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Simple Thermal Efficiency Model for CMOS-Microhotplate Design

May 31, 2006

Author(s)

Jon Geist, Muhammad Afridi, Ankush Varma, Allen R. Hefner Jr.

An Update on Cryptographic Standards, Guidelines, and Testing Requirements

May 24, 2006

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin discusses the cryptographic methods that have been used to maintain the confidentiality and integrity of information, to verify that information...

Overview of TREC 2005

May 17, 2006

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

The fourteenth Text REtrieval Conference, TREC 2005, was held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) November 15--18, 2005. The conference...

Secure Domain Name System (DNS) Deployment Guide

May 16, 2006

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Scott W. Rose

[Superseded by SP 800-81 Rev. 1 (April 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=905113] We examine the performance of multimodal...

NIST Measurement Services: Specular Gloss

May 15, 2006

Author(s)

Maria E. Nadal, E A. Early, E A. Thompson

This document describes the instrumentation, standards, and measurement techniques used at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to measure...

Recommendation for Pair-Wise Key Establishment Schemes Using Discrete Logarithm Cryptography

May 3, 2006

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, Don Johnson, Miles Smid

[Superseded by SP 800-56A Revised (March 2007): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=150618] This Recommendation specifies key...

Consumer Package Labeling Guide: Selling by Length and Area

May 2, 2006

Author(s)

K M. Dresser

[Withdrawn (February 12, 2018)] Guide is intended to provide manufacturers, packers, distributors, and retailers of packaged products with information about the...

An Examination of New Paradigms for Spline Approximations

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Christoph J. Witzgall, David E. Gilsinn, Marjorie A. McClain

Lavery splines are examined in the univariate and bivariate cases. In both instances relaxation based algorithms for approximate calculation of Lavery splines...

Recommendation for Key Management - Part 1: General (Revised) (May 2006 edition)

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, William C. Barker, William E. Burr, William T. Polk, Miles Smid

[Superseded by SP 800-57 Part 1 Revised (March 2007): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=917473] This Recommendation provides...

Requirements for the Development of Bacillus Anthracis Spore Reference Materials Used to Test Detection Systems

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Jamie L. Almeida, Lili Wang, Jayne B. Morrow, Kenneth D. Cole

Bacillus anthracis spores have been used as biological weapons and the possibility of their further use requires surveillance systems that can accurately and...

Evaluation of Aerodynamic Drag and Torque for External Tanks in Low Earth Orbit

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

William C. Stone, Christoph J. Witzgall

A numerical procedure is described in which the aerodynamic drag and torque in low Earth orbit are calculated for a prototype Space Shuttle external tank and...

Variable Magnification With Kirkpatrick-Baez Optics for Synchrotron X-Ray Microscopy

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Terrence J. Jach, A S. Bakulin, S M. Durbin, J Pedulla, A T. Macrander

We describe the distinction between the operation of a short focal lengthx-ray microscope forming a real image with a laboratory source (convergentillumination)...

Chemical and Physical Characterization of Poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole) Fibers Used in Body Armor

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Joannie W. Chin, E Byrd, Amanda L. Forster, Xiaohong Gu, Tinh Nguyen, Kirk D. Rice, Walter J. Rossiter Jr, S J. Scierka, John R. Sieber, Paul E. Stutzman, Li Piin Sung

Problems with the performance and durability of body armor based on poly(p-phenylene benzobisoxazole (PBO) fiber became apparent in the summer of 2003, when PBO...

RM 8111: Development of a Prototype Linewidth Standard

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Michael W. Cresswell, William Gutherie, R. Dixon, Richard A. Allen, Christine E. Murabito, Joaquin (. Martinez

Staff of the Semiconductor Electronics Division, the Information Technology Laboratory, and the Precision Engineering Laboratory at NIST, in collaboration with...

Report of Workshop on Measurement Methods for Evaluation of the Reliability of Active Implantable Medical Devices

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Elizabeth S. Drexler, W F. Regnault, John A. Tesk

This report summarizes the activities of the Workshop on Measurement Methods for Evaluation of the Reliability of Active Implantable Medical Devices, held...

Evaluating Reasoning Systems

May 1, 2006

Author(s)

Conrad Bock, Michael Gruninger, Donald E. Libes, Joshua Lubell, Eswaran Subrahmanian

A review of the literature on evaluating reasoning systems reveals that it is a very broad area with wide variation in depth and breadth of research on metrics...

Electronic Authentication Guideline

April 30, 2006

Author(s)

William E. Burr, Donna F. Dodson, William T. Polk

[Superseded by SP 800-63-1 (December 2011): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=910006] This recommendation provides technical guidance...

Glossary of Key Information Security Terms

April 25, 2006

Author(s)

Richard L. Kissel

[Superseded by NISTIR 7298 Revision 1: http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907638] This glossary of basic security terms has been...

Automation and Upgrade of the 27.1 kN Dead Weight Machine at the National Institute of Standards and Technology

April 24, 2006

Author(s)

Kevin L. Chesnutwood, Samuel L. Ho

This paper focuses on the automation and upgrades performed on the 27.1 kN (6100 lbf) dead weight machine located at the National Institute of Standards and...

Protecting Sensitive Information Transmitted in Public Networks

April 21, 2006

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes NIST SP 800-77, Guide to IPsec VPNs, which was issued by NIST to help network architects, network administrators, security staff...

An Algorithm for Generating Very Large Covering Arrays

April 19, 2006

Author(s)

David R. Kuhn

This note describes a covering array algorithm that can be parallelized, making it possible to handle a much larger number of variables than other know...

TRC Thermodynamic Tables - Hydrocarbons, Supplement H-131

April 10, 2006

Author(s)

Michael D. Frenkel

Table 23-2-(1.21420)-db - Pages db-1722.0 and db-1722.1 New table for 2,6,10,14-tetramethylpentadecane containing the density for the real fluid at selected...

PIV Middleware and PIV Card Application Conformance Test Guidance (SP 800-73 Compliance)

April 5, 2006

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Levent Eyuboglu, Ketan Mehta

[Superseded by SP 800-85A-1 (March 2009): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=902200] This document provides derived test requirements...

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

April 3, 2006

Author(s)

David A. Yashar

The design, fabrication and testing of a thermopneumatic microfabricated valve for controlling refrigerant mass flow rate during expansion is presented in this...

AGGRES: A Program for Computing Power Crusts of Aggregates

April 3, 2006

Author(s)

Javier Bernal

AGGRES, a Fortran 77 program for computing a power crust of an aggregate, is discussed. AGGRES takes a finite set of points from the surface of an aggregate, i...

Engineered Infills for Concrete Barriers

April 3, 2006

Author(s)

Kenneth A. Snyder, C Langton, B Clark, Chiara C. Ferraris, J Dawson

Entombment may be considered as an option for decommissioning nuclear concrete structures so that licenses for facilities on which these structures reside may...

A Tale About the First Weights and Measures Intercomparison in the United States in 1832

April 1, 2006

Author(s)

Albert C. Parr

In preparation for the Hassler memorial tablet dedication in the NIST Administration Building lobby in December of 2004, I learned that Ferdinand Rudolf Hassler...

Free Space Optics Communication System Testing in Smoke and Fire Environments

April 1, 2006

Author(s)

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

Free-Space Optics (also known as FSO , or Optical Wireless ) can be used to transmit optical data, voice and video information. These laser-based systems...

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

April 1, 2006

Author(s)

Stephen Kerber

Positive Pressure Ventilation (PPV) is a tactic that is used on fire grounds across the world everyday, both to improve tenability after the extinguishment of a...

A Summary of Lightpipe Radiation Thermometry Research at NIST

April 1, 2006

Author(s)

Benjamin K. Tsai

During the last ten years, research in lightpipe radiation thermometry has significantly reduced the uncertainties for temperature measurements in semiconductor...

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