1. Development and validation of simultaneous identification of 26 mammalian and poultry species by a multiplex assay

   • Chikahiro Mori
   • Shuichi Matsumura

   Original Article 09 October 2021 Pages: 1 - 12

   

2. Validation of the Applied Biosystems RapidHIT ID instrument and ACE GlobalFiler Express sample cartridge

   • Jennifer Churchill Cihlar
   • Kapema Bupe Kapema
   • Bruce Budowle

   Original Article 13 October 2021 Pages: 13 - 41

   

3. A novel set of short microhaplotypes based on non-binary SNPs for forensic challenging samples

   • Xingchun Zhao
   • Yang Fan
   • Zichun Hua

   Original Article 15 October 2021 Pages: 43 - 53

   

4. First experiences with the Spectrum Compact CE System

   • Nastasja Burgardt
   • Melanie Weissenberger

   Original Article Open access 19 October 2021 Pages: 55 - 72

   

5. A novel co-amplification system for simultaneous amplification of 23 Y-STR and identification of spermatozoa

   • Yu-Chih Lin
   • Li-Chin Tsai
   • Hsing-Mei Hsieh

   Original Article 29 October 2021 Pages: 73 - 84

   

6. Postmortem detection of COL gene family variants in two aortic dissection cases

   • Meichen Pan
   • Yuning Wang
   • Qian Liu

   Case Report 14 June 2021 Pages: 85 - 91

   

7. Retrofitting massively parallel sequencing (MPS) for HLA-DQA1 and polymarker (PM) in forensic casework

   • Elaine J. Lewis
   • Erin Weaver
   • Daniele Podini

   Method Paper 02 July 2021 Pages: 93 - 101

   

8. Vibration as a pitfall in pyrosequencing analyses

   • Helen Konrad
   • Laura Schäfer
   • Micaela Poetsch

   Method Paper Open access 12 October 2021 Pages: 103 - 105

9. Blood concentrations of new synthetic opioids

   • Piotr Adamowicz
   • Karolina Nowak

   Review 22 October 2021 Pages: 107 - 122

10. Homicidal poisoning series in a nursing home: retrospective toxicological investigations in bone marrow and hair

    • Théo Willeman
    • Nathalie Allibe
    • Virgine Scolan

    Case Report 30 September 2021 Pages: 123 - 131

    

11. Acute or chronic pulmonary emphysema? Or both?—A contribution to the diagnosis of death due to violent asphyxiation in cases with pre-existing chronic emphysema

    • Giuseppe Gava
    • Simon B. Eickhoff
    • Stefanie Ritz-Timme

    Original Article Open access 28 June 2021 Pages: 133 - 147

    

12. Estimating the time of skeletal muscle contusion based on the spatial distribution of neutrophils: a practical approach to forensic problems

    • Qiu-xiang Du
    • Liang Wang
    • Jun-hong Sun

    Original Article 13 September 2021 Pages: 149 - 158

    

13. Endoplasmic reticulum stress-related secretory proteins as biomarkers of early myocardial ischemia-induced sudden cardiac deaths

    • Bokang Yu
    • Chenchao Xu
    • Liliang Li

    Original Article 27 September 2021 Pages: 159 - 168

    

14. Trends in infant mortality: an evaluation of forensic autopsied infants in Eastern Denmark over 39 years

    • Katharina Sunekær
    • Steen Holger Hansen
    • Jytte Banner

    Original Article 05 August 2021 Pages: 169 - 178

    

15. A hard way to die: when multiple lethal gunshots mean suicide

    • Dario Raniero
    • Giovanna Del Balzo
    • Domenico De Leo

    Case Report 26 October 2021 Pages: 179 - 187

    

16. Fatal outcome of SARS-CoV-2 infection (B1.1.7) in a 4-year-old child

    • Johanna Menger
    • Sofia Apostolidou
    • Jan-Peter Sperhake

    Case Report Open access 12 September 2021 Pages: 189 - 192

    

17. Dying of VOC-202012/01 — multimodal investigations in a death case of the SARS-CoV-2 variant

    • Fabian Heinrich
    • Carina Romich
    • Benjamin Ondruschka

    Case Report Open access 05 June 2021 Pages: 193 - 202

    

18. Case report: fatal bleeding from a duodenal ulcer—Dieulafoy’s lesion?

    • Julia Ulbricht
    • Burkhard Madea
    • Elke Doberentz

    Case Report Open access 19 October 2021 Pages: 203 - 208

    

19. A systematic review of 3D scanners and computer assisted analyzes of bite marks: searching for improved analysis methods during the Covid-19 pandemic

    • Piret Vilborn
    • Herman Bernitz

    Review 24 July 2021 Pages: 209 - 217

    

20. Thermal bone injuries: postmortem computed tomography findings in 25 cases

    • Sarah Hammarlebiod
    • Audrey Farrugia
    • Thibault Willaume

    Original Article 27 September 2021 Pages: 219 - 227

    

21. Postmortem computed tomography differentiation between intraperitoneal decomposition gas and pneumoperitoneum

    • Maged Nabil Hussein
    • Axel Heinemann
    • Fatma Mohamed Hassan

    Original Article 27 October 2021 Pages: 229 - 235

    

22. The role of PMCT for the assessment of the cause of death in natural disaster (landslide and flood): a Sicilian experience

    • Cristina Mondello
    • Gennaro Baldino
    • Elvira Ventura Spagnolo

    Case Report Open access 02 September 2021 Pages: 237 - 244

    

23. Postmortem fluorescence angiography of the explanted human heart

    • Constantin Lux
    • Miriam Klinger
    • Mattias Kettner

    Method Paper Open access 28 November 2021 Pages: 245 - 249

    

24. Legal age determined by a new threshold value of third molar maturity index in subjects with impacted mandibular third molars: An orthopantomographic study in south Indian adolescents

    • Sudheer Babu Balla
    • Nandha Krishna Nambi
    • Santosh Kumar Tadakamadla

    Original Article 11 October 2021 Pages: 251 - 259

    

25. Age estimation by evaluation of osteophytes in thoracic and lumbar vertebrae using postmortem CT images in a modern Japanese population

    • Fumiko Chiba
    • Go Inokuchi
    • Hirotaro Iwase

    Original Article 13 October 2021 Pages: 261 - 267

    

26. The impact of age mimicry bias on the accuracy of methods for age estimation based on Kvaal’s pulp/tooth ratios: a bootstrap study

    • Mehrdad Vossoughi
    • Najmeh Movahhedian
    • Alireza Ghafoori

    Original Article 21 July 2021 Pages: 269 - 278

    

27. Analysis of interrater reliability in age assessment of minors: how does expertise influence the evaluation?

    • Lorenzo Franceschetti
    • Vera Gloria Merelli
    • Cristina Cattaneo

    Original Article Open access 30 September 2021 Pages: 279 - 285

    

28. How safe is BDSM? A literature review on fatal outcome in BDSM play

    • Anouk Schori
    • Christian Jackowski
    • Corinna A. Schön

    Review Open access 12 August 2021 Pages: 287 - 295

29. Discovery of donor age markers from bloodstain by LC-MS/MS using a metabolic approach

    • Hyo-Jin Kim
    • You-Rim Lee
    • Hee-Gyoo Kang

    Original Article 03 July 2021 Pages: 297 - 308

    

30. Estimation of the post-mortem interval in human bones by infrared spectroscopy

    • Andreia Baptista
    • Mariana Pedrosa
    • M. P. M. Marques

    Original Article 06 October 2021 Pages: 309 - 317

    

31. Sex estimation through geometric morphometric analysis of the frontal bone: an assessment in pre-pubertal and post-pubertal modern Spanish population

    • Daniele Garcovich
    • Laura Albert Gasco
    • Milagros Adobes Martin

    Original Article Open access 25 October 2021 Pages: 319 - 328

    

32. Knife cut marks inflicted by different blade types and the changes induced by heat: a dimensional and morphological study

    • Vijarn Vachirawongsakorn
    • Jonathan Painter
    • Nicholas Márquez-Grant

    Original Article Open access 29 October 2021 Pages: 329 - 342

    

33. Measuring dimensional and morphological heat alterations of dismemberment-related toolmarks with an optical roughness metre

    • Pilar Mata-Tutor
    • Catherine Villoria-Rojas
    • María Benito-Sánchez

    Original Article 05 July 2021 Pages: 343 - 356

    

34. Morphological characterization using scanning electron microscopy of fly artifacts deposited by Calliphora vomitoria (Diptera: Calliphoridae) on household materials

    • Guido Pelletti
    • Desiree Martini
    • Paolo Fais

    Original Article Open access 01 July 2021 Pages: 357 - 364

    

35. Judicial consequences in Spain for the completion of the medical death certificate

    • Pilar Pinto Pastor
    • Enrique Dorado Fernández
    • Andrés Santiago-Sáez

    Original Article Open access 26 October 2021 Pages: 365 - 372

    

36. A safe procedure? The unusual case of a fatal airway obstruction by silicone during the production process of a tracheostomal epithesis in a 13-year-old boy

    • Daniel Wittschieber
    • Ronald Schulz
    • Peter F. Schmidt

    Case Report Open access 07 October 2021 Pages: 373 - 380

    

37. Digitalised exercise material in forensic odontology

    • Ina C. Knivsberg
    • Simen E. Kopperud
    • Sigrid I. Kvaal

    Method Paper Open access 20 November 2021 Pages: 381 - 390

    

38. Commentary on: “Tortures alleged by migrants in Italy: compatibility and other medicolegal challenges”

    • Cristina Cattaneo
    • Francesca Magli
    • Lorenzo Franceschetti

    Letter to the Editor 15 November 2021 Pages: 391 - 392

39. Response to Colombari et al. (2021)

    • Waney Squier
    • Niels Lynøe
    • Anders Eriksson

    Letter to the Editor 12 August 2021 Pages: 393 - 393

40. Correction to: Tortures alleged by migrants in Italy: compatibility and other medicolegal challenges

    • Ilenia Bianchi
    • Martina Focardi
    • Vilma Pinchi

    Correction 20 November 2021 Pages: 395 - 395