FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL: Volume 180, Issue 1, Pages 1-60

Κυκλοφόρησε το νέο τεύχος του FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL: Volume 180, Issue 1, Pages 1-60, το οποίο έχει πολλά άρθρα σχετικά με την Δικαστική Γραφολογία:


The potential of artificial aging for modelling of natural aging processes of ballpoint ink

Pages 23-31

Céline Weyermann, Bernhard Spengler

Identification and dating of the fountain pen ink entries on documents by ion-pairing high-performance liquid chromatography
Pages 43-49
Xiang-Feng Wang, Jing Yu, Meng-Xia Xie, Ya-Tong Yao, Jie Han

Are expert penmen better than lay people at producing simulations of a model signature?
Pages 50-53
Tahnee Dewhurst, Bryan Found, Doug Rogers

Είναι τα καινούργια ψηφιακά διαβατήρια τρωτά; / Are the new digital passports vulnerable?

Νέες περιπτώσεις παραβίασης και παραποίησης των καινούργιων ψηφιακών διαβατηρίων βγήκαν στην επιφάνεια. Και πάλι τίθεται σε αμφισβήτηση η πολυσυζητημένη ασφάλεια των νέων εγγράφων.

New cases of hacking into the digital chip of the new passport came to light. These events come to question the security features of the new digital passport.

THE TIMES: ‘Fakeproof’ e-passport is cloned in minutes

Engadget: More e-passports hacked within minutes, security questions abound

XIII Scientific Symposium of Handwriting Expertise

Ολοκληρώθηκε το 13ο επιστημονικό συνέδριο που λαμβάνει χώρα κάθε δύο χρόνια στο Μπρέσλαου της Πολωνίας από το 1983.

Πολλές ευχαριστίες στον καθηγητή Kegel και στον Rafal Ciecla για την πρόσκληση και την άψογη διοργάνωση.

Τα πρακτικά θα είναι διαθέσημα το πιθανότερο τον Σεπτέμβριο, ωστόσο κατόπιν συνεννόησης, η παρουσίαση "N.Kalantzis: Paper interference in ink Raman spectra at 685nm: A preliminary report" θα είναι διαθέσημη στον ακόλουθο σύνδεσμο:

http://www.handwriting.gr/index.files/cvgr.htm#wroclaw

The 13th scientific Symposium of Handwriting Expertise, organized by the Department of Forensic Science at the University of Wroclaw has been completed.

Many thanks to professor Kegel and dr. Rafal Ciesla for the invitation and the fabulous organisation.

The proceedings will be available around Septpember, but in agreement with the organisers, the presentation "N.Kalantzis: Paper interference in ink Raman spectra at 685nm: A preliminary report" will be available at the following link: http://www.handwriting.gr/index.files/cvgr.htm#wroclaw

Download: Πρόγραμμα/Program Flyer #1 Flyer #2

Forensic Science Society Conference: Is What You See What You Get?

Forensic Science Society Conference: Is What You See What You Get?

4-6 July 2008
Summer Conference
Derby Renaissance Hotel
Is What You See What You Get?
Convenors: Brian Rankin & Callum Sutherland Programme and Booking Form (.pdf)
Places still available Summer 08 Domestic Arrangements (.pdf)

Friday 4th July 2008
09.00 am Registration
10.30 am Workshops
(a) Role of Crime Scene Manager and Environmental
Experts
Callum Sutherland, La Plante Productions &
John Manlove, Manlove Forensics
(b) Court Room Skills
Ian Stebbings, & Adam Pacifico, BPP Professional
Education
12.30 pm Lunch
14.00 pm Welcome and Open
Brian Rankin, President, The Forensic Science
Society
Supporting the Criminal Justice System – Roles of Various Bodies
14.10 pm Forensic Science Regulator
Forensic Regulator
14.25 pm Skills for Justice
Charles Welsh, Skills for Justice
14.40 pm NPIA
Simon Bramble, Head of Police Science & Forensics
14.55 pm UK Forensic Science Education Group (UKFSEG)
Professor Julie Mennell, Dean, School of Applied
Science, University of Northumbria
15.10 pm Forensic Science Society (FSSoc)
Dr Anya Hunt, Chair of Standards Committee,
Forensic Science Society
15.25 pm Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners
CRFP Representative
15.40 pm Tea/Coffee Break
16.10 pm Question Time – Providing assurance to the Criminal
Justice System and Confident to the Public
17.10 pm Close
19.00 pm Dinner and Quiz
Saturday 5th July 2008
09.00 am Security of Passports and Travel Documents
Paul Giles, National Document Fraud Unit, Border &
Immigration Agency
09.45 am Integration of Soil Fingerprinting Techniques Looking
Beyond the Individual
Lorna Dawson, Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen
10.30 am Tea/Coffee Break – Poster Session Viewing
11.00 am The Prospects for a Nascent Neuroimaging of Lie
Detection
Professor Sean Spence, University of Sheffield
11.45 am When Science Doesn’t Meet the Law
Dr Carole McCartney, University of Leeds
12.15 pm Response to the Omagh Judgement on DNA Profiling
Evidence
Peter Gill, University of Strathclyde
12.45 pm Lunch
13.45 pm You Get What You See!
Pam Hamer
14.15 pm Using Raman Imaging to Determine the Sequence of
Crossed Ink Lines on Questioned Documents
T Smith, Renishaw plc
14.45 pm TBC
Ian Stebbings, & Adam Pacifico, BPP Professional Education
15.30 pm Tea/Coffee Break – Announcement of Poster Winner
16.00 pm Forensic Analytical Services Procurement – The
Informed Customer
Emily Burton, GMP & John Gadd, Dorset Police
16.45 pm ‘Contracts, ‘creditation, Register, Resignation… is our
Profession in Jeopardy?”
Roger Robson, Forensic Access Ltd
17.30 pm Close
19.30 pm Dinner and Entertainment
Sunday 6th July 2008
Handling & Reviewing of High Profile Case
09.30 am Managing High Profile Cases
Dr Angela Gallop, LGC Forensics
10.00 am Damilola Taylor Case – SIO View
TBC
10.30 am Tea/Coffee Break
10.50 am Damilola Taylor Case – SIO View continues
TBC
11.15 am Reviewing High Profile Cases
Professor Brian Caddy
12.00 pm Who Should be Registered?
CRFP Representative
12.30 pm Close

NEW TLC VISUALISER από την CAMAG

Κυκλοφόρισε ο καινούργιος TLC VISUALIZER από την CAMAG.

Ένα πολύ καλό εργαλείο για TLC χρωματογραφία.

Τα χαρακτηριστικά του :

Images of highest quality ever in the field

• Powerful linear response high-res CCD camera
• Newly designed multi wavelength illumination unit
• Outstanding CAMAG software features
• Low noise images for best results in qualitative and quantitative chromatogram evaluation

The visual impression provided by a TLC plate showing all samples and standards side-by-side is one of the most convincing arguments to employ Thin-Layer Chromatography. No other chromatographic technique can directly express the result as a color image and make it available for visual evaluation.

A state-of-the-art documentation system is needed to reproducibly acquire and digitally preserve an impression at different wavelengths.

Key features of TLC VISUALIZER documentation and evaluation system:

• Ergonomic, state of the art design
• Enhanced illumination unit: visible/white light, UV254, UV366, visible/white transmitted light.
• Powerful high-resolution 12 bit CCD digital camera with outstanding linearity:
  12 bit = 4095 linear intensity levels.
• Easy and intuitive handling with CAMAG software winCATS
• Fast image transfer rates below 1s
• Automatic image optimization
• Spot amplification tool to locate even smallest fractions on a TLC plate
• Optional Professional Image Enhancement: Automatic background correction to increase image sensitivity
• Optional Image Comparison Viewer for visual comparison of multiple samples on the same screen
• Quantitative evaluation of digitized images with optional VideoScan software
• TLC VISUALIZER and winCATS software compliant with GMP/GLP; IQ/OQ qualification and 21CFR11 are provided.

To προσπέκτους είναι διαθέσημο εδώ: http://www.camag.com/cgi-bin/camag/account/user.pl?file=www.camag.com/downloads/protected/brochures/TLC-Visualizer.pdf

Forensic Science Society Autumn Conference & AGM - Research, Evidence & Evaluation

Forensic Science Society

Autumn Conference & AGM – Research, Evidence & Evaluation

31 October – 2 November 2008

Robinson College Executive Centre, Wyboston

Provisional Programme

Convenor: Dr Niamh Nic Daéid

Friday 31 October Bookings for workshops will be accepted on a first come first served basis. A fee will be charged to attend each workshop – see registration booking form 10.30 – 12.30 Workshops (a) How to Pass the CSI Diploma Graham Thompson, University of Teesside (b) TBC TBC 12.30 Lunch 14:00 Welcome Brian Rankin, President, The Forensic Science Society 14.10 Home Office Research Strategy TBC 14.40 TBC Professor Jim Fraser, University of Strathclyde 15.10 TBC Valerie Bowman, HOSDB 15.30 TBC Sean Doyle, Forensic Explosives Laboratory 15.50 Tea/Coffee Break 16.20 The relevance of experitmental studies for interpretation and evaluation of physical evidence Ruth Morgan, Jill Dando Institute 16.40 Research in Forensic Geology Lorna Dawson, Macauley Institute 17.00 Evaluation of Body Fluid Results Louise McKenna, Forensic Science Lab, Dublin 19.00 Dinner & Awards (Black Tie Optional) Including Presidential Address

Saturday 1 November 09.00 Vein Mapping in Identification Helen Meadows, University of Dundee 09.20 EFIT-V Chris Soloman, University of Kent 09.40 Synthesising the appearance of faces under arbitrary illumination & camera geometrics from 3D face data Marie Petrou, Imperial College London 10.00 The Interpretation of Trace Mass Spectral Evidence & the use of Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry Richard Sleeman, Mass Spec Analytical 10.20 Antibody-Functionalised Nanoparticles Sue Jickells, Kings College London 10.40 Forensic Mycology Patricia Wiltshire, University of Aberdeen & University of Gloucestershire 11.00 Tea/Coffee Break 11.30 CAI: what does it mean? Why is it so important? Ian Evett 12.10 TBC Phil Jones, Forensic Science Service 12.50 Lunch 14.10 Evaluating DNA Evidence Sue Pope, Forensic Science Service 14.50 Evaluating Fingerprint Evidence Christophe Champod, UNIL, Universite de Lausanne 15.30 Tea/Coffee Break 16.00 The Interpretation Odyssey of a Mathematically Challenged Forensic Scientist Claude Roux, UTS, Sydney, Australia 16.40 Panel Discussion 17.00 AGM (members only) 19.30 Dinner followed by Entertainment

Sunday 2 November 09.30 How Research Can Help Opinions Graham Jackson, Advance Forensic Science 10.10 Evaluation of Fibres – A Case Study Gareth Booth, Forensic Science Service 10.50 Tea/Coffee Break 11.20 The Australian Experience, the Bennet Case Claude Roux, UTS Sydney, Australia 12.00 Case Study - TBC Ian Evett & Christophe Champod 12.40 Close - Brian Rankin, President, The Forensic Science Society

If you book before 25 July 2008 you are entitled to Early Booking Discounted Prices – details overleaf. To be

eligible for this discount payment must be made in full with the booking or within 30 days with a quoted purchase

order number provided with the booking form.

Flyer: http://www.forensic-science-society.org.uk/pdf/311008.pdf

Quantitative evaluation of europium in blue ballpoint pen inks/offset printing inks tagged with europium thenoyltrifluoroacetonate by spectrofluoromet

Στο καινούργιο τέυχος του Science & Justice (Volume 48, Issue 2, June 2008, Pages 61-66) S.D. Maind, N. Chattopadhyay, Ch. Gandhi, S.C. Kumar και M. Sudersanan παρουσιάζουν μελέτη τους με τίτλο "Quantitative evaluation of europium in blue ballpoint pen inks/offset printing inks tagged with europium thenoyltrifluoroacetonate by spectrofluoromet".
In the new issue of Science & Justice (Volume 48, Issue 2, June 2008, Pages 61-66) S.D. Maind, N. Chattopadhyay, Ch. Gandhi, S.C. Kumar & M. Sudersanan present a paper with the title "Quantitative evaluation of europium in blue ballpoint pen inks/offset printing inks tagged with europium thenoyltrifluoroacetonate by spectrofluoromet".

Περίληξη/Abstract: Tagging of writing/printing inks with suitable inorganic taggants such as rare-earth chelates has the potential to help document examiners identify fraud in sensitive written/printed documents. Selection of rare-earth chelates as taggants primarily depends on the satisfactory sensitivity of analytical determination and the absence of the taggants in normal varieties of inks used for document writing/printing. Spectrofluorometric determination of trace amounts of europium in blue ballpoint pen inks and offset printing inks tagged with europium thenoyltrifluoroacetonate was carried out with sodium tungstate solution. Sodium tungstate acts as a specific reagent that enhances the fluorescence intensity of the Eu³⁺ ion. The excitation and emission wavelengths are 270 nm and 605 nm respectively. The results were compared with the data obtained with ICP-AES. Satisfactory recoveries were observed with precision better than 5% RSD and comparable accuracy. Under the optimized experimental conditions, detection limits and quantitation limits were determined. The detection limits obtained by spectrofluorometry and ICP-AES were 0.01 μg/mL and 0.006 μg/mL respectively whereas the limits of quantitation were about 0.03 μg/mL and 0.018 μg/mL respectively. The spectrofluorometric method is rapid, selective, sensitive and accurate for the determination of europium in blue ballpoint pen ink and offset printing inks and may be suitable for application in the examination of sensitive documents to aid in document related crime investigation. The advantages and limitations of the tagging approach and proposed analytical techniques are discussed.


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