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Authentication and Authorization of Building Information Users in BACnet

January 1, 2008

Author(s)

Stephen J. Treado, Alan B. Vinh, Steven T. Bushby

Building automation systems frequently monitor critical building information that would be extremely useful for emergency responders including the status of...

Aspects of the Fire Behavior of Thermoplastic Materials.

January 1, 2008

Author(s)

Thomas J. Ohlemiller, John R. Shields

Thermoplastic polymers pose unique new challenges (resulting from the movement of burning melt material) for the understanding and control of fire growth on...

0:45 Surface Color

January 1, 2008

Author(s)

Maria E. Nadal, E A. Early, Robert R. Bousquet

This document, SP250-71 (2007), NIST Measurements Services: 0:45 Surface Color, describes the instrumentation, standards, and techniques used to measure the...

Measurement of the Fluorescence Quantum Yield Using a Spectrometer With an Integrating Sphere Detector

January 1, 2008

Author(s)

Adolfas K. Gaigalas, Lili Wang

A method is proposed for measuring the fluorescence quantum yield (QY) using a commercial spectrophotometer with a 150 mm integrating sphere (IS) detector. The...

Holmium Oxide Glass Wavelengths Standards

January 1, 2008

Author(s)

David W. Allen

Holmium oxide glass has been used as a wavelength standard for over four decades. These standards have shown very little variation from batch to batch and from...

Comment on Argon I Lines Produced in a Hollow Cathode Source, 332 nm to 5865 nm

January 1, 2008

Author(s)

Craig J. Sansonetti

Recent observations at the National Institute of Standards and Technology indicate that the Ar I wavenumbers reported by Whaling et al. [J. Res. Natl. Inst...

Development of a thin film magnetic moment reference material

January 1, 2008

Author(s)

Robert R. Owings, Fabio C. Da Silva, David P. Pappas

This paper presents the results of an interlaboratory comparison and development of a magnetic moment reference material. The comparison was between the...

Specification for the Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF) Version 1.1.4

January 1, 2008

Author(s)

Neal Ziring, Stephen Quinn

This report specifies the data model and Extensible Markup Language (XML) representation for the Extensible Configuration Checklist Description Format (XCCDF)...

Dynamic Force Measurement: Instrumented Charpy Impact Testing

January 1, 2008

Author(s)

Christopher N. McCowan, Jolene Splett, E. Lucon

The maximum forces measured by the machines in this round robin are in good agreement. This general result shows that the static force calibration of...

Planning Report 07-2: Economic Impact of Measurement in the Semiconductor Industry

December 31, 2007

Author(s)

Gregory C. Tassey

The semiconductor industry has long been a driving force behind major advances in computing and electronics. Advances in the speed of processing power have...

A Method for Establishing e-Traceability to NIST High-Dose Measurement Standards

December 31, 2007

Author(s)

S L. Cooper, Marc F. Desrosiers

A method for establishing electronic traceability, or e-traceability, of customer measurements to NIST high-dose measurement standards through the use of a...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-1 2008 Edition National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTING PRODUCTS

December 31, 2007

Author(s)

C Cameron Miller, Lawrence I. Knab

The NIST Handbook 150 publication series sets forth the procedures, requirements, and guidance for the accreditation of testing and calibration laboratories by...

X-Ray and Gamma-Ray Absorbed Dose Profiles in Teeth: An EPR and Modelling Study

December 31, 2007

Author(s)

S Sholom, C M. O'Brien, E Bakhanova, V Chumak, Marc F. Desrosiers, A Bouville

Dose profiles in teeth have been experimentally and theoretically studied for different energies and geometries of incident X- and gamma-rays. The experiments...

EPR Tooth Dosimetry of SNTS Area Inhabitants

December 29, 2007

Author(s)

S Sholom, Marc F. Desrosiers, A Bouville, N Luckyanov, V Chumak, S L. Simon

Determination of external dose to teeth of inhabitants of settlements near the Semipalatinsk Nuclear Test Site (SNTS) was conducted using the EPR dosimetry...

Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems (ALFUS) FrameworkVolume II: Framework Models Initial Version

December 28, 2007

Author(s)

Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina

This document describes the current Framework models of the overall Autonomy Levels for Unmanned Systems Framework, or ALFUS. ALFUS addresses the autonomy...

Proceedings of the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS)2007 Workshop, August 28-30, 2007

December 28, 2007

Author(s)

Rajmohan (. Madhavan, Elena R. Messina

The 2007 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMIS'07) Workshop is the seventh installment in the series that started in 2000 targeted at defining...

Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems

December 19, 2007

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Stuart W. Katzke, L A. Johnson, Marianne M. Swanson

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 3 (August 2009): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=918663] This publication revises NIST SP 800-53...

Securing External Computers and Other Devices Used by Teleworkers

December 19, 2007

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the recommendations developed by NIST to help workers secure their external devices that they need for teleworking. The bulletin covers...

Standard Platinum Resistance Thermometer Calibrations from the Ar TP to the Ag FP

December 19, 2007

Author(s)

Gregory F. Strouse

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is in charge of realizing, maintaining, and disseminating the international Scale of 1990 (ITS-90)...

Air-Side Velocity Distribution in Finned-Tube Heat Exchangers

December 17, 2007

Author(s)

David A. Yashar, Hong H. Cho

The performance of finned tube heat exchangers is greatly affected by the distribution of the air that passes through it. The air side velocity distribution is...

Dissemination of 3D Visualizations of Complex Function Data for the NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions

December 10, 2007

Author(s)

Qiming Wang, Bonita V. Saunders, Sanford P. Ressler

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is developing a digital library to replace the widely used National Bureau of Standards Handbook of...

NIST HB-1A Energy Efficient Lighting - Solid State Luminaires

December 7, 2007

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...

Collected Publications From the Next Generation Fire Suppression Technology Program

December 6, 2007

Author(s)

Richard G. Gann

In its decade of systematic research (1997-2006), the NGP revitalized the field of fire suppression science. The NGP arose as a result of a discovery that...

Analysis of Inter-laboratory Testing of Non-loadbearing Gypsum/Steel-Stud Wall Assemblies

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler, Samuel L. Manzello, Alexander Maranghides, T Mizukami

This report summarizes the results of a test program conducted in 2006 and 2007 by the North American Fire Testing Laboratories (NAFTL) consortium. Gypsum/steel...

Guidelines for Breakout Sessions (NIST SP 1051)

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Rodney A. Bryant

Performance of Home Smoke Alarms Analysis of the Response of Several Available Technologies in Residential Fire Settings (NIST TN 1455-1)

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Richard W. Bukowski, Richard D. Peacock, Jason D. Averill, Thomas G. Cleary, Nelson P. Bryner, William D. Walton, Paul A. Reneke, Erica D. Kuligowski

This report presents the results of the project and provides details of the response of a range of residential smoke alarm technologies in a controlled...

NIST Fire Fighter Technology Program Overview (NIST SP 1051)

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Nelson P. Bryner

The Advanced Fire Service Technologies (AFST) Program objectives are to (*) Provide the science and performance metrics for development and implementation of...

Real-Time Particulate Monitoring Detecting Respiratory Threats for First Responders: Workshop Proceedings

December 1, 2007

Author(s)

Rodney A. Bryant, Kathryn M. Butler, R Vettori, P Greenberg

This workshop brought together members of the fire service, particulate detector manufacturers, public health professionals, airborne particulate researchers...

Secure Biometric Match-on-Card Feasibility Report

November 30, 2007

Author(s)

David A. Cooper, Trung-Hung Dang, Philip Lee, William I. MacGregor, Ketan Mehta

FIPS 201, "Personal Identity Verification (PIV) of Federal Employees and Contractors," and its associated special publications define a method to perform...

Certification of Standard Reference Material 1476a, a Polyethylene Resin

November 29, 2007

Author(s)

Kathleen M. Flynn, S Wetzel, William R. Blair, J R. Maurey

The melt flow rate of Standard Reference Material (SRM) 1476a Branched Polyethylene Resin was determined to be 1.23g/10 min at 190 C under a load of 2.16 kg...

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