Acta Medicinæ Legalis. Volume XLIV. 1994

1. Plenary Session.- Legal Medicine in Europe.- Who is Who in Forensic Sciences - Suggestion of a Biographical Archive for Common Benefit.- 2. Advances in DNA technology.- PCR-Based Analysis from Formalin-Fixed and Paraffin-Embedded Tissues.- Past, Present and Future Trends in Forensic DNA Technologies in Europe.- Evaluation of an Automated DNA-Extractor for DNA Profiling.- Deficiency Cases in Disputed Paternity.- Application of PCR to a Forensic Casework: Identification of Burned Human Remains.- Cadaveric DNA Extraction Protocol Based on Cetyl Trimethyl Amonium Bromide (CTAB).- Polymarker and HLA DQA1 Genetic Markers in Forensic Casework.- Studies on HLA DQ Alpha Genotypes carried out from Dental Material discovered Subsequently on the Scene of the Aircrash of Flight IT 5148.- Allele Frequencies of HLA-DQA1, LDLR, GYPA, HBGG, D7S8 and GC in the Resident Population of the Basque Country.- HUMTHoi (TCii) and HUMFESFPS (FES) Alleles Distribution in a South West Swiss Population.- Genetic Typing of Biological Evidence using PCR.- Suitability of Short Tandem Repeats in Forensics: a Comparison of 7 Loci.- Detection of Sex Specific DNA Fingerprint bands in Peregrine Falcon using Non Radioactive 33.6 and 33.15 Human Probes.- Genetic Analysis of Fluorescent labeled Amplified DNA using Series of Oligonucleotide Probes Covalently Bound to Membranes.- P. C. R. Amplification of D. N. A. from Amniotic Fluid in a Paternity Study following a Rape.- P.C.R. Generated Allele Frequencies in the Spanish Population.- Positive Identification of a Couple of Flood Victims by Autopsy Data and PCR Investigation.- Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis of the VNTR Locus D1S80 in Asturias (North-West Spain).- Frequency Database for the D2S44 Locus using Dig-Labeled YNH24 Probe in the Basque Country Population.- Investigation of D1S80 VNTR Locus in a Polish Population.- Usefulness of D1S80 System in Paternity Investigation.- Detection of a New Large Allele at the D17S5 (YNZ22) Locus.- PCR Applications of Genotyping in Borderline Casework.- Use of the Amplitype PM Coamplification System on Forensic Analysis.- French Caucasian Population Data for HUMTH01 and HUMFESFPS Short Tandem Repeat (STR) Systems.- Application of the Amplitype PM Coamplification System to Forensic Casework.- Application of DNA Polymorphisms to Postmortem Paternity Cases.- Comparison between the Consanguinity Determination by a Multi-Locus Probe and Three Single-Locus Probes.- Typing of Mucoid Cell Stains at Bite Marks on Victims of Sexual Homicide Crimes.- Forensic Application of two Short Tandem Repeat Systems: HUMTH01 and HUMvWA31.- 3. Ethics and Forensic Psychiatry.- The Ontogeny of Pathological Sexuality.- Violation of Human Rights by the Soviet Regime in Latvia. Medico-Legal Aspects.- The Consent of the Minor as Bone Marrow Donor in European Community Countries.- à l'Etude des Problèmes de l'Ethique en Psychiatrie Médico-Légale.- Causal Explanation and Understanding in Psychiatric Forensic Examination.- The Behavior Consequences in Undesirable-Child Syndrome.- Enjeux Ethiques des Législations Nouvelles de Santé Mentale.- Activity of the Medical Ethics Committee of the Marseilles University Hospital Centre.- The Hurriet Law and Bioethics Committees.- Mass Murders and Serial Killings: a Study of 43 Victims.- Social Attitudes towards the Latest Legislation on Brain Death.- Contribution au Respect des Droits de l'Homme par des Echanges entre Psychiatres Légistes Russes et Français.- Prendre en Charge les Sexopathes, en France dès 1994.- Problèmes Ethiques dans certaines Situations Limites de l'Expertise Psychiatrique.- La Convention Européenne des Droits de l'Homme et la Question des Hospitalisations sous Contrainte.- 4. Post Mortem Chemistry.- Thanatochemical Blood Changes in a few Beggars and Tramps Social Cases.- Estimation of Post-Mortem Interval based on the Changes of Phosphorylase Activity in Skeletal Muscles.- Electrical Fatalities - Serum Myoglobin Concentration as a Characteristic Marker?.- Post-Mortem Chemistry: Its Applications to Diagnosis.- 5. Toxicology.- Determination of Nicotine and Cotinine in Ancient Human Bone Samples.- Drug Abuse Substances in the Case Record (1988-1992) of the Institute of Forensic Medicine - Milan University.- Interest of Including Dextropropoxyphene Research in Systematic Toxicological Screening: Poisonings and Forensic Aspects.- Hair Extraction for Drugs of Abuse by Coca-Cola (TM): The Ultimate Method.- Fatal Chloroquine Poisoning - Clinical Course and Autopsy Findings.- Four Human Hydrogen Sulphide Inhalation Fatalities by Industrial Hazard.- Comparative Study of Biological Fluids Ethanol Concentrations.- Drug Induced and Drug Related Deaths in 1993 at the Medico-Legal Institute of Lisbon.- Development of Hepatitis B-, Hepatitis C- and HIV-Prevalence among Drug Abuse-Related Fatalities (Hamburg 1984-1993).- Influence of Antemortem Medication on the Determination of Brain Death.- Medico-Legal Evaluation of Drug Addiction. Prospective Study.- Experimental Studies on Concentration-Time Profiles of Ethanol and Acetaldehyde in Various Organs.- Post-Mortem Distribution and Histologic Study on A Fatal Case due to Accidental Ingestion of Carbon Tetrachloride.- Acute Methamidophos Poisoning.- Fatal Intoxication of Goats by Pendimethalin (Stomp) Herbicide.- 6. Jurismedicine.- On the Doctor's Duty to Inform the Patient in Austria.- Adverse Drug Reactions and Medical Malpractice.- Transsexuality. Socio-Professional Handicap in Portugal.- Diplopie Iatrogénique: Possible Responsabilité Professionnelle.- 7. Pathology.- Experimental Studies on Postmortem Interval, using a Deep Thermometer.- Sudden Death in Pregnancy caused by Bleeding from Arteriovenous Malformation in Brain Stem.- Civilian Massacre in Uzdol, Bosnia and Herzegovina.- Medico-Legal Connexions of Ruptured Cerebral Vascular Abnormalities.- An Acid Bath Murder.- Traumatic Thrombosis of the Internal Carotid Artery: Two Cases by Different Pathogenesis.- Suicidal Firearm Wounds of the Head by a 5. 56 mm Bullet - Report of Two Cases.- Hepatic Steatosis: Effect and Cause - Forensic and Social Medicine Significations.- The Glial Cell Alteration in Some Cases of Sudden Death. An Etidpathogenical Assessment.- Neonaticide in Paris 1987-1992.- Manner of Death - Difficulties in Determination and Importance of Autopsy.- Deaths Related to Iatrogenic Complications: Five Years' Experience among Coroner's Autopsies in a General Hospital.- Place of the Scanning Electron Microscope in the Taxonomic Identification of Diatoms in the Diagnosis of Drowning.- Cerebral Embolism after an Abdominal Trauma. Case Report.- About Forensic Problems of Post-Mortem Examinations in Seine-Saint Denis (Paris Northeastern Suburb).- Some Medicolegal Characteristics of Homicides with Female Victims.- Personal Identification of Plicae Palatine in Evolutive Age.- A Child Abuse by Anorectal Penetration. A Case Report.- A Possible Mistake between an Entrance Hole and a Fistule Orifice.- Study of Natural Death in Rural Area of Catalonia (1980 - 1989).- Comparison of Two Extraction Methods of Diatoms Extractions from Organ Samples in the Diagnosis of Drowning.- Nail-Gun Suicide.- Death Cases due to Gas Weapons - Autopsy Findings and Experiments.- The Value of Ultrastructural Study of the Lungs in Diagnosing Asphyxiated Deaths in Mice.- Changing Profile of the Manner of Deaths in Adana.- Multiple Suicidal Gunshot Wounds.- Studies on Examples of Drowning with Fresh Water Inhalation - Cerebral Blood Flow and Blood Electrolyte Levels.- Statistical Estimation of Diagnostic Accuracy of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) in Japan.- Homicide in the Bathtub.- Détermination de la Distance de Tir par Analyse d'Images: Radiographie des Résidus de Tir au Calibre. 22lr.- An Autopsy Case of Traumatic Sinus Thrombosis.- Medico-Legal Study on the Skin Color of Cadavers Exposed to Exhaust Fumes.- Retrospective Post-Mortem Study of 118 Pedestrians.- Application of Rigid Endoscopes for Forensic Examination of Stab Wounds.- Positive Findings in the Heart Conduction System (HCS) in Cases of Sudden Death.- Delayed Subdural Hematoma due to Minor Head Injury.- Dynamics on Subcellular Localization of Leukotoxin (9:10-epoxy-12-octadecenoic Acid) in Lungs of Rats as revealed by Immuno-Electron Microscopy.- Sex Determination with a Discriminate Function Analysis of Deciduous Teeth Size in Plaster Models.- Identification of Calvarium Thanks to the After-Effects of a Mastoidectomy.- 8. Forensic Odonto-Anthropology.- Teeth Present, Teeth Missing and Probability: Usefulness in Comparative Identification.- Determination of the Legal Age in the Adult by Examination of the Teeth: Graphs and Pathological Variations.- Identifying a Bank Robber.- Index for Recording Tooth Abrasion Microfailures. T. A. M. Index for Determination of Puech Number.- An Attempt of Scientific Evaluation in Facial Reconstruction: Preliminary Results.- Determining the Legal Age between 12 and 14 Years Old: Contribution from Radiographic Examination of Dental Mineralization.- 9. Clinical Legal Medicine.- Clinical Legal Medicine.- Kinetic Visual Acuity and Alcohol Ingestion.- Clinical Legal Medicine.- Les Violences sur Mineurs en Seine Saint Denis.- Les Violences faites aux Femmes en Algérie: du Social au Judiciaire.- The Medico-Legal System in Turkey, Undergraduate and Postgraduate Curriculum of the Forensic Sciences.- Purse Snatching: the Aged as Triple Victims.- 10. Bodily Damage Evaluation in Europe.- Le Mandat d'Expertise pour l'Evaluation du Dommage Corporel - Projet d'un Modèle Européen Unifié.- L'Evaluation des Souffrances Endurées chez le Sujet en Etat Végétatif Persistant.- Interest of Evoked Potentials in the Medico-Legal Assessment in the Professional Hearing Loss.- Evaluation of Neuropsychological Sequelae in Electrical Injuries.- Réflexions sur l'Aggravation et l'Etat Antérieur dans la Réparation du Dommage Corporel.- Un Cas de Blessure Mortelle par Projectile de Pistolet de Scellement.- Professional Handicap in Victims of Lower Limb Traumatisms. Preliminary Study.- Handicapped People in Portugal.- La Réparation du Dommage Corporel en Europe: Tentative d'Harmonisation.- 11. Time of Death Estimation.- Computer Simulation of the Effect of Thermal Insulation on the Post Mortem Body Temperature.- High Blood Alcohol levels in Cadaverous Blood.- "Normal" Values in Vitreous Humor - Reflections and Refutations.- Vitreous Potassium Determination as an Indicator of Post-Mortem Interval.- Estimating the Post-Mortem Interval in Immersed Cadavers: the Example of an Animal Model.- 12. Interpretation of Post Mortem Toxicological Data.- Comparison between Morphine Levels in Subjects Who died of Acute Narcotism and Subjects Who died of Other Causes.- Carbon Monoxide Suicide by Car Exhaust Gas.- Toxicological Findings after Several Years of Burial.- Comparison between Morphine Levels in the Blood and in the Musculo-Skeletal System of Subjects who died of Acute Intravenous Narcotism.- Artefactual Cyanide Formation from Ranitidine (ZantacTM) in a Postmortem Gastric Content.- 13. Mass Disasters.- Radiological Investigation in a Major Disasters - The Lockerbie Panam Plane Crash.- Air-Crash Victims Identification: Scene, Autopsy Room and Laboratory Investigations in an Italian Case.- Teaching Disaster Medicine: Training in Preservation of Evidence Necessary for Identification Purposes.- Identification of the Victims of Aircraft Accident at the Ohrid Airport.- Odontological Identification of the Victims of Flight AI. IT 5148 Air Disaster. Lyon-Strasbourg 20.01.1992.- Forensic Identification of the Victims of the Airbus A320 Crash (20.1.1992).- DNA Fingerprinting for Post-Mortem Forensic Identification: Successful Application to the Identification of Aircrash Victims.- Identification of the Victims of the Air Crash of Kafoutine (Senegal) Which took place on February 9th 1992.- The Disaster Victims Identification Team of the French National Gendarmerie.- Medical Inspection after the Earthquake in Southwest of Hokkaido in Okushiri Island.- Mass Accidents on Motorways: Some Biomechanical and Medicolegal Considerations upon an Epidemiological Study.- 14. Systematic Toxicological Analysis.- Toxicological Analysis of Drugs: GC-MS Screening and Confirmation.- General Approach of Systematic Toxicological Analysis - Current Status and Future.- 15. Forensic Aspects of Drug Addiction.- The Importance of Standards and Regulations Derived from Toxicology for the Protection of Human Health and the Environment by the Public Health Authority.- Evaluation and Development of Narcotics after Analysis of Seized Samples in the North of France 1989-1993.- Quantitative Determination in a Substitution Programme with Levomethadone.- Thymus Alterations Related to Intra-Venous Drug Abuse or Early HIV Infection.- Driver Fitness of Heroin Addicts Substituted with Methadone.- The Science and Politics of Drug Testing in the USA.- 16. Entomology.- Application de l'Entomologie à la Pratique Médico-Légale: Prélèvements sur le Cadavre.- L'Expertise Entomologique Médico-Légale et ses Résultats.- Entomology Application to Time of Death Determination.