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31. Performance Analysis of RF-Based Electronic Safety Equipment in a Subway Station and the Empire State Building
Series: Technical Note (NIST TN)
Report Number: 1792
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 3/28/2013
Authors: William F Young, Catherine A Remley, Galen H Koepke, Dennis G Camell, Jacob Lee Healy
Abstract: We analyze data from NIST field tests in which radio-propagation channel path loss values were measured at approximately the same physical locations where the performance of various RF-based firefighter distress beacons were tested. These side-by ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=912951

32. Pixel Interlacing Based Video Transmission for Low-complexity Intra-frame Error Concealment
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 6/1/2011
Author: Hamid Gharavi
Abstract: When multi-path fading and interference frequently disrupts a mobile radio communication system, it can seriously undermine its reliability for transmission of compressed video signals. In this paper, we present a pixel interlacing based video transm ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=908154

33. Radio-microanalytical particle measurements method and application to Fukushima aerosols collected in Japan
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: Date unknown
Authors: Cynthia J Zeissler, Lawrence Forsley, Richard Mark Lindstrom, Sean Newsome, Adrean Kirk, P.A. Mosier-Boss
Abstract: A nondestructive analytical method based on autoradiography and gamma spectrometry was developed to perform activity distribution analysis for particulate samples. This was applied to aerosols collected in Fukushima Japan, 40 km north of the Daiich ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=911065

34. Reliability of Embedded and Cyber-Physical Systems
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 10/14/2010
Authors: Ram Chillarege, Jeffrey Mark Voas
Abstract: Cyber-physical systems feature a tight combination of a system's computational and physical elements. Understanding how to assess and design trustworthiness into these complex systems of systems remains an unsolved problem. This issue offers insights ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=906143

35. Security Assurance Levels: A Vector Approach to Describing Security Requirements
Series: OTHER
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 10/20/2010
Authors: James D Gilsinn, Ragnar Schierholz
Abstract: Safety systems have used the concept of safety integrity levels (SILs) for almost two decades. This allows the safety of a component or system to be represented by a single number that defines a protection factor required to ensure the health and saf ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=906330

36. Stab Resistance of Personal Body Armor
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 9/1/2000
Author: Kirk D Rice
Abstract: The purpose of this standard is to establish minimum performance requirements and methods of test for the stab resistance of personal body armor intended to protect the torso against slash and stab threats. This standard is based on technical work p ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=30191

37. Survey Report for Ambulance Patient Compartment Design
Series: Technical Note (NIST TN)
Report Number: 1772
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 1/22/2013
Authors: Allison Barnard Feeney, Deogratias Kibira, Yung-Tsun Tina Lee, Jennifer Lyn Marshall
Abstract: NIST conducted a survey (Office of Management and Budget, Control No. 1090-0007) of the emergency medical services (EMS) professionals in December 2011. The objective of the survey is to aid in the development of design standards for the patient ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=912317

38. The Biological Evidence Preservation Handbook: Best Practices for Evidence Handlers
Series: NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Report Number: 7928
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 4/23/2013
Authors: Susan M Ballou, Margaret C Kline, Mark David Stolorow, Melissa K Taylor, Shannan R Williams, Phyllis S Bamberger, Burney Yvette, Larry Brown, Rebecca Brown, Lindsay DePalma, Cynthia Jones, Ralph Keaton, William Kiley, Karen Lanning, Gerry LaPorte, Joseph Latta, Linda E Ledray, Randy Nagy, Linda Schwind, Stephanie Stoiloff, Brian Ostrom
Abstract: The report of the Technical Working Group on Biological Evidence Preservation offers guidance for individuals involved in the collection, examination, tracking, packaging, storing, and disposition of biological evidence. This may include crime sc ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=913699

39. The National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC) Project
Topic: Public Safety/Security
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

40. The use of `slow motion' L\'{e}vy stable fractional diffusion smoothing in alternative methods of latent fingerprint enhancement}
Series: NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Report Number: 7932
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 4/30/2013
Author: Alfred S Carasso
Abstract: Photoshop processing\footnote{Mention of commmercial products or services in this report does not imply NIST appproval or endorsement of these products or services, nor does it imply that such products or services are necessarily the best availabl ...
http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=913444