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Modeling the Effects of Outdoor Gasoline Powered Generator Use on Indoor Carbon Monoxide Exposures

August 3, 2009
Author(s)
Wang Liangzhu, Steven Emmerich
… CO poisoning incidents during the hurricane seasons in 2004 and 2005 involved generators operated outdoors but … However, the use of short extension cords may result in placement of the generator too close to avoid the home to … temperature, and house dimensions). For the house modeled in this study, a generator positioned 4.6 m (15 feet) away …

Fourier Instrumentation for Radiation Thermometry

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
F J. Dunmore
… law exhibited a consistent nonlinear effect. This results in an error of approximately 1 percent for measurement of … temperatures, to reduce the measurement error. Work is in progress to directly calibrate the detector array linearity. This is used to correct the interferogram in the processing software prior to Fourier transformation. …

High throughput adhesion testing using a modified edge lift-off test

February 17, 2008
Author(s)
Jiong Liu, Martin Chiang, Michael J. Fasolka, Christopher Stafford
… samples or libraries having discrete or continuous changes in two or more of these controlling factors. The modified edge lift-off test (mELT) is commonly used in the electronic packaging industry to evaluate the adhesion … possessing a combinatorial library on its surface. In the present work, we discuss the latest developments in …

Diffuse-Interface Theory for Structure Formation and Release Behavior in Controlled Drug Release Systems

November 14, 2007
Author(s)
D M. Saylor, C Y. Kim, D Patwardhan, James A. Warren
… polymer, and solvent species, all of which may be present in either crystalline or amorphous states. Because the theory … between processing, microstructure, and release response in controlled drug release systems. Calculations based on the … that, for a characteristic delivery system, variations in microstructure arising due to changes in either drug …

Compact Anamorphic Imaging Spectrometer

February 9, 2007
Author(s)
P Maciejewski, K Barnard, Rand Swanson, Michael Kehoe, C Smith, Thomas Moon, Robert R. Bousquet, Steven W. Brown, Keith R. Lykke
… system. This design concept benefits from a reduction in complexity over standard high-performance spectrometer … the spectrometer slit focus along the spatial axis and in turn eliminates nearly all aberrations in the front-end optics of the system, regardless of field …

C 4 F 6 1,3 Hexafluorobutadiene - A New Etching Gas: Studies on Material Compatibility, Behavior in Inductively Coupled Plasma and Etch Processes Performance

June 1, 2003
Author(s)
A Nicoletti, P Srinivasan, M Riva, Eric C. Benck, A N. Goyette, Yicheng Wang, J M. Kim, P Hsieh, A Athayde, Abhay Joshi
… (C 4 F 6 ) is a relatively new etch gas for the manufacturing of semiconductor devices, especially in critical etch processes that need high aspect ratios and … only recently and we felt the need to increase the data in our possession on its behavior both in the plasma chamber …

A Scheme for Transformation of Tolerance Specifications to Generalized Deviation Space for Use in Tolerance Synthesis and Analysis

July 1, 2002
Author(s)
H Wang, N Pramanik, Utpal Roy, Sudarsan Rachuri, Ram D. Sriram, Kevin W. Lyons
… or ISO standards. To use these tolerance specifications in computerized tolerance synthesis and analysis, we need an … on these deviation parameters. These constraints would, in general, define a bounded region in the deviation space. In this paper, we present a method …

A Proposed Interim Check for Field Testing a Laser Trackers 3-D Length Measurement Capability Using a Calibrated Scale Bar as a Reference Artifact

October 1, 2014
Author(s)
Vincent D. Lee, Christopher J. Blackburn, Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Daniel S. Sawyer, Mark Meuret, Aaron Hudlemeyer
… are constructed to be sensitive to uncompensated errors in length measurement caused by the imperfect geometry and optical misalignments in the laser tracker’s construction. The collection of tests described in this paper was specifically selected to be sensitive to …

Toward a documentary standard for performance testing of terrestrial laser scanners used in forensic practice: A statistical procedure to assess change in instrument precision

January 7, 2026
Author(s)
Mary Gregg, Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Katharine Shilling
… of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science, in collaboration with researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, to develop a documentary standard for performance … for performance testing of terrestrial laser scanners used in forensic practice: A statistical procedure to assess …

NIST 2025 Rapid Microbial Testing Methods Workshop Report

September 26, 2025
Author(s)
Jason Kralj, Kirsten Parratt, Tyler Laird, Stephanie Servetas, Nancy Lin, Dawn Henke, Scott Jackson
… In 2020, the National Institute of Standards and Technology … solutions to facilitate the adoption of RMTMs in advanced therapy products. To update the community on the …

Bottom-up Gold Filling of Sub-Micrometer Wide Trenches

April 3, 2025
Author(s)
Daniel Josell, Lucia Romano, Konstantins Jefimovs
… A 〖Bi〗^(3+)-stimulated Au electrodeposition process in slightly alkaline 〖Na〗_3 Au(〖SO〗_3 )_2+〖Na〗_2 〖SO〗_3 … filling of progressively deeper and higher aspect trenches in gratings for advanced X-ray imaging technologies. The … filling phenomenon to improve filling of small trenches. In particular, electrolytes are examined to reduce passive …

Forensic DNA Interpretation and Human Factors: Improving the Practice Through a Systems Approach

May 6, 2024
Author(s)
Melissa Taylor, Erica Romsos, Kaye Ballantyne, Dawn Moore Boswell, Thomas Busey
… The Expert Working Group on Human Factors in Forensic DNA Interpretation has conducted a scientific assessment of the effects of human factors in forensic DNA analysis. The Working Group evaluated … (OIFS) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Programs Office. …

NIST Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (2024 Ed.)

November 15, 2023
Author(s)
Juana Williams, Loren Minnich, Jan Konijnenburg, Gloria Lee, Isabel Baucom, Katrice Lippa
… measuring equipment and associated equipment and for use in applications for law enforcement and the collection of … Measures (OWM) of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and input from weights and measures … were adopted by the NCWM at its 108th Annual Meeting in July 2023. …

Characterization and alignment of the flexure mechanism for the new Kibble balance at NIST

October 1, 2022
Author(s)
Lorenz Keck, Frank Seifert, David B. Newell, Rene Theska, Darine El Haddad
… is being built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). As the first instrument in his class, the QEMMS combines all three, a programmable … thus has a great advantage over existing Kibble balances in terms of operation and calibration uncertainty. The goal …

Letter Report to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: CONTAM Simulations of Extended Generator Run Time Supplementing NIST Technical Note 2202

July 18, 2022
Author(s)
Steven Emmerich, Brian Polidoro
… that staff of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) performed, at the request of staff of the … the simulations that NIST performed and reported in NIST Technical Note (TN) 2202 Simulation of Residential CO … time") for UL 2201 generators than the run times provided in Table 3 of TN 2202 in twelve of the structures documented …

Blockchain for Access Control Systems

May 26, 2022
Author(s)
Vincent C. Hu
… control and data privacy – ever more important. Blockchain technology offers features such as decentralization, high …

Experimental Realization of Neutron Helical Waves

May 11, 2022
Author(s)
Michael G. Huber, Charles W. Clark, Dmitry Pushin, Connor Kapahi, Lisa DeBeer-Schmitt, David Cory, Huseyin Ekinci, Melissa Henderson, Dusan Sarenac
Methods of preparation and analysis of structured waves of light, electrons, and atoms have been advancing rapidly. Despite the proven power of neutrons for material characterization and studies of fundamental physics, neutron science has not been able to

Results from a Black-Box Study for Digital Examiners

February 17, 2022
Author(s)
Barbara Guttman, Mary T. Laamanen, Craig Russell, James Darnell, Chris Atha
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted a black-box study in conjunction with a scientific foundation review documented in NISTIR 8354 – Digital Investigation Techniques: A NIST …

NIST Special Database 302: Supplemental Release of Latent Annotations

November 2, 2021
Author(s)
Gregory Fiumara, Matthew Schwarz, Jessica Heising, Jennifer Peterson, Patricia A. Flanagan, Karen Marshall
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released a collection of latent fingerprint images as part of Special Database (SD) 302 in December 2019. While the dataset included 10 000 … SD 302 has been of somewhat limited usability, in part due to the omission of study participant finger …

An Ice Storage Tank Modelica Model: Implementation and Validation

September 27, 2021
Author(s)
Guowen Li, Yangyang Fu, Amanda Pertzborn, Jin Wen, Zheng O'Neill
… have been gaining attention as a means of load management in grid-interactive efficient buildings. This study … of the ice storage tank (IST) and implemented an IST model in Modelica. The developed IST Modelica model was compared … from a testbed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Three statistical performance metrics were used …
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