1. Development of new PCR multiplex system by the simultaneous detection of 10 miniSTRs, SE33, Penta E, Penta D, and four Y-STRs

   • Muhammad Shafique
   • Muhammad Saqib Shahzad
   • Tayyab Husnain

   Original Article 11 May 2016 Pages: 1409 - 1419

   

2. Development of a quantitative validation method for forensic investigation of human spermatozoa using a commercial fluorescence staining kit (SPERM HY-LITER™ Express)

   • Ayari Takamura
   • Ken Watanabe
   • Tomoko Akutsu

   Original Article 16 May 2016 Pages: 1421 - 1429

   

3. A 17-month time course study of human RNA and DNA degradation in body fluids under dry and humid environmental conditions

   • Miriam Sirker
   • Peter M. Schneider
   • Iva Gomes

   Original Article 16 May 2016 Pages: 1431 - 1438

   

4. Mutation analysis of 19 autosomal short tandem repeats in Chinese Han population from Shanghai

   • Chengchen Shao
   • Mingxi Lin
   • Jianhui Xie

   Original Article 28 July 2016 Pages: 1439 - 1444

   

5. The likelihood ratio as a random variable for linked markers in kinship analysis

   • Thore Egeland
   • Klaas Slooten

   Original Article 13 August 2016 Pages: 1445 - 1456

   

6. DNA barcoding and NMR spectroscopy-based assessment of species adulteration in the raw herbal trade of Saraca asoca (Roxb.) Willd, an important medicinal plant

   • Santhosh Kumar Jayanthinagar Urumarudappa
   • Navdeep Gogna
   • Uma Shaanker Ramanan

   Original Article 14 September 2016 Pages: 1457 - 1470

   

7. DNA and RNA profiling of excavated human remains with varying postmortem intervals

   • M. van den Berge
   • D. Wiskerke
   • T. Sijen

   Original Article 14 September 2016 Pages: 1471 - 1480

8. Genetic polymorphisms of 18 short tandem repeat loci in 3550 individuals from the Han population of Changchun, Northeast China

   • Zhen Feng
   • Mingying Xia
   • Shilin Li

   Population Data 25 February 2016 Pages: 1481 - 1483

   

9. Population data of 13 nonCODIS STR markers located inside the 6 nonsyndromic oculocutaneous albinism genes

   • Faravareh Khordadpoor Deilamani
   • Mohammad Taghi Akbari

   Population Data 01 March 2016 Pages: 1485 - 1486

10. Genetic distribution of 15 autosomal STR markers in the Punjabi population of Pakistan

    • Muhammad Adnan Shan
    • Manzoor Hussain
    • Muhammad Idrees

    Population Data 17 March 2016 Pages: 1487 - 1488

11. Population data of 23 STR loci (PowerPlex® Fusion System) in Mexican Mestizos from the West Region

    • J. A. Aguilar-Velázquez
    • G. Martínez-Cortés
    • H. Rangel-Villalobos

    Population Data 05 April 2016 Pages: 1489 - 1491

    

12. Phylogenetic and forensic studies of the Bangladeshi population using next-generation PowerPlex® Y23 STR marker system

    • Md. Mahamud Hasan
    • Pilu Momtaz
    • Sharif Akhteruzzaman

    Population Data 07 April 2016 Pages: 1493 - 1495

13. Genetic variation study of 12 X chromosomal STR in central Thailand population

    • Kornkiat Vongpaisarnsin
    • Achara Boonlert
    • Piyawan Dangkao

    Population Data 08 April 2016 Pages: 1497 - 1499

14. Autosomal-STR based genetic structure of Chinese Xibe ethnic group and its relationships to various groups

    • Haotian Meng
    • Yuxin Guo
    • Bofeng Zhu

    Population Data 16 April 2016 Pages: 1501 - 1503

15. Genetic variation of 17 STR loci in a Mexican Mestizo population from Mexico City

    • Maria Saiz
    • Ricardo Jesús Rios-Rivas
    • Lourdes Vega-Navarrete

    Population Data 28 July 2016 Pages: 1505 - 1507

    

16. Population genetics of 23 Y-STR loci in the Mongolian minority population in Inner Mongolia of China

    • Tianzhen Gao
    • Libing Yun
    • Yiping Hou

    Population Data 12 August 2016 Pages: 1509 - 1511

17. Codeine-spiked beer in a date rape case?

    • Stine Marie Havig
    • Elisabeth Wiik
    • Merete Vevelstad

    Original Article 10 March 2016 Pages: 1513 - 1518

    

18. Determination of the unbound fraction of R- and S-methadone in human brain

    • Karen M. D. Holm
    • Kristian Linnet

    Original Article 07 April 2016 Pages: 1519 - 1526

    

19. Application of phosphatidylethanol (PEth) in whole blood in comparison to ethyl glucuronide in hair (hEtG) in driving aptitude assessment (DAA)

    • Alexandra Schröck
    • Matthias Pfäffli
    • Wolfgang Weinmann

    Original Article 02 June 2016 Pages: 1527 - 1533

    

20. Quantification of fatal helium exposure following self-administration

    • S. Malbranque
    • D. Mauillon
    • V. Varlet

    Case Report 25 April 2016 Pages: 1535 - 1539

    

21. Three homicides with darts tainted with succinylcholine: autopsy and toxicology

    • Jingjun Xing
    • Wenhe Li
    • Yiwu Zhou

    Case Report 14 May 2016 Pages: 1541 - 1545

    

22. Postmortem muscle protein degradation in humans as a tool for PMI delimitation

    • Stefan Pittner
    • Bianca Ehrenfellner
    • Peter Steinbacher

    Original Article Open access 07 March 2016 Pages: 1547 - 1555

    

23. Estimating the postmortem interval of human skeletal remains by analyzing their optical behavior

    • V. Sterzik
    • T. Jung
    • M. Bohnert

    Original Article 04 June 2016 Pages: 1557 - 1566

    

24. Postmortem serum levels of total IgE

    • Lara Tran
    • Cristian Palmiere

    Original Article 09 June 2016 Pages: 1567 - 1573

25. The role of known variants of KCNQ1, KCNH2, KCNE1, SCN5A, and NOS1AP in water-related deaths

    • Iliana Tzimas
    • Jana-Christin Zingraf
    • Micaela Poetsch

    Short Communication 26 July 2016 Pages: 1575 - 1579

26. Aortic intimal separation resulting from manual cardiopulmonary resuscitation—completing the spectrum of blunt thoracic aortic injury complicating CPR

    • Andrew S. Williams
    • Mathieu Castonguay
    • Shawn K. Murray

    Case Report 30 May 2016 Pages: 1581 - 1585

    

27. Lethal ventricular tachycardia triggered after femoral fracture repair in an obese man with insulin-resistant diabetes

    • Hideyuki Maeda
    • Masashi Uramatsu
    • Ken-ichi Yoshida

    Case Report 25 May 2016 Pages: 1587 - 1591

    

28. On the evidential value of a Messerer fracture sustained in a car-pedestrian traffic accident

    • Sven Schmidt
    • Ronald Schulz
    • Gunther Geserick

    Case Report 30 August 2016 Pages: 1593 - 1597

    

29. The truth lies within: the reconstructive value of inner livores in a homicide case

    • Eva Brenčičová
    • Manuela Baglivo
    • Christian Jackowski

    Case Report 12 May 2016 Pages: 1599 - 1601

    

30. The completely fused medial clavicular epiphysis in high-frequency ultrasound scans as a diagnostic criterion for forensic age estimations in the living

    • Michael Gonsior
    • Frank Ramsthaler
    • Marcel A. Verhoff

    Original Article 21 August 2016 Pages: 1603 - 1613

    

31. Optimising magnetic resonance imaging-based evaluation of the ossification of the medial clavicular epiphysis: a multi-centre study

    • S. Schmidt
    • C. A. Henke
    • R. Schulz

    Original Article 08 September 2016 Pages: 1615 - 1621

    

32. Validation of the sex estimation method elaborated by Schutkowski in the Granada Osteological Collection of identified infant and young children: Analysis of the controversy between the different ways of analyzing and interpreting the results

    • Javier Irurita Olivares
    • Inmaculada Alemán Aguilera

    Original Article 22 March 2016 Pages: 1623 - 1632

    

33. Death eaters respond to the dark mark of decomposition day and night: observations of initial insect activity on piglet carcasses

    • Lauren M. Weidner
    • Michael A. Monzon
    • George C. Hamilton

    Original Article 12 May 2016 Pages: 1633 - 1637

    

34. Analysis of immunohistochemical expression of inducible nitric oxide synthase for the evaluation of agonal time in forensic medicine

    • R. Scendoni
    • L. Ferrante
    • A. Tagliabracci

    Original Article 21 June 2016 Pages: 1639 - 1646

    

35. Rather yield than break: assessing the influence of human bone collagen content on heat-induced warping through vibrational spectroscopy

    • Ana R. Vassalo
    • Eugénia Cunha
    • David Gonçalves

    Original Article 22 June 2016 Pages: 1647 - 1656