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Electrochemical Inactivation of Bacillus Spores in Water Using a Quaternary Oxide Electrode

November 1, 2011
Author(s)
Vytautas Reipa, Andrea Giovannozzi, Jamie L. Almeida, Kenneth D. Cole
… (TiO2-Sb2O5-Sn)2-RuO2). An open free gassing cell was used in the batch and flow configurations to test the quaternary … operation compared to the batch methods that resulted in gradual heat buildup and electrolyte pH decrease. The … chloride ions) could serve as a viable alternative technology to chlorination or ozonation against difficult to …

Determination of perfluorinated compounds in human plasma and serum Standard Reference Materials using independent analytical methods

October 31, 2011
Author(s)
Jessica L. Reiner, Karen W. Phinney, Jennifer M. Lynch
… Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) were measured in three National Institute of Standards and Technology Standard Reference Materials (SRMs 1950 Metabolites in Human Plasma, SRM 1957 Organic Contaminants in … Determination of perfluorinated compounds in human plasma and serum Standard Reference Materials using …

Porous Superhydrophobic Membranes: Hydrodynamic Anomaly in Oscillating Flows

October 17, 2011
Author(s)
Sukumar Rajauria, O. Ozsun, John R. Lawall, V. Yakhot, Kamil L. Ekinci
… solid with trapped air underneath [6, 7]. This reduction in the solid-liquid contact area gives rise to considerable … drag reduction [8] on superhydrophobic surfaces in both laminar [9, 10] and turbulent flows [11], with … a surprising effect: the added water mass (oscillating in-phase with the membrane) initially stays constant, but …

In Situ Gas Phase Measurements During Metal Alkylamide Atomic Layer Deposition

July 12, 2011
Author(s)
James E. Maslar, William A. Kimes, Brent A. Sperling
… (ALD) or chemical vapor deposition. The development of in situ diagnostics for processes involving these compounds could be beneficial in, e.g., developing deposition recipes and validating … here (a flow tube), differences were easily observed in the time-dependent species distributions in 300 mL/min of …

A Collaborative Enterprise for Multi-Stakeholder Participation in the Advancement of Quantitative Imaging

March 1, 2011
Author(s)
Lisa R. Karam, Andrew Buckler, Hugo J. Aerts, Bernard Bendriem, Claus Bendtsen, Ronald Boellaard, John M. Boone, Linda Bresolin, Deborah Burstein, William Bushnell, Patricia E. Cole, James J. Conklin, Gary S. Dorfman, Pamela S. Douglas, N. R. Dunnick, Willy Eidsaunet, Cathy Elsinger, Richard F. Frank, Constantine Gatsonis, Maryellen L. Giger, David Gustafson, Sandeep N. Gupta, Otto S. Hoekstra, Edward F. Jackson, Gary J. Kelloff, Paul E. Kinahan, Geoffrey McLennan, Colin G. Miller, P D. Mozley, Keith E. Muller, Kevin O'Donnell, Rick Patt, Divid Raunig, Mark Rosen, Heren Rupani, Lawrence H. Schwartz, Barry A. Siegel, A. G. Sorensen, Richard L. Wahl, John C. Waterton, Walter Wolf, Gudrun Zahlmann, Brian E. Zimmerman, Daniel C. Sullivan
… developed, assessed, regulated, and reimbursed in an efficient and methodical process, thereby benefitting … research to determine the utility of quantitative imaging in either clinical research or clinical practice has not had … biologic behavior and monitoring therapy response. These in turn confer value to corporate stakeholders, providing …

An Experimental and Computational Study of Steel Moment Connections under a Column Removal Scenario

March 1, 2011
Author(s)
Fahim H. Sadek, Joseph Main, Hai S. Lew, Stephen D. Robert, Vincent Chiarito, Sherif El-Tawil
… as part of the National Institute of Standards and Technology research program aimed at prevention of … scenario, including the development of catenary action in the beams. The test was terminated when a collapse … ends, strains at various locations, and the applied load. In addition, a high speed video camera was used to record the …

Developing a Diffusive Reference Material for VOC Emissions Testing: Pilot Interlaboratory Study

February 25, 2011
Author(s)
Cynthia H. Reed, Zhe Liu, Jennifer Benning, Steven Cox, Daniel V. Samarov, Dennis D. Leber, Al Hodgson, Stephany Mason, Doyun Won, John C. Little
… In order to improve the reliability of product emissions … and labeling, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Virginia Tech (VT) have created a … the model to independently predict chamber emission rates in different laboratories. Results show the prototype …

SUSTAINABLE FLAME RETARDANTS: BIO-DERIVED PRODUCTS AS INTUMESCING MATERIALS

February 2, 2011
Author(s)
Mauro Zammarano, Douglas M. Fox, Szabolcs Matko, Takashi Kashiwagi, Jeffrey W. Gilman, Rick D. Davis
… Scientists are shifting their attention towards technology sustainability and sustainable materials, specifically in terms of energy and environmental impacts. The flame … The recent banning of some brominated flame retardants in Europe and USA points out that environment impact in terms …

Overall and Local Movement Speeds During Fire Drill Evacuations in Buildings up to 31 Stories

September 17, 2010
Author(s)
Richard D. Peacock, Bryan L. Hoskins, Erica D. Kuligowski
… geometry, speed, density, and pre-evacuation delay. In turn, engineering models of building evacuation use these … Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been collecting stairwell movement data … To date, NIST has collected fire drill evacuation data in eight office building occupancies ranging from six to 62 …

Tripartite interactions between two phase qubits and a resonant cavity

August 1, 2010
Author(s)
Fabio Altomare, Jae Park, Katarina Cicak, Mika Sillanpaa, Michael S. Allman, Adam J. Sirois, Joshua Strong, Jed D. Whittaker, Raymond Simmonds
… cavities(4). These resources have led to advancements in quantum computation5 and communication(6, 7), and in the ability to test our fundamental understanding of … we can create a rich variety of entangled states. In particular, we provide evidence for a deterministic …

Understanding and Implementing the 16 Life Safety Initiatives - Chapter 3 - Research and Data Collection in the Fire Service

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
Daniel M. Madrzykowski
… of these tasks is very different, but as you will learn in this chapter, the scientist, engineer, and firefighter are … dependent on each other making improvements to fire safety in the built environment. Fire service personnel must gather … Commission (CPSC), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), National Institute for Occupational Safety …

Methods of characterization of broadband dielectric properties, challenges in device fabrication and measurement

June 1, 2010
Author(s)
James C. Booth, Nathan D. Orloff
… important materials. Ferroelectric materials in general display a wide range of behavior as a function of … bias, so comprehensive measurement techniques are required in order to adequately cover the broad parameter space … devices, e.g. lumped-element and distributed structures, in order to determine the dielectric response over an …

Estimating Volumes of Near-spherical Molded Artifacts

May 3, 2010
Author(s)
David E. Gilsinn, Bruce R. Borchardt, Amelia Tebbe
… phantoms to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), called Green and Pink, and asked to have … the phantoms' volumes estimated. This report describes in detail both the metrology and computational methods used … Two computational approaches were applied to the data. In the first approach spherical models were fit to the …

Modifications to the NIST Reference Measurement Procedure (RMP) for the Determination of Serum Glucose by Isotope Dilution Gas Chromatography/ Mass Spectrometry

April 27, 2010
Author(s)
Jocelyn L. Prendergast, Lorna T. Sniegoski, Michael J. Welch, Karen W. Phinney
… providing a Standard Reference Material (SRM) for glucose in human serum for many years to support accuracy in health care measurements. The definitive method (DM), now … measurement procedure (RMP), for the analysis of glucose in serum was originally published in 1982 by NIST. Over the …

Clifford Glenwood Shull

March 31, 2010
Author(s)
Robert D. Shull
… In 1975 Clifford Glenwood Shull was elected to membership in the National Academy of Science. He had earlier, 1956, … professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). As a consequence, in this case, the …

Interlaboratory comparison of Helium Low Gas Flow Measurements in the range 10-13 to 10-11 mol/s (10-9 to 10-7 cm3/s)

March 1, 2010
Author(s)
Dana R. Defibaugh, Patrick J. Abbott, James A. Fedchak
… was piloted by The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); the majority of the data was taken over a … the participant laboratories to quantify their capability in the area of low helium flow measurements. Information of … comparison of Helium Low Gas Flow Measurements in the range 10-13 to 10-11 mol/s (10-9 to 10-7 cm3/s) …

Small Business Information Security: the Fundamentals

October 1, 2009
Author(s)
Richard L. Kissel
… is a business or organization with up to 500 employees. In the United States, the number of small businesses totals … Product (GNP) and creates around 50% of all new jobs in our country. Small businesses, therefore, are a very … information security with significant resources including technology, people, and budgets for some years now. As a …

Photomask metrology using a 193 nm scatterfield microscope

September 30, 2009
Author(s)
Richard Quintanilha, Bryan M. Barnes, Martin Y. Sohn, Lowell P. Howard, Richard M. Silver, James E. Potzick, Michael T. Stocker
… (SRM) supplied by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), SRM 2059, is the fifth generation of such … calibration of this mask has been usually done using an in house NIST ultra-violet transmission microscope and an … compared to many current metrology tools that work in the visible light and near ultra-violet range, we have …

Testing the Performance of Hydrogen Sensors

September 8, 2009
Author(s)
Nathan D. Marsh, Thomas G. Cleary
… systems is a key component of hydrogen powered systems in commercial, residential, and transportation uses. In anticipation of this emerging market, inexpensive hydrogen … based on our previous experience with hydrogen sensors in a small flow cell and in the Fire Emulator / Detector …

A 1D Spectral Image Validation/Verification Metric for Fingerprints

August 19, 2009
Author(s)
John M. Libert, John D. Grantham, Shahram Orandi
… Image validation and verification are important functions in the acquisition of fingerprint images from live-scan … maintaining the fidelity of fingerprint image databases. In addition to law enforcement, such databases are used by … system (AFIS) algorithms and to aide the advance of this technology. Image screening by visual inspection is time …

Radiation-Based Quantitative Bioimaging at NIST

August 1, 2009
Author(s)
Lisa R. Karam
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides the physical measurements and standards in a variety of fields, including for ionizing radiation, for … standards for medical x rays and radionuclides used in nuclear medicine, NIST has expanded its focus to better …

Analysis of Structural Response of WTC 7 to Fire and Sequential Failures Leading to Collapse

June 17, 2009
Author(s)
Therese P. McAllister, Robert S. MacNeill, Omer O. Erbay, Andrew T. Sarawit, Mehdi S. Zarghamee, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, John L. Gross
… conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to model the sequence of fire-induced … the progression of structural failures that resulted in global collapse. The analyses accounted for (1) geometric …
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