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Toward the Ideal of Automating Production Optimization

November 15, 2013
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John L. Michaloski, Frederick M. Proctor, Jorge Arinez, Jonatan Berglund
The advent of improved factory data collection offers a prime opportunity to continuously study and optimize factory operations. Although manufacturing optimization tools can be considered mainstream technology, most U.S. manufacturers do not take full

Determination of Trace Sulfur in Biodiesel and Diesel Standard Reference Materials by Isotope Dilution Sector Field Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

November 14, 2013
Author(s)
Steven J. Christopher, Stephen E. Long, Renata Amais, Joaquim N?ga
A method is described for quantification of sulfur at low concentrations on the order of 10 µg g-1 in biodiesel and diesel fuels using double isotope dilution and sector field inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ID-SF-ICP-MS). Closed vessel

Introduction to Face Recognition and Evaluation of Algorithm Performance

November 14, 2013
Author(s)
P J. Phillips, J. R. Beveridge, Geof H. Givens, Bruce A. Draper, Yui M. Lui, David Bolme
The field of biometric face recognition blends methods from computer science, engineering and statistics, however statistical reasoning has been applied predominantly in the design of recognition algorithms. Here we broadly review face recognition from a

ITRAP+10 Spectroscopic Radiation Portal Monitor Testing

November 14, 2013
Author(s)
Anne L. Sallaska, Leticia S. Pibida, Huaiyu H. Chen-Mayer, Luc Murphy, Christina Ward
The Illicit Trafficking Radiation Assessment Program (ITRAP+10) is an international effort of the Department of Homeland Security’s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DHS/DNDO), the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (EC-JRC), and the

Atom probe tomography evaporation behavior of C-axis GaN nanowires: Crystallographic, stoichiometric, and detection efficiency aspects

November 13, 2013
Author(s)
Norman A. Sanford, David R. Diercks, Brian Gorman, R Kirchofer, Kristine A. Bertness, Matthew D. Brubaker
The field evaporation behavior of c-axis GaN nanowires was explored in two different laser-pulsed atom probe tomography (APT) instruments. Transmission electron microscopy imaging before and after atom probe tomography analysis was used to assist in

Hyperfine structure of weakly bound levels in the lowest 1g state of molecular 87Rb2

November 13, 2013
Author(s)
Chin-Chun Tsai, T Bergeman, Eite Tiesinga, Paul S. Julienne, D J. Heinzen
Photoassociation resonances in the 87Rb2 1g state dissociating to 52S+52P1/2 were produced by the excitation of colliding 87Rb atoms in a far-off resonance (FORT) trap. Levels down to 31 cm−1 below the dissociation limit were measured with resonance

Results of aperture area comparisons for exo-atmospheric total solar irradiance measurements

November 13, 2013
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson, Maritoni A. Litorja, Joel B. Fowler, Eric L. Shirley, James J. Butler, Robert A. Barnes
Exo-atmospheric solar irradiance measurements made by the solar irradiance community since 1978 incorporate limiting apertures with diameters measured by a number of metrology laboratories using a variety of techniques. Knowledge of the aperture area is a

An Understanding of High Entropy Alloy from Phase Diagram Calculation

November 12, 2013
Author(s)
Fan Zhang, Chuan Zhang, Shuang-Lin Chen, J Zhu, Wei-Sheng Cao, Ursula R. Kattner
The concept of High Entropy Alloy (HEA) is understood from the point of view of phase diagram calculation. The role of entropy of mixing on the phase stability is discussed for both ideal and non-ideal solid solution phases. The relative stability of a

Benchmark of collisional-radiative models for ITER beams at Alcator C-Mod tokamak

November 12, 2013
Author(s)
I. O. Bespamyatnov, W. L. Rowan, K. T. Liao, O. Marchuk, Yuri Ralchenko, R. S.
The beam-based plasma diagnostics on ITER require high accuracy and reliability which accordingly puts challenging requirements on the collisional-radiative (CR) models used for the description of excited states of high energy beam atoms. These states are

Precise Measurement of Lunar Spectral Irradiance at Visible Wavelengths

November 12, 2013
Author(s)
Keith R. Lykke, John T. Woodward IV, Allan W. Smith, Claire E. Cramer
We report a measurement of lunar spectral irradiance with an uncertainty below 1 % from 420 nm to 1000 nm. This measurement uncertainty meets the stability requirement for many climate data records derived from satellite images, including those for

Successive Frequency Domain Minimization for Time Delay Estimation

November 12, 2013
Author(s)
Ismet Sahin, Marwan A. Simaan, Anthony J. Kearsley
Estimating time delays for signal alignment is important for many applications. This paper extends a successful frequency domain cost function minimization algorithm capable of estimating time delays to within a fraction of sampling periods. Since a narrow

High resolution gamma-ray spectroscopy with a microwave-multiplexed TES array

November 11, 2013
Author(s)
Omid Noroozian, John A. Mates, Douglas A. Bennett, Justus A. Brevik, Joseph W. Fowler, Jiansong Gao, Robert D. Horansky, Kent D. Irwin, Daniel R. Schmidt, Joel N. Ullom, Zhao Kang
We demonstrate the first gamma-ray spectroscopy with a microwave-multiplexed two-pixel TES(transition-edge sensor) array. We measured a $^{153}$Gd photon source and achieved an energy resolution of 63 eV full-width-at-half-maximum (FWHM) at 97 keV and an

Proposed E57.02 Range Measurement Performance Standard for Medium Range 3D Imaging Systems

November 11, 2013
Author(s)
David MacKinnon, Luc Cournoyer, Kamel Saidi, Geraldine Cheok, Robert Bridges, Darin Ingimarson
We present the proposed standard ASTM E57.02 "Test Method to Evaluate the Range Measurement Performance of 3D Imaging Systems in the Medium Range" (Work Item ASTM WK12373). The stated purpose of the standard is to provide metrics and procedures to evaluate

On the Determination of Carbon by PGAA

November 10, 2013
Author(s)
Rolf L. Zeisler, Rick L. Paul, Jeffrey A. Fagan, Zsolt R?vay, Stefan S?llradl
Determination of carbon was achieved with reduction of background in prompt gamma activation analysis.

Application of a Natural Ventilation System Design Tool To A School Building

November 8, 2013
Author(s)
Steven J. Emmerich, William S. Dols, Brian J. Polidoro
A software tool to aid in the design of natural ventilation systems has recently been udpated. This update implements a general method for sizing of natural ventilation components, which allows direct consideration of stack and wind-driven airflow. The

Dielectrophoretic Trapping of P19 Cells on Indium Tin Oxide based Microelectrode Arrays

November 8, 2013
Author(s)
Aveek Gangopadhyay, Saugandhika Minnikanti, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Mulpuri V. Rao, Nathalia Peixoto
A microfabricated device comprised of a microelectrode array (MEA) and a microfluidic channel is presented here for the purpose of trapping cells using positive dielectrophoresis (DEP). Transparent indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes are patterned in an

Dissecting Interactions Among Indoor Environmental Quality Factors

November 8, 2013
Author(s)
Hal Levin, Steven Emmerich
Many aspects of indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and the technologies that control or otherwise affect it are interactive and often closely connected. This has important implications for the design and construction of buildings as well as for operation
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