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Journals

High-Order Coherences of Chaotic and Coherent Optical States

Author(s)
Martin J. Stevens, Burm Baek, Eric Dauler, Andrew J. Kerman, Richard J. Molnar, Scott A. Hamilton, Karl Berggren, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
We demonstrate a new approach to measuring high-order temporal coherences that uses a four-element superconducting nanowire single-photon detector. The four

Ephemera

Author(s)
Isabel M. Beichl
An editorial on the growing importance of soft errors in software.

Polarized Optical Scattering Signatures from Biological Materials

Author(s)
W. E. Martin, E. Hesse, J. H. Hough, William Sparks, C. S. Cockell, Z. Ulanowski, Thomas Germer, B. Kaye
The polarization of laser light backscattered from biological samples has been measured over the wavelength range 350 to 850nm. Incident circular, linearly

Volumetric CT in Lung Cancer: An Example for the Qualification of Imaging as a Biomarker

Author(s)
Charles D. Fenimore, Andrew Buckler, P. David Mozeley, Lawrence H. Schwartz, Nicholas Petrick, Michael McNitt-Gray, Kevin O?Donnell, Wendy Hayes, Hyun Kim, Laurence Clarke, Daniel Sullivan
The Quantitative Imaging Biomarker Alliance (QIBA) has been organized to establish a methodology whereby multiple stakeholders collaborate to test hypotheses

Ab initio kinetic coefficients of gaseous hydrogen

Author(s)
James B. Mehl, Marcia L. Huber, Allan H. Harvey
The spherical portion of the hydrogen intermolecular potential recently determined in ab initio calculations by Patkowski et al [J. Chem. Phys. 129:094304 (2008

A New Primary Standardization of Th-229

Author(s)
Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Lizbeth Laureano-Perez, Michelle M. Hammond, Leticia S. Pibida, Svetlana Nour, Brian E. Zimmerman
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has certified a high-purity Th-229 Standard Reference Material as SRM 4328C, based on live-timed 4-pi

Density and Speed of Sound Measurements of Hexadecane

Author(s)
Stephanie L. Outcalt, Arno R. Laesecke, Tara J. Fortin
The density and speed of sound of hexadecane have been measured using two instruments. Both instruments use the vibrating-tube method for measuring density

Low-Cost, High-Throughput, Automated Counting of Bacterial Colonies

Author(s)
Matthew L. Clarke, Robert L. Burton, A. N. Hill, Maritoni A. Litorja, Moon H. Nahm, Jeeseong Hwang
Research involving bacterial pathogens often requires enumeration of bacteria colonies. Here we present a low-cost, high-throughput colony counting system

Demonstrating the metrological compatibility of uranium isotope amount ratio measurement results performed by GSMS, TIMS and MC-ICPMS techniques

Author(s)
Olivio Pereira de Oliveira, Willy De Bolle, Stefan Richter, Adolfo Alonso, Emmanuel Ponzevera, Christophe Qu?tel, Jorge Eduardo de Souza Sarkis, Roger Wellum, Ruediger Kessel
The metrological compatibility of n(234U)/n(238U), n(235U)/n(238U) and n(236U)/n(238U) isotope amount ratio measurement results performed by gas source mass

Accurate optical analysis of single molecule entrapment in nanoscale vesicles

Author(s)
Joseph E. Reiner, Andreas Jahn, Samuel M. Stavis, Michael J. Culbertson, Wyatt N. Vreeland, Daniel L. Burden, Jon C. Geist, Michael Gaitan
We present a non-destructive method to characterize low analyte concentrations in nanometer scale lipid vesicle formulations. Our method is based on the

What Customers Want from Kindle Books

Author(s)
Nancy Allmang, Stacy M. Bruss
This article summarizes the process that the National Institute of Standards and Technology Research Library followed to gauge customer preference for Kindle

EDITOR IN CHIEF (EIC) MESSAGE

Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi
This Editor In Chief's (EIC) message is expected to appear in the January, 2010 issue of the IEEE Transactions on CAS for Video Technology (TCSVT). The

Magnetic connectors for microfluidic applications

Author(s)
Francisco J. Atencia, Gregory A. Cooksey, Andreas Jahn, Justin M. Zook, Wyatt N. Vreeland, Laurie E. Locascio
We present a new type of connector based on a simple idea: using a ring magnet on one side of the microfluidic chip and a disc magnet on the other side to
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