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Genetic Testing in Sudden Unexpected Natural Death in the Young: New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner's Experience and Perspective

Date Published

2019

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Functional Characterization of ABCC9 Variants Identified in Sudden Unexpected Natural Death

Date Published

May 2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Impacts of Dietary Amino Acid Composition and Microbial Presence on Preference and Performance of Immature Lucilia Sericata (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Date Published

2018

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GeoFOR: A collaborative forensic taphonomy database for estimating the postmortem interval

Date Published

2024

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Gene Expression Correlates of Facultative Predation in the Blow Fly Chrysomya Rufifacies (Diptera: Calliphoridae)

Date Published

2019

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Unrolling Post-Mortem 3D Fingerprints Using Mosaicking Pressure Simulation Technique

Date Published

2019

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Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Estimating the Postmortem Interval Using Microbes: Knowledge Gaps and a Path to Technology Adoption

Date Published

January 2019

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A Computational Framework for Age-at-Death Estimation from the Skeleton: Surface and Outline Analysis of 3D Laser Scans of the Adult Pubic Symphysis

Date Published

2017

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Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Temporal and Spatial Impact of Human Cadaver Decomposition on Soil Bacterial and Arthropod Community Structure and Function

Date Published

2018

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Quantification of Cocaine in Ternary Mixtures Using Partial Least Squares Regression Applied to Raman and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy

Date Published

August 2017

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N-Ethyl Pentylone (Ephylone) Intoxications: Quantitative Confirmation and Metabolite Identification in Authentic Human Biological Specimens

Date Published

September 2018

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Citrate Content of Bone as a Measure of Postmortem Interval: An External Validation Study

Date Published

2018

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Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Study/Research), Report (Grant Sponsored), Program/Project Description

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Direct Analysis in Real Time-Mass Spectrometry and Kohonen Artificial Neural Networks for Species Identification of Larva, Pupa and Adult Life Stages of Carrion Insects

Date Published

2018

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The Role of a PMI-Prediction Model in Evaluating Forensic Entomology Experimental Design, the Importance of Covariates, and the Utility of Response Variables for Estimating Time Since Death

Date Published

2017

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Identification and Quantification of Synthetic Cathinones in Blood and Urine Using Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupole/Time of Flight (LC-Q/TOF) Mass Spectrometry

Date Published

November 2016

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The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition: What Insect, Scavenger, and Microbial Evidence Tells Us

Date Published

January 2023

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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The Impact of Drugs on Human Decomposition: What Insect, Scavenger, and Microbial Evidence Tells Us

Combining LC/MS/MS Product-ion Scan Technology with GC/MS Analysis to Identify Drugs and Poisons in Postmortem Fluids and Tissues

Date Published

February 2023

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Research (Applied/Empirical), Report (Grant Sponsored)

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Spatial Impacts of a Multi-Individual Grave on Microbial and Microfaunal Communities and Soil Biogeochemistry

Date Published

2018

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Technical note: Evaluation of missing data imputation methods for human osteometric measurements

Date Published

2023

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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The Effects of Cranial Orientation on Forensic Frontal Sinus Identification as Assessed by Outline Analyses

Date Published

January 2022

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Rheology of brain tissue and hydrogels: A novel hyperelastic and viscoelastic model for forensic applications

Date Published

October 2023

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Penetrating gunshots to the head after close-range shooting: Dynamics of waves and the effect of brain tissue rheology

Date Published

October 2023

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A Landscape Study of Computed Tomography Scanners for Postmortem Applications

Date Published

December 2023

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Perinatal Disorders and Small Birthweight Are Significantly Associated With Small Vertebral Neural Canal Size in a Contemporary Pediatric Autopsy Sample

Date Published

2023

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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