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NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Summer 2013 Comparability Studies: Results for Round Robin LXXIV Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum and Round Robin 39 Ascorbic Acid in Human Serum

October 30, 2014

Author(s)

Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David Duewer

The National Institute of Standards and Technology coordinates the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) for laboratories that measure...

RFID Technology in Forensic Evidence Management: An Assessment of Barriers, Benefits, and Costs

October 30, 2014

Author(s)

Shannan Williams, Melissa Taylor, Anuj Mehta, Irland Jeffrey

Forensic science laboratories and law enforcement agencies have increasingly used automated identification technology (AIT), such as barcoding and radio...

Selected Laboratory and Measurement Practices and Procedures for Length Calibrations (2014 Ed)

October 22, 2014

Author(s)

Jose A. Torres-Ferrer, Georgia L. Harris

This publication contains good measurement practices and standard operating procedures for length calibrations as performed in state weights and measures...

An ACT-R Model of Elliptical Endpoint Error Distributions in a Mobile Touchscreen 2-D Fitts' Law Task

October 14, 2014

Author(s)

Kristen Greene, Melissa A. Gallagher, Franklin Tamborello

Given the high propensity of users' motoric errors with smaller touchscreen buttons, knowing the endpoint distributions for finger- based pointing and tapping...

Challenges and Benefits of a Methodology for Scoring Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.0 Conformance

October 1, 2014

Author(s)

Frederick E. Boland Jr., Elizabeth N. Fong

The World Wide Web (W3C) Web Accessibility Initiative has developed comprehensive guidance on evaluating web accessibility. Web Content Accessibility Guidelines...

A Proposed Interim Check for Field Testing a Laser Tracker's 3-D Length Measurement Capability Using a Calibrated Scale Bar as a Reference Artifact

October 1, 2014

Author(s)

Vincent Lee, Christopher J. Blackburn, Balasubramanian Muralikrishnan, Daniel Sawyer, Mark Meuret, Aaron Hudlemeyer

This paper describes a proposed interim check for field testing a laser tracker's 3-D length measurement capability using a calibrated scale bar as a reference...

NISTIR 6969, Selected Laboratory and Measurement Practices, and Procedures, to Support Basic Mass Calibrations (2014 Edition)

September 26, 2014

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

This publication contains good laboratory practices, good measurement practices, and standard operating procedures to support the Basic Mass CD-ROM (SP 1001, SP...

Advanced Mass Calibration and Measurement Assurance Program for State Calibration Laboratories (NISTIR 5672, 2014 ed)

September 26, 2014

Author(s)

Georgia L. Harris

This publication provides guidelines for evaluating mass calibrations and for establishing measurement assurance programs in precision mass calibration...

Guidelines for Smart Grid Cybersecurity

September 25, 2014

Author(s)

Victoria Y. Pillitteri, Tanya L. Brewer

This three-volume report, Guidelines for Smart Grid Cybersecurity, presents an analytical framework that organizations can use to develop effective...

Measurement Uncertainties of Three Score Distributions and Two Thresholds with Data Dependency

September 18, 2014

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, Alvin F. Martin, Craig Greenberg, Raghu Kacker

The National Institute of Standards and Technology conducts an ongoing series of Speaker Recognition Evaluations (SRE). Recently a new paradigm was adopted to...

Investigations of Near-Edge Ballistic Impacts on Law Enforcement Body Armor

September 1, 2014

Author(s)

Kirk D. Rice, Amanda L. Forster, Michael A. Riley, Nicholas Paulter

In 2005 and 2006, two law enforcement officer-involved shootings resulted in injuries to the officers when bullets were not stopped in the officers' body armor...

A Review of U.S.A. Participation in the ISO and IEC

August 4, 2014

Author(s)

Erik Puskar, Dong G. Choi

Based on the Section 2543 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 , the Department of Commerce (DOC) has been responsible for monitoring the representation of...

Design and Testing of a Mobile Touchscreen Interface for Multi-Modal Biometric Capture

August 1, 2014

Author(s)

Kristen Greene, Ross J. Micheals, Kayee K. Hanaoka, Gregory P. Fiumara

In this report, we describe in detail the design and usability testing of a touchscreen interface for multimodal biometric capture, an application called WSABI...

Incorporating Biometric Software Development Kits into the Development Process

August 1, 2014

Author(s)

Karen Marshall, Ross J. Micheals, Kevin C. Mangold, Kayee K. Hanaoka

Biometric devices have emerged as pervasive and indispensable tools in facilitating security in many industries and governments worldwide�. The use of these...

A Measurement Metric for Forensic Latent Fingerprint Preprocessing

July 31, 2014

Author(s)

Haiying Guan, Andrew Dienstfrey, Mary Frances Theofanos, Brian Stanton

Although fingerprint mark-up and identification are well-studied fields, forensic fingerprint image preprocessing is still a relatively new domain in need of...

Performance Metrics for Evaluating Object and Human Detection and Tracking Systems

July 30, 2014

Author(s)

Afzal A. Godil, Roger Bostelman, William P. Shackleford, Tsai H. Hong, Michael O. Shneier

In this report, we provide an overview of various performance evaluation metrics for object detection and tracking for robot safety applications in smart...

Sustainable Manufacturing Program Workshop Report

July 9, 2014

Author(s)

Sudarsan Rachuri, Katherine C. Morris, Utpal Roy, David Dornfeld, Soundar Kumara

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)s Sustainable Manufacturing Program held a workshop on November 13-14, 2012, in Gaithersburg, MD. Dr...

Applicability of Existing Materials Testing Standards for Additive Manufacturing Materials

July 7, 2014

Author(s)

John A. Slotwinski, Shawn P. Moylan

This NIST Internal Report (NISTIR) is the third in a series of reports from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Engineering Laboratory's...

1588 Power Profile Test Plan

July 7, 2014

Author(s)

Carol Perkins, Jeff Laird, Ryan McEachern, Bob Noseworthy, Julien M. Amelot, YaShian Li-Baboud, Kevin G. Brady

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, facilitating the industry adoption of IEEE Standard...

Standards Related to Prognostics and Health Management (PHM) for Manufacturing

July 7, 2014

Author(s)

Gregory Vogl, Brian A. Weiss, Alkan Donmez

Prognostics and health management (PHM) systems are utilized to reduce burdensome maintenance tasks of monitored products or processes through diagnostics and...

NIST SGIP Priority Action Plan 2, Guidelines for Assessing Wireless Standards for Smart Grid Applications

June 25, 2014

Author(s)

David E. Cypher, Nada T. Golmie

This report is a draft of key tools and methods to assist smart grid system designers in making informed decisions about existing and emerging wireless...

IREX V: Guidance for Iris Image Collection

June 12, 2014

Author(s)

George W. Quinn, JAmes Matey, Elham Tabassi, Patrick J. Grother

This document provides guidance for the proper collection of iris images. Problems that occur during image acquisition can lead to poor quality samples. If the...

Policy Machine: Features, Architecture, and Specification

May 31, 2014

Author(s)

David F. Ferraiolo, Serban I. Gavrila, Wayne Jansen

[Superseded by NISTIR 7987 Revision 1 (October 2015): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=913195] The ability to control access to...

Maturity Model Concepts for Sustainable Manufacturing

May 21, 2014

Author(s)

Sudarsan Rachuri, Sanjay Jain

The general awareness of the need for use of earths resources in a sustainable manner has been increasing in recent years. Governments, commercial...

Identifying Face Quality and Factor Measures for Video

May 20, 2014

Author(s)

Yooyoung Lee, P. Jonathon Phillips, James Filliben, J. R. Beveridge, Hao Zhang

This paper identifies important factors for face recognition algorithm performance in video. The goal of this study is to understand key factors that affect...

Face Recognition Vendor Test (FRVT) Performance of Face Identification Algorithms NIST IR 8009

May 20, 2014

Author(s)

Patrick J. Grother, Mei Lee Ngan

This report documents performance of one-to-many face identification algorithms, and compares it with that in 2010. Performance in this context refers...

A Decision Guidance Framework for Sustainability Performance Analysis of Manufacturing Processes

May 19, 2014

Author(s)

Duck B. Kim, Seungjun Shin, Guodong Shao, Alexander Brodsky

In this paper, a decision guidance framework has been presented to provide decision support to industry users in manufacturing processes. The framework consists...

A Framework for Research Inventory of Manufacturing Sustainability Assessment

May 19, 2014

Author(s)

Juyeon Lee, Yung-Tsun T. Lee

There have been many research papers focused on development of guidelines, indicators, metrics, methods, tools, and systems all related to sustainability...

LTE Physical Layer Performance Analysis

May 15, 2014

Author(s)

Wen-Bin Yang, Michael R. Souryal

In this report, we present results of a physical layer performance study for all MCSs (from MCS0 to MCS28) in terms of block error rate (BLER) and spectral...

A Roadmap to Advance Measurement Science in Robot Dexterity and Manipulation

May 1, 2014

Author(s)

Joseph A. Falco, Jeremy A. Marvel, Elena R. Messina

In order for robots to expand their applicability within manufacturing operations, their dexterity needs to advance considerably. There is active research in...

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