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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

A Hybrid Frame Concealment Algorithm for H.264/AVC

January 5, 2010

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

In packet-based video transmissions, packets loss due to channel errors may result in the loss of the whole video frame. Recently, many error concealment...

Proceedings of the Privilege Management Workshop, September 1-3, 2009

January 1, 2010

Author(s)

Tanya L. Brewer, Annie W. Sokol, Sheldon A. Durrant

Privilege management is large and complex, often the source of heated debate and opinion, and fraught with widely-understood, yet ill-defined terminology and...

QOD Standalone Users Guide

December 16, 2009

Author(s)

Julien C. Cuvillier, Katherine C. Morris

This report describes installation and use of the XML Schema Quality of Design Standalone testing system, or QOD Standalone. QOD Standalone is one of several...

Carbon Weight Analysis for Machining Operation and Allocation for Redesign

December 16, 2009

Author(s)

Gaurav Ameta, Mahesh Mani, Sudarsan Rachuri, Kevin W. Lyons, Shaw C. Feng, Ram D. Sriram

The objective of this research is to explore and develop a new methodology for computing carbon weight (CW) - often referred to as carbon footprint, in...

Extensions to the recommended practices for GD&T in STEP-AP210 in the context of packaged electronic components

December 4, 2009

Author(s)

Jamie Stori, Kevin G. Brady, Thomas Thurman

The purpose of this document is to extend the recommended practices for the representation of GD&T in STEP (ISO-10303) within the context of packaged electronic...

Representation of a Thermal Resistor Network Model of a Packaged Component in STEP AP210 Edition 2

December 4, 2009

Author(s)

Jamie Stori, Kevin G. Brady, Thomas Thurman

STEP AP210 (ISO-10303:210) is the first international standard capable of representing both ECAD and MCAD data of packaged components within a unified model. In...

Interim Report on the Examination of Corrosion Damage in Homes Constructed with Imported Wallboard I. Examination of Samples Received September 28, 2009

November 30, 2009

Author(s)

David J. Pitchure, Richard E. Ricker

Since many household systems are fabricated out of metallic materials, changes to the household environment that accelerate corrosion rates will increase the...

Calculations of Fluence Rates of Unscattered X- and Gamma-Ray Photons Emerging From Model Spheres of Special Nuclear Material

November 30, 2009

Author(s)

Stephen M. Seltzer

Calculations have been done to develop estimates of the fluence rate of unscattered x and gamma rays emerging from two model spheres of special nuclear material...

Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) 2009 Annual Report

November 17, 2009

Author(s)

Willie E. May, Richard R. Cavanagh, Dianne L. Poster, Michael D. Amos

CSTL is entrusted with building, sustaining, and maximizing the chemical measurement system that is criticial to chemical technological innovation, economic...

An Enabler for Supplier Discovery in Virtual Supply Chains: A Shared Terminology

November 5, 2009

Author(s)

Steven J. Fenves, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Mahesh Mani, Albert T. Jones

Rigid supply-chain organizational structures are giving way to highly dynamic collaborative partnerships. These partnerships will develop rapidly by composing...

Trends in Multimedia Communications Over Mobile Networks

November 3, 2009

Author(s)

Hamid Gharavi

Increasing demand for high quality multimedia services has been a driving factor in the technological evolution of high bandwidth wireless/mobile communications...

Thermal Analysis of Refrigeration Systems Used for Vaccine Storage

November 2, 2009

Author(s)

Michal J. Chojnacky, W Wyatt Miller, Dean C. Ripple, Gregory F. Strouse

Each year, billions of dollars of vaccines are stored in refrigerators at the facilities of a variety of medical providers. Many vaccines must be maintained in...

Best Practice Guidelines for Pre-Launch Characterization and Calibration of Instruments for Passive Optical Remote Sensing

November 1, 2009

Author(s)

Raju V. Datla, Joseph P. Rice, Keith R. Lykke, Bettye C. Johnson, James J. Butler, Xiaoxiong Xiong

The pre-launch characterization and calibration of remote sensing instruments should be planned and carried out in conjunction with their design and development...

IREX I: Performance of Iris Recognition Algorithms on Standard Images

October 30, 2009

Author(s)

Patrick J. Grother, Elham Tabassi, George W. Quinn, Wayne J. Salamon

The IREX program supports the development of interoperable iris imagery for use in high performance biometric applications. The IREX evaluation, was conducted...

Ontological Product Modeling for Collaborative Design

October 30, 2009

Author(s)

Conrad E. Bock, XuanFang Zha, Hyo W. Suh, Jae H. Lee

This paper presents a product modeling language for collaborative design that has the benefits of ontology and expanded capabilities in conventional product...

Airtightness Evaluation of Shelter-in-Place Spaces for Protection Against Airborne Chembio Releases

October 15, 2009

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, Heather Davis, Steven J. Emmerich, William S. Dols

Due to concerns about potential airborne chemical and biological releases in or near buildings, building owners and managers and other decision makers are faced...

October 2009 SRM Spotlight

October 14, 2009

Author(s)

Regina R. Montgomery

The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new...

Empirical Evidence for Iris Match Score Degradation with Time Lapse in ICE 2006

October 14, 2009

Author(s)

P J. Phillips, Kevin W. Bowyer, Patrick J. Flynn, Sarah E. Baker

Mobile Forensic Reference Materials: a Methodology and Reification

October 14, 2009

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen, Aurelien M. Delaitre

This report concerns the theoretical and practical issues with automatically populating mobile devices with reference test data for use as reference materials...

Draft Report on the Collapse of the Dallas Cowboys Indoor Practice Facility, May 2, 2009 (NIST IR 7636) DRAFT for Public Comments (for final version, see NIST IR 7661)

October 6, 2009

Author(s)

John L. Gross, Joseph Main, Long Phan, Fahim H. Sadek, Stephen A. Cauffman, David P. Jorgensen

This report summarizes the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) study of the collapse of the Dallas Cowboys indoor practice facility that...

Thermodynamic Evaluation of the Propensity of Niobium to Absorb Hydrogen During Fabrication of Superconducting Radio Frequency Accelerator Cavities

October 2, 2009

Author(s)

Richard E. Ricker

During the fabrication of niobium superconducting radio frequency (SRF) particle accelerator cavities procedures are used that chemically or mechanically remove...

Small Business Information Security: the Fundamentals

October 1, 2009

Author(s)

Richard L. Kissel

[Superseded by NISTIR 7621 Rev. 1 (November 2016): https://www.nist.gov/node/1111801 ] For some small businesses, the security of their information, systems...

Quick Capture Platform Graphics

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Brian C. Stanton, Yee-Yin Choong, Mary F. Theofanos, Patrick Hoffman

This document defines all of the graphic images for the quick capture platform. For each graphic we provide a description, the dimensions, the image, the image...

Guidelines for Accepting 2D Building Plans (NIST IR 7638)

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok, James J. Filliben, Alan M. Lytle

The General Services Administration's (GSA) Public Buildings Services manages 1600 buildings totaling 180, 000, 000 square feet. GSAs ability to capture...

System and Network Security Acronyms and Abbreviations

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Victoria Thompson

This report contains a list of selected acronyms and abbreviations for system and network security terms with their generally accepted or preferred definitions...

Hostage Rescue Team Quick Capture Platform Use Case Document

September 30, 2009

Author(s)

Brian Stanton, Yee-Yin Choong, Mary Theofanos

The document defines functional requirements for the Quick Capture Platform (QCP). These requirements have been developed for a portable hardware device with...

Development of Soft Armor Conditioning Protocols for NIJ 0101.06: Analytical Results

September 24, 2009

Author(s)

Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Michael A. Riley, Guillaume Messin, Sylvain H. Petit, Cyril Clerici, Gale A. Holmes, Joannie W. Chin

This publication details the four major phases of analytical development work, coupled with several additional side studies, undertaken by the Office of Law...

Bochner Subordination, Logarithmic Diffusion Equations, and Blind Deconvolution of Hubble Space Telescope Imagery and Other Scientific Data

September 23, 2009

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

Generalized Linnik processes and associated logarithmic diffusion equations can be constructed by appropriate Bochner randomization of the time variable in...

Status Report on the First Round of the SHA-3 Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition

September 23, 2009

Author(s)

Andrew R. Regenscheid, Ray A. Perlner, Shu-jen H. Chang, John M. Kelsey, Mridul Nandi, Souradyuti Paul

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of selecting a new cryptographic hash algorithm through a public competition. The new hash...

A Coherent Approach for Interrogating Polybenzoxazole Fibers for Residual Phosphoric Acid

September 17, 2009

Author(s)

Gale A. Holmes, Eun S. Park, Charles M. Guttman, Kathleen M. Flynn, John R. Sieber, Stephanie S. Watson, Kirk D. Rice

Because of the premature failure of soft-body armor that contains the active fiber poly [(benzo-[1,2-d:5,4-d']-benzoxazole-2,6-diyl)-1,4-phenylene] (PBO), the...

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