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Industrial Wireless Systems: Radio Propagation Measurements

January 30, 2017
Author(s)
Richard Candell, Catherine A. Remley, Jeanne T. Quimby, David R. Novotny, Alexandra Curtin, Peter B. Papazian, Galen H. Koepke, Joseph Diener, Mohamed T. Hany
Radio frequency (RF) propagation measurements were conducted at three facilities representing a cross-section of different classes of industrial environments. Selected sites included a multi-acre transmission assembly factory typical of the automotive

MyData API Patterns: OAuth

December 8, 2016
Author(s)
Martin Burns, David A. Wollman
The My Data initiatives are part of the Administration's efforts to empower Americans with secure access to their own personal data, and to increase citizens' access to private-sector data-based applications and services. With its focus on personal data

Tap On, Tap Off: Onscreen Keyboards and Mobile Password Entry

May 1, 2015
Author(s)
Kristen Greene, Joshua M. Franklin, John M. Kelsey
Password entry on mobile devices significantly impacts both usability and security, but there is a dearth of usable security research in this area, specifically for complex password entry. To address this research gap, we set out to assign strength metrics

Attribute Based Access Control (ABAC) Definition and Considerations

March 7, 2014
Author(s)
Chung Tong Hu
Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) is a logical access control methodology where authorization to perform a set of operations is determined by evaluating attributes associated with the subject, object, requested operations, and, in some cases

The Challenge of Face Recognition From Digital Point-and-Shoot Cameras

June 25, 2013
Author(s)
P J. Phillips, J. R. Beveridge, David Bolme, Bruce A. Draper, Geof H. Givens, Yui M. Lui, Hao Zhang, W T. Scruggs, Kevin W. Bowyer, Patrick J. Flynn, Su L. Cheng
Face recognition is appearing in personal and commercial products at an astonishing rate, yet reliable face recognition remains challenging. Users expect a lot; they want to snap pictures and have their friends, family and acquaintances recognized. This

The Detection of Interstellar Ethanimine (CH3CHNH) from Observations taken during the GBT PRIMOS Survey

February 13, 2013
Author(s)
Francis J. Lovas, Ryan A. Loomis, Daniel P. Zaleski, Amanda L. Steber, Justin L. Neill, Matthew T. Muckle, Brent J. Harris, Jan M. Hollis, Phillip R. Jewell, Valerio Lattanzi, Oscar Martines, Michael C. McCarthy, Anthony J. Remijan, Brooks H. Pate
As the availab¬¬ility of publicly accessible spectral line surveys from radio astronomy increases, new approaches to the identification of molecules in the interstellar medium are possible. We have performed reaction product screening measurements using

Tentative Framework for Development of Advanced Seismic Design Criteria for New Buildings

November 15, 2012
Author(s)
Charles Kircher, Finley Charney, Gregory Deierlein, James Harris, William Holmes, John Hooper, Laura Lowes
During the conduct of the ATC-63 Project, which was funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and resulted in the publication of the FEMA P-695 report, Quantification of Building Seismic Performance Factors (FEMA, 2009), it became apparent

Possibilities, Limits, and Tradeoffs for Refrigerants in the Vapor Compression Cycle

October 29, 2012
Author(s)
Mark O. McLinden, Andrei F. Kazakov, J S. Brown, Piotr A. Domanski, Jae H. Heo
We explore the possibilities for refrigerants having low global warming potential (GWP) using two distinct, but complimentary, approaches. In the first approach, we evaluate the effect of a refrigerant’s fundamental thermodynamic parameters on its

Counting Bugs is Harder Than You Think

October 20, 2011
Author(s)
Paul E. Black
Software Assurance Metrics And Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) is a broad, inclusive project at the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with the goal of improving software assurance by developing materials, specifications, and methods to

Analyses of QC Materials for Huntington s Disease Genetic Testing

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
J P. Jakupciak, Kristy L. Richie
The expansion of molecular testing using nucleic acid technologies in clinical and public health practice has increased the need for appropriate reference materials and verified quality control (QC) materials for quality assurance, test validation

Letter to the Editor Creep of Consolidated Silver

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
H J. Mueller, F Eichmiller
This letter to the editor is in regard to a recent publication (Indentation Creep Behavior of a Direct-filling Alternative to Amalgam by H.H.K. Xu, H. Liao, and F.C. Eichmiller, J. Dent. Res. 77:1991, 1998), whereby the authors overlooked the citation of a

Contamination and Decontamination of Building Plumbing Systems

September 25, 2006
Author(s)
Stephen J. Treado, Mark A. Kedzierski, Stephanie S. Watson, Kenneth D. Cole
The quality of drinking water has always been a subject of interest. In fact, a stable and secure supply of clean drinking water is a hallmark of modern society. Recently, new concerns have arisen regarding the potential occurrence of intentional or

Baseline Measures for Improving Housing Durability

September 1, 2002
Author(s)
Robert E. Chapman, C A. Izzo
The Partnership for Advancing Technology in Housing (PATH), a program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, is a public/private partnership in which leaders of the home building, product manufacturing, insurance and financial industries

Phase Equilibria and Crystallography of Ceramic Oxides

November 1, 2001
Author(s)
Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Robert S. Roth, Terrell A. Vanderah, H F. McMurdie
… in Phase Diagrams for Ceramists, which are collaborative publications between The American Ceramic Society (ACerS) and …

Taming Active Content

June 1, 2001
Author(s)
Wayne Jansen
The private and public sectors depend heavily upon information technology (IT) systems to perform essential, mission-critical functions. As technology improves to provide new capabilities and features, new vulnerabilities are often introduced as well

Statistics and Measurements

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
C M. Croarkin
… importance. A review of the history of major early publications of the division on statistical methods, design …
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