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ThermoData Engine (TDE)Version 2.0 (Pure Compounds with EOS support); NIST Standard Reference Database #103

December 29, 2006

Author(s)

Michael D. Frenkel, Robert D. Chirico, Vladimir Diky, Chris Muzny, Eric Lemmon, Xinjian Yan, Qian Dong

ThermoData Engine version 2.0 is an extension of NIST Standard Reference Database #103 version 1.0. The two principal new features are; (1) the capability to...

NIST Handbook 150-18 NVLAP Fasteners and Metals: 2006 Edition

December 22, 2006

Author(s)

Thomas R. Davis

NIST Handbook 150-18 presents technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation...

Recommended Security Controls for Federal Information Systems

December 19, 2006

Author(s)

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

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-53 Revision 2 (December 2007): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=51351] The purpose of this publication is...

Maintaining Effective Information Technology (IT) Security Through Test, Training, and Exercise Programs

December 19, 2006

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information provided in NIST SP 800-84, concerning the need to design, develop, conduct, and evaluate Test, Training, and Exercise...

Assessment and Future Opportunities of the NIST-UMBI Partnership

December 15, 2006

Author(s)

V L. Vilker

See attached Executive Summary.NO ABSTRACT INCLUDED.

Office of Microelectronics Programs (Programs, Activities and Accomplishments)

December 14, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen Knight, Joaquin (. Martinez, 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...

Survey of Patient Mobility and Lift Technologies: Toward Advancements and Standards

December 6, 2006

Author(s)

Roger V. Bostelman, James S. Albus

This survey provides a review of example off-the-shelf lift and wheelchair products on the market today. Also, it provides a review of example research in these...

A Roadmap For Metrology Interoperability

December 4, 2006

Author(s)

John A. Horst, S McSpadden

An International Metrology Interoperability Summit (IMIS) was held March 28 - 30, 2006 at NIST in Gaithersburg, MD. Workers and decision makers in a variety of...

Forum Workshop on Establishing the Scientific Foundation for Performance-Based Fire Codes: Proceedings

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

William L. Grosshandler

NIST to develop a common, international vision for how a scientific foundation for performance-based fire safety design might be structured, which parts of the...

Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Pauline Bowen, Joan Hash, Mark Wilson

This Information Security Handbook provides a broad overview of information security program elements to assist managers in understanding how to establish and...

Characterization and Identification of Super-Effective Thermal Fire Extinguishing Agents. Final Report. NGP Project 4C/1/890.

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

William M. Pitts, Rodney A. Bryant, L G. Blevins, M L. Huber

The use of halon 1301 for fire fighting is being phased out due to its deleterious effects on stratospheric ozone. This report summarizes the findings of a...

Nonparametric Statistical Data Analysis of Fingerprint Minutiae Exchange with Two-Finger Fusion

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Michael D. Garris

A nonparametric inferential statistical data analysis is presented. The utility of this method is demonstrated through analyzing results from minutiae exchange...

Effects of Winds From Burning Structures on Ground-Fire Propagation at the Wildland-Urban Interface. Final Report.

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Ronald G. Rehm

Evaluation of the Ability of Fire Dynamic Simulator to Simulate Positive Pressure Ventilation in the Laboratory and Practical Scenarios.

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen Kerber

Full-Scale Evaluation of Positive Pressure Ventilation In a Fire Fighter Training Building.

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen Kerber, William D. Walton

Online Access to and Data Analysis Tools for Experiments in Building and Fire Science. Final Report.

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

V Raghavan, M Kim, F Geller

Free Space Optics Communication System Testing in Smoke and Fire Environments.

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Alexander Maranghides, William E. Mell, William D. Walton, Erik L. Johnsson, Nelson P. Bryner

Thermal Environment for Electronic Equipment Used by First Responders.

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Michelle K. Donnelly, William D. Davis, James R. Lawson, Michael Selepak

Testing of Portable Radios in a Fire Fighting Environment.

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

William D. Davis, Michelle K. Donnelly, Michael Selepak

Design, Measurements and Performance Predictions for a Micromolded Refrigerant Expansion Device.

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

David A. Yashar

Building Tactical Information System for Public Safety Officials. Intelligent Building Response (iBR).

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

David G. Holmberg, William D. Davis, Stephen J. Treado, K A. Reed

Synthetic Incoherence Via Scanned Gaussian Beams

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine

Tomography, in most formulations, requires an incoherent signal. For a conventional transmission electron microscope, the coherence of the beam often results in...

Bayesian Tomography for Projections With an Arbitrary Transmission Function With an Application in Electron Microscopy

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine, Anthony J. Kearsley, John G. Hagedorn

The vast majority of the developments in tomography assume that the transmission of the probe trhought he sample follows Beer s Law, i.e., the rule of...

Recollections on Sixty Years of NBS Ionizing Radiation Programs for Energetic X Rays and Electrons

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

H W. Koch

The history of NBS/NIST Ionizing Radiation Programs for Photons and Electrons from 1928 to 1988 is reviewed. The Council on Ionizing Radiation Measurements and...

NIST Calibration of a Neutron Spectrometer ROSPEC

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Craig Heimbach

A neutron spectrometer, ROSPEC, was acquired for use in the measurement of NIST calibration neutron fields. The spectrometer included options for the...

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Eyvon Petty

The Time and Frequency Bulleting provides information on performance of time scales and avariety of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST...

Capital Facilities Information Handover Guide. Part 1.

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Kristine K. Fallon, Mark E. Palmer

Healthcare Standards Landscape Users Guide

December 1, 2006

Author(s)

Elizabeth N. Fong, Roy S. Morgan, Thomas R. Rhodes, Clement Ridoret

The Health Care Standards Landscape Web site is a project to develop and demonstrate a web-based repository of information (called the Landscape) on health...

Approximating Periodic Solutions of Autonomous Delay Differential Equations

November 30, 2006

Author(s)

David E. Gilsinn

Machine tool chatter has been characterized as isolated periodic solutions or limit cycles of delay differential equations. Determining the amplitude and...

Recommendation for Obtaining Assurances for Digital Signature Applications

November 30, 2006

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker

Entities participating in the generation or verification of digital signatures depend on the authenticity of the process. This Recommendation specifies methods...

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