{"title":"The relationship between the quality of life of patients with recurrent aphthous stomatitis with their childhood traumas and dissociative experiences","authors":"M. nta, Deniz arlak, Erdin rk","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2023.01.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2023.01.01","url":null,"abstract":"<jats:p />","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130493886","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":"Preparing reports in cases with blunt trauma to the heart area: Three cases","authors":"H. Teke, Y. Balcı","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2022.10.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2022.10.07","url":null,"abstract":"This case series has been prepared to create a perspective to evaluate blunt heart trauma, in which physical and psychological effects of trauma are seen together, in clinical forensic medicine practices. Case 1:A-50-year-old female patient with a history of hypertension had a heart attack in the first 24 hours after blunt trauma, she had an angiography and a coronary stent inserted. Case 2: A 60-year-old woman with no known disease fell after one of the children who entered her garden without permission kicked her ; she had angiography within 24 hours due to chest pain and stenocardia and found that she had coronary heart disease. Case 3: A 60-year-old man with a history of atherosclerotic heart disease had argued with neighbours and had a blow to his chest; in the emergency service, hospitalization was recommended to the patient due to left bundle branch block and troponin results; However, he refused hospitalization and left the hospital. Forensic medical evaluation of heart attack and rhythm disorders after blunt chest trauma or arguments is an important issue. Medical evaluation in terms of heart damage following blunt chest traumas is one of the factors that contribute to forensic reports prepared after the incident.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"477 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131951337","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}
Dilek slek, F. Kula, Eda Kiris, O. Karatas, Nazli Holumen, E. Yukseloglu
{"title":"Detection of alcohol use: Guidance of direct biomarker phosphatidylethanol","authors":"Dilek slek, F. Kula, Eda Kiris, O. Karatas, Nazli Holumen, E. Yukseloglu","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2023.03.03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2023.03.03","url":null,"abstract":"Acknowledging the fact that alcohol is an important source of fatalities in traffic, the amount of alcohol consumed and the exact time of the consumption could enlighten forensic cases and guide the justice system correctly. However, determining the alcohol use is a difficult problem due to alcohol metabolism in individuals and parameters such as sex, age, amount of alcohol in the drink, satiety, should be taken into account which can be challenging for amount of alcohol interpretation. Considering that blood alcohol concentration (BAC) may not be reliable, alternative metabolic products of alcohol has arisen after alcohol consumption. One of the most interesting alcohol biomarker phosphatidylethanol (PEth) has caught attention due to its long half-life and not being affected from sex, liver diseases or age in addition to that it is only synthesized under the presence of ethanol. PEth is synthesized in cell-membranes and not being a single molecule, its homologues should be considered when determining the amount of alcohol intake. Although the homologues of PEth could be isolated from whole blood, less invasive dried blood spots (DBS) also provides reliable information. The analysis of PEth is performed in LC-MS/MS which is highly sensitive and specific. For forensic applications, direct alcohol biomarker PEth may be useful for distinguishing the alcohol use and helpful for justice system. This review focuses on studies about PEth biomarker, its applications and limitations conducted from 2010 to 2019.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114935795","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 ink aging by two different methods","authors":"Dilek slek","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2023.03.04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2023.03.04","url":null,"abstract":"Ink age determination; based on the detection of changes in the structure of the ink on the document over time. These changes are degradation of dyes, evaporation of solvents and polymerization of resins. The time for these changes to ocur varies according to the structure of the ink and the environment in which the document stored. In this study, the age of the document was determined by analyzing the dyes and solvents in the structure of the ink that document was sent by the court in 2017. The phenoxyethanol was which found in the structure of the ink was detected by thermal desorption –gas chromatography-mass spectrometer while the determination of the dyes (crystal violet, methyl violet, tetramethyl pararosanil and Victoria blue) were determined by high pressure liquid chromatography-ultraviolet detector. Dye and relative solvent ratios were calculated and compared in age determination. It was discovered that the signature was produced after the writings by examining the ratio of CV/MV for the signature and personal name. Additionally, the presence of contamination from a different document was detected through phenoxyethanol analysis. The age of the document was determined using the V%-time curve, revealing that the signature was created between 3-7 months from the date of analysis.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125011652","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":"Usage areas of microrna (miRNA) in forensic genetics","authors":"Nazli Holumen","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2022.06.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2022.06.02","url":null,"abstract":"Interest in molecular based techniques increases in every field of forensic sciences. Use of microRNAs (miRNA) in forensic genetics is one of them. The aim of this article is giving a brief information about microRNAs and their use in forensic genetic applications. MicroRNAs are small noncoding RNAs and because of their important features such as tissue-specificity and high stability in specific conditions, they are used in various studies for forensic purposes. In the article, usage areas of miRNAs and promising results obtained from these studies are mentioned. Body fluid identification, organ tissue identification, determination of stain age, wound age determination, post mortem interval (PMI) identification, age estimation of an individual, lesion assessment in strangulation cases, identification of brain damage and determination the abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids are the subjects which potential use miRNA are examined. The limitations of miRNAs in the forensic genetics applications are also mentioned in the article.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126049933","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":"Comparison of conventional heaney technique and ten step vaginal hysterectomy technique","authors":"A. Buhur, Necdet Oncu","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2023.01.02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2023.01.02","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: This study aimed to compare the conventional Heaney technique and the ten-step vaginal hysterectomy technique.\u0000Materials and Methods: This retrospective study included 65 women who were operated vaginal hysterectomies at Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital between 1 October 2020 and 31 December 2021. Female patients aged between 40 and 85 who underwent vaginal hysterectomy for benign indications were enclosed in the study. \u0000They were divided into two groups, Conventional Heaney’s technique(CHVH Group 1) and the ten-step vaginal hysterectomy technique (TSVH Group 2). İn the CHVH group, 39 were potentially eligible and 35 were included in the study. On the other hand, in the TSVH group, 33 were potentially eligible and 30 were included in the study. \u0000Results: There were 8(22.85%) complications in the CHVH group and 4(13.33%) in the TSVH group. With the CHVH method, there were 2(5.71%) bladder perforations, 1(2.85%) converted to laparotomy, and 1(2.85%) laparotomy problem. In the TSVH approach, there was no bladder perforation, and no one converted to laparotomy. The group patients' operating times were longer in the CHVH method than in the TSVH technique, 56.6018.44 and 42.2018.63, respectively. Prolapsus uteri were the most common indication for surgery in both groups.\u0000Conclusion: TSVH is superior to CHVH in terms of complication, and operating time, The ten-step vaginal hysterectomy technique can be used because of its low complication rates.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124856524","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}
Y. Erol, A. Aygun, S. Demir, A. Menteşe, U. Menteşe, A. Gunduz
{"title":"Diagnostic value of serum pentraxin-3 in deep vein thrombosis disease","authors":"Y. Erol, A. Aygun, S. Demir, A. Menteşe, U. Menteşe, A. Gunduz","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2022.10.06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2022.10.06","url":null,"abstract":"Aim: We investigated the diagnostic value of Pentraxin 3 (PTX-3), a marker that increases in vascular and inflammatory pathologies, in patients admitted to hospital with deep vein thrombosis clinic.\u0000Materials and Methods: 44 patients admitted to the a tertiary medical faculty hospital and a tertiary training and research hospital, with suspect of deep vein thrombosis included in our study. Patients confirmed to have DVT by doppler ultrasonography named as DVT(+) group, and patients not confirmed to have DVT by doppler ultrasonography named as DVT (-). PTX-3 levels determined in blood samples and compared between these groups.\u0000Results: Median levels of D-dimer in DVT(+) group was 3.92 μg/ml (1.57- 6.05), and in DVT (-) group was 1.47 μg/ml (0.97-2.37), and a statistically significant difference was found between these groups (p<0.05). Median levels of Pentraxin-3 in DVT(+) group was 0.42 (0.36-0.49) μg/ml, and in DVT(-) group 0.40 (0.37-0.49) μg/ml, and there was no significant difference found between these groups (p˃0.05).\u0000Conclusion: According to our study, PTX-3 is not a suitable diagnostic marker for the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis. We think that the value of PTX-3 in the diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis now need to be confirmed with broader, controlled studies.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120929435","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}
D. Islek, Eda Kiris, Omer Karatas, Nazli Holumen, E. Yukseloglu
{"title":"Evaluation of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) applications in the aspect of forensic chemistry","authors":"D. Islek, Eda Kiris, Omer Karatas, Nazli Holumen, E. Yukseloglu","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2023.03.05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2023.03.05","url":null,"abstract":"The most common definition of forensic science is the application of science to solve legal cases. In order to establish or rule out a connection between a suspect and a crime scene, forensic scientists analyze evidence collected from the crime scene, using multidisciplinary scientific methods (physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, medicine, psychology, sociology, etc.). The identification of the sample and determination of whether two or more objects share a similar origin have been accomplished in forensic science using a variety of analytical techniques from past to present. However nowadays, with the developing technology, new methods that are more sensitive and easy to use are preferred. One of these techniques is Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS). In forensic studies, LIBS is used to examine materials like counterfeit money, drugs, explosives, fingerprints, gunshot residue, ink, paper, hair, paint, glass, etc. On the other hand, it is more useful method compared to other methods due to the absence or simplicity of sample preparation, easy to operate, allowing the analysis of major, minor or trace elements and giving rapid results. This paper presents a review of the application of LIBS in forensic chemistry and the analytical results obtained with LIBS.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"120 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121525385","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}
Emel lu, Nazl men, mer Karata, Eda Kiri, Dilek lek
{"title":"Identification methods in mass disasters","authors":"Emel lu, Nazl men, mer Karata, Eda Kiri, Dilek lek","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2023.03.07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2023.03.07","url":null,"abstract":"Different numbers of people are affected in mass disasters. Identification of the disaster victims is a very important issue. For an accurate identification process, good and fast management of this process is of great importance. Identification of the victims includes investigating the disaster field, autopsy and following that post mortem data collection, ante-mortem data collection, and comparison of collected data. If these steps can be applied properly, identification of victims will be completed successfully. There are different techniques for victim identification in mass disasters and these methods can be divided into two categories as primary identification methods and secondary identification methods. Primary identification methods are more reliable than secondary identification methods. Fingerprint analysis, DNA analysis, medical records of the victims & physical examination and dental examination are primary identification methods. Visual identification and determination of personal belongings of the disaster victims are secondary identification methods. In the light of these methods, the identification process will be completed with an accurate evaluation.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130508325","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":"Larynx and thyroid cartilage fracture after work accident and forensic medical evaluation","authors":"M. Dogan, Nusret Ayaz, Ismail Altin","doi":"10.5455/nofor.2023.04.08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5455/nofor.2023.04.08","url":null,"abstract":"Laryngeal injuries are rare but can be fatal. Depending on the type and severity of the trauma, thyroid and laryngeal cartilage fractures, full-thickness mucosal tears, tracheolaryngeal separation, and injuries leading to pneumomediastinum may be observed. Laryngeal traumas can occur either bluntly or penetratingly. Blunt traumas typically result from traffic accidents, falls, and sports injuries, while penetrating injuries are often caused by gunshot wounds or sharp objects. In this particular case study, the case was a 24-year-old male who was brought to the emergency room after being struck by a forklift at In his physical examination, a 10x1 cm wound was observed on his right scapula, along with subcutaneous emphysema in the subclavicular region. As a result of the examinations, the patient was found to have fractures of the larynx, thyroid cartilage, 8th rib and pneumomediastinum. In this study, it was thought that the thyroid and larynx cartilage fractures occurred as a result of hyperflexion/hyperextension of the neck without a direct blow to the neck region. This case is being presented because it is a rare occurrence in the literature, primarily due to its unique mechanism of injury.","PeriodicalId":402171,"journal":{"name":"Novel Forensic Research","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133354236","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}