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Recent investigations have been conducted into effective, lightweight, non-halon fire protection techniques for mitigating aircraft vulnerability to ballistic...
J D. Mather, R E. Tapscott, J M. Shreeve, R P. Singh
In work sponsored by the Next-Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program, research efforts at the New Mexico Engineering Research Institute extended earlier...
In work sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the Next-Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program, our current research effort...
This paper summarizes the accomplishments and new knowledge from NGP research. The paper concludes with an indication of the program direction for FY2003 and...
Over the course of its first one hundred years, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has made numerous contributions to advancing the...
The first priority for fire and rescue service personnel and all emergency first responders when responding to any call is the safety of all emergency personnel...
The 87th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights & Measures (NCWM) was held July 14 through July 18, 2002, at the Omni Netherland Holtel...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Calibration Services Users Guide: Time and Frequency Measurements provides detailed descriptions on...
S/MIME (Secure / Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a set of specifications for securing electronic mail. S/MIME is based upon the widely used MIME...
The field of digital rights management (DRM) --also called intellectual property management and protection (IPMP)-- is today a swirling mix of technology...
J R. Maurey, Carl R. Schultesiz, William R. Blair, Kathleen M. Flynn
The melt flow rate of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1473b, a polyethylene resin, was determined to be 1.13 g/10 min at 190 degrees C under a load of 2.16 kg...
Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) 2514 and 2515 are optical-fiber-coupled wavelength references based on the fundamental absorption lines of carbon monoxide...
The labor intensive construction industry has a very high accident rate. One of the key reasons for this is the exposure of workers to a hazardous environment...
Timothy Grance, Joan Hash, Steven Peck, Jonathan Smith, Karen Korow-Diks
The Security Guide for Interconnecting Information Technology Systems provides guidance for planning, establishing, maintaining, & terminating interconnections...
The paper describes an advanced control technique that uses a self-adjusting controller. The technique allows changing control parameters of the manipulator...
This publication is the Proceedings of the 19th International Symposium on Automation and Robotics in Construction (ISARC). The symposium was held at the...
This publication is the proceedings of the 34th Joint Meeting of the US-Japan Panel on Wind and Seismic Effects. The meeting was held at the National Institute...
Complex systems, such as manufacturing supply chains, are often modeled as a collection of interacting components with information flows between them. These...
Successful execution of many information-based tasks depends crucially on contextual knowledge. Language processing is particularly sensitive to context, and I...
This digest contains the papers presented at the 2002 Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, a 2-1/2 day forum devoted to measurements of fibers, integrated...
This document describes the goals, objectives, and guiding principles for the NIST-led investigation of the WTC disaster. The NIST investigation plan includes...
This publication documents standardized test procedures that can produce valid and reproducible mechanical property data for lead-free solders. Such data speeds...