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Dying with SARS-CoV-2 infection—an autopsy study of the first consecutive 80 cases in Hamburg, Germany by Edler, Carolin, Schröder, Ann Sophie, Aepfelbacher, Martin, Fitzek, Antonia, Heinemann, Axel, Heinrich, Fabian, Klein, Anke, Langenwalder, Felicia, Lütgehetmann, Marc, Meißner, Kira, Püschel, Klaus, Schädler, Julia, Steurer, Stefan, Mushumba, Herbert, Sperhake, Jan-Peter

“…Autopsies of deceased with a confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection can provide important insights into the novel…”
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Pigs vs people: the use of pigs as analogues for humans in forensic entomology and taphonomy research by Matuszewski, Szymon, Hall, Martin J. R., Moreau, Gaétan, Schoenly, Kenneth G., Tarone, Aaron M., Villet, Martin H.

“…Most studies of decomposition in forensic entomology and taphonomy have used non-human cadavers. Following the recommendation of using domestic pig cadavers as…”
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Massive parallel sequencing in forensics: advantages, issues, technicalities, and prospects by Ballard, David, Winkler-Galicki, Jakub, Wesoły, Joanna

“…In the last decade, next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology, alternatively massive parallel sequencing (MPS), was applied to all fields of biological…”
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Inside the lungs of COVID-19 disease by Aguiar, Diego, Lobrinus, Johannes Alexander, Schibler, Manuel, Fracasso, Tony, Lardi, Christelle

“…In the setting of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, only few data regarding lung pathology induced by severe acute respiratory syndrome…”
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SARS-Cov-2 fulminant myocarditis: an autopsy and histopathological case study by Gauchotte, Guillaume, Venard, Véronique, Segondy, Michaël, Cadoz, Cyril, Esposito-Fava, Aude, Barraud, Damien, Louis, Guillaume

“…The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), due to SARS-CoV-2, is primarily a respiratory disease, causing in most severe cases life-threatening acute respiratory…”
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The pharmacology and toxicology of kratom: from traditional herb to drug of abuse by Warner, Marcus L., Kaufman, Nellie C., Grundmann, Oliver

“…Mitragyna speciosa (Rubiaceae), commonly known as kratom, is a tropical tree with a long history of traditional use in parts of Africa and Southeast Asia. In…”
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The potential use of bacterial community succession in forensics as described by high throughput metagenomic sequencing by Pechal, Jennifer L., Crippen, Tawni L., Benbow, M. Eric, Tarone, Aaron M., Dowd, Scot, Tomberlin, Jeffery K.

“…Decomposition studies of vertebrate remains primarily focus on data that can be seen with the naked eye, such as arthropod or vertebrate scavenger activity,…”
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Sudden cardiac death—update by Markwerth, P., Bajanowski, T, Tzimas, I., Dettmeyer, R.

“…Sudden cardiac death (SCD) is one of the most common causes of death worldwide with a higher frequency especially in the young. Therefore, SCD is represented…”
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Developmental validation of GlobalFiler™ PCR amplification kit: a 6-dye multiplex assay designed for amplification of casework samples by Ludeman, Matthew J., Zhong, Chang, Mulero, Julio J., Lagacé, Robert E., Hennessy, Lori K., Short, Marc L., Wang, Dennis Y.

“…The GlobalFiler™ PCR Amplification Kit is a single multiplex assay that amplifies a set of 24 markers, which encompass the European Standard Set and CODIS…”
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Gross and histopathological pulmonary findings in a COVID-19 associated death during self-isolation by Suess, Christine, Hausmann, Roland

“…Forensic investigations generally contain extensive morphological examinations to accurately diagnose the cause of death. Thus, the appearance of a new disease…”
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Postmortem investigation of fatalities following vaccination with COVID-19 vaccines by Schneider, Julia, Sottmann, Lukas, Greinacher, Andreas, Hagen, Maximilian, Kasper, Hans-Udo, Kuhnen, Cornelius, Schlepper, Stefanie, Schmidt, Sven, Schulz, Ronald, Thiele, Thomas, Thomas, Christian, Schmeling, Andreas

“…Thorough postmortem investigations of fatalities following vaccination with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are of great social significance. From…”
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A field study to evaluate PMI estimation methods for advanced decomposition stages by Pittner, Stefan, Bugelli, Valentina, Weitgasser, Katharina, Zissler, Angela, Sanit, Sangob, Lutz, Lena, Monticelli, Fabio, Campobasso, Carlo P., Steinbacher, Peter, Amendt, Jens

“…Estimating the postmortem interval (PMI) is one of the major tasks and a continuous challenge in forensic pathology. It is often an exclusion process of…”
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Complete post-mortem data in a fatal case of COVID-19: clinical, radiological and pathological correlations by Ducloyer, Mathilde, Gaborit, Benjamin, Toquet, Claire, Castain, Louise, Bal, Antonin, Arrigoni, Pierre Paul, Lecomte, Raphaël, Clement, Renaud, Sagan, Christine

“…A 75-year-old man presented to a French hospital with a 4-day fever after returning from a coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) cluster region. A…”
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Accurate age classification using manual method and deep convolutional neural network based on orthopantomogram images by Guo, Yu-cheng, Han, Mengqi, Chi, Yuting, Long, Hong, Zhang, Dong, Yang, Jing, Yang, Yang, Chen, Teng, Du, Shaoyi

“…Age estimation is an important challenge in many fields, including immigrant identification, legal requirements, and clinical treatments. Deep learning…”
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Initial insights into bacterial succession during human decomposition by Hyde, Embriette R., Haarmann, Daniel P., Petrosino, Joseph F., Lynne, Aaron M., Bucheli, Sibyl R.

“…Decomposition is a dynamic ecological process dependent upon many factors such as environment, climate, and bacterial, insect, and vertebrate activity in…”
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It is all about the insects: a retrospective on 20 years of forensic entomology highlights the importance of insects in legal investigations by Lutz, Lena, Zehner, Richard, Verhoff, Marcel A., Bratzke, Hansjürgen, Amendt, Jens

“…This study highlights the importance of insect evidence by evaluating 949 insect-associated cases, including 139 entomological reports, from 2001 to 2019 at…”
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Automated age estimation of young individuals based on 3D knee MRI using deep learning by Mauer, Markus Auf der, Well, Eilin Jopp-van, Herrmann, Jochen, Groth, Michael, Morlock, Michael M., Maas, Rainer, Säring, Dennis

“…Age estimation is a crucial element of forensic medicine to assess the chronological age of living individuals without or lacking valid legal documentation…”
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Phosphatidylethanol (PEth) detected in blood for 3 to 12 days after single consumption of alcohol—a drinking study with 16 volunteers by Schröck, Alexandra, Thierauf-Emberger, Annette, Schürch, Stefan, Weinmann, Wolfgang

“…In most studies, the alcohol marker phosphatidylethanol (PEth) was used to differentiate social drinking from alcohol abuse. This study investigates PEth’s…”
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Muscidae (Diptera) of forensic importance—an identification key to third instar larvae of the western Palaearctic region and a catalogue of the muscid carrion community by Grzywacz, Andrzej, Hall, Martin J. R., Pape, Thomas, Szpila, Krzysztof

“…The Muscidae is one of the main dipteran families recognized as important for medico-legal purposes. Although an association of adult flies with decomposing…”
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Impact of metal ions on PCR inhibition and RT-PCR efficiency by Kuffel, Agnieszka, Gray, Alexander, Daeid, Niamh Nic

“…Inhibition of PCR by metal ions can pose a serious challenge in the process of forensic DNA analysis. Samples contaminated with various types of metal ions…”
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