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Discrimination of the Origin of Ephedrine and Pseudoephedrine for Pharmaceutical Powder Materials by Carbon and Nitrogen Stable Isotope Ratio Analysis ($^{13}C$$^{15}N$ 안정성 동위원소 비율 분석에 의한 원료의약품에서 에페드린 및 슈도에페드린의 기원 판별)

  • Baeck, Seung-Kyung;Jang, Moon-Hee;Makino, Yukiko;Jeong, Jin-Il;Yang, Won-Kyang;Choi, Hwa-Kyung;Chung, Hee-Sun;Pyo, Myung-Yun;Nagano, Tetsuo
    • YAKHAK HOEJI
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    • v.53 no.5
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    • pp.293-297
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    • 2009
  • The abuse of methamphetamine (MA) is one of the most serious drug abuses in Asia. And, the prevention of precursor production for abuse drug is one of the most effective drug control system. Isotope ratio analysis at natural abundance levels have been used to establish the environmental source or the geographic origin of various biological and nonbiological materials. Ephedrine, the precursor of MA, is produced by one of three methods; extraction from Ephedra plants, full chemical synthesis or via a semi-synthetic process involving the fermentation of sugar, followed by amination. We investigated the origin of ephedrine and pseudoephedrine based on the carbon and nitrogen values for nineteen pharmaceutical powder materials (PPMs) obtained from pharmaceutical company in Korea by stable isotope ratio mass spectrometry coupled to an elemental analyser (EA-IRMS). The carbon delta values for the ephedrine and pseudoephedrine were -24.21~-22.72 (mean=-23.72) $^{\cir}/_{\circ\circ}$ and -23.79~-22.71 (mean=-23.48) $^{\cir}/_{\circ\circ}$. The nitrogen delta values were 3.51~5.55 (4.43) $^{\cir}/_{\circ\circ}$ and 2.24~8.22 (5.42) $^{\cir}/_{\circ\circ}$. These results indicate that PPMs are semi-synthetic products. Therefore the origins of ephedrine(natural, semi-synthetic or synthetic) could be discriminated by using carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios. we are sure tat this stable isotope ratio analysis can discriminate the origins of precursors of methamphetamine.

Study on Digital Investigation Model for Privacy Acts in Korea (개인정보보호법 기반 디지털 포렌식 수사 모델 연구)

  • Lee, Chang-Hoon
    • Journal of Advanced Navigation Technology
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    • v.15 no.6
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    • pp.1212-1219
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    • 2011
  • As recently Privacy Acts in Korea enforced in domestic companies' personal information management needs of a growing obligation for the safety measures and the right of personal information collection, use, limitations, management, and destroyed specifically for handling personal information. Such this regulations should be required technical and policy supports. Accordingly, for the enterprise incident has occurred, the personal information management system behave correctly operating to verify that the safety measures taken, and be determined by the specific preparation to be done. So the first, preparation phase corresponds to the upcoming digital forensic investigation model. On the other hand, the response team also carried these measures out correctly, it needs to be done to check the compliance of Privacy Act. Thus a digital forensics investigation model is strictly related with the implementation of the Privacy Acts and improve the coping strategies are needed. In this paper, we suggest a digital forensic investigation model corresponding to Privacy Act.

A Study on Forensic Integrity Proof Standard a Cellular Phone Confiscation Criminal Investigation (휴대폰 압수수색 표준절차와 포렌식 무결성 입증)

  • Lee, Gyu-An;Park, Dae-Woo;Shin, Young-Tae
    • The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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    • v.33 no.6C
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    • pp.512-519
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    • 2008
  • The proof of a cellular phone used to a crime important data of a criminal investigation and legal judgment become. A lot of on a process use the file format that do not become that is kind of various cellular phones and model pipe, and collect criminal proof, and to analyze be difficult. Also, standardization is not made, and can be adopted on procedures from confiscation search processes regarding a cellular phone to integrity extractions of Forensic data in courts in the confiscation criminal investigation spots. Standardize confiscation search procedures of a cellular phone at these papers. Use a radio waves interception envelope and radio waves interception device for a movement which a security does integrity of criminal on-site cellular phone confiscation search data by standard procedures, and was devoted to. Analyze corroborative facts of a cellular phone seized, and verify integrity, and present problems regarding cellular phone confiscation search procedures and measures, and will contribute in development of Mobile Forensic through integrity damage experiment.

A Forensic Engineering Study on Evaluation of Explosive Pressure and Velocity for LNG Explosion Accident using AUTODYN (AUTODYN을 이용한 LNG 폭발 사고 위력 평가에 관한 법공학적 연구)

  • Kim, Eui Soo;Kim, Jong Hyuk;Shim, Jong Heon;Kim, Jin Pyo;Goh, Jae Mo;Park, Nam Kyu
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.30 no.4
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    • pp.56-63
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    • 2015
  • Gas explosion accidents could cause a catastrophe. we need specialized and systematic accident investigation techniques to shed light on the cause and prevent similar accidents. In this study, we had performed LNG explosion simulation using AUTODYN which is the commercial explosion program and predicted the damage characteristics of the structures by LNG explosive power. In the first step, we could get LNG's physical and chemical explosion properties by calculation using TNT equivalency method. And then, by applying TNT equivalency value about the explosion limit concentration of LNG on the 2D-AUTODYN simulation, we could get the explosion pressure wave profiles (explosion pressure, explosion velocity, etc.). In the last step, we performed LNG explosion simulation by applying to the explosion pressure wave profiles as the input data on the 3D-AUTODYN simulation. As a result, we had performed analyzing of the explosion characteristics of LNG in accordance with concentration through the 3D-AUTODYN simulation in terms of the explosion pressure behavior and structure's destruction and damage behavior.

The Study on Evaluation of Human Body Injury by Explosion of Portable Butane Gas Range (부탄연소기 폭발로 인한 인체 상해 평가에 관한 연구)

  • Kim, Eui Soo;Shim, J.H.;Kim, J.P.;Park, N.K.
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Safety
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    • v.31 no.3
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    • pp.60-67
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    • 2016
  • The gas leak and explosion accident is able to give a fatal injury to nearby people from the explosion center and interest in effect of the explosion on the human body is increased. Accidents by Portable Butane Gas Range of a gas explosion accident occupy the most share. As a result, the injury on the human body frequently occur. However, It is situation that are experiencing difficulties in consequence analysis of explosion accidents owing to shortage of explosion power data and lack of research on the effect of the human body by the gas explosion. This paper acquire human injury data by performing the actual explosion experiment with Portable Butane Gas Range and evaluate power by explosion and effect of explosion on the human body to perform explosion simulation with LS-DYNA program. It is intended to contribute to the exact cause of the accident investigation and the same type of accident prevention.

The Classification and Age Determination of Ballpoint Pen Inks in Questioned Documents

  • Kim, Nam Yee;Park, Sung Woo;Doble, Philip;Roux, Claude
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.3
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    • pp.271-277
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    • 2004
  • The aim of this study was to investigate questioned documents written with blue or black ballpoint pen on paper by nondestructive technique. In this work, 21 blue and 22 black ballpoint pen inks which were purchased on different brands were analyzed by using Microspectrophotometry (MSP). The reflectance spectra were obtained from these ink samples and their shapes and the wavelength of the maximum intensity were compared. In the blue and black ballpoint pen inks, the discriminating powers (DP) were 0.85 and 0.61, respectively. The changes of the reflectance intensity at their wavelength of maximum intensity and their shapes appeared according to the exposure time to sunshine in a laboratory, especially in the blue ballpoint pen inks. Therefore it is possible to distinguish ink entries on the same paper with the relative age in case of questioned letters written with blue ballpoint pen.

The classification of ballpoint pen inks in Questioned Documents by using VSC and SERRS

  • Kim, Nam Yee;Park, Sung Woo;Doble, Philip;Roux, Claude
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.17 no.4
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    • pp.315-321
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    • 2004
  • The aim of this study was to investigate the evidential value of blue and black ballpoint pens on paper by nondestructive techniques. In this work, 21 blue and 22 black ballpoint pens which were purchased on different brands were analyzed by Raman Spectroscopy and Video Spectral Comparator (VSC). Surface-Enhanced Resonance Raman Spectroscopy (SERRS) with excitation at 685 nm and VSC with several spot light filters were used for the discrimination of ballpoint pen inks. In the SERR spectra, the ballpoint pen inks on paper could be shown sharp spectral bands and distinguished by their band shapes and relative intensities. In the blue and black ballpoint pen inks, the discriminating powers (DP) by SERRS were 0.85 and 0.67 and the DP by VSC were 0.88 and 0.90, respectively. The DP by combined sequence of techniques was all 0.97 in both black and blue ballpoint pen inks.

Analysis of Blood Toluene and Butane in Death Cases of Inhalant Abusers (사망사고 관련된 유해화학 물질 남용자들의 혈액 중 톨루엔과 부탄의 분석)

  • Kim, Nam-Yee;Yang, Young-Geun;Chung, Hee-Sun;Park, Sung-Woo
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.12 no.6
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    • pp.577-582
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    • 1999
  • The blood toluene concentration was determined by using the GC/MSD with HS-SPME technique in postmortem blood, quantitatively. Butane gases was analyzed by using the GC/FID with HS technique in postmortem blood, qualitatively. Seventy five cases of dead associated with inhalation of glue or butane gases happened in Korea for the last 3 years (1996-1998). In 27 cases of deah due to glue sniffing, nine persons died as a result of a fall while intoxication and their blood tolucne concentration was fairly high in the range of $1.3{\sim}21.6{\mu}g/mL$. In case of death due to butane sniffing, fifty four persons died of acute butane gases inhalation or suffocation, and 6 persons died of butane gases as well as glue inhalation.

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Analysis of Inorganic Acids by Capillary Zone Electrophoresis (Capillary Zone Electrophoresis를 이용한 음이온 동시분석에 관한 연구)

  • Park, Sung-Woo;Jin, Kwang-Ho;You, Jae-Hoon;Kim, Dong-Hwan;Seo, Baeseuk;Kim, Young-Sang
    • Analytical Science and Technology
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.213-221
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    • 1998
  • The determination of inorganic anions by capillary zone electrophoresis is reported. A ten component synthetic mixture of anions of bromide, chloride, fluoride, nitrite, nitrate, sulfite, sulfate, perchlorate, chlorate and chlorite was separated by the capillary column and detected by indirect UV method. The running buffer contained 5 mM ammonium dichromate, 10 mM ammonium acetate, 20 mM diethylenetriamine, 10% methanol solution at pH 9.3. A potential of 15 kV at the cathode (reversed polarity) was utilized for the separation of inorganic anions. A complete separation of anions was achieved in less then 10 min and the applicabilities of the method for the analysis of real samples was demonstrated. We compare the concentration of anions in toluene inhaled humen's urine and in postmortem bloods obtained by capillary zone electrophoresis and ion chromatograph.

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A Digital Forensic Method by an Evaluation Function Based on Timestamp Changing Patterns (타임스탬프 변화패턴을 근거로 한 평가함수에 의한 디지털 포렌식 방법)

  • Cho, Gyu Sang
    • Journal of Korea Society of Digital Industry and Information Management
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    • v.10 no.2
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    • pp.91-105
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    • 2014
  • This paper proposes a digital forensic method by an evaluation function based on timestamp changing patterns. Operations on file or folder leave changed timestamps, which give the ways to know what operations were executed. Changes of timestamps of ten operations of a file and eight operations of a folder were examined. Analyses on the changes on the eight folder operations are newly added in this paper, which are not performed in the previous works. Based on the timestamps changes of the file and the folder, two evaluation functions are proposed. The first evaluation function checks whether timestamps are changed by file and folder operations, and the second evaluation function checks whether timestamps are originated from a source file or other attribute field. By the two output values from these evaluation functions, a digital forensic investigation on the file or the folder is performed. With some cases, i. e. file copy and folder creation operations, the proposed forensic method is tested for its usefulness.