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PROCEEDINGS of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences February 2003 Volume IX Contents Financial Disclosure Index ...........................................................1 Special Sessions ............................................................................4 Breakfast Seminars .......................................................................9 Academy-Wide Luncheons.........................................................12 Workshops & Workshorts ...........................................................13 Scientific Sessions Criminalistics.........................................................................23 Engineering Sciences.............................................................95 General.................................................................................122 Jurisprudence .......................................................................147 Odontology ..........................................................................159 Pathology/Biology ...............................................................187 Physical Anthropology ........................................................239 Psychiatry & Behavioral Science ........................................282 Questioned Documents........................................................294 Toxicology ...........................................................................300 Last Word.............................................................................324 Presenting Author Index ...........................................................327 Key Word Index ........................................................................331 Financial Disclosure It is the policy of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences to insure balance, independence, objectivity and scientific rigor in all its educational activities. All faculty participating in these programs are expected to disclose to the program audiences, prior to presenting, (1) any real or apparent conflict(s) of interest related to the content of their presentations, (2) discussion of unapproved (unlabeled) uses of pharmaceuticals/medical devices and, (3) ongoing research (preliminary) data. The intent of this disclosure is not to prevent a speaker with a significant financial or other relationship from making a presentation, but rather to provide listeners with information on which they can make their own judgments. It remains for the audience to determine whether the speaker's interest or relationships may influence the presentation with regard to the exposition or conclusion. A C Kerri A. Dugan, PhD - W2 Promega Corporation José R. Almirall, PhD - B132 Patrick S. Callery, PhD - B97 The Bode Technology Group Agilent National Institute of Justice (ChoicePoint) CETAC West Virginia University Jamie D. Dunn, BS - J6 Foster and Freeman Cassandra D. Calloway, MS - B37; B107 National Institute of Justice SYSTAT National Institute of Justice Robert O. Andres, PhD - G84 Mary E.S. Case, MD - G88 Peak Performance Technologies AAFS Pathology/Biology Section E Kenneth W. Aschheim, DDS - W24 Grant Adobe® Photoshop® Salih Cengiz, PhD - B27 John S. Edwards, PhD - B123 WinID Istanbul University Research Fund MIT, LLC, and EFT Analytical Angi M. Christensen, MA - B80 Henry Erlich, PhD - B109 U.S. Fire Administration National institute of Justice B Denise T. Chung, BS - B70 Richard J. Evans, MD - G26 Ohio University Byrne Grant Michael M. Baden, MD - W7 Robin W. Cotton, PhD - W17 National Medical Services, Inc. Orchid Cellmark F John Ballantyne, PhD - W2 Perkin-Elmer Promega Corporation Promega Corporation Scott R. Firestone, DDS - F36 The Bode Technology Group Coleen Crawford, MFA - G27 Tech-Scan Corporation (ChoicePoint) Macromedia Seth Foldy, MD - D35 Kevin D. 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