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Distinguishing Infested Flour from Uninfested Flour through Chemometric Processing of DART-HRMS Data─Revealing the Presence of Tribolium castaneum, the Red Flour Beetle

Journal

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Date Published

May 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of the long-term stability of select phenylacetylindole, cycloalkylindole, quinolinyl, and carboxamide synthetic cannabinoids using LC–MS/MS

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

September 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Physics and Statistical Models for Physical Match Analysis Utilizing 3D Microscopy of Fracture Surfaces

Date Published

October 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Child sexual abuse images and youth produced images: The varieties of Image-based Sexual Exploitation and Abuse of Children

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy enables confirmatory detection of dyes on hair submerged in hypolimnion water for up to twelve weeks

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Simplified COI barcoding of blow, flesh, and scuttle flies encountered in medicolegal investigations

Journal

Forensic Science Medicine and Pathology

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Response to commentary on "Transfer and persistence studies of inorganic and organic gunshot residues using synthetic skin membranes"

Journal

Forensic Chemistry

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Error and bias in race and ethnicity descriptions in medical examiner records in New Mexico: Consequences for understanding mortality among Hispanic/Latinos

Journal

Forensic Science International: Synergy

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The random presence of glass and paint on the clothing and footwear of members of the general population: A US baseline survey at various seasons

Journal

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Raman Spectroscopy to Enhance Investigative Lead Information in Automotive Clearcoats

Journal

Applied Spectroscopy

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

OsteoID: A New Forensic Tool to Help Identify the Species of Skeletal Remains

Date Published

November 2023

Agencies

NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

The Preanalytical Stability of Emerging Cannabinoid Analogs (Delta-8 THC and its Metabolites, Delta-10 THC and Carboxy-HHC) in Urine

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

October 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluation of uncertainty in direct measurement for parameterization of pyrolysis models, Part I: Thermal analysis

Journal

Fire Safety Journal

Date Published

December 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

NIJ Awards $16M to Support Forensic Science Research

On September 26, 2023, NIJ announced $16 million in new funding to support 33 projects under the FY23 Research and Development in Forensic Science for Criminal Justice Purposes solicitation. Through this program, NIJ continues to advance the speed, accuracy, and reliability of forensic analysis, which ultimately bolsters the administration of justice.

Funding Highlights for Fiscal Year 2023

Since 2009, NIJ has invested nearly $300 million...

Accurate THC Determinations in Seized Cannabis-derived Finished Products for Forensic Laboratories

DJO-NIJ-22-RO-0002

Open

Funding First Awarded

2023

$400,000

Diastereofacial Selectivity of A-aminonitrile Formation from Substituted Cyclohexanones

Journal

Tetrahedron Letters

Date Published

September 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Effect of muzzle gas on forward blood spatter from a gunshot: Experiments with a supersonic de Laval nozzle

Journal

Physics of Fluids

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Child sexual abuse images, youth produced images and the varieties of image-based sexual exploitation and abuse

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Help-Seeking from websites and police in the aftermath of technology-facilitated victimization

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Which dynamics make online child sexual abuse and cyberstalking more emotionally impactful: perpetrator identity and images?

Journal

Child Abuse & Neglect

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Evaluating probabilistic genotyping for low-pass DNA sequencing

Journal

Forensic Science International Genetics Supplement Series

Date Published

2022

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

State of Charge Effects on Active Material Elemental Composition Changes between Pre-thermal-runaway and Post-failure States for 8-1-1 Nickel-manganese-cobalt 18650 Cells

Journal

Journal of Energy Storage

Date Published

July 2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

A bacterial signature-based method for the identification of seven forensically relevant human body fluids

Journal

Forensic Science International: Genetics

Date Published

2023

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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)

New Systematic Naming for Synthetic Cannabinoid “MDA-19” and Its Related Analogues: BZO-HEXOXIZID, 5F-BZO-POXIZID, and BZO-POXIZID

Date Published

2021

Agencies

NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)