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Journal of Research (NIST JRES)

Workshop on Bridging Satellite Climate Data Gaps

Author(s)
Catherine C. Cooksey, Raju V. Datla
Detecting the small signals of climate change for the most essential climate variables requires that satellite sensors make highly accurate and consistent

A gas pressure scale based on primary standard piston gauges

Author(s)
Douglas A. Olson, Robert G. Driver, Walter J. Bowers Jr.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology has redefined its gas pressure scale, up to 17 MPa, based on two primary standard piston gauges. The primary

Optical fiber power meter comparison between NIST and NIM

Author(s)
Igor Vayshenker, Jian Li, L. M. Xiong, Z. X. Zhang, David J. Livigni, Xiaoyu X. Li, John H. Lehman
We describe the results of a comparison of reference standards between the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST-USA) and National Institute of

Precision and Accuracy in Scientific Imaging

Author(s)
Russell A. Kirsch
Digital images are commonly used to represent scientific data. Typically, high resolution images with many square pixels are considered to be necessary under

Estimating Volumes of Near-spherical Molded Artifacts

Author(s)
David E. Gilsinn, Bruce R. Borchardt, Amelia Tebbe
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting research on developing reference lung cancer cancer lesions, called phantoms, to test computed tomography

An Octacalcium Phosphate Forming Cement

Author(s)
Milenko Markovic, Laurence C. Chow
The osteoconductive and possibly osteoinductive characteristics of OCP increased the interest in preparation of bone graft materials that contain OCP in its

Properties of Injectable Apatite-Forming Premixed Cements

Author(s)
Yasushi Shimada, Laurence Chow, Shozo Takagi, Junji Tagami
A previously reported, premixed calcium phosphate cements (CPC) forms hydroxyapatite (HA) as the only product, but had a setting time greater than 60 min. This

NIST Gas Hydrate Research Database and Web Dissemination Channel

Author(s)
Kenneth G. Kroenlein, Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, Andrei F. Kazakov, Chris D. Muzny, Michael D. Frenkel
To facilitate advances in application of technologies pertaining to gas hydrates, a freely available data resource containing experimentally-derived information