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Prospects for a New Cold Neutron Beam Measurement of the Neutron Lifetime

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Maynard S. Dewey, Kevin J. Coakley, David M. Gilliam, G. Greene, A. Laptev, Jeffrey S. Nico, William M. Snow, F. E. Wiefeldt, A. Yue
In the most accurate cold neutron beam determination of the neutron lifetime based on the absolute counting of decay protons, the largest uncertainty was...

Electronic Vector-Network-Analyzer Verification

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Dylan F. Williams, Arkadiusz C. Lewandowski, Denis X. LeGolvan, Ronald A. Ginley
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has just introduced a fully electronic measurement verification system for microwave vector-network...

Size Measurement of Nanoparticles using Atomic Force Microscopy

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Jaroslaw Grobelny, Frank W. DelRio, Pradeep Namboodiri, Doo-In Kim, Vincent A. Hackley, Robert F. Cook
In this assay protocol, procedures for dispersing gold nanoparticles on various surfaces such that they are suitable for imaging and height measurement via...

Desirable Properties of Voting Systems

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Svetlana Z. Lowry, Poorvi Vora
This paper provides definitions for some desirable properties of voting systems, including auditability, ballot secrecy, incoercibility, usability and...

ThermoData Engine (TDE) Version 2E-2009

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Preston Craig, Robert D. Chirico, Vladimir Diky, Ilmutdin Abdulagatov, Thomas J. Bruno, Michael D. Frenkel
ThermoData Engine (TDE) Version 2E-2009 is a software expert system for critical evaluation of thermophysical properties of selected explosive materials through...

Biometric Standards

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Patrick J. Grother
This chapter is intended as an introduction to biometric standards, and as a survey of the major efforts in the field. Published consensus standards in a wide...

Coalescing GSICS Correction Coefficients

Author(s)
Ruediger Kessel
We would like to present a technique to adjust the uncertainty estimates of each point in a time series, so that the variance of the time series is consistent...

ENABLING STANDARDS FOR NANOMATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION

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Vincent A. Hackley, Martin Fritts, James F. Kelly, Anil K. Patri, Alan F. Rawle
A two-day international workshop was convened recently in order to scope out and address the urgent need for standards to accurately characterize the physico...

High Definition Flow

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John D. Wright, Michael R. Moldover
From pharmaceutical production to the natural gas market, exact flow measurements are critical. Here's how NIST helps keep us all on the same page.

MEMS in Action: RoboCup Nanogram 2009

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Richard A. Allen, Craig D. McGray
From June 29 through July 5, 2009 teams from around the world participated in the International RoboCup competition, held in Graz, Austria. In addition to...

Use of Semantic Mediation in Manufacturing Supply Chains

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Peter O. Denno, Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Fabian M. Neuhaus
This case discusses lessons learned about enabling interoperability using semantic methods in three automotive industry projects spanning 8 years. In each...

Channel Hot-Carrier Effect of 4H-SiC MOSFET

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Liangchun (. Yu, Kin P. Cheung, John S. Suehle, Jason P. Campbell, Kuang Sheng, Aivars Lelis, Sei-Hyung Ryu
SiC MOSFET, as power device, can be expected to operate with high drain and high gate voltages, possibly leading to hot-carrier effect. However, hot-carrier...
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