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Double-integrating-sphere system at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in support of measurement standards for the determination of optical properties of tissue-mimicking phantoms

October 27, 2015
Author(s)
Paul Lemaillet, Jeeseong C. Hwang, David W. Allen
There is a need for a common reference point that will allow for the comparison of the optical properties of tissue mimicking phantoms. This paper provides a brief review of the methods that have been used to measure tissue mimicking phantoms. The review

HOW OLD IS IT? - 241PU/AMNUCLEAR FORENSIC CHRONOLOGY REFERENCE MATERIALS

October 27, 2015
Author(s)
Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Kenneth G. Inn
One material attribute for nuclear forensics is material age. 241Pu is almost always present in uranium- and plutonium-based nuclear weapons, which pose the greatest threat to our security. The in-growth of 241Am due to the decay of 241Pu provides an

New Results on Packing Degree Sequences and the 2-Color Discrete Tomography Problem

October 27, 2015
Author(s)
James Shook, Michael Ferrara, Jennifer Diemunsch, Sogol Jahanbekam
A sequence $\pi=(d_1,\ldots,d_n)$ is graphic if there is a simple graph $G$ with vertex set $\{v_1,\ldots,v_n\}$ such that the degree of $v_i$ is the $i$th entry of $\pi$. We say that graphic sequences $\pi_1=(d_1^{(1)},\ldots,d_n^{(1)})$ and $\pi_2=(d_1^{

Policy Machine: Features, Architecture, and Specification

October 27, 2015
Author(s)
David F. Ferraiolo, Serban I. Gavrila, Wayne Jansen
The ability to control access to sensitive data in accordance with policy is perhaps the most fundamental security requirement. Despite over four decades of security research, the limited ability for existing access control mechanisms to enforce a

The NIST Plan for Providing Public Access to Results of Federally Funded Research

October 27, 2015
Author(s)
Katherine E. Sharpless, Regina L. Avila, Sally S. Bruce, Wo L. Chang, Robert M. Dimeo, Virginia Covahey, Alan K. Dohne, Heather M. Evans, Aaron P. Fein, Donna J. Kimball, Andrea M. Medina-Smith, Alan E. Munter, James K. Olthoff, Dianne L. Poster, Kathleen M. Roberts, Susannah B. Schiller, John H. Scott, Barbara P. Silcox, James A. St Pierre, Mark D. Stiles
Documentation of the evolution of NIST's plan for providing public access to results of federally funded research is provided, including the plan itself, responses to comments made by NIST staff, and public comments received in response to a request for

The Number of Boolean Functions with Multiplicative Complexity 2

October 27, 2015
Author(s)
Magnus G. Find, Daniel C. Smith-Tone, Meltem Sonmez Turan
Multiplicative complexity is a complexity measure, which is defined as the minimum number of AND gates required to implement a given primitive by a circuit over the basis (AND, XOR, NOT), with an unlimited number of NOT and XOR gates. Implementations of

Enhanced Magnetic Trap Loading for Atomic Strontium

October 26, 2015
Author(s)
Gretchen K. Campbell, Daniel Barker, Benjamin Reschovsky, Neal Pisenti
We report on a technique to improve the continuous loading of atomic strontium into a magnetic trap from a Magneto-Optical Trap (MOT). This is achieved by adding a depumping laser tuned to the 3 P1 → 3 S 1 (688-nm) transition. The depumping laser increases

Detecting Carbon in Carbon: Application of Differential Charging to Obtain Information on the Chemical Identity and Spatial Location of Carbon Nanotube Aggregates in Composites by Imaging X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

October 24, 2015
Author(s)
Justin M. Gorham, William A. Osborn, Jeremiah W. Woodcock, Keana C. Scott, John M. Heddleston, Angela R. Hight Walker, Jeffrey W. Gilman
The surface contributions and dispersion properties of multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) within a composite are important measurements to perform on nano-enabled products in order to help answer environmental health and safety questions associated with

A Sensor-Based Method for Diagnostics of Machine Tool Linear Axes

October 23, 2015
Author(s)
Gregory W. Vogl, Brian A. Weiss, Alkan Donmez
A linear axis is a vital subsystem of machine tools, which are vital systems within many manufacturing operations. When installed and operating within a manufacturing facility, a machine tool needs to stay in good condition for parts production. All

Adaptive Multi-scale PHM for Robotic Assembly Processes

October 23, 2015
Author(s)
Benjamin Y. Choo, Peter A. Beling, Amy LaViers, Jeremy Marvel, Brian A. Weiss
Adaptive multi-scale prognostics and health management (AM-PHM) is a methodology designed to support PHM in smart manufacturing systems. AM-PHM is characterized by its incorporation of multi-level, hierarchical relationships and PHM information gathered

Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) Based Monitoring of Smart Manufacturing Systems

October 23, 2015
Author(s)
Gerald Heddy, Umer Huzaifa, Peter A. Beling, Yacov Haimes, Jeremy Marvel, Brian A. Weiss, Amy LaViers
The vision of Smart Manufacturing Systems (SMS) includes collaborative robots that can adapt to a range of scenarios. This vision requires a classification of multiple system behaviors, or sequences of movement, that can achieve the same high-level tasks

Measurement Science for Prognostics and Health Management for Smart Manufacturing Systems: Key Findings from a Roadmapping Workshop

October 23, 2015
Author(s)
Brian A. Weiss, Gregory W. Vogl, Moneer Helu, Guixiu Qiao, Joan Pellegrino, Mauricio Justiniano, Anand Raghunathan
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the Roadmapping Workshop - Measurement Science for Prognostics and Health Management for Smart Manufacturing Systems (PHM4SMS) in Fall 2014 to discuss the needs and priorities of stakeholders

A Source for Mesoscopic Quantum Optics

October 22, 2015
Author(s)
Georg Harder, Timothy J. Bartley, Adriana Lita, Sae Woo Nam, Thomas Gerrits, Christine Silberhorn
The nature of quantum decoherence renders the observation of nonclassical features/properties in large systems increasingly difficult. Optical states are a good candidate to observe nonclassical features since 5 they are less susceptible to environmental

De-Identification of Personal Information

October 22, 2015
Author(s)
Simson L. Garfinkel
Abstract: De-identification removes identifying information from a dataset so that individual data cannot be linked with specific individuals. De-identification can reduce the privacy risk associated with collecting, processing, archiving, distributing or

Hydrostatic Pressure Promotes Domain Formation in Model Lipid Raft Membranes

October 22, 2015
Author(s)
David Worcester, Michael Weinrich
Neutron diffraction measurements demonstrate that hydrostatic pressure promotes Liquid-ordered (L 0) domain formation in lipid membranes of both oriented multi-layers and unilamellar vesicles made of a canonical ternary lipid mixture for which demixing
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