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This report presents a simulation study of the energy impact and cost effectiveness of improving envelope airtightness in U.S. commercial buildings. Despite
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 yearly interlaboratory comparison
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
J A. Ramirez-hernandez, H Li, E Fernandez, Charles R. McLean, Swee K. Leong
This paper presents the application of a framework, proposed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), for standard modular simulation of
The High Capacity Alongside Sea base Sustainment (HiCASS) program intends to generate substantial improvements in skin-to-skin at-sea replenishment. HiCASS
This paper demonstrates that, for large-scale tests, the match and non-match similarity scores have no specific underlying distribution function. The forms of
This report analyzes circulation data for the NIST Research Library book collection to determine the most used subjects. Data collected covers the period
This report describes a semantic mapping between two extensible markup language (XML) specifications describing a single type of equipment that is used in
Sensitive electronic record systems (ERSs) raise questions about their proper use. Insider-threat involves hidden, unknown and unanticipated activities that
This NIST Internal Report consists of two parts. Part A covers the planning, design, and specification of testing and reviewing the Software write block (SWB)
This NIST Internal Report deals with Release 2.0 of a software package, Forensic Software Testing Support Tools (FS-TST 2.0), developed to aid the testing of
This NIST Internal Report deals with Release 2.0 of a software package, Forensic Software Testing Support Tools (FS-TST 2.0), developed to aid the testing of
1. Table 23-2-(1.21170)-db - Page db-1696.0 New table for 2,2,4,4,6,8,8-heptamethylnonane containing the density for the real fluid at selected temperatures and
The National Institute of Standards and Technology s Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) strengthens the U.S. economy and improves the quality of life by
A system-level fault detection and diagnostic (FDD) method for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system was developed. It functions as an
This publication provides guidelines for evaluating data from advanced mass calibrations and for establishing measurement assurance programs in precision mass
This document has been developed for the NIST Technology Services, Weights and Measures Division (WMD) in order to establish and implement a quality system for
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has identified a need to improve urban housing conditions to protect children s health through its
Fire departments use ventilation blowers or fans to pressurize a structure prior to suppressing a fire. This pressurization or positive pressure ventilation
The National Institute of Standards and Technology?s Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL)strengthens the U.S. economy and improves the quality of life by
Eswaran Subrahmanian, Sudarsan Rachuri, Steven J. Fenves, Sebti Foufou, Ram D. Sriram
In this paper, we provide an overview of the changing design and manufacturing landscape in the 21st century that has come about because of the arrival of IT
This NIST Internal Report consists of two parts. Part A covers the planning, design, and specification of testing and reviewing the Software write block (SWB)
Brad Ulery, R. A. Hicklin, Craig I. Watson, Michael D. Indovina, Kayee Hanaoka
The Slap Fingerprint Segmentation Evaluation 2004 (Slap Seg04) was conducted to assess the accuracy of algorithms used to segment slap fingerprint images into
In August 2004 NIST published a novel measure of fingerprint image quality, which can be used to estimate fingerprint match performance. The definition and
NIST has conducted testing of one-to-one fingerprint matching systems to evaluate the effect of image size and compression on the accuracy of the one-to-one
A key finding of past research on natural ventilation is that the potential application of pure natural ventilation systems may be limited in the United States