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NIST Pubs

NIST time and frequency bulletin, no. 649:

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Eyvon M Petty

NIST Handbook 133 checking the net contents of packaged goods ::as adopted by the 97th National Conference on Weights and Measures 2012

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Linda Crown, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield

NIST Handbook 130: Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality (2013 Ed.)

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Linda Crown, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield

Phase III: Evaluation of an Acceptance Sampling Method for 2D/3D Building Plans (NISTIR 7659)

January 1, 2012

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok, Marek Franaszek

The General Services Administration (GSA) established the National 3D-4D-BIM (Three dimensional- Four Dimensional Building Information Model) Program in 2003. A...

Initiating Mobile Software Development - Lessons Learned From a 12-Month Project

December 30, 2011

Author(s)

Frederic J. de Vaulx, Paul Khouri Saba, Marcus W. Newrock, Bertrand C. Stivalet

As mobile devices capabilities keep on improving, todays mobile software ecosystem evolves at an unprecedented speed. This evolution makes mobile software...

Thermal Properties and Thermal Modeling of Ballistic Clay Box

December 30, 2011

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Amanda L. Forster, Kirk D. Rice, Michael A. Riley

A critical component of hard and soft body armor testing is the utilization of a clay block behind the component being evaluated. One of the performance metrics...

Thermodynamic Properties of Dimethyl Carbonate

December 27, 2011

Author(s)

Yong Zhou, Jiangtao Wu, Eric Lemmon

A thermodynamic property formulation for dimethyl carbonate has been developed with the use of available experimental thermodynamic property data. The equation...

Recommendation for Existing Application-Specific Key Derivation Functions

December 23, 2011

Author(s)

Quynh Dang

Cryptographic keys are vital to the security of internet security applications and protocols. Many widely-used internet security protocols have their own...

Next Generation Fire Suppression System Technology: A National Research Plan

December 23, 2011

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann

This is an in-progress presentation of a plan whose goal is to develop and demonstrate, by 2004, environmentally-friendly, user-safe processes, techniques, and...

Database-Assisted Design for Wind: Multiple Points-in-Time Approach

December 22, 2011

Author(s)

Dong Hun Yeo

One of the problems encountered in the estimation of wind effects on high-rise structures is the development of combinations of such effects as translational...

Long-term Stability of the NIST Conical Reference Transducer

December 22, 2011

Author(s)

Steven E. Fick, Thomas M. Proctor

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Conical Reference Transducer (CRT) is designed for purposes which require frequency response...

Revised Guideline for Electronic Authentication of Users Helps Organizations Protect the Security of their Information Systems

December 22, 2011

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-63-1, Electronic Authentication Guideline. This revised guideline, which...

A Review of Fire Blocking Technologies for Soft Furnishings

December 20, 2011

Author(s)

Rick D. Davis, Shonali Nazare

DHS/NIST Workshop on Homeland Security Modeling & Simulation, June 14-15, 2011

December 19, 2011

Author(s)

Charles R. McLean, Yung-Tsun Lee, Sanjay Jain, Charles W. Hutchings

The U. S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Engineering...

New Equations for the Sublimation Pressure and Melting Pressure of H2O Ice Ih

December 17, 2011

Author(s)

Wolfgang Wagner, T Riethmann, Rainer Feistel, Allan H. Harvey

New reference equations, adopted by the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS), are presented for the sublimation pressure and...

Measurement and Evaluation of Visibility Experiments for Powered Industrial Vehicles

December 16, 2011

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, Li Peng Liang

Powered Industrial Vehicles, such as forklifts, are widely used in manufacturing and other industries. The National Institute of Standards and Technology's...

Development and Use of the NIST Intelligent and Automated Construction Job Site Testbed

December 16, 2011

Author(s)

Kamel Saidi, Geraldine Cheok, Marek Franaszek, Christopher U. Brown, Jeremy Swerdlow, Robert R. Lipman, Itai Katz, Mani Golparvar-Fard, Paul Goodrum, Manu Akula, Gabriel Dadi, Behshad Ghadimi

The Intelligent and Automated Construction Job Site (IACJS) Testbed is a large laboratory facility that was established at the National Institute of Standards...

Seafood Fraud - Where are We Now

December 15, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Sefcik

Article for NIST Office Weights and Measures Newsletters

Research Plan for the Study of Seismic Behavior and Design of Deep, Slender Wide Flange Structural Steel Beam-Column Members

December 15, 2011

Author(s)

James Malley, Charles Carter, Jerome Hajjar, Dimitrios Lignos, Charles Roeder, Mark Saunders

The objective of this task was to develop a comprehensive long-range plan to research the seismic behavior of deep, slender wide flange structural steel beam...

Standards of Seismic Safety for Existing Federally Owned and Leased Buildings - ICSSC Recommended Practice 8 (RP 8)

December 14, 2011

Author(s)

William Holmes, David Bonowitz, James Cagley, Chris Poland

In response to Public Law 101-614 and Executive Order 12941, the Interagency Committee on Seismic Safety in Construction (ICSSC) issued two editions of...

Report of the 96th National Conference on Weights and Measures (2011) SP1125

December 13, 2011

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, Tina G. Butcher, Steven E. Cook, Richard A. Harshman, Lisa Warfield, David A. Sefcik

The 96th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 17 to 21, 2011, at the Holiday Inn Downtown at the Park...

Viscosity Measurements of NIST SRM 1617b

December 12, 2011

Author(s)

Arno R. Laesecke, Jolene D. Splett

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Electronic Authentication Guideline

December 12, 2011

Author(s)

William E. Burr, Donna F. Dodson, Elaine M. Newton, Ray Perlner, William Polk, Sarbari Gupta, Emad A. Nabbus

[Superseded by SP 800-63-2 (August 2013): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=914476] This recommendation provides technical guidelines...

Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing

December 9, 2011

Author(s)

Timothy Grance, Wayne Jansen

Cloud computing can and does mean different things to different people. The common characteristics most interpretations share are on-demand scalability of...

Energy Consumption of Automatic Ice Makers Installed in Domestic Refrigerators, Revision 1

December 7, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Yashar, Ki-Jung Park

This study examines the energy consumption of automatic ice makers installed in domestic refrigerators. The purpose of this research is to determine a method of...

NIST TXR Calibration of the GOES_R External Calibration Target (ECT) for the GOES_R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Program

December 1, 2011

Author(s)

Raju V. Datla, Joseph Rice

The GOES_R/ ECT located at the ABI sensor test facility of ITT/Rochester was tested for its emissivity and radiance properties by deploying the NIST Thermal...

Combining Results from Multiple Evaluations of the Same Measurand

December 1, 2011

Author(s)

Raghu N. Kacker, Klaus-Dieter Sommer

According to the Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM), a result of measurement consists of a measured value together with its associated...

Multi-Parameter, Multiple Fuel Mixture Fraction Combustion Model for Fire Dynamics Simulator.

December 1, 2011

Author(s)

Jason E. Floyd

This report summarizes FDS development and support activities performed during the three year grant period of 70NANB8H8161. A brief overview of the major and...

Performance of Face Recognition Algorithms on Compressed Images

December 1, 2011

Author(s)

George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the ability of face recognition algorithms to compare compressed standard face images. Six well performing...

Annex 47 Report 1: Commissioning Overview

December 1, 2011

Author(s)

Chlo? Legris, Daniel Choiniere, Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti

This report summarizes part of the work of IEA-ECBCS Annex 47 Cost-Effective Commissioning of Existing and Low Energy Buildings. It is based on the research...

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