{"title":"[Review of «Mathematical modeling of ethanol kinetics» monograph by G.V. Nedugov].","authors":"A P Ardashkin","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256802161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20256802161","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Main concepts of \"Mathematical modeling of ethanol kinetics\" monograph by G.V. Nedugov were analyzed in the article covering relevance, scientific and practical significance. It has been shown that comprehensive analysis of existing and proposed by the author mathematical models for assessing ethanol kinetics presented in the article is a significant contribution to the scientific and practical base of forensic medicine. The possibilities of mathematical models' effective application as a practical solution of forensic medical tasks based on objective mathematical methods were noted. Undoubtedly, the monograph is interesting not only for forensic doctors but also for other specialists of medical and biological sphere.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"61-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144001301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Towards understanding the fauna of buried corpses].","authors":"V L Popov, S N Lyabzina, R V Isaev","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256801130","DOIUrl":"10.17116/sudmed20256801130","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>The goal: </strong>Is to describe the occurrence of the <i>Rhizophagus parallelocollis</i> graveyard beetle in inhumated bodies in forensic practice and to evaluate the potential for establishing an accurate date of burial based on entomological analysis of the presence of <i>Rh. parallelocollis</i> in the remains. Numerous accumulations of graveyard beetle fragments were found in cadavers buried at a depth of 2.0-2.5 meters in the vicinity of Smolensk in 2013. The collected materials consisted mainly of individual body parts (pronotum, head, abdomen, and elytral). The highly developed sense of smell of these beetles allows them to detect corpses and migrate to depths of several meters by freely penetrating wooden coffins and metal boxes. The highest concentration of beetles were observed in hollow structures (skulls, leather shoes). The occurrence of <i>Rh. parallelocollis</i> on inhumation bodies is directly correlated with the duration of time the beetles have spent at the site. The discovery of large numbers of beetle remains (more than 5.000) indicates the age of the buried material and the estimated period of burial - 1941-1945.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 1","pages":"30-33"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524805","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A V Denisov, S M Logatkin, A P Bozhchenko, K P Golovko, I E Zhukov, I A Tolmachev
{"title":"[Adducted specific impulse as a new prognostic criterion of after-penetration local contusion trauma severity].","authors":"A V Denisov, S M Logatkin, A P Bozhchenko, K P Golovko, I E Zhukov, I A Tolmachev","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256802114","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20256802114","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prerequisite for a valid forensic medical assessment of gunshot wound is knowledge of the mechanisms of its formation under different conditions, in particular - under condition of the bullet's impact through the obstacle.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To find the most accurate prognostic criterion of wound severity arising from high-energy local exposure to the tissues and organs of the human's chest and abdomen through such a special obstacle as body armour.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Shooting of protective body compositions and experimental animals with ammunition and spherical firing mechanisms with varying impact load, video recording of the occurring high-speed processes, computational diagnosis were carried out.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The characteristics of the forming local rear deformation section without penetration of protective composition of ceramic armour panel have been established. It has been shown that this formation has a round shape, high speed of movement, limited height and large impact impulse. Simulation of impact action with spherical firing mechanisms with different mass showed the possibility of formation of similar damage at different values of kinetic, specific energy and impulse of local impact, as well as damage at similar energy and impulse values in experimental animals. The dependence of the after-penetration local contusion trauma severity is most accurately described by means of such a new criterion as the given specific impulse.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is advisable to use the new «specific impulse» criterion as the main prognostic criterion of after-penetration local contusion trauma severity.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"14-20"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144062711","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E V Egorova, E M Kildyushov, D V Burenchev, U N Tumanova
{"title":"[Determination of formation age of acute traumatic intracranial subdural hematomas using computed tomography].","authors":"E V Egorova, E M Kildyushov, D V Burenchev, U N Tumanova","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256801117","DOIUrl":"10.17116/sudmed20256801117","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Computed tomography is one of the leading methods of neurovisualization. A number of issues remain unclear, especially regarding the use of computed tomography results in forensic practice, despite the long existence of this method. The formation age of traumatic intracranial subdural hematomas (TISDHs) is one of such issues. The article presents the results of own study on the possibilities of age determination of acute TISDHs using the data of a head computed tomography. The authors concluded that the investigation of this issue is promising, identified certain parameters of TISDHs that should be considered when determining the age of TISHDs in acute period.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 1","pages":"17-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524625","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
O L Romanova, M L Blagonravov, P G Dzhuvalyakov, V I Torshin, E Kh Barinov, E A Lukyanova, M A Kislov
{"title":"[Evaluation of VEGF-A, SP-D and MUC-1 expression in poisoning with baclofen and its combination with ethanol].","authors":"O L Romanova, M L Blagonravov, P G Dzhuvalyakov, V I Torshin, E Kh Barinov, E A Lukyanova, M A Kislov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256802145","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20256802145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To detect MUC-1, VEGF-A, SP-D expression in lungs of rats at different times after the administration of baclofen and its combination with ethanol.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An increased MUC-1 expression has been noted in presence of the administration of baclofen and its combination with ethanol. MUC-1 caused an enhancement of VEGF-A expression under hypoxia, that has been also observed in all experimental groups. SP-D expression was increased in all experimental groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Understanding of the processes that occur in lungs of animals in administration of baclofen and its combination with ethanol is necessary to develop effective treatment measures for cases of non-fatal poisoning in human by this substance, and it will be useful in determining the immediate cause of death in the case of fatal poisoning.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"45-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144046517","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S V Shigeev, Yu E Morozov, D V Gornostaev, O A Uspekhova
{"title":"[Fatal non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism in penis enlargement with injections of hyaluronic acid-based drugs].","authors":"S V Shigeev, Yu E Morozov, D V Gornostaev, O A Uspekhova","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256801159","DOIUrl":"10.17116/sudmed20256801159","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hyaluronic acid is widely used as an injectable dermal filler in medicine, especially in plastic surgery and cosmetology, due to its biocompatibility and non-immunogenicity. However, these manipulations can cause complications, the most threatening of which is non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism. The article presents a not previously described case of this complication development in a 56-year-old man who underwent penis enlargement with unknown hyaluronic acid-based drug. He complained of general health problems, shortness of breath, sweating, weakness, nausea, tremor in the limbs, and had to seek medical attention on the day of intervention. The patient died next morning. A post-injection damage on the glans penis has been revealed in forensic autopsy, a large accumulation of foreign substance with jelly-like consistency has been found in the area of the root of penis, that was confirmed by histological study. The gel has been also found in the lumina of numerous vessels of the lung of different diameter. Spectrographic analysis established the uniformity of foreign substance from the soft tissues of the root of penis and lung vessels, and also allowed to identify it as hyaluronic acid or hyaluronic acid sodium salt. The objective of this article is to inform a wide forensic audience about the possibility of developing fatal non-thrombotic pulmonary embolism associated with hyaluronic acid injections.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 1","pages":"59-62"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524749","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Sudden infant death syndrome: diagnostic problems, study algorithm].","authors":"S N Moskovsky, E K Emelyanova, D V Listkova","doi":"10.17116/sudmed2025680215","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed2025680215","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>«Sudden infant death syndrome» (SIDS) term unifies cases of non-violent, unexpectedly occurred death of a child under one year of age in the absence of objective data explaining the causes of death, history of disease and postmortem examination.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To identify the diagnostic criteria allowing to determine the immediate cause of death in SIDS.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>We analyzed data on 64 cases of sudden deaths of infants under 1 year of age between 2016 and 2023. All cases of sudden death) were subjected to forensic medical examination arbitrarily for the purpose of excluding violent cause of death (trauma, poisoning). Judicial committee workers requested and preliminarily studied in detail the medical records. Standards of forensic medical examination, established by regulatory order (federal laws and orders) were applied in the corpse's examination. Exclusion group included cases with confirmed chronic or congenital diseases, as well as cases of violent deaths.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The use of an established postmortem examination algorithm and an international standardized autopsy protocol significantly increases the number of identified causes of death, while reducing the frequency of SIDS diagnoses, that in turn allows to improve the quality of health care system work worldwide.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is necessary to develop and implement analogue of used abroad algorithm in the practice of domestic forensic medical experts and pathologists, that will allow to reveal the most frequent causes of death of children, draw attention of medical staff to them and, as a consequence, improve the quality of life-time diagnosis and contribute to the reduction of infant mortality.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"5-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144019157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A A Gusarov, V L Sidorov, N E Surikova, O D Yagmurov
{"title":"[Determination of tissular and species membership of hyaline cartilage microparticles by forensic cytology and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay methods].","authors":"A A Gusarov, V L Sidorov, N E Surikova, O D Yagmurov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256802121","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20256802121","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The article presents the results of hyaline cartilage microparticles study by forensic cytology and quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Hyaline cartilage cells' polymorphism was demonstrated as a result of the performed forensic cytological study. The high sensitivity of method was confirmed, the indicators of optic density and total IgG concentration were determined, as well as the optimal values of minimal and maximal calibration samples were identified using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The obtained data can be used by experts of forensic units when determining tissular and species membership of hyaline cartilage microparticles by forensic cytology and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay methods.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"21-24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143989467","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M S Zatyamina, L A Smirnova, O V Ostrovskij, D V Kuznetsov
{"title":"[Method of linear calibration function control according to GOST R ISO 11095-2007 for measuring the mass concentration of ethanol].","authors":"M S Zatyamina, L A Smirnova, O V Ostrovskij, D V Kuznetsov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256801143","DOIUrl":"10.17116/sudmed20256801143","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Implementation of the control method to validate previously obtained calibration functions according to GOST R ISO 11095-2007 using Reference Materials (RM): standard RMs - aqueous solutions of ethanol, produced and certified by the organization, and internal RMs - aqueous solutions of ethanol in different concentrations, developed by the user for internal use.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>We applied the control method in accordance with the National Standard of the Russian Federation GOST R ISO 11095-2007 using the standard and internal RMs - aqueous ethanol solutions in different concentrations. Measurements were performed for two subranges of ethanol concentrations on standard and internal RMs in accordance with the certified method.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusion: </strong>Control charts based on experimental data confirmed that the system was in a controlled state, and the calibration function required no updates on Day 7. No studied values fell outside the upper and lower control limits on the control charts. The uncertainty of the transformed values was assessed during the calibration function validation.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 1","pages":"43-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524683","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"[Features of chemical and toxicological study of 1,4-dihydropyridine derivatives].","authors":"L L Kvachakhiya, V K Shormanov, V V Karnaukhova","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256802137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20256802137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate the features of 1.4-dihydropyridine derivatives' determination in biological material in chemical and toxicological studies.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Liquid-liquid extraction, semi-preparative column chromatography, thin-layer chromatography (TLC) and gas chromatography with mass spectrometric detection (GC-MS) were used as analysis methods.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>It has been established that extraction of 1.4-dihydropyridine derivatives from biomaterial is most appropriate to be carried out by consecutive (by 30 min) infusion with two portions of acetone-acetonitrile (7.5:2.5) mixture at a mass ratio of the extracting liquid and bioactive matrix equal 2:1. The optimum regimen of 1.4-dihydropyridine derivatives chromatography in C-18 «Silasorb» sorbent column using acetonitrile-aqua (7:3) eluant was determined, that was realized in combined purification including the extraction with ethyl acetate from aqua-acetonitrile medium and column chromatography of analytes. Butanol-acetone (5:5) eluant may be used to identify analytes by TLC method («Sorbfil» plates). Additionally, the identification of 1.4-dihydropyridine derivatives can be performed using GC-MS (HP-5 ms Ultra inert (30 000×0.25 mm) column, immobilized phase is 5% phenyl-95% dimethylpolysiloxane, mobile phase is helium by characteristic retention time and ion sets in the analytes' mass-spectra. The same method was used for quantitative determination of studied compounds. Methods for the determination of amlodipine, nifedipine, nimodipine and felodipine were developed by GC-MS method in biomatrix model (liver tissue), that showed suitability to validation requirements by a number of key criteria. The maximum detectable and quantitatively determinable content levels of studied substances in biomatrix did not exceed 0.04-0.14 and 0.08-0.24 mg/g, respectively.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"37-44"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144054101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}