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Michael D. Hogan, Fang Liu, Annie W. Sokol, Tong Jin
The NIST Cloud Computing Standards Roadmap Working Group has surveyed the existing standards landscape for security, portability, and interoperability standards
Rick D. Davis, Yeon S. Kim, Richard H. Harris Jr., Marc R. Nyden, Nasir M. Uddin, Treye Thomas
An innovative technology was evaluated to generate fire and health safe soft furnishings. Nanoparticle-based thin coatings on a polyurethane foam and nonwoven
Today's information systems face sophisticated attackers who combine multiple vulnerabilities to penetrate networks with devastating impact. The overall
Robert R. Zarr, Amanda C. Harris, John F. Roller, Stefan D. Leigh
Thermal conductivity measurements at and near room temperature are presented as the basis for certified values of thermal conductivity for SRM 1450d, Fibrous
In this paper, a novel apparatus and fluorescence detection method for measuring the permeation of H 2O 2 through polymer barriers (i.e., plastic bottles, caps
Four real-scale experiments were conducted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology to measure the temperatures above and below a wood floor
Alexander Maranghides, William Mell, Karen Ridenour, Derek McNamara
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working to reduce the risk of fire spread in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) communities. An
Marc J. Assael, John-Alexander Assael, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins, Yasayuki Takata
The paper contains new, representative equations for the thermal conductivity of normal and parahydrogen. The equations are based in part upon a body of
The purpose of this report is to update calculations, originally performed in 1993, that predict the downwind extent of smoke particulate from hypothetical in
Andrew P. Founds, Nick Orlans, Whiddon Genevieve, Craig I. Watson
This document and associated dataset is an update to the Multiple Encounter Dataset I (MEDS-I), originally published by the National Institute of Standards and
Liquid-measuring devices are used in many different commercial applications. The vast array of liquid products that are measured includes some products that may
Conventional approach to cross-layer network optimization assumes elastic users adjusting their bandwidth requirements in response to the resource congestion
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is concerned about the hazard of acute residential CO exposures from portable gasoline powered generators
In order to support effective responses to a wide-area release of a biological agent in an urban area, a building triage approach is envisioned that will
3D Model-Based Engineering (MBE) is an approach to product design, manufacturing, and support where a digital three-dimensional representation of the product
Stephen Quirolgico, Chung Tong Hu, Tom T. Karygiannis
The Access Control for SAR Systems (ACSS) project focused on developing a prototype privilege management system used to express and enforce policies for
Documentation on using the Messaging Workbench (MWB) tool to edit the profile created for the NCPDP SCRIPT Implementation Guide: Version 10.6 NEWRX New
Richard S. Gates, Mark Reitsma, John A. Kramar, Jon R. Pratt
The evolution of the atomic force microscope into a useful tool for measuring mechanical properties of surfaces at the nanoscale has spurred the need for more
Vacuum weighing of mass artifacts eliminates the necessity of air buoyancy correction and its contribution to the measurement uncertainty. Vacuum weighing is
Galen H. Koepke, John M. Ladbury, Dennis G. Camell, Jason B. Coder, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Randy Direen, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri
We describe in this report (Technical Note) an extensive electromagnetic evaluation of a unique test facility designed and built by the National Aeronautics and
The purpose of this workshop was to identify performance needs and establish research priorities to address the thermal characteristics of respiratory equipment
This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-147, BIOS Protection Guidelines: Recommendations of the National
Fernando L. Podio, Dylan J. Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis
The Computer Security Division of NIST/ITL supports the development of biometric conformance testing methodology standards and other conformity assessment