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Compound semiconductor oxide antireflection coatings

May 15, 2000
Author(s)
K. J. Knopp, Richard Mirin, Kristine A. Bertness, Kevin L. Silverman, David H. Christensen
… surface oxide coatings can be designed to offer a nearly zero minimum of reflectance and a reflectance of …

Harmonizing the forensic nomenclature for STR Loci D6S474 and DYS612

January 21, 2024
Author(s)
Martin Bodner, David Ballard, Lisa Borsuk, Jonathan King, Walther Parson, Christopher Phillips, Katherine Gettings
… commercial assays and results are compared with historical publications of allele frequency data or multiple assays are …

Ransomware Risk Management: A Cybersecurity Framework Profile

February 23, 2022
Author(s)
Bill Fisher, Murugiah Souppaya, William Barker, Karen Scarfone
Ransomware is a type of malicious attack where attackers encrypt an organization's data and demand payment to restore access. In some instances, attackers may also steal an organization's information and demand an additional payment in return for not

The science of the host-virus network

November 24, 2021
Author(s)
Gregory Albery, Daniel J. Becker, Liam Brierley, Cara Brook, Rebecca Christofferson, Lily Cohen, Tad Dallas, Evan Eskew, Anna Fagre, Maxwell Farrell, Emma Glennon, Sarah Guth, Maxwell Joseph, Nardus Mollentze, Ben Neely, Timothee Poisot, Angela Rasmussen, Sadie Ryan, Anna Siodin, Stephanie Seifert, Erin Sorrell, Colin Carlson
Better methods to predict and prevent the emergence of zoonotic viruses could support future efforts to reduce the risk of epidemics. We propose a network science framework for understanding and predicting human and animal susceptibility to viral

Using CO2 Monitoring to Manage Ventilation in Buildings

November 18, 2021
Author(s)
Andrew K. Persily
The measurement of indoor carbon dioxide concentrations has been used for many years to assess and control building ventilation rates, as well as to characterize indoor air quality. Over the years these applications of indoor CO2 monitoring have been

Development and Interpretation of the Security Rating Index

October 12, 2021
Author(s)
Jonathan Sylvie, Stephen R. Thomas, Sang-Hoon Lee, Robert E. Chapman
This article is a follow-on publication to Addressing Security in the Early Stages of the Project Life Cycle. It details the development and interpretation of the Security Rating Index (SRI), which provides a means of quantitatively assessing the level of

PSCR 2020_Social Media Incident Streams

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Ian M. Soboroff
The ubiquity of mobile internet-enabled devices combined with wide-spread social media use during emergencies is posing new challenges for response personnel. In particular, service operators are now expected to monitor these online channels to extract

PSCR 2020_The Evolution of Direct Mode in 3GPP

October 29, 2020
Author(s)
Richard A. Rouil
Direct Mode communication remains one of the major hurdles for transitioning from Land Mobile Radio (LMR) to broadband technology. This session will start by providing some background information on 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) direct mode, called

NIST Air Leakage Calculation Tools for Commercial Buildings

December 9, 2019
Author(s)
Lisa C. Ng, Shrestha Som, William S. Dols, Steven J. Emmerich
The Department of Energy (DOE) estimates that air leakage (or “infiltration”) through building envelopes accounted for 6 % of the total energy consumed by commercial buildings in 2010 (DOE 2014). Air barrier requirements are now included in ASHRAE

What Gets Measured, Gets Managed: A Case Study of Construction Safety

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Robert E. Chapman
This article describes efforts within NIST's Building and Fire Research Laboratory to develop baseline measures for the National Construction Goals. The National Construction Goals were established in collaboration with representatives of the construction

Single-Photon Sources and Detectors Book: Chapter 1: Introduction

November 29, 2013
Author(s)
Joshua C. Bienfang, Jingyun Fan, Alan L. Migdall, Sergey V. Polyakov
In the beginning there was light. And it was good. Not long thereafter people began to look for a comprehensive understanding of its nature. While the publication record starts o a little spotty, in the fth century BC the Greek philosopher Empedocles

Performance Requirements for End-to-End Verifiable Elections

August 9, 2010
Author(s)
Stefan Popoveniuc, John M. Kelsey, Andrew Regenscheid, Poorvi Vora
The term end-to-end verifiability has been used over the past several years to describe multiple voting system proposals. The term has, however, never been formally defined. As a result, its meaning tends to change from voting system to voting system. We

Workshop to Define Information Needed by Emergency Responders During Building Emergencies

January 3, 2005
Author(s)
Walter W. Jones, William D. Davis, D D. Evans, David G. Holmberg, Steven T. Bushby, K A. Reed
On May 3, 2004, NIST sponsored a workshop to identify the information needs for emergency responders. The purpose of this workshop was to obtain guidance on the type of building static and dynamic tactical information needed by public safety officials, how
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