Automation of a screening polygraph test increases accuracy

Abstract

The present study examined the effects of automating the Relevant–Irrelevant (RI) psychophysiological detection of deception test within a mock-screening paradigm. Eighty participants, recruited from the local community, took part in the study. Experimental design was a 2 (truthful/deceptive) by 2 (human/automation) factorial. Participants in the deceptive conditions attempted deception on two items of an employment application. Examinations conducted with the automated polygraph examination were significantly more accurate than examinations conducted by the human polygraph examiner. Statistical analyses revealed different patterns of physiological responses to deceptive items depending upon the automation condition. Those results have potentially interesting theoretical implications. The results of the present study are clearly supportive of additional efforts to develop a field application of an automated polygraph examination.     

副鸡嗜血杆菌基因文库的构建与筛选

为了筛选副鸡嗜血杆菌的体内表达基因,提取了副鸡嗜血杆菌的全基因组,构建了副鸡嗜血杆菌基因组的pET系统表达文库。运用PCR及核酸内切酶(SalⅠ+NdeⅠ)鉴定基因文库,并以病原菌吸附后的康复血清作为探针,采用菌落原位杂交的方法对基因文库进行筛选。结果显示,重组质粒中有0.5～2kb的片段插入,99%的基因包含在基因文库中;重复筛选后得到的阳性克隆再经过PCR与SalⅠ+NdeⅠ酶切鉴定后定向测序,并对测序结果在NCBI上进行分析后发现筛选获得的基因中,有1个表达为转运谷氨酰还原酶、1个表达为转录终止因子,1个表达为荚膜合成域2,还有2个表达为保守假想蛋白。结果表明,本研究应用体内诱导抗原技术(IVIAT)筛选到了一些副鸡嗜血杆菌体内诱导表达基因,并对基因的功能做了初步探讨,在找寻副鸡嗜血杆菌在体内生存以及致病关键基因的道路上前进了一步,为传染性鼻炎的预防和治疗积累了有价值的资料。     

LC-MS/MS-MRM筛选血液中22种有毒生物碱成分

目的建立液相色谱-串联质谱法对血液中的22种常见有毒生物碱成分进行筛选分析。方法血液以丁丙诺菲为内标经液液提取后,用液相色谱-串联质谱仪以电喷雾电离(ESI )、多反应监测(MRM)方式进行分析。结果以化合物的保留时间、两对母离子/子离子对定性,最低检出限为0.1～20ng/mL。结论该方法选择性佳、灵敏度高,适用于法医毒物分析和临床毒物分析中有毒生物碱的分析。     

Indoor Wet Screening of Exhumed Skeletal Remains: A Suggested Procedure for the Preparation of Fragile Evidence for Anthropological Analysis

Abstract: The 2007 exhumation of three children’s graves, located in rural upstate New York and dating to 1979 and 1980, was warranted as their mother had come under suspicion for the death of a child she had been babysitting in late 2006. The local March weather conditions had been wet, and heavy rains fell during the 2‐day process of casket removal. The extremely wet soil and the poor preservation of two wooden caskets increased the likelihood of damage to evidence. After remains’ transport to the forensic center, an indoor wet‐screening station was established so that skeletal elements could be (i) separated from soil matrix and (ii) preserved carefully for analysis. Not only were the remains relatively small and fragile in comparison with those of an adult, but two of the three remains were known to be fire damaged, thus the use of special laboratory preparation techniques was crucial.     

Detection of Brodifacoum and other Rodenticides in Drug Mixtures using Thermal Desorption Direct Analysis in Real Time Mass Spectrometry (TD‐DART‐MS)

In recent months, there has been increased reporting of seized drug and toxicology cases containing rodenticides, the active ingredient in rat poisons. Seeing as rodenticides are not scheduled substances, they are not commonly screened for in seized drug analysis. This work investigates the use of TD‐DART‐MS for the simultaneous detection of rodenticides and drugs. Six rodenticides were evaluated, an optimal method was established, and limits of detection in the tens of nanograms were calculated. Additional studies highlight that detection at less than 1% by weight in mixtures with AB‐FUBINACA, cocaine, heroin, or methamphetamine was possible. This work presents an optimized method for detection of these compounds, allowing for the simultaneous detection of drugs and rodenticides, providing drug chemists with a tool for rapid identification of these compounds for forensic or public health purposes.     

Newborn screening in the genomics era

Newborn screening (NBS) exists in every state for the purpose of testing newborns for genetic medical conditions that can be severe, may be treatable, and are often not clinically evident at birth. While almost all of the diseases screened for in newborns have underlying genetic causes, NBS in its current form is performed not by testing for genetic mutations, but by testing for biochemical markers that indicate a disorder. The potential use of whole-genome newborn screening (WG-NBS) as an alternative to the current biochemical testing utilized for NBS would dramatically expand the quantity and types of information parents could learn from screening and is likely to have many implications, both positive and negative. As whole-genome sequencing (WGS) becomes more economical, it probably will be used for the purposes of NBS. However, such an expansion of NBS would contradict many of the principles that have historically guided public health screening programs and, if implemented without sufficient preparation, could result in insufficient infrastructure to accommodate the health care and data management needs that would arise. This article will first look at the past and present of NBS, then the rise of whole genome sequencing, before considering the challenges of WG-NBS, and will end with some thoughts on the path forward.     

DART-MS/MS快速检测人血中的3种合成大麻素

目的使用实时直接分析-串联质谱,建立快速检测人血中的JWH-018、JWH-250和AM-2201的方法。方法用乙腈-甲醇(4:1)沉淀蛋白的方法对血样进行简单前处理,采用DART 12Dip-it自动进样系统,以正离子、MRM模式进行分析。结果血液中JWH-018、JWH-250、AM-2201可以得到有效检测,在0.02-5.00μg/m L线性关系良好,相关系数均大于0.99,检出限分别为0.016μg/m L,0.003μg/m L和0.017μg/m L,日内、日间RSD均小于15%。结论本文所建方法灵敏度高,准确性较好,方法省时省力,可用于实际案例血液中合成大麻素JWH-018、JWH-250、AM-2201的分析。     

Modified cobalt thiocyanate presumptive color test for ketamine hydrochloride

A new presumptive color test for ketamine hydrochloride is reported. The test is a modification of the cobalt thiocyanate test currently used for cocaine and involves basifying samples rather than acidifying them. The two-step procedure for liquids and three-step procedure for powdered samples are straightforward, definitive, and utilize reagents commonly used in forensic drug analysis. The test works on ketamine hydrochloride in both powder and liquid form and has a sensitivity of c. 1.25 mg. Performing the test with numerous other controlled substances and related chemicals demonstrates the test to be highly selective.     

液质联用仪自动筛选常见安眠镇静药的应用研究

目的建立快速、灵敏的常见安眠镇静药物的液质联用仪的定性筛选方法。方法采用ZORBAX sb-aq,150mm×2.1mm×3.5μm(带预柱)色谱柱;柱温:30℃;流动相:甲酸(0.1%)甲醇和甲酸(0.1%)水溶液梯度条件;流速:0.4mL/min;通过电喷雾电离,自动三级扫描质谱。结果通过软件自动处理数据,建立了57种常见安眠镇静药的质谱谱库和保留时间参数谱库。结论建立的常见安眠药谱库和分析方法具有快速、灵敏、准确的优点,不易造成漏检,并且用于实际案件检验。     

利用Q-TOFLC/MS建立二级谱图数据库快速检测90种农药的初步研究

目的建立90种农药的数据库（含二级谱图）,以达到快速筛选检验该范围内的未知样品目的。方法优化一种Q-TOF LC/MS分析条件,将90种农药分别依次进行Q-TOF LC/MS-MS二级谱图分析,利用PCDL软件建立数据库。并同时实验了血样中10种不同浓度农药（100ng/mL、500ng/mL）的添加实验,对建库方法进行了验证。结果阳性识别率在80%以上。结论本方法简便灵敏、快速实用。