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Evaluation of High Density SNP Microarrays to Obtain Phenotypic and Ancestry Information From Skeletal Remains

NCJ Number

254407

Date Published

November 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Characterization and Classification of Sexual Assault Lubricants using Direct Analysis in Real Time-Time of Flight Mass Spectrometry

NCJ Number

254402

Date Published

August 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Shooting Distance Determination: Identifying Variables Affecting Lead Density on a Target

NCJ Number

254403

Date Published

May 2019

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Developing Reliable Methods for Microbial Fingerprinting of Soil Evidence: Collection, Contamination, Storage, and Analysis

NCJ Number

254405

Date Published

August 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Toxicological Drug Screening Using Paper Spray High-Resolution Tandem Mass Spectrometry (HR-MS/MS)

NCJ Number

253878

Journal

Journal of Analytical Toxicology

Date Published

June 2018

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Evaluation and Optimization of DNA Recovery and Amplification From Bullet Cartridge Cases

NCJ Number

254337

Date Published

March 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Firearm Forensics Black-Box Studies for Examiners and Algorithms using Measured 3D Surface Topographies

NCJ Number

254338

Date Published

May 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Strengthening the Evaluation and Interpretation of Glass Evidence Using Statistical Analysis of Collection Sets and Databases of Refractive Index and Elemental Data

NCJ Number

254339

Date Published

May 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Development and Validation of A New Pediatric Head Injury Assessment Tool For Possible Child Abuse Cases Considering Subject-Specific Child Head Anatomy

NCJ Number

254134

Date Published

February 2018

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Embracing Next Generation Methods for Forensic DNA Sequence Analysis

NCJ Number

254321

Date Published

November 2019

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NIJ

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Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Skin Microbe Colonies Used for Human Identification

NCJ Number

254322

Date Published

November 2019

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NIJ

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

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Combined Temperature and Humidity Control to Tune Latent Fingermark Development by Superglue Fuming

NCJ Number

253368

Date Published

April 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Characterization and Comparison of Tape Evidence Using Elemental Profiling Methods and Chemometric Analyses

NCJ Number

253891

Date Published

June 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Substrate Pyrolysis Database Expansion, Evaluation, and Use

NCJ Number

253892

Date Published

October 2018

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Finding the Region of Origin of Blood Spatters in Complex Situations: Novel Physics-Based Methods and Tools

NCJ Number

253291

Date Published

April 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Temperature Sensors Embedded in Paint for Fire Debris Analysis and Arson Scene Investigations

NCJ Number

253322

Date Published

January 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Validation of a Probe Capture Next-Generation Sequencing Assay for Whole Mitochondrial Genome Analysis

NCJ Number

253931

Date Published

October 2018

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Advanced Statistical Population Genetics Methods for Forensic DNA Identification

NCJ Number

253932

Date Published

January 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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How It Got There: Associating Individual DNA Profiles with Specific Body Fluids in Mixtures Using Targeted Digital Gene Expression and RNA-SNP Identification

NCJ Number

253930

Date Published

September 2018

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Powerful Forensic Markers Optimized for Massively Parallel Sequencing

NCJ Number

253271

Date Published

May 2019

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Extended Development, Verification, and Validation of a Blast Dynamics Simulator for Post-Blast Forensic Investigations

2017-R2-CX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$45,256

Improving Results from Touch DNA Evidence with Optimized Direct PCR Methods

2019-DU-BX-0009

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$453,146

Application of the Human Virome to Touched Objects and Hair Shafts

2019-75-CX-0017

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$443,931

Through the Looking Glass Part II: Abuse of the Evolving Electronic Cigarette and the Impact of Vaping Ethanol in the Evaluation of Impairment

2019-MU-MU-0007

Past Project Period End Date

Funding First Awarded

2019

$1,241,355

Development of Microscopical Methods for the Systematic Analysis of Chemically Reacted, Improvised Low Explosives and Related Residues

2019-DU-BX-0047

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2019

$157,863