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An Analysis of Metrics and Methods in Research from Human-Robot Interaction Conferences, 2015-2021

March 6, 2022
Author(s)
Megan Zimmerman, Shelly Bagchi, Jeremy Marvel, Vinh Nguyen, Xiang Li, Katherine Haas, Victoria Koretsky
… are critical towards wider adoption of HRI technologies in real-world applications. However, the interdisciplinary … specific opportunities for reuse of metrics and methods in HRI, this paper presents a comprehensive survey of 1464 … a holistic perspective of the metrological tools leveraged in the current state-of-practice of HRI research, we find …

Colloquium: Femtosecond Optical Frequency Combs

October 12, 2021
Author(s)
S T. Cundiff, Jun Ye
… Recently there has been a remarkable synergy between the technology of precision laser stabilization and modelocked ultrafast lasers. This has resulted in control of the frequency spectrum produced by modelocked … This is followed by a brief overview of how the comb technology is affecting and will affect time domain …

Data Standards in Proteomics: Promises and Challenges

October 12, 2021
Author(s)
Veerasamy Ravichandran, Ram D. Sriram, G L. Gilliland, S Srivastava
… Rapid advances in the field of proteomics are yielding abundant data in many formats that, because of the vast quantity and … objective of streamlining the transfer of knowledge and technology is to develop the means to analyze data from … Data Standards in Proteomics: Promises and Challenges …

The NIH Somatic Cell Genome Editing program

April 7, 2021
Author(s)
Samantha Maragh
… to edit the genomes of disease-relevant somatic cells in patients, even in tissues that are difficult to reach. Here we discuss the … and innovative approach that requires validation of the technology through third-party testing in small and large …

Modern reassessment of the Citicorp Building design wind loads

June 15, 2020
Author(s)
Dat Duthinh
… designed the Citicorp Building for the action of wind in each of the structure’s principal axes. One problem … the means and root mean squares of these loads. Given the technology available at the time, the simplifying assumption … the Database-Assisted Design method and modern computer technology are capable of accounting for simultaneous dynamic …

Modeling and Improving Named Data Networking over IEEE 802.15.4

February 10, 2020
Author(s)
Amar Abane, Paul Muhlethaler, Samia Bouzefrane, Abdella Battou
… Enabling NDN in real-world IoT deployments becomes essential to benefit from ICN/NDN features in current IoT systems. To design realistic NDN-based … such as low-power wireless standards may be the key. In this paper, we explore the NDN forwarding over IEEE … Conference on Performance Evaluation and Modeling in Wired and Wireless Networks …

Multifactor Authentication for E-Commerce

July 30, 2019
Author(s)
William D. Newhouse
… As retailers in the United States have adopted chip-and-signature and … (POS) security measures, there have been increases in fraudulent online card-not-present (CNP) electronic … more widely known following the adoption of chip-and-PIN technology that increased security at the POS in Europe. The …

Evaluating IAQ and Energy Impacts of Ventilation in a Net-Zero Energy House Using a Coupled Model

September 20, 2016
Author(s)
Lisa C. Ng, William S. Dols, Dustin G. Poppendieck, Steven J. Emmerich
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) constructed the Net-Zero Energy Residential … (source control) and mechanical ventilation, especially in homes with relatively airtight envelopes. … Evaluating IAQ and Energy Impacts of Ventilation in a Net-Zero Energy House Using a Coupled Model …

Extensive sequencing of seven human genomes to characterize benchmark reference materials

June 7, 2016
Author(s)
Justin M. Zook, Jennifer H. McDaniel, David N. Catoe, Lindsay Harris, Marc L. Salit
… The Genome in a Bottle Consortium hosted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, (NIST), is creating reference materials and data … pilot genome, NA12878, has been released as NIST RM 8398. In addition, we describe data from two Personal Genome …

One-Pot, Bio-Inspired Coatings to Reduce the Flammability of Flexible Polyurethane Foams

February 27, 2015
Author(s)
Rick D. Davis, Yu-Chin Li, Michelle R. Gervasio, Yeon S. Kim
… In this manuscript, natural materials were combined into a … One formulation produced a 75% reduction in PHRR. This technology was validated in full-scale furniture fire tests, … reduction in PHRR was measured. At these PHRR values, this technology could reduce the fire threat of furniture from …

Frequency Modulated Charge Pumping with Extremely High Gate Leakage

February 13, 2015
Author(s)
Jason T. Ryan, Jibin Zou, Jason P. Campbell, Richard Southwick, Kin P. Cheung, Anthony Oates, Rue Huang
… as one of the most utilitarian methods to quantify defects in metal-oxide-semiconductor devices. In the presence of low to moderate gate leakage, CP … ill-equipped to handle excessive leakage currents common in advanced technologies. In this work, we transform …

Multi-laboratory Comparison of Traceable Atomic Force Microscope Measurements of 70 nm Grating Pitch

March 8, 2011
Author(s)
Ronald G. Dixson, Donald Chernoff, Shihua Wang, Theodore V. Vorburger, Siew-Leng Tan, Ndubuisi G. Orji, Joseph Fu
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Advanced Surface Microscopy (ASM), and the … National Metrology Centre (NMC) of the Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR) in Singapore have completed a three-way interlaboratory …

Practical Operation of Cryogen-free Programmable Josephson Voltage Standards

February 17, 2011
Author(s)
Robert E. Schwall, David Zilz, Jeffrey Power, Charles J. Burroughs, Paul D. Dresselhaus, Samuel P. Benz
… incentives for using the smallest possible cryocooler in order to minimize acoustic noise, system footprint, and … power consumption. In addition, Nb/NbxSi1-x/Nb junction technology offers better yield than NbN/TiNx/NbN technology thus making operation near 4K desirable. As …

TOWARDS A TEST METHOD FOR HYDROGEN SENSOR PERFORMANCE

April 2, 2008
Author(s)
Nathan D. Marsh, Thomas G. Cleary
… study the response of fire detectors (smoke, heat, gas), in a preliminary study to evaluate the performance of a … NOx, hydrocarbon gas and vapor all potentially present in hydrogen dispensing and storage areas), as well as dynamic changes in environmental conditions by varying temperature, …

The Role of Phase Noise Research and Metrology

February 19, 2008
Author(s)
David A. Howe
… electronic components. Frequency synthesis plays a role in virtually all present-day commercial, industrial, and … often limited by, phase and amplitude noise fluctuations in oscillators and frequency synthesizers. NIST¿s Time and … calibration facilities for characterizing noise components in oscillators and frequency synthesizers. It engages in many …

Preliminary Performance Assessment of Commercially-Available Hydrogen Sensors

November 12, 2007
Author(s)
Nathan D. Marsh, Thomas G. Cleary
… study the response of fire detectors (smoke, heat, gas), in a preliminary study to evaluate the performance of a … NOx, hydrocarbon gas and vapor-all potentially present in hydrogen dispensing and storage areas), as well as dynamic changes in environmental conditions by varying temperature, humidity, …

Demonstration of an Active Quantum Key Distribution Network

August 1, 2006
Author(s)
Xiao Tang, Lijun Ma, Alan Mink, Anastase Nakassis, Hai Xu, Barry J. Hershman, Joshua Bienfang, David H. Su, Ronald Boisvert, Charles W. Clark, Carl J. Williams
… (QKD) system with polariztion coding over a fiber link, in which the resulting cryptographic keys were used for one-time pad encryption of real time video signals. In this work, we extend the technology to a three-node active QKD network - one alice and …

A Review of the History of Fire Suppression of U.S. DOD Aircraft

January 1, 2006
Author(s)
Donald Bein
… which the findings of the Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program (NGP) can be assessed. These findings are to be published later this year (2006) in the NGP final report. Aircraft fire suppression …

Photomask Dimensional Metrology in the SEM Part II: High-Pressure/Environmental Scanning Electron Microscope

April 1, 2004
Author(s)
Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, Marylyn H. Bennett, T Rice, R Knowles
… equipped with high-resolution, high-signal, field emission technology in conjunction with large chamber and sample transfer … metrology until now. This is a new application of this technology to this area, and it shows great promise in the … Photomask Dimensional Metrology in the SEM Part II: High-Pressure/Environmental Scanning …

Planning Report 02-1: The Economic Impact of Role-Based Access Control

March 1, 2002
Author(s)
Michael P. Gallaher, Alan C. O'Connor, Brian Kropp, Gregory C. Tassey
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) began working on RBAC in the early 1990s after a study of federal agency security … systems, and (2) economic return from the NIST/Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) RBAC project's contributions to …

Concrete Materials Database

December 1, 2000
Author(s)
C B. Oland, Chiara C. Ferraris
… Formats for Concrete Materials Properties was organized in 1990 to develop and report information on database formats … to recent advances in computer hardware and software technology, it may be possible in the near future for … the concrete industry with valuable new information technology. …
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