Monogenic theory of finger-prints

Racial Differences in Finger-Prints

Development of Latent Finger-Prints on Paper

Surface Roughness Studies of Finger Prints Using Speckle Interferometry

Measurement and control of surface roughness are important in many fields, such as magnetic media, semiconductor processing and optics. Typical roughness measurements are performed using stylus profilers, non-contact optical profilers, or scanning probe microscopes (SPM).An experimental approach for surface roughness evaluation based on the speckle pattern imaging has been attempted in this wor...

Rare Patterns of Finger and Palm Prints in Anorexia Nervosa

Introduction It is well known that in anorexia nervosa (AN), relapse and mortality rates are extremely high, but that early diagnosis and treatment generally leads to good prognosis. With that in mind, and because of the clear genetic contribution to anorexia, we studied whether women diagnosed with AN are characterized by distinctive finger and palm prints. What is the rationale for this appro...

Medical significance of finger-prints and related phenomena.

In 1684 a learned and ingenious physician, Nehemiah Grew, published the first description of the epidermal ridges which make characteristic patterns when prints are taken of fingertips. These "innumerable little ridges of equal bigness and distance, and everywhere running parallel one with another," contain the pores of the sweat glands. Grew also noted that they were disposed into " ellipticks...