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A Tool Kit to Generate 3D Animated CAESAR Bodies

October 1, 2005
Author(s)
Quandou (. Wang, Sanford P. Ressler
The Civilian American and European Surface Anthropometry Resource (CAESAR) database provides a comprehensive source for body measurement in numerous industries such as apparel, aerospace, and automobile. Generating animated CAESAR body sequences from still

Standards for Validation of Cancer Biomarkers

April 2, 2005
Author(s)
Catherine D. O'Connell, Donald H. Atha, J P. Jakupciak
Over the past 10 years, DNA testing to identify disease associated mutations and specific organisms, which represent public health and safety concerns, have become major targets for laboratory testing. RNA testing is also emerging for gene expression, both

Policy Issues for R&D Investment in a Knowledge-Based Economy

December 31, 2004
Author(s)
Gregory C. Tassey
The ‘‘Internet Revolution’’ induced an unbalanced perspective on future economic growth strategies. Because information technology (IT) largely constitutes an infrastructure upon which other economic activity is based, its economic role is to facilitate

Research and Challenges in Applied Mechanics

January 1, 2002
Author(s)
K P. Chong, Martin Chiang
The United States Government pursues diligent funding of basic research because it confers a preferential economic advantage1. The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have supported basic research

A New Critical Review of Experimental Stark Widths and Shifts

April 1, 2001
Author(s)
N Konjevic, A Lesage, Jeffrey R. Fuhr, Wolfgang L. Wiese
We have undertaken, and almost completed, a new critical review of experimental data on Stark widths and shifts for spectral lines of non-hydrogenic neutral atoms and positive ions. This review covers the period from 1989 through the end of 1999 and

Adaptation of Traditional Usability Testing Methods for Remote Testing

January 1, 2001
Author(s)
Jean C. Scholtz
Traditional usability testing methods are difficult to use in producing web sites and web applications mainly because of the decreased development times that companies demand for this type of software. Users of web sites have diverse platforms, computer

Managing Digital Libraries for Computer-Aided Design

October 1, 2000
Author(s)
William Regli, V Cicirello
This paper describes our initial efforts to deploy a digital library to support computer-aided collaborative design. At present, this experimental testbed, The Engineering Design Knowledge Repository, is an effort to collect and archive public domain

NIST Atomic Spectra Database (1998)

August 1, 1998
Author(s)
Yuri Ralchenko
… compilations, non-NIST compilations, and selected recent publications or unpublished material. The expanded database …

Total NIST Interactions FY 2010-FY2014

January 11, 2018
Author(s)
Isaac S. Patterson, Nicole K. Gingrich
… CRADA, grants, guest researchers, licenses, NCNR, publications, SBIR, SRD, SRM, geographic diversity, …

The 34th Text REtrieval Conference (TREC 2025)

March 24, 2026
Author(s)
Ian Soboroff, George Awad
TREC 2025 is the thirty-fourth edition of the Text REtrieval Conference (TREC). The main goal of TREC is to create the evaluation infrastructure required for large-scale testing of information retrieval (IR) technology. This includes research on best

REDUCING THE CYBERSECURITY RISKS OF PORTABLE STORAGE MEDIA IN OT ENVIRONMENTS

September 30, 2025
Author(s)
Michael Powell, Fenimore Philip, Stephanie Saravia
Though portable storage media are convenient, their unregulated use poses cybersecurity risks for organizations utilizing them in their OT environments. Procedural, physical, and technical controls are important because they can minimize the likelihood of

TRIP$ - Transportation Risk-Recovery Investment Planning Solutions: Optimizing Earthquake Resilience & Functional Recovery of Highways

September 29, 2025
Author(s)
Aspasia Nikolaou, Angelos Tsatsis, Maria Antoniou, Juan Fung, Yalda Saadat, Fani Gelogoti, Rallis Kourkoulis, Steven McCabe
The United States (US) faces significant challenges in maintaining and modernizing its aging infrastructure, particularly in the transportation sector, which includes roadways, bridges, rail, air, ports, and pipelines. Infrastructure vulnerabilities

Assessing support structures for early career researchers at NIST

August 29, 2025
Author(s)
Justyna Zwolak, Robert Dalka
This report summarizes the findings of the workforce preparation assessment initiative at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) using the Aspects of Postdoctoral Researcher Experience Scale survey. It provides an assessment of the

Estimating How Big: The Metric Estimation Game

July 30, 2025
Author(s)
Elizabeth Benham, Kristen Dill, Dinelka Jagoda, Maryanne Amanze, Yoon Thwel
The metric system (International System of Units, SI) is easy to use and learn. The Metric System Estimation Game is a fun, hands-on activity that helps participants become familiar with SI measurements by practicing estimation skills. During this activity

Workshop Summary Report for ConnectCon 2024: "Minding the Gaps in Human-Centered Cybersecurity"

April 7, 2025
Author(s)
Julie Haney, Matthew Canham, Mike Elkins, Lisa Flynn, Matthew Gordin, Victoria Granova, Wenjing Huang, Jody Jacobs, Greg Moody, Ann Rangarajan, Michael Ross, Robert Thomson, Joe Uchill
In August 2024, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) co-sponsored ConnectCon, an interactive workshop that facilitated meaningful conversations and connections between researchers and practitioners on the topic of human-centered
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