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NIST Pubs

Spent Fuel Cask Seal Performance Testing: Interim Report (NIST TN 1687)

January 31, 2011

Author(s)

Jiann C. Yang, Edward J. Hnetkovsky

High-temperature metallic seal performance tests were performed. All the tests were conducted at either 800 °C or 427 °C for 9 hours in a electrical furnace. In

Measures, Uncertainties, and Significance Test in Operational ROC Analysis

January 31, 2011

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Alvin F. Martin, Raghu N. Kacker

In operational ROC (receiver operating characteristic) analysis of fingerprint-image matching algorithms on large datasets, the measures and their accuracies

Maximum Likelihood and Restricted Likelihood Solutions in Multiple-Method Studies

January 31, 2011

Author(s)

Andrew L. Rukhin

A formulation of the problem of combining data from several sources is discussed in terms of random effects models. The unknown measurement precision is not

Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6): NIST Guidelines Help Organizations Manage the Secure Deployment of the New Network Protocol

January 31, 2011

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-119, Guidelines for the Secure Deployment of IPv6. Written by Sheila

Guide to Security for Full Virtualization Technologies

January 28, 2011

Author(s)

Murugiah P. Souppaya, Karen Scarfone, Paul Hoffman

The purpose of SP 800-125 is to discuss the security concerns associated with full virtualization technologies for server and desktop virtualization, and to

Measurements and Models for the Wireless Channel in a Ground-Based Urban Setting in Two Public Safety Frequency Bands

January 20, 2011

Author(s)

William F. Young, Catherine A. Remley, David W. Matolak, Qian Zhang, Christopher L. Holloway, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Camillo A. Gentile, Galen H. Koepke, Qiong Wu

We report on measured peer-to-peer (ground-based) wireless channel characteristics for an urban environment in two public safety frequency bands. Results are

Automated Extraction of Cellular Features for a Potentially Robust Classification Scheme

January 19, 2011

Author(s)

Afzal A. Godil, Shwetadwip Chowdhury

The advent of new imaging technologies has allowed faster and higher-resolution cellular image acquisition by light microscopy. This has directly aided clinical

Transitions: Recommendation for Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths

January 13, 2011

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, Allen L. Roginsky

[Superseded by SP 800-131A Revision 1 (November 2015): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=919563] At the start of the 21st century

Evaluation of a Two-Dimensional Simulation of Low Strain Rate Nonpremixed Counterflow Flames

January 5, 2011

Author(s)

W Park, Anthony P. Hamins, Kevin B. McGrattan

A mixture fraction formulation is used to numerically simulate the two-dimensional structure of diluted axisymmetric methane-air nonpremixed counterflow flames

NIST Handbook 150-1, NVLAP Energy Efficient Lighting Products

January 5, 2011

Author(s)

C Cameron Miller, Jon M. Crickenberger

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

January 5, 2011

Author(s)

Petrina C. Potts

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

Discriminating Between Smoldering and Flaming Fires Using Alarm Signals

January 3, 2011

Author(s)

William D. Davis

Strategies are developed that make use of signals from smoke and heat alarms to deduce conditions in a room for both flaming and smoldering fires. The issue