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NIST Pubs

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

January 5, 2012

Author(s)

Petrina C. Potts

The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a varieth of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST...

Development of Appropriate Test Markings for Optical Scan Voting Machines, Phase 2: Analysis of Ballot Markings

January 5, 2012

Author(s)

Mitch Trachtenberg

Three hundred thousand optical scan ballots cast in three United States jurisdictions have been scanned at high resolution in order to analyze voter behavior in...

Simulation of the Dynamics of a Wind-Driven Fire in a Ranch-Style House - Texas

January 5, 2012

Author(s)

Adam M. Barowy, Daniel M. Madrzykowski

This report describes the results of calculations using the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) performed to provide insight on the thermal conditions that may...

Standards: Who Needs Them? An OLES initiative to identify standards needs in the responder community.

January 3, 2012

Author(s)

William G. Billotte, Jennifer L. Marshall, Sharon Nakich

There is little understanding about who is interested in standards and which standards are being used in the responder community. Thus, the Law Enforcement...

MICROHOTPLATE TEMPERATURE SENSOR CALIBRATION AND BIST

January 3, 2012

Author(s)

Muhammad Y. Afridi, Christopher B. Montgomery, Stephen Semancik, Kenneth G. Kreider, Jon C. Geist

In this paper we describe a novel long-term microhotplate temperature sensor calibration technique suitable for Built-In Self Test (BIST). The microhotplate...

Summary of Full Scale Experiments to Determine Vulnerabilities of Building Components to Ignition by Firebrand Showers

January 2, 2012

Author(s)

Samuel L. Manzello, Sayaka S. Suzuki, Yoshihiko Hayashi

Wind driven firebrand showers are a major cause of structural ignition in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires in the USA and urban fires in Japan. For over 40...

Recommendation for random number generation using deterministic random bit generators:

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

E B Barker, J M Kelsey

Recommendation for the triple data encryption algorithm (TDEA) block cipher:

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

W C Barker, E B Barker

Recommendation for key management, part 1 ::general (revision 3)

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

E B Barker, W C Barker, W E Burr, W T Polk, M E Smid

Modes of Operation Validation System for the Triple Data Encryption Algorithm (TMOVS) ::requirements and procedures

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

S S Keller

Guidelines for securing Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs):

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

M P Souppaya, K A Scarfone

Cloud computing synopsis and recommendations:

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

M L Badger, T Grance, R Patt-Corner, J Voas

Guide to bluetooth security:

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

J Padgette, K A Scarfone, L Chen

Recommendation for applications using approved hash algorithms:

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Q H Dang

Specification for WS-Biometric Devices (WS-BD) ::version 1

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Ross J Michaels, Kevin Mangold, Matt Aronoff, Kayee Kwong, Karen Marshall

Certification of SRM 2492 ::Bingham paste mixture for rheological measurements

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Chiara F Ferraris, Paul E Stutzman, John Winpigler, William F Guthrie

Calibration uncertainty for the NIST PMAM noise standards:

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Archita Hati, Craig Nelson, Neil Ashby, David Howe

Summary of workshop for fire-structure interaction and urban and Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) fires:

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Samuel L Manzello, Sayaka Suzuki, Tokiyoshi Yamada

Reducing the risk of fire in buildings and communities ::a strategic roadmap to guide and prioritize research

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Anthony Hamins, Jason Averill, Nelson Bryner, Richard Gann, David Butry, Rick Davis, Francine Amon, Jeffrey Gilman, Alexander Maranghides, William Mell, Daniel Madrzykowski, Samuel Manzello, Jiann Yang, Matthew Bundy