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A simple thermal model to predict the failure of electrical power, instrument, and control cables is described. The model is intended as a subroutine for
This report describes a thermally-induced electrical failure (THIEF) model's ability to predict the behavior of power, instrument, and control cables during a
Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002, entitled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, requires NIST to prepare an annual public
This report documents a preliminary investigation of the measurement of droplet sizes in the spray from four commercial fogger type pepper spray products
Catherine A. Remley, Galen H. Koepke, Christopher L. Holloway, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Dennis G. Camell, John M. Ladbury, Robert Johnk, David R. Novotny, William F. Young, George Hough, Michael McKinley, Yann Becquet, John Korsnes
We report on measurements of parameters utilized for characterization of broadband wireless technologies proposed for use by emergency responders (firefighters
The definitive international reference on the SI is a booklet published by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM, Bureau International des
The uncertainty analysis is presented for NIST measurements of noise parameters of amplifiers and transistors, in both connectorized (coaxial) and on-wafer
This 2007 edition of SP811 updates International System of Units (SI) usage as implemented in the 8th edition of the SI Brochure, incorporates a significant
This bulletin summarizes information disseminated in revised NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-61-1, Computer Security Incident Handling Guide: Recommendations
This report summarizes the presentations, discussions and recommendations of a workshop held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on
The primary goal of the Terabyte Track is to develop an evaluation methodology for terabyte-scale document collections. In addition, we are interested in
S Arepalli, Stephen W. Freiman, Stephanie A. Hooker, Kalman D. Migler
Recommended Practice Guide for Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Characterization consisting of five chapters: Introduction; Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) ; Near
Wayne Jansen, Theodore Winograd, Karen A. Scarfone
Active content technologies allow code, in the form of a script, macro, or other kind of portable instruction representation, to execute when the document is
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the global lookup service for network resources. To protect DNS information, the DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) has been
Patrick J. Grother, Wayne J. Salamon, Michael D. Indovina, Craig I. Watson
The MINEX II trial was conducted to evaluate the accuracy and speed of Match-on-Card verification algorithms. These run on ISO/IEC 7816 smart cards. They
The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) was jointly developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Department of Defense (DOD
The goal of the enterprise track is to conduct experiments with enterprise data --- intranet pages, email archives, document repositories --- that reflect the
The microwave spectrum of acetic acid is critically reviewed and supplemented with spectral frequency calculations derived from the rotation-torsion analysis. A
Paul E. Black, Elizabeth N. Fong, Vadim Okun, Romain Gaucher
Software assurance tools are a fundamental resource for providing an assurance argument for today's software applications throughout the software development
1. Table 23-2-1-(1.15010)-db - Page db-5842.0 New table for 2-propenyl methanoate containing the density for the real fluid at selected temperatures and
Six polyurethane foams of widely varying flame retardant levels have been tested in two modes: as four, fabric-wrapped cushions in a chair mock-up based on
The density of liquid toluene has been measured over the temperature range -60 °C to 200 °C with pressures up to 36 MPa. A two-sinker hydrostatic-balance
This bulletin summarizes the contents of NIST Special Publication 800-44, Version 2, Guidelines on Securing Public Web Servers. The publication details the
The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a variety of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST
This guide is intended to aid in the calibration, qualification and performance verification of fluorescence-based instrumentation as part of complying with
NIST Standard Reference materials (SRMs) are used by industry, government and academia to ensure the highest quality measurements. This catalog lists over 1300