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NIST Pubs

FIRE FACTS

Author(s)
James R. Lawson
Fire Facts gives the reader an ordered series of temperature and heat flux values that may be associated to fire growth conditions and relates these exposure...

The ABCs oF Standards Activities

Author(s)
Maureen A. Breitenberg
This report is an introduction to standardization and the U.S. standards system for readers that are not familiar with this topic. It highlights some of the...

Assessing Face Overlay

Author(s)
Mary F. Theofanos, Brian C. Stanton, Charles L. Sheppard, Ross J. Micheals, Yee-Yin Choong, John W. Wydler II, Kevin C. Mangold, Michelle P. Steves, Emile L. Morse
The United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology's (US-VISIT) has embarked on an effort to improve the quality of facial images captured at...

Use of ISO/IEC 24727

Author(s)
Hildegard Ferraiolo, Teresa T. Schwarzhoff, William I. MacGregor, Hung Dang, Ketan Mehta
This document describes the use of ISO/IEC 24727 in enabling client-applications to access identity credentials issued by different credential issuers.

Visualization of Structural Behavior under Fire

Author(s)
Dilip K. Banerjee, William J. Hess, Thomas M. Olano, Judith E. Terrill, John L. Gross
An integrated environment was created to study the interaction among fire, heat transfer, and structural deformation from a typical room fire. The fire, thermal...

Measurements to Support Public Safety Communications: Attenuation and Variability of 750 MHz Radio Wave Signals in Four Large Building Structures: NIST Technical Note 1552

Author(s)
William F. Young, Kate Remley, John M. Ladbury, Christopher L. Holloway, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Galen H. Koepke, Sander Floris, Wouter Numan, Andrea Garuti
In this report, we investigate radio communication problems faced by emergency responders (firefighters, police, and emergency medical personnel) in disaster...

Symbol Representing Biometrics in Use

Author(s)
Yee-Yin Choong, Mary Theofanos, Brian Stanton
During the InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards (INCITS) M1 task group meetings in 2008, it was recognized that there is a need for a...

Overview of the Multiple Biometrics Grand Challenge

Author(s)
P J. Phillips, Patrick J. Flynn, J. R. Beveridge, Kevin W. Bowyer, W T. Scruggs, Alice O'Toole, David Bolme, Bruce A. Draper, Geof H. Givens, Yui M. Lui, Hassan A. Sahibzada, Joseph A. Scallan, Samuel Weimer
The goal of the Multiple Biometrics Grand Challenge (MBGC) is to improve the performance of face and iris recognition technology from biometric samples acquired...

Estimating Volumes of Simulated Lung Cancer Nodules

Author(s)
David E. Gilsinn, Bruce R. Borchardt, Amelia Tebbe
Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Computed tomography (CT) shows promise in detecting lung cancers at earlier, more...

Connecting Buildings to Public Safety Networks

Author(s)
Alan B. Vinh, David G. Holmberg
The operation of modern buildings can support a vast amount of static and real-time data. Static information such as building schematics is vital for security...

Semiconductor Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics Programs

Author(s)
Joaquin (. Martinez, Yaw S. Obeng, Michele L. Buckley
The microelectronics industry supplies vital components to the electronics industry and to the U.S. economy, enabling repaid improvements in productivity and in...
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