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Guide to Test, Training, and Exercise Programs for IT Plans and Capabilities

September 21, 2006

Author(s)

Timothy Grance, Tamara Nolan, Kristin Burke, Rich Dudley, Gregory White, Travis Good

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-13, 2006 Edition: National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Airborne Asbestos Analysis

September 21, 2006

Author(s)

Hazel M. Richmond

NIST Handbook 150-13, NVLAP Airborne Asbestos Analysis, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the NVLAP...

Guide to Computer Security Log Management

September 13, 2006

Author(s)

Karen A. Scarfone, Murugiah Souppaya

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) developed this document in furtherance of its statutory responsibilities under the Federal Information...

Trends and Opportunities in Photonics Technologies: Solid-State Lighting and Healthcare

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Grady S. White, Kristine A. Bertness

In this document, we consider emerging photonic applications in the areas of solid-state lighting (frequently referred to as SSL) and medical applications. Our...

Trends and Opportunities in Photonics Technologies: Solid-State Lighting and Healthcare

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Grady S. White, Kristine A. Bertness

High-power nonlinearity of optical fiber power meters for pump lasers at 980 and 1480 nm

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Igor Vayshenker, Shao Yang, Ralph Swafford

We describe the nonlinearity of optical fiber power meters at wavelengths of 980 and 1480 nm up to 2 W. We also describe two measurement systems, that are based...

Assessment of a Possible Bench Scale Screening Protocol for Predicting Full-Scale Mattress Fire Behavior.

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Thomas J. Ohlemiller

This report summarizes a study of the feasibility of developing a bench-scale protocol for possible use in Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1633 (open flame)...

Guidelines for Media Sanitization

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Richard L. Kissel, Matthew A. Scholl, Steven Skolochenko, Xiang Li

Information systems capture, process, and store information using a wide variety of media. This information is located not only on the intended storage media...

Performance of a Residential Heat Pump Operating in the Cooling Mode with Single Faults Imposed (NISTIR 7350)

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Minsung Kim, William V. Payne, Piotr A. Domanski, Christian Hermes

System behavior of a R410A residential unitary split heat pump system was investigated. The system was operated in cooling mode and used a thermostatic...

Influence of Concentration and Additives on R123/Paraffinic Material Oil Boiling Heat Transfer Performance (NISTIR 7336)

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, D H. Han

This paper investigates the effect that oil concentration had on the boiling performance of an R123/paraffinic mineral oil mixture on a roughened, horizontal...

Absorbed Dose to Water Calibration of Ionization Chambers in a ⁶⁰Co Gamma-Ray Beam

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Ronaldo Minniti, J Shobe, Stephen M. Seltzer, Huaiyu H. Chen-Mayer, S R. Domen

Absorbed-dose-to-water calibrations are important to the medical community to facilitate the accurate determination of doses delivered to tumors during external...

An Assessment of a Possible Bench-Scale Screening Protocol for Predicting Full-Scale Mattress Fire Behavior

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Thomas J. Ohlemiller

This report summarizes a study of the feasibility of developing a bench-scale protocol for possible use in CFR 1633 (open flame) compliance testing of...

Development of a Fluorescence Based Measurement Technique to Quantify Water Contaminants at Pipe Surfaces During Flow

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski

This paper provides a detailed account of the development of a fluorescence based measurement technique for measuring the mass of contaminant on solid surfaces...

Message Validation with a Semantic Reasoning Tools

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Peter O. Denno, Nenad Ivezic

This paper describes challenges encountered in the development of a tool to validate OASIS UBL-based (Universal Business Language) messages. The software tool...

Phase Transformations in the High Tc Superconducting Compounds, Ba2RCu3O6+ (R-Nd, Sm, Gd, Y, Ho, and Er)

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Lawrence P. Cook, H Su, Mark D. Vaudin, C. K. Chiang, D O. Welch, Edwin R. Fuller, Zhi Yang, Lawrence H. Bennett

Ambiguities in Powder Indexing: The Impact of a Quaternary Lattice Metric Singularity on the Characterization of Mawsonite and Chartkalite

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Alan D. Mighell

Guide to Integrating Forensic Techniques into Incident Response

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Timothy Grance, Suzanne Chevalier, Karen A. Scarfone, Hung Dang

This publication is intended to help organizations in investigating computer security incidents and troubleshooting some information technology (IT) operational...

Technical Digest, SOFM 2006: A NIST Symposium for Photonic and Fiber Measurements

September 1, 2006

Author(s)

Paul A. Williams, Timothy J. Drapela

Fiber sensors, power-related metrology, spectroscopic and frequency metrology, dispersion metrology, last-mile measurement issues, specialty fibers, and systems...

Personal Identity Verification Demonstration Summary

August 31, 2006

Author(s)

Erika McCallister, Hildegard Ferraiolo

This paper provides a summary of the NIST Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Demonstration. The PIV Demonstration took place from May 15 to June 14, 2006...

Protecting Sensitive Information Processed and Stored in Information Technology (IT) Systems

August 30, 2006

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin explains the need for media sanitization, which is the process for removing confidential data from storage media, with reasonable assurance that...

Correlation Filters for Elastic-Distorted Live-Scan Fingerprint Recognition

August 15, 2006

Author(s)

D P. Casasent, Craig I. Watson

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...

NIST Calibration Services for Water Flowmeters Water Flow Calibration Facility

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Iosif I. Shinder, Iryna V. Marfenko

This document describes the Water Flow Calibration Facility (WFCF) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). This facility has three...

Screening Candidates for 30 nm Spheres

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Michelle K. Donnelly, Jiann C. Yang

This paper describes the preliminary screening process that was conducted to identify potential candidate particles to be used as the NIST Standard Reference...

Measurement of 100 nm and 60 nm Particle Standards by Differential Mobility Analysis

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

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...

Papers From 1991-2006 Halon Options Technical Working Conferences (HOTWC)

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

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...

Analysis Catalog for Focus 3D Telemodeling Tool

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Arthur Griesser

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...

Architecture of Focus 3D Telemodeling Tool

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Arthur Griesser

A high level design of Focus 3D Telemodeling tool is presented. Infrastructure components are selected in the light of the functional and non functional...

Intercomparison of the LBIR Absolute Cryogenic Radiometers to the NIST Optical Power Measurement Standard

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

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...

Accomplishments in Nanotechnology

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

Michael T. Postek, Joseph Kopanski, David A. Wollman

Analysis of Standards for Lifecycle Management of Systems for US Army --- a preliminary investigation

August 1, 2006

Author(s)

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...

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