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Stakeholder Identification and Use Case Representation for Internet-of-Things Applications in Healthcare

June 8, 2018

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Nancy Laplante, Phil Laplante, Jeff Voas

We begin the process of eliciting requirements for an Internet of Things application involving a hospital emergency room. First, we discuss the process of modeling IoT systems through Rich Pictures and Use Cases. Then, we demonstrate how these can be used

Dynamics of Phospholipid Membranes Beyond Thermal Undulations

June 7, 2018

Author(s)

Sudipta Gupta, Judith U. De Mel, Rasangi M. Perera, Piotr Zolnierczuk, Markus Bleuel, Antonio Faraone, Gerald J. Schneider

We investigated the molecular dynamics of unilamellar lipsomes by neutron spin echo spectroscopy. We report the first experimental evidence of a short-range motion at the length-scale of the size of the head group of a lipid. The associated mean square

Final Report for CCQM-K6.2: Determination of Total Cholesterol in Human Serum

June 7, 2018

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Stephen Wise, Karen W. Phinney, David L. Duewer

Cholesterol is one of the most frequently measured substances in human blood/serum to assist in assessing the health status of individuals. Because of its clinical significance, CCQM-K6 Determination of Cholesterol in Serum was completed in 2000 as one of

Nanoscale tuning fork cavity optomechanical transducers with design-enabled frequency tuning and temperature compensation

June 7, 2018

Author(s)

Rui Zhang, Robert Ilic, Yuxiang Liu, Vladimir Aksyuk

In this work, we design, fabricate and characterize monolithic, nanoscale Si3N4 tuning fork cavity optomechanical transducers with design enabled tuning of mechanical resonant frequencies and passive temperature compensation. Both frequency tuning and

Protecting Controlled Unclassified Information in Nonfederal Systems and Organizations [including updates as of 06-07-2018]

June 7, 2018

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Ronald S. Ross, Kelley L. Dempsey, Patrick Viscuso, Mark Riddle, Gary Guissanie

[Superseded by SP 800-171 Rev. 2 (February 2020): https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-171r2] The protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) resident in nonfederal systems and organizations is of paramount importance to federal agencies and can

Security Recommendations for Server-based Hypervisor Platforms

June 7, 2018

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Ramaswamy Chandramouli

The Hypervisor platform is a collection of software modules that provides virtualization of hardware resources (such as CPU, Memory, Network and Storage) and thus enables multiple computing stacks (made of an operating system (OS) and application programs)

State-of-the-Art in Human-Robot Interaction

June 7, 2018

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Jeremy Marvel, Megan Zimmerman, Shelly Bagchi

In this chapter, we will discuss the applications of HRI and HMI in industrial robotics, and will discuss topics such as collaborative robot safety, advances in HMI designs and development paradigms, and the current state of HRI. Throughout the following

Amorphous BN - Hexagonal MoTe2 Heterostructures for Improved Oxidation Resistance and Endurance of 2D Field Effect Transistors

June 6, 2018

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Benjamin Sirota, Nicholas Glavin, Sergiy Krylyuk, Albert Davydov, Andrey A. Voevodin

Environmental and thermal stability of two-dimensional (2D) transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) remains a fundamental challenge towards enabling robust electronic devices. Few-layer 2H-MoTe2 with an amorphous boron nitride (a-BN) covering layer was

Chain Terminal Group Leads to Distinct Thermoresponsive Behaviors of Linear PNIPAM and Polymer Analogs

June 6, 2018

Author(s)

Xiaolong Lang, Alexander D. Patrick, Boualem Hammouda, Michael J. A. Hore

Poly(alkyl acrylamides), most notable poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAM), are widely studied thermoresponsive polymers. Linear PNIPAM, poly(N-n-propylacrylamide) (PNnPAM) and poly(N-cyclopropylacrylamide) (PNCPAM) were synthesized via RAFT polymerization

Electronic Properties and Structure of Single Crystal Perylene

June 6, 2018

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Sujitra J. Pookpanratana, Katelyn Goetz, Emily G. Bittle, Hamna Haneef, Lin You, Christina A. Hacker, Steven W. Robey, Oana Jurchescu, Ruslan Ovsyannikov, Erika Giangrisostomi

The transport properties of electronic devices made from single crystalline molecular semiconductors outperform those composed of thin-films. To further understand the superiority of these extrinsic properties, an understanding of the intrinsic electronic

Experimental Fire-Simulator For Post-Flashover Compartment Fires

June 6, 2018

Author(s)

Daniel Brandon, Joachim Schmid, Joseph Su, Matthew Hoehler, Birgit Ostman, Amanda Kimball

The number of tall timber buildings around the world is rapidly increasing as a result of changes in regulations and the development of new engineered timber products. However, due to the combustibility of timber, the fire safety of tall timber buildings

FIRE PERFORMANCE OF LONG-SPAN COMPOSITE BEAMS WITH GRAVITY CONNECTIONS

June 6, 2018

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Lisa Y. Choe, Selvarajah Ramesh, Mina S. Seif, Matthew S. Hoehler, William L. Grosshandler, John L. Gross, Matthew F. Bundy

Prescriptive fire-resistance ratings for structural components provide limited insight into the system-level performance of steel-concrete composite structures in fire. Specifically, long- span composite beam assemblies exposed to fire have vulnerabilities

Fire Safety Challenges of Tall Wood Buildings: Large-Scale Cross Laminated Timber Compartment Fire Tests

June 6, 2018

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Matthew S. Hoehler, Joseph Su, Pier-Simon Lafrance, Matthew F. Bundy, Amanda Kimball, Daniel Brandon, Birgit Ostman

This study investigates the contribution of cross laminated timber (CLT) building elements to compartment fires. Six compartments (9.1 m long x 4.6 m wide x 2.7 m high) were constructed using 175-mm thick 5 ply CLT structural panels and fire tested using

HYBRID FIRE TESTING OF A SINGLE DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM LINEAR SYSTEM

June 6, 2018

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Ana Sauca, Chao Zhang, Artur A. Chernovsky, Mina S. Seif

As the structural engineering industry transitions towards performance based design methods, a better understanding of the performance of structures as full systems, especially under extreme loading conditions like fire, becomes a must. Full scale testing

Influence of Fire on the Shear Capacity of Steel-Sheathed Cold-Formed Steel Framed Shear Walls

June 6, 2018

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Matthew S. Hoehler, Blanca Andres Valiente

This paper discusses experimental investigations of the influence of real fires on the lateral load-carrying capacity of steel-sheathed cold-formed steel framed shear walls. The completed Phase 1 tests showed an unexpected and important example of

Short-wave infrared compressive imaging of single photons

June 6, 2018

Author(s)

Thomas Gerrits, Daniel Lum, Varun B. Verma, John Howell, Richard P. Mirin, Sae Woo Nam

We present a short-wave infrared (SWIR) single photon camera based on a single superconducting nanowire single photon detector (SNSPD) and compressive imaging. We show SWIR single photon imaging at a megapixel resolution with a low signal-to-background

Amplitude Mode in the Planar Triangular Antiferromagnet Na 0.9 MnO 2

June 5, 2018

Author(s)

Rebecca L. Dally, Yang Zhao, Zhijun Xu, Robin Chisnell, M. B. Stone, Jeffrey W. Lynn, Leon Balents, Stephen D. Wilson

Amplitude modes that arise from continuous symmetry breaking in materials are of broad interest as condensed matter analogs of the Higgs boson in particle physics. These modes reflect an oscillation in the amplitude of a complex order parameter, yet they

Assessing the chemical and colloidal stability of functionalized gold nanoparticles

June 5, 2018

Author(s)

Tae Joon Cho, Vincent A. Hackley

Among the many classes of engineered nanomaterials, gold nanoparticles (GNPs) are one of the most widely studied and utilized nanoscale platforms for biomedical applications including diagnostics, therapeutics, and transfection. This is due in part to

Formal Definition of Edge Computing: An Emphasis on Mobile Cloud and IoT Composition

June 5, 2018

Author(s)

Charif Mahmoudi, Abdella Battou, Fabrice Mourlin

AbstractMobile cloud computing is an emerging area where two trends come together to compose its major pillars. On one hand, the virtualization affecting the data centers hypervisors. On the other hand, devices mobility, especially Smart Phones, which

Large T1 contrast enhancement using superparamagnetic nanoparticles in ultra-low field MRI

June 5, 2018

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Xiaolu Yin, Stephen E. Russek, Gary Zabow, Fan Sun, Jeotikanta Mohapatra, Kathryn E. Keenan, Michael A. Boss, Hao Zeng, Sy-Hwang Liou, John M. Moreland

Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) are widely investigated and utilized as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast and therapy agents due to their large magnetic moments. Local field inhomogeneities caused by these high magnetic moments

Reference Correlations for the Viscosity of Ammonia from the Triple Point to 725 K and up to 50 MPa

June 5, 2018

Author(s)

S.A. Monogenidou, Marc J. Assael, Marcia L. Huber

This paper presents new wide-ranging correlations for the viscosity of ammonia based on critically evaluated experimental data. The correlation is designed to be used with a recently developed equation of state, and it is valid from the triple point to 725

Stitching Evaluation Methodology for Sparse Microscopy Images

June 5, 2018

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Joe Chalfoun, Michael P. Majurski, Changming Sun, Ching-Wei Wang, Peter Bajcsy, Mary C. Brady

Application of Digital Image Correlation to Structures in Fire

June 4, 2018

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Christopher M. Smith, Matthew Hoehler

The behavior of engineering structures in fire is commonly studied through large-scale experiments. However, temperature-varying material properties, spatially-varying thermal loading and complicated structure geometries result in these structures

Combining viscoelastic properties and architecture to control the dynamic response of soft materials

June 4, 2018

Author(s)

Aaron Forster, Michael Riley

Blunt trauma and brain injury can occur during impacts at energies and velocities below those observed in ballistic and blast events. During low to medium velocity impacts, the shell prevents helps to prevent bone fractures and the padding helps limit the

Demonstration of a Chamber for Strain Mapping of Steel Specimens Under Mechanical Load in a Hydrogen Environment by Synchrotron Radiation

June 4, 2018

Author(s)

Matthew J. Connolly, Peter E. Bradley, Damian S. Lauria, Andrew J. Slifka, Elizabeth S. Drexler

We present a demonstration of a chamber for diffraction measurements of lattice strain for specimens in hydrogen gas under mechanical load. The chamber is suitable for static and cyclic mechanical loading. Synchrotron x-ray radiographs of a fatigue crack

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