“…Several papers reported analytical methods for the characterization and discrimination between oil spill samples using biomarkers, 141,142 compound-specific stable isotopes, 143 hollow fiber liquid-phase microextraction coupled to a variety of chromatography and mass spectrometry systems, 144 and the use of elemental composition. 145 More traditional ignitable liquid residue (ILR) analysis studies were reported with the aid of a novel needle extraction method coupled to GC, 146 headspace single drop microextraction, 147 characterization of the biomarkers using GC-FT-IR and GC/MS, 148 the temporal changes in microbial degradation products, 149 weathering in heating-oil releases, 150 the use of differential mobility spectrometry (DMS) and comparison of DMS to GC/MS for the detection of ILR from fire debris, 151 and the sampling and recovery of ILR from a suspect's hands. 152 A very large number of papers reporting the detection and/or forensic analysis of explosives were published in the last two years including the novel use of a variety of analytical methods including the use of isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS), 153À159 Raman spectroscopy, 160À165 amperometric sensing, 166 standoff detection using hyperspectral imaging, 167 laser electrospray mass spectrometry (LEMS), 168 GC coupled to ion mobility spectrometry (IMS), 169 SPME sampling coupled to an IMS, 170,171 SPME coupled to GC/MS, 172À174 and direct IMS analysis with improved chemometric multivariate methods.…”