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Liquid Chromatography with Absorbance Detection and with Isotope-Dilution Mass Spectrometry for Determination of Isoflavones in Soy Standard Reference Materials

November 10, 2016
Author(s)
Melissa M. Phillips, Mary Bedner, Manuela Reitz, Carolyn Q. Burdette, Michael A. Nelson, James H. Yen, Lane C. Sander, Catherine A. Rimmer
Two independent analytical approaches, based on liquid chromatography with absorbance detection and liquid chromatography with mass spectrometric detection, have been developed for determination of isoflavones in soy materials. These two methods yield

The Second National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC-2)

January 5, 2015
Author(s)
Theodore V. Vorburger, James H. Yen, Jun-Feng Song, Robert M. Thompson, Thomas Brian Renegar, Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, D Ott, Martin G. Ols
In response to the guidelines issued by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB-International) to establish traceability and quality assurance in U.S. crime laboratories, NIST and the ATF initiated a

Certification of Elements in and Use of Standard Reference Material 3280 Multivitamin/Multielement Tablets

December 2, 2013
Author(s)
Gregory C. Turk, Katherine E. Sharpless, Steven J. Christopher, Danielle Cleveland, Russell D. Day, Stephen E. Long, Elizabeth A. Mackey, Anthony F. Marlow, Rick L. Paul, John R. Sieber, Rabia Oflaz, Laura J. Wood, Lee L. Yu, Rolf L. Zeisler, Stephen A. Wise, James H. Yen, E. Greene, J. Harnly, I-P Ho, Joseph M. Betz, R. Q. Thompson, Candace Jongsma
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3280 Multivitamin/Multielement Tablets was issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2009 and has certified and reference mass fraction values for 13 vitamins, 26 elements, and 2 carotenoids

Development of a Standard Reference Material for Metabolomics Research

November 4, 2013
Author(s)
Karen W. Phinney, Guillaume Ballihaut, Mary Bedner, Johanna Camara, Steven J. Christopher, William C. Davis, Nathan G. Dodder, Brian E. Lang, Stephen E. Long, Mark S. Lowenthal, Elizabeth A. McGaw, Karen E. Murphy, Bryant C. Nelson, Jocelyn L. Prendergast, Jessica L. Reiner, Catherine A. Rimmer, Lane C. Sander, Michele M. Schantz, Katherine E. Sharpless, Lorna T. Sniegoski, Susan S. Tai, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Thomas W. Vetter, Michael J. Welch, Stephen A. Wise, Laura J. Wood, William F. Guthrie, Robert C. Hagwood, Stefan D. Leigh, James H. Yen, Nien F. Zhang, Madhu Chaurhary-Webb, Huiping Chen, Bridgette Haynes, Donna J. LaVoie, Leslie F. McCoy, Shahzad S. Momin, Neelima Paladugula, Elizabeth C. Pendergrast, Christine M. Pfeiffer, Carissa D. Powers, Zia Fazili-Qari, Daniel Rabinowitz, Michael E. Rybak, Rosemary L. Schleicher, Mary Xu, Mindy Zhang, Arthur L. Castle, Brandi S. Benford, Gauthier Eppe

Development of Botanical and Marine Oil Standard Reference Materials for Fatty Acids

May 15, 2013
Author(s)
Michele M. Schantz, Lane C. Sander, Katherine E. Sharpless, Stephen A. Wise, James H. Yen, A. NguyenPho, Joseph M. Betz
As part of a collaboration with the National Institutes of Health’s Office of Dietary Supplements and the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has developed Standard

Development of Ballistics Identification - From Image Comparison to Topography Measurement in Surface Metrology-

March 22, 2012
Author(s)
Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger, Robert M. Thompson, Thomas Brian Renegar, Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, James H. Yen, Richard M. Silver, Wei Chu
Fired bullets and ejected cartridge cases have unique ballistics signatures left by the firearm. By analyzing the ballistics signatures, forensic examiners can trace these bullets and cartridge cases to the firearm used in a crime scene. Current automated

The National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC) Project

March 10, 2012
Author(s)
Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger, Susan M. Ballou, Robert M. Thompson, James H. Yen, Thomas Brian Renegar, Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, Richard M. Silver, Martin Ols
In response to the guidelines issued by the ASCLD/LAB-International (American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board) to establish traceability and quality assurance in U.S. crime laboratories, a NIST/ATF joint project

Preparation and Value Assignment of Standard Reference Material 968e Fat-Soluble Vitamins, Carotenoids, and Cholesterol in Human Serum

January 2, 2012
Author(s)
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Lane C. Sander, Katherine E. Sharpless, Lorna T. Sniegoski, Michael J. Welch, James H. Yen, Mugenya O. Isaac
Standard Reference Material 968e Fat-Soluble Vitamins, Carotenoids, and Cholesterol in Human Serum provides certified values for total retinol, γ- and α-tocopherol; total lutein, total zeaxanthin, total β-cryptoxanthin, total β-carotene, and cholesterol in

Development and Certification of Green Tea-Containing Standard Reference Materials

November 30, 2011
Author(s)
Lane C. Sander, Mary Bedner, Michael C. Tims, James H. Yen, David L. Duewer, Barbara J. Porter, Steven J. Christopher, Russell D. Day, Stephen E. Long, John L. Molloy, Karen E. Murphy, Brian E. Lang, Rachel A. Lieberman, Laura J. Wood, M. Payne, M. C. Roman, J. M. Betz, A. NguyenPho, Katherine E. Sharpless, Stephen A. Wise
A suite of three green tea-containing Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) has been issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). The materials are characterized for catechins, xanthine alkaloids, theanine, and toxic elements. As many

Determination of Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Standard Reference Material 3280 Multivitamin/Multielement Tablets by Liquid Chromatography with Absorbance Detection

August 17, 2011
Author(s)
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Katherine E. Sharpless, Catherine A. Rimmer, James H. Yen
The concentrations of selected fat-soluble vitamins and carotenoids in Standard Reference Material (SRM) 3280 Multivitamin/Multielement Tablets have been determined by two independent liquid chromatographic methods with measurements performed by the

Characterization of Three Berry Standard Reference Materials for Nutrients

June 30, 2011
Author(s)
Laura J. Wood, Katherine E. Sharpless, Monique Pichon, Barbara J. Porter, James H. Yen
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been working with the National Institutes of Health Office of Dietary Supplements to produce Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) of interest to analysts of dietary supplements. Some of these

Certification of Vitamins and Carotenoids in SRM 3280 Multivitamin/Multielement Tablets

April 24, 2011
Author(s)
Lane C. Sander, Katherine E. Sharpless, Stephen A. Wise, Bryant C. Nelson, Karen W. Phinney, Barbara J. Porter, Catherine A. Rimmer, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Laura J. Wood, James H. Yen, David L. Duewer, R. Atkinson, R. Chen, R. Goldschmidt, W.R. Wolf, I-P Ho, M. Betz
A new multivitamin/multielement dietary supplement Standard Reference Material (SRM) has been issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) with certified and reference concentration values for 13 vitamins, 24 elements, and two

Preparation and Characterization of Standard Reference Material 1849 Infant/Adult Nutritional Formula

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
Katherine E. Sharpless, Richard M. Lindstrom, Bryant C. Nelson, Karen W. Phinney, Catherine A. Rimmer, Lane C. Sander, Michele M. Schantz, Rabia Oflaz, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, Gregory C. Turk, Stephen A. Wise, Laura J. Wood, James H. Yen
Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1849 Infant/Adult Nutritional Formula has been issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) as a replacement for SRM 1846 Infant Formula, which was issued in 1996. Extraction characteristics of SRM

Topography measurements for correlations of standard cartridge cases

July 1, 2010
Author(s)
Theodore V. Vorburger, Jun-Feng Song, Wei Chu, Thomas Brian Renegar, Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, James H. Yen, Robert M. Thompson, Richard M. Silver, Benjamin Bachrach, Martin Ols
NIST Standard Reference Materials (SRM) 2460 Standard Bullets and 2461 Standard Cartridge Cases are intended for use as check standards for crime laboratories to help verify that their computerized optical imaging equipment for ballistics image

Determination of Organic Acids in Vaccinium Berry Standard Reference Materials

June 27, 2010
Author(s)
Melissa M. Phillips, Lane C. Sander, Katherine E. Sharpless, Stephen A. Wise, Catherine A. Rimmer, Ryan Case, James H. Yen
Nine organic acids (citric acid, galacturonic acid, glycolic acid, isocitric acid, malic acid, oxalic acid, quinic acid, shikimic acid, and tartaric acid) and two anions (phosphate and sulfate) were determined in a suite of Vaccinium berry containing

Certification of Three NIST Renewal Soil Standard Reference Materials(R) for Element Content: SRM 2709a San Joaquin Soil, SRM 2710a Montana Soil I, and SRM 2711a Montana Soil II

June 1, 2010
Author(s)
Elizabeth A. Mackey, Christopher S. Johnson, Richard M. Lindstrom, Stephen E. Long, Anthony F. Marlow, Karen E. Murphy, Rick L. Paul, Rachel S. Popelka-Filcoff, Savelas A. Rabb, John R. Sieber, Rabia Oflaz, Bryan E. Tomlin, Laura J. Wood, James H. Yen, Lee L. Yu, Rolf L. Zeisler, S. A. Wilson, M. G. Adams, Z. A. Brown, P. L. Lamothe, J. E. Taggart, C. Jones, J. Nebelsick
For the past 20 y, the National Institute of Standards and Technology has provided three soil Standard Reference Materials certified for element content: SRM 2709 San Joaquin Soil (Baseline Trace Element Concentrations); SRM 2710 Montana Soil I (Highly

Three steps towards metrological traceability for ballistics signature measurements

February 1, 2010
Author(s)
Jun-Feng Song, Theodore V. Vorburger, Robert M. Thompson, Thomas Brian Renegar, Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, Li Ma, James H. Yen, Martin Ols
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in collaboration with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) has developed the Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2460 bullets and 2461 casings. NIST and ATF are proposing to

An Estimate of Effect Size Based on the Mann-Whitney Statistic

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
James H. Yen
Meta analysis, the statistical synthesis of results from several different studies, often involves combining estimates of effect sizefrom several experiments. The standardized mean difference is one of the most commonly used estimates of effect size

Robust Estimation of Effect Sizes Using Influence Functions

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
James H. Yen
The estimation of effect sizes is crucial part of meta-analysis. This papers uses influence functions as a fundamental tool in the analysis of estimates of effect size. The generalization to several variables of the influence function provides heuristic

Trimmed Weighted Means

October 16, 2008
Author(s)
James H. Yen
In many situations, weighted means can achieve much lower variances than unweighted means by placing more weight on those observations that are more precise. However, that weighted means can be dominated by one or two observations with very large weights