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1. Confocal Microscopy Analysis of Breech Face Marks on Fired Cartridge Cases from Ten Consecutively Manufactured Pistol Slides
Topic: Law Enforcement
Published: 7/1/2012
Authors: Xiaoyu A Zheng, Robert Meryln Thompson, Todd Weller
Abstract: Ten (10) pistol slides with consecutively manufactured breech faces, were obtained from Sturm, Ruger Co, Inc. A total of nine (9) test fires from each pistol, for a total of ninety (90) test fired cartridge cases, were compared using comparison micr ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=906690

2. The National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC) Project
Topic: Law Enforcement
Published: 3/10/2012
Authors: Jun-Feng Song, Theodore Vincent Vorburger, Susan M Ballou, Robert Meryln Thompson, James H Yen, Thomas B Renegar, Xiaoyu A Zheng, Richard M Silver, Martin Ols
Abstract: 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 e ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907871

3. Standards: Who Needs Them? An OLES initiative to identify standards needs in the responder community.
Series: OTHER
Topic: Law Enforcement
Published: 1/3/2012
Authors: William Guy Billotte, Jennifer Lyn Marshall, Sharon Nakich
Abstract: There is little understanding about who is interested in standards and which standards are being used in the responder community. Thus, the Law Enforcement Standards Office (OLES) implemented a small pilot to gather metrics and insights. OLES worked ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=910380

4. Analysis of Three Different Regression Models to Estimate the Ballistic Performance of New and Environmentally Conditioned Body Armor
Series: NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Report Number: 7760
Topic: Law Enforcement
Published: 2/14/2011
Authors: Diane Mauchant, Michael A Riley, Kirk D Rice, Amanda Lattam Forster, Dennis D Leber, Daniel Victor Samarov
Abstract: The performance standard for ballistic-resistant body armor published by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ), NIJ Standard 0101.06, recommends estimating the perforation performance of body armor by performing a statistical analysis on V50 bal ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907749

5. Office of Law Enforcement Standards 2-Year Road Map, FY2009-2011
Series: OTHER
Topic: Law Enforcement
Published: 1/29/2010
Author: Mark David Stolorow
Abstract: This document constitutes the 2-Year Road Map FY 2009 - 2011 for the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES), Electronic and Electrical Engineering Laboratory (EEEL), National Institute of Standards and Technology.
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=903640

6. Office of Law Enforcement Standards Strategic Planning FY2009-2018.
Series: OTHER
Topic: Law Enforcement
Published: 1/29/2010
Author: Mark David Stolorow
Abstract: This document constitutes the ten-year Strategic Plan for FY2009-2018 for the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES), Electronic and Electrical Engineering Laboratory (EEEL), National Institute of Standards and Technology.
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=903641

7. NIST SRM (Standard Reference Material) 2460/2461 Standard Bullets and Casings Project
Topic: Law Enforcement
Published: 10/13/2009
Authors: Jun-Feng Song, Thomas B Renegar, Xiaoyu A Zheng, Robert Meryln Thompson, Richard M Silver, Martin M Ols, Ted T Vorburger
Abstract: 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 Cartridge Cases. NIST has also d ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=903625

8. Ballistic Resistance of Body Armor.
Topic: Law Enforcement
Published: 7/21/2008
Authors: Kirk D Rice, Michael A Riley, Amanda Lattam Forster
Abstract: This Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES) performance standard provides the criteria, requirements, methodology, and procedures for ballistic resistance evaluation of personal body armor, under the jurisdiction of the NIJ Compliance Testing Pro ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=33027

9. Microfluidic DNA Analysis Systems for Forensic Applications
Series: Special Publication (NIST SP)
Report Number: 1083
Topic: Law Enforcement
Published: 7/18/2008
Authors: Michael Gaitan, Jayna J Shah, Darwin R Reyes-Hernandez, Pierre-Alain Auroux, Jon C Geist, Laurie E Locascio, Wyatt N Vreeland, David J Ross, Peter M Vallone, Paul Smith, Nicole Morgan, Tom Pohida, John Kakareka, Annelise Barron
Abstract: This report summarizes the NIST effort on microfluidic DNA analysis systems for forensic applications sponsored by the National Institute of Justice. Currently emerging microfluidics-based forensic systems are implemented in silica (glass) because t ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=33078

10. Terahertz imaging and spectroscopy based on hot electron bolometer (HEB) heterodyne detection
Topic: Law Enforcement
Published: 1/23/2008
Authors: Eyal Gerecht, Lixing You
Abstract: Imaging and spectroscopy at terahertz frequencies have great potential for healthcare, plasma diagnostics, and homeland security applications. Terahertz frequencies correspond to energy level transitions of important molecules in biology and astrophy ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=32856