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Raghu N. Kacker, Ruediger Kessel, Klaus-Dieter Sommer, Xin Bian
The traditional concept of consistency in multiple evaluations of the same measurand is statistical. The statistical view of consistency does not match the
Image inpainting is a useful and powerful technique for automatically restoring or removing objects in films and damaged pictures. In the last ten years, many
Camillo A. Gentile, Nada T. Golmie, Catherine A. Remley, Christopher L. Holloway, William F. Young
Conversion from analog television in the United States combined with the appeal for broadband public safety communications is generating a lot of interest in
Dale P. Bentz, Chiara F. Ferraris, Max A. Peltz, John A. Winpigler
High volume fly ash (HVFA) concretes are one component of creating a more sustainable infrastructure. By replacing 50 % or more of the portland cement with fly
Javier Castro, Ryan Henkensiefken, Tommy Nantung, Dale P. Bentz, Jason Weiss
The increased propensity for shrinkage cracking in low water-to-cement ratio (w/c) concrete has resulted in the development of new methods that can reduce the
E. H. Silver, N Brickhouse, T. Lin, G X. Chen, K. Kirby, John D. Gillaspy, Joseph N. Tan, J M. Laming
This paper presents (1) new laboratory data on the x-ray spectra of He-like Ar XVII over a broad spectral range (300-3500 eV) at high resolution (2) the results
Kaushik Chatterjee, Sheng Lin-Gibson, Sapun Parekh, Nicole M. Moore, Marcus T. Cicerone, marian F. young, Carl Simon Jr.
There is growing recognition that cells can sense and respond to the physical cues from their environment, such as stiffness, mechanical loading and topology
Marja Paju, Juhani Heilala, Markku Hentula, Antti Heikkila, Bjorn Johansson, Swee K. Leong, Kevin W. Lyons
Increasing numbers of companies in the manufacturing industry have identified market potential for implementing sustainable and green manufacturing. Yet
Jun Chen, Zachary H. Levine, Jingyun Fan, Alan L. Migdall
We present a general quantum-mechanical formalism to describe photon pair generation via four-wave mixing in a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) microresonator. We
We report on our efforts in integrating a source and detection system of photon pairs that have a high end-to-end system efficiency. This requires combining
Bettye C. Johnson, Robert D. Saunders, Zhigang Li, Abra Fein, Lawrence Ong, Milton Hom, Robert Barnes, B L. Markham
The Landsat Data Continuity Mission (LDCM) project at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is supervising
Nicholas P. Butch, Jason R. Jeffries, William J. Evans, Song Xue Chi, Juscelino Leao, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Stanislav V. Sinogeikin, James J. Hamlin, Diego A. Zocco, M. B. Maple
Sustainability is an attractive approach to environmental stewardship because it recognizes the importance of continued profitability in maintaining the
A hash function is near-collision resistant, if it is hard to find two messages with hash values that differ in only small number of bits. In this study, we
Chung Tong Hu, David F. Ferraiolo, Serban I. Gavrila
Attribute relations in access control mechanisms or languages allow accurate and efficient specification of some popular access control models. However, most of
A widely used approach to image segmentation is to define corresponding segmentation energies and to compute shapes that are minimizers of these energies. In
Yajun Cheng, Xinran Zhang, Diana N. Zeiger, Nancy Lin, Joseph M. Antonucci, Sheng Lin-Gibson
Polymeric nanocomposites containing silver are known to exhibit antibacterial activity. Here we demonstrate the synthesis and characterization of dimethacrylate
Simon G. Kaplan, Solomon I. Woods, Timothy M. Jung, Adriaan C. Carter
We describe the design and performance of a cryogenic Fourier transform spectrometer (Cryo-FTS) operating at a temperature of approximately 15 K. The instrument
Image-specific false match and false non-match error rates are defined by inheriting concepts from the biometric zoo. These metrics support failure mode analyses
Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, William J. Keery, Michael Bishop, Benjamin Bunday, John Allgair
Reference Material 8820 (RM 8820) is a new scanning electron microscope calibration reference material for nanotechnology and nanomanufacturingtion recently
Byeong Eon Lee, John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Sid Venkatesh, Nils Bengtsson
Kaizen is a part of Lean Manufacturing that focuses on the concept of continuous improvement to reduce waste. For implementing Kaizen on the factory floor
Svetlana Avramov-Zamurovic1, Nicholas Dagalakis, Rae Duk Lee, Yong Sik Kim, Jae M. Yoo, Seung H. Yang
The scale of nano objects requires very precise position determination. The state-of-the-art manipulators involve accurate nanometer positioning. This paper
Building designers, contractors, owners and managers have long been challenged with providing quality indoor environments at a reasonable energy cost. Current
Nathan R. Newbury, Ian R. Coddington, Esther Baumann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, William C. Swann, Alexander M. Zolot
Fiber-based frequency combs can provide broadband coherent light that enables new possibilities for high-accuracy, high-resolution broadband spectroscopy. We
Sara Laustsen, Dale P. Bentz, Marianne Hasholt, Ole M. Jensen
This paper describes how X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanning can be used to determine the void distribution in hardened concrete. Three different approaches
Raju V. Datla, Joseph P. Rice, Catherine C. Cooksey, Kurtis J. Thome, Robert Barnes, Changyong Cao
A one day workshop was held on December 10, 2009 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to address the issue of data gaps in the time series of
Joseph J. Kopanski, Victor H. Vartanian, Vladimir Mancevski, Phillip D. Rack, Ilona Sitnitsky, Matthew D. Bresin
This paper presents an evaluation of e-beam assisted deposition and welding of conductive carbon nanotube (c-CNT) tips for electrical scanning probe microscope
Results of a study on the variability in the geometric accuracy of a metal test part manufactured by several service providers using either electron beam or
Stefan Popoveniuc, John M. Kelsey, Andrew Regenscheid, Poorvi Vora
The term end-to-end verifiability has been used over the past several years to describe multiple voting system proposals. The term has, however, never been