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VAST 2008 Challenge: Introducing Mini-Challenges

August 29, 2008
Author(s)
Georges Grinstein, Catherine Plaisant, Sharon J. Laskowski, Theresa O'Connell, Jean Scholtz, Mark Whiting
Visual analytics experts realize that one effective way to push the field forward and to develop metrics for measuring the performance of various visual analytics components is to hold an annual competition. In its third year, we restructured the contest

Classification of Microheterogeneity in Solid Samples using mXRF

August 28, 2008
Author(s)
John L. Molloy, John R. Sieber
Micro X-ray Fluorescence (µXRF) has been used to nondestructively investigate elemental heterogeneity by constructing two-dimensional maps of elemental concentrations in reference materials. µXRF allows probing of sample sizes in the microgram and nanogram

The Integration of Molecular Electronic Devices with Traditional CMOS Technologies

August 28, 2008
Author(s)
Nadine E. Gergel-Hackett, Askia A. Hill, Christina A. Hacker, Curt A. Richter
This work describes the development of hybrid circuits composed of silicon-based molecular electronic devices and traditional CMOS technology. In the development of these circuits, we first fabricated individual CMOS-compatible molecular electronic devices

Band offsets of atomic-layer-deposited Al2O3 on GaAs and the effects of surface treatment.

August 27, 2008
Author(s)
Nhan V. Nguyen, Oleg A. Kirillov, Weirong Jiang, Wenyong Wang, John S. Suehle, P. D. Ye, Y. Xuan, N. Goel, Kwang-Woo Choi, Wilman Tsai
In this letter we report the band offsets of the Al/Al2O3/GaAs structure determined by internal photoemission and spectroscopic ellipsometry. The energy barrier height at the Al2O3 and sulfur-passivated GaAs interface is found to be 3.0 eV, which is

Forensic Filtering of Cell Phone Protocols

August 27, 2008
Author(s)
Aurelien M. Delaitre, Wayne Jansen
Phone managers are non-forensic software tools designed to carry out a range of tasks for the user, such as reading and updating the contents of a phone, using one or more of the communications protocols supported by the phone. Phone managers are sometimes

Signature of magnetic phase separation in the ground state of Pr 1 - x Ca x MnO 3

August 27, 2008
Author(s)
Hao Sha, F Ye, Pengcheng Dai, J. A. Fernandez-Baca, D Mesa, Jeffrey Lynn, Y Tomioka, Y Tokura, Jiandi Zhang
Neutron scattering has been used to investigate the evolution of long- and short-range charge-ordered (CO), ferromagnetic, and antiferromagnetic (AF) correlations in single crystals of Pr1−xCaxMnO3. The existence and population of spin clusters as

Diagnosis of Pulsed Squeezing in Multiple Temporal Modes

August 26, 2008
Author(s)
Scott C. Glancy, Emanuel H. Knill, Thomas Gerrits, Tracy S. Clement, Martin J. Stevens, Sae Woo Nam, Richard P. Mirin
When one makes squeezed light by downconversion of a pulsed pump laser, many temporal / spectral modes are simultaneously squeezed by different amounts. There is no guarantee that any of these modes matches the pump or the local oscillator used to measure

Fast, bias-free algorithm for tracking single particles with variable size and shape

August 26, 2008
Author(s)
Andrew J. Berglund, Matthew D. McMahon, Jabez J. McClelland, James A. Liddle
We introduce a fast and robust technique for single-particle tracking with nanometer accuracy.We extract the center-of-mass of the image of a single particle with a simple, iterative algorithm that efficiently suppresses background-induced bias in a

Molecule induced interface states dominate charge transport in Si-alkyl-metal junctions

August 26, 2008
Author(s)
Lam H. Yu, Nadine E. Gergel-Hackett, Christopher D. Zangmeister, Christina A. Hacker, Curt A. Richter, James G. Kushmerick
Abstract. Semiconductor-molecule-metal junctions consisting of alkanethiol mono- layers self-assembled on both p+ and n¡ type highly doped Si(111)wires contacted with a 10 ¹m Au wire in a crossed-wire geometry are examined. Low temperature transport

Neutron-scattering study of the oxypnictide superconductor LaFeAsO 0.87 F 0.13

August 26, 2008
Author(s)
Yiming Qiu, M. Kofu, Wei Bao, S.-H. Lee, Qingzhen Huang, Taner N. Yildirim, John R. Copley, Jeffrey Lynn, T. Wu, G. Wu, X. H. Chen
The recently discovered superconductor LaO0.87F0.13FeAs (TC≈26 K) was investigated using the neutron-scattering technique. No spin-density-wave (SDW) order was observed in the normal state or in the superconducting state, both with and without an applied

NIST Microform Calibration System for Rockwell Hardness Standardization

August 25, 2008
Author(s)
Jun-Feng Song, Samuel R. Low III, Xiaoyu A. Zheng
In the uncertainty budget of Rockwell hardness tests, microform geometric errors of the diamond indenter are a major contributor. The microform calibration of Rockwell diamond indenters has been one of the key steps for Rockwell hardness standardization

Ratio of the Al + and Hg + Optical Clock Frequencies to 17 Decimal Places

August 25, 2008
Author(s)
Wayne M. Itano, Till P. Rosenband, David Hume, P.O. Schmidt, Chin-Wen Chou, A. Brusch, Luca Lorini, Windell Oskay, Robert E. Drullinger, Sarah Bickman, Tara M. Fortier, Jason Stalnaker, Scott A. Diddams, William C. Swann, Nathan R. Newbury, David J. Wineland, James C. Bergquist
Frequency standards (atomic clocks) based on narrow optical transitions in 27Al + and 199Hg + have been developed over the past several years at NIST. These two types of standards are both based on single ions confined in Paul traps, but differ in the

Style Guide for Voting System Documentation

August 25, 2008
Author(s)
Dana E. Chisnell, Susan C. Becker, Sharon J. Laskowski, Svetlana Z. Lowry
The goal of this style guide is to provide specific guidance to improve the usability of documentation used by poll workers and election support staff. The Voting System Documentation Style Guide incorporates best practices for writing documentation as it

3D Reconstruction of Rough Terrain for USARSim Using a Height-map Method

August 21, 2008
Author(s)
Gael Roberts, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Sebti Foufou
In this paper, we present a process for a simplified reconstruction of rough terrains from point clouds acquired using laser scanners. The main idea of this work is to build height-maps which are level gray-scale images representing the ground elevation

Characterization of Laminin on Silanized Polydimethylsiloxane

August 21, 2008
Author(s)
Joy P. Dunkers, Lisa M. Hughes, Hae-Jeong Lee, Marvi Matos, Marcus T. Cicerone
In this work, we characterize a protein surface on a flexible polydimethylsiloxane substrate (PDMS) capable of undergoing strain. We compare the results from two different surface treatments: physically adsorbed laminin on PDMS and laminin deposited on

Characterization of Monolayer Formation on Aluminum-Doped Zinc Oxide Thin Films

August 21, 2008
Author(s)
C Rhodes, S E. Lappi, Daniel A. Fischer, S Sambasivan, Jan Genzer, S Franzen
The optical and electronic properties of aluminum-doped zinc oxide (AZO) thin films on a glass substrate have been investigated experimentally and theoretically. Optical studies with coupling in the Kretschmann configuration reveal an angle-dependent

Dynamic 6DOF Metrology for Evaluating a Visual Servoing

August 21, 2008
Author(s)
Tommy Chang, Tsai H. Hong, Michael O. Shneier, G Holguin, J Park, Roger D. Eastman
In this paper we demonstrate the use of a dynamic, six-degree-of-freedom (6DOF) laser tracker to empirically evaluate the performance of a real-time visual servoing implementation, with the objective of establishing a general method for evaluating real

Fuzzy-Logic-Based Approach for Identifying Objects of Interest in the PRIDE Framework

August 21, 2008
Author(s)
Zeid Kootbally, Craig I. Schlenoff, Rajmohan Madhavan, Sebti Foufou
On-road autonomous navigation of autonomous vehicles requires real--time motion planning in the presence of moving objects. Based on sensed data of moving objects in the environment and the situation it finds itself in, an autonomous vehicle has to plan a
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