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Journals

1999 Directory, Weights and Measures Officials in the United States and All Members of the National Conference on Weights and Measures

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J M. Mindte

This publication is an address and telephone directory of Weights and Measures Officials in the United States and all members of the National Conference on...

NIST 1. NIST/EPA/NIH Mass Spectral LibraryNIST '98 ASCII Version

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Stephen E. Stein

NIST '98 is a fully evaluated collection of electron-ionization mass spectra. It is the product of a ten-year effort by a team of experienced mass...

NIST Special Database 10. NIST Supplemental Fingerprint Card Data (SFCD) (for Special Database 9 - 8-Bit Gray Scale Images)

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

The NIST database of supplemental fingerprint card data provides a larger sample of fingerprint patterns that have a low natural frequency of occurrence and...

Making the Confidence Connection Conformity Assessment System Design

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Gordon Gillerman

NIST Special Database 19. NIST Handprinted Forms and Characters Database

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Patrick J. Grother

Special Database 19 contains NIST's entire corpus of training materials for handprinted document and character recognition. It publishes Handprinted Sample...

The Congress Shall Have Power... To the Standard of Weigths and Measures

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H V. Oppermann

The article explains the legal foundation and current relevance of the clause in the U.S. Constitution authorizing Congress to fix the standards of weights and...

The Development and Production of NIST Standard Reference Materials to Support Metrology and Traceability for the Forensic Science Community

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Robert Watters, Nancy S. Parrish

The process for making a NIST Standard Reference Material involves a program of ongoing research followed by specific development and production steps. The...

The Research Library at the National Institute of Standards and Technology: 2003 Federal Library of the Year

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Susan L. Makar

NIST 16B. NACE/NIST Corrosion Performance Databases - Nonmetals

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

C P. Sturrock

COR SUR for Windows is a complete revision of the COR SUR and COR SUR2 (DOS) programs and their companion volumes, Corrosion Data Survey, Metals and Nonmetals...

The Journal Of Physical and Chemical Reference Data

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

M W. Chase

The Journal of Physical and Chemical Reference Data (JPCRD), a joint venture of the AmericanInstitute of Physics and the National Institute of Standards and...

NIST Special Standard Reference Database 24. NIST Digital Video of Live-Scan Fingerprint Database

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

NIST Special Database 24 contains MPEG-2 (Moving Picture Experts Group) compressed digital video oflive-scan fingerprint data. The database is being distributed...

231 - Standard Reference Data Program

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J R. Rumble

Makes reliable scientific and technical data available to researchers, engineers and many other users. The program generates sets of critically evaluated data...

Scientific Data in the Internet Era

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

J R. Rumble

The scientific information revolution comes from the conjunction of changes in science itself with the rapid increase of computer and telecommunications power...

NIST Special Database 8. NIST Machine-Print Database of Gray Scale and Binary Images (MPDB)

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Michael Garris

This database is a valuable tool for measurement and comparison of system performance on machine-print pages.The NIST machine-printed database contains gray...

Mapping Oxidative DNA Damage at Nucleotide Resolution in Mammalian Cells

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

H Rodriguez, T R. O'Connor, H H. Chen, S M. Dai, S D. Flanagan, G P. Holmquist, S A. Akman, A D. Riggs

Analytical techniques including mass spectrometry have proven invaluable for the detection of DNA adducts, but these methods do not map the squence context...

Leveraging Standards in Support of Government Objectives: The Impact of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act on Federal Government Use of Voluntary Standards

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

M H. Saunders

Voluntary standards, developed through a private-sector led consensus process, create substantial value for Federal agencies in the conduct of regulatory...

Measures of Hassler at NIST

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

L A. Greenhouse

The descendants of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler have loaned a collection of the first Coast Survey Superintendent's personal instruments to the National Institute...

Fastener Quality Act of 1990; Public Law 101-592

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Charles D. Ehrlich

The OSS' Technical Standards Activities Program (TSAP) manages responsibilities assigned to NIST under the Fastener Quality Act (FQA) of 1990. Fasteners are a...

Evolution of Philosophy and Description of Measurement (Preliminary Rationale for VM3)

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Charles D. Ehrlich

Different approaches to the philosophy and description of measurement have evolved over time, and are still evolving. There is not always a clear demarcation...

NIST Special Database 4. NIST 8-Bit Gray Scale Images of Fingerprint Image Groups

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

This database is a valuable tool for evaluating fingerprint systems on a statistical sample of fingerprints which is evenly distributed over the five major...

NIST 31. Phase Equilibria Diagrams Database: Version 2.1

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Stephen W. Freiman

Version 2.1 of this PC Windows(TM)-based CD-ROM package provides improved access to the well-known and widely distributed Phase Equilibria Diagrams Database...

Calibration of a Spectral Responsivity Transfer Standard

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

George P. Eppeldauer, Leonard Hanssen

A NIST-Developed pryoelectric radiometer was characterized and calibrated to extend the NIST high accuracy spectral responsively scale from the visible range to...

NIST Special Database 21. NIST Automatic Link Establishment (ALE) Degraded Tones Per Fed-STD-1045A

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Charles L. Wilson

This set of 12 audio disks and one CD-ROM produced by the National Telecommunications and InformationAdministration's Institute for Telecommunication Sciences...

NIST Special Database 18. NIST Mugshot Identification Database (MID)

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson

NIST Special Database 18 is being distributed for use in development and testing of automated mugshot identification systems. The database consists of three CD...

Symposium Overview: Evaluating a Public-Private Partnership: The Advanced Technology Program

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

R T. Ruegg

This collection of papers relates to the evaluation of the Advanced Technology Program (ATP), the Nation's civilian technology program specifically charged with...

Lessons Learned About the Methodology of Economic Impact Studies

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Gregory C. Tassey

Pressures on U. S. government S&T agencies to measure the economic impacts of their research programs have increased due to general pressures on the...

The Advanced Technology Program's Approach to Technology Diffusion

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

R T. Ruegg

This paper examines the approach to technology diffusion of a public-private partnership program in the United States, the Advanced Technology Program (ATP)...

The Advanced Technology Program, its Evaluation Plan, and Progress in Implementation

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

R T. Ruegg

The Advanced Technology Program (ATP) partners with U.S. businesses in high-risk research to develop enabling technologies with strong potential for economic...

Key Concepts in Evaluating Outcomes of ATP Funding of Advanced Technologies

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

Andrew J. Wang

The Economic Assessment Office (EAO) of the Advanced Technology Program (ATP) commissions economic studies by outside research organizations. A recent study by...

A New Lexicon and Framework for Analyzing the Internal Structures of the U.S. Advanced Technology Program and its Analogues Around the World

October 16, 2008

Author(s)

C Chang

Analogues of the U.S.'s Advanced Technology Program can be found in many countries around the world. These government programs provide financial assistance to...

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