OLES Publications - Journals

Chemical Systems and Materials

"The Detection of Drugs of Abuse in Liquid Perspiration", Journal of Analytical Toxicology, Vol. 25, pp. 625-627 (2001).

"Determination of Capsaicin, Dihdrocapsaicin, and nonivamide in self-defense weapons by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry", Journal of Chromatography A, Vol. 912, pp. 259-267, (2001).

"The Effects of Collection Methods on Oral Fluid Codeine Concentration", submitted to the Journal of Analytical Toxicology.

"Quantitative Analysis of Capsaicinoids In Fresh Peppers, Oleoresin Capsicum, and Pepper Spray Products," J. Forensic Sci. 46, 502-509, (2001).

"Detection of Pepper Spray Residues on Fabrics Using Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry," J. Forensic Sci. 47, 37-43 (2002).

"Establishment of Ballistics Measurement Traceability Using NIST RM 8240 Standard Bullets," Proceedings of 2002 NCSL, August 2002, San Diego, CA.

"Standards for Bullets and Casings", materialstoday, Vol. 5., No. 11, pp.26-31, (2002).
National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center, Tech Beat, Fall 2002, "Matching Bullets", pg. 7, Available at http://www.nlectc.org/pdffiles/tbfall2002.pdf

Critical Incident Technologies

Detection, Inspection, and Enforcement Technologies

M. Misakian, "Equations for the Magnetic Field Produced by One or More Rectangular Loops of Wire in the Same Plane," NIST Journal of Research, Gaithersburg, MD, July/August 2000.

S. Nolen et al.."Properties of Cavity-Backed Slot-Ring Antennas at 95 GHz," pp. 49-57 SPIE Volume 4373, Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Conference, Orlando, Fl, April 2001.

M. Misakian, T. P. Casamento, O.B. Laug, "Development of Emulator for Walk-Through Metal Detectors", IEEE Trans. Electromagnetic Compatibility, Vol. 44, No. 3, pp 486-489, August 2002.

T. Baker-Jarvis, R. Kaiser, M.D. Janezic, "Phantom Materials for Metal Detector Research", URSI Maastricht, August 2002.

N. G. Paulter, "NIJ revises metal detector standards," Law Enforcement Technology, October 2002, pp. 62 to 73.

J. Baker-Jarvis, R. Kaiser, M.D. Janezic, N.G. Paulter, and K.L.. Sticklett, NIST Technical Note 1514, "Metal Detector Studies: Research Materials," NIST, Gaithersburg, MD, August 2002.

E.N. Grossman, S. Nolen, N.G. Paulter, and C.D. Reintsema, "Concealed weapons detection system using uncooled, pulsed, imaging arrays of millimeter-wave bolometers," Proceedings of the SPIE, Vol. 4373, Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology V, Orlando, FL, April 2001, pp. 7 - 15.

N.G. Paulter, E.N. Grossman, G.N. Stenbakken, B.C. Waltrip, S. Nolen, and C.D. Reintsema, "Design of an active mm-wave concealed object imaging system," Proceeding of the SPIE, Vol. 4373, Passive Millimeter-Wave Imaging Technology V, Orlando, FL, April 2001, pp. 64 - 71.

S. Leigh, A. Heckert, A. Rukhin, J. Phillips, P. Grother, "Transformation, Ranking and Clustering for Face Recognition Algorithm Evaluation," November 20, 2001, Third Workshop on Automatic Identification Advanced Technologies, March 14-15, 2002, Tarrytown, New York, USA.

A. Rukhin, P..Grother, J. Phillips, S. Leigh, E. Newton, A. Heckert, "Dependence Characteristics of Face Recognition Algorithms," International Conference on Pattern Recognition, August 11-15, 2002, Quebec City, Canada.

Forensic Sciences

"Developing a Quantitative Extraction Technique for the Determining the Additives in Smokeless Handgun Powders," .J. Forensic Sci. 2001; 46(4):802-807.

"Associating Gunpowder and Residues from Commercial Ammunition Using Compositional Analysis with the Propellant to Stabilizer Ratio (P/S)," Accepted by J. Forensic Sci. July 2001.

"Polymerse chain reaction amplification of DNA from aged blood stains: quantitative evaluation of the "suitability for purpose" of four filter papers as archival media," Anal. Chem. 74: 1863-1869, 2002.

"The MeowPles: A New DNA Test Using Tetranucleotide STR Markers for the Domestic Cat," Profiles in DNA, September 2002., can be found at: http://www.promega.com/profiles/502/ProfilesInDNA_502_07.pdf

Forensic DNA Typing: Biology and Technology behind STR Markers. Academic Press, London (textbook published January 2001).

"Detection of DNA polymorphisms using PCR-RFLP and capillary electrophoresis," Methods in Molecular Biology: Capillary Electrophoresis of Nucleic Acids (Mitchelson, K.R. and Cheng, J., eds.), Humana Press: Totowa, New Jersey, Vol. 2, pp. 49-56.

"The application of capillary electrophoresis in the analysis of PCR products used in genetic typing," Methods in Molecular Biology: Clinical and Forensic Applications of Capillary Electrophoresis (Petersen, J. and Mohammad, A., eds.), Humana Press, Totowa, New Jersey, pp. 261-284.

"Capillary electrophoresis as a tool for optimization of multiplex PCR reactions,". Fresenius J. Anal. Chem. 369: 200-205.

"Genotyping of two mutations in the HFE gene using single-base extension and high-performance liquid chromatography," Anal. Chem. 73: 620-624.

"Quality control of PCR primers used in multiplex STR amplification reactions." Forensic Sci. Int. 119: 87-96.

"High-throughput genotyping of short tandem repeat DNA markers with time-of-flight mass spectrometry," .Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Elsevier Science, in press.

"Analysis of DNA single nucleotide polymorphisms using mass spectrometry," Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry, Elsevier Science, in press.

"Highly multiplexed assays for measuring polymorphisms on the Y-chromosome," Progress in Forensic Genetics 9, Elsevier Science, in press.

Public Safety Communications Standards

Weapons and Protective Systems

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