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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Research for Improved Dental Restorative Materials

Author(s)
Francis W. Wang, Joseph M. Antonucci, J W. Stansbury
In Part A of this report, the interfacial bonding between resin and filler in dental composites is probed by use of the microdrop bead test in a single fiber

Report of the Workshop: Nanometrology of Materials

Author(s)
P M. McGuiggan, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn
Probe microscopy is a class of techniques used worldwide to characterize properties and structures of materials. The techniques are especially good for

The Flawed-Cylinder Burst Test

Author(s)
J H. Smith
This report is a summary and compilation of the test results obtained during the development of the Flawed-Cylinder Burst Test. The Flawed-Cylinder Burst Test

LBIR Facility Five Year Plan (FY05-FY09)

Author(s)
Adriaan C. Carter, Raju V. Datla
This NIST Low Background Infrared (LBIR) Calibration facility has become a national center for the development and dissemination of absolute standards and their

Surface Applications of Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

Author(s)
A C. Pipino, Curtis Meuse, J P. Hoefnagels, Vitalii I. Silin, John T. Woodward IV
We report preliminary results describing two new applications of cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS): 1) detection of non-absorbing species by refractive-index

Directional Antenna for Multipath Ad Hoc Routing

Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi, Bin Hu
Multipath routing can be effectively used to maximize the utilization of network resources for real-time traffic. In mobile ad-hoc network environments, this

BiCCL: The Biometric Client Configuration Language

Author(s)
Matthew L. Aronoff, Ross J. Micheals
In this paper, we introduce the Biometric Client Configuration Language, or BiCCL. BiCCL is a platform-independent, domain-specific language (DSL) that formally

Assessing Face Acquisition

Author(s)
Mary F. Theofanos, Brian C. Stanton, Charles L. Sheppard, Ross J. Micheals, John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi
The requirements necessary for taking a successful face picture are arguably the least constrained of any biometric. The camera must be operational, and the

Forensic Filtering of Cell Phone Protocols

Author(s)
Aurelien M. Delaitre, Wayne Jansen
Phone managers are non-forensic software tools designed to carry out a range of tasks for the user, such as reading and updating the contents of a phone, using

Style Guide for Voting System Documentation

Author(s)
Dana E. Chisnell, Susan C. Becker, Sharon J. Laskowski, Svetlana Z. Lowry
The goal of this style guide is to provide specific guidance to improve the usability of documentation used by poll workers and election support staff. The
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