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Florida International University

2010

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Development Of A Dynamic Headspace Concentration Technique For The Non-Contact Sampling Of Human Odor Samples And The Creation Of Canine Training Aids, Lauryn E. Degreeff Nov 2010

Development Of A Dynamic Headspace Concentration Technique For The Non-Contact Sampling Of Human Odor Samples And The Creation Of Canine Training Aids, Lauryn E. Degreeff

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Human scent and human remains detection canines are used to locate living or deceased humans under many circumstances. Human scent canines locate individual humans on the basis of their unique scent profile, while human remains detection canines locate the general scent of decomposing human remains. Scent evidence is often collected by law enforcement agencies using a Scent Transfer Unit, a dynamic headspace concentration device. The goals of this research were to evaluate the STU-100 for the collection of human scent samples, and to apply this method to the collection of living and deceased human samples, and to the creation of …