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NIST Inter-Comparison Exercise Program for Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) in Marine Sediment: Description and Results of the 2004 Intercomparison Exercise

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jennifer M. Lynch, H M. Stapleton, John R. Kucklick, Michele M. Schantz, Stephen A. Wise

Preparation of Reference Material 8504, Transformer Oil

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Dianne L. Poster, Stephen A. Wise

Estimates of Thermal Conductivity for Unconditioned and Conditioned Materials Used in Fire Fighter s Protective Clothing

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

R Vettori

Fire fighters' protective clothing provides a limited amount of thermal protection from environmental exposures produced by fires. This level of thermal

NIST/Library of Congress (LoC) Optical Media Longevity Study

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Oliver T. Slattery, Jian Zheng

The Information Access Division (IAD) of the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the

Description and Results of the 2003 NIST/NOAA Interlaboratory Comparison Exercise Program for Organic Contaminants in Marine Mammal Tissues

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

John R. Kucklick, Rebecca S. Pugh, Paul R. Becker, Michele M. Schantz, Stephen A. Wise, T K. Rowles

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s Marine Mammal Health and

Committee Reports for the 90th National Conference on Weights and Measures, July 10-14, 2005, Orlando, FL (SP1037)

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, L T. Sebring

The 90th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures was held in Orlando, FL, July 10-14, 2005. The theme of the conference was 100 Years

Intrinsic Wavelength Standard Absorption Bands in Holmium Oxide Solution for UV/Visible Molecular Absorption Spectrophotometry

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

David L. Duewer, John C. Travis, J. C. Acosta, G Andor, J Bastie, P. Blattner, C J. Chunnilall, S. C. Crosson, E. A. Early, F. Hengstberger, C. Kim, L. Liedquist, F Manoocheri, A. Mito, L.A. G. Monard, S Nevas, M. Nilsson, M Noel, A C. Rodriguez, A Ruiz, A. Schirmacher, M V. Smith, G. Valencia, N. van Tonder, Joanne C. Zwinkels

Using Chebyshev's Inequality to Determine Sample Size in Biometric Evaluation of Fingerprint Data

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Charles L. Wilson

For fingerprint dataset, which in many cases may exceed a million samples, the underlying distribution function with respect to similarity scores is unknown

Intercomparison Program for Organic Speciation in PM2.5 Air Particulate Matter: Description and Results for Trials I and II; Materials: Air Particulate Extract I, Air Particulate I and PM2.5 Interim RM

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz, Stephen A. Wise, J Lewtas

Ontology Formalization of Product Semantics for Product Lifecycle Management

November 1, 2005

Author(s)

Lalit Patil, Ram D. Sriram

Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) is a concept that takes into account that the development of a product is influenced by knowledge from various stakeholders

Planning Report 05-2: IPv6 Economic Impact Assessment

October 31, 2005

Author(s)

Gregory C. Tassey

This report presents estimates of the costs and benefits associated with transitioning from Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) to Internet Protocol Version 6

National Vulnerability Database: Helping Information Technology System Users and Developers Find Current Information about Cyber Security Vulnerabilities

October 27, 2005

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This ITL bulletin provides information about the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), a comprehensive database of cyber security vulnerabilities in

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) information technology security testing: common criteria (2005 edition)

October 20, 2005

Author(s)

Jeffrey Horlick

NIST Handbook 150-20-2005, NVLAP Information Technology Security Testing: Common Criteria, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the

Guidance for Securing Microsoft Windows XP Systems for IT Professionals: A NIST Security Configuration Checklist

October 20, 2005

Author(s)

Murugiah P. Souppaya, Paul M. Johnson, Karen Kent

[Superseded by SP 800-68 Rev. 1 (October 2008): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=914530] NIST Special Publication 800-68 has been

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

October 19, 2005

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Levent Eyuboglu, Ketan Mehta

[Superseded by: SP 800-85A (April 2006): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=151318 and SP 800-85B (July 2006): http://www.nist.gov

Cell Phone Forensics Tools: An Overview and Analysis

October 19, 2005

Author(s)

Richard Ayers, Wayne Jansen, Nicolas Cilleros, Ronan Daniellou

Cell phones and other handheld devices incorporating cell phone capabilities (e.g., Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) phones) are ubiquitous. Rather than just

Codes for the Identification of Federal and Federally Assisted Organizations Version 1.0 (NIST SP 800-87 v1.0)

October 14, 2005

Author(s)

William C. Barker, Hildegard Ferraiolo

[Superseded by SP 800-87 v1.0(January 2005): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=150589] The Homeland Security Presidential Directive

Sensitivity of Multiple Sequence Alignments to Perturbations in Cost Matrices

October 12, 2005

Author(s)

Fern Y. Hunt, Agnes A. O'Gallagher

A description of a new method for aligning biological sequences is presented. It is based on a formulation as a Markov decision optimization problem. Alignment

TRC Thermodynamic Tables - Hydrocarbons, Supplement No. 130, 2005

October 11, 2005

Author(s)

Michael D. Frenkel

1. Table 23-2-(3.11102)-db - Pages db-2052.0 and 2052.1; New table for butylcyclohexane containing the density for the real fluid at selected temperatures and

Developing an Analysis of Threats to Voting Systems: Workshop Summary

October 7, 2005

Author(s)

Allan C. Eustis

The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 has given NIST a key role in helping to realize nationwide improvements in voting systems by January 2006. NIST

Developing an Analysis of Threats to Voting Systems: Workshop Summary

October 7, 2005

Author(s)

Allan C. Eustis

The Help America Vote Act (HAVA) of 2002 has given NIST a key role in helping to realize nationwide improvements in voting systems by January 2006. NIST

Low Temperature Calorimetry Studies of Hydrating Portland Cement Pastes

October 5, 2005

Author(s)

Dale P. Bentz

This report presents nearly 200 low temperature calorimetry (LTC) scans performed on hydrating portland cement pastes between 2002 and 2005. Because the LTC

IT: The Thirteenth Text Retrieval Conference, TREC 2004

October 3, 2005

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

This report provides an overview of the thirteenth Text Retrieval Conference, TREC 2004. TREC 2004 was held at the National Institute of Standards and

Overview of the TREC 2004 Terabyte Track

October 3, 2005

Author(s)

Charles L. Clarke, Nick Craswell, Ian Soboroff

The Terabyte Track explores how adhoc retrieval and evaluationtechniques can scale to terabyte-sized collections. For TREC 2004, ourfirst year, 50 new adhoc

Propagation and Detection of Radio Signals Before, During, and After the Implosion of a Large Sports Stadium (Veterans Stadium in Philadelphia)

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Christopher L. Holloway, Galen H. Koepke, Dennis G. Camell, Catherine A. Remley, Dylan F. Williams, Susan A. Schima, Seturnino Canales

In this report, we investigate radio communications problems faced by emergency responders (firefighters and police) in disaster situation such as collapsed

Proceedings of the 2nd NIST LADAR Performance Evaluation Workshop March 15 - 16, 2005

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Geraldine S. Cheok

In recent years, there has been a rapid growth of LADAR (laser detection and ranging) applications and a growing number of LADARs that are commercially

A Model-Based Analysis of First-Generation Service Discovery Systems

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Christopher E. Dabrowski, Kevin L. Mills, Stephen Quirolgico

Future commercial software systems will be based on distributed service-oriented architectures in which applications are composed dynamically from remote

NIST HB 44 - Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuing Devices (2006)

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, Kenneth S. Butcher, Juana S. Williams, L T. Sebring, R C. Suiter

Handbook 44 was first published in 1949, having been preceded by similar handbooks of various designations and in several forms. This 2006 edition was developed

Strategic Directions in Information and Knowledge Management

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

Stephen Quirolgico

We examine the performance of multimodal biometric authentication systems using state-of-the-art Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) fingerprint and face biometric

Indoor Navigation for First Responders

October 1, 2005

Author(s)

L T. Klein-berndt, Leonard E. Miller

We have implemented a quantum key distribution (QKD) system with polarization encoding at 850 nm over 1 km of optical fiber. The high-speed management of the

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