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This is a summary of a multi-year study of the use of distortion-invariant filters for recognition of live-scan dab fingerprints with elastic distortions. These...
This document describes the Water Flow Calibration Facility (WFCF) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This facility has three...
This paper describes the preliminary screening process that was conducted to identify potential candidate particles to be used as the NIST Standard Reference...
George W. Mulholland, Michelle K. Donnelly, Robert C. Hagwood, S R. Kukuck, Vincent A. Hackley, D Y. Pui
The peak particle size and expanded uncertainties (95 % confidence interval) for two new particle calibration standards are measured as 101.60 nm ? 1.02 nm and...
Richard G. Gann, Star R. Burgess, Kathleen C. Whisner, Paul A. Reneke
As a result of the 1987 Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer and the 1990 U.S. Clean Air Act, there began a movement toward phaseout of...
A high level view of the requirements for the Focus 3D Telemodeling tool is presented. The scope of the project is defined, users of the system are described...
A high level design of Focus 3D Telemodeling tool is presented. Infrastructure components are selected in the light of the functional and non functional...
Adriaan C. Carter, James A. Fedchak, Raju V. Datla
The Low Background Infrared (LBIR) facility at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) presently maintains four absolute cryogenic radiometers...
Sudarsan Rachuri, Sebti Foufou, Sharon J. Kemmerer
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted an investigative study in collaboration with Army Materiel Command personnel to assess the...
Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Ketan Mehta, Pius A. Uzamere, Davie Simon, Nabil Ghadiali, Andrew P. Founds
In order to build the necessary PIV infrastructure to support common unified processes and government-wide use of identity credentials, NIST developed this test...
This paper proposes a framework for balancing competing user level requirements by resolving the corresponding trade-offs in a distributed system with limited...
NIST Handbook 150-3, NVLAP Bulk Asbestos Analysis, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP Bulk...
NIST Handbook 150-16, NVLAP Commercial Products Testing, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP...
NIST Handbook 150-9, NVLAP Wood-Based Products, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP Wood...
NIST hosted the fifth annual Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Research Workshop on April 4-6, 2006. The two and a half day event brought together PKI experts...
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...
Stephen J. Treado, Mark A. Kedzierski, Stephanie S. Watson, Dale P. Bentz, Nicos Martys, Kenneth D. Cole
This report describes the results of the first phase of a research project to evaluate how contaminants accidentally or intentionally introduced into the water...
This paper summarizes the main changes to the Department of Energy's test procedure for residential dishwashers and presents the analysis of manufacturers test...
This bulletin explains the Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure, and discusses NIST's recommendations to help organizations analyze their operating...
William M. Pitts, Jiann C. Yang, Rodney A. Bryant, L G. Blevins, Marcia 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...
A series of full-scale experiments were conducted in a three-story fire fighter training burn building to compare natural ventilation with positive pressure...
NCMC-9: Combinatorial Methods for Nanostructured Materials was a forum to examine the application and development of nanostructured materials by industry, with...
Per E. Fornberg, Christopher L. Holloway, Perry F. Wilson
The finite difference time domain (FDTD) method is used to investigate if the currents induced on equipment under test (EUT) in a transverse electromagnetic...
Paul E. Black, Helen Gill, W. E. Martin, Elizabeth N. Fong
This is the proceeding of a summit held in June 2006 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This Static Analysis Summit is one of a...
Sung Kim, Diane K. Hancock, Lili Wang, Kenneth D. Cole, Prasad T. Reddy
Ricin is an abundant protein from the castor bean plant Ricinus communis. Because of its high toxicity and the simplicity of producing mass quantities, ricin is...
Stephen A. Cauffman, Long T. Phan, Fahim Sadek, William P. Fritz, Dat Duthinh, Walter J. Rossiter Jr
This is the final report on the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) led-reconnaissance to assess the performance of physical structures during...
We describe an algorithm that generates a smooth trajectory (position, velocity, and acceleration) for a non-holonomic vehicle autonomously navigating within...