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Uni-directional PMI narrowing

The principle that the TBS formula better constrains the minimum PMI (at least X days must have passed) than the maximum PMI. The upper PMI bound is usually constrained by circumstantial and investigative evidence rather than decomposition score.

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Accumulated degree days (ADD)AutolysisBehrensmeyer weathering stagesCadaver decomposition island (CDI)Maggot mass temperatureMicroclimate offsetMummificationPutrefactionTotal Body Score (TBS)

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