[Progress on Individual Stature Estimation in Forensic Medicine].

Individual stature estimation is one of the most important contents of forensic anthropology. Currently, it has been used that the regression equations established by the data collected by direct measurement or radiological techniques in a certain group of limbs, irregular bones, and anatomic landmarks. Due to the impact of population mobility, human physical improvement, racial and geographic differences, estimation of individual stature should be a regular study.

[Forensic analysis of 7 infant homicide cases in Suzhou].

Objective: To discuss and summarize the major characteristics, autopsy examination, and scene investigation in infant homicide cases.

Methods: From 2008 to 2013 in Suzhou, the information of seven detected infant homicide cases were collected and analyzed.

Results: The criminal suspects were victims' mothers with young ages and pregnancies were premarital.

[Analysis of 28 death cases involved with tumbling injury].

Objective: To explore the general features and the keypoints of forensic medical examination in tumbling injury cases.

Methods: Twenty-eight cases dying of tumbling injury were collected and the locations and features of injury were analyzed.

Results: The occiput of head was the common position for the tumbling injury cases.

[Anatomy study of MGA in Chinese and its effect on legal expertise].

Objective: This study aimed to clarify the morphology of the Martin-Gruber anastomosis (MGA) in Chinese.

Methods: One hundred and five Chinese upper limbs (36 males and 20 femalese) were dissected to find the connections between medial nerve and ulnar nerve. The MGA was classified as previously described by Lee.

[Estimation of postmortem interval using myofibril fragmentation index].

Objective: To study the relationship between postmortem interval and the myofibril fragmentation index of skeletal muscle.

Methods: Rabbit skeletal muscle were left in the room temperature for different postmortem intervals, and the protein concentration of each sample was detected by using biuret method. Furthermore, the myofibril fragmentation index of each sample was measured under the protein concentration level of 0.