States and Mexico during the Covid-19 pandemic

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Sangeet Adhikari, Rahul Kumar, Erin M Driver, Devin A Bowes, Keng Tiong Ng, Juan Eduardo Sosa-Hernandez, Mariel Araceli Oyervides-Muñoz, Elda M Melchor-Martínez, Manuel Martínez-Ruiz, Karina G Coronado-Apodaca, Ted Smith, Aruni Bhatnagar, Brian J Piper, Kenneth L McCall, Roberto Parra-Saldivar, Leon P Barron, Rolf U Halden

Sci Total Environ; 857; 2023

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The influence of water of crystallization in NIR-based MDMA⋅HCl detection

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Ruben F. Kranenburg, Henk-Jan Ramaker, Yannick Weesepoel, Peter W.F. Arisz, Peter H.J. Keizers, Annette van Esch, Cathelijne Zieltjens – van Uxem, Jorrit D.J. van den Berg, Janneke W. Hulshof, Sjors Bakels, Anouk M. Rijs, Arian C. van Asten

Forensic Chem; 32; 2023

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