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Application of Control Charts for Detecting Faults in Variable-Air-Volume Boxes.

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

J Schein, John M. House

This paper describes a fault detection method developed for application to variable-air-volume (VAV) boxes. VPACC (VAV Box Performance Assessment Control Charts...

Crystallization and Phasing of Alanine Dehydrogenase From Archaeoglobus Fulgidus

December 1, 2003

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N Smith, M P. Mayhew, Hugh Robinson, A Heroux, D Charlton, Marcia J. Holden, David T. Gallagher

Alanine dehydrogenase (AlaDH) from the hyperthermophilic archaeon A. fudgidus is a dimer of 35 kdal chains. The gene (AF1665) is annotated as an ornithine...

Evaluation of the Planck Mean Absorption Coefficients for Radiation Transport Through Smoke.

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

J F. Widmann

Short-Term Characterization of Building Integrated Photovoltaic Panels.

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Arthur H. Fanney, Brian P. Dougherty, Mark W. Davis

X-Ray Absorption Measurements of Water Loss from Curing Mortar and Paste Samples With and Without Fly Ash.

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

G S. Wojcik, K L. Feldman

Achieving Safer and More Economical Buildings Through Database-Assisted, Reliability-Based Design for Wind

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Emil Simiu, Fahim Sadek, T Whalen, S Jang, L L. Lu, S M. Diniz, A Grazini, Michael A. Riley

Following Irminger's 1894 aerodynamic tests, Flachsbart's 1932 boundary-layer wind tunnel experiments, and University of Western Ontario (UWO) 1970's tests...

Near Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Measurements of the Interface Between Bottom Anti-Reflective Coatings and a Model Deprotected Photoresist

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

E Jablonski, S Sambasivan, Daniel A. Fischer, Eric K. Lin, C Devadoss, R Puligadda

The interface between bottom anti-reflective coatings (BARCs) and a model deprotected photoresist, poly(4-hydroxystyrene) (PHS), was investigated using near...

Novel Microstructure in Polymer Blends Sheared Under Confinement

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Jai A. Pathak, Kalman D. Migler

In this review article, we discuss the implications for the morphology of an immiscible polymer blend, or in general, an emulsion, in the limit when the two...

Quantum Mirages in Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy of Kondo Adsorbates: Vibrational Signatures

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

John William Gadzuk, M Plihal

Scanning tunneling microscopy/spectroscopy on Kondo systems consisting of magnetic atoms adsorbed upon non-magnetic metal surfaces has demonstrated the ability...

CCQM-K11: The Determination of Glucose in Serum

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Michael J. Welch, Lorna T. Sniegoski, Reenie M. Parris, Willie E. May, G S. Heo, A. Henrion

CCQM-K12: The Determination of Creatinine in Serum

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Michael J. Welch, C.P. Phinney, Reenie M. Parris, Willie E. May, G S. Heo, A. Henrion, G O'Conner, Heinz Schimmel

Performance Measures for Intelligent Systems Measures of Technology ReadinessPerMIS 2003 White Paper

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

James S. Albus, A Meystel

Three iterations of PERMIS Workshop Papers (2000, 2001 and 2002) contain theoutlines of the theory of performance measures.: PERMIS'2003 will begin to...

Properties of Elastomeric Calcium Phosphate Cement-Chitosan Composites

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Shozo Takagi, Laurence C. Chow, S Hirayama, F Eichmiller

Self-hardening calcium phosphate cements (CPC) have been shown to be efficacious in a number of clinical applications for which other currently available...

Extending Phase Field Models of Solidification to Polycrystalline Materials

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

James A. Warren, R Kobayashi, A E. Lobkovsky, W Carter

We present a new, two dimensional phase field model of grain boundary statics and dynamics. We begin with a brief description and physical motivation of the...

Flow Induced Coating of Fluoropolymer Additives: Development of Frustrated Total Internal Reflection Imaging

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

S B. Kharchenko, P M. McGuiggan, Kalman D. Migler

In the extrusion of linear low-density polyethylene (PE), fluoropolymer-processing additives (PPA) are used to eliminate the surface defect known as sharkskin...

The Use of Optical Cavities for Modern Atomic Molecular, and Optical Physics

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

J Ye, T W. Lynn

For many contemporary physics experiments, the use of an optical cavity has become a powerful tool for enhancement in detection sensitivities, nonlinear...

Inhibiting the Onset of the Three-Photon Destructive Interference in Ultra-Slow Propagation Enhanced Four-Wave Mixing with Dual Induced Transparency

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Lu Deng, Marvin G. Payne

We propose a dual electromagnetically induced transparency (EIT) based multiwave mixing scheme that retains the significantly enhanced conversion efficiency...

The Ņ₃ and 2Ņ₃ Bands of ³²S¹⁶O₃, ³²S¹⁸O₃, ³⁴S¹⁶O₃, and ³⁴S¹⁸O₃

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

S W. Sharpe, Thomas A. Blake, R L. Sams, A G. Maki, Tony Masiello, J Barber, N Vulpanovici, J Nibler, A Weber

The sixth of a series of publications on the high resolution rotation-vibration spectra of sulfur trioxide reports the results of a systematic study of the Ņ 3...

The Microwave Spectrum of the C₃ Sugars: Glyceraldehyde and 1,3-Dihydroxy-2-Propanone and the Dehydration Product 2-Hydroxy-2-Propen-1-Al

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Francis J. Lovas, R D. Suenram, David F. Plusquellic, H Mollendal

The triose sugars with empirical formula, C 3H 6O 3, consist of the aldehyde form, glyceraldehyde, and the ketone form, 1,3-dihydroxy-2-propanone. Recently, the...

Determination of Atmospheric Lifetimes Via the Measurement of OH Radical Kinetics

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Michael J. Kurylo III, Vladimir L. Orkin

The reaction with hydroxyl radicals in the troposphere is the main atmospheric removal process for the majority of gases of industrial and natural origin. Their...

Pump-Wavelength Dependence of Raman Gain in Single-Mode Optical Fibers

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Nathan R. Newbury

The magnitude of the stimulated Raman gain spectrum will depend on the absolute wavelength of the pump laser. For many fibers, this dependence can be cast as a...

Nonlinear Microwave Response of MgB₂ Thin Films

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

James C. Booth, Kenneth Leong, S. Y. Lee, J. H. Lee, B. Oh, H. N. Lee, S. H. Moon

Thin films of the newly discovered superconductor MgB 2 show promise for a number of different electronic applications. In order to evaluate the suitability of...

Synthesis and Structure of Polymeric Networks of Silver Hexafluroacetylacetonate Complexes of THF, Toluene, and vinyltrimethylsilane

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

W J. Evans, D G. Giarikos, Daniel Josell, J W. Ziller

The reaction of 1,1,1,5,5,5-hexafluoro-acetylacetone (Hhfac) with Ag2O in the presence of L = THF, toluene, and Me3SiCH=CH2, was studied to obtain [Ag(hfac)L]x...

Low-Impedance Time-Domain Reflectometry for Measuring the Impedance Characteristics of Low-Impedance Transmission Lines

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Nicholas Paulter, Robert H. Palm, Allen R. Hefner Jr., David W. Berning

An experimental examination of a 10 Ω}; and a 2 Ω}; time-domain reflectometer (TDR) for measuring low-impedance transmission line characteristics is presented...

Effect of Ventilation Systems and Air Filters on Decay Rates of Particles by Indoor Sources in an Occupied Townhouse

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Cynthia H. Reed, L A. Wallace, Steven Emmerich

Several studies have shown the importance of particle losses in real homes due to deposition; however, none have shown the impact of using a central forced air...

Effects of Inhomogeneity on the Spectrum of the Mott-Insulator State

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

G Pupillo, Eite Tiesinga, Carl J. Williams

We investigate the existence of quantum quasi phase transitions for an ensemble of ultracold bosons in a one-dimensional optical lattice, performing exact...

Conserved Structural Elements in Glutathione Transferase Homologues Encoded in the Genome of Escherichia Coli

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

C L. Rife, J F. Parsons, G Xiao, G L. Gilliland, R N. Armstrong

Multiple sequence alignments of the eight glutathione (GSH) transferase homologues encoded in the genome of Escherichia coli were used to define a consensus...

Lattice Model of Equilibrium Polymerization. IV. Influence of Activation, Chemical Initiation, Chain Scission and Fusion, and Chain Stiffness on Polymerization and Phase Separation

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

J Dudowicz, Karl Freed, Jack F. Douglas

The influences of thermal activation, chemical initiation, chain fragmentation and chain stiffness on basic thermodynamic properties of equilibrium...

An Optimal Vector-Network-Analyzer Calibration Algorithm

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

Dylan Williams, Chih-Ming Wang, Uwe Arz

We present an iterative algorithm for calibrating vector network analyzers based on orthogonal distance regression. The algorithm features a robust, yet...

Near-Edge X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Measurements of Surface Segregation in 157 nm Photoresist Blends

December 1, 2003

Author(s)

E Jablonski, Vivek Prabhu, S Sambasivan, Eric K. Lin, Daniel A. Fischer, D L. Goldfarb, M Angelopoulos, H Ito

The surface and bulk chemistry of photoresist blends for use at the 157 nm node were analyzed using near edge x-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS)...

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