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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...

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...

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...

NIST Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (2006 Ed.)

September 30, 2005

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, Kenneth S. Butcher, Juana 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...

Analysis of CCRL Portland Cement Proficiency Samples Number 151 and Number 152 Using the Virtual Cement and Concrete

September 15, 2005

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard, Paul E. Stutzman

This report provides experimental and computer modeling results for Portland Cement Proficiency Samples 151 and 152 issued by the Cement and Concrete Reference...

The Myth of the Goats: How Many People Have Fingerprints that are Hard to Match?

September 13, 2005

Author(s)

R. A. Hicklin, Craig I. Watson, Brad Ulery

The proportion of people who have fingerprints that are particularly hard to match (also known as "Goats") is a topic of great interest in biometrics...

Advanced Coatings R and D for Pipelines and Related Facilities:The proceedings of a workshop held June 9-10, 2005 at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

Richard E. Ricker

Fire Suppression Systems. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-4B) DRAFT for Public Comments

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

M Hopkins, J Schoenrock, E K. Budnick

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted a building and fire safety investigation of the World Trade Center (WTC) disasters. The work...

Structural Fire Response and Probable Collapse Sequence of the World Trade Center Towers. Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST NCSTAR 1-6) DRAFT for Public Comments

September 1, 2005

Author(s)

John L. Gross, Therese P. McAllister

One of the four main objectives of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) investigation of the collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC)...

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