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11. Extended Feature Set Profile Specification
Series: Special Publication (NIST SP)
Report Number: 1134
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 12/21/2012
Author: Melissa K Taylor
Abstract: This specification defines Extended Feature Set (EFS) Profiles - sets of features to be used in latent friction ridge (fingerprint/palmprint or plantar2) searches of automated friction ridge identification systems (AFIS). The EFS Profiles are des ...
http://nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=911957

12. Workshop Report for Ambulance Patient Compartment Design
Series: Technical Note (NIST TN)
Report Number: 1766
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 11/26/2012
Authors: Allison Barnard Feeney, Deogratias Kibira, Yung-Tsun Tina Lee, Jennifer Lyn Marshall
Abstract: Recently, the U.S Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division and First Responder Resources Group sponsored formation of the Ambulance Patient Compartment Design Project. Projec ...
http://nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=912316

13. Topography Measurements and Performance Comparisons between NIST SRM 2460 Standard Bullet Masters and BKA Bullet Replicas
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 7/31/2012
Authors: Jun-Feng Song, Theodore Vincent Vorburger, Robert Meryln Thompson, Susan M Ballou, Xiaoyu A Zheng, Thomas B Renegar, Richard M Silver
Abstract: Two Standard Reference Material (SRM) 2460 Bullets produced by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) were used as masters for the fabrication of replica bullets at the Bundeskriminalamt (BKA). The surface topography of the SRM ma ...
http://nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=908222

14. Evaluation of Fusion Methods for Latent Fingerprint Matchers
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 3/29/2012
Author: Vladimir N Dvornychenko
Abstract: Matcher fusion is a recognized approach for improving biometric system performance. Our interest in fusion was largely to determine how much performance “headroom” exists with current matcher technology. We employed five latent fingerprint matchers, ...
http://nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=910369

15. The National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC) Project
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 3/10/2012
Authors: Jun-Feng Song, Theodore Vincent Vorburger, Susan M Ballou, Robert Meryln Thompson, James H Yen, Thomas B Renegar, Xiaoyu A Zheng, Richard M Silver, Martin Ols
Abstract: In response to the guidelines issued by the ASCLD/LAB-International (American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board) to establish traceability and quality assurance in U.S. crime laboratories, a NIST/ATF joint project e ...
http://nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907871

16. Latent Print Examination and Human Factors: Improving the Practice through a Systems Approach
Series: NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Report Number: 7842
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 2/17/2012
Authors: Melissa K Taylor, David H. Kaye, Thomas Busey, Melissa Gische, Gerry LaPorte, Colin Aitken, Susan M Ballou, Leonard Butt, Christophe Champod, David Charlton, Itiel E. Dror, Jules Epstein, Robert J. Garrett, Max Houck, Edward J. Imwinkelried, Ralph Keaton, Glenn Langenburg, Deborah A. Leben, Alice Maceo, Kenneth F. Martin, Jennifer L. Mnookin, Cedric Neumann, Joe Polski, Maria Antonia Roberts, Scott A. Shappell, Lyle Shaver, Sargur N. Srihari, Hal S. Stern, David Stoney, Anjali Swienton, Mary Frances Theofanos, Robert Meryln Thompson, John Vanderkolk, Maria Weir, Kasey Wertheim
Abstract: Fingerprints have provided a valuable method of personal identification in forensic science and criminal investigations for more than 100 years. The examination of fingerprints left at crime scenes, generally referred to as latent prints, consists ...
http://nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=910745

17. Interlaboratory Analytical Comparison Study to Support Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Description and Results for Marine Sediment QA10SED01
Series: NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR)
Report Number: 7792
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 11/2/2011
Authors: Michele M Schantz, John Kucklick
Abstract: To support natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) in response to the Deep Water Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a large number of coastal sediment and tissue samples (i.e., oysters) have been collected to define baseline environme ...
http://nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907886

18. Initial Reconnaissance of the 2011 Wildland-Urban Interfaces Fires in Amarillo, Texas
Series: Technical Note (NIST TN)
Report Number: 1708
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 7/28/2011
Authors: Alexander Maranghides, William Mell, Karen Ridenour, Derek McNamara
Abstract: The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is working to reduce the risk of fire spread in Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) communities. An objective of this work is to develop first generation tools for improved risk assessment and risk ...
http://nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=908719

19. Fate of nanoparticles during life cycle of polymer nanocomposites
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 7/6/2011
Authors: Tinh Nguyen, Bastien T. Pellegrin, Coralie Bernard, Xiaohong Gu, Justin M Gorham, Paul E Stutzman, Deborah L Stanley, Walter Eric Byrd, John W Hettenhouser, Joannie W Chin
Abstract: Nanoparticles are increasingly used in consumer and structural polymeric products to enhance a variety of properties. Under the influences of environmental factors (e.g., ultraviolet, moisture, temperature) and mechanical actions (e.g., scratching, v ...
http://nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907488

20. Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and other control system configurations such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
Series: Special Publication (NIST SP)
Report Number: 800-82
Topic: Public Safety/Security
Published: 6/7/2011
Authors: Keith A Stouffer, Joseph A Falco, Karen Ann Scarfone
Abstract: NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-82, Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security, provides guidance on how to secure Industrial Control Systems (ICS), including Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Distributed Control ...
http://nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=907249