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Methodology for Calculating Construction Industry Supply Chain Statistics

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Douglas Thomas

Data from the Economic Census provides detailed statistics on the construction industry; however, the data is only gathered every five years. The Bureau of...

Guide to Securing WiMAX Wireless Communications

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Karen Scarfone, Cyrus Tibbs, Matt Sexton

The purpose of this document is to provide information to organizations regarding the security capabilities of wireless communications using WiMAX networks and...

Security Architecture Design Process for Health Information Exchanges (HIEs)

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Matthew Scholl, Kevin Stine, Kenneth Lin, Daniel Steinberg

The purpose of this publication is to provide a systematic approach to designing a technical security architecture for the exchange of health information that...

Requirements to Support a Modern Architecture for Industrial Data and Industrial Data Standards on the Semantic Web

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Evan K. Wallace, Allison Barnard Feeney, David Leal

The ISO subcommittee tasked with developing standards for industrial data, TC 184/SC 4, has recently undertaken an effort to define a new, more flexible...

Constraint Generator User's Guide

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Salifou Sidi Malick, Matthew Molek, Katherine C. Morris

This document describes the Constraint Generator. The Constraint Generator is a tool developed at NIST to automate the generation of schematron scripts for an...

Concrete Model Building Subtypes

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

William T. Holmes

This study was conducted by the National Institute of Building Sciences Building Seismic Safety Council (BSSC). The goal was to develop standardized categories...

FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION, LOW EXPONENT LEVY STABLE LAWS, AND SLOW MOTION DENOISING OF HELIUM ION MICROSCOPE NANOSCALE IMAGERY

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso, Andras Vladar

MEMS Young's Modulus and Step Height Measurements with Round Robin Results

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Janet M. Cassard, Richard A. Allen, Craig D. McGray, Jon C. Geist

This paper presents the results of a microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) Young s modulus and step height round robin experiment, completed in April 2009...

National Workshop on Challenges to Innovation in Advanced Manufacturing: Industry Drivers and R&D Needs

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

John A. Slotwinski

Representatives from manufacturers, academic research laboratories, the federal government and other organizations met on November 3rd and 4th, 2009 in...

Economics of Egress Alternatives and Life-Safety Costs

September 30, 2010

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman, David T. Butry, Allison L. Huang, Douglas S. Thomas

Fire protection measures are needed to maintain the safety and integrity of the Nation s building stock and to limit loss of life and property when building...

Impacts of Airtightening Retrofits on Ventilation Rates and Energy Consumption in a Manufactured Home

September 29, 2010

Author(s)

Steven J. Nabinger, Andrew K. Persily, William Stuart Dols

A retrofit study was conducted in a manufactured house to investigate the impacts of airtightening on ventilation rates and energy consumption. This paper...

Effect of Al₂O₃ Nanolubricant on a Passively Enhanced R134a Pool Boiling Surface with Extensive Measurement and Analysis Details (NIST TN 1677)

September 29, 2010

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski

This paper quantifies the influence of Al2O3 nanoparticles on the pool boiling performance of R134a/polyolester mixtures on a Turbo-BII-HP boiling surface...

Real-Time Monitoring of Total Inward Leakage of Respiratory Equipment Used by Emergency responders: Workshop Proceedings

September 27, 2010

Author(s)

Kathryn Butler, Marc R. Nyden, Rodney Bryant

A workshop on respirator sensors was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on May 1, 2009. The objective of this workshop was to...

Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP): Helping Organizations Maintain and Verify the Security of their Information Systems

September 27, 2010

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-117, Guide To Adopting and Using the Security Content Automation...

Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory Educational Version 2.0 User Guide

September 24, 2010

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

This document serves as the users guide for the educational version of the Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) software, version 2.0. Using...

Overall and Local Movement Speeds During Fire Drill Evacuations in Buildings up to 31 Stories

September 17, 2010

Author(s)

Richard D. Peacock, Bryan L. Hoskins, Erica D. Kuligowski

The time that it takes an occupant population to reach safety when descending a stairwell during building evacuations is typically described by measureable...

A Statistical Test Suite for Random and Pseudorandom Number Generators for Cryptographic Applications

September 16, 2010

Author(s)

Lawrence E. Bassham, Andrew L. Rukhin, Juan Soto, James R. Nechvatal, Miles E. Smid, Stefan D. Leigh, M Levenson, M Vangel, Nathanael A. Heckert, D L. Banks

This paper discusses some aspects of selecting and testing random and pseudorandom number generators. The outputs of such generators may be used in many...

Applicability of Nonlinear Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling for Design - Supporting Documentation

September 15, 2010

Author(s)

Michael Valley, Mark Aschheim, Craig Comartin, William Holmes, Helmut Krawinkler, Mark Sinclair

This report presents findings, conclusions, and recommendations resulting from a review of available research and practice regarding nonlinear multiple-degree...

Applicability of Nonlinear Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling for Design

September 15, 2010

Author(s)

Michael Valley, Mark Aschheim, Craig Comartin, William Holmes, Helmut Krawinkler, Mark Sinclair

In 2008, NIST initiated Task Order 68241 entitled "Improved Nonlinear Static Seismic Analysis Procedures Multiple-Degree-of-Freedom Modeling." The purpose of...

Fabrication, Characterization, and Flammability Testing of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Layer-by-Layer Coated Polyurethane Foam

September 15, 2010

Author(s)

Rick Davis, Yeon S. Kim

The research presented here is the first report of fabricating mulitwalled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) based thin coatings on polyurethane foam (PUF) using Layer-by...

Measurement Uncertainties in Speaker Recognition Evaluation

September 15, 2010

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Alvin F. Martin, Craig S. Greenberg, Raghu N. Kacker

The speaker recognition evaluation is an ongoing series of evaluations conducted by NIST. A detection cost function is computed over the sequence of trials...

High-Speed Dual-Spectrum Imaging for the Measurement of Metal Cutting Temperatures

September 13, 2010

Author(s)

Eric P. Whitenton

Models are important tools for optimizing the metal cutting process, allowing industry to make parts at less cost. Measurements of the process using thermal and...

Recognizing people from dynamic and static faces and bodies: Dissecting identity with a fusion approach

September 13, 2010

Author(s)

Alice J. O'Toole, P. Jonathon Phillips, Samuel Weimer, Dana A. Roark, Julianne Ayadd, Robert Barwick, Joseph Dunlop

The goal of this study was to evaluate human accuracy at identifying people from static and dynamic presentations of faces and bodies. Participants matched...

Measuring Up to Sustainable Water: Report from the 2010 NIST/Virginia Tech. Water Workshop

September 9, 2010

Author(s)

Lauren F. Greenlee, Jessica D. Torrey, Stephanie A. Hooker, Michael J. Fasolka, Sunil K. Sinha, Marc A. Edwards

Securing water sources of sufficient quality and quantity poses a major barrier to growing communities. Major investments in capitol and materials are planned...

Measuring Up to Sustainable Water, NIST-Virginia Tech Workshop on Aging Water Infrastructure September 9-10 2010

September 9, 2010

Author(s)

Stephanie A. Hooker, Christopher N. McCowan, Sunil K. Sinha, Mark Edwards

The NIST-VT workshop identified funding priorities for federal institutions and other funding sources for sustainable water infrastructure systems in order to...

Impact of Carbon Nanofiber Layer-By-Layer Coatings on Polyurethane Foam Flammability

September 2, 2010

Author(s)

Rick Davis, Yeon S. Kim

This is the first reported use of Layer-by-Layer (LBL) assembly to fabricate thin film coatings on polyurethane foam, of incorporating carbon nanofibers (CNF)...

Energy Levels and Observed Spectral Lines of Ionized Argon, Ar II through Ar XVIII

September 1, 2010

Author(s)

Edward B. Saloman

The energy levels and observed spectral lines of ionized argon atoms, in all stages of ionization have been compiled. Sufficient experimental data were found to...

Framework Type Determination for Zeolite Crystals in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database

September 1, 2010

Author(s)

Shujiang Yang, Mohammed Lach-hab, Iosif I. Vaisman, Estela Blaisten-Barojas, Xiang Li, Vicky L. Karen

This work provides assignment of framework type for 1391 zeolite crystal entries in the Inorganic Crystal Structure Database (ICSD). Additionally, a proposed...

A Next Generation Electrodynamic Shaker for the Primary Calibration of Accelerometers

September 1, 2010

Author(s)

Beverly F. Payne, Kari K. Harper

A shaker system was designed to allow direct primary calibration of accelerometers using both reciprocity and interferometer techniques over the frequency range...

The effect of shade trees on summertime electricity use in Sacramento, California

September 1, 2010

Author(s)

Geoffrey Donovan, David Butry, Joshua D. Kneifel

Although previous studies have shown that shade trees can reduce summertime electricity use, none have compared these reductions to other common energy...

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