NIST Pubs

Susan Ballou, Anthony Clay, Joi Dickerson, Mike Garris, Peter T. Higgins, Janet Hoin, Lisa Jackson, Mike Lesko, Joe Morrissey, Leo Norton, Beth Owens, Joe Polski

Wildland-Urban Interface Fire Research Needs : Workshop Summary Report:

May 1, 2013

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Joan L. Pellegrino, Nelson P. Bryner, Erik L. Johnsson

Metrics and test methods for industrial kit building:

May 1, 2013

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Stephen Balakirsky, Thomas Kramer, Zeid Kootbally, Anthony Pietromartire

Fabricating HD-2 (Fe) type gas proportional counters : a practical guide to techniques, procedures, and operation:

May 1, 2013

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George A. Klouda, Jeffrey R. Anderson, John E. Fuller

FACTS: A Framework for Analysis, Comparison, and Testing of Standards:

May 1, 2013

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Paul Witherell, Sudarsan Rachuri, Anantha Narayanan, Jae Hyun Lee

Requirements and conformance test assertions for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011 record type 18 - DNA record:

May 1, 2013

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Fernando L. Podio, Dylan Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis

An interlaboratory investigation of the effect of material granularity and sample processing on measurement Variability: nutritional elements in cereals:

May 1, 2013

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Katrice A. Lippa, Laura J. Wood, Stefan D. Leigh, N. Alan Heckert

Standardized Performance Testing Metrics for Optical Coordinate Measurement Systems:

May 1, 2013

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S. D. Phillips

Glossary of key information security terms:

May 1, 2013

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Richard Kissel

ITL Publishes Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Agencies

May 1, 2013

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Elizabeth B. Lennon

This ITL Bulletin for May 2013 announces the publication of NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 4, Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information...

Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations

April 30, 2013

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 4 (April 2013 w/updates through 5/7/13): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=913693]This publication...

The use of `slow motion' L\'{e}vy stable fractional diffusion smoothing in alternative methods of latent fingerprint enhancement}

April 30, 2013

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

Photoshop processing\footnote{Mention of commmercial products or services in this report does not imply NIST appproval or endorsement of these products or...

Reference Correlation of the Thermal Conductivity of Ethanol from the Triple Point to 600 K and up to 250 MPa

April 26, 2013

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Marc J. Assael, E.A. Sykioti, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins

This paper contains new, representative reference equations for the thermal conductivity of ethanol. The equations are based in part upon a body of experimental...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Dispersion #2. Comparison of FDS Predictions with Gas Velocity Measurements in the Exhaust Duct of a Stationary Source

April 25, 2013

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Kuldeep R. Prasad, Kevin Li, Elizabeth F. Moore, Rodney A. Bryant, Aaron N. Johnson, James R. Whetstone

The burning of fossil fuels remains a major source of greenhouse gases responsible for global warming and climate change. In order to reduce greenhouse gas...

HAZARDOUS CONTINUATION BACKWARD IN TIME IN NONLINEAR PARABOLIC EQUATIONS AND AN EXPERIMENT IN DEBLURRING NONLINEARLY BLURRED IMAGERY

April 25, 2013

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

Identifying sources of ground water pollution, and deblurring nanoscale imagery, as well as astronomical galaxy images, often involves the numerical computation...

Writing Guidelines for Requests for Proposals for Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems

April 25, 2013

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Susan M. Ballou, Michael Garris, Anthony Clay, Joi Dickerson, Peter T. Higgins, Janet Hoin, Lisa Jackson, Mike Lesko, Joe Morrissey, Leo Norton, Beth Owens, Joe Polski, Melissa Taylor

This is one of a series of documents prepared by the Latent Print Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) Interoperability Working Group. The purpose...

NIST Handbook 150-11, NVLAP Electromagnetic Compatibility and Telecommunications

April 25, 2013

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Bethany E. Hackett, Bradley Moore, Dennis G. Camell

NIST Handbook 150-11, NVLAP Electromagnetic Compatibility and Telecommunications, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of...

The Biological Evidence Preservation Handbook: Best Practices for Evidence Handlers

April 23, 2013

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Susan M. Ballou, Margaret C. Kline, Mark D. Stolorow, Melissa Taylor, Shannan Williams, Phylis S. Bamberger, Burney Yvette, Larry Brown, Cynthia E. Jones, Ralph Keaton, William Kiley, Karen Thiessen, Gerry LaPorte, Joseph Latta, Linda E. Ledray, Randy Nagy, Linda Schwind, Stephanie Stoiloff, Brian Ostrom

The report of the Technical Working Group on Biological Evidence Preservation offers guidance for individuals involved in the collection, examination, tracking...

Review of Research on the Ground Truth Systems for Evaluating Part Identification Systems

April 23, 2013

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Afzal A. Godil, Roger D. Eastman, Tsai H. Hong

In this report we discuss different types of potential ground-truth systems that could be used to test part identification systems for manufacturing assembly...

VASIR: An Open-Source Research Platform for Advanced Iris Recognition Technologies

April 22, 2013

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Yooyoung Lee, Ross J. Micheals, James J. Filliben, P J. Phillips

The performance of iris recognition systems is frequently affected by input image quality, which in turn is vulnerable to less-than-optimal conditions due to...

Engineering Change Management Concepts for Systems Modeling

April 22, 2013

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Conrad E. Bock, Allison Barnard Feeney

A significant cost of manufactured systems arises in changing system specifications after they have been built and delivered to customers. This might be due to...

Report on the Metrics and Standards for Software Testing (MaSST) Workshop 2012

April 22, 2013

Author(s)

Paul E. Black, Elizabeth N. Fong

The NIST Software Assurance Metrics And Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) project conducted a workshop on Metrics and Standards for Software Testing (MaSST) on June 20...

Sixteenth Annual Report on Federal Agency Use of Voluntary Consensus Standards and Conformity Assessment

April 22, 2013

Author(s)

Nathalie M. Rioux

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) presents this summary report to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with OMB Circular A-119 and Public...

Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Dispersion 1. Optimum placement of gas inlets on a building rooftop for the measurement of greenhouse gas concentrations

April 22, 2013

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Kuldeep R. Prasad, Anthony Bova, James R. Whetstone, Elena Novakovskaia

Inverse atmospheric dispersion models are used to provide measurement-based, or topdown, estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for comparison with input...

Toward an Integrated Decision Support Framework for Sustainability CAE

April 22, 2013

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Lalit Patil, Lakshmi Srinivas, Krishna Murthy, Debasish Dutta, Sudarsan Rachuri

Sustainability evaluation is typically conducted after the product is completely designed. However, sustainability, like cost and weight, needs to be managed on...

Guidelines for Evaluating Fire Blocking Barrier Fabrics

April 18, 2013

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Shonali Nazare, William M. Pitts, Shaun M. Flynn, Rick D. Davis, John R. Shields

This document provides guidelines to quantify fire performance properties of fire blocking barrier materials used in soft furnishings. In an attempt to enable a...