Journals

Inter-method Performance Study of Tumor Volumetry Assessment on Computed Tomography Test-retest Data

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Adele P. Peskin, Andrew Buckler, Jovanna Danagoulian, Kjell Johnson

Rationale and objectives The quantification of lung tumor volume change has potential as an imaging biomarker for diagnosis, therapy planning, and monitoring

Monte Carlo based approach to the LS-NaI ß-γ anticoincidence extrapolation and uncertainty

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Ryan P. Fitzgerald

The β-γ anticoincidence method is used for the primary standardization of β-, β+, electron capture (EC), α, and mixed-mode radionuclides. Efficiency

Combinatorial Analysis of Diagonal, Box and Greater-Than Polynomials as Packing Functions

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Pepe Torres Jimenez, Nelson Rangel-Valdez, Raghu N. Kacker, James F. Lawrence

Packing functions (PFs) are bijections between a set of m-dimensional vectors V over N m and nonnegative integers N. PFs have several applications, e.g. in

Schwere Experimente

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Stephan Schlamminger, Christian Rothleitner

Obwohl die Standardunsicherheit der Gravitationskonstante in der neuesten Veröffentlichung des CODATA um über die Hälfte reduziert wurde, ist sie noch immer die

History of Chromatography. Hamish Small: Experimenter Extraordinaire

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Andre M. Striegel

Hamish Small speaks to Andre Striegel about the secrets to his success in separation science and value of vague thoughts in scientific progress

Heat transfer principles in thermal calculation of structures in fire

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Chao Zhang, Usmani Asif

Structural fire engineering (SFE) is a relatively new interdisciplinary subject, which requires a comprehensive knowledge of heat transfer, fire dynamics and

Is This for Real?: Fast Graphicality Testing

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Brian D. Cloteaux

When we have an integer sequence that can be realized as the degree sequence of some graph, we say that the sequence is graphic. While almost any graph theory

Side Chain Conformational Distributions of a Small Protein Derived from Model-Free Analysis of a Large Set of Residual Dipolar Couplings

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Fang Li, Alexander Grishaev, Jinfa Ying, Adriaan Bax

Accurate quantitative measurement of structural dispersion in proteins remains a prime challenge to both X-ray crystallography and NMR spectroscopy. An approach

Thermal Signature Measurements for Ammonium Nitrate/Fuel Mixtures by Laser Heating

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Cary Presser

Measurements were carried out to obtain thermal signatures of several ammonium nitrate/fuel (ANF) mixtures, using a laser-heating technique referred to as the

Determination of Isoflavone Content in SRM 3238 Using Liquid Chromatography-Particle Beam/Electron Ionization Mass Spectrometry

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Lynn Zhang, Carolyn Burdette, Melissa M. Phillips, Kate Rimmer, R. K. Marcus

The characterization of active components in botanical materials is a challenging task, especially as increased consumption of botanicals and dietary

Magnetocaloric Response Of Non-Stoichiometric Ni(sub2)MnGa Alloys and the Influence of Texture

November 1, 2015

Author(s)

Michael V. McLeod, Anit Giri, Brigitte A. Paterson, Cindi L. Dennis, H L. Zhou, S C. Vogel, Yong Ho Sohn, Robert D. Shull, B S. Majumdar

Currently, there is significant interest in magnetocaloric materials for solid state refrigeration. In this work, polycrystalline Heusler alloys belonging to

Towards the Development of a Documentary Standard for Derived-Point to Derived-Point Distance Performance Evaluation of Spherical Coordinate 3D Imaging Systems

October 30, 2015

Author(s)

Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Katharine M. Shilling, Prem K. Rachakonda, Wei Ren, Vincent D. Lee, Daniel S. Sawyer

This paper describes ongoing research work within the Dimensional Metrology Group (DMG) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in support

Determination of 3-D molecular orientation by polarization broadband CARS spectroscopy

October 30, 2015

Author(s)

Young J. Lee

Theoretical description is presented about a new analysis method to determine 3-diminsional (3-D) molecular orientation by concurrently analyzing polarization

Millimeter-Wave Near-Field Measurements Using Coordinated Robotics

October 29, 2015

Author(s)

Joshua A. Gordon, David R. Novotny, Michael H. Francis, Ronald C. Wittmann, Alexandra Curtin, Miranda L. Butler, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri

The National Institute of Standards and Tech- nology (NIST) recently developed a new robotic scan- ning system for performing near-field measurements at

Zero to pi continuously controllable cross-phase modulation in a Doppler-broadened N-type electromagnetically-induced-transparency medium

October 29, 2015

Author(s)

Lu Deng, Edward W. Hagley, R B. Li, C J. Zhu

We demonstrate an observation of zero to π continuously controllable cross-phase- modulation based on an N-type electromagnetically-induced-transparency scheme

Compositional Analysis of Biomass Reference Materials: Results from an Interlaboratory Study

October 29, 2015

Author(s)

David W. Templeton, Edward J. Wolfrum, Katherine E. Sharpless, James H. Yen

Biomass analysis methods are used to compare compositions of different lignocellulosic feedstocks, to measure component balance around unit operations, and to

An algorithm for synchronizing a clock when the data are received over a network with an unstable delay

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Judah Levine

I will describe a method for synchronizing a clock to a remote time standard when the channel connecting to two has significant delay variation that can be

A Significance Test for Reverberation-Chamber Measurement Uncertainty in Total Radiated Power of Wireless Devices

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Catherine A. Remley, Chih-Ming Wang, Dylan F. Williams, Joop Aan Den Toorn, Christopher L. Holloway

We develop a significance test that determines whether the component of uncertainty due to the finite number of stepped mode-stirring samples or the component

New Results on Packing Degree Sequences and the 2-Color Discrete Tomography Problem

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

James Shook, Michael Ferrara, Jennifer Diemunsch, Sogol Jahanbekam

A sequence $\pi=(d_1,\ldots,d_n)$ is graphic if there is a simple graph $G$ with vertex set $\{v_1,\ldots,v_n\}$ such that the degree of $v_i$ is the $i$th

Double-integrating-sphere system at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in support of measurement standards for the determination of optical properties of tissue-mimicking phantoms

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Paul Lemaillet, Jeeseong C. Hwang, David W. Allen

There is a need for a common reference point that will allow for the comparison of the optical properties of tissue mimicking phantoms. This paper provides a

Distributions of a Linear Homopolymer Additive in an Ordered Block Copolymer Matrix as Quantified by Small Angle Neutron Scattering

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Huagen H. Peng, Vikram Daga, Ying Lin, J J. Watkins, Wen-Li Wu, Christopher Soles

The addition of linear poly (acrylic acid) (PAA) to a disordered low molecular mass poly (ethylene oxide)-poly (propylene oxide)-poly (ethylene oxide) triblock

HOW OLD IS IT? - 241PU/AMNUCLEAR FORENSIC CHRONOLOGY REFERENCE MATERIALS

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Kenneth G. Inn

One material attribute for nuclear forensics is material age. 241Pu is almost always present in uranium- and plutonium-based nuclear weapons, which pose the

Molecular Dynamics Evaluation of Dielectric Constant Mixing Rules for H2O-CO2 at Geologic Conditions

October 27, 2015

Author(s)

Raymond D. Mountain, Allan H. Harvey

Modeling of mineral reaction equilibria and aqueous-phase speciation of C-O-H fluids requires the dielectric constant of the fluid mixture, which is not known

Nanoporous Silicon Combusion: Observation of Shockwave and Flame Synthesis of Nanoparticle Silicon Oxide

October 26, 2015

Author(s)

John G. Gillen, Collin Becker, Conrad Stoldt, Matthew E. Staymates

The persistent hydrogen termination present in nanoporous silicon (nPS) is unique compared to other forms of nanoscale silicon (Si) which typically readily form

Enhanced Magnetic Trap Loading for Atomic Strontium

October 26, 2015

Author(s)

Gretchen K. Campbell, Daniel Barker, Benjamin Reschovsky, Neal Pisenti

We report on a technique to improve the continuous loading of atomic strontium into a magnetic trap from a Magneto-Optical Trap (MOT). This is achieved by

Defining the visual adaptation field for mesopic photometry: How does a high-luminance source affect peripheral adaptation?

October 25, 2015

Author(s)

Yoshihiro Ohno, Tatsukiyo Uchida

CIE 191:2010 recommends the mesopic photometry system, in which the luminous efficiency function is determined from the adaptation luminance. However, it cannot

Detecting Carbon in Carbon: Application of Differential Charging to Obtain Information on the Chemical Identity and Spatial Location of Carbon Nanotube Aggregates in Composites by Imaging X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

October 24, 2015

Author(s)

Justin M. Gorham, William A. Osborn, Jeremiah W. Woodcock, Keana C. Scott, John M. Heddleston, Angela R. Hight Walker, Jeffrey W. Gilman

The surface contributions and dispersion properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) within a composite are important measurements to perform on nano

Mapping Protein-Ligand Interactions with Proteolytic-Digestion, Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange-Mass Spectrometry

October 23, 2015

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Hudgens, Elyssia S. Gallagher

range from small organic and inorganic molecules to lipids, nucleic acids, peptides, and proteins. Along the protein chain making up such proteins, resident

Mitigation of autogenous shrinkage in repair mortars via internal curing

October 22, 2015

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Scott Z. Jones, Max A. Peltz, Paul E. Stutzman

Repair mortars are being used with increasing frequency to maintain the aging US infrastructure. Durability is a key concern for such repair materials and both

Hydrostatic Pressure Promotes Domain Formation in Model Lipid Raft Membranes

October 22, 2015

Author(s)

David Worcester, Michael Weinrich

Neutron diffraction measurements demonstrate that hydrostatic pressure promotes Liquid-ordered (L 0) domain formation in lipid membranes of both oriented multi