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2039: A Day in the Life of a Usability Engineer

Author(s)
Theresa O'Connell, E Murphy, R Roske-Shelton
As we approach the end of the fourth decade of the twenty-first century, intelligent agents will handle most of the time-consuming drudge work of usability...

SRM Spotlight

Author(s)
Regina R. Montgomery
The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new...

Extending Measurement Science to Interactive Visualization Environments

Author(s)
Judith E. Terrill, William L. George, Terence J. Griffin, John G. Hagedorn, John T. Kelso, Thomas M. Olano, Adele P. Peskin, Steven G. Satterfield, James S. Sims, Jeffrey W. Bullard, Joy P. Dunkers, Nicos Martys, Agnes A. O'Gallagher, Gillian Haemer
We describe a method for creating a visual laboratory to interactively measure and analyze scientific data. We move the normal activities that scientists...

Character contrast

Author(s)
Edward F. Kelley
Measurement of a small black area on a white electronic display screen is often accompanied by serious contamination from veiling glare in the detector. The...

MATRIX RELAXATION AFTER FRACTURE IN A TOUGHENED EPOXY

Author(s)
Aaron M. Forster, Cyril Clerici, Donald L. Hunston
An efficient method to increase the Mode I fracture energy of a polymer adhesive is to incorporate a rubbery phase within the glassy matrix. In general, the...

Production of Entangled Images by Four-Wave Mixing

Author(s)
Alberto M. Marino, Vincent Boyer, Raphael C. Pooser, Paul D. Lett
One of the most important resources in quantum mechanics is entanglement, which is characterized by correlations stronger than the ones allowed classically. As...

Building Quantum Computers

Author(s)
Emanuel H. Knill
In theory, quantum computers can be used to efficiently factor numbers, quadratically speed up many search and optimization problems, and enable currently...

TREC Genomics Special Issue---Information Retrieval

Author(s)
Ellen M. Voorhees, William Hersh
This paper is the introductory paper for a special issue of the journal Information Retrieval devoted to the TREC genomics track. The TREC genomics track ran...

Field Testing Hopper Scales

Author(s)
R C. Suiter
The testing of hopper scales seems to be intimidating to many field inspectors. They dread the task of doing a substitution test or a strain load test; there is...

NIST Studies Impact of Documentary Standards

Author(s)
Erik Puskar
This article describes the under taking by Technology Services to assess the impact of standards on global competitiveness and innovation. . It also reflects...

Put NIST Technology Services to Work for You

Author(s)
J L. Land
Brochure provides guide for business and industry to access National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) services available through Technology Services...

Trade Agreements and Voluntary MrAs- An Update

Author(s)
M H. Saunders
In the past decade, a variety of voluntary mutual recognition arrangements (MRA's) have been concluded among peer organizations: accreditors of testing and...

NIST Data Gateway

Author(s)
D M. Blakeslee, Angela Y. Lee, A J. Belsky, John E. Fuller III
The NIST Data Gateway is a web portal that provides easy access to NIST Standard Reference Data, which cover a broad range of substances and properties from...

Knowledge and Uniformity

Author(s)
H V. Oppermann
Two primary objectives of weights and measures enforcement are to promote fair competition among companies and to ensure accurate measurement for consumers. To...

IUPAC/NIST Solubility Database

Author(s)
G R. Dalton, Angela Y. Lee, S L. Young
A database containing solubilities originally published in the International Union for Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)-NIST Solubility Data Series has been...

NIST Timeline

Author(s)
L A. Greenhouse, J V. Norris, Paula J. Deutsch
The NIST Timeline builds upon three volumes of history: Measures for Progress: A History of the National Bureau of Standards, by Rexmond Cochrane; A Unique...
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