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Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Willie E. May, Neal E. Craft
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure
Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Willie E. May
The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure
This report summarizes the results of 16 NIST-ARRA Construction Grant Awards that provided more than $180 million to fund major scientific building construction
Once a law has been enacted by Congress, the appropriate federal agency (e.g., the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Federal Trade Commission, the
This report documents the results of a series of comparative analyses which were conducted at on the Charpy machines located at NIST in Boulder, Colorado. The
This document is intended to provide guidance to the Federal Government for using cryptography and NIST's cryptographic standards to protect sensitive, but
This document is part of a series intended to provide guidance to the Federal Government for using cryptography and NIST's cryptographic standards to protect
Joan Pellegrino, Yannick Tamm, Allison Barnard Feeney, Thomas D. Hedberg Jr.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) held a "Model-Based Enterprise Summit" from April 12-14, 2016 with the intention of identifying
Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti, Michael A. Galler, Steven T. Bushby
Automated commissioning tools facilitate the ongoing commissioning process to improve occupant comfort, ensure the persistence of correct system operation, and
Kathryn M. Butler, Susanne M. Furman, Erica D. Kuligowski, Richard D. Peacock
The purpose of this report is to provide guidance for designers, building managers, and fire emergency personnel on how to improve communication, procedures
Richard G. Gann, Morgan Bruns, Edward J. Hnetkovsky, William F. Guthrie
ASTM E 2187 has become the internationally referenced standard for designing and specifying less fire-prone cigarettes. In this test method, a lit cigarette is
Amanda J. Moors, Rebecca S. Pugh, Jody R. Evans, Jennifer M. Ness, Debra L. Ellisor, Melannie J. Bachman
The NIST Reference Materials Production (RMP) Facility at the Hollings Marine Laboratory produces fresh, frozen powder materials which are used as Standard
The document describes the procedure by which fingerprint image downsampling procedures will be evaluated with respect to conformance to the NIST guidance for
Patrick D. O'Reilly, Gregory A. Witte, Larry Feldman
Title III of the E-Government Act of 2002, entitled the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) of 2002, requires NIST to prepare an annual public
A. Koutian, Marc J. Assael, Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins
New, wide-range reference equations for the thermal conductivity of ethylene and propylene as a function of temperature and density are presented. The equations