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James F. Dray Jr., April Giles, Michael Kelley, Ramaswamy Chandramouli
The purpose of this document is to present recommendations for Personal Identity Verification (PIV) card readers in the area of performance and communications
NIST to develop a common, international vision for how a scientific foundation for performance-based fire safety design might be structured, which parts of the
This Information Security Handbook provides a broad overview of information security program elements to assist managers in understanding how to establish and
Entities participating in the generation or verification of digital signatures depend on the authenticity of the process. This Recommendation specifies methods
The 91st Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures was held in Chicago, IL, July 9 - 14, 2006. The theme of the conference was Back to
William J. Boettinger, Ursula R. Kattner, Kil-Won Moon, John Perepezko
This document is focused on differential thermal analysis (DTA) and heat-flux differential scanning calorimetry (HF-DSC) of metals and alloys. A thermal
The Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) promotes the U.S. economy and public welfare by
The TREC 2005 Question Answering (QA) track contained three tasks: the main question answering task, the document ranking task, and the relationship task. In
In the past few years, we have received a number of requests for verification specimens for Izod impact machines, similar to what we offer for Charpy impact
End-users and vendors of Industrial Control System(s) (ICS) have expressed concerns that the deployment of anti-virus software may interfere with the operation
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information
Fractography is a powerful but underutilized tool for the analysis of fractured glasses and ceramics. Fractography can identify the cause of failure and can
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information
Ronaldo Minniti, J Shobe, Stephen M. Seltzer, Huaiyu H. Chen-Mayer, S R. Domen
Absorbed-dose-to-water calibrations are important to the medical community to facilitate the accurate determination of doses delivered to tumors during external
We describe the nonlinearity of optical fiber power meters at wavelengths of 980 and 1480 nm up to 2 W. We also describe two measurement systems, that are based
Richard L. Kissel, Matthew A. Scholl, Steven Skolochenko, Xiang Li
Information systems capture, process, and store information using a wide variety of media. This information is located not only on the intended storage media
Timothy Grance, Suzanne Chevalier, Karen A. Scarfone, Hung Dang
This publication is intended to help organizations in investigating computer security incidents and troubleshooting some information technology (IT) operational
Fiber sensors, power-related metrology, spectroscopic and frequency metrology, dispersion metrology, last-mile measurement issues, specialty fibers, and systems
This document describes the Water Flow Calibration Facility (WFCF) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This facility has three
Richard G. Gann, Star R. Burgess, Kathleen C. Whisner, Paul A. Reneke
As a result of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the 1990 U.S. Clean Air Act, there began a movement toward phaseout of
Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Ketan Mehta, Pius A. Uzamere, Davie Simon, Nabil Ghadiali, Andrew P. Founds
In order to build the necessary PIV infrastructure to support common unified processes and government-wide use of identity credentials, NIST developed this test
Paul E. Black, Helen Gill, W. E. Martin, Elizabeth N. Fong
This is the proceeding of a summit held in June 2006 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This Static Analysis Summit is one of a
Chiara F. Ferraris, Max A. Peltz, William F. Guthrie, A Aviles, Robin K. Haupt, Bruce S. MacDonald
The standard reference material (SRM) for fineness of cement, SRM 114, is an integral part of the calibration material routinely used in the cement industry to
Chiara F. Ferraris, William F. Guthrie, A Aviles, Robin K. Haupt, Bruce S. MacDonald
The standard reference material (SRM) for fineness of cement, SRM 114, is an integral part of the calibration material routinely used in the cement industry to