Current Issue 10 February 2012, Vol. 215, No. 1

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Detection of the synthetic drug 4-fluoroamphetamine (4-FA) in serum and urine
10 February 2012(Vol. 215 | No. 1 | Pages 3-7)
J. Röhrich, J. Becker, T. Kaufmann, S. Zörntlein, R. Urban

Identification of 1-butyl-3-(1-(4-methyl)naphthoyl)indole in a herbal mixture
10 February 2012(Vol. 215 | No. 1 | Pages 8-13)
F. Westphal, F.D. Sönnichsen, S. Thiemt

The prevalence of drugs in injured drivers
10 February 2012(Vol. 215 | No. 1 | Pages 14-17)
Olaf H. Drummer, Irene Kourtis, Jochen Beyer, Penny Tayler, Martin Boorman, Dimitri Gerostamoulos

The first international proficiency test on ketamine and norketamine in hair
03 February 2012
Vicky W.M. Lee, Jack Y.K. Cheng, Samuel T.C. Cheung, Yiu-chung Wong, Della W.M. Sin
Abstract: This paper discusses the organization of the first international proficiency test (PT) programme on ketamine (K) and norketamine (NK) in hair samples. The primary objective of the programme ...
Quantitative analysis of methamphetamine in hair of children removed from clandestine laboratories – Evidence of passive exposure?
03 February 2012
T. Bassindale
Abstract: In New Zealand many children have been removed from clandestine laboratories following Police intervention. In the last few years it has become standard procedure that these children have ha...
Morphology of preimaginal stages of Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 (Diptera, Calliphoridae): A comparative study
02 February 2012
Nicolás Ubero-Pascal, Raquel López-Esclapez, María-Dolores García, María-Isabel Arnaldos
Abstract: A comparative morphological study of preimaginal stages (larvae and pupae) of Calliphora vicina Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 is presented. The entomological samples came from laboratory colonies ...
Three-dimensional computer-assisted craniometrics: A comparison of the uncertainty in measurement induced by surface reconstruction performed by two computer programs
01 February 2012
Pierre Guyomarc’h, Frédéric Santos, Bruno Dutailly, Pascal Desbarats, Christophe Bou, Hélène Coqueugniot
Abstract: Digital investigation of anthropological material through computed tomography (CT) offers several new opportunities in morphometrics. However, an object measured with computer-assisted metho...
Score-based likelihood ratios for handwriting evidence
01 February 2012
Amanda B. Hepler, Christopher P. Saunders, Linda J. Davis, JoAnn Buscaglia
Abstract: Score-based approaches for computing forensic likelihood ratios are becoming more prevalent in the forensic literature. When two items of evidential value are entangled via a scorefunction, ...

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