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NIST Pubs

Integrating Electronic Health Records into Clinical Workflow: An Application of Human Factors Modeling Methods to Specialty Care in â€˜Obstetrics and Gynecologyâ€™ and â€˜Ophthalmologyâ€™:

February 1, 2015

Author(s)

Svetlana Z. Lowry, Mala Ramaiah, Emily S. Patterson, David Brick, Michael C. Gibbons, Latkany A. Paul

Nationwide Public Safety Broadband Network Deployment: Network Parameter Sensitivity Analysis:

February 1, 2015

Author(s)

Richard Rouil, Antonio Izquierdo, Camillo Gentile, David Griffith, Nada Golmie

NEURBT: A Program for Computing Neural Networks for Classification using Batch Learning:

February 1, 2015

Author(s)

Javier Bernal

Measurement Science Needs for Real-time Control of Additive Manufacturing Powder Bed Fusion Processes:

February 1, 2015

Author(s)

Mahesh Mani, Brandon Lane, Alkan Donmez, Shaw Feng, Shawn Moylan, Ronnie Fesperman

Risk Management for Replication Devices:

February 1, 2015

Author(s)

Kelley L. Dempsey, Celia Paulsen

NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program Report of Participant Results: Summer 2013 Comparability Study(Exercise 7):

February 1, 2015

Author(s)

Mary Bedner, Katrice A. Lippa, Susan S. Tai

NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program Report of Participant Results: Summer 2013 Comparability Study(Exercise 7):

February 1, 2015

Author(s)

Mary Bedner, Katrice A. Lippa, Susan S. Tai

Processing and Characterization of Nanoparticle Coatings for Quartz Crystal Microbalance Testing

January 30, 2015

Author(s)

Lauren F. Greenlee

Nanotechnology as a means for water purification is a rapidly growing field. Nanoparticle systems such as photocatalytic titanium dioxide and reactive zero...

Evaluating Smoldering Behavior of Fire-Blocking Barrier Fabrics

January 29, 2015

Author(s)

Shonali Nazare, William M. Pitts, Szabolcs Matko, Rick Davis

This study reports on the smoldering propensity of commercially available barrier fabrics (BFs) in a small-scale upholstered seating mock-up configuration. Most...

Evaluating smoldering behavior of fire-blocking barrier fabrics

January 29, 2015

Author(s)

Shonali Nazare, William M. Pitts, Szabolcs Matko, Rick D. Davis

This study reports on the smoldering propensity of commercially available barrier fabrics (BFs) in a small-scale mock-up configuration. Most BFs are smolder...

Release of NIST Special Publication 800-53A, Revision 4, Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and Organizations

January 29, 2015

Author(s)

Kelley L. Dempsey, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

NIST has published an updated version of Special Publication (SP) 800-53A, Assessing Security and Privacy Controls in Federal Information Systems and...

Preparation of silver nanoparticle loaded cotton threads to facilitate measurement development for textile applications

January 26, 2015

Author(s)

Justin Gorham, Karen Murphy, Jingyu Liu, Dimitri Tselenchuk, Gheorghe Stan, Thao M. Nguyen, Richard D. Holbrook, Michael Winchester, Robert F. Cook, Robert MacCuspie, Vincent Hackley

FOREWORD This NIST special publication (SP) is one in a series of NIST SPs that address research needs articulated in the National Nanotechnology Initiative...

Vetting the Security of Mobile Applications

January 26, 2015

Author(s)

Stephen Quirolgico, Jeffrey M. Voas, Tom T. Karygiannis, Christoph Michael, Karen Scarfone

The purpose of this document is to help organizations (1) understand the process for vetting the security of mobile applications, (2) plan for the...

Defensive code's impact on software performance

January 26, 2015

Author(s)

David W. Flater

Defensive code is instructions added to software for the purpose of hardening it against uncontrolled failures and security problems. It is often assumed that...

Recommendation for Key Management Part 3: Application-Specific Key Management Guidance

January 22, 2015

Author(s)

Elaine B. Barker, Quynh H. Dang

Special Publication 800-57 provides cryptographic key management guidance. It consists of three parts. Part 1 provides general guidance and best practices for...

Workshop Summary: Materials Genome Initiative: Materials Data

January 22, 2015

Author(s)

James Warren

A key objective for the Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) is access to digital materials data. Access may be for an individual, a team, company, or an entire...

Security and Privacy Controls for Federal Information Systems and Organizations [including updates as of 1/22/2015]

January 22, 2015

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross

[Rev. 4 was superseded by Rev. 5 on 9/23/2020; Rev. 4 will be withdrawn one year from that date, on 9/23/2019] This publication provides a catalog of security...

Public Safety Mobile Application Security Requirements Workshop Summary

January 22, 2015

Author(s)

Michael Ogata, Barbara Guttman, Nelson Hastings

This document captures the input received from the half-day workshop titled "Public Safety Mobile Application Security Requirements" organized by the...

The Use of Index-Matched Beads in Optical Particle Counters

January 8, 2015

Author(s)

Dean Ripple

Although multiple methods are available for counting and sizing of protein particles over a broad range of sizes, differences in physical properties between...

Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation

January 8, 2015

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson, Gregory Fiumara, Elham Tabassi, Su L. Cheng, Patricia A. Flanagan, Wayne J. Salamon

FpVTE was conducted primarily to assess the current capabilities of fingerprint matching algorithms using operational datasets containing several million...

Pilot Demonstration of an Impact Evaluation Protocol: NIST NCST Recommendations Arising from The Station Nightclub Fire

January 8, 2015

Author(s)

John R. Hall, Jr, Micheal Karter, Amanda Kimbell, Minchao Yin

Under the authority of the National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Act, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) establishes a National...

Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program: Exercise K Final Report

January 6, 2015

Author(s)

Melissa M. Phillips, Catherine A. Rimmer, Laura J. Wood

The NIST Dietary Supplement Laboratory Quality Assurance Program (DSQAP) was established in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of...

The Second National Ballistics Imaging Comparison (NBIC-2)

January 5, 2015

Author(s)

Theodore V. Vorburger, James H. Yen, Jun-Feng Song, Robert M. Thompson, Thomas Brian Renegar, Xiaoyu Alan Zheng, D Ott, Martin G. Ols

In response to the guidelines issued by the American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors/Laboratory Accreditation Board (ASCLD/LAB-International) to establish...