Journals

Applications of Fire Calorimetry A Round Table Discussion Held at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland 8th July 2004

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

R Lyon, T R. Hull, Marc R. Nyden

This document summarizes the discussions during a meeting that was convened to bring together fire scientists and engineers familiar with fire calorimeters and...

Improving Electrical Conductivity and Thermal Properties of Polymers by the Addition of Carbon Nanotubes as Fillers

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

K Winey, Takashi Kashiwagi, Minfang Mu

TGA Decomposition Kinetics of 1-Butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium Tetrafluoroborate and the Thermal Effects of Contaminants

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

D M. Fox, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Hugh C. De Long, Paul C. Trulove

Thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) has been used to determine the kinetics of decomposition for 1-butyl-2,3-dimethylimidazolium tetrafluoroborate (DMBIBF4) and...

Species Formation and Burning Characteristics of Scaled Propane Compartment Fires

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

C J. Wieczorek, U Vandsburger, J E. Floyd

Fires occurring in dense occupancies such as hospitals, dormitories, and nursing homes pose a serious threat to occupants due to the risk of carbon monoxide...

The International FORUM of Fire Research Directors: A Position Paper on Performance Based Codes and Performance Based Design for Fire Applications

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Paul Croce, William L. Grosshandler, Richard W. Bukowski, L A. Gritzo

The International Forum of Fire Research Directors (FORUM) periodically takes a position on a technical issue of international significance confronting the fire...

Consistent Estimation of Poisson Intensity in the Presence of Dead Time

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

S X. He, Grace L. Yang, K T. fang, J F. Widmann

Phase Doppler Interferometry (PDI) is a non-intrusive technique frequently used to obtain information about spray characteristics. Understanding spray...

Numerical Study on Non-Piloted Ignition of Thin PMMA Sheet by a Laser - Effects of Sample Orientation

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Y N. Nakamura, Takashi Kashiwagi

Non-piloted ignition processes of a thin poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) sheet (0. 2 mm thick) by a laser beam as an external radiant source are investigated by...

Reverse Airflow Through the Exhaust Air Damper of Variable-Air-Volume Air-Handling Units: Part 1 - Problem Description

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

J House, J E. Seem, George E. Kelly

A common method of controlling building pressurization with variable-air-volume air-handling units is to control the return fan to provide a constant...

Mapping Microstructural Drying Shrinkage Deformations in Cement-Based Materials. Part 3: Influence of Specific Drying Shrinkage Mechanisms

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

C M. Neubauer, Hamlin M. Jennings, Edward Garboczi

A new deformation mapping technique has been used to study the impact of specific drying shrinkage mechanisms in the deformation development of cement paste. In...

Hydrolysis-Controlled Transport of Water in Polymeric Coatings

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Sanghun Lee, Tinh Nguyen, Jonathan W. Martin, E Byrd

Thermoset acrylic melamine coatings are widely used for exterior structures. These materials are formulated by reacting an acrylic polyol with an alkylated...

A Continuum-Atomistic Simulation of Heat Transfer in Micro- and Nano-Flows

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

J Liu, S Chen, Xiaobo Nie, M O. Robbins

We develop a hybrid atomistic-continuum scheme for simulating micro- and nano- flows with heat transfer. The approach is based on spatial ''domain decomposition...

Investigation of the State of Water in Hydrating Layered and Amorphous Sodium Disilicate (Alkali-Silica Reactants) by Quasi-Elastic Neutron Scattering

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

J W. Phair, Richard A. Livingston, Craig Brown

The structure and state of water within hydrating layered and amorphous sodiumdisilicate were monitored for the first time using quasi-elastic neutron...

Possible Precursors and Products of Deep Hydrodesulfurization of Gasoline and DistillateFules III. The Thermodynamic Properties of 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrodibenzothiphene

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

W V. Steele, Robert D. Chirico, A B. Cowell, Anh D. Nguyen, S E. Knipmeyer

Measurements leading to the calculation of the standard thermydynamic properties for gaseous 1,2,3,4-tetrahydrodibenzothiophene (Chemical Sbstracts registry...

Direct Observation of Room Temperature Propylene Adsorption and Rehybridization on Supported Silver Using Synchrotron Radiation

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

J T. Ranney, Daniel A. Fischer, D H. Parker, R G. Bowman, G E. Hartwell, J L. Gland

The room-temperature chemisorption and rehybridization of propylene on dispersed silver supported on TiO 2 [anatase] has been observed for the first time...

Precise Dependence of the Triple-Point Temperature of Hydrogen on the Deuterium Content at Low Concentrations

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

B Fellmuth, Weston L. Tew

Unusual DNA Conformations From Intron 21 of the PKD1 Gene Cause Mutagenesis

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

A Bacolla, A Jaworski, A Larson, J P. Jakupciak, C D. O'Connell, R D. Wells

Intron 21 of the polycystic kidney disease 1 (PKD1) gene contains a 2.5 kbp of purine-pyrimidine asymmetry [poly(R-Y)] predicted to adopt unusual DNA structures...

Consensus Characterization of 16 FMR1 Reference Materials: A Consortium Study by the Fragile Xperts

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Jean A. Wilson, Victoria M. Pratt, Amit Phansalkar, Kasinathan Muralidharan, W E. Highsmith, J C. Beck, Scott Bridgeman, Ebony M. Courtney, Lidia Epp, Andrea Ferreira-Gonzalez, Nick L. Hjelm, Leonard Holtegaard, Mohamed A. Jama, J P. Jakupciak, Monique A. Johnson, Paul Labrousse, Elaine Lyon, Thomas W. Prior, C D. Richards, Kristy L. Richie, Benjamin B. Roa, Elizabeth M. Rohlfs, Tina Sellers, Stephanie Sherman, Karen M. Siegrist, Lawrence M. Silverman, Joanna Wiszniewska, Lisa Kalman

Fragile X (FX) syndrome is caused by expansion of a (CGG)n repeat in the FMR1 gene, occurs in approximately 1:3500 males and causes mental retardation...

A Comparative AFM Study of the Compressibility and Friction of Unmodified and Oligo(ethylene oxide)-Modified Alkane Thiol SAMs on Au(111) Using Nanografting

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Ying Hu, David J. Vanderah, Guangyao Liu, William J. Price, Milan Mrksich, G Scoles

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) terminated with oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG) segments are known to resist non-specific protein adsorption and are used in...

Universal RNA Reference Materials for Gene Expression

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

M Cronin, K Ghosh, F Sistare, J Quackenbush, V L. Vilker, C D. O'Connell

A NIST sponsored workshop entitled Metrology and Standards Needs for Gene Expression Technologies: Universal RNA Standards was held on March 28-29, 2003 to...

Amino Acid Exchangeability from Experimental Data

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

L Y. Yampolsky, Arlin Stoltzfus

Amino acid sequence differences between proteins are often interpreted by reference to a pairwise measure of amino acid similarity, based either on observed...

Influence of Surface Coverage on the Conformation and Mobility of C₁₈ Modified Silica Gels

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

G Srinivasan, Lane C. Sander, K Muller

C18 modified silica gels with surface coverages of 2 mol/m2 to 8.2 mol/m2, were prepared by different synthetic pathways and characterized by Fourier Transform...

CCM Key Comparison in the Pressure Range 50 kPa to 1000 kPa (gas medium, gauge mode) - Phase A2: Pressure Measurements

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

J Jaeger, J C. Legras, G F. Molinar, James W. Schmidt

As a part of a wide CCM key comparison, this report gives the results of a comparison of pressure measurements in the range of gauge pressure 0,05 MPa to 1 MPa...

Ordered Water Monolayer on Ultra-Smooth Hydroxylated Amorphous SiO^d2

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

I M. Aarts, A C. Pipino, J P. Hoefnagels, W M. Kessels, M C. van de Sanden

Polarized near-IR evanescent wave absorption spectra reveal the structure of awater monolayer bound to an ultra-smooth hydroxylated amorphous SiO2 surfaceunder...

The Microwave Spectrum and Ground State Structure of H₂O-HI

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

A McIntosh, T Walther, R R. Lucchese, J W. Bevan, R D. Suenram, A C. Legon

The microwave spectrum and ground state structure of H^ 2O HI are reported. The fitted ground state constants include: A 0=428.9 GHz, B 0=2189.7351(10) MHz, C 0...

Recommendations for Improving Serum Creatinine Measurement: A Report From the Laboratory Working Group of the National Kidney Disease Education Program

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Gary L. Myers, W. G. Miller, J Coresh, J Fleming, Neil Greenberg, T Greene, T Hostetter, A S. Levey, Mauro Panteghini, Michael J. Welch, John H. Eckfeldt

Background:The National Kidney Disease Education Program (NKDEP) has promulgated suggestions for diagnosing and treating chronic kidney disease (CKD). The...

Ab Initio Study of the Reactions Between a Series of Substituted Singlet Nitrenium Ions and Water

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

A A. Restrepo-Cossio, M Marquez, F Mari, Carlos A. Gonzalez

Highly correlated ab initio molecular orbital calculations have been used to study the energetics and mechanisms governing the reactions of a series of...

Recommended Practice for Calibrating Vacuum Gauges of the Thermal Conductivity Type

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

R E. Ellefson, A P. Miiller

The recommended procedures and apparatus are described for calibrating vacuum gauges of the thermal conductivity type in the pressure range 10 -1 Pa (10 -3 Torr...

Data-Driven and Peak-Based Feature Selection In Serum Protein Mass Spectrometry

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Walter S. Liggett Jr, Peter E. Barker, O J. Semmes, L H. Cazares

Consider functional canonical correlation analysis (CCA) applied to disjoint sections of lengthy protein mass spectra for the purpose of finding long-distance...

Isothermal Kovats Retention Indices of Sulfur Compounds on Poly (5% Diphenyl/95% Dimethylsiloxane) Stationary Phase

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

K E. Miller, Thomas J. Bruno

Isothermal Kovats retention indices of 21 sulfur compounds relevant to the fuel gas and food industries are reported on a poly (5% diphenyl/95%dimethylsiloxane)...

Anthrax Toxin Functional Assay: Lethal Factor Binding to Protective Antigen Ion Channel

October 12, 2021

Author(s)

Kelly Halverson, R G. Panchal, T L. Nguyen, S Little, Martin Misakian, Sina Bavari, John J. Kasianowicz

Bacillus anthracis secretes three toxins (protective antigen, PA; lethal factor, LF; and edema factor, EF) that are the molecular basis of anthrax-induced cell...