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Measurements for the Reliability and Electrical Characterization of Semiconductor Nanowires

April 30, 2008
Author(s)
Curt A. Richter, Hao Xiong, Xiaoxiao Zhu, Wenyong Wang, Vincent M. Stanford, Qiliang Li, D. E. Ioannou, Woong-Ki Hong, Takhee Lee
… and one based upon the direct growth of nanowires in predefined locations.  Test structures are fabricated and … information about current transport and fluctuations in materials and devices can be derived from noise … here to be powerful methods for probing trapping defects in nanoelectronic devices. …

Energy Balance in a Large Compartment Fire

April 1, 2008
Author(s)
Anthony P. Hamins, Erik L. Johnsson, Alexander Maranghides
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) … spray fire with a 1 MW heat release rate, burning in a single compartment 7 m wide, 22 m long, and 4 m high. … From these measurements, an energy balance was considered, in which it was determined that nearly 74% of the fire's …

Measurements to Support Modulated-Signal Radio Transmissions for the Public-Safety Sector

April 1, 2008
Author(s)
Catherine A. Remley, Galen H. Koepke, Christopher L. Holloway, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Dennis G. Camell, John M. Ladbury, Robert Johnk, David R. Novotny, William F. Young, George Hough, Michael McKinley, Yann Becquet, John Korsnes
… personnel. We designed a collection of experiments in various large structures in an effort to quantify radio-signal attenuation, the level … This report summarizes the experiments, performed in four large building structures. We describe the …

Fatal Training Fires: Fire Analysis for the Fire Service

September 3, 2007
Author(s)
Daniel M. Madrzykowski
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has investigated the fire conditions of two very different fire training incidents that resulted in the loss of life. One incident occurred in an acquired structure and the other occurred in a concrete …

Wireless Sensor Network Based on IEEE 1451.0 and IEEE 1451.5-802.11

August 1, 2007
Author(s)
Kang B. Lee, Yuyin Song
… was developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The WSN consists of two wireless nodes - … and the Wireless Transducer Interface Module (WTIM) node. In operation the NCAP node communicates wirelessly with the … through the IEEE 802.11 wireless communication modules. In the paper two case studies illustrate the implementation …

Color Rendering

July 11, 2007
Author(s)
Yoshihiro Ohno
… grow rapidly. There is an increasing interest and concern in the color rendering properties of white SSL products. …

New Photometer Standards for Low Uncertainty Illuminance Scale Realization

July 11, 2007
Author(s)
George P. Eppeldauer, Carl C. Miller, Yoshihiro Ohno
… been developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to utilize the low spectral responsivity … unit can be calibrated against the new transfer standards. In addition, new generation working standard photometers have … scales from the transfer standards with a minimal increase in measurement uncertainty. Design issues of the new …

Determination of Caffeine, and Caffeine-Related Metabolites in Ephedra-Containing Standard Reference Materials Using Liquid Chromatography With Absorbance Detection and Tandem Mass Spectrometry

April 24, 2007
Author(s)
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Katherine E. Sharpless, S. Mitvalsky, Mark Roman, James H. Yen, Mary B. Satterfield
… concentration of caffeine and caffeine-related compounds in two ephedra-containing reference materials have been … performed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and a collaborating laboratory. Results … assignment of caffeine, theobromine, and theophylline in these SRMs. The methods used at NIST to determine the …

Hyperspectral Image Projector for Advanced Sensor Characterization

December 4, 2006
Author(s)
Steven W. Brown, Joseph P. Rice, Jorge E. Neira, Bettye C. Johnson
… In this work, we describe radiometric platforms able to … platforms, sensor and system performance may be quantified in terms of the accuracy of measurements of standardized sets … realistic spectral content. Using the same fundamental technology, platforms can be developed for the ultraviolet, …

Overview of the TREC 2005 Robust Retrieval Track

October 16, 2006
Author(s)
Ellen M. Voorhees
… methods for improving the consistency of retrieval technology by focusing on poorly performing topics. The retrieval task in the track is a traditional ad~hoc retrieval task where the … information from the first collection could be exploited in producing a query for the second collection, if desired. …

A Web Service-Based Reconfigurable Testbed for Business-to-Business (B2B) Integration

June 1, 2006
Author(s)
B Jeong, Jungyub Woo, Hyunbo Cho, Boonserm Kulvatunyou, James Lee
Several types of standards and corresponding software solutions have been created to enable business-to-business (B2B) integration. Testing for conformance and interoperability among these solutions are inter-dependent. This signifies the needs to make

Recovering Spheres from 3D Point Data

April 1, 2006
Author(s)
Christoph J. Witzgall, Geraldine Cheok, Anthony J. Kearsley
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology is involved in developing standard protocols for the performance … yields voluminous 3D ¿point clouds¿ by scanning scenes. In many applications, a model of an object which is present …

Analysis of Charpy impact verification data: 1993-2003

March 1, 2006
Author(s)
Jolene D. Splett, Christopher N. McCowan
… are evaluated by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the data from these tests are co1lected in a database. The data include the capacity and the pendulum … verification requirements that might be proposed for use in both documents. …

K X-Rays Produced in Collisions of Bare Ions With Atoms Contribution of Multiple-Electron Transfer in Kr 36+ , Ar 18+ , and Ne 10+ + Ar Collisions

January 1, 2006
Author(s)
H Tawara, E Takacs, T Suta, K Makonyi, L P. Ratliff, John D. Gillaspy
… K X-rays have been observed in low energy collisions of bare Kr, Ar, and Ne ions ion with … transfer processes play a significant role in shaping the X-ray spectra. The observed ratios of … (n01l01,n02l02) and final (n1l1,n2l2) distributions in electron transfer is the most essential missing ingredient …

Report of the Working Group on Crystal Phase Identifiers 2005-3-21

November 20, 2005
Author(s)
David R Brown, Sidney Abrahams, Michael Berndt, John Faber, Vicky L. Karen, Sam Motherwell, Jean-Claude Toledano, Pierre Villars, John Westbrook, Brian McMahon
… as part of this effort it has established a working group in conjunction with the USA National Institute for Science and Technology (NIST) to propose an IUPAC-NIST Chemical … would uniquely identify any chemical compound appearing in an electronic database. The INChI working group approached …

Gold Superfill in Sub-Micrometer Trenches: Experiment and Prediction

November 16, 2005
Author(s)
Daniel Josell, Daniel Wheeler, Thomas P. Moffat
… Bottom-up deposition of gold in fine trenches, also called superfill, was recently … of the process for Damascene interconnect fabrication in GaAs, GaN and related technologies. … Gold Superfill in Sub-Micrometer Trenches: Experiment and Prediction …

Emergency Egress and Access.

October 16, 2005
Author(s)
Jason D. Averill
… design and procedural assumptions traditionally used in tall building design. This presentation will discuss how technology, training, and emergency management can address … and access. Elevators will likely play a key future role in both fire department access and occupant egress, …

HCSL Health Care Standards Landscape

October 1, 2005
Author(s)
Lisa J. Carnahan
… (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and … Data Set (RDS) of information. The RDS can be used in the forensic examination of file systems, for example, to … for the distributed processing of large numbers of files in a loose, heterogeneous computing cluster. We go on to …

OASIS Implementation, Interoperability and Conformance (IIC) Technical Committee ebXML Test Framework Specification,

October 1, 2005
Author(s)
Michael J. Kass
… (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and … Data Set (RDS) of information. The RDS can be used in the forensic examination of file systems, for example, to … for the distributed processing of large numbers of files in a loose, heterogeneous computing cluster. We go on to …

Software Assurances Metrics and Tool Evaluation

October 1, 2005
Author(s)
Paul E. Black
… (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and … Data Set (RDS) of information. The RDS can be used in the forensic examination of file systems, for example, to … for the distributed processing of large numbers of files in a loose, heterogeneous computing cluster. We go on to …

Web Services Quality Testing

October 1, 2005
Author(s)
Jia Zhang, L Zhang
… (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and … Data Set (RDS) of information. The RDS can be used in the forensic examination of file systems, for example, to … for the distributed processing of large numbers of files in a loose, heterogeneous computing cluster. We go on to …

A Framework to Ensure Trustworthy Web Services

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
Jia Zhang, L Zhang
… (NSRL) of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) collects software from various sources and … Data Set (RDS) of information. The RDS can be used in the forensic examination of file systems, for example, to … for the distributed processing of large numbers of files in a loose, heterogeneous computing cluster. We go on to …

Amendments to the Fire Protection and Life Safety Provisions of the New York City Building Code by Local Laws Adopted While World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 Were in Use. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST

September 1, 2005
Author(s)
J C. Razza, R A. Grill
… and practices of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) World Trade Center (WTC) Investigation. … that WTC 1 and WTC 2 were designed and constructed in accordance with the BCNYC as enacted by Local Law No. 76 … Laws Adopted While World Trade Center 1, 2, and 7 Were in Use. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the …
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