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A bibliographic survey of the electrical properties of biological tissues and of phantoms is provided. A phantom is, for these purposes, any material, structure
A survey was conducted to assess the reference materials and collections that were available in forensic laboratories to determine which were not available and
The Biometric Consortium 2000 Conference examined rapid advances in biometric technologies and applications and explored new developments in the areas of
Extinction and scattering properties at wavelengths of 250-5200 nm were studied for soot emitted from large buoyant turbulent diffusion flames where soot
The Construction and Building Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council is developing baseline measures of current construction industry
Recent quantum mechanical calculations of the interaction energy of pairs of helium atoms are accurate and some include reliable estimates of their uncertainty
Ping-Shine Shaw, Thomas C. Larason, R Gupta, Steven W. Brown, Keith R. Lykke
A cryogenic radiometer-based system was constructed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) for absolute radiometric measurements to
Recently, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) has been interested in examining the current procedure that is used to measure the energy consumption of
The Construction and Building Subcommittee of the National Science and Technology Council is developing baseline measures of current construction industry
Think back to 1997, when there was hardly a mention of the concept of electronic books, or ebooks. Yes, the Internet and the Web had begun to take hold as a
Hratch G. Semerjian, W Koch, Ellyn S. Beary, Michael S. Epstein, G B. Vasquez
Selected NIST Chemical Science and Technology Laboratory (CSTL) activities and highlights. Building on a hundred year history of technical excellence, today's
Polarization mode dispersion (PMD), multimode fiber parameters, fiber geometry and chromatic dispersion mapping in fibers are some of the measurement issues in
This paper provides the documentation to establish a measurement assurance program (MAP) for the spectral density of relative intensity noise (RIN) of optical
W L. Gans, N. S. Nahman, J R. Andrews, E E. Baldwin
The techniques employed by NBS from the mid 70s through 1988 for the calibration of the pulse transition duration (TD) of a fast, step-like, electrical pulse
Computer security assurance provides a basis for one to have confidence that security measures, both technical and operational, work as intended. Use of
Dale P. Bentz, X Feng, C Haecker, Paul E. Stutzman
This NISTIR provides experimental and computer modeling results for cements 135 and 136 issued by the Cement and Concrete Reference Laboratory (CCRL) at NIST in
This review of the state of the art of connections of Fiber-reinforced polymers (FRP) members covers primary structural connections (whose integrity is crucial
This report provides documentation and example results for a computer model developed to predict the surface temperature and time-of-wetness (and time-of
Intermodal containers are used widely in marine cargo handling. In order to facilitate unloading of empty containers from ship to shore, two containers are
The Carderock Division of the Naval Surface Warfare Center is developing the Automated Paint Application, Containment, and Treatment System (APACTS) to apply
Thomas R. Kramer, Frederick M. Proctor, Elena R. Messina
This report describes an interpreter which reads numerical control code and produces calls to a set of canonical machining functions. The interpreteris a