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Online VM Auto-Scaling Algorithms for Application Hosting in a Cloud

September 1, 2020
Author(s)
Yang Guo, Alexander Stolyar, Anwar Walid
We consider the auto-scaling problem for application hosting in a cloud, where applications are elastic and the number of requests changes over time. The application requests are serviced by Virtual Machines (VMs), which reside on Physical Machines (PMs)

Simulation of controls for reducing aerosol exposure in educational spaces using FaTIMA

September 1, 2020
Author(s)
Lisa C. Ng, Dustin G. Poppendieck, Brian J. Polidoro, William S. Dols, Steven J. Emmerich, Andrew K. Persily
Results from FaTIMA are presented, which is a recently developed, web-based front end to the CONTAM simulation engine, ContamX. We will introduce the model capabilities, user inputs, and results generated. We will then present the use of the tool in

The Next Generation of Current Measurement for Ionization Chambers

September 1, 2020
Author(s)
Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Denis E. Bergeron, Dean G. Jarrett, Neil M. Zimmerman, Carine Michotte, Hansjoerg Scherer, Stephen Giblin, Steven Judge
Re-entrant ionization chambers (ICs) are essential to radionuclide metrology and nuclear medicine for maintaining standards and measuring half-lives. Metrology-quality systems must be precise and stable to 0.1% over many years, and linear from 10^(-14) A

Transparent High-Frequency Ultrasonic Transducer for Photoacoustic Microscopy Application

September 1, 2020
Author(s)
Jeeseong Hwang, Christopher S. Yung, Ruimin Chen, Yun He, Junhui Shi, Lihong Wang, Qifa Zhou
We report the development of an optically transparent high-frequency ultrasonic transducer using lithium niobate single-crystal and indium-tin-oxide electrodes with up to 90 % optical transmission in the visible to near infrared spectrum. The center

Cutting to Measure the Elasticity and Fracture of Soft Gels

August 31, 2020
Author(s)
Teresa T. Duncan, Joel M. Sarapas, Adrian P. Defante, Kathryn Beers, Edwin Chan
The fracture properties of very soft and/or brittle materials are challenging to measure directly due to the limitations of existing fracture testing methods. To address this issue, we introduce a razorblade-initiated fracture test (RIFT) to measure the

Industrial Wireless Deployments in the Navy Shipyard

August 30, 2020
Author(s)
Rick Candell, Karl Montgomery, Yongkang Liu, Mohamed Hany
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) have partnered to investigate the application of digital manufacturing methods and technologies within the navy shipyard. As a part of the effort, wireless

Niche partitioning of microbial communities at an ancient vitrified hillfort: implications for vitrified radioactive waste disposal

August 30, 2020
Author(s)
Andrew Plymale, Jacqueline Wells, Carolyn Pearce, Colin Brislawn, Emily Graham, Tanya Cheeke, Jessica Allen, Sarah Fansler, Bruce Arey, Mark Bowden, Danielle Saunders, Vincent Danna, Kimberly Tyrrell, Jamie Weaver, Rolf Sjoblom, Rick L. Paul, John McCloy, Eva Hjarthner-Holdar, Mia Englund, Erik Ogenhall, David Peeler, Albert Kruger
A pre-Viking era vitrified hillfort, Broborg, provides a habitat analogue for disposed radioactive waste glass and shows strong niche partitioning among the organisms involved in glass alteration. Microbes cannot be eliminated from radioactive waste

Proposal: Let's Develop a Community Consensus K-ratio Database

August 30, 2020
Author(s)
Nicholas Ritchie, Dale E. Newbury, John Fournelle, Aurelien Moy, Heather Lowers, Anette von der Handt, Paul Carpenter, Emma Bullock, John Donovan
The electron excited microanalysis community is increasingly running into the limitations of its ability to derive accurate an composition from measured x-ray intensities. Many of these limitations could be mitigated if the standard matrix correction

Synchronizing Stock Market Clocks to UTC(NIST)

August 29, 2020
Author(s)
Michael A. Lombardi
To reduce the possibility of fraudulent activity and market manipulation, the world's major stock exchanges require every clock involved in a stock market transaction to be synchronized to agree with a common reference clock that keeps accurate and

AC and DC Quantized Hall Array Resistance Standards

August 28, 2020
Author(s)
Randolph E. Elmquist, Mattias Kruskopf, Dinesh K. Patel, I Fan Hu, Chieh-I Liu, Albert F. Rigosi, Alireza R. Panna, Shamith U. Payagala, Dean G. Jarrett
Quantized Hall array resistance standards (QHARS) span values from 100 (ohm) to 1 M(ohm) and demonstrate precision approaching that of single devices. This paper focuses on QHARS having values near 1 k(ohm) for increased sensitivity using room-temperature

Effective Plans for Hospital System Response to Earthquake Emergencies

August 28, 2020
Author(s)
Luis Ceferino, Judith Mitrani-Reiser, Anne Kiremidjian, Gregory Deierlein, Celso Bambaren
Hospital systems play a critical role in treating injuries and preventing additional deaths during disaster emergency response. Natural disasters hinder the ability of hospital systems to operate at full capacity. Therefore, it is important for cities to
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