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Survey Statistics of Automated Segmentations Applied to Optical Imaging of Mammalian Cells

January 8, 2016
Author(s)
Peter Bajcsy, Antonio Cardone, Joe Chalfoun, Michael W. Halter, Derek Juba, Marcin Kociolek, Michael P. Majurski, Adele P. Peskin, Carl G. Simon Jr., Mylene H. Simon, Antoine Vandecreme, Anne L. Plant, Mary C. Brady
The goal of this survey paper is to overview cellular measurements using optical microscopy imaging followed by automated image segmentation. The cellular measurements of primary interest are taken from mammalian cells and their components. They are

The Influence of Realism on Congestion in Network Simulations

January 8, 2016
Author(s)
Kevin L. Mills, Christopher E. Dabrowski
Many researchers have used simulation to investigate the spread of congestion in networks. These researchers often find that congestion can be modeled as a percolation process, spreading slowly under increasing load until a critical point. After the

Unexpected ?-Phase Formation in Additive Manufactured Ni-based Super Alloy

January 8, 2016
Author(s)
Yaakov S. Idell, Lyle E. Levine, Andrew J. Allen, Fan Zhang, Carelyn E. Campbell, Greg Olson, Jiadong Gong, David Snyder
An as-built and solutionized Ni-based super alloy built by additive manufacturing through a direct metal laser sintering technique is characterized to understand the microstructural differences as compared to the as-wrought alloy. The rapid solidification

Benchmarking Robot Force Control Capabilities: Experimental Results

January 7, 2016
Author(s)
Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel, Richard J. Norcross, Karl Van Wyk
Metrics and test methods are needed to characterize the control capabilities of robots with both intrinsic and extrinsic force sensing. The availability of these benchmarks will motivate research product development, and provide a mechanism for reporting

Diesel Surrogate Fuels for Engine Testing and Chemical-Kinetic Modeling: Compositions and Properties

January 7, 2016
Author(s)
Charles J. Mueller, William J. Cannella, J. Timothy Bays, Thomas J. Bruno, Kathy DeFabio, Heather Dettman, Rafal M. Gieleciak, Marcia L. Huber, Chol-Bum Kweon, Steven S. McConnell, William J. Pitz, Matthew A. Ratcliff
The primary objectives of this work were to formulate, blend, and characterize a set of four ultra-low-sulfur diesel surrogate fuels in quantities sufficient to enable their study in single-cylinder engines and combustion-vessel experiments. The surrogate

Scanning tunneling spectroscopy of proximity superconductivity in epitaxial multilayer graphene

January 7, 2016
Author(s)
Donat F. Natterer, Jeonghoon Ha, Hongwoo H. Baek, Duming Zhang, William G. Cullen, Nikolai B. Zhitenev, Young Kuk, Joseph A. Stroscio
Superconducting aluminum films were grown on multilayer graphene. The aluminum films were discontinuous with networks of trenches in the film morphology reaching down to the substrate to exposed graphene terraces. Superconductivity was induced in

Structure of Periodic Crystals and Quasicrystals in Ultrathin Films of Ba-Ti-O

January 7, 2016
Author(s)
Eric J. Cockayne, Marek Mihalkovic, Christopher L. Henley
We model the remarkable thin-film Ba-Ti-O structures formed by heat treatment of an initial perovskite BaTiO$_3$ thin film on a Pt(111) surface. All structures contain a rumpled Ti-O network with all Ti threefold coordinated with O, and with Ba occupying

A Simulation Study of the LTE Interference on WiFi Signal Detection

January 6, 2016
Author(s)
Yao Ma, Daniel G. Kuester, Jason B. Coder, William F. Young
To address the spectrum scarcity problem and enhance spectrum utilization efficiency, spectrum sharing and coexistence of different wireless communication systems are important ongoing research topics. Unlicensed use of the ISM band by the long-term

Modeling of moment connections for structural fire analyses

January 5, 2016
Author(s)
Mina S. Seif, Therese P. McAllister, Joseph A. Main, William E. Luecke
Performance-based methodologies to evaluate the fire performance of structures are needed to move beyond the prescriptive procedures presently in use, which cannot be used to determine actual structural performance in fire. Analytical methods are needed

Spectrum and Energy Levels of Five-Times Ionized Zirconium (Zr VI)

January 5, 2016
Author(s)
Joseph Reader, Mark D. Lindsay
The spectrum of five-times-ionized zirconium Zr VI was observed from 160 Å to 2000 Å with sliding spark discharges on 10.7-m normal- and grazing-incidence spectrographs. The existing analysis of this spectrum [Khan Z. A. et al. 1985 Phys. Scr. 31 837] was

Spectrum Sensing with WLAN Access Points

January 5, 2016
Author(s)
Jason Coder, Ryan T. Jacobs, Vivian Musser
With wireless communication becoming more and more common in simple everyday devices, the available spectrum is quickly filling up and the risk of interference is increasing. This interference could be a slight nuisance to or it could be a more significant

Testing Spectrum Sensing Networks by UAV

January 5, 2016
Author(s)
Dan Kuester, Ryan T. Jacobs, Yao Ma, Jason Coder
We consider here the use of hovering unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to test spectrum sensing capabilities of Citizen's Broadband Radio Service (CBRS) systems at 3.5 GHz. Aircraft transmit synthesized LTE or pulsed radar modulation to excite spectrum

Flexible Lines with Setups: Analysis, Improvement, and Application

January 4, 2016
Author(s)
Cong Zhao, Jingshan Li, Ningjian Huang, John A. Horst
Setup times commonly exist in many flexible manufacturing lines to adjust tools and carry out safety and quality checks during product changeovers. In this paper, a Markov chain model is introduced to study flexible manufacturing lines with setups. An

Reply to Comments on 'Dimensionless units in the SI'

January 2, 2016
Author(s)
Peter Mohr, William D. Phillips
We reply to a Comment on our paper 'Dimensionless units in the SI', addressing the objections by clarifying and expanding the arguments of that paper.

Advances in Thermometry

January 1, 2016
Author(s)
Michael R. Moldover, Weston L. Tew, Howard W. Yoon
The last 25 years have seen tremendous progress in thermometry in the moderate temperature range (1 K to 1235 K). Various primary thermometers — based on different physics —have uncovered errors in the International Temperature Scale of 1990 and set the
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