Forensic investigation

Elemental Analysis, 2) Determination of Pellet Weight in Primers, 3) Determination of Gunpowder Residues in Forensic.Investigations, 4) Detection of Explosives in Buried Mines, 5) Detection of Hidden Explosives in Baggage, and 6) Explosives Safety in Neutron Activation Analysis... 

Emergency responses to incidents involving weapons of mass destruction are much different from responses to incidents involving conventional explosives. For example, while the debris from conventional explosives may be extensive and present hazards to the individuals responding, such as fires or structural instability, the materials are not inherently hazardous. In this situation, the site can be secured and forensic investigations can be conducted similarly to investigations at other crime scenes. 

A different approach is required in biological research, pharmacology, forensic investigations, occupational hygiene and environmental protection. Often one confronts samples that are difficult to deal with because of their small size, unstability, the low concentration... 

As part of a forensic investigation of a continuous Malathion spill, you need to determine the retardation coefficient of the soil at the site for Malathion. You have decided to do so in a column experiment with the soil (illustrated in Figure E6.11.1). Also given in the figure are the results of a pulse test with the nonsorptive tracer, chloride, and the results of a pulse test with Malathion. What is the retardation coefficient, R1... 

Davenport, R.R. (1995a) Forensic investigation for yeasts. European Commission Science Research Development, Proceedings of Meeting on Fungal Identification Techniques, Barcelona, Spain. 

This example can be classified as a forensic investigation. When Raman is used to identify unknown materials in formulations, the spectral analysis may be challenging when using Raman libraries as they do not have the compound diversity compared with spectral diversity of FT-IR libraries. In addition the... 

The 1946 Cracow Auschwitz Trial. In 1945, the Jan Sehn Institute for Forensic Research (Instytut Ekspertyz Sadowych) prepared a report on a forensic investigation of Auschwitz that was submitted in evidence in the 1946 Auschwitz trial in Cracow, Poland.74 This expert report should be treated with caution, because forensic examinations and judicial procedures under the Communists have been anything but trustworthy, and in 1945, Poland was a Stalinist satellite. One need only point to the example of Katyn, the Soviet account of which was fully endorsed by Poland s Communist regime.73... 

The Cracow forensic investigators took hair, presumably cut from inmates, and hair clasps from bags found by the Soviets in Auschwitz. Tested for cyanide residues, both hair and clasps showed positive results. Additionally, a zinc-plated metal cover was tested for cyanide and found to have a positive result as well. The Cracow Institute claims that this metal cover once shielded the exhaust duct of a sup-... 

Carrion itself forms a lucrative substrate for invertebrate colonization however, in outdoor situations the interface between this substrate and the underlying soil, and the soil itself, also form attractive environments for certain organisms. The seepage of nutrient-rich fluids into the soil beneath the corpse significantly alters the microenvironment, affecting the inhabitant fauna. The arthropod assemblage may thus be considered to be affected by and reflective of the decomposition of the corpse and may therefore have some potential in contribution to forensic investigation (Bornemissza 1957). 

Di Maio, D. J. and Di Maio V. J. M. (2001). Forensic Pathology Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigation, 2d ed. Boca Raton, FL CRC Press. 

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