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Directory of Federal Government Certification and Related Programs

December 1, 1998

Author(s)

Maureen A. Breitenberg

This directory is the third edition of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) directory of federal government procurement and regulatory...

Quality Assurance System Registration Requirements for Facilities Under Provisions of the Fastener Quality Act

December 1, 1998

Author(s)

S. W. Stiefel, R L. Gladhill

On November 16, 1990, the United States Congress enacted the Fastener Quality Act (FQA), P.L. 101-592 (The Act). The Act was amended in 1996 by Section 11 of P...

TBT Agreement Activities of the National Institute of Standards and Technology 1997

December 1, 1998

Author(s)

JoAnne R. Overman

This report describes the World Trade organization (WTO) Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT Agreement) activities conducted by the National Institute...

Guide for Developing Security Plans for Information Technology Systems

December 1, 1998

Author(s)

Marianne M. Swanson

[Superseded by SP 800-18 Revision 1 (February 2006): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=150601] Today's rapidly changing technical...

Electromagnetic Theory of Reverberation Chambers

December 1, 1998

Author(s)

David A. Hill

This report presents the electromagnetic theory of reverberation chambers as applied to electromagnetic compatibility measurements.

Finite Element and Finite Difference Programs for Computing the Linear Electric and Elastic Properties of Digital Images of Random Materials

December 1, 1998

Author(s)

Edward J. Garboczi

This manual has been prepared to show some of the theory behind, and the practical details for using, various finite element and finite difference computer...

Dipole Moments of Weak, Electrically Small Emitters from TEM-Cell Measurements

December 1, 1998

Author(s)

David A. Hill, Kenneth H. Cavcey

This report presents a new method for determining the equivalent electric and magnetic dipole moments of an electrically small emitter from TEM-cell...

Characterization of Weak, Electrically Small Emitters from TEM-Cell Measurements

December 1, 1998

Author(s)

David A. Hill, Kenneth H. Cavcey

Common Criteria: Launching the International Standards

November 25, 1998

Author(s)

E F. Troy

This Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Bulletin provides an introduction and overview of the Common Criteria (CC) for Information Technology (IT) Security...

Development of a Bolometer Detector System for the NIST High Accuracy Infrared Spectrophotometer

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

Yuqin Zong, Raju V. Datla

A bolometer detector system is developed for the high accuracy infrared spectropho-meter at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to provide...

Concepts of a Performance-Based Building Regulatory System for the United States. Report of the 1996 Activities of the SFPE Focus Group on Concepts of a Performance-Based System for the United States.

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

B J. Beacham

The United States' building and fire communities have recently begun transitioning towards the implementation of performance-based building regulations and the...

Assessment of the Technological Requirements for the Realization of Performance-Based Fire Safety Design in the United States. Final Report.

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

B J. Meacham

Performance-based fire safety design methods are being used or developed in many parts of the world. The bases of several of these methods are the many fire...

A Method of Test for Tracer Gas Test of an Outdoor Furnace Designed for Installation Without a Flue Pipe

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

S T. Liu, George E. Kelly

An induced draft, gas-fired furnance orignally designed for outdoor installation without a flue pipe was tested by the tracer gas method to determine its off...

Performance of a Commerical Hot Water Boiler

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

Cheol D. Park, S T. Liu

In responding to ASHRAE SPC 155P's interest and to provide additional evidence on the envisioned linear relationship between output and input of a boiler under...

Support Vector Machines Applied to Face Recognition

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

P J. Phillips

Face recognition is a K class problem, where K is the number of known individuals; and support vector machines (SVMs) are a binary classification method. By...

Thermal Spray Coatings Workshop: Sensors, Modeling, and Control Strategies. Summary of a Workshop Held at National Institute of Standards and Technology

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

Frank S. Biancaniello, Stephen D. Ridder

The NIST Metallurgy Division has initiated a research program to investigate coatings produced by thermal spray techniques. The focus of this research is the...

Using Simulation as a Proxy for a Real Shop Floor and Data Collection System

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

Frank H. Riddick

Increasing shop floor efficiency has always been a major concern of manufacturing companies. Scheduling applications have been successfully employed to create...

Report of the 83rd National Conference on Weights and Measures

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

G M. Ugiansky, J L. Land

The 83rd Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 12 through July 16, 1998, at the Hilton Hotel in Portland...

The OOF Manual: Version 1.0

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

W C. Carter, Stephen A. Langer, Lin-Sien H. Lum

OOF and PPM200F are programs developed at NIST to investigate the properties of microstructures. The user starts with an image of a real or simulated...

Aperture Proximity Effects in High Heat Flux Sensors Calibration

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

A V. Murthy, Benjamin K. Tsai, Robert D. Saunders

In transfer calibration of heat flux sensors, a correction for the irradiance distribution across the sensing area may be required when the sensing areas of...

Electronics and Electrical Engineering Laboratory Technical Progress Bulletin 98-1, Covering Laboratory Programs, January to March 1998, with 1997-1998 EEEL Events Calendar

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

J M. Rohrbaugh

This is the fifty-ninth issue of a quarterly publication providing information on the technical work of the National Institute of Standards and Technology...

Hydrogen Cyanide H¹³C¹⁴N Absorption Reference for 1530 nm to 1560 nm Wavelength Calibration SRM 2519

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

Sarah L. Gilbert, William C. Swann, Chih-Ming Wang

This Standard Reference Material (SRM) is intended for use in calibrating the wavelength scale of wavelength measuring equipment in the spectral region from...

Toward a National Standards Strategy Conference Summary Report

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

K J. Leuteritz, W G. Leight

On September 23, 1998, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) co-hosted a summit...

Electrical Properties and Dielectric Relaxation of DNA in Solution

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

James R. Baker-Jarvis, Chriss A. Jones, Billy F. Riddle

In this report we overview and summarize the electrical properties and dielectric relaxation of solvenated DNA.

A Problem in AC Quantized Hall Resistance Measurements and a Proposed Solution

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

Marvin E. Cage, Anne-Marie Jeffery

In all experiments reported to date the measurement values of the ac quantized Hall resistances R H varied with the applied current frequency, and differed...

Calculating the Effects of Longitudinal Resistance in Multi-Series-Connected Quantum Hall Effect Devices

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

Marvin E. Cage, Anne-Marie Jeffery, Randolph Elmquist, Kevin C. Lee

Many ac quantized Hall resistance experiments have measured significant values of ac longitudinal resistances under temperature and magnetic field conditions in...

The OOF Manual: Version 1.0

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

W C. Carter, Stephen A. Langer, Lin-Sien H. Lum

Using Model Checking to Generate Tests from Specifications

November 1, 1998

Author(s)

P E. Ammann, Paul E. Black, William J. Majurski

1998 TREC-7 Spoken Document Retrieval Track Overview and Results

October 26, 1998

Author(s)

John S. Garofolo, Ellen M. Voorhees, C G. Auzanne, Vincent M. Stanford, B A. Lund

This paper describes the 1998 TREC-7 Spoken Document Retrieval (SDR) Track which implemented an evaluation of retrieval of broadcast news excerpts using a...

Federal Implementation Guideline for Electronic Data Interchange; ASC X12 003060 Transaction Set 888I; Item Maintenance (Storage Item Correction); Implementation Convention

October 22, 1998

Author(s)

J Favreau

The ASC X12 003060, Transaction Set 888I, Item Maintenance (Storage Item Correction), Implementation Convention, defines the Federal Government s interpretation...

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