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[Superseded by SP 800-85A-2 (July 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=906167] The objective of this document [SP 800-85A-1] is...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

Randomized Hashing for Digital Signatures

February 25, 2009

Author(s)

Quynh H. Dang

NIST-approved digital signature algorithms require the use of an approved cryptographic hash function in the generation and verification of signatures. Approved...

Manufacturing Interoperability Program, a Synopsis

February 24, 2009

Author(s)

Sharon J. Kemmerer

Started in 2005, the Manufacturing Interoperability Program has seen an investment of roughly 25-30 full-time staff who have researched, developed, and deployed...

Committee Reports of the 93rd National Conference on Weights and Measures, July 13 - 17, 2008, Burlington, Vermont (SP1080)

February 23, 2009

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, Steven E. Cook, Lisa Warfield

The 93rd Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held in Burlington, Vermont, July 13 - 17, 2008. The theme of the...

Proceedings of the 2008 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS 08) Workshop, August 19-21, 2008

February 10, 2009

Author(s)

Rajmohan Madhavan, Elena R. Messina

The 2008 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'08) Workshop is the eighth in the series that started in 2000 targeted at defining measures and...

SEABIRD TISSUE ARCHIVAL AND MONITORING PROJECT: Egg Collections and Analytical Results for 2002-2005

February 5, 2009

Author(s)

Stacy S. Schuur, Paul R. Becker, Russell D. Day, Michael B. Ellisor, Aurore Guichard, Amanda J. Moors, David Point, Rebecca S. Pugh, David G. Roseneau

The Seabird Tissue Archival and Monitoring Project (STAMP) has continued to collect and bank murre and gull eggs to obtain new information on chlorinated...

Best Practice Guidelines for Structural Fire Resistance Design of Concrete and Steel Structures DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (for Final Version see NIST TN 1681)

February 4, 2009

Author(s)

Long T. Phan

** DRAFT FOR PUBLIC COMMENT (for Final Version see NIST TN 1681) ** This document is intended to provide practicing engineers and building code officials with a...

Radiation Transport Measurements in Methanol Pool Fires with Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. NIST GCR 09-922

February 2, 2009

Author(s)

Aykut Yilmaz

Pool fires are buoyancy-driven diffusion flames fed by the vaporization of a horizontally aligned, condensed-phase fuel. Volatile liquids and solids can serve...

High-Rise Database-Assisted Design 1.1 (HR_DAD_1.1): Concepts, Software, and Examples

February 2, 2009

Author(s)

Seymour M. Spence

This report documents the changes that have been made to the previous structure of the HR_DAD software, thereby developing the program HR_DAD_1.1 capable of...

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