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Dual Low-Rank Decompositions for Robust Cross-View Learning

Journal

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing

Date Published

January 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Detection and characterization of the new synthetic cannabinoid APP-BINACA in forensic casework

Journal

Drug Testing and Analysis

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Repository of Antemortem Injury Response (REPAIR): an online database for skeletal injuries of known ages

Journal

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

How Prevalent is Violence in Missing and Unidentified Persons Cases?

Date Published

February 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Effects of Temperature on Blowfly Colonization of Decomposing Human Bodies

Postmortem submersion interval (PMSI) estimation from the microbiome of Sus scrofa bone in a freshwater river

Journal

Forensic Science International

Date Published

January 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Developing the Minimum Dataset for the New Mexico Decedent Image Database

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Scientists Seek Connection Between Toxin-causing Bacterium and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Date Published

December 16, 2021

Researchers believe a bacterium that causes food poisoning and other diseases may underlie some SIDS cases.

2022 NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

Event Dates

March 1, 2022, 10:00 am – March 2, 2022, 6:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Symposium

Registration Status

Not Required

Series

NIJ Forensic Science Research and Development Symposium

NIJ Funds Almost $17M in Forensic Science Research and Development

NIJ announced almost $17 million in funding to support 36 forensic science research and development projects in fiscal year 2020 under its Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes (Forensic Science R&D) program. Through its R&D grant funding, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.

“Since the 2009 NAS report...

The Effects of Temperature on Blowfly Colonization of Decomposing Human Bodies

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Deep Learning Methods for Post Mortem Interval Estimation

15PNIJ-21-GG-04161-SLFO

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2021

$406,468

Improving Bruise Detection with Alternate Light

Date Published

January 2022

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The University of Alabama System and the Alabama Department of Forensics National Center on Forensics

15PNIJ-21-GK-02982-MUMU

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$4,000,000

Transcriptomics Reveals the Putative Mycoparasitic Strategy of the Mushroom Entoloma abortivum on Species of the Mushroom Genus Armillaria

Journal

Msystems

Date Published

October 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Scientists Look for Connection Between Toxin-causing Bacterium and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Date Published

December 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Implementing NAGPRA: Connecting Medical Examiner and Coroner Offices to Tribal Partners

Event Dates

November 22, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Improved transgenic sexing strains for genetic control of the Australian sheep blow fly Lucilia cuprina using embryo-specific gene promoters

Journal

Molecular Genetics and Genomics

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Molecular Identification of Insects Relevant to Medicolegal Casework

Event Dates

December 2, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

High-Throughput Screening of Coke-Resistant Catalyst with Thermal Barcode

Journal

Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research

Date Published

January 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Thermal-optical readout of multi-level thermal emissivity Ge2Sb2Te5 patterns

Journal

Materials Letters

Date Published

September 2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Using Computed Tomography (CT) Data to Build 3D Resources for Forensic Craniofacial Identification

Date Published

May 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The upper thermal tolerance for a Texas population of the hairy maggot blow fly Chrysomya rufifacies Macquart (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Journal

Ecological Entomology

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The upper thermal tolerance of the secondary screwworm, Cochliomyia macellaria Fabricius (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Journal

Journal of Thermal Biology

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Detection of fly artifacts from four species of necrophagous flies on household materials using immunoassays

Journal

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)