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Research Required to Support Full Implementation of Performance-Based Seismic Design

April 15, 2009

Author(s)

William Holmes, Andre Filiatrault, John Hooper, Nicolas Luco, Jack Moehle, Maryann Phipps

To encourage further development of PBSD, FEMA commissioned several action plans that included work plans and budgets, and these efforts culminated in 2002 when

Biometric Quality The last 1% - Biometric quality assessment for error suppression

April 6, 2009

Author(s)

Elham Tabassi, Patrick J. Grother

Performance of biometric recognition systems degrades substantially as quality of the input samples drops. Although only a small fraction of input data are of

An Evaluation of Automated Latent Fingerprint Identification Technology (Phase II)

April 2, 2009

Author(s)

Michael D. Indovina, Vladimir N. Dvornychenko, Elham Tabassi, George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother, Stephen Meagher, Michael D. Garris

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with the cooperation of eight technology providers, performed a test of accuracy for searching latent

An Independent Measurement System for Testing Automotive Crash Warning Systems

April 2, 2009

Author(s)

Sandor S. Szabo, Joseph A. Falco, Richard J. Norcross

This report describes the National Institute of Standards and Technology's role in the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS) program, a four-year

CFAST: Consolidated Model of Fire Growth and Smoke Transport (Version 6). Technical Reference Guide.

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Walter W. Jones, Richard D. Peacock, Glenn P. Forney, Paul A. Reneke

CFAST is a two-zone fire model used to calculate the evolving distribution of smoke, fire gases and temperature throughout compartments of a constructed

Thermal Performance of Fire Resistive Materials III. Fire Test on a Bare Steel Column

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz, Leonard M. Hanssen, Boris Wilthan

This report is part III in an ongoing series concerning the characterization and modeling of the thermal performance of fire resistive materials (FRMs). In part

Fire-Front Propagation Using the Level Set Method

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Ronald G. Rehm, Randall J. McDermott

Propagation of an outdoor fire front in wildland or in a combination of wildland and structural fuels (the so-called wildland-urban interface or WUI fire), can

Research Required to Support Full Implementation of Performance-Based Seismic Design

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

William T. Holmes, Claret Heider

The performance of modern buildings with respect to protecting life safety in recent earthquakes (e.g., 1989 Loma Prieta, 1994 Northridge, and 2001 Nisqually)

Fire Fighting Tactics Under Wind Driven Fire Conditions: 7-Story Building Experiments.

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, Stephen Kerber

A series of 14 experiments was conducted in 7-story building to evaluate the ability of positive pressure ventilation fans, wind control devices and floor below

Evaluation of Oral Fluid Testing Devices

April 1, 2009

Author(s)

Lorna T. Sniegoski, Jocelyn L. Prendergast, Michael J. Welch, Alim A. Fatah, M Gackstetter, R. Q. Thompson

Several point-of-collection (POC) devices for detection of drugs of abuse in oral fluid were studied. The ability of the devices to meet the manufacturers'

PIV Card Application and Middleware Interface Test Guidelines (SP800-73-2 compliance)

March 31, 2009

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ketan L. Mehta

[Superseded by SP 800-85A-2 (July 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=906167] The objective of this document [SP 800-85A-1] is

Mass Notification Messages: Workshop Proceedings

March 30, 2009

Author(s)

Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill, Richard W. Bukowski

This workshop provided a forum to discuss research and best practices regarding mass notification message creation and dissemination. The goal of the workshop

EEEL Technical Accomplishments

March 30, 2009

Author(s)

Erik M. Secula

This document describes the technical work of the Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory. In this report, you will find that EEEL researchers are

The Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Family: Revision of the Secure Hash Standard and Ongoing Competition for New Hash Algorithms

March 25, 2009

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes information disseminated in Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 180-3, Secure Hash Standard; NIST Special Publication (SP)

A History of Fire Testing.

March 20, 2009

Author(s)

James R. Lawson

This paper discusses the breakthroughs in science and engineering that have brought fire testing technology to its current state of maturity and provides

Computer Security Division 2008 Annual Report

March 16, 2009

Author(s)

Patrick D. O'Reilly

This annual report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during Fiscal Year 2008. It

Determination of Montmorillonite Nanocomposite Aggregation Rates Using Real Time X-Ray Diffraction Techniques at High Temperatures NIST GCR 09-924

March 12, 2009

Author(s)

Holly Stretz

The current work explored how choice of surfactant, fire temperature and processing pressure affect the assembly process for particles in the barrier layer. The

NIST Technical Note No. 1621: Optical radiation measurements based on detector standards

March 11, 2009

Author(s)

George P. Eppeldauer

Improved detector technology in the past two decades opened a new era in the field of optical radiation measurements. Lower calibration and measurement

Analysis of Ventilation Data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) Study

March 10, 2009

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, J Gorfain

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Building Assessment Survey and Evaluation (BASE) study included a range of measurements in 100 randomly selected

Kinetics and Mechanisms of Elementary Reactive Processes in Polymer Pyrolysis. NIST GCR 09-923

March 9, 2009

Author(s)

Vadim D. Knyazev

Polymer backbone scission reactions were studied computationally using polyethylene macromolecules as prototypes. Classical RRKM modeling, molecular dynamics

Fast Iterative Solver for Convection-Diffusion Systems with Spectral Elements

March 5, 2009

Author(s)

Aaron Lott, Howard Elman

We introduce a solver and preconditioning technique based on Domain Decomposition and the Fast Diagonalization Method that can be applied to tensor product

Priorities for Standards and Measurements to Accelerate Innovations in Nano-electrotechnologies: Analysis of the NIST-Energetics-IEC-TC-113 Survey

March 3, 2009

Author(s)

Herbert S. Bennett, Joan Pellegrino, Howard Andres, Winnie Kwok

In 2008, the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Energetics Incorporated collaborated with the International Electrotechnical Commission

Information Security Training Requirements: A Role- and performance-Based Model (Draft)

March 2, 2009

Author(s)

Mark Wilson, Kevin M. Stine, Pauline Bowen

This document and NIST Special Publication 800-50, Building an Information Technology Security Awareness and Training Program describe the following key

Kinetics and mechanisms of elementary reactive processes in polymer pyrolysis:

March 1, 2009

Author(s)

Vadim D Knyazev

Measurement of Absorption and Scattering with an Integrating Sphere Detector: Application to Microalgae.

March 1, 2009

Author(s)

Adolfas K. Gaigalas, Hua-Jun He, Lili Wang

A commercial spectrometer with an integrating sphere (IS) detector was used to measure the absorbance of scattering and absorbing suspensions. Analysis of the

Evaluation of Image Quality of Thermal Imagers used by the Fire Service

February 27, 2009

Author(s)

Francine K. Amon, Andrew J. Lock

This document reports on the test results of an evaluation of the image quality of thermal imaging cameras used by the fire service. The test methods used were

Energy Efficient Lighting - Solid State Luminaires (Handbook 150-1A)

February 27, 2009

Author(s)

C Cameron Miller, Lawrence I. Knab, Ambler Thompson, Jon M. Crickenberger

NIST Handbook 150-1A presents technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation

Using Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Credentials in Physical Access Control Systems (PACS)

February 26, 2009

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes information disseminated in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-116, A Recommendation for the Use of PIV Credentials in Physical Access

Evaluation of Image Quality of Thermal Imagers used by the Fire Service

February 26, 2009

Author(s)

Francine K. Amon, Andrew J. Lock

This document reports on the test results of an evaluation of the image quality of thermal imaging cameras used by the fire service. The test methods used were

Recommendation for Applications Using Approved Hash Algorithms

February 25, 2009

Author(s)

Quynh H. Dang

[Superseded by SP 800-107 Rev. 1 (August 2012): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=911479] Cryptographic hash functions that compute a

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