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Evolution of LIBS technology to mobile instrumentation for expediting firearm-related investigations at the laboratory and the crime scene

Journal

Spectrochimica Acta Part B: Atomic Spectroscopy

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy hair analysis after household contamination

Journal

Analytical Methods

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Analysis of Automotive Paint Smears Using Attenuated Total Reflection Infrared Microscopy

Journal

Applied Spectroscopy

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Transmission Infrared Imaging Microscopy and Multivariate Curve Resolution Applied to the Forensic Examination of Automotive Paints

Journal

Talanta

Date Published

August 2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Concentration of ignitable liquid residue from simulated fire debris by dynamic vapor microextraction: Sensitivity to instrument settings and debris characteristics

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

September 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Impact of Relic DNA on Forensic Microbiome Applications in Criminal Investigations

15PNIJ-23-GG-04205-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$229,454

Comprehensive Evaluation of Kinetic and Thermodynamic Approaches to Predict Evaporation of Ignitable Liquids for Fire Debris Applications

15PNIJ-23-GG-04231-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$262,678

Strengthening Scientific Foundations for Advancing Best Practices in the Collection, Storage, Analysis, and Interpretation of Organic and Inorganic Gunshot Residues

15PNIJ-23-GG-04218-SLFO

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$564,733

Accuracy, Efficacy, and Reproducibility of Muzzle-to-Target Distance Determination using Gunshot Residue

15PNIJ-23-GG-04222-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$872,282

Time Since Deposition for Touch DNA Evidence

15PNIJ-23-GG-04217-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$389,621

Beyond Suspect Identification: Fingerprint Aging with Machine Learning and Multidimensional Chemical Analysis

15PNIJ-23-GG-01950-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$111,000

Comparison of Novel Raman Techniques for Fiber Forensics

Journal

Optics

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Flexible structured light system calibration method with all digital features

Journal

Optics Express

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

MPrESS: An R-Package for Accurately Predicting Power for Comparisons of 16S rRNA Microbiome Taxa Distributions including Simulation by Dirichlet Mixture Modeling

Journal

Microorganisms

Date Published

April 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Human hair shaft proteomic profiling: individual differences, site specificity and cuticle analysis

Journal

PeerJ

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Is forensic science the last bastion of resistance against statistics?

Journal

Science & Justice

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Trends in composition, collection, persistence, and analysis of IGSR and OGSR: A review

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

June 2020

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Collecting and Analyzing DNA Evidence from Fingernails: A Comparative Study

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2014

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Strontium isotope ratios (Sr-87/Sr-86) of human fingernail clippings reveal multiple location signals

Journal

Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Traveling There and Back Again: A Fingernail's Tale

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Resident and Nonresident Fingernail Isotopes Reveal Diet and Travel Patterns

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Forensic interlaboratory evaluations of a systematic method for examining, documenting, and interpreting duct tape physical fits

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

July 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Identification and highly selective differentiation of organic gunshot residues utilizing their elemental and molecular signatures

Journal

Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Date Published

April 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Extraction and Analysis of Human Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA From Electron Beam Irradiated Envelopes

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

November 2003

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A study on the occurrence of glass and paint across various cities in the United States-Part I: Background presence of glass in the general population

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

July 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)