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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Intelligent Plane as a Mapping Mechanism for User Level Performance Optimization: A Case of Reliable Services over Unreliable Network

July 28, 2006

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

This paper proposes a framework for balancing competing user level requirements by resolving the corresponding trade-offs in a distributed system with limited...

5th Annual PKI R&D Workshop "Making PKI Easy to Use" Proceedings

July 18, 2006

Author(s)

William Polk, Nelson Hastings, Kent Seamons

NIST hosted the fifth annual Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Research Workshop on April 4-6, 2006. The two and a half day event brought together PKI experts...

Semiconductor Microelectornics and Nanoelectronics Programs

July 5, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen Knight, Joaquin (. Martinez, Michele L. Buckley

The microelectronics industry supplies vital components to the electronics industry and to the U.S. economy, enabling rapid improvements in productivity and in...

Evaluation of Reported Results Using the Revised U.S. Department of Energy Dishwasher Test Procedure

July 3, 2006

Author(s)

Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti

This paper summarizes the main changes to the Department of Energy's test procedure for residential dishwashers and presents the analysis of manufacturers test...

Report of Phase One Measurement and Analysis of Building Water System Contamination and Decontamination

July 3, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado, Mark A. Kedzierski, Stephanie S. Watson, Dale P. Bentz, Nicos Martys, Kenneth D. Cole

This report describes the results of the first phase of a research project to evaluate how contaminants accidentally or intentionally introduced into the water...

NCMC Workshop ReportNCMC-9: Combinatorial Methods for Nanostructured Materials

July 1, 2006

Author(s)

Michael J. Fasolka, Carol E. Laumeier

NCMC-9: Combinatorial Methods for Nanostructured Materials was a forum to examine the application and development of nanostructured materials by industry, with...

Full Scale Evaluation of Positive Pressure Ventilation in a Fire Fighter Training Building

July 1, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen Kerber, William D. Walton

A series of full-scale experiments were conducted in a three-story fire fighter training burn building to compare natural ventilation with positive pressure...

Trajectory Generation for an On-Road Autonomous Vehicle

June 26, 2006

Author(s)

John A. Horst, Anthony J. Barbera

We describe an algorithm that generates a smooth trajectory (position, velocity, and acceleration) for a non-holonomic vehicle autonomously navigating within...

TRC Thermodynamic Tables - Non-Hydrocarbon Supplement No. NH95

June 19, 2006

Author(s)

Michael D. Frenkel

1. Table 23-2-1-(1.18100)-db - Pages db-5851.0 and db-5851.1 New table for methyl 2-hydroxybenzoate containing the density for the real fluid at selected...

Feasibility on Using a Concrete Mixing Truck as a Rheometer

June 14, 2006

Author(s)

S Amziane, Chiara C. Ferraris, E Koehler

Fresh concrete properties are crucial for the performance of the concrete in its hardened state. The measurement of workability is usually done using a simple...

Performance Validation Strategies for Chemical Agent Detectors Bases on Ion Mobility Spectrometry

June 1, 2006

Author(s)

Pamela M. Chu, C S. Harden, M Bishop, D C. Meirer, Michele M. Schantz

The current Department of Defense (DoD) operational requirements for the Joint Chemical Agent Detector (JCAD) call for agent dosage measurements with an...

User Interface of Simulation of the Shipbuilding Operations

June 1, 2006

Author(s)

Guodong Shao, Charles R. McLean, Swee K. Leong

This paper discusses the development of the user interface for a simulation of the shipbuilding operations. It presents an overview of a generic simulation of...

Intercomparison Program for Organic Speciation in PM2.5 Air Particulate Matter: Description and Results for Trial III

June 1, 2006

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Dianne L. Poster, John R. Kucklick, Stephen A. Wise, S McDow, J Lewtas

A working group of investigators, who are characterizing and quantifying the organic compounds in particulate matter (PM) as part of the US EPA s PM 2.5...

The National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank Specimen Inventory

June 1, 2006

Author(s)

Rebecca S. Pugh, Michael B. Ellisor, Amanda J. Moors, Paul R. Becker, Barbara J. Porter, Elizabeth A. Mackey, Michele M. Schantz, R. Demiralp, Stephen A. Wise

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides for the cryogenic banking of marine mammal tissues in the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank...

NIST Inter-Comparison Exercise Program for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Marine Sediment: Description and Results of the 2004 Intercomparison Exercise

June 1, 2006

Author(s)

H M. Stapleton, Jennifer M. Lynch, Michele M. Schantz, John R. Kucklick, Stephen A. Wise

In support of environmental monitoring measurement programs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducts inter-laboratory comparison...

Proposed Test Methodology and Performance Rating Standard for Residential Fuel Cell Systems

June 1, 2006

Author(s)

Mark W. Davis, M W. Ellis, Brian P. Dougherty

A test method and rating standard is proposed for residential fuel cell systems (RFCS). The proposed approach extends previously developed test procedures for...

NIST Intercomparison Program for Organic Contaminants in the Marine Environment: Description and Results of 2005 Organic Intercomparison Exercises

June 1, 2006

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, John R. Kucklick, Reenie M. Parris, Dianne L. Poster, Stephen A. Wise

In support of marine monitoring measurement programs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducts interlaboratory comparison exercises to...

Thermochemical and Thermophysical Properties of JP-10

June 1, 2006

Author(s)

Thomas J. Bruno, Marcia L. Huber, Arno D. Laesecke, Eric Lemmon, Richard A. Perkins

This report describes measurement and modeling efforts performed on the missile fuel, JP-10. Measurements* include chemical analysis, thermal decomposition...

Linear-Fit-Based Rating Procedure for Mixed Air-Source Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps Operating in the Cooling Mode

June 1, 2006

Author(s)

William V. Payne, Piotr A. Domanski

The purpose of this report is to establish the method for determining the cooling performance ratings of air-source unitary split-system air conditioners and...

Effect of Nitrogen on the Mechanical Properties of Microstructures of Hot Isostatically Pressed Nanograined Fe

June 1, 2006

Author(s)

A Munitz, Z Livne, J C. Rawers, J S. Adams, Richard J. Fields

The effect of nitrogen content in Fe powders on the mechanical properties and microstructure of cold isostatic pressed (CIPed) and sintered or hot isostatic...

Chemical and Physical Characterization of Poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) Fibers Used in Body Armor

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Joannie W. Chin, E Byrd, Amanda L. Forster, Xiaohong Gu, Tinh Nguyen, Kirk D. Rice, Walter J. Rossiter Jr, S J. Scierka, John R. Sieber, Paul E. Stutzman, Li Piin Sung

Problems with the performance and durability of body armor based on poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole (PBO) fiber became apparent in the summer of 2003, when PBO...

Evaluating Reasoning Systems

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Conrad Bock, Michael Gruninger, Donald E. Libes, Joshua Lubell, Eswaran Subrahmanian

A review of the literature on evaluating reasoning systems reveals that it is a very broad area with wide variation in depth and breadth of research on metrics...

Glossary of Key Information Security Terms

April 25, 2006

Author(s)

Richard L. Kissel

[Superseded by NISTIR 7298 Revision 1: http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907638] This glossary of basic security terms has been...

Automation and Upgrade of the 27.1 kN Dead Weight Machine at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

April 24, 2006

Author(s)

Kevin L. Chesnutwood, Samuel L. Ho

This paper focuses on the automation and upgrades performed on the 27.1 kN (6100 lbf) dead weight machine located at the National Institute of Standards and...

An Algorithm for Generating Very Large Covering Arrays

April 19, 2006

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn

This note describes a covering array algorithm that can be parallelized, making it possible to handle a much larger number of variables than other know...

AGGRES: A Program for Computing Power Crusts of Aggregates

April 3, 2006

Author(s)

Javier Bernal

AGGRES, a Fortran 77 program for computing a power crust of an aggregate, is discussed. AGGRES takes a finite set of points from the surface of an aggregate, i...

Design, Measurements and Performance Predictions for a Micromolded Refrigerant Expansion Device

April 3, 2006

Author(s)

David A. Yashar

The design, fabrication and testing of a thermopneumatic microfabricated valve for controlling refrigerant mass flow rate during expansion is presented in this...

Engineered Infills for Concrete Barriers

April 3, 2006

Author(s)

Kenneth A. Snyder, C Langton, B Clark, Chiara C. Ferraris, J Dawson

Entombment may be considered as an option for decommissioning nuclear concrete structures so that licenses for facilities on which these structures reside may...

Free Space Optics Communication System Testing in Smoke and Fire Environments

April 1, 2006

Author(s)

Alexander Maranghides, William E. Mell, William D. Walton, Erik L. Johnsson, Nelson P. Bryner

Free-Space Optics (also known as FSO , or Optical Wireless ) can be used to transmit optical data, voice and video information. These laser-based systems...

Evaluation of the Ability of Fire Dynamic Simulator to Simulate Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Laboratory and Practical Scenarios

April 1, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen Kerber

Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) is a tactic that is used on fire grounds across the world everyday, both to improve tenability after the extinguishment of a...

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