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The Rich Transcription 2004 Spring Meeting Recognition Evaluation

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

John S. Garofolo, Christophe Laprun, Jonathan G. Fiscus

This paper presents the design and results of the Rich Transcription 2004 Spring Meeting Recognition Evaluation. The evaluation included both Speaker...

Simulation of Sheared Suspensions With a Parallel Implementation of Quaternion-Based Dissipative Particle Dynamics (QDPD)

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

James S. Sims, Nicos Martys

A quaternion-based dissipative particle dynamics (QDPD) program was developed to study the flow properties of complex fluids like suspensions, subject to shear...

Forensic Software Testing Support Tools: Test Plan, Test Design Specification, Test Case Specification

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

Serban I. Gavrila, Elizabeth N. Fong

The Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of...

Chaotic Scattering and Escape Times of Marginally Trapped Ultracold Neutrons

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

Kevin Coakley, J M. Doyle, S N. Dzhosyuk, L Yang, Paul R. Huffman

We compute classical trajectories of Ultracold neutrons (UCNs) in a superconducting Ioffe-type magnetic trap using a symplectic integration method. We find that...

Forensic Software Testing Support Tools: Test Summary Report

April 1, 2004

Author(s)

Elizabeth N. Fong, Serban I. Gavrila

The Computer Forensic Tool Testing (CFTT) project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), an agency of the United States Department of...

A Welding Data Dictionary

March 31, 2004

Author(s)

William G. Rippey

This data dictionary specifies data elements that are used to describe the design, fabrication and inspection of weldments. It comprises welding information...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-2A National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Calibration Laboratories Technical Guide for Electromagnetic DC Low Frequency Measurements

March 21, 2004

Author(s)

C D. Faison, Carroll S. Brickenkamp

The Calibration Laboratories Accreditation Program was developed by the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) at the National Institute of...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-2G National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Calibration Laboratories Technical Guide for Mechanical Measurements

March 21, 2004

Author(s)

C D. Faison, Carroll S. Brickenkamp

Tech Note 1458|NIST Measurement Service for DC Standard Resistors

March 8, 2004

Author(s)

Randolph Elmquist, Dean G. Jarrett, George R. Jones Jr., Marlin E. Kraft, Scott H. Shields, Ronald F. Dziuba

At the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. representation of the ohm is based on the quantum Hall effect, and it is maintained and...

Feature-Based Inspection and Control System

March 8, 2004

Author(s)

Thomas Kramer, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, Frederick M. Proctor, Harry A. Scott

This report describes an architecture and software system for automatically performing process planning and control code generation for cutting and inspecting...

Correlation for the Second Virial Coefficient of Water

March 4, 2004

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey, Eric W. Lemmon

A new correlation has been developed to represent the second virial coefficient of water (H2O) as a function of temperature. The formulation was fitted to...

The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory Consortium Annual Report 2003

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Jeffrey W. Bullard

The Virtual Cement and Concrete Testing Laboratory (VCCTL) Consortium was formed in January 2001. Headquartered in the Building and Fire Research Laboratory...

Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 199, Standards for Security

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This ITL Bulletin describes FIPS 199, Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and Information Systems, which is an important component of a...

Limits to the Effectiveness of Metal-Containing Fire Suppressants. Final Technical Report (NISTIR 7177)

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris

This report reviews the literature on metal inhibition of flames and identifies metal species with potential as fire suppressant additives. To provide a basis...

Card Technology Developments and Gap Analysis Interagency Report

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

William C. Barker, Deborah Howard, Timothy Grance, Levent Eyuboglu

This Card Technology Developments and Gap Analysis Interagency Report (IR) provides information regarding current technical capabilities and limitations of...

Structural Collapse Fire Tests: Single Story, Wood Frame Structures

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

D W. Stroup, Nelson P. Bryner, James J. Lee, Jay A. McElroy, G Roadarmel, W H. Twilley

A series of fire tests were conducted in Phoenix, Arizona to develop data for evaluation of a methodology for predicting structural collapse. The fire test...

Cost-Effective Responses to Terrorist Risks in Constructed Facilities

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Robert E. Chapman, C J. Leng

The owners and managers of constructed facilities face the challenge of responding to potential future terrorist attacks in a financially responsible manner...

Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for the Calibration and Validation of Analytical Methods for PCBs (As Aroclor Mixtures)

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Dianne L. Poster, Michele M. Schantz, Stefan D. Leigh, Stephen A. Wise

Partical Size Analysis by Laser Diffraction Spectrometry: Application to Cementitious Powders

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Vincent A. Hackley, Lin-Sien H. Lum, V Gintautas, Chiara F. Ferraris

Overview of the TREC 2003 Robust Retrieval Track

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

The robust retrieval track is a new track in TREC 2003. The goal of the track is to improve the consistency of retrieval technology by focusing on poorly...

Characterization of Combinatorial Polymer Blend Composition Gradients by FTIR Microspectroscopy

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Naomi Eidelman, Carl G. Simon Jr.

A new FTIR technique was developed for characterizing thin polymer films used in combinatorial materials science. Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy...

Automated Composition of Conversion Software

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

David W. Flater

Given a library of converters with known behaviors, an integration engine must determine which are useful in a given scenario and produce a plan for how they...

Overview of the TREC 2003 Question Answering Track

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

Ellen M. Voorhees

The TREC 2003 question answering track contained two tasks, the passages task and the main task. In the passages task, systems returned a single text snippet in...

Intramural comparison of NIST laser and optical fiber power calibrations

March 1, 2004

Author(s)

John H. Lehman, Igor Vayshenker, David J. Livigni, Joshua A. Hadler

The responsivity of two optical detectors was determined by the method of direct substitution in four different NIST measurement facilities. The measurements...

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Directory of Accredited Laboratories (2004 Edition)

February 27, 2004

Author(s)

Vanda R. White

The NVLAP Directory of Accredited Laboratories is published annually and provides a listing of laboratories accredited by the National Voluntary Laboratory...

Semiconductor Factory and Equipment Time Synchronization

February 25, 2004

Author(s)

Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Brad Van Eck

With the advent of e-manufacturing including automated process control (APC), such as fault detection classification (FDC), more stringent accuracy requirements...

NIST HANDBOOK 150-2B National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Calibration Laboratories Technical Guide for Electromagnetic RF Microwave Measurements

February 21, 2004

Author(s)

C D. Faison, Carroll S. Brickenkamp

NIST HANDBOOK 150-2H National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program Calibration Laboratories Technical Guide for Thermodynamic Measurements

February 21, 2004

Author(s)

C D. Faison, Carroll S. Brickenkamp

Workflow Automation in a B2B Web-Portal Testbed

February 10, 2004

Author(s)

Marjane Mabrouk, Frederic J. de Vaulx, Tom Rhodes

The work described in this report, focused on specifying and managing different steps of a Business-to-Business (B2B) workflow by developing and integrating a...

X-Ray Topography

February 4, 2004

Author(s)

David R. Black, Gabrielle G. Long

The study of the interrelationships between processing, structure and properties of materials is fundamental to the field of materials science and engineering...

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