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David W. Allen, Paul Lemaillet, Jean-Pierre Bouchard
The development of a national reference instrument dedicated to the measurement of the scattering and absorption properties of solid tissue-mimicking phantoms
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Yoshihiro Ohno, Aurelien David, Kevin Houser, Minchen Wei, Michael Royer, Kevin Smet, Lorne Whitehead
We have developed a two-measure system for evaluating light sources color rendition that builds upon conceptual progress of numerous researchers over the last
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Robert G. Brinson, Jennifer T. Miller, Kahn Jason, Stuart F. Le Grice, John P. Marino
Proton assignment of NMR spectra of oligonucleotide duplexes can become difficult with increasing helical length due to cross peak overlap. Here we describe an
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Guangyao Liu, Yonggao Yan, Kevin R. Talley, James A. Kaduk
X-ray structural characterization and X-ray reference powder patterns have been determined for two series of iron- and cobalt-containing layered compounds
Craig I. Schlenoff, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Edson Prestes
State-of-the-art robots are capable of sub-millimeter movement accuracy. However, they are often programmed by an operator using crude positional controls from
We show that the strength of Internet-based network interconnectivity of countries is increasing over time. We then evaluate bounds on the extent to which a
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Yuri Mishin, Geoffrey B. McFadden, Robert F. Sekerka, William J. Boettinger
We present a rigorous irreversible thermodynamics treatment of creep deformation of solid mate- rials with interfaces described as geometric surfaces capable of
Quantum entanglement is the fundamental resource for quantum information processing and communications, including secure data rates with higher capacities and
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, William J. Laws, Saul H. Lapidus, James A. Kaduk
The CaO-¿Sm2O3-CoOz system prepared at 885 °C in air consists of two calcium cobaltate compounds, namely, the 2D thermoelectric oxide solid solution, (Ca3-xSmx
John E. Kitching, Chris Montoya, Jose Valencia, Andrew A. Geraci, Matt Eardley, John M. Moreland
Magnetic resonance in an ensemble of laser-cooled trapped Rb atoms is excited using a micro cantilever with a magnetic tip. The cantilever is mounted on a multi
Brent Kitchen, Omar Awartani, Regis J. Kline, Terry McAfee, Harald Ade, Brendan T. O'Connor
The role of molecular orientation of a polar conjugated polymer in a polymer-fullerene organic photovoltaic (OPV) cells is investigated. A planar heterojunction
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Shon M. Cook, Till P. Rosenband, David R. Leibrandt
We present and analyze a method of laser frequency stabilization via steady-state patterns of spectral-holes in Eu3+:Y2SiO5. Three regions of holes are created
Single nanopore sensors enable capture and analysis of molecules that are driven to the pore entry from bulk solution. However, the distance between an analyte
An easy to implement method for accurately utilizing pyranometer incidence angle dependent calibration factors, or responsivities (uV/W/m2), along with the
Bharath NMN Natarajan, Noa Lachman, Thomas F. Lam, Douglas Jacobs, Christian J. Long, Minhua Zhao, Brian L. Wardle, Renu Sharma, James A. Liddle
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In this work, we present several new generic second-preimage attacks on hash functions. Our first attack is based on the herding attack and applies to various