...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...

... environment, body covering, time since death, perimortem trauma, postmortem animal activity, and skeletal element recovery. Results reveal a higher percentage of male victims (76%). No variation is seen in the seasonal distribution of cases. In cases with known time since death, 35% were recovered within one...

... medicine . In: Haglund   W D , Sorg   M H , Editors. Forensic Taphonomy , The postmortem fate of human remains. CRC Press , 1997 ; 201 - 22 . Yoshino   M , Kimijima   T , Miyasaka   S , Sato   H , Seta   S . Microscopical study on estimation of time since death...

... in AD 1869. Subsequent laboratory research was designed to explore the conditions under which adipocere will disappear, the goal being to identify strategies for estimating a range of time since death in cases where adipocere is present. Varieties of aerobic or facultatively anaerobic microorganisms...

...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...

..., No. 204 , 152 pp. + 17 plts. forensic science forensic entomology black soldier fly postmortem interval diptera stratiomyidae insect invasion time since death 12 03 1993 23 06 1993 24 06 1993 TECHNICAL NOTE Wayne D. Lord, aPh.D.; M. Lee Gof-f 2 Ph.D.; Theodore R...

...E Ambach, M.D.; W Tributsch, M.D.; R Henn, M.D. The rare event of a corpse immersed in glacier ice becoming exposed on a glacier surface is closely connected with the glaciological conditions at the scene and the site of the accident. Provided that the time since death is known, certain questions...

...RW Mann, M.A.; WM Bass, Ph.D.; L Meadows, B.A. Much of the difficulty in determining the time since death stems from the lack of systematic observation and research on the decomposition rate of the human body. Continuing studies conducted at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, provide useful...

.... The DNA degradation rate may vary with temperature and humidity more than it varies between individuals. KEYWORDS: pathology and biology, deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), decomposition, postmortem interval, time since death, postmortem examinations Identification may be difficult when bodies have decomposed...

... directly affected the degree of soil and vegetational changes as well as access by carrion insects. Application of this information can contribute to a more accurate estimation of time since death of a buried corpse and may aid in the location of such corpses. References Bass , W. M...