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This volume contains archival reports and publications produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology and its predecessor, the National Bureau
Steven J. Emmerich, William S. Dols, James W. Axley
Natural ventilation has the potential to reduce first costs and operating costs for some commercial buildings while maintaining ventilation rates consistent
This Special Publication is essentially a reprint of two NIST Special Publications, SP 945 and SP 946. This particular Practice Guide provides guidelines for
The National Institute of Justice is the focal point for providing support to State and local law enforcement agencies in the development of counterterrorism
After the recent, successful completion of a passive intermodulation measurement comparison for nonlinear two-port devices, the National Institute of Standards
Smokeview is a software tool designed to visualize numerical predictions generated by the NIST Fire Dynamics Simulator(FDS), a computational fluid dynamics (CFD
This paper investigates the effect that bulk lubricant concentration has on the non-adiabatic lubricant excess surface density on a roughened, horizontal flat
The control of outdoor air intake rates in mechanically ventilated buildings based on indoor carbon dioxide (CO 2) levels, often referred to as CO 2 demand
This report describes the porting of a manufacturing quality control system from PC-type computers operating on Microsoft DOS, Microsoft Windows 95, and IBM QS
This publication contains the Papers and Proceedings of the International Conference on the Economic Evaluation of Technological Change. This collection of
To resolve a long-standing lack of experimental data for electron impact ionization cross sections for inorganic molecules, or the availability of a reliable
NIST Special Publication (SP) 330 is the United States version of the English text of the definitive international reference on the International System of
The 86th annual meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures will be held in Washington, DC, July 22-26, 2001. The theme of the Conference is
This report describes the proceedings of a workshop held on June 18 and 19, 2001, at NIST in Gaithersburg to identify where science and technology can better
This paper presents a hybrid cryptographic protocol, using quantum and classical resources, for authentication and authorization in a network. One or more
This document is a compilation of presentations given by the speakers at Electronic Book '98: Turning a New Page in Knowledge Management, held October 8-9, 1998
Kang B. Lee, James D. Gilsinn, Richard D. Schneeman, Hui-Min Huang
The First Wireless Sensing Workshop was held on June 4, 2001, at the Sensors Expo/Conference at the Rosemont Convention Center in Chicago, IL. The National
Roger V. Bostelman, Maris Juberts, Sandor S. Szabo, Robert Bunch, John Evans
This report documents a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Intelligent Systems Division (ISD) effort to determine the status of Automatic
Thomas R. Kramer, John Evans, Simon P. Frechette, John A. Horst, Hui-Min Huang, Elena R. Messina, Frederick M. Proctor, William G. Rippey, Harry A. Scott, Theodore V. Vorburger, Albert J. Wavering
This is an analysis of standards related to dimensional metrology, with recommendations regarding standards development. The analysis focuses on the degree to
This document contains presentation slides for the proceeding of the 2nd Annual Digital TV Application Software Environment (DASE) Symposium 2001: End-to-End
James R. Nechvatal, Elaine B. Barker, Lawrence E. Bassham, William E. Burr, Morris J. Dworkin, James Foti, E Roback
In 1997, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) initiated a process to select a symmetric-key encryption algorithm to be used to protect
Novel preamplifiers for working standard PC and PV HgCdTe detectors have been developed to maintain the spectral responsivity scale of the National Institute of
The freezing point of indium (156.5985 degrees C) is a defining fixed point of the International Temperature Scale of 1990 (ITS-90). Realization of this