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NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)

Thermodynamics of Sessile Drops on a Rigid Substrate: A Comparison of Two Theories

November 15, 2005

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

Minimization of free energy is used to calculate the equilibrium shapes of sessile liquid drops under different wetting conditions and under the influence of a...

Description and Results of the 2003 NIST/NOAA Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in Marine Mammal Tissues

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

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

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s Marine Mammal Health and...

Estimates of Thermal Conductivity for Unconditioned and Conditioned Materials Used in Fire Fighter s Protective Clothing

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

R Vettori

Fire fighters' protective clothing provides a limited amount of thermal protection from environmental exposures produced by fires. This level of thermal...

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

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

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

Intercomparison Program for Organic Speciation in PM2.5 Air Particulate Matter: Description and Results for Trials I and II; Materials: Air Particulate Extract I, Air Particulate I and PM2.5 Interim RM

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Stephen A. Wise, J Lewtas

Using Chebyshev's Inequality to Determine Sample Size in Biometric Evaluation of Fingerprint Data

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Charles L. Wilson

For fingerprint dataset, which in many cases may exceed a million samples, the underlying distribution function with respect to similarity scores is unknown...

Ontology Formalization of Product Semantics for Product Lifecycle Management

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Lalit Patil, Ram D. Sriram

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a concept that takes into account that the development of a product is influenced by knowledge from various stakeholders...

Cell Phone Forensics Tools: An Overview and Analysis

October 19, 2005

Author(s)

Richard Ayers, Wayne Jansen, Nicolas Cilleros, Ronan Daniellou

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

TRC Thermodynamic Tables - Hydrocarbons, Supplement No. 130, 2005

October 11, 2005

Author(s)

Michael D. Frenkel

1. Table 23-2-(3.11102)-db - Pages db-2052.0 and 2052.1; New table for butylcyclohexane containing the density for the real fluid at selected temperatures and...

Developing an Analysis of Threats to Voting Systems: Workshop Summary

October 7, 2005

Author(s)

Allan C. Eustis

The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 has given NIST a key role in helping to realize nationwide improvements in voting systems by January 2006. NIST...

Low Temperature Calorimetry Studies of Hydrating Portland Cement Pastes

October 5, 2005

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz

This report presents nearly 200 low temperature calorimetry (LTC) scans performed on hydrating portland cement pastes between 2002 and 2005. Because the LTC...

Proceedings of the 2nd NIST LADAR Performance Evaluation Workshop March 15 - 16, 2005

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok

In recent years, there has been a rapid growth of LADAR (laser detection and ranging) applications and a growing number of LADARs that are commercially...

Analysis of CCRL Portland Cement Proficiency Samples Number 151 and Number 152 Using the Virtual Cement and Concrete

September 15, 2005

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard, Paul E. Stutzman

This report provides experimental and computer modeling results for Portland Cement Proficiency Samples 151 and 152 issued by the Cement and Concrete Reference...

The Myth of the Goats: How Many People Have Fingerprints that are Hard to Match?

September 13, 2005

Author(s)

R. A. Hicklin, Craig I. Watson, Brad Ulery

The proportion of people who have fingerprints that are particularly hard to match (also known as "Goats") is a topic of great interest in biometrics...

IMS-Based Trace Explosives Detectors for First Responder Use

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jennifer R. Verkouteren, John G. Gillen, R M. Verkouteren, Robert A. Fletcher, E S. Etz, George A. Klouda, Alim A. Fatah, Philip J. Mattson

The purpose of this document is to establish minimum performance requirements and an associated test method for Ion Mobility Spectrometry (IMS) based trace...

Description and Results of the 2001 NIST/NOAA Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in Marine Mammal Tissues

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

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

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s Marine Mammal Health and...

Particle Image Velocimetry Measurements of Buoyancy Induced Flow Through a Doorway

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Rodney A. Bryant

Quantifying the ventilation available to an enclosure fire is an important step to understanding fire behavior. Accurate measurements of mass flow rate across...

Performance of Thermal Exposure Sensors in Personal Alert Safety (PASS) Devices (NISTIR 7294)

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner, Daniel M. Madrzykowski, D W. Stroup

Fire fighters can be overcome by heat or smoke of a fire and may be unable to alert other fire ground personnel to their need for assistance. Personal Alert...

Boundary/Contour Fitted Grid Generation for Effective Visualizations in a Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Bonita V. Saunders, Qiming Wang

Effective visualizations can help researchers obtain a more complete understanding of high-level mathematical functions that arise in mathematics, statistics...

Messaging in the Process Specification Language

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Conrad Bock, Michael Gruninger

This paper characterizes messages by the constraints they place on participation of entities in processes. Constraints are expressed in two ways: informally as...

A Simulation and Gaming Architecture for Manufacturing Research, Testing, and Training

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Sanjay Jain, Yung-Tsun Lee, Frank H. Riddick

Manufacturing systems are often costly to develop and operate. Simulation technology has been demonstrated to be an effective tool for improving the efficiency...

Healthcare Strategic Focus Area: Clinical Informatics

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Conrad Bock, Lisa Carnahan, Steven J. Fenves, Michael Gruninger, V Kashyap, Bettijoyce B. Lide, Jim G. Nell, Ravi S. Raman, Ram D. Sriram

NIST has conducted several workshops and other information gathering activities, that have identified several key strategic opportunities in healthcare...

GerberTranslator: Moving towards new PCB standards

August 29, 2005

Author(s)

Matthew L. Aronoff, John V. Messina

This paper describes the key features of the NIST-developed software tool called ?GerberTranslator?. GerberTranslator is a software translator which automates...

Automated Luminance-Meter Control Software for Electronic-Display Measurements

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

John M. Treinen

To make automated measurements of light sources and displays, National Instrument's LabVIEW software is used to control a Minolta LS-100/110 luminance meter...

Computer Security Division 2004 Annual Report

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Tanya L. Brewer

This report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during Fiscal Year 2004. It...

Effect of Continued Hydration on the Transport Properties of Cracks Through Portland Cement Pastes in a Saturated Environment: A Microstructural Model Study

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Kenneth A. Snyder, Jeffrey W. Bullard

4th Annual PKI R&D Workshop "Multiple Paths to Trust" Proceedings

August 1, 2005

Author(s)

Clifford Neuman, William Polk, Nelson Hastings

NIST hosted the fourth annual Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Research Workshop on April 19-21, 2005. The two and a half day event brought together PKI experts...

Initial Evaluation of Displacement Ventilation and Dedicated Outdoor Air Systems for U.S. Commercial Buildings

July 1, 2005

Author(s)

Steven J. Emmerich, Timothy P. McDowell

Conventional heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (HVAC) systems in commercial buildings meet both outdoor air ventilation and space conditioning...

Smart Cards and Mobile Device Authentication: an Overview and Implementation

July 1, 2005

Author(s)

Wayne Jansen, Serban I. Gavrila, Clement Seveillac, Vladimir Korolev

The use of mobile handheld devices within the workplace is expanding rapidly. These devices are no longer viewed as coveted gadgets for early technology...

Two Finger Matching with Vendor SDK Matchers

July 1, 2005

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson, Charles L. Wilson, Michael D. Indovina, Brian J. Cochran

This report is an extension of the NIST Studies of one-to-one Fingerprint Matching with Vendor SDK Matchers which evaluated the accuracy of SDK (Software...

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