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Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis of Human Hair: Predicting Behaviors and Biometrics beyond Dietary Factors

Journal

Analytical Chemistry

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Facultative Viviparity in a Flesh Fly (Diptera: Sarcophagidae): Forensic Implications of High Variability in Rates of Oviparity in Blaesoxipha plinthopyga (Diptera: Sarcophagidae)

Journal

Journal of Medical Entomology

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

FIU - Forensic Technology Center of Excellence

15PNIJ-21-GK-02191-RESS

Open

Funding First Awarded

2021

$300,000

Recommended Practices for Macerating Human Thyroid Cartilage

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

Analysis of Alternative Light in the Detection and Visibility of Cutaneous Bruises

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Dysbiosis in the Dead: Human Postmortem Microbiome Beta-Dispersion as an Indicator of Manner and Cause of Death

Journal

Frontiers in Microbiology

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluating Bioinformatic Pipeline Performance for Forensic Microbiome Analysis

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An Evaluation of Differentially Spliced Genes as Markers of Sex for Forensic Entomology

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Search for a Microbial Death Clock

Date Published

September 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Effect of Phenotype Selection on Genome Size Variation in Two Species of Diptera

Journal

Genes

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

An adaptive-remeshing framework to predict impact-induced skull fracture in infants

Journal

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evidence Collection and Analysis for Touch Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Groping and Sexual Assault Cases

Journal

Journal of Forensic Nursing

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Search for a Microbial Death Clock

Overdose Fatality Investigation Techniques: Lessons Learned from Project ECHO

Event Dates

October 7, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required

Announcement: The New Mexico Decedent Image Database

Journal

Forensic Imaging

Date Published

March 2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Cases Associated with Violence in the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs): The Examination of Circumstances & Characteristics Project

Date Published

December 2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset

Algorithm Quantifies What Experts See When They Examine Skeletons

Date Published

August 16, 2021

Researchers created an open-access computer program for estimating the age of skeletal remains that outperforms current methods. The algorithm is based on 20 age-related skeletal changes identified by experienced forensic anthropologists.

Recommendations for Maintaining a Dermestid Beetle Colony (Dermestes maculatus) for Processing Human Remains

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2020

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Algorithm Quantifies What Experts See When They Examine Skeletons

Date Published

August 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Facilitating Forensic Research in Multiple Fields Using a Unique Computed Tomography Dataset

Date Published

August 2021

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Age-at-Death Estimation for Modern Populations in Mexico and Puerto Rico through the Use of 3D Laser Scans of the Pubic Symphysis

Date Published

2018

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Total RNA Analysis of Bacterial Community Structural and Functional Shifts Throughout Vertebrate Decomposition

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2019

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The effects of season and soil type on microbial degradation of gasoline residues from incendiary devices

Journal

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Date Published

2013

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Multiple Perspectives on Overdose Fatality Reviews

Event Dates

July 27, 2021, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Eastern

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Location

Online

Event Type

Webinar

Registration Status

Not Required