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NEHRP Seismic Design Technical Brief No. 7 - Seismic Design of Reinforced Concrete Mat Foundations: A Guide for Practicing Engineers

August 15, 2012

Author(s)

Ron Klemencic, Ian McFarlane, Neil Hawkins, Sissy Nikolaou

Accelerated Weathering of Firefighter Protective Clothing Containing Melamine Fiber Blends

August 14, 2012

Author(s)

Shonali Nazare, Rick D. Davis, Joannie W. Chin

In this study, environmentally stressed OS fabrics containing melamine fiber blends were evaluated for thermal and mechanical properties that are critical to...

Model Based Enterprise / Technical Data Package Summit Report

August 13, 2012

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell, Kenway K. Chen, John A. Horst, Simon P. Frechette, Paul J. Huang

This report summarizes the presentations, discussions and recommendations of a workshop held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in December...

Security of Bluetooth Systems and Devices: Updated Guide Issued by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

August 13, 2012

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information that is included in NIST Special Publication (SP) 121, Revision 1, Guide to Bluetooth Security: Recommendations of the...

Computer Security Incident Handling Guide

August 6, 2012

Author(s)

Paul R. Cichonski, Thomas Millar, Timothy Grance, Karen Scarfone

Computer security incident response has become an important component of information technology (IT) programs. Security-related threats have become not only...

An Exploration of the Operational Ramifications of Lossless Compression of 1000 ppi Fingerprint Imagery

August 6, 2012

Author(s)

Shahram Orandi, John M. Libert, John D. Grantham, Kenneth Ko, Stephen S. Wood, Jin Chu Wu, Lindsay M. Petersen, Bruce Bandini

This paper presents the findings of a study initially conducted to measure the operational impact of JPEG 2000 lossy compression on 1000 ppi fingerprint imagery...

Properties of Metal Powders for Additive Manufacturing: A Review of the State of the Art of Metal Powder Property Testing

August 3, 2012

Author(s)

April L. Cooke, John A. Slotwinski

This report investigates the current state-of-the-art methods for determining the properties of metal powders. This assessment evaluates both existing standards...

Thermal Analysis of Refrigeration Systems Used for Vaccine Storage: Report on Pharmaceutical Grade Refrigerator and Household Refrigerator/Freezer

August 2, 2012

Author(s)

Michal J. Chojnacky, W Wyatt Miller

Each year, billions of dollars of vaccines are stored in refrigerators at the facilities of a variety of medical providers. Many vaccines must be maintained in...

SEABIRD TISSUE ARCHIVAL AND MONITORING PROJECT: Egg Collections and Analytical Results for 2006-2009

August 2, 2012

Author(s)

Stacy S. Schuur, Paul R. Becker, Sylvain Berail, Russell D. Day, Olivier F. Donard, Keith A. Hobson, Amanda J. Moors, Rebecca S. Pugh, Lauren B. Rust, David G. Roseneau

Since 1999, the Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) has collected, banked, and analyzed seabird eggs using established protocols to monitor...

Computer Security Incident Handling Guide : Recommendations of the National Institute of Standards and Technology:

August 1, 2012

Author(s)

Paul Cichonski, Tom Millar, Tim Grance, Karen Scarfone

Conformance Testing Methodology for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2011, Data Format for the Interchange of Fingerprint, Facial and Other Biometric Information (Release 1.0):

August 1, 2012

Author(s)

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

Technology Readiness Levels for Randomized Bin Picking:Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS) 2012 Workshop Special Session Workshop Summary and Proceedings):

August 1, 2012

Author(s)

Jeremy Marvel, Roger Eastman, Geraldine Cheok, Kamel Saidi, Tsai Hong, Elena Messina

Modeling Methodologies and Simulation for Dynamical Systems:

August 1, 2012

Author(s)

Ion Matei, Conrad E. Bock

Properties of Metal Powders for Additive Manufacturing: A Review of the State of the Art of Metal Powder Property Testing:

August 1, 2012

Author(s)

April Cooke, John Slotwinski

SEABIRD TISSUE ARCHIVAL AND MONITORING PROJECT: Egg Collections and Analytical Results for 2006-2009:

August 1, 2012

Author(s)

Stacy S. Vander Pol, Paul R. Becker, Sylvain Berail, Rusty D. Day, Olivier F.X. Donard, Keith A. Hobson, Amanda J. Moors, Rebecca S. Pugh, Lauren B. Rust, David G. Roseneau

An Exploration of the Operational Ramifications of Lossless Compression of 1000 ppi Fingerprint Imagery:

August 1, 2012

Author(s)

Shahram Orandi, John M. Libert, John D. Grantham, Kenneth Ko, Stephen S. Wood, Jin Chu Wu, Lindsay M. Petersen, Bruce Bandini

A Method for the Preparation of NIST Traceable Fossil Fuel Standards with Concentrations Intermediate to SRM Values

August 1, 2012

Author(s)

William R. Kelly, Bruce S. MacDonald, John L. Molloy, Stefan D. Leigh, Andrew L. Rukhin

A procedure is presented whereby the fossil fuel community may design and mix SRMs in different proportions and thereby produce in their laboratory fossil fuel...

Miniaturized Charpy Specimens for the Indirect Verification of Small-Scale Charpy Machines: Initial Qualification Phase

July 31, 2012

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon

Small specimen test techniques are becoming more and more popular as the need increases to characterize mechanical properties using the smallest possible amount...

Calibration uncertainty for the NIST PM/AM noise standards

July 31, 2012

Author(s)

Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Neil Ashby, David A. Howe

NIST provides an on-site calibration service of the accuracy of phase modulation (PM) noise, amplitude modulation (AM) noise and noise floor of the measurement...

A Literature Review of the Effects of Fire Smoke on Electrical Equipment

July 31, 2012

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Thomas G. Cleary, Paul A. Reneke, Daniel Murphy

A review is presented of the state of the art of smoke production measurement, prediction of smoke impact as part of computer-based fire modeling, and...

A New Measure in Cell Image Segmentation Data Analysis

July 24, 2012

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Michael W. Halter, Raghu N. Kacker, John T. Elliott

Cell image segmentation (CIS) is critical for quantitative imaging in cytometric analyses. The data derived after segmentation can be used to infer cellular...

Lunar Spectral Irradiance and radiance (LUSI): new instrumentation to characterize the Moon as a space-based radiometric standard

July 17, 2012

Author(s)

Allan W. Smith, Steven R. Lorentz, Raju V. Datla, Thomas C. Stone

The need to understand and monitor climate change has led to proposed radiometric accuracy requirements for space-based remote-sensing instruments that are very...

NIST Test Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards

July 12, 2012

Author(s)

David A. Cooper

In order to facilitate the development of applications and middleware that support the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card, NIST has developed a set of...

Interlaboratory Comparison Study to Support the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Description and Results for QA11Blood01- PAHs, PAH Metabolites, and DOSS in Solution and Blood

July 12, 2012

Author(s)

John R. Kucklick, Michele M. Schantz

To support natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) in response to the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a large number of samples were...

Recommendation for Key Management - Part 1: General (Revision 3)

July 10, 2012

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, William C. Barker, William E. Burr, William T. Polk, Miles E. Smid

[Superseded by SP 800-57 Part 1 Revision 4 (January 2016): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=919831]This Recommendation provides...

A Restricted English for Constructing Ontologies (RECON)

July 10, 2012

Author(s)

Edward J. Barkmeyer Jr., Andreas K. Mattas

Verifying correctness of stated facts, rules, and term definitions for an industrial domain of work requires the contributions of experts in the domain...

The Common Misuse Scoring System (CMSS): Metrics for Software Feature Misuse Vulnerabilities

July 10, 2012

Author(s)

Elizabeth LeMay, Peter Mell, Karen Scarfone

The Common Misuse Scoring System (CMSS) is a set of measures of the severity of software feature misuse vulnerabilities. A software feature is a functional...

Preparing for and Responding to CA Compromise and Fraudulent Certificate Issuance

July 10, 2012

Author(s)

Paul Turner, William Polk, Elaine B. Barker

As the use of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificates (e.g., the use of Transport Layer Security [TLS] and Secure Sockets Layer [SSL]) for the...

Reference Correlation of the Thermal Conductivity of Sulfur Hexafluoride from the Triple Point to 1000 K and up to 150 MPa

July 9, 2012

Author(s)

Marc J. Assael, I.A. Koini, K.D. Antoniadis, Marcia L. Huber, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Richard A. Perkins

This paper contains new, representative reference equations for the thermal conductivity of SF6. The equations are based in part upon a body of experimental...

A New Measure in Cell Image Segmentation Data Analysis:

July 1, 2012

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Michael Halter, Raghu N. Kacker, John T. Elliott

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