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NIST Pubs

Surface Applications of Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy

Author(s)
A C. Pipino, Curtis Meuse, J P. Hoefnagels, Vitalii I. Silin, John T. Woodward IV
We report preliminary results describing two new applications of cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS): 1) detection of non-absorbing species by refractive-index...

Security Considerations in the System Development Life Cycle

Author(s)
Richard L. Kissel, Kevin Stine, Matthew Scholl, Hart Rossman, J Fahlsing, Jessica Gulick
The purpose of this guideline is to assist agencies in building security into their IT development processes. This should result in more cost-effective, risk...

Directional Antenna for Multipath Ad Hoc Routing

Author(s)
Hamid Gharavi, Bin Hu
Multipath routing can be effectively used to maximize the utilization of network resources for real-time traffic. In mobile ad-hoc network environments, this...

Reanalysis of BASE Ventilation Data

Author(s)
Andrew K. Persily
In 2004, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published an analysis of the ventilation data collected as part of the U.S. EPA Building...

BiCCL: The Biometric Client Configuration Language

Author(s)
Matthew L. Aronoff, Ross J. Micheals
In this paper, we introduce the Biometric Client Configuration Language, or BiCCL. BiCCL is a platform-independent, domain-specific language (DSL) that formally...

Global Structural Analysis of the Response of World Trade Center Building 7 to Fires and Debris Impact Damage. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-9A) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

Author(s)
R A. MacNeill, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, B D. Peterson, Robert T. Bocchieri, Therese P. McAllister
The objective of the work described in this report was to analyze the global response of WTC 7 to initial failure events due to fire and to analyze the...

Contaminant Accumulation and Removal in Building Plumbing Systems

Author(s)
Stephen J. Treado, Mark A. Kedzierski, Daniel R. Flynn, David Wilmering, Thomas D. Montgomery, Kenneth D. Cole
This report summarizes measurements and results conducted to evaluate the accumulation and removal of water-borne contaminants in building plumbing systems. In...

Using the BACnet Communications DLL v1.0

Author(s)
Michael A. Galler
The BACnet standard [1] defines a communication protocol for information exchange between components of a distributed building automation and control system...

Building Air Change Rate Estimates for CBR Analysis

Author(s)
Andrew K. Persily
Building air change rates impact energy consumption for space conditioning and indoor contaminant levels in relation to general indoor air quality issues as...

Assessing Face Acquisition

Author(s)
Mary F. Theofanos, Brian C. Stanton, Charles L. Sheppard, Ross J. Micheals, John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi
The requirements necessary for taking a successful face picture are arguably the least constrained of any biometric. The camera must be operational, and the...
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