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Establishing Standards and Methods for Qualification and Validation of New Particle Measurement Technologies

November 12, 2019
Author(s)
Srivalli Telikepalli, Dean C. Ripple, Kurt D. Benkstein, Kristen L. Steffens, Michael J. Carrier, Christopher B. Montgomery
Numerous particle sizing and counting methods exist for measuring particles in the submicrometer, subvisible, and visible size range. This article will briefly describe some key aspects that need to be considered for the most commonly used methods in order

Improving Reproducibility in Research: The Role of Measurement Science

September 18, 2019
Author(s)
Robert J. Hanisch, Anne L. Plant, Ian Gilmore
We present here a summary of a workshop held 1-3 May 2018 at the National Physical Laboratory, Teddington, UK in which the focus was how the national metrology institutes of the world might help to address challenges in reproducibility of research. The

The Molybdenum K-shell X-ray Emission Spectrum

September 18, 2019
Author(s)
Marcus H. Mendenhall, Lawrence T. Hudson, Csilla I. Szabo-Foster, Albert Henins, James P. Cline
Abstract We present newly measured spectra of the X-ray emission of a molybdenum metal anode subject to electron bombardment, using a very high dispersion silicon double-crystal spectrometer. The measurement includes the dipole-allowed KL, KM, and KN

LTE Handset Emissions: Radiation Pattern Measurements Final Test Report

August 16, 2019
Author(s)
Robert D. Horansky, Jason B. Coder, John M. Ladbury
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Defense Spectrum Organization (DSO) throughthe Spectrum Sharing Test and Development (SSTD) program proposed a National AdvancedSpectrum and Communications Test Network (NASCTN) measurement campaign to

Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry for the quantitation of steroid hormone profiles in blubber from stranded humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)

July 30, 2019
Author(s)
Greta Dalle Luche, Susan Bengston Nash, John Kucklick, Fletcher M. Mingramm, Ashley Russell
Marine mammal blubber is known to have quantifiable concentrations of steroid hormones and is increasingly chosen as a matrix for the detection of these reproductive and stress biomarkers. Steroid hormones act through complex cascades, often in concert

Disordered Heterogeneous Materials

July 1, 2019
Author(s)
Andrew J. Allen
This chapter describes the use of diffraction-based methods to characterize amorphous or disordered heterogeneous materials. Quantitative materials microstructure characterization using small-angle scattering methods is emphasized. While these techniques

Calibration Procedures for Weights and Measures Laboratories

May 29, 2019
Author(s)
Georgia L. Harris
This publication contains standard operating procedures for calibrations that were not previously published in other NIST Office of Weights and Measures publications and are included here in support of weights and measures laboratory program requirements

Accelerated Weathering Parameters for Some Aromatic Engineering Thermoplastics

May 24, 2019
Author(s)
Li Piin Sung, James E. Pickett, Olga Kuvshinnikova, Brett Ermi
Samples of polycarbonate (PC), poly(butylene terephthalate) (PBT), a PC/PBT blend, and poly(styrene-co-acrylonitrile) (SAN), all containing 3 % TiO2 (by mass), were exposed in the NIST (National Institutes of Standards and Technology) SPHERE (Simulated

Identification of machine tool squareness errors via inertial measurements

May 14, 2019
Author(s)
Karoly Szipka, Andreas Archenti, Gregory W. Vogl, Alkan Donmez
The accuracy of multi-axis machine tools is affected to a large extent by the behaviour of the system's axes and their error sources. In this paper, a novel methodology using circular inertial measurements quantifies changes in squareness between two axes

An open resource for accurately benchmarking small variant and reference calls

April 1, 2019
Author(s)
Justin M. Zook, Jennifer H. McDaniel, Marc L. Salit, Nathanael D. Olson, Justin M. Wagner
Benchmark small variant calls are required for developing, optimizing and assessing the performance of sequencing and bioinformatics methods. Here, as part of the Genome in a Bottle (GIAB) Consortium, we apply a reproducible, cloud-based pipeline to

Multi-Energy X-Ray Tomography of an Optical Fiber: The Role of Spatial Averaging

March 14, 2019
Author(s)
Zachary H. Levine, Adele P. Peskin, Edward J. Garboczi, Andrew Holmgren
Using a commercial X-ray tomography instrument, we have obtained reconstructions of a graded-index optical fiber with voxels of edge length 1.05 µm at 12 tube voltages. The fiber manufacturer created a graded index in the central region by varying the

ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPY AND IMAGING

March 12, 2019
Author(s)
Vladimir P. Oleshko
This article describes electron energy-loss spectroscopy (EELS), energy-filtering transmission electron microscopy (EFTEM) and electron spectroscopic diffraction (ESD) in a transmission electron microscope (TEM) or in a scanning transmission electron

Label-Free Detection of Conformational Changes in Switchable DNA Nanostructures with Microwave Microfluidics

March 12, 2019
Author(s)
Angela C. Stelson, Minghui Lu, Charles A. Little, Christian J. Long, Nathan D. Orloff, Nicolas Stephanopolous, James C. Booth
Detection of conformational changes in biomolecular assemblies provides critical information into biological and self-assembly processes. State-of-the-art in situ conformation detection techniques rely on fluorescent labels or protein-specific binding
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