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David F. Ferraiolo, Ramaswamy Chandramouli, David R. Kuhn, Chung Tong Hu
Extensible Access Control Markup Language (XACML) and Next Generation Access Control (NGAC) are very different attribute based access control standards with
Maritoni Litorja, Simon Lorenzo, Banghe Zhu, Eva Sevick Muraca
The use of tissue phantoms as calibrators to transfer SI-referenced scale to an imager offers convenience, compared to other methods of calibration. The tissue
Recently, Gligoroski et al. proposed code-based encryption and signature schemes using list decoding, blockwise triangular private keys, and a nonuniform error
Junjie Yang, Chunruo Duan, John R. Copley, Craig Brown, Despina Louca
In spite of its frustrated lattice, the multiferroic Lu 0.5Sc 0.5FeO 3 exhibits two consecutive magnetic transitions at T% N1approximately equal to}175 K and T
Clocks are deeply integrated into practically every cyber-physical system either explicitly as provenance for time-triggered actions, or implicitly in cases
Yiliang Bao, Felipe Guzman, Arvind Balijepalli, John Lawall, Jacob Taylor, Thomas W. LeBrun, Jason J. Gorman
A new design for an optomechanical accelerometer is presented. The design includes a hemispherical optical cavity that can achieve high finesse and a proof mass
Roger V. Bostelman, Elena R. Messina, Sebti Foufou
Manufacturing robotics are moving towards human-robot collaboration with light duty robots being used side-by-side with workers. Similarly, exoskeletons that
Paul A. Williams, Brian J. Simonds, Jeffrey W. Sowards, Joshua A. Hadler
In laser manufacturing operations, accurate measurement of laser power is important for product quality, operational repeatability, and process validation
Laura C. Sinclair, William C. Swann, Jean-Daniel Deschenes, Hugo Bergeron, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Esther Baumann, Michael A. Cermak, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury
Synchronization of optical clocks via optical two-way time-frequency transfer across free-space links can result in time offsets between the two clocks below
We explore the condensation of monovalent counter-ions on the molecular conformation of highly charged flexible polyelectrolytes for a range of molecular
Sara Orski, Thomas W. Rosch, Anthony Kotula, Richard J. Sheridan, Frederick R. Phelan Jr., Kalman Migler, Chad R. Snyder, Luis F. Vargas Lara, Jack F. Douglas, Kathryn L. Beers
As a class of materials, polyolefins remain the largest production volume polymer in the world, as well as a highly desirable medium from which to engineer high
ZHFE, designed by Porras et al., is one of the few promising candidates for a multivariate public-key encryption algorithm. In this article we extend and
Ryann Cartor, Ryan Gipson, Daniel Smith-Tone, Jeremy Vates
Multivariate Public Key Cryptography (MPKC) is one of the most attractive post-quantum options for digital signatures in a wide array of applications. The
Vladimir Marbukh, Kamran Sayrafian, Martina Barbi, Mehdi Alasti
A Body Area Network (BAN) is a radio standard for wireless connectivity of wearable and implantable sensors located inside or in close proximity to the human
A Body Area Network (BAN) is a radio interface standard for wireless connectivity of wearable and implantable sensors located inside or in close proximity to
Wearable sensors are considered to be a key component of cognitive infocommunications systems. These sensors, which are basically enabler of inter-cognitive
In the effort to achieve low-energy operation of residential buildings, advanced water heating technologies are vitally important. This paper explores the year
Jian Yao, Marc A. Weiss, Charles Curry, Judah Levine
This paper studies the impact of GPS jamming on GPS carrier-phase time transfer. To study this issue, at NIST, we have installed a commercial GPS jamming
I will report on a study of the usefulness of ARMA time scale algorithms to synchronize clocks on a digital network. The algorithm acquires periodic time
There is a need to back up critical timing infrastructure at the national level. This paper provides an update on a joint project employing commercial equipment
Zhiheng Jiang, Demetrios Matsakis, Victor S. Zhang, Hector Esteban, Dirk Piester, Shinn-Yan Lin
Two-Way Satellite Time and Frequency Transfer (TWSTFT) links were first introduced to the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) generation in 1999 [1,19]. These
A 2715 ft2 (252 m2), two story, residential home of the style typical of the Gaithersburg, Maryland area was constructed in 2012 to illustrate technologies
This is the fourth part of a series of tutorial papers discussing various causes of measurement uncertainty in scanned particle beam instruments. Scanned
Yao Ma, Daniel G. Kuester, Jason B. Coder, William F. Young
To address the spectrum scarcity problem and enhance spectrum utilization efficiency, spectrum sharing and coexistence of different wireless communication