A V Kopylov, E M Kildyushov, M V Berlay, I I Fedko, Kh A Avanesyan, S M Karpov
{"title":"[Stillbirth: historical aspects and current state of the problem].","authors":"A V Kopylov, E M Kildyushov, M V Berlay, I I Fedko, Kh A Avanesyan, S M Karpov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256803151","DOIUrl":"10.17116/sudmed20256803151","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The world literature data characterizing the problem of stillbirth are summarized and systematized in this article. We studied scientific publications of the first half of the 20th century discussing issues that are still relevant today: the feasibility of creating a unified system for consideration of the stillbirth criteria, the importance of managing pregnant women in the antenatal period, the need for comprehensive training of doctors in order to prevent stillbirth. Attention has been focused on the features of performing forensic and coroner's autopsies of fetuses and deceased newborns. The current state of the problem of stillbirth has been considered. The importance of using theoretical knowledge in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, pathological anatomy for the purposes of forensic medical practice has been noted.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 3","pages":"51-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327087","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, O D Yagmurov, M N Nagornov
{"title":"[Methodology for performing intralaboratory quality control in establishing species of the blood by IgGtotal with the use of quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay].","authors":"A A Gusarov, V L Sidorov, O D Yagmurov, M N Nagornov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256801138","DOIUrl":"10.17116/sudmed20256801138","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The objective of the study is to develop the methodology for conducting intralaboratory quality control of total IgG investigations in establishing species of the blood by quantitative enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using the Russian «IgG-total-ELISA-BEST» kit. A sequential 3-step algorithm presented by the article's authors can be used by experts of forensic biological units in carrying out quantitative ELISA to reveal possible errors that could invalidate the obtained results.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 1","pages":"38-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524686","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}
I S Edelev, E A Kalyuzny, I V Mukhina, E S Bogomolova, E S Baklanova, I A Khomyakova, A K Gorbacheva, T K Fedotova
{"title":"[Expertise of anthropometric indicators of children and adolescents of the Nizhny Novgorod Region in 1944/45-1959/60-2019/22].","authors":"I S Edelev, E A Kalyuzny, I V Mukhina, E S Bogomolova, E S Baklanova, I A Khomyakova, A K Gorbacheva, T K Fedotova","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256801111","DOIUrl":"10.17116/sudmed20256801111","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To analyze the main anthropometric indicator - body length of children and adolescents - with a view to applying the current regional standard in the practice of forensic medical examinations in the constituent entity of the Volga Federal District.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>Analysis of retrospective regional standards of the «body length» anthropometric indicator in 218 109 children and adolescents in 1944/45 and 1959/60, biometric systematics of the indicator for the modern population of children and adolescents aged 7-17 years (11 392 cases) in the Nizhny Novgorod Region were performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Significant increases in the indicators of body length have been found in all age-sex groups. Evaluation tables, which allow to more argumentatively carry out age-sex identifications of anthropometric indicators im appropriate examinations, have been proposed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It has been shown that modern environmental factors of natural and anthropogenic character make a corresponding contribution to the modifications of physical development's indicators in general and position body length in particular in the population of children and adolescents of the Nizhny Novgorod Region.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 1","pages":"11-16"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524629","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":"[On the forensic significance of corpse's «posture» in death from general hypothermia].","authors":"A Yu Chudakov, I A Tolmachev, V V Gaivoronskaya","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256801122","DOIUrl":"10.17116/sudmed20256801122","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Examination of the corpses of people who died from general hypothermia in conditions of non-obviousness often causes difficulties in forensic evaluation. The article presents the reports of forensic medical experts and personal observations in relation to corpses of individuals who died from hypothermia on land (150 observations), and the personal photo archives of A.Yu. Chudakov. The signs of fatal general cold injury, obtained in conditions of human presence, on land (sometimes with combined cooling, pre-soaking in water), have been supplemented and specified by descriptions of various body positions (postures). The nature of postmortem postures of corpses of people has been evaluated. The data recorded in the reports of the corpses' examination at the site of detection (on the scene) were relevant for analysis.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 1","pages":"22-29"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143524799","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}
G V Zolotenkova, D P Kalashnikov, T A Tareeva, D A Syrova
{"title":"[Methods of diatom extraction: current status and future directions].","authors":"G V Zolotenkova, D P Kalashnikov, T A Tareeva, D A Syrova","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256802150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20256802150","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Forensic diagnosis of drowning as a death cause is a complicated expert task in some cases. Diatom test is still the «gold standard» of drowning diagnosis. Systematic analysis of studies published in the period 2000-2024 in PubMed and Springer Link international databases in English and Russian was carried out to investigate existing scientific developments related to forensic diatomology. The article presents data on current methods of diatom extraction with regard to effectiveness and safety. The obtained results can be used both to form the development direction of this scientific issue, and to realize in practice - introduction of methods into expert practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"50-54"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144022487","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":"[Finite-element simulation of solar radiation impact on corpse's cooling].","authors":"G V Nedugov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256802131","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20256802131","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To find out the regularities of solar radiation impact on the corpse's temperature field by means of a finite-element simulation of this physical process.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A finite-element simulation of the temperature field of the corpse's head was performed using the ELCUT 6.5 application.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A two-dimensional finite-element model of finding the postmortem temperature field of the head under conditions of convective heat exchange with and without solar radiation, considering the cyclical dynamics of the external temperature and surface density of the heat flow, as well as the presence of shadow zone on the corpse, has been developed. It has been proven during simulation that solar radiation, depending on the heat flow density and the integral sum of absorbed thermal radiation, is accompanied by a proportional heating of the corpse's superficial tissues on the insolation side with delayed change in the temperature gradients' directions and asymmetric temperature field formation. Diffused solar radiation is enough for change of the corpse's cooling dynamics even if its location is not under direct sunlight.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>It is recommended to use the finite-element simulation of corpse's cooling in determining the age of death under conditions of combined postmortem heat exchange with the presence of solar radiation.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"31-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144017403","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":"[Ustinov Porphyriy Vasilyevich - founder of forensic medicine of the Middle Urals].","authors":"N V Permyakova","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256802163","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20256802163","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The history of formation and organization of the department of forensic medicine and development of forensic medical activity in the Urals remain to date poorly explored, there are no scientific studies in this direction. The article presents the biography of professor Ustinov Porphyriy Vasilyevich, the founder of the department of forensic medicine at the Sverdlovsk State Medical Institute, who headed it from 1935 to 1971. Professor was a leading forensic scientist who stood at the origins of domestic forensic science.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"63-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144062712","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":"[Expert evaluation of stillbirth in forensic medical practice].","authors":"E M Kildyushov, A V Kopylov, M V Berlay","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256802155","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20256802155","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>An analysis of literature and regulatory documents with identification of problematic issues of expert assessment of stillbirth is presented. The necessity of implementation of explanations into expert regulatory documents and methodological instructions of «neonatality», «signs of recent birth», «neonatal period», «vitality» concepts according to generally accepted criteria in world and Russian medicine has been shown. The importance of explaining the qualification of the antenatal and intranatal fetal death from a forensic point of view has been presented. The significance of improving the unified methodology for producing commission forensic examinations of obstetric and gynecological profile has been determined. The features of determining the age of intrauterine fetal death, taking into account macro- and microscopic changes have been indicated. The need to re-examine the histological archive of autopsy material and afterbirth has been noted. The importance of interdisciplinary cooperation between doctors - forensic experts, pathologists, obstetrician-gynecologists and neonatologists in order to perform commission forensic examinations in cases of stillbirth has been shown.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"55-60"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144036962","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":"[Forensic medical evaluation of idiomuscular contracture].","authors":"E V Tumanov, E M Kildyushov, D N Uslontsev","doi":"10.17116/sudmed2025680219","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed2025680219","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To study the response of mouse to postmortem local impact (idiomuscular contracture) with determination of the maximum time of its occurrence.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>A device in the form of a metal ruler with applied horizontal metric scale was developed and manufactured in order to standardize the test for idiomuscular contracture. Data of 3480 studies performed on 870 corpses of individuals who died at the age of newborn to 97 years were analyzed.</p><p><strong>Results and conclusion: </strong>There has been no statistically significant difference in height of the idiomuscular tumor depending on the age of death in any of the studied age groups. It has been established that the death age must be determined in forensic medical examination by qualitative indicators of the idiomuscular contracture, considering the age and general physical condition of the deceased.</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"9-13"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144031628","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":"[Determination of «solar factor» magnitude in mathematical simulation of the process of corpse's temperature change of under conditions of insolation].","authors":"S A Belykh, A Yu Vavilov","doi":"10.17116/sudmed20256802125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.17116/sudmed20256802125","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To develop the method of quantitative assessment of the solar radiation influence on the dynamics of postmortem corpse's cooling in determining the age of human death by means of a special modification of a finite-difference (layered) mathematical model.</p><p><strong>Material and methods: </strong>The studies were carried out on replacing corpse objects of different mass (bags made of dense polyethylene filled with black soil) and on real objects of forensic medical examination - adult corpses of different sexes. All the objects were wrapped in fabric of different colors, imitating clothes, and were studied under conditions of direct solar radiation impact on the body. Temperature of the objects was measured with a highly precise (0.001 °C) digital thermometer in dynamics.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>On the basis of the created finite-difference mathematical model, the thermodynamics of objects has been studied and the «solar factor» magnitude has been established depending on the body mass, time of year, clothing fabric brightness (its photoperceptive ability). The formula for calculating the «solar factor» magnitude is proposed for use of its value in the process of simulation the corpse's temperature under the influence of solar radiation and determining the human's postmortem interval.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The ratio of the real postmortem interval and its simulated (calculated) values allowed to estimate a possible error in the death age determination, accumulated over 6.4-8.5 h of observations as ±0.42 h (± 25 min).</p>","PeriodicalId":35704,"journal":{"name":"Sudebno-Meditsinskaya Ekspertisa","volume":"68 2","pages":"25-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144051011","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}