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Cyber Security Metrics and Measures

March 2, 2009
Author(s)
Paul E. Black, Karen A. Scarfone, Murugiah P. Souppaya
Metrics are tools to facilitate decision making and improve performance and accountability. Measures are quantifiable, observable, and objective data supporting metrics. Operators can use metrics to apply corrective actions and improve performance

Measurements of Metamaterial-Inspired, Electrically Small Antenna Systems

March 2, 2009
Author(s)
Christopher L. Holloway, John M. Ladbury, Richard Ziolkowski, Peng Jin, Chia-Ching Lin
The paper discusses the analysis and measurements of electrical small antennas. The antennas discussed here are based on antenna designed from metamaterial inspired concepts. An electromagnetic reverberation chamber is used for the test of the antennas. A

Onset of Oscillatory Convection in Two Liquid Layers with Phase Change

March 2, 2009
Author(s)
Geoffrey B. McFadden, Sam R. Coriell
We perform linear stability calculations for horizontal fluid bilayers that can undergo a phase transformation in the presence of a vertical temperature gradient. We reconsider the oscillatory instability calculated by Huang and Joseph [J. Fluid Mech. 242

Performance Metrics for IEEE 802.21 Media Independent Handover (MIH) Signaling

March 2, 2009
Author(s)
David W. Griffith, Richard A. Rouil, Nada T. Golmie
The IEEE 802.21 Media Independent Handover (MIH) working group is developing a set of mechanisms to facilitate migration of mobile users between access networks that use different link-layer technologies. Among these are mobility managers that create and

Static Analyzers in Software Engineering

March 2, 2009
Author(s)
Paul E. Black
Static analyzers can report possible problems in code and help reinforce good practices of developers. We contrast the strengths of static analyzers with testing and indicate the current state of the art.

Summary of Charpy Impact Verificaiton Data: 1994-1996

March 2, 2009
Author(s)
Christopher N. McCowan, C M. Wang, D P. Vigliotti
We present a summary of Charpy impact verification test data that were evaluated by the National Institute of Standards and Tecnology (NIST) from January 1994 to December 1996. The Charpy impact machines that met the verification rule that limits the range

A Comparison of Predicted to Measured Photovoltaic Module Performance

March 1, 2009
Author(s)
Arthur H. Fanney, Brian P. Dougherty, Mark W. Davis
Computer simulation models to accurately predict the electrical performance of photovoltaic modules are essential. Without such models, potential purchasers of photovoltaic systems have insufficient information to judge the relative merits and cost

Calculation of pulse parameters and propagation of uncertainty

March 1, 2009
Author(s)
Paul D. Hale, Chih-Ming Wang
The fundamental starting point for the analysis of all two-state waveforms is the determination of the low- and highstate levels. This is a two-step process. First, the data are grouped into points belonging to each state, and second, the value of each

Collisional Energy Dependence of Peptide Ion Fragmentation

March 1, 2009
Author(s)
Pedatsur Neta, Y Simon-Manso, Xiaoyu Yang, Stephen Stein
The energy dependence of fragmentation in a collision cell was measured for 2100 peptide ions derived from the digestion of twenty four common proteins. Most proteins were digested by trypsin and derived peptides were divided into several classes

Diffusion-controlled, self-organized growth of symmetric wrinkling patterns

March 1, 2009
Author(s)
Jun Y. Chung, Adam J. Nolte, Christopher Stafford
Nature is particularly adept at creating ordered patterns ranging from the wind-shaped ripples on a sand dune to spiral patterns found in sea shells or galaxies. Scientists have been striving to design systems with the same level of richness and complexity

High-performance, vibration-immune, fiber-laser frequency comb

March 1, 2009
Author(s)
Esther Baumann, Fabrizio R. Giorgetta, Jeffrey W. Nicholson, William C. Swann, Ian R. Coddington, Nathan R. Newbury
We demonstrate an environmentally robust optical frequency comb based on a polarization-maintaining, allfiber, figure-eight laser. The comb is phase locked to a cavity-stabilized cw laser by use of an intracavity electro-optic phase modulator yielding 1.6

On the Sub-Nanometer Resolution of Scanning Electron and Helium Ion Microscopes

March 1, 2009
Author(s)
Andras Vladar, Michael T. Postek, Bin Ming
All forms of microscopy are being pushed to the limit by nanotechnology. Hence, there is a relentless quest to achieve better and better resolution with various electron and ion microscopes and to monitor and maintain these instruments to achieve the best

Semiconducting Thienothiophene Copolymers: Design, Synthesis, Morphology and Performance in Thin Film Organic Transistors

March 1, 2009
Author(s)
Iain McCulloch, Martin Heeney, Michael L. Chabinyc, Dean DeLongchamp, Regis J. Kline, Michael Colle, Warren Duffy, Daniel A. Fischer, David J. Gundlach, Behrang Hamadani, Rick Hamilton, Lee J. Richter, Alberto Salleo, Martin Shkunov, David Sparrowe, Steve Tierney, Weimin Zhang
Organic semiconductors are emerging as a viable alternative to amorphous silicon in a range of thin film transistor devices. , With the possibility to formulate these p-type materials as inks and subsequently print into patterned devices, organic based

Understanding Imaging and Metrology with the Helium Ion Microscope

March 1, 2009
Author(s)
Michael T. Postek, Andras Vladar, Bin Ming
The development of accurate metrology for the characterization of nanomaterials is one barrier to innovation confronting all phases of nanotechnology. Ultra-high resolution microscopy is a key technology needed to achieve this goal. But, current microscope

Use of Neutron Imaging for PEMFC Performance Analysis and Design

March 1, 2009
Author(s)
T Trabold, Jon P. Owejan, Jeffrey J. Gagliardo, David L. Jacobson, Daniel S. Hussey, Muhammad D. Arif
Efficient water management is one of the key design objectives for proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs), due to the influence of water on material selection, hardware configuration, and stack operating conditions. Neutron imaging has proven to be
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