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Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, David Shipley, Walter Zalis, Steven T. Bushby
This report summarizes the results of the Building Commissioning Research and Measurement Science Needs Webinar Workshop held on April 29, 2014, sponsored by...
Victoria Y. Pillitteri, Tanya L. Brewer, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte
The United States has embarked on a major transformation of its electric power infrastructure. This vast infrastructure upgrade--extending from homes and...
This publication provides guidelines for evaluating mass calibrations and for establishing measurement assurance programs in precision mass calibration...
This publication contains good laboratory practices, good measurement practices, and standard operating procedures to support the Basic Mass CD-ROM (SP 1001, SP...
This report documents the effort launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop, organize, and convene a workshop on...
This report documents the effort launched by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop, organize, and convene a workshop on...
Mark A. Kedzierski, William V. Payne, Harrison M. Skye
This paper recommends research that is required to develop and, thus, enable cost effective, residential electricity storage systems for renewable energy. As...
Max Kinateder, Erica D. Kuligowski, Paul A. Reneke, Richard Peacock
Risk perception (RP) is studied in many research disciplines (e.g., safety engineering, psychology, and sociology), and the context in which RP is studied...
Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Emily A. Wiess, Jason D. Averill, Robert Hagwood, Enrico Ronchi, Bryan Hoskins, Michael Spearpoint
The time that it takes an occupant population to reach safety when descending a stairwell during building evacuations is typically described by measureable...
Kelly Cobeen, J. Daniel Dolan, Douglas Thompson, John van de Lindt
The seismic force-resisting system (SFRS) of a building consists of a three-dimensional collection of elements that transmit loads and forces from the point of...
The conventional analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and digital signal processing (DSP) architecture has led to major advances in miniature and micro-systems...
Jin Chu Wu, Alvin F. Martin, Craig S. Greenberg, Raghu N. Kacker
The National Institute of Standards and Technology conducts an ongoing series of Speaker Recognition Evaluations (SRE). Recently a new paradigm was adopted to...
Andrew Buchanan, Birgit SP Wood Technology, Sweden �tman, Andrea Frangi
Fire resistance of timber structures is a very large field. In order to keep this document relatively small, the scope of is limited as follows: This report...
Maria Garlock, Jo? Kruppa, Guo-Qiang Li, Li, Bin Zhao
This white paper presents the state-of-the-art of large-scale experiments, modeling, and performance- based design efforts in fire behavior of steel structures
This white paper presents the current, international, state-of-the-art large-scale experimental, modeling, and performance-based design (PBD) efforts related to...
John A. Slotwinski, Edward J. Garboczi, Keith M. Hebenstreit
Additive manufacturing techniques can produce complex, high-value metal parts, with potential applications as critical metal components such as those found in...
John A. Slotwinski, Edward J. Garboczi, Paul E. Stutzman, Chiara F. Ferraris, Stephanie S. Watson, Max A. Peltz
Additive manufacturing (AM) techniques can produce complex, high-value metal parts, with potential applications as critical parts such as those found in...
Patrick D. O'Reilly, Gregory A. Witte, Chris Johnson, Doug Rike
Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002, entitled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, requires NIST to prepare an annual public...
Kirk D. Rice, Amanda L. Forster, Michael A. Riley, Nicholas Paulter
In 2005 and 2006, two law enforcement officer-involved shootings resulted in injuries to the officers when bullets were not stopped in the officers' body armor...
The primary seismic force-resisting elements in buildings are horizontal diaphragms, vertical framing elements, and foundations. Together, these elements...
David F. Ferraiolo, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte
The ability to control access to sensitive data in accordance with policy is perhaps the most fundamental security requirement. Despite over four decades of...
Modern computers rely on fundamental system firmware, commonly known as the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), to facilitate the hardware initialization process...
David G. Holmberg, Steven T. Bushby, David B. Hardin
Residential, commercial, and industrial facilities have potential to support electric grid reliability with demand response (DR) via use of facility energy...
A short article about ice cream and frozen novelties to appear in the Office of Weights and Measures newsletter, "Weights and Measures Connection." This...