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Journals

Measurement Reliability in the Early States of Biomarker Development

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Walter S. Liggett Jr, Peter E. Barker, J Semmes

Analytical instruments with functional responses such as SELDI-TOF mass spectra offer a basis for biomarker development. This paper describes an approach to

A Biometric Application Programming Interface Industry Standard - Benefits for the Users and The Enterprise

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, J S. Dunn

This paper defines biometrics technologies and states that these technologies are ideally suited to provide highly secure identification and personal

Finite Element Modeling of Hybrid Polymer Composite Beams

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Hai C. Tang, Tze J. Chuang, Tinh Nguyen, Joannie W. Chin, Hanchang F. Wu

Fiber-reinforced polymeric composites provide lightweight, high strength, and corrosive resistance to severe environmental exposures. These composites have been

On the Asymplotic Distribution of Sums of Independent Nonidentically Distributed Pareto Variates

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Robert Hagwood

The sum of independent Pareto random variables with varying parameters are shown to converge to a stable distribution. This extends a result of Blum for i.i.d

On-Line Process Control

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, Nien-Fan Zhang

The natural state of manufacturing and measurement processes is usually nonstationary. The methods of statistical process control (SPC) are therefore

Kinetic Simulations of Crystal Growth With (Nearly) Realistic Physics

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J L. Blue

Many kinetic Monte Carlo simulations of expitaxial crystal growth have been done using a simple cubic crystal structure and over-simplified physics. We discuss

Trimmed Weighted Means

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

James H. Yen

In many situations, weighted means can achieve much lower variances than unweighted means by placing more weight on those observations that are more precise

Measurement and Evaluation: HCI Research in the Information Technology Lab at NIST

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Sharon J. Laskowski

In this overview, we describe human computer interaction (HCI) research taking place in the Information Technology Laboratory at the National Institute of

A Bayesian Approach to Gas Chromatography Calibration and Prediction for Multiple Laboratory Experiments With Co-Extracted Material

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

D Malec, Blaza Toman

Dynamics of DNA Through a Nanopore

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Robert Hagwood

Single stranded DNA is modeled as a flexible polymer. The motion of such DNA in a vessel partitioned by a membrane containing a cylindrical nanopore is modeled

Automatic Generation of Two Classes of Semantic Hypertext Link

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

John M. Tebbutt

Two approaches to the automatic generation of hypertext undertaken at the National Institute of Standards and Technology are reviewed. The first uses

A Method to Quantify Uncertainty Due to Bias in Chemical Analyses

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker

A widely accepted approach to assure that the certified property of a chemical reference material is independent of the method of analysis is to analyze by two

Why and When Should One Calibrate a Measurement System

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker

A measurement without its uncertainty is not adequate. The stated uncertainty ceases to be valid when the measurement system goes out of calibration. A

Data Mining Electron Microscope Images to Estimate a Particle Size Distribution

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Walter S. Liggett Jr, Robert A. Fletcher

The application considered involves density estimation, spatial prediction, and sizing error. The goal is estimation of a particle size distribution; the data

MCMC in StRD

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Hung-Kung Liu, William F. Guthrie, D Malec, Grace L. Yang

The numerical inaccuracies caused by floating point arithmetic, although often not important, can change the conclusions of an analysis. Computational accuracy

Self-Synchronizing Ergodic Maps and Chaotic Modulation

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

D G. Sterling

Self-synchronizing chaotic systems can be used as synchronous pseudo-random sequence generators, though physical applications have been limited by the

Estimating the Variance of the Graybill-Deal Estimator of a Common Mean

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Nien-Fan Zhang

An Element of Physical Reality on the Choice of Measurement Basis

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

David Song

It is shown that the choice of measurement basis where entangled systems are measured in cannot be local elements of reality. Two distant parties share

Improving Weighting Schemes: Experiences Using Pivoted Document Length Normalization

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Darrin L. Dimmick, M P. Smith

Today's state of the art information retrieval document ranking functions contain several tuning parameters. The proper settings for these parameters for a

Evidence for Electrical Spin Injection Into Silicon

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Cindi L. Dennis, J F. Gregg, G J. Ensell, S M. Thompson

Electrical spin injection into silicon was studied in a ferromagnet/insulator/silicon/insulator/ferromagnet structure, where the insulator is Si3N4. Si3N4

New Method for Modeling Connective-Tissue Cell Migration: Improved Accuracy on Motility Parameters

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Matt J. Kipper, Hynda K. Kleinman, Francis W. Wang

Mathematical models of cell migration based on persistent random walks have been successfully applied to describe the motility of many cell types. However, the

Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy Investigation of Growth Factor Dynamics in Three Dimensional Extracellular Matrices

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Michael Weir, Chengqing C. Wang, Vivek Prabhu, Eric K. Lin, K Yamada, N Washburn

Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy was used to measure the binding and diffusion of growth factors in model extracellular matrices in order to investigate

STM Studies of Halide Adsorption on CU(100), CU(110) and CU(111)

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Thomas P. Moffat

The potential dependent adsorption of chloride and bromide on the three low index copper surfaces has been examined with voltammetry and STM. At saturation

Elastic Coefficients of Monocrystal Gelena (Pbs)

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Sudook A. Kim, H M. Ledbetter

Using acoustic-resonance spectroscopy, we measured the three independent Voigt C kj (C 11, C 12, C 44) of cubic-symmetry galena (lead sulphide). Our results

Fluorescence Anistropy Measurements of Oriented Polymers

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Anthony J. Bur, S C. Roth

Fluorescence anistropy area scans of sheet and film specimens have been carried out using a fiber optic sensor that contains polarizing optical elements

Inorganic Nanocrystals by Electrostatic Nanotemplating With Polyelectrolyte Dendrimers

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Barry J. Bauer, Eric J. Amis, Franziska Grohn

We summarize our investigations on the formation of 2 nm to 4 nm metal and semiconductor nanoclusters with polyelectrolyte dendrimers as hosts. Poly(amidoamine)

Focal Adhesion of Osteoblasts-Like Cells on Films of Poly(d,l-lactide)/Poly(vinyl alcohol) Blends

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

C A. Khatri, G Du, E S. Wu, James H. Yen, Francis W. Wang

Films of poly(d,l-lactic acid) [PLA] and poly(vinyl alcohol) [PVOH] blends were prepared by a solvent casting method with the use of hexafluoroisopropanol (HFIP

Residual Stresses in Thermal Barrier Coatings, I: Effects of Interface Asperity Curvature/Height and Oxide Thickness

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Lin-Sien H. Lum, C H. Hsueh

The effects of the curvature and the height of the interface asperity on residual thermal stresses in a plasma-sprayed thermal barrier coating were numerically

The Effects of Two Monofunctional Diluent Monomers and Two Photoinitiator Systems on the Properties of UDMA-Based Composites

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

N D. Richards, Joseph M. Antonucci

Nonlinear SAW Propagation in Thin-Film Systems With Residual Stress

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

R E. Kumon

The propagation of small- and finite-amplitude surface acoustic waves (SAWS) in stressed thin-film systems is modeled. Results are presented for an initially

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