Journey history reconstruction from the soils and sediments on footwear: An empirical approach.
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Two experimental studies designed to address the transfer and persistence of sediments on the soles of footwear in forensically relevant scenarios are presented, by means of quartz grain surface texture analysis, a technique which has been demonstrated to be able to distinguish between samples of mixed provenance.About:
This article is published in Science & Justice.The article was published on 2019-05-01 and is currently open access. It has received 13 citations till now.read more
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Crime reconstruction and the role of trace materials from crime scene to court
TL;DR: Outsourcing a crime reconstruction within a holistic framework that seeks to incorporate the complexity of the forensic science ecosystem is valuable for achieving a problem solving approach that offers reproducible, transparent reconstructions with a clear articulation of risk and uncertainty that can be of value to investigators and the courts.
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Spectroscopic techniques applied to discriminate soils for forensic purposes
Luis Valério Prandel,Vander de Freitas Melo,Samara Alves Testoni,André Maurício Brinatti,Sérgio da Costa Saab,Lorna Dawson +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors applied energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence (EDXRF) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic techniques to discriminate soil samples collected in southern Brazil in a forensic context.
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Forensic profiling of non-volatile organic compounds in soil using ultra-performance liquid chromatography: a pilot study
Loong Chuen Lee,Ab Aziz Ishak,Ameeta A,P Nai Eyan,Anas Fahmi Zakaria,Nurul Syahiera Kharudin,Nor Azman Mohd Noor +6 more
TL;DR: Soil is of particular interest to the forensic community because it can be used as valuable associative evidence to link a suspect to a victim or a crime scene as discussed by the authors, and Liquid Chromatography is a powerful...
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Freshwater diatom persistence on clothing I: A quantitative assessment of trace evidence dynamics over time.
TL;DR: In this paper, a series of experiments were designed to examine the impact of clothing material, seasonality, and time since wear (persistence interval) on the total number and species-richness of diatoms recovered and their relative retention (%) over time.
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Foot pressure distribution during walking in young and old adults
TL;DR: Elderly subjects had lower normalized maximum pressure for the medial and lateral calcaneal masks, and for all medial masks combined, compared to young subjects, and in the medial calcaneus and hallux regions.
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