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A Collection of Homes to Represent the U.S. Housing Stock

Author(s)
Andrew K. Persily, Amy Musser, Dennis D. Leber
In order to allow nationwide analysis of ventilation and indoor air quality issues in residential buildings, a set of homes has been defined to represent the...

Natural Gas Flow Calibration Service

Author(s)
Aaron Johnson
This document describes NIST's high pressure natural gas flow calibration service (NGFCS). Flow calibrations are conducted offsite at the Colorado Experimental...

Structural Fire Response and Probable Collapse Sequence of World Trade Center Building 7 (Volume 1). Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-9) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

Author(s)
Therese P. McAllister, Richard G. Gann, Jason D. Averill, John L. Gross, William L. Grosshandler, James R. Lawson, Kevin B. McGrattan, William M. Pitts, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Fahim Sadek, Harold E. Nelson
This is the primary technical report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation of the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7...

Structural Fire Response and Probable Collapse Sequence of World Trade Center Building 7 (Volume 2). Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-9) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

Author(s)
Therese P. McAllister, Richard G. Gann, Jason D. Averill, John L. Gross, William L. Grosshandler, James R. Lawson, Kevin B. McGrattan, William M. Pitts, Kuldeep R. Prasad, Fahim Sadek, Harold E. Nelson
This is the primary technical report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation of the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7...

Final Report on the Collapse of World Trade Center Building 7. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1A) ***DRAFT for Public Comments***

Author(s)
Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder, Richard G. Gann, William L. Grosshandler, Hai S. Lew, Richard W. Bukowski, Fahim Sadek, Frank W. Gayle, Jason D. Averill, James R. Lawson, Harold E. Nelson, Stephen A. Cauffman
This is the final report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation of the collapse of World Trade Center Building 7 (WTC 7)...

Recommended Terminology For Microwave Radiometry

Author(s)
James P. Randa, Janne Lahtinen, Adriano Camps, A. Gasiewski, Martti Hallikainen, David Leine V, Manuel Martin-Neira, Jeff Piepmeier, Philip Rosenkranz, Christopher Ruf, James Shiue, Niels Skou
We present recommended definitions for common terms in microwave remote-sensing radiometry. Terms are grouped into three chapters: General Terminology, Real...

Guide to Securing Legacy IEEE 802.11 Wireless Networks

Author(s)
Karen Scarfone, Derrick Dicoi, Matt Sexton, Cyrus Tibbs
The purpose of this document is to provide guidance to organizations in securing their legacy Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11...

Guide to General Server Security

Author(s)
Karen A. Scarfone, Wayne Jansen, Miles C. Tracy
The purpose of this document is to assist organizations in understanding the fundamental activities performed as part of securing and maintaining the security...

Microfluidic DNA Analysis Systems for Forensic Applications

Author(s)
Michael Gaitan, Jayna J. Shah, Darwin Reyes-Hernandez, Pierre-Alain Auroux, Jon Geist, Laurie E. Locascio, Wyatt N. Vreeland, David J. Ross, Peter Vallone, Paul Smith, Nicole Morgan, Tom Pohida, John Kakareka, Annelise Barron
This report summarizes the NIST effort on microfluidic DNA analysis systems for forensic applications sponsored by the National Institute of Justice. Currently...

Performance Measurement Guide for Information Security

Author(s)
Elizabeth Chew, Marianne M. Swanson, Kevin M. Stine, N Bartol, Anthony Brown, W Robinson
This document provides guidance on how an organization, through the use of metrics, identifies the adequacy of in-place security controls, policies, and...

The Keyed-Hash Message Authentication Code (HMAC)

Author(s)
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Quynh Dang
This Standard describes a keyed-hash message authentication code (HMAC), a mechanism for message authentication using cryptographic hash functions. HMAC can be...

Guide to SSL VPNs

Author(s)
Sheila E. Frankel, Paul Hoffman, Angela Orebaugh, Richard Park
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) provide users with secure remote access to an organization's resources. An SSL VPN consists of one or...

HVACSIM+ User's Guide Update

Author(s)
Cheol D. Park
The first version of HVACSIM+, which stands for “HVAC SIMulation PLUS other systems”, as introduced by National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in...

Semiconductor Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics Programs

Author(s)
Stephen Knight, Joaquin (. Martinez, Yaw S. Obeng, Michele L. Buckley
The microelectronics industry supplies vital components to the electronics industry and to the U.S. economy, enabling rapid improvements in productivity and in...

Handbook of Frequency Stability Analysis

Author(s)
William Riley, David A. Howe
This handbook, which can be used as both a tutorial and a reference, describes practical techniques for frequency stability analysis. It covers the definitions...

A Profile for IPv6 in the U.S. Government - Version 1.0

Author(s)
Douglas C. Montgomery, J. S. Nightingale, Sheila E. Frankel, Mark E. Carson
This publication seeks to assist Federal agencies in formulating plans for the acquisition of IPv6 technologies. To achieve this, we define a standards profile...
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