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Biometric Specifications for Personal Identity Verification

July 11, 2013
Author(s)
Patrick J. Grother, Wayne J. Salamon, Ramaswamy Chandramouli
Homeland Security Presidential Directive HSPD-12, Policy for a Common Identification Standard for Federal Employees and Contractors [HSPD-12], called for new standards to be adopted governing interoperable use of identity credentials to allow physical and

IREX IV: Part 1, Evaluation of Iris Identification Algorithms

July 11, 2013
Author(s)
George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother, Mei L. Ngan, James R. Matey
IREX IV aims to provide a fair and balanced scientific evaluation of the performance of automated iris recognition algorithms. IREX IV evaluated the performance of 66 identification (i.e. one-to-many matching) algorithms submitted by 12 companies and

IREX VI - Temporal Stability of Iris Recognition Accuracy

July 11, 2013
Author(s)
Patrick J. Grother, James R. Matey, Elham Tabassi, George W. Quinn, Michael Chumakov
Background: Stability is a required definitional property for a biometric to be useful. Quantitative statements of stability are operationally important as they dictate re-enrollment schedules e.g. of a face on a passport. Ophthalmologists consider the

Multi-resonant plasmonic nanodome arrays for label-free biosensing applications

July 10, 2013
Author(s)
Charles J. Choi, Stephen Semancik
The characteristics and utility of plasmonic nanodome arrays capable of supporting multiple resonance modes are described. A low-cost, large-area replica molding process is used to produce, on flexible plastic substrates, two-dimensional periodic arrays of

On the bending strength of single-crystal silicon theta-like specimens

July 10, 2013
Author(s)
Rebecca R. Kirkpatrick, William Alexander Osborn, Michael S. Gaither, Richard S. Gates, Frank W. DelRio, Robert F. Cook
A new theta geometry was developed for micro-scale bending strength measurements. The new "gap" theta specimen was a simple modification of the arch theta specimen that enabled micro-scale tensile testing. The gap theta was demonstrated here on single

Toward a reference architecture for archival systems

July 10, 2013
Author(s)
Raphael Barbau, Joshua Lubell, Sudarsan Rachuri, Sebti Foufou
Long-term preservation of product data is imperative for many organizations. A product data archive should be designed to ensure information accessibility and understanding over time. Approaches such as the Open Archival Information System (OAIS) Reference

Uncertainty Machine --- User's Manual

July 10, 2013
Author(s)
Antonio M. Possolo, Thomas V. Lafarge
NIST's Uncertainty Machine is a software application to evaluate the measurement uncertainty associated with an output quantity defined by a measurement model of the form y = f(x[1],...,x[n]), where the real-valued function f is specified fully and

A method for the analysis of behavioural uncertainty in evacuation modelling

July 9, 2013
Author(s)
Enrico Ronchi, Paul A. Reneke, Richard D. Peacock
Evacuation models generally include the use of distributions or probabilistic variables to simulate the variability of possible human behaviours. A single model setup of the same evacuation scenario may therefore produce a distribution of different

Broadband S-parameter characterization of a DC-SQUID amplifier

July 9, 2013
Author(s)
Leonardo M. Ranzani, Lafe F. Spietz, Jose A. Aumentado
In this work we characterize the 2-port scattering parameters of a superconducting quantum interference device (DC-SQUID) ampli er at 20 mK in the 2{8 GHz band. The measurement reference plane is positioned on a 6.25 microstrip line situated directly at

Economic Case Study: The Impact of NSTIC on the Internal Revenue Service

July 9, 2013
Author(s)
Gregory C. Tassey
The National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC) offers a vision of more secure, efficient, and cost-effective authentication through widespread use of robust third-party credentials standardized to a national strategy. If successful

Spinor Dynamics in an Antiferromagnetic spin-1 Thermal Bose Gas

July 9, 2013
Author(s)
Hyewon K. Pechkis, Jonathan Wrubel, Arne Schwettmann, Paul Griffin, Ryan Barnett, Eite Tiesinga, Paul D. Lett
We present experimental observations of coherent spin-population oscillations in a cold thermal, Bose gas of spin-1 23Na atoms. The population oscillations in a multi-spatial-mode thermal gas have the same behavior as those observed in a single-spatial

Mechanical Control of a Microrod-Resonator Optical Frequency Comb

July 8, 2013
Author(s)
Scott B. Papp, Pascal P. Del'Haye, Scott A. Diddams
Robust control and stabilization of optical frequency combs enables an extraordinary range of scientific and technological applications, including frequency metrology at extreme levels of precision, novel spectroscopy of quantum gases and of molecules from

Properties of magnetic barrier structures for superconducting-magnetic hybrid Josephson junctions

July 7, 2013
Author(s)
Burm Baek, Samuel P. Benz, William H. Rippard, Stephen E. Russek, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Horst Rogalla, Matthew R. Pufall
If Josephson and spintronic technologies can be successfully integrated to produce a cryogenic memory that can be controlled with single-flux quantum pulses, then they may enable ultra-low-power, high-speed computing. We have developed hybrid Josephson

Sensitivity of Probes in Near-Field Spherical-Scanning Antenna Measurements

July 7, 2013
Author(s)
Ronald C. Wittmann, Michael H. Francis
We define and calculate sensitivity for several actual and simulated probes. Probe sensitivity can have a significant impact on measurement uncertainty associated with probe deconvolution in near- field, spherical scanning, antenna measurements.

A highly ordered non-crystalline metallic phase

July 5, 2013
Author(s)
Gabrielle G. Long, Karena Chapman, Peter Chupas, Leonid A. Bendersky, Lyle E. Levine, Frederic Mompiou, John W. Cahn, Judith K. Stalick
We report the characterization of an ordered non-crystalline isotropic metallic solid that, during rapid cooling of an Al-Fe-Si melt, forms by nucleation, followed by growth along a moving interface between the solid and melt with partitioning of the

LaTeXML 2012 -- A Year of LaTeXML

July 5, 2013
Author(s)
Deyan Ginev, Bruce R. Miller
LaTeXML, a TeX to XML converter, is being used in a wide range of MKM applications. In this paper, we present a progress report for the 2012 calendar year. Noteworthy enhancements include: increased coverage such as Wikipedia syntax; enhanced capabilities

Metrological Challenges Introduced by New Tolerancing Standards

July 5, 2013
Author(s)
Ed Morse, Yue Peng, Vijay Srinivasan, Craig M. Shakarji
The recent release of ISO 14405-1 has provided designers with a richer set of specification tools for the size of part features, so that various functional requirements can be captured with greater fidelity. However, these tools also bring new challenges
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