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Identifying Face Quality and Factor Measures for Video

May 20, 2014
Author(s)
Yooyoung Lee, P. Jonathon Phillips, James Filliben, J. R. Beveridge, Hao Zhang
This paper identifies important factors for face recognition algorithm performance in video. The goal of this study is to understand key factors that affect algorithm performance and to characterize the algorithm performance. We evaluate four factor

Maturity Model Concepts for Sustainable Manufacturing

May 21, 2014
Author(s)
Sudarsan Rachuri, Sanjay Jain
The general awareness of the need for use of earth’s resources in a sustainable manner has been increasing in recent years. Governments, commercial organizations and individuals have been making efforts to better manage and use available resources

Traceability for Millimeter and Submillimeter-Wave Power Measurements

May 21, 2014
Author(s)
Ronald A. Ginley
The need for traceable power measurements above 110 GHz is well established for use in communications, spectral line investigation, molecular particle signature identification, material property characterization and others. There have been incremental

Flame Inhibition by CF3CHCl2 (HCFC-123)

May 20, 2014
Author(s)
Valeri I. Babushok, Gregory T. Linteris, Oliver Meier, John Pagliaro
A kinetic model is suggested for hydrocarbon-air flame propagation with addition of hydrochloroflurocarbon (HCFC) fire suppressants, encompassing the combined chemistry of fluorine- and chlorine-containing species. Calculated burning velocities using the

Optical hyperpolarization and NMR detection of 129 Xe on a microfluidic chip

May 20, 2014
Author(s)
Ricardo Jimenez Martinez, Daniel J. Kennedy, Michael Rosenbluh, Elizabeth A. Donley, Svenja A. Knappe, Scott J. Seltzer, Hattie L. Ring, Vikram S. Bajaj, John E. Kitching
We present a microfluidic chip that enables the production of laser-polarized 129Xe gas and its optical detection. Production of polarized 129Xe and its remote detection is achieved under flowing gas conditions at low magnetic fields in two separate

Stochastic Modeling and Simulation of Marginally Trapped Neutrons

May 20, 2014
Author(s)
Kevin J. Coakley
For a magnetic trapping experiment, I present an efficient method for simulating experimental beta −decay rates which accounts for loss of marginally trapped neutrons due to wall collisions and other possible loss mechanisms. Monte Carlo estimates of time

Viscosity-ratio measurements with capillary viscometers

May 20, 2014
Author(s)
Robert F. Berg, Eric F. May, Michael R. Moldover
Viscosity-ratio measurements made with capillary viscometers exploit the accurate values of the viscosity of helium resulting from ab initio calculations. Accurate values of the argon-to-helium viscosity ratio are now used for primary acoustic thermometry

A Framework for Research Inventory of Manufacturing Sustainability Assessment

May 19, 2014
Author(s)
Juyeon Lee, Yung-Tsun T. Lee
There have been many research papers focused on development of guidelines, indicators, metrics, methods, tools, and systems – all related to sustainability performance assessment. However, manufacturing companies have difficulty in finding papers that are

AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO INFORMATION MODELING FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DESIGN OF PRODUCTS

May 19, 2014
Author(s)
Paul W. Witherell, Douglas Eddy, Ian Grosse, Sundar Krishnamurty, Jack Wileden, Kemper Lewis
The design of more sustainable products can be best accomplished in a tradeoff-based design process that methodically handles conflicting objectives. Such conflicts are often seen between, environmental impact, cost, and product performance. To support

Geometric Interoperability via Queries

May 19, 2014
Author(s)
Vijay Srinivasan
The problem of geometric (model and system) interoperability is a non-trivial generalization of the classical problem of part interchangeability in mechanical assemblies. Interoperability subsumes the challenging problems of geometric model quality

Ontological Conceptualization Based on Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS)

May 19, 2014
Author(s)
Nenad Ivezic, Ameri Farhad, Kaikhah Khosrow, Boonserm Kulvatunyou
In this paper, a thesaurus-based methodology is proposed for systematic ontological conceptualization in the manufacturing domain. The methodology has three main phases, namely, thesaurus development, thesaurus evaluation, and thesaurus conversion. A

Processes Analytics Formalism for Decision Guidance in Sustainable Manufacturing

May 19, 2014
Author(s)
Alexander Brodsky, Guodong Shao, Frank H. Riddick
This paper introduces National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Sustainable Process Analytics Formalism (SPAF) to facilitate the use of simulation and optimization technologies for decision support in sustainable manufacturing. SPAF allows

The Case for Delivering the Infrastructure for Digital Building Regulations

May 19, 2014
Author(s)
Mark E. Palmer, James H. Garrett
The building industry uses numerous engineering standards, building codes, specifications and regulations and a diverse set of industry vocabularies to describe, assess, and deliver constructed facilities. As part of the expanding use of building
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