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ultimate sureness with no implication of possible change.
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an agent, often an ignitable liquid, that acts to initiate a fire or increase its rate of spread.
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the quality of subordinate workers being responsible for his/her own work and answerable to a superior.
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the degree of conformity of a measured quantity to its actual (true) value.
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a colorless, highly flammable chemical compound used as an organic solvent, an ingredient in many lacquer thinner compounds and adhering liquids.
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a detailed final review of the case file documentation. A member other than the assigned analyst must conduct the Laboratory Director case file review on all case files.
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records such as case related conversations, evidence receipts, description of evidence packaging and seals, and other pertinent information.
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the postmortem cooling of the body.
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any ADFS personnel assigned to perform scientific investigation or evidential examination.
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all case specific records such as notes, worksheets, graphs, spectra, printouts, computer data files, photographs, photocopies, microscopic slides and other data or records.
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an orderly step-by-step process designed to ensure operational uniformity and to minimize systematic variability.
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preceding death Antigens: foreign substances in the body that are capable of causing disease.
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the intentional and unlawful burning of a building or other property.
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a medical term for suffocation, which leads to lack of oxygen in the blood.
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the process of evaluating analysts to determine their level of technical knowledge, skills, and abilities.
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a review conducted to compare the various aspects of the laboratory’s performance with a standard for that performance.
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blood directed back toward the source of energy or force that caused the spatter; often associated with entrance gunshot wounds.
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branch of physics that deals with the flights of projectiles.
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combination of 2 nucleotides (A and T or G and C) held together by weak hydrogen bonds; the DNA double helix is formed when a base pair of nucleotides in the DNA strands are connected by these bonds.
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a digestive fluid made by the liver and stored in the gallbladder that helps digest fats.
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