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Empirical comparison of predictive models for mobile agents

July 23, 2004

Author(s)

A Henniner, Rajmohan (. Madhavan

The need to predict an agent?s intents or future actions has been well documented in multi-agent system?s literature and has been motivated by both...

Improving CNC Machining Accuracy Through Thermal Model-Based Control

July 21, 2004

Author(s)

John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Johannes A. Soons, R King, W Bakula, H Dominguez, N Frampton

The United States Army has a requirement to machine munitions to strict tolerances so that the munitions will launch properly and the explosives will detonate...

Arrays of magnetoresistive sensors for nondestructive testing

July 20, 2004

Author(s)

David P. Pappas, Fabio C. da Silva, Alexy V. Nazarov

Magnetic field distributions were measured for test stripline structures with anisotropic magnetoresistive (AMR), thin film Permalloy sensors. Linear arrays of...

Surface reconstruction of FeAl(110) studied by scanning tunnelling microscopy and angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy

July 16, 2004

Author(s)

Orhan Kizilkaya, Dustin Hite, David M. Zehner, Phillip T. Sprunger

The surface geometric and electronic structure of the FeAl(110) intermetallic alloy has been investigated by scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and angle...

Knowledge representation and planning for on-road driving

July 16, 2004

Author(s)

Stephen B. Balakirsky, Christopher J. Scrapper Jr

This paper presents a cost-based adaptive planning agent and knowledge layers that is operating at one level of a deliberative hierarchical planning system for...

Proton NMR Determination of Miscibility in a Bulk Model Photoresist System Poly (4-Hydroxystyene) and the Photoacid Generator, Di(t-butylphenyl) Iodonium Perfluorooctane Sulfonate

July 13, 2004

Author(s)

David L. VanderHart, Vivek M. Prabhu, Eric K. Lin

The intimacy of component mixing in 2 blends of poly(4-hydroxystyrene) (PHS) and a photoacid generator (PAG), di(t-butylphenyl) iodonium perfluorooctane...

Finite coplanar waveguide width effects in pulsed inductive microwave magnetometry

July 12, 2004

Author(s)

Michael Schneider, Anthony B. Kos, Thomas J. Silva

The effect of finite coplanar waveguide (CPW) width on the measurement of the resonance frequency in thin ferromagnetic films has been characterized for pulsed...

Current-driven switching in a single exchange-biased ferromagnetic layer

July 9, 2004

Author(s)

Tingyong Chen, Yi Ji, C Chien, Mark D. Stiles

We demonstrate spin-transfer torque effects in a single exchange-biased ferromagnetic layer. A current through a point contact to the exchange-biased Co layer...

Simulating the Fires in the World Trade Center

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan, C P. Bouldin

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is conducting a two year investigation of the World Trade Center disaster. Among numerous tasks...

Urban/Widlland Fires: Ignition by Embers

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Thomas G. Cleary, Jiann C. Yang

Urban-wildland fires have plagued the United States for centuries. Embers are produced as trees and other objects burn in urban-wildland fires. These embers are...

The Basis for Egress Provisions in U.S. Building Codes

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Richard W. Bukowski, Erica D. Kuligowski

Some of the earliest public safety-from-fire regulations in the US are requirements for egress stairs adopted by New York City in 1860 . One of the first model...

Physics-Based Modeling of Community Fires

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

D D. Evans, Ronald G. Rehm, Elisa S. Baker, E G. McPherson, Jeffrey B. Wallace

Physics-based modeling of fires in the wildland urban interface (WUI) is used to develop practical tools for fire hazard evaluation of landscaped properties...

Environmental Concerns of Fires: Facts, Figures, Questions and New Challenges for the Future

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

G Marlair, M Simonson, Richard Gann

The effect of fires on the environment has been increasingly in the public eye since the chemical warehouse accident in the Sandoz facility in Schweizerhalle in...

Micropatterning Neuronal Cells on Polyelectrolyte Multilayers

July 7, 2004

Author(s)

Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Elizabeth M. Perruccio, Patricia Becerra, Laurie E. Locascio, Michael Gaitan

This paper describes an approach to adhere retinal cells on micropatterned polyelectrolyte multilayer (PEM) lines adsorbed on polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS)...

Superconducting transition edge sensor using dilute AlMn alloys

July 6, 2004

Author(s)

Steven Deiker, William B. Doriese, Gene C. Hilton, Kent D. Irwin, William H. Rippard, Joel N. Ullom, Leila R. Vale, Steve T. Ruggiero, Anthony Williams, B. Young

We have fabricated a bolometer using a transition-edge sensor (TES) made of Al doped with Mn to suppress the superconducting critical temperature !Tc" of Al...

In-situ observation of nano-oxide formation in magnetic thin films

July 4, 2004

Author(s)

Andrew McCallum, Stephen E. Russek

In situ conductance and reflected high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) measurements were taken during the oxidation of 20-nm-thick Co and CoFe layers. The...

Structure and Magnetic Switching of Thin Film HITPERM/SiO₂ Soft Magnetic Multilayers

July 4, 2004

Author(s)

Hideyuki Okumura, C Y. Um, S Y. Chu, M E. McHenry, D E. Laughlin, Anthony B. Kos

Laminated (Fe 0.7Co 0.3) 88Zr 7B 4Cu a-HITPERM/SiO 2 multilayer thin films have been previously shown to exhibit thermally activated, stepped magnetization...

Characterization of Pore Structure in Nanoporous Low-Dielectric Constant Thin Film by Neutron Porosimetry X-Ray Porosimetry

July 2, 2004

Author(s)

R C. Hedden, Hae-Jeong Lee, Christopher L. Soles, Barry J. Bauer

A small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) porosimetry technique is presented for characterization of pore structure in nanoporous thin films. The technique is...

Modeling of Magnetization and Demagnetization in Magnetic Regenerative Refrigeration

July 2, 2004

Author(s)

F Shir, Edward Della Torre, Lawrence H. Bennett, C Mavriplis, Robert D. Shull

A time-dependent model of magnetization and demagnetization temperature profile is developed based on thermodynamic and heat transfer laws, material properties...

Strength of Silicon, Sapphire in the Subthreshold Flaw and Glass Region

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Yeon-Gil G. Jung, Antonia Pajares, R Banerjee, Brian R. Lawn

Strength properties are determined for monocrystalline silicon and sapphire and for soda-lime glass plates containing subthreshold flaws, i.e. flaws without...

Optical Anisotropy of Nanotube Suspensions

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Erik K. Hobbie

A semi-macroscopic model of an optically anisotropic absorbing nanotube suspension is derived perturbatively from Maxwell s equations in a dielectric medium. We...

Li 1s Near-Edge Spectra in Six Lithium Halides

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Eric L. Shirley

Theoretical results are presented for Li 1s near-edge absorption spectra in LiH, LiF, LiCl, LiBr, LiI and LiAt. These results are obtained using a realistic...

Maximizing Information Obtained From Secondary Ion Mass Spectra of Organic Thin Films Using Multivariate Analysis.

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

M S. Wagner, D G. Graham, B D. Ratner, David G. Castner

Time -of Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (ToF-SIMS) can give detailed description of the surface chemistry and structure of organic materials. The high...

Summary of ISO/TC 201 Technical Report: ISO/TR 19319: 2003 Surface Chemical Analysis Auger Electron Spectroscopy and X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Determination of Lateral Resolution, Analysis Area, and Sample Area Viewed by the Analyser

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Cedric J. Powell

ISO Technical Report 19319 contains information on the determination of lateral resolution, analysis area, and sample area viewed by the analyser in surface...

Saturation Molalities and Standard Molar Enthalpies of Solution of Cytidine(cr), Hypoxanthine(cr), Thymidine(cr), Thymine(cr), Uridine(cr), and Xanthine(cr) in H₂O(1)

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Yadu D. Tewari, Patrick D. Gery, Mark D. Vaudin, Alan D. Mighell, R Klein, Robert N. Goldberg

Saturation molalities, m(sat) in H 0(I) have been measure for the substances cytidine(cr), hypoxanthine(cr), thymidine(cr), thymine(cr), uridine(cr), and...

A Technique for Temperature Mapping in Fluorocarbon Plasmas Using Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence of CF

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Kristen L. Steffens, Mark A. Sobolewski

Planar laser-induced fluorescence (PLIF) measurements of CF A2S+ - X2P (1,0) were used to determine two-dimensional maps of rotational temperature in CF4...

Y-SNP typing of U.S. African American and Caucasian samples using allele-specific hybridization and primer extension.

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Peter M. Vallone, John M. Butler

DNA Displacement Assay Integrated into Microfluidic Channels

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Rebecca A. Zangmeister, Michael J. Tarlov

This paper describes the development of a unique fluorescence based DNA diagnostic assay incorporated into a microfluidic channel that does not require labeling...

Effects of Polymerization Initiator Complexation in Methacrylated Beta-Cyclodextrin Formulations

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

L A. Hussain, Sabine H. Dickens, Rafael L. Bowen

Objectives: Methacrylated beta-cyclodextrin (MCD) is a candidate dental monomer that can complex molecules within its hydrophobic cavity. This study determined...

The Development and Evaluation of TiO2 Nanoparticle Films for Conductometric Gas Sensing on MEMS Microhotplate Platforms

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Kurt D. Benkstein, Christopher B. Montgomery, Mark D. Vaudin, Stephen Semancik

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