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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Quality Summarization, Recommendations on Biometric Quality Summarization across the Application Domain

May 3, 2007

Author(s)

Elham Tabassi, Patrick J. Grother

This document is a set of recommendations to users of biometric quality assessment algorithms. In particular it is concerned with aggregation of quality values...

Analysis of Pipeline Steel Corrosion Data

May 2, 2007

Author(s)

Richard E. Ricker

Currently, the U.S. has over 3.7 million kilometers (2.3 million miles) of pipelines crossing the country transporting natural gas and hazardous liquids from...

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis April 2007: Annual Supplement to NIST Handbook 135 and NBS Special Publication 709

May 1, 2007

Author(s)

Amy S. Rushing, Barbara C. Lippiatt

This is the April 2007 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and...

Visualization and Modeling of Smoke Transport Over Landscape Scales

May 1, 2007

Author(s)

Glenn P. Forney, William E. Mell

Computational tools have been developed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for modeling fire spread and smoke transport. These tools...

Surface Topography Analysis for a Feasibility Assessment of a National Ballistics Imaging Database

May 1, 2007

Author(s)

Theodore V. Vorburger, James H. Yen, B Bachrach, Thomas Brian Renegar, Li Ma, Hyug-Gyo Rhee, Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, Jun-Feng Song, Charles D. Foreman

This document reports on a study to determine the feasibility and utility of a national ballistics database of casing and bullet images. The purpose of such a...

Specification for the Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF), Version 1.1.3

April 30, 2007

Author(s)

Neal Ziring, Stephen Quinn

The Cyber Security Research and Development Act of 2002 tasks the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to "develop, and revise as necessary, a...

Machine Shop Information Model Application, Next Step

April 11, 2007

Author(s)

Yung-Tsun Lee, Yan Luo

Simulation is defined as the imitation of the operation of a system or real-world process over time, and in many cases, manufacturing provides one of the most...

Training and Optimization of Operating Parameters for Flash LADAR Cameras

April 10, 2007

Author(s)

M Price, J Kenney, Roger D. Eastman, Tsai H. Hong

Flash LADAR cameras based on continuous-wave, time-of-flight range measurement deliver fast 3D imaging for robot applications including mapping, localization...

A Stokes Permeability Solver for Three-Dimensional Porous Media

April 4, 2007

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Nicos Martys

A set of C and Fortran computer programs have been developed for computing the permeability of three-dimensional porous media under incompressible Stokes flow...

An Ontology for the e-Kanban Business Process

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Boonserm Kulvatunyou

Large automotive manufacturers, including automakers and the manufacturers of principal automotive subsystems, make their products in large volumes. This means...

The Use of Portable Fire Extinguishers in Nightclubs: Workshop Summary

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler

The NIST technical investigation into The Station nightclub fire specifically recommended that a study be performed to determine the minimum number and...

Accounting for Emergency Response in Building Evacuation: Modeling Differential Egress Capacity Solutions

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Jason D. Averill, Weiguo Song

The impact of firefighter response on the progress of the building evacuation is not typically considered. The emergency response can significantly increase...

Enhancement of the Virtual Cybernetic Building Testbed to Include a Zone Fire Model With HVAC Components

April 1, 2007

Author(s)

Cheol D. Park, Paul A. Reneke, Michael A. Galler, Steven T. Bushby, William D. Davis

As part of a Cybernetic Building Systems project at the NIST Building and Fire Research Laboratory, a whole building emulator called the Virtual Cybernetic...

Large Scale Experiments on Structures under Fire Loading:2 Behavior of Full-Scale Frames with Slim Floor Slab Construction under Furnace Loading

March 30, 2007

Author(s)

Yuli Dong, Kuldeep R. Prasad

In recent years, increasing interest has been shown in developing and designing slim floor systems in steel-framed buildings. This paper describes the results...

Face Recognition Vendor Test 2006 and Iris Challenge Evaluation 2006 Large-Scale Results

March 29, 2007

Author(s)

P J. Phillips, K W. Bowyer, P J. Flynn, Alice J. O'Toole, W T. Scruggs, Cathy L. Schott, Matthew Sharpe

The Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) 2006 and Iris Challenge Evaluation (ICE) 2006 are independent U.S. Government evaluations of face and iris recognition...

Computer Security Division 2006 Annual Report

March 21, 2007

Author(s)

Tanya L. Brewer, Kevin M. Stine

This report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during the Fiscal Year 2006. It...

Critical Frequency Estimates for Thermowells

March 21, 2007

Author(s)

David Bartran, Dean C. Ripple

The ASME Performance Test Code, PTC 19.3, establishes the service ratings of thermowells in terms of static pressure limitations and susceptibility of the...

Cell Phone Forensic Tools: An Overview and Analysis Update

March 21, 2007

Author(s)

Richard Ayers, Wayne Jansen, Aurelien M. Delaitre, Ludovic Moenner

Cell phones and other handheld devices incorporating cell phone capabilities (e.g., Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) phones) are ubiquitous. Rather than just...

Properties of a 50/50 Mixture of Jet-A + S-8

March 14, 2007

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Arno D. Laesecke, Stephanie L. Outcalt, Hans-Dieter Seelig, Beverly L. Smith

This report describes measurement efforts performed on the mixture of aviation fuels: Jet-A + S-8*. The primary mixture is a 50/50 (vol/vol) combination of the...

Usability Testing of Ten-Print Fingerprint Capture

March 13, 2007

Author(s)

Mary Theofanos, Brian Stanton, Shahram Orandi, Ross J. Micheals, Nien F. Zhang

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) program are migrating from a two...

Evaluating Positive Pressure Ventilation In Large Structures: High-Rise Pressure Experiments(NISTIR 7412)

March 1, 2007

Author(s)

Stephen Kerber, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, D W. Stroup

One hundred and sixty experiments were conducted in a thirty-story vacant office building in Toledo, Ohio to evaluate the ability of fire department positive...

Description and Results of the 2005 NIST/NOAA Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in Marine Mammal Tissues

March 1, 2007

Author(s)

John Kucklick, Rebecca Pugh, Paul R. Becker, Michele M. Schantz, Stephen Wise, T K. Rowles

The Architecture Development Facilitator (ADF) First Year Report

March 1, 2007

Author(s)

Steven J. Fenves, Eswaran Subrahmanian, Puja Goyal, Jean-Cyrus L. Angbo, Faouzi Daoud, Ram D. Sriram

This document serves as the summary report on the first year?s progress on the Architecture Development Facilitator (ADF) project covering the activities from...

Building Retrofits for Increased Protection Against Airborne Chemical and Biological Releases

March 1, 2007

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, Robert E. Chapman, Steven J. Emmerich, William S. Dols, Heather Davis, Priya D. Lavappa, Amy S. Rushing

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

A Guide to Printed and Electronic Resources for Developing a Cost-Effective Risk Mitigation Plan for New and Existing Constructed Facilities

February 28, 2007

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman, Douglas S. Thomas

Economic tools are needed to help the owners, managers, and designers of constructed facilities to select cost-effective combinations of mitigation strategies...

Verification of a Gas Mask Calibrant

February 19, 2007

Author(s)

Robert A. Fletcher, Jiann C. Yang, George W. Mulholland, R L. King, Michael R. Winchester, D Klinedinst, Jennifer R. Verkouteren, Thomas G. Cleary, David Buckingham, James J. Filliben

Thermal Performance of Fire Resistive Materials I. Characterization With Respect to Thermal Performance Models

February 14, 2007

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Kuldeep R. Prasad

As integrated circuits become smaller and faster, the measurement of line width must have less uncertainty and more versatility. The common requirement for...

NCMC Workshop ReportNCMC-10: Persistent Challenges in Combinatorial Materials Science

February 1, 2007

Author(s)

Michael J. Fasolka, Carol E. Laumeier, Kathryn L. Beers, Christopher M. Stafford

Tremendous advances in the development and application of combinatorial and high-throughput methods for materials research have been accomplished over the past...

Thermophysical Properties Measurements and Models for Rocket Propellant RP-1: Phase I

February 1, 2007

Author(s)

Joe W. Magee, Thomas J. Bruno, Daniel G. Friend, Marcia L. Huber, Arno D. Laesecke, Eric Lemmon, Mark O. McLinden, Richard A. Perkins, J¿rg Baranski, Jason A. Widegren

Accurate knowledge of thermophysical properties is a prerequisite to design efficient and cost-effective rocket engine systems that use the kerosene rocket...

Best Practices for Reducing the Potential for Progressive Collapse in Buildings

February 1, 2007

Author(s)

Bruce R. Ellingwood, Robert Smilowitz, D O. Dusenberry, Dat Duthinh, Hai S. Lew, Nicholas J. Carino

This document is intended to provide owners and practicing engineers with current best practices to reduce the likelihood of progressive collapse of buildings...

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