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NIST Pubs

2005 Weights and Measures Directory

Author(s)
L T. Sebring
This directory is a listing of weights and measures officials in the U.S. and its territories. It includes each official s agency, title, address, phone, fax, e...

One Dimensional Modeling and Learning

Author(s)
J E. Devaney
This paper introduces four new algorithms, the M-algorithm, the L-algorithm, the S-algorithm and the T-algorithm, which enable recognition of distributional...

Digital Rights, Risk and Assurance

Author(s)
Gordon E. Lyon
A trust and assurance perspective applies readily to the distribution of digital products over the Internet: It identifies when digital rights remain viable...

The NIST Rotating Braille Reader for Electronic Books

Author(s)
John W. Roberts, V R. McCrary
¿¿¿We have developed a new technology to reduce the cost of Braille-based information accessibility. Millions of blind and visually impaired people in the US...

Elastic-Stiffness Coefficients of Titanium Diboride

Author(s)
H M. Ledbetter, Sudook A. Kim, T Tanaka
Using acoustic-resonance spectroscopy, we measured the monocrystal elastic-stiffness coefficients, the Voigt Cij, of TiB 2. With hexagonal symmentry, TiB 2...

Report of the Workshop: Nanometrology of Materials

Author(s)
P M. McGuiggan, Sheldon M. Wiederhorn
Probe microscopy is a class of techniques used worldwide to characterize properties and structures of materials. The techniques are especially good for...

The Flawed-Cylinder Burst Test

Author(s)
J H. Smith
This report is a summary and compilation of the test results obtained during the development of the Flawed-Cylinder Burst Test. The Flawed-Cylinder Burst Test...
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