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Book Chapters

Glycan Analysis of NIST mAb Reference Material

Author(s)
John E. Schiel, Catherine A. Mouchahoir
N-linked glycosylation is a common post-translational modification that imparts structural heterogeneity to recombinant monoclonal antibody therapeutics. The

Chemical Kinetics and Fire

Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris, John Griffiths
The purpose of this chapter is to set out the principles of chemical kinetics as they apply to combustion in flames and fires. Chemical equilibrium, which was

Combinatorial Testing: Theory and Practice

Author(s)
David R. Kuhn, Renee Bryce, Feng Duan, Laleh Ghandehari, Yu Lei, Raghu N. Kacker
Combinatorial testing has rapidly gained favor among software testers in the past decade as improved algorithms have become available, and practical success has

Deuteration in Biological Neutron Reflectometry

Author(s)
Frank N. Heinrich
Neutron reflectometry is uniquely positioned in structural biology, because of its ability to characterize biomimetic interfacial architectures like lipid

Small-Angle X-ray Scattering of Ionic Liquids

Author(s)
Fan Zhang, Joshua A. Hammons, Jan Ilavsky
Small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is a powerful technique that is used to resolve the size and structure of phases on the nanometer scale, within a sample

Dynamics of Magnetic Nanoparticles and Nanodevices

Author(s)
Stephen E. Russek, Eric R. Evarts, Robert J. Usselman
Nanoscale magnetic devices and particles are being developed for a wide variety of applications including magnetic memory, nanoscale sensors, magnetic resonance

Building Analytical Support for Homeland Security

Author(s)
Sanjay Jain, Charles W. Hutchings, Yung-Tsun Lee
This chapter discusses modeling and simulation as a significant means for providing analytical support for homeland security problem solving and decision making

Update on Ozone-Depleting Substances (ODSs) and Other Gases of Interest to the Montreal Protocol, Chapter 1 in Scientific Assessment of Ozone Depletion: 2014, Global Ozone Research and Monitoring Project-Report No.55, 416 pp., World Meteorological Organiz

Author(s)
Lucy J. Carpenter, Stefan Reimann, Andreas Engel, Stephen Montzka, James B. Burkholder, Cathy Clerbaux, Bradley Hall, Shari A. Yvon-Lewis, Donald R. Blake, Marcel Dorf, Geoffre S. Dutton, Paul J. Fraser, Lucien Froidevaux, Fran?ois Hendrick, Jianxin Hu, Ashley Jones, Paul B. Krummel, Lambert J. Kuijpers, Michael J. Kurylo, Qing Liang, Emmanuel Mahieu, Jens M?hle, Simon O?Doherty, Keiichi Ohnishi, Vladimir L. Orkin, Klaus Pfeilsticker, Matt Rigby, Isobel J. Simpson, Yoko Yokouchi
Changes in the global atmospheric abundance of a substance are determined by the balance between its emissions and removal. Declines observed for ozone

Solidification

Author(s)
William J. Boettinger, Dilip K. Banerjee
In this chapter, we give a general view of the formation of the solid from its melt. This process is generally driven by the extraction of heat from the melt

Metrics of Security

Author(s)
Yi Cheng, Julia Deng, Jason Li, Scott DeLoach, Anoop Singhal, Xinming Ou
Discussion of challenges and ways of improving Cyber Situational Awareness dominated our previous chapters. However, we have not yet touched on how to quantify

Morphological Stability

Author(s)
Robert F. Sekerka, Sam R. Coriell, Geoffrey B. McFadden
The theory of morphological stability provides a dynamical analysis of the stability of the interface that separates phases during a phase transformation. We

Principles of Optical Radiometry and Measurement Uncertainty

Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson, Howard W. Yoon, Joseph P. Rice, Albert C. Parr
The fundamental concepts of optical radiometry are developed from basic principles, with detailed explanations for radiance, irradiance, and reflectance

Genomic Reference Materials for Clinical Application

Author(s)
Justin M. Zook, Marc L. Salit
Reference Materials are well-characterized, homogeneous, and stable samples that can be used to understand measurement performance. The Genome in a Bottle

Testing of Small-Sized Specimens

Author(s)
Enrico Lucon
An extensive review of the current state-of-the-art of small specimen test technology (SSTT) has been presented, covering a number of experimental techniques

Spectral Emissivity Measurements

Author(s)
Hiromichi Watanabe, Juntaro Ishii, Hidenobu Wakabayashi, Tomoyuki Kumano, Leonard Hanssen
Chapter 9 describes the wide variety of experimental instrumentation and methods used for spectral emissivity measurements at both ambient and elevated

Spectral Fluorescence Measurements

Author(s)
Paul C. DeRose, Joanne C. Zwinkels, James Leland
This chapter covers the topic of spectral fluorescence measurements. These fluorescence measurements offer significant advantages in terms of sensitivity and

Theoretical Concepts in Spectrophotometric Measurements

Author(s)
Thomas A. Germer, Joanne C. Zwinkels, Benjamin K. Tsai
This chapter will describe some of the theoretical concepts of obtaining optical properties from spectrophotometric measurements. The optical properties of