OSAC Lexicon

The American Dental Association

Any material coated with a tacky substance for the purpose of lifting impressions.

Any material coated with a tacky substance for the purpose of lifting impressions.

Any material coated with a tacky substance for the purpose of lifting impressions.

Semi-solid/liquid (cheesy) decomposition product of human remains.

set of operations carried out on a measuring system so that it provides prescribed indications corresponding to given values of the quantity to be measured^c

^{c: Joint Committee for Guides in Metrology (JCGM), International vocabulary of metrology - Basic and general concepts and associated terms (VIM) (Sèvres, France: International Bureau of Weights and Measures [BIPM]- JCGM 200) available from: https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/guides.}

Records—such as evidence receipts, chain of custody, and submission forms (electronic or hard copy)—that do not constitute data or information resulting from examination work.

Evaluation of records (3.49) to verify consistency with the forensic service provider’s (3.26) administrative policies and with editorial correctness

Numbers in the parenthesis refers to additional terms in the standard.

Also referenced in ANSI/ASB 143 Standard for Technical Review in Friction Ridge Examination.

The individual who oversees, but does not participate in, the evaluation; this will usually be, but is not restricted to, the technical leader.

A court determination whether the trier of fact may hear and consider the proffered evidence.

A witness that has been deemed to have done something wrong.

Accessory visual structures.

The interval in human dental development that begins after all primary teeth are normally shed, and the permanent teeth are developing or developed. The adolescent interval ends when all permanent teeth present are fully developed. Note: During the adolescent and adult dental age intervals, primary teeth may be atypically retained for various reasons, including congenital absence or ectopic eruption of the permanent teeth that would typically replace them.

The interval begins when human dental development ends and all permanent teeth have completely formed crowns and roots and continues throughout life. Note: During the adolescent and adult dental age intervals, primary teeth may be atypically retained for various reasons, including congenital absence or ectopic eruption of the permanent teeth that would typically replace them.

Observable response(s) that reinforce social bonds within a group/promote group cohesion (e.g., relaxed, neutral body language and related tail position and movement, willingness and ability to engage in safe, positive interactions with people and other dogs; play with, grooming or licking of others, attention-solicitation).

Automated Fingerprint Identification System

Automatic gain control is an adaptive system that effectively reduces the amplitude orenergy of an audio signal if it is strong and raises it when it is weaker.

Automatic Gain Control. A closed-loop regulating circuit which provides a controlled signal amplitude at its output,despite variation of the amplitude in the input signal.

Information that can be processed to generate normal distribution data or percentile data and assembled to create a reference data set.

The estimated age and estimated age interval derived from the dental developmental stage or stages present at the time an individual's estimated age is calculated by the forensic dental age assessment practitioner. (For example, the mean age for a subject with observed dental characteristics similar to the individual being evaluated is estimated to be 10.34 years with a minimum and maximum age distribution of 8.67 to 14.33 years on the day of assessment).

The estimation of chronological age from osseous, dental, and/or cartilaginous material, reported as an interval.

A phenomenon that occurs when means and confidence intervals for particular features/phases are calculated directly from the ages of individuals with those features in the reference sample, resulting in a method that produces results more influenced by the composition of the reference sample than the true age distribution of the features in the population.

Specific human scent that has been present for a period longer than 24 hours

Specific human scent that has been present for a period longer than 24 hours.

Specific human scent that has been present for a period longer than 24 hours.

A specific human scent pathway that has been present for a period longer than 24 hours.

A specific human scent pathway that has been present for a period longer than 24 hours.

A specific human scent pathway that has been present for a period longer than 24 hours.

agency An entity such as an individual, a law enforcement department, a private company, or a government or private laboratory that in this context provides BPA as one of its functions.

An entity such as an individual, a law enforcement department, a private company, or a government or private laboratory that in this context provides BPA as one of its functions.

Description of an act of a canine that is an outcome of an agonistic interaction. It can be appropriate or inappropriate, and involve a threat, challenge or contest. NOTE: The word 'aggressive' is often used as a descriptive term for intense, enthusiastic, or forceful behavior of any kind, and these canines may not be truly aggressive or possess aggression.

Behavioral response(s) communicating threat of harm or behaviors that could inflict harm toward another individual. It can be appropriate or inappropriate, and involve a threat, challenge or contest. NOTE The word 'aggressive' is often used incorrectly as a descriptive term for intense, enthusiastic, or forceful behavior of any kind, and these canines may not be truly aggressive or possess aggression.

Observation of pattern type, ridge flow, and friction ridge features in sequence, of the same or similar type, in the same relative position to each other, with associated intervening ridge counts. An accumulation of similarities between two impressions resulting in overall conformity.

The Audio Interchange File Format stores audio data in uncompressed pulse-codemodulation (PCM). The file extensions commonly used are '.aiff' and 'aif'. There is acompressed variant which has the extension '.aifc', but in reality, sometimes acompressed version is stored with the file extension '.aiff'. 

A technique used by a canine to locate a target odor/scent. The canine searches for the target odor/scent on wind/air currents and attempts to identify/work on an odor/scent cone to the source of the odor/scent.

A characteristic change in ongoing behavior in response to a trained odor/scent, as interpreted by the canine handler. The components of the alert may include: change of behavior (COB), interest, and final response or indication. . (See final response, and indication.)

A characteristic change in ongoing behavior in response to a trained scent, as recognized by the canine handler. The components of the alert may include: change of behavior (COB), interest, and final response or indication. (See 3.31 final response.)

A characteristic change in ongoing behavior in response to a trained scent, as recognized by the canine handler. The components of the alert may include: change of behavior (COB), interest, and final response or indication. (See 3.31 final response.)

A characteristic change in ongoing behavior in response to a trained scent, as recognized by the canine handler. The components of the alert may include: change of behavior (COB), interest, and final response or indication. (See 3.31 final response.)