Industrial-grade platinum resistance thermometers (IPRTs) are calibrated at NIST using a newly automated calibration system. The computer-controlled data-acquisition system is used to calibrate IPRTs over the range from –196 °C to 550 °C using fixed-points (ice point, triple-point of water, and Ga melting point) and comparison baths (cryogenic, water, oil, and salt). A standard platinum resista...

Introduction Although recent advances have improved understanding of what it takes to successfully implement and sustain evidence-based practices (EBPs) in communities and to transform health care systems, there remains a dearth of knowledge regarding methods for measuring and subsequently evaluating these efforts. Recognizing the complexity of the process, which involves planning, training, qu...

The purpose of this research is to determine the total factor productivity (TFP) Indonesia's micro and small-scale manufacturing industries. production function estimation approach established by Levinsohn-Petrin as basis for computing TFP employed in study, with value added dependent variable labor costs capital proxied investment independent variables. This study uses secondary data from Cent...

Running-in, mild and severe wear are three typical wear regimes of a wear system. The running-in wear is of particular interest in MMC/ steel systems. In this paper, the running-in wear was investigated in the system of a steel disk and Sic-particle-reinforced 2014 Al composite pins. It was found that the wear mechanisms of the system were dominated by abrasion and that the fracture of the rein...

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We report on a temperature-dependent band gap property of epitaxial MoSe2 ultrathin films. We prepare uniform MoSe2 films epitaxially grown on graphenized SiC substrates with controlled thicknesses by molecular beam epitaxy. Spectroscopic ellipsometry measurements upon heating sample in ultra-high vacuum showed temperature-dependent optical spectra between room temperature to 850 °C. We observe...

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