{"title":"Retraction of: Sequence variations of 58 STRs and 94 SNPs in Northeastern Xibe with ForenSeq<sup>TM</sup> DNA signature prep kit.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/fsr/owae030","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fsr/owae030","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This retracts the article DOI: 10.1093/fsr/owad043.][This retracts the article DOI: 10.1093/fsr/owae011.].</p>","PeriodicalId":45852,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Sciences Research","volume":"9 2","pages":"owae030"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-05-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11095048/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140945492","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Shuyan Mei, Wei Cui, Man Chen, Meiming Cai, Fanzhang Lei, Xi Wang, Shangwu Yang, Bofeng Zhu
{"title":"Comprehensive elucidation on the genetic profile of the Hezhou Han population <i>via</i> an efficient InDel panel.","authors":"Shuyan Mei, Wei Cui, Man Chen, Meiming Cai, Fanzhang Lei, Xi Wang, Shangwu Yang, Bofeng Zhu","doi":"10.1093/fsr/owae021","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fsr/owae021","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Han nationality is widely distributed in different regions, and it is one of the most populous nationalities in China. Compared with the ethnic minorities in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, there is relatively less research on Han individuals dwelled in Guangxi as a part of Chinese Han population. In this study, the genetic polymorphisms of 57 autosomal insertion/deletion (InDel) loci were explored in Hezhou Han (HZH) population. Forensic-related parameters revealed that these 57 InDel loci had high forensic validity and could be used in forensic practice application. In addition, the genetic relationships between the HZH population and 30 worldwide reference populations were explored using a variety of analytical methods, such as phylogenetic tree, principal component analysis, and genetic structure analysis. These results demonstrated that there were closer genetic relationships between the HZH and nine populations from East Asia (EAS). The prediction accuracy rates of five inter-continental cross-validation analyses for individuals from EAS was >0.9, and the prediction accuracy rates of three inter-continental cross-validation analyses for individuals from EAS, Europe, and Africa were all >0.95. In addition, 24 of the 57 InDel loci could be served as ancestral information inference loci, which could effectively distinguish individuals of EAS, Europe, and Africa. In conclusion, these InDel loci could be used not only as a good tool for individual identification and paternity testing in HZH population, but also as an auxiliary tool for ancestry information inference research.</p>","PeriodicalId":45852,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Sciences Research","volume":"10 1","pages":"owae021"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11850652/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143504771","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Establishing forensic DNA databases in Africa.","authors":"Johannes Hendrik Smith, Juanida Suzette Horne","doi":"10.1093/fsr/owae024","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fsr/owae024","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45852,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Sciences Research","volume":"9 2","pages":"owae024"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11134103/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141176393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Masahiro Tagawa, Robert Matyáš, Jindřich Kučera, Jiří Pachman
{"title":"Effects of composition on the explosive properties of potassium chlorate and oils.","authors":"Masahiro Tagawa, Robert Matyáš, Jindřich Kučera, Jiří Pachman","doi":"10.1093/fsr/owae019","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fsr/owae019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Potassium chlorate has long been utilized as an excellent oxidizing agent in pyrotechnics and explosives. As mixtures of potassium chlorate and any type of combustible material can be explosive, there is a potential risk of misuse in homemade explosives. Unlike commercial explosives, homemade chlorate and oil mixtures do not have a constant composition, which limits their understanding. This study reports the effects of two types of oil (motor oil and cooking oil) and their ratios (ranging from 2.5% to 40.0% (<i>w</i>/<i>w</i>)) on the explosive properties of such mixtures. The impact sensitivity was highest at a motor oil ratio of 5%. The friction sensitivity increased with an increasing oil ratio, reaching a maximum at an oil ratio of ~22.5%, and was close to those of primary explosives. The motor oil mixtures exhibited higher sensitivity than the cooking oil mixtures at oil ratios of 25.0% or less. A 10% oil mixture, which was close to the ratio of oxygen balance equal to zero, detonated in weak confinement, such as a paper cylinder. The highest detonation velocities in a polypropylene tube were ~2 300 and 2 550 m/s at a 10% ratio of motor oil and cooking oil, respectively. The velocities of the metal case wall, measured by photonic Doppler velocimetry, reached ~1 100 m/s near the end of acceleration. These results show that homemade chlorate and oil mixtures are capable of detonation and quite sensitive over a wide range of oil ratios, with sufficient power to cause damage in the vicinity.</p><p><strong>Key points: </strong>Simple mixtures of potassium chlorate and oil can be used as a homemade explosives.Oil types and ratios considerably affect the sensitivity and detonation velocity.Mixtures are sufficiently potent to generate hazardous fragments.Long-term storage causes an internal oil gradient.Mixtures with wide-ranging oil ratios can have highly sensitive points.</p>","PeriodicalId":45852,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Sciences Research","volume":"10 1","pages":"owae019"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11902986/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143617551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Acknowledgment to reviewers-November 2022 to December 2023.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/fsr/owae007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fsr/owae007","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45852,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Sciences Research","volume":"8 4","pages":"338-339"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10894058/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139973943","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hongling Guo, Ping Wang, Can Hu, Hongcheng Mei, Yajun Li, Jun Zhu
{"title":"Forensic comparison analysis of smokeless powders by gel permeation chromatography and likelihood ratio evaluation methods.","authors":"Hongling Guo, Ping Wang, Can Hu, Hongcheng Mei, Yajun Li, Jun Zhu","doi":"10.1093/fsr/owaf005","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fsr/owaf005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In China, the use of smokeless powders for making homemade ammunition and bombs is an incipient criminal practice. One of the key tasks of analyzing smokeless powders in forensic sciences is to make comparisons between them, providing information about their source or establishing a link between two different smokeless powders seized at different locations. The main component of smokeless powders is nitrocellulose (NC) no matter what type of the smokeless powder is. As a kind of polymer, NC may have different molecular weights and polydispersity index (PDI) values, which could help the identification and differentiation of the smokeless powders. In this study, weight-average molecular weights (Mw), number-average molecular weights (Mn), and PDI value of 79 propellants samples from different sources were measured by gel permeation chromatography, and likelihood ratio evaluation method was applied to facilitate interpretation of the data. The possibility of using these methods to make comparisons between smokeless powders was explored instead of depending on analysis of target compounds with trace amounts in them.</p>","PeriodicalId":45852,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Sciences Research","volume":"10 2","pages":"owaf005"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12161493/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144286791","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expression of Concern: Sequencing of Human Identification Markers in an Uyghur Population Using the MiSeq FGx™ Forensic Genomics System.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/fsr/owae010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fsr/owae010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45852,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Sciences Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"owae010"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10965027/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140307298","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expression of Concern: Mitochondrial Genome Sequencing with Short Overlapping Amplicons on Miseq FGx System.","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/fsr/owae012","DOIUrl":"10.1093/fsr/owae012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45852,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Sciences Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"owae012"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10965020/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140307297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Moutanou M J Zeye, Serge Y Ouedraogo, Missa Millogo, Florencia W Djigma, Abdou A Zoure, Moctar Zeba, Rachide Palenfo, Noe Dakio, Silvere D Zaongo, Xiang Wu, Jacques Simpore
{"title":"Forensic DNA database and criminal investigation in the Sahel region: a need to update the national security policy?","authors":"Moutanou M J Zeye, Serge Y Ouedraogo, Missa Millogo, Florencia W Djigma, Abdou A Zoure, Moctar Zeba, Rachide Palenfo, Noe Dakio, Silvere D Zaongo, Xiang Wu, Jacques Simpore","doi":"10.1093/fsr/owad056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fsr/owad056","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Ongoing terrorist attacks in the Sahel region call for strengthening the security system by using human DNA identification technology. In this context, public opinion must be considered when establishing solid standards and universal safeguards for one of the most invasive forms of surveillance and profiling. For this purpose, we gathered internet users' opinions in Burkina Faso (a country located in the Sahel region) on the use of DNA technology to support criminal investigations. The results revealed that 91.7% (431) of the 470 participants believed that this technology is currently necessary for the Burkina Faso's criminal justice system. However, the respondents expressed concerns about the custody and management of a national forensic DNA database. In this particular security setting, the public opinion of this study may provide leaders and political policymakers with clues for considering genetic fingerprints and implementing an national forensic DNA database to support criminal investigations in Burkina Faso whilst also considering the ethical implications.</p>","PeriodicalId":45852,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Sciences Research","volume":"9 2","pages":"owad056"},"PeriodicalIF":1.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11208719/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141471460","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Muhammad Hudhud, Scott Proescholdbell, Tammy Norwood, Crystal Cavalier-Keck, Ronny A Bell
{"title":"Homicide among Indigenous females in North Carolina: a comparison of publicly generated data and violent death reporting system.","authors":"Muhammad Hudhud, Scott Proescholdbell, Tammy Norwood, Crystal Cavalier-Keck, Ronny A Bell","doi":"10.1093/fsr/owad057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/fsr/owad057","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Like other minoritized populations, American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) females experience disparate morbidity and mortality outcomes to that of the general US population. This study identified discrepancies in reporting of AI/AN female decedents between the North Carolina Violent Death Reporting System (NC-VDRS) and an online, user-generated database. Female AI/AN decedent data of all ages were collected from the NC-VDRS and compared against that of the publicly available North Carolina Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW NC) database for the study period, 2004-2019. Twenty-four of the 72 cases matched between data systems (33.3%). Substantive differences between the NC-VDRS and the MMIW NC database were found. Future efforts should be directed towards supporting Indigenous communities with the comprehensive data the NC-VDRS can provide. This paper highlights statewide public health systems like the NC-VDRS supporting community efforts to understand, advocate for, and disseminate information on MMIW.</p>","PeriodicalId":45852,"journal":{"name":"Forensic Sciences Research","volume":"9 1","pages":"owad057"},"PeriodicalIF":1.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10965021/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140307299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}