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NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Winter 2012 Comparability Studies::Results for Round Robin LXXI Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum and Round Robin 36 Ascorbic Acid in Human Serum

December 1, 2012

Author(s)

David L. Duewer, Jeanice B. Thomas, Dennis Camell

A Credential Reliability and Revocation Model for Federated Identities

November 29, 2012

Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo

A large number of Identity Management Systems (IDMSs) are being deployed worldwide that use different technologies for the population of their users. With the...

Practices for Managing Supply Chain Risks to Protect Federal Information Systems

November 27, 2012

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information that is included in NISTIR 7622, Notional Supply Chain Risk Management Practices for Federal Information Systems. This...

Workshop Report for Ambulance Patient Compartment Design

November 26, 2012

Author(s)

Allison Barnard Feeney, Deogratias Kibira, Yung-Tsun T. Lee, Jennifer L. Marshall

Recently, the U.S Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorates Human Factors/Behavioral Sciences Division and First Responder Resources...

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - 2012

November 26, 2012

Author(s)

Amy S. Rushing, Joshua D. Kneifel, Barbara C. Lippiatt

This is the 2012 edition of energy price indices and discount factors for performing life-cycle cost analyses of energy and water conservation and renewable...

Thermal Analysis of a Small Pharmaceutical Refrigerator for Vaccine Storage

November 23, 2012

Author(s)

Michal J. Chojnacky

Each year, billions of dollars of vaccines are stored in refrigerators at the facilities of a variety of medical providers. Many vaccines must be maintained in...

Statistical Analysis of Reader Measurement Variability in Nodule Sizing with CT Phantom Imaging Data

November 23, 2012

Author(s)

John Lu, Charles D. Fenimore, Nicholas Petrick, Rongping Zeng, Marios A. Gavrielides, David Clunie, Kristin Borradaile, Robert Ford, Hyun J. Kim, Michael McNitt-Gray, Binsheng Zhao, Andrew Buckler

RSNA has conducted a phantom quantitative imaging biomarker (QIBA) study to assess reader measurement variability of both spherical and non-spherical nodules...

Workshop Report: Building the Materials Innovation Infrastructure: Data and Standards A Materials Genome Initiative Workshop

November 23, 2012

Author(s)

James A. Warren, Ronald F. Boisvert

The Materials Genome Initiative (MGI) is a multi-agency, multi-stakeholder effort to develop the infrastructure needed to enable the materials science community...

Data Logger Thermometers for Vaccine Temperature Monitoring

November 23, 2012

Author(s)

Michal J. Chojnacky

Complete and accurate records of vaccine temperature history are vital to preserving drug potency and patient safety, yet many vaccine providers do not use...

Best Practices and Performance Metrics Using Force Control for Robotic Assembly

November 23, 2012

Author(s)

Jeremy A. Marvel, Joseph A. Falco

Historically, mechanical assembly was predicted to be the dominant application domain of industrial robots; yet assembly tasks are still primarily addressed by...

Design and Usage Guide for Version 0.92 of the Quality Information Framework Data Model and XML (Extensible Markup Language) Schemas

November 23, 2012

Author(s)

Fiona Zhao, Thomas Kramer, Robert Brown, Scott Hoffman, Matt Hoffman, William G. Rippey, Robert Stone

This document describes the design approach used for implementing version 0.92 of the Quality Information Framework (QIF) data model, including implementation...

FDD CX: A Fault Detection and Diagnostic Commissioning Tool for Residential Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps

November 21, 2012

Author(s)

William V. Payne, Jae H. Heo, Piotr A. Domanski

FDD CX is a commissioning tool for unitary, air-source, single-speed, vapor compression air conditioner (AC) or heat pump (HP) systems. This software tool can...

High-Temperature Guarded-Hot-Plate and Pipe Measurements: 2nd Operators Workshop (March 19-20, 2012) Co-sponsored by ASTM Committee C16 on Thermal Insulation

November 21, 2012

Author(s)

Robert R. Zarr, Thomas Whitaker, Frank Tyler

2012 Proceedings of the Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems (PerMI'12) Workshop

November 21, 2012

Author(s)

Rajmohan (. Madhavan, Elena R. Messina, Brian Weiss

The 2012 Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems workshop is the eleventh in a series dedicated to defining measures and methodologies of evaluating...

Technical Assessment of Test and Evaluation Supporting Infrastructure for BioWatch. Summary Report from Peer Review of the Los Alamos National Laboratory.

November 19, 2012

Author(s)

Jayne B. Morrow, David A. LaVan

Technical Assessment of Test and Evaluation Supporting Infrastructure for BioWatch. Summary Report from Peer Review of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Lincoln Laboratory

November 19, 2012

Author(s)

Jayne D. Morrow, David A. LaVan

Tentative Framework for Development of Advanced Seismic Design Criteria for New Buildings

November 15, 2012

Author(s)

Charles Kircher, Finley Charney, Gregory Deierlein, James Harris, William Holmes, John Hooper, Laura Lowes

During the conduct of the ATC-63 Project, which was funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and resulted in the publication of the FEMA P-695...

Third-Round Report of the SHA-3 Cryptographic Hash Algorithm Competition

November 15, 2012

Author(s)

Shu-jen H. Chang, Ray A. Perlner, William E. Burr, Meltem Sonmez Turan, John M. Kelsey, Souradyuti Paul, Lawrence E. Bassham

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) opened a public competition on November 2, 2007 to develop a new cryptographic hash algorithm - SHA-3...

Progress Report National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST); Technical Investigation of the May 22, 2011, Tornado in Joplin, Missouri (NISTSP 1139)

November 15, 2012

Author(s)

Erica D. Kuligowski, Franklin T. Lombardo, Long Phan, Marc L. Levitan, David P. Jorgensen

On June 29, 2011, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) announced that it would conduct a technical investigation of the tornado that struck...

Translating Behavioral Theory of Human Response into Modeling Practice (NISTGCR 12-972)

November 13, 2012

Author(s)

Steve M. Gwynne

A key limitation of current egress models is the scope and sophistication of the behavioral models that are embedded within them to determine what evacuees do...

Reduction Formulae for Products of Theta Functions

November 6, 2012

Author(s)

Peter L. Walker

In four cases it is already known that the product of two distinct Jacobian theta functions having the same variable z and the same nome q is a multiple of a...

NIST Handbook 44: Specifications, Tolerances, and Other Technical Requirements for Weighing and Measuring Devices (2013 Ed.)

November 5, 2012

Author(s)

Tina Butcher, Linda D. Crown, Richard A. Harshman, Juana Williams

Handbook 44 was first printed in 1949, having been preceded by similar handbooks of various designations and in several forms. This 2013 edition was developed...