... and immunostains for beta amyloid peptide (βA4), tau and alpha-synuclein. Despite severe autolysis and decomposition, the bielchowsky stain and the βA4 immunostains showed preserved frequent neuritic amyloid plaques with very few residual neurofibrillary tangles. Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy was present...

...MS Megyesi, MSc; SP Nawrocki, PhD; NH Haskell, PhD Forensic anthropologists often rely on the state of decomposition to estimate the postmortem interval (PMI) in a human remains case. The state of decomposition can provide much information about the PMI, especially when decomposition is treated...

...MA Weitzel, MAIS Regional studies that examine decomposition rates of certain faunal remains can help to determine time since death. Forensic anthropologists have long used qualitative decomposition data, but linking these to more quantitative data could improve time since death estimations...

... a serious mistake in estimating the time at which a corpse is colonized by this species. This study also represents the rst record of Chrysomya ru facies in Georgia. KEYWORDS: forensic science, decomposition, entomology, Diptera, Hermetia illucens, Chrysomya ru facies Forensic entomology is the study...

..., forensic entomology, ambient temperature, validation, weather, correlation, Australia, Victoria, decomposition The progression of decomposition changes to a body, along with the growth and succession rates of infesting insects, is thermally driven (1,2). Because the rates of these processes are temperature...

... and TNT, respectively. 08 02 2003 08 02 2003 01 07 2003 forensic science landmines TNT decomposition soil detection References Heyman   C . Trends in land mine warfare . Jane's Information Group , 1995 . Unexploded ordnance: a coordinated approach...

... are frustrated in their search. Five field trials tested the ability of four cadaver dog and handler teams to detect buried human remains. Human and animal remains were buried in various forested areas during the summer months near Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The remains ranged in decomposition from fresh...

... the robust nature of human mtDNA and the ability to recover valuable mtDNA evidence from forensically important, late decompositional stage insect species. TECHNICAL NOTE J Forensic Sci, Nov. 2002, Vol. 47, No. 6 Paper ID JFS2001314_476 Available online at: www.astm.org Joseph A. DiZinno,1 D.D.S.; Wayne D...

... or seasonal is unknown. There is a difference in the species composition between pond and stream habitats. Habitats influence invertebrate fauna, therefore, species colonizing carrion are habitat-specific. In both habitats, no one organism can determine time of submergence alone. Decompositional descriptions...

... forensic indicators in South-eastern Brazil. However, only three species were useful as forensic indicators in wooded areas: P. intermutans, H. segmentaria , and H. semidiaphana . 14 02 2000 05 07 2000 10 07 2000 forensic science forensic entomology decomposition succession...

...OA Shalaby, M.S.; LML deCarvalho; ML Lee Goff, Ph.D. Decomposition studies were conducted to determine differences in rates and patterns of decomposition of carcasses hanging and exposed on the surface of the soil. These studies were conducted between 17 October and 17 December 1997 inside...

...JB Davis, M.S.; ML Goff, Ph.D. Decomposition studies were conducted at two sites on the Island of Oahu, Hawaii, to compare patterns of decomposition and arthropod invasion in intertidal and adjacent terrestrial habitats. The animal model used was the domestic pig. One site was on Coconut Island...

... conditions. Recovery rates ranged between 57% and 100%, indicating that properly trained cadaver dogs can make significant contributions in the location and recovery of scattered human remains. KEYWORDS: forensic science, canine scent detection, canine reliability, decomposition, cadaver Research...

...FW Avila; M Lee Goff, Ph.D. Decomposition studies were conducted using carcasses of domestic pigs, Sus scrofa L., one burned and the other unburned (the control) to determine effects of burning on arthropod succession patterns. The burnt carcass corresponded to a CGS level #2 burn victim...

...DA Komar, M.Sc. Previous research into postmortem interval (PMI) estimation has been restricted to temperate and arid climates. Results suggest that decomposition rates may be significantly slower in cold weather regions. Preliminary research to conduct a cold weather time since death study has...

... more rapidly than those deposited in the late fall or winter months. Similarly, individuals exposed to direct sunlight, a micro-environment where rapid decomposition has been noted, lost teeth before individuals in shaded locales. Since tooth loss is dependent on the deterioration of the soft tissues...

...DHR Spennemann, Ph.D.; B Franke, Dipl.Biol. The decomposition of bodies and the decay of associated cultural materials, including clothing, personal ornaments, caskets, and grave goods, was investigated based on a series of exhumations on a small sand island on Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands...

...SJ Cina, M.D.; PL Gelven, M.D.; CK Gittinger; GG Re, Ph.D.; SE Self, M.D. Decomposition is the degradation of tissues due to a combination of autolysis and putrefaction. As the postmortem interval lengthens, chromatin is degraded until no high molecular weight DNA (HMW-DNA) remains. The DNA...

... the concentration in blood may be as high as 0.15%. KEYWORDS: toxicology, alcohol, ethanol, decomposition, putrefaction, endogenous alcohol, postmortem alcohol synthesis, postmortem alcohol distribution Studies have shown that alcohol can be generated by bacterial synthesis in vitro [1-6] as well as in putrefying...

...BS Shean, M.S.; L Messinger, B.A.; M Papworth, Ph.D. The decomposition of two pig carcasses in close proximity to each other, one exposed and the other shaded, in a continuous woodland were observed and different rates of decay were recorded. The exposed pig decomposed much faster than the shaded...