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Analysis of Virtual Networking Options for Securing Virtual Machines

March 20, 2016
Author(s)
Ramaswamy Chandramouli
Virtual Machines (VMs) constitute the primary category of resources to be protected in virtualized infrastructures. Out of the two types of protection for VMs -- Host-level and Network-level -- it is the approaches for the Network-level protection that are

SMALL MOLECULE INHIBITORS OF DNA GLYCOSYLASES AS POTENTIAL DRUGS IN CHEMO- AND RADIOTHERAPIES

March 19, 2016
Author(s)
M Miral Dizdar, Aaron C. Jacobs, Nathan Donley, Marcus J. Calkins, Ajit Jadhav, Dorjbal Dorjsuren, David Maloney, Anton Simeonov, Amanda K. McCullough, R S. Lloyd, Erdem Coskun, Pawel Jaruga
Introduction: Ionizing radiation and most chemotherapeutic agents kill tumor cells by damag-ing DNA. The efficacy of DNA-damaging agents may be influenced by increased DNA repair capacity in tumors that results from overexpression of DNA repair proteins

Behavior of molecules and molecular ions near a field emitter

March 18, 2016
Author(s)
Ann C. Chiaramonti Debay, Baptiste Gault, Michael Ashton, Susan B. Sinnott, Michael P. Moody, David W. Saxey, D. K. Schreiber
The cold emission of particles from surfaces under intense electric fields is a process which underpins a variety of applications including atom probe tomography (APT), an analytical microscopy technique with near-atomic spatial resolution. Increasingly

Laser Welding of Dual-Phase Galvanized Sheet Steel

March 18, 2016
Author(s)
Stephanie L. Miller, Erik A. Pfeif, Andrei F. Kazakov, Esther Baumann, Marla L. Dowell
Laser welding has many advantages over traditional joining methods, but remains underutilized. NIST has undertaken an initiative to improve predictions of weldability, reliability, and performance of laser welds. This study investigates butt welding of

Understanding Overpressure in the FAA Aerosol Can Test by C3H2F3Br (2-BTP)

March 18, 2016
Author(s)
Gregory T. Linteris, Valeri I. Babushok, John L. Pagliaro, Jeffrey A. Manion, Donald R. Burgess Jr., Fumiaki Takahashi, Viswanath R. Katta, Patrick T. Baker
Thermodynamic equilibrium calculations, as well as perfectly-stirred reactor (PSR) simulations with detailed reaction kinetics, are performed for a potential halon replacement, C3H2F3Br (2-BTP, C3H2F3Br, 2-Bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropene), to understand the

Hotspot Relaxation Dynamics in a Current Carrying Superconductor

March 17, 2016
Author(s)
Francesco Marsili, Martin Stevens, Alex Kozorezov, Varun Verma, Colin Lambert, Jeffrey A. Stern, Rob Horansky, Shellee D. Dyer, Shannon Duff, David P. Pappas, Matthew Shaw, Richard Mirin, Sae Woo Nam
When a photon is absorbed in a superconductor it creates a region of nonequilibrium superconductivity referred to as a hotspot [1]. The operation of most superconducting single photon detectors (microwave kinetic inductance detectors, MKIDs [2,3]

Anomalous broadening in driven dissipative Rydberg systems

March 16, 2016
Author(s)
Elizabeth A. Goldschmidt, Thomas L. Boulier, Roger C. Brown, Silvio B. Koller, Jeremy T. Young, Alexey V. Gorshkov, S L. Rolston, James V. Porto
We observe interaction-induced broadening of the two-photon 5s-18s transition in 87Rb atoms trapped in a 3D optical lattice. The measured linewidth increases by nearly two orders of magnitude with increasing atomic density and excitation strength, with

Predicting Structures of Ru-Centered Dyes: A Computational Screening Tool

March 16, 2016
Author(s)
Lisa A. Fredin, Thomas C. Allison
Dye-sensitized solar cells (DSCs) represent a viable means for harvesting solar energy to produce electrical power. Though a number of light harvesting dyes are in use, the search continues for more efficient and effective compounds to make commercially

Stochastic behavior of nanoscale dielectric wall buckling

March 16, 2016
Author(s)
Lawrence H. Friedman, Igor Levin, Robert F. Cook
The random buckling patterns of nanoscale dielectric walls are analyzed using a nonlinear multi-scale stochastic method that combines experimental measurements with simulations. The dielectric walls, approximately 200 nm tall and 20 nm wide, consist of

A Bacteriophage Endolysin that Eliminates Intracellular Streptococci

March 15, 2016
Author(s)
Yang Shen, Marilia Barros, Tarek Vennemann, David Travis Gallagher, Yizhou Yin, Sara B. Linden, Ryan D. Heselpoth, Dennis J. Spencer, David M. Donovan, John Moult, Vincent A. Fischetti, Frank Heinrich, Mathias Loesche, Daniel C. Nelson
PlyC, a bacteriophage-encoded A-B endolysin, lyses Streptococcus pyogenes (Spy) on contact and protects mice from upper respiratory Spy colonization. Here, we demonstrate that PlyC is a novel, potent agent for targeting and controlling intracellular Spy

An Energy-Efficient Target Tracking Strategy for Mobile Sensor Networks

March 15, 2016
Author(s)
Kamran Sayrafian, Hamid Mahboubi, Walid Masoudimansour, Amir G. Aghdam
In this paper, an energy-efficient strategy is proposed for tracking a moving target in an environment with obstacles, using a network of mobile sensors. Typically, the most dominant sources of energy consumption in a mobile sensor network are sensing

Chapter 7: Quantitative Assessment of Stress Relaxation in Tin Films by the Formation of Whiskers, Hillocks, and Other Surface Defects

March 15, 2016
Author(s)
Nicholas Clore, Dennis D. Fritz, Wei-Hsun Chen, Maureen E. Williams, John E. Blendell, Carol A. Handwerker
This chapter focuses on a study to develop & validate a surface defect counting procedure to be applied in research on the specific mechanisms responsible for stress relaxation & tin whisker formation in tin films. The current JEDEC standards [1,2] for the

End-to-end Demonstration of the Quality Information Framework (QIF) Standard at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) 2014

March 15, 2016
Author(s)
Hui-Min Huang, John L. Michaloski, Daniel Campbell, Robert Stone, Thomas Kramer, Curtis Brown, Robert Brown, Gavrai Tatarliev, William Sobel, Lyle Fischer
The "Silos of Quality" in manufacturing can be described as the proliferation of customized quality languages for different stages of production. This quality "tower of babel" results in excessive translations causing loss of information, reduction of

NSTIC Pilots: Catalyzing the Identity Ecosystem [including updates as of 09-20-2015]

March 15, 2016
Author(s)
Katerina N. Megas, Philip Lam, Ellen M. Nadeau, Colin Soutar
Pilots are an integral part of the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC), issued by the White House in 2011 to encourage enhanced security, privacy, interoperability, and ease of use for online transactions. This document details

Report on the CCT Supplementary Comparison S1 of Infrared Spectral Normal Emittance/Emissivity

March 15, 2016
Author(s)
Leonard M. Hanssen, Boris Wilthan, Christian Monte, Joerg Hollandt, Jacques Hameury, Jean-Remy Filtz, Ferruccio Girard, Mauro Battuello, Juntaro Ishii
The National Measurement Institutes (NMIs) of the United States, Germany, France, Italy and Japan, have joined in an inter-laboratory comparison of their infrared spectral emittance scales. This action is part of a series of supplementary inter-laboratory

Surface conductance of graphene from non-contact resonant cavity

March 15, 2016
Author(s)
Jan Obrzut, Caglar Dogu Emiroglu, Oleg A. Kirillov, Yanfei Yang, Randolph E. Elmquist
A method is established to reliably determine surface conductance of single-layer or multi-layer atomically thin nano-carbon graphene structures. These can be synthesized by chemical vapor deposition (CVD), epitaxial growth on silicon carbide (SiC)

Updates to the NIST SCAP Validation Program and Associated Test Requirements

March 15, 2016
Author(s)
Melanie Cook, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte
This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NISTIR 7511, Rev. 4, "Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP) Version 1.2 Validation Program Test Requirements". This is the fourth revision of the NISTIR which defines the requirements and

Dispersion engineered resonator on-a-chip

March 14, 2016
Author(s)
Scott A. Diddams, Ki Youl Yang, Xu Yi, Hansuek Lee, Dong Yoon Oh, Kerry J. Vahala, Katja M. Beha, Daniel C. Cole, Pascal P. Del'Haye, Scott B. Papp
Control of dispersion in fiber optical waveguides has long been important in optical fiber communications systems, and more recently for continuum generation through self phase modulation. The wavelength at which the group velocity dispersion crosses zero
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