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Christopher T. Clavin, Avery M. Dabreau, Emily H. Walpole
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Stanley W. Gilbert, Jennifer F. Helgeson, David H. Webb, Juan F. Fung, Anand M. Kandaswamy
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Mark White, Eric Holterman, Tim Bakker, Larry Maggiano
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A detailed investigation of the quotient of two independent complex random variables is presented. The numerator has a zero mean, and the denominator has a non
David H. Webb, Joshua D. Kneifel, Cheyney M. O'Fallon
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Anne R. Townsend, Timothy J. McBride, Lauren N. Lusty, Julian T. Sexton, Michael R. Ekstrom
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Kang B. Lee, Rick Candell, Hans-Peter Bernhard, Dave Cavalcanti, Zhibo Pang, Inaki Val
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The Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures (DADS) is a publicly accessible dictionary of generally useful algorithms, data structures, algorithmic
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Nicole K. Gingrich, Isaac Patterson, Jimmy Nazario-Negron, Michael J. Hall
This study analyzes data from fiscal years 2015 through 2018 of eighteen interaction types in which NIST participates annually. To describe the volume of direct
Katrice A. Lippa, Mary Bedner, Susan Tai, Carolyn Q. Burdette
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) established a Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP) in collaboration with the
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Bryan E. Yunker, Karl Stupic, J. L. Wagner, S Huddle, R Shandas, R. F. Weir, Stephen E. Russek, Katy Keenan
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