Estimating time of death based on entomological evidence commonly relies on the "law of total effective temperature", which requires developmental parameters of specific insect taxa. These are often calculated using the method of Ikemoto and Takai. H...
Applied and environmental microbiology
Sep 16, 2025
UNLABELLED: Microbial communities play a vital role in cadaver decomposition and serve as reliable tools for postmortem interval (PMI) estimation. However, current research focuses primarily on bacterial/fungal communities, though viruses-as Earth's ...
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
Jul 29, 2025
Accurate wound age estimation is of great significance in forensic practice. However, postmortem changes often obscure or even obliterate the biological information of skeletal muscle injuries, making it extremely challenging to accurately estimate t...
Accurate estimation of the postmortem interval (PMI) is crucial for medico-legal investigations, providing critical timelines for criminal cases. Current PMI methods, however, often lack precision, limiting their forensic utility. In this study, we d...
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
Apr 23, 2025
The determination of the PMI remains one of the most critical challenges within the field of forensic science. Nonetheless, the estimation of PMI has emerged as one of the most complex and challenging domains of research within the field, primarily d...
International journal of legal medicine
Feb 28, 2025
Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) is a critical yet complex task in forensic investigations, with accurate and timely determination playing a key role in case resolution and legal outcomes. Traditional methods often suffer from environmental v...
Spectrochimica acta. Part A, Molecular and biomolecular spectroscopy
Oct 24, 2024
A crucial issue in forensics is determining the post-mortem interval (PMI), the time between death and the finding of a body. Despite various methods already employed for its estimation, only approximate values are currently achievable. Vitreous humo...
The weathering time of empty puparia could be important in predicting the minimum postmortem interval (PMImin). As corpse decomposition progresses to the skeletal stage, empty puparia often remain the sole evidence of fly activity at the scene. In th...
Estimates of post-mortem interval (PMI), which often serve as pivotal evidence in forensic contexts, are fundamentally based on assessments of variability among diverse molecular markers (including proteins and metabolites), their correlations, and t...
Forensic science, medicine, and pathology
Sep 29, 2020
The use of postmortem computed tomography in forensic medicine, in addition to conventional autopsy, is now a standard procedure in several countries. However, the large number of cases, the large amount of data, and the lack of postmortem radiology ...
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