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Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Kathryn L. Beers, Richard E. Ricker, Martin L. Green
An MSEL Sustainability Seminar Series took place in 2009, aimed at the following goals: (1) to introduce this important subject matter to our staff and (2) to
Scott W. Rose, Anastase Nakassis, Ramaswamy Chandramouli
The Domain Name System (DNS) is the global lookup service for network resources. It is often the first step in an Internet transaction as well as a network
Through its Metrics and Tools for Sustainable Buildings project, NIST is taking a lead role in providing science-based guidance to the building community on the
The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new
Safety systems have used the concept of safety integrity levels (SILs) for almost two decades. This allows the safety of a component or system to be represented
Data on people movement on stairs were collected from 9 office and residential building evacuations in the United States. The buildings involved in this study
The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new
Michael D. Frenkel, Robert D. Chirico, Vladimir Diky, Chris D. Muzny, Andrei F. Kazakov, Joe W. Magee, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Jeongwon Kang
ThermoData Engine (TDE) is the first and only full-scale software implementation of the dynamic data evaluation concept. The software provides critically
In TREC 2009, the Blog track has been markedly revamped with the use of a new and larger sample of the blogosphere, cal led Blogs08, which has a 13-month
The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new
The Precision Engineering Division (PED) is one of five divisions of the Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL)at the National Institute of Standards and
Kirk D. Rice, Michael A. Riley, Amanda L. Forster, Steven D. Phillips, Craig M. Shakarji, Daniel S. Sawyer, Christopher J. Blackburn, Bruce R. Borchardt, James J. Filliben
This document constitutes the ten-year Strategic Plan for FY2009-2018 for the Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES), Electronic and Electrical Engineering
The Blog track explores the information seeking behaviour in the blogosphere. The track was introduced in 2006 [1], with a main pilot search task, namely the
A novel through-focus scanning optical microscope (TSOM - pronounced as 'tee-som') technique that produces nanometer dimensional measurement sensitivity using a
Ian M. Soboroff, Krisztian Balog, Nick Craswell, Arjen de Vries, Paul Thomas, Peter Bailey
The goal of the enterprise track is to conduct experiments with enterprise data that reflect the experiences of users in real organizations. This year, we
Use of metric labeling on United States consumer products has a long history. Currently, the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act (FPLA) requires dual unit labeling
The SRM Spotlight is a newsletter published by the Measurement Services Division for users of NIST standard reference materials. The Spotlight announces new
The CYCLE_D package simulates vapor compression refrigeration cycles that use pure refrigerants or mixtures of refrigerants. The model can simulate a basic
Efforts are underway in the Surface and Microanalysis Science Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology to study the vapor transport
Robert E. Chapman, Allison L. Huang, David T. Butry
In 2007, the latest year for which construction data are available, the value of construction put in place was $1.1 trillion. Statistics on the total cost of
This brochure describes the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at NIST, including mission, core competencies, resources, products, and customers. It
Building air change rates impact energy consumption for space conditioning and indoor contaminant levels in relation to general indoor air quality issues as