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STR Sequence Analysis for Characterizing Normal, Variant, and Null Alleles

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

Margaret C. Kline, Carolyn R. Steffen, John M. Butler, Amy Decker

DNA sequence variation is known to exist in and around the repeat region of short tandem repeat (STR) loci used in human identity testing. While the vast...

Concordance and Population Studies along with Stutter and Peak Height Ratio Analysis for the PowerPlex® ESX 17 and ESI 17 Systems

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

Carolyn R. Steffen, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, John M. Butler

The PowerPlex® ESX 17 and ESI 17 Systems for short tandem repeat (STR) amplification were developed by the Promega Corporation to meet the European Network of...

The effect of urban trees on the rental price of single-family homes in Portland, Oregon

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

Geoffrey Donovan, David Butry

Few studies have estimated the effect of environmental amenities on the rental price of houses. We address this gap in the literature by quantifying the effect...

Impact of Gd dopants on current polarization and the resulting effect on spin-transfer velocity in Permalloy wires

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

Rebecca L. Thomas, Meng Zhu, Cindi L. Dennis, Veena Misra, Robert McMichael

A spin-wave Doppler technique is used to measure the spin-transfer velocity and the current polarization in current-carrying (Ni80Fe20)1-xGdx alloy wires...

Effect of sample conditioning on the water absorption of concrete

August 1, 2011

Author(s)

Javier Castro, Dale P. Bentz, Jason Weiss

ASTM C1585 is commonly used to determine the absorption and rate of absorption of water in unsaturated hydraulic cement concretes. ASTM C1585 preconditions the...

The sixth industrial fluid properties simulation challenge

July 28, 2011

Author(s)

F Case, Anne M. Chaka, Jonathan D. Moore, Raymond D. Mountain, Richard B. Ross, Vincent K. Shen, Eric A. Stahlberg

The sixth industrial fluid properties simulation challenge was held in 2010. The contestants were challenged to predict mutual solubility in liquid-liquid...

CsTe₂O_6-x: Novel Mixed-Valence Tellurium Oxides with Framework-Deficient Pyrochlore-Related Structure

July 27, 2011

Author(s)

Theeranun Siritanon, Jun Li, Judith K. Stalick, Robin T. Macaluso, Arthur W. Sleight, M. A. Subramanian

Structures of CsTe 2O 6-x phases were investigated by single crystal X-ray diffraction and neutron powder diffraction. Stoichiometric CsTe 2O 6 is a mixed...

Single-Photon Sources and Detectors

July 27, 2011

Author(s)

M D. Eisaman, Jingyun Fan, Alan L. Migdall, Sergey Polyakov

We review the current status of single-photon-source and single-photon-detector technologies operating at wavelengths from the ultraviolet to the infrared. We...

Unification of universal and non-universal topological quantum computation

July 26, 2011

Author(s)

Haitan Xu, Jacob Taylor

Approaches for implementing primitives for quantum computation using Read-Reyazi anyons remain computational difficult to find. We demonstrate how recently...

Supplementary comparison CCR(IK)-S2 of standards for absorbed dose to water Co-60 gamma radiation at radiation processing dose levels

July 25, 2011

Author(s)

Marc F. Desrosiers, D T. Burns, P J. Allisy-Roberts, P H. Sharpe, M. Pimpinella, V. Lourenco, Y. L Zhang, A Miller, V Generalova, V. Sochor

Eight national standards or absorbed dose to water in Co-60 gamma radiation at the dose levels used in radiation processing have been compared over the range...

A circular dielectric grating for vertical extraction of single quantum dot emission

July 25, 2011

Author(s)

Marcelo I. Davanco, Matthew T. Rakher, Dieter Schuh, Antonio Badolato, Kartik A. Srinivasan

We demonstrate a suspended circular grating composed of partially etched annular trenches in a thin GaAs membrane, designed for e±cient and moderately broadband...

A fitting program for molecules with two inequivalent methyl tops and a plane of symmetry at equilibrium. Application to new microwave and millimeter-wave measurements in methyl acetate

July 25, 2011

Author(s)

Marcela Tudorie, Isabelle Kleiner, Jon T. Hougen, Sonia Melandri, Lilian Sutikdja, Wolfgang Stahl

A program for fitting the high-resolution torsion-rotation spectra of molecules having two inequivalent methyl rotors and a plane of symmetry at equilibrium is...

Detecting Gravesoil from Headspace Analysis with Adsorption on Short Porous Layer Open Tubular (PLOT) Columns

July 23, 2011

Author(s)

Tara Lovestead, Thomas J. Bruno

Victims of crimes are often buried in clandestine graves. There are several techniques for finding buried bodies or the scattered remains of a victim; however...

Vetting Mobile Apps

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Stephen Quirolgico, Jeffrey M. Voas, David R. Kuhn

Billions of copies of apps for mobile devices have been purchased in recent years. With this growth, however, comes an increase in the spread of potentially...

A Dynamic Calibration Approach for Determining Catechins and Gallic Acid in Green Tea Using LC-ESI/MS

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Mary Bedner, David L. Duewer

Catechins and gallic acid are antioxidant constituents of Camellia sinensis, or green tea. Liquid chromatography with both ultraviolet (UV) absorbance and...

Highly Selective GaN-nanowire/TiO2-nanocluser Hybrid Sensors for Detection of Benzene and Related Environment Pollutants

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Geetha G. Aluri, Abhishek Motayed, Albert Davydov, Vladimir Oleshko, Kristine A. Bertness, Norman Sanford

Nanowire-nanocluster hybrid chemical sensors were realized by functionalizing gallium nitride (GaN) nanowires with titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoclusters for...

Large Scale Structures in Tetrahydrofuran-Water Mixture with a Trace Amount of Antioxidant Butylhydroxytoluene (BHT)

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Zhiyong Li, He Cheng, Junyu Li, Jinkun Hao, Li Zhang, Boualem Hammouda, Charles C. Han

Due to the closed-loop phase diagram of tetrahydrofuran (THF) - water mixture, THF aqueous solution naturally exhibits concentration fluctuation near the phase...

Comparison of FANS and ARCS Incoherent Inelastic Neutron Scattering Measurements of Hydrogen Trapped at Dislocations in Deformed Pd

July 22, 2011

Author(s)

Hyunsu Ju, Brent J. Heuser, D. Abernathy, Terrence J. Udovic

Incoherent inelastic neutron scattering (IINS) measurements of the vibrational density of states (VDOS)of hydrogen trapped at dislocations in deformed PdH 0...

Diamagnetic correction to the ⁹Be⁺ ground-state hyperfine constant

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Nobuyasu Shiga, Wayne M. Itano, John J. Bollinger

We report an experimental determination of the diamagnetic correction to the 9Be + ground state hyperfine constant A. We measured A = −625 008 837.371(11) Hz at...

O2 A-band line parameters to support atmospheric remote sensing. Part II: The rare isotopologues

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Joseph T. Hodges, David A. Long, Daniel K. Havey, S. S. Yu, M Okumura, Charles E. Miller

Frequency-stabilized cavity ring-down spectroscopy (FS-CRDS) was employed to measure over 100 transitions in the R-branch of the b1Σg+←X3Σg-(0,0) band for the...

IEEE RAS Standing Committee for Standards Activities: History and Status Update

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Rajmohan Madhavan, Wonpil Yu, C Biggs, Craig I. Schlenoff, Hui-Min Huang

The Standing Committee for Standards Activities (SCSA) under the Industrial Activities Board (IAB) of the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society (RAS) is working...

Organic photovoltaic bulk heterojunctions with spatially varying composition.

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Paul M. Haney

We consider models of organic bulk heterojunction photovoltaics with spatially varying compo- sition of donor/acceptor materials. We find analytic expressions...

Modeling for Accurate Dimensional Scanning Electron Microscope Metrology: Then and Now

July 20, 2011

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar

A review of the evolution of modeling for accurate dimensional scanning electron microscopy is presented with an emphasis on developments in the Monte Carlo...

Structure-property relationships for methyl-terminated alkyl self-assembled monolayers

July 20, 2011

Author(s)

Frank W. DelRio, Dave Rampulla, Cherno Jaye, Gheorghe Stan, Richard S. Gates, Daniel A. Fischer, Robert F. Cook

Structure-property relationships for methyl-terminated alkyl self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are developed using near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure...

Timing in Telecommunications Networks

July 20, 2011

Author(s)

Judah Levine

I describe the statistical considerations used to design systems whose clocks are compared using dial-up telephone lines or the Internet to exchange timing...

Structural Evidence for an Edge-Contaminated Vortex Phase in a Nb Crystal using Neutron Diffrraction

July 20, 2011

Author(s)

Helen A. Hanson, X. Wang, I. K. Dimitrov, J. Shi, X. S. Ling, Brian B. Maranville, Charles Majkrzak, M. Laver, U. Keiderling, M. Russina

We report the structural observation of a disordered vortex matter phase existing near the edge of a bulk type-II superconductor Nb using a novel position...

Noninvasisve Neutron Scattering Measurements Reveal Slower Cholesterol Transport in Model Lipid Membranes

July 20, 2011

Author(s)

S. Garg, Lionel Porcar, Paul Butler, U. Perez-Salas, A. C. Woodka

Proper cholesterol transport is essential to healthy cellular activity and any abnormality can lead to several fatal diseases. However, a complete understanding...

Normal modes of trapped ions in the presence of anharmonic trap potentials

July 19, 2011

Author(s)

Jonathan Home, David Hanneke, John D. Jost, Dietrich Leibfried, David J. Wineland

We theoretically and experimentally examine the effects of anharmonic terms in the trapping potential for linear chains of trapped ions. We concentrate on two...

Characterization of the non-uniform reaction in chemically-amplified calix[4]resorcinarene molecular resist thin films

July 19, 2011

Author(s)

Vivek M. Prabhu, Shuhui Kang, Regis J. Kline, Dean M. DeLongchamp, Daniel A. Fischer, Wen-Li Wu, Sushil K. Satija, Jing Sha, Christopher K. Ober, Peter V. Bonnesen

The ccc stereoisomer-purified tert-butoxycarbonyloxy (t-Boc) protected calix[4]resorcinarene molecular resists blended with photoacid generator exhibit a non...

Decision Support for Sustainable Manufacturing using Decision Guidance Query Language

July 19, 2011

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, Deogratias Kibira, Alexander Brodsky , Nathan Egge

Sustainability has become a very significant research topic as it impacts many different manufacturing industries. Therefore, the technologies for monitoring...

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