1. DUSP1 and KCNJ2 mRNA upregulation can serve as a biomarker of mechanical asphyxia-induced death in cardiac tissue

   • Yan Zeng
   • Li Tao
   • Long Chen

   Original Article 17 June 2017 Pages: 655 - 665

   

2. Species identification of bloodstains by ATR-FTIR spectroscopy: the effects of bloodstain age and the deposition environment

   • Hancheng Lin
   • Yinming Zhang
   • Zhenyuan Wang

   Original Article 18 August 2017 Pages: 667 - 674

   

3. Comparison of different methods for repairing damaged DNA from buffered and unbuffered formalin-fixed tissues

   • Yuxuan Liu
   • Huayu He
   • Daixin Huang

   Original Article 30 August 2017 Pages: 675 - 681

   

4. Forensic differentiation between peripheral and menstrual blood in cases of alleged sexual assault—validating an immunochromatographic multiplex assay for simultaneous detection of human hemoglobin and D-dimer

   • Hannah Holtkötter
   • Claudemir Rodrigues Dias Filho
   • Gabriela Roca

   Original Article Open access 23 October 2017 Pages: 683 - 690

   

5. Evaluation of four commercial quantitative real-time PCR kits with inhibited and degraded samples

   • Amy S. Holmes
   • Rachel Houston
   • Sheree Hughes-Stamm

   Original Article 24 November 2017 Pages: 691 - 701

   

6. Ancestry inference of 96 population samples using microhaplotypes

   • Ozlem Bulbul
   • Andrew J. Pakstis
   • Kenneth K. Kidd

   Original Article Open access 16 December 2017 Pages: 703 - 711

   

7. Nuclear, chloroplast, and mitochondrial data of a US cannabis DNA database

   • Rachel Houston
   • Matthew Birck
   • David Gangitano

   Original Article 20 February 2018 Pages: 713 - 725

   

8. Correction to: Nuclear, chloroplast, and mitochondrial data of a US cannabis DNA database

   • Rachel Houston
   • Matthew Birck
   • David Gangitano

   Correction 12 March 2018 Pages: 727 - 727

9. Genetic characteristics of 19 STRs in Chinese Uzbek ethnic and its phylogenetic relationships with other 24 populations

   • Xiaoye Jin
   • Wei Cui
   • Jiangang Chen

   Population Data 14 November 2017 Pages: 729 - 731

10. Genetic polymorphisms in 18 autosomal STR loci in the Tibetan population living in Tibet Chamdo, Southwest China

    • Zhenghui Li
    • Jian Zhang
    • Jian Ye

    Population Data 18 November 2017 Pages: 733 - 734

11. Population data of 21 autosomal STR loci in the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba people of Nigeria

    • Victoria O. Okolie
    • Selena Cisana
    • Daniele Podini

    Population Data 04 November 2017 Pages: 735 - 737

12. Correction to: Population data of 21 autosomal STR loci in the Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba people of Nigeria

    • Victoria O. Okolie
    • Selena Cisana
    • Daniele Podini

    Correction 16 January 2018 Pages: 739 - 739

13. Differences in sampling techniques on total post-mortem tryptase

    • R. Tse
    • J. Garland
    • C. Palmiere

    Original Article 20 November 2017 Pages: 741 - 745

    

14. Umbilical cord entanglement’s frequency and its impact on the newborn

    • Tatjana Walla
    • Markus A. Rothschild
    • Sibylle Banaschak

    Original Article 23 November 2017 Pages: 747 - 752

    

15. Collagen degradation as a possibility to determine the post-mortem interval (PMI) of animal bones: a validation study referring to an original study of Boaks et al. (2014)

    • Katharina Jellinghaus
    • Carolin Hachmann
    • Ursula Wittwer-Backofen

    Original Article 25 November 2017 Pages: 753 - 763

    

16. Correction to: Collagen degradation as a possibility to determine the post-mortem interval (PMI) of animal bones: a validation study referring to an original study of Boaks et al. (2014)

    • Katharina Jellinghaus
    • Carolin Hachmann
    • Ursula Wittwer-Backofen

    Correction 25 January 2018 Pages: 765 - 765

17. Rare cause of delirium and hypoxemia after coronary bypass surgery: transdermal lidocaine patch-associated methemoglobinemia

    • Fidel A. Acevedo
    • Esther J. Kim
    • Vance G. Nielsen

    Case Report 05 September 2017 Pages: 767 - 769

18. Cardiothoracic injuries after CardioPump CPR: a report of two cases and review of the literature

    • Martin Kolopp
    • Angélique Franchi
    • Laurent Martrille

    Case Report 29 September 2017 Pages: 771 - 774

    

19. Histological criteria for age determination of fatal venous thromboembolism

    • Valeria Maffeis
    • Lorenzo Nicolè
    • Ambrogio Fassina

    Case Report 19 October 2017 Pages: 775 - 780

    

20. Time since death in a case of simultaneous demise due to a single gunshot: an issue concerning the use of Henssge’s nomogram

    • Simone Cappelletti
    • Edoardo Bottoni
    • Costantino Ciallella

    Case Report 15 October 2017 Pages: 781 - 785

    

21. A diabetic ketoacidosis in a context of hyperglycemia addiction

    • Guillaume Rousseau
    • Cristian Palmiere
    • Clotilde Rougé-Maillart

    Case Report 15 October 2017 Pages: 787 - 790

    

22. The role of multislice computed tomography of the costal cartilage in adult age estimation

    • Kui Zhang
    • Fei Fan
    • Zhen-hua Deng

    Original Article 17 July 2017 Pages: 791 - 798

    

23. Analysis of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in dentine: useful for age estimation?

    • Florian Greis
    • Alexandra Reckert
    • Stefanie Ritz-Timme

    Original Article 13 September 2017 Pages: 799 - 805

    

24. Age estimation of Chinese children based on second molar maturity

    • Yu-cheng Guo
    • Guang Chu
    • Andreas Schmeling

    Original Article 15 October 2017 Pages: 807 - 813

25. Ethical aspects of medical age assessment in the asylum process: a Swedish perspective

    • Erik Malmqvist
    • Elisabeth Furberg
    • Lars Sandman

    Original Article Open access 11 November 2017 Pages: 815 - 823

26. Application of age assessment based on the radiographic visibility of the root pulp of lower third molars in a northern Chinese population

    • Yu-cheng Guo
    • Guang Chu
    • Andreas Schmeling

    Original Article 09 November 2017 Pages: 825 - 829

    

27. Species identification of adult African blowflies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) of forensic importance

    • Lena Lutz
    • Kirstin A. Williams
    • Krzysztof Szpila

    Original Article Open access 28 August 2017 Pages: 831 - 842

    

28. Discriminant analysis of mandibular measurements for the estimation of sex in a modern Brazilian sample

    • Thais Torralbo Lopez-Capp
    • Christopher Rynn
    • Maria Gabriela Haye Biazevic

    Original Article 26 September 2017 Pages: 843 - 851

    

29. Sex determination of a Tunisian population by CT scan analysis of the skull

    • Malek Zaafrane
    • Mehdi Ben Khelil
    • Moncef Hamdoun

    Original Article 21 September 2017 Pages: 853 - 862

    

30. The development of a post-mortem interval estimation for human remains found on land in the Netherlands

    • H. T. Gelderman
    • L. Boer
    • W. L. J. M. Duijst

    Original Article Open access 06 November 2017 Pages: 863 - 873

    

31. An eye tracking study of bloodstain pattern analysts during pattern classification

    • R. M. Arthur
    • J. Hoogenboom
    • K. G. de Bruin

    Original Article 18 October 2017 Pages: 875 - 885

    

32. Sex-specific developmental models for Creophilus maxillosus (L.) (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae): searching for larger accuracy of insect age estimates

    • Katarzyna Frątczak-Łagiewska
    • Szymon Matuszewski

    Original Article Open access 24 October 2017 Pages: 887 - 895

    

33. Social vulnerabilities and health conditions of arrestees in the Greater Paris area, France, in 2013: a multicentre cross-sectional study

    • Emilie Verdier
    • Céline Denis
    • Patrick Chariot

    Original Article 31 October 2017 Pages: 897 - 905

    

34. Determination of sex on the basis of hyoid bone measurements in a Japanese population using multidetector computed tomography

    • Suguru Torimitsu
    • Yohsuke Makino
    • Hirotaro Iwase

    Original Article 02 November 2017 Pages: 907 - 914

    

35. Same, same but different!—matching entomological traces to a human food source by stable isotope analysis

    • Victoria Bernhardt
    • Thomas Holdermann
    • Jens Amendt

    Original Article 30 November 2017 Pages: 915 - 921

    

36. Nose profile morphology and accuracy study of nose profile estimation method in Scottish subadult and Indonesian adult populations

    • Erli Sarilita
    • Christopher Rynn
    • Fahmi Oscandar

    Original Article Open access 19 December 2017 Pages: 923 - 931

    

37. Estimating the postmortem interval of human skeletal remains by analyzing their fluorescence at 365 and 490 nm

    • V. Sterzik
    • F. Holz
    • C. G. Birngruber

    Original Article 19 December 2017 Pages: 933 - 938

    

38. Revisited larval morphology of Thanatophilus rugosus (Coleoptera: Silphidae)

    • Martin Novák
    • Pavel Jakubec
    • Jan Růžička

    Original Article 21 December 2017 Pages: 939 - 954