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Archita Hati, Craig W. Nelson, Neil Ashby, David A. Howe
NIST provides an on-site calibration service of the accuracy of phase modulation (PM) noise, amplitude modulation (AM) noise and noise floor of the measurement
Jin Chu Wu, Michael W. Halter, Raghu N. Kacker, John T. Elliott
Cell image segmentation (CIS) is critical for quantitative imaging in cytometric analyses. The data derived after segmentation can be used to infer cellular
Allan W. Smith, Steven R. Lorentz, Raju V. Datla, Thomas C. Stone
The need to understand and monitor climate change has led to proposed radiometric accuracy requirements for space-based remote-sensing instruments that are very
In order to facilitate the development of applications and middleware that support the Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Card, NIST has developed a set of
To support natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) in response to the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, a large number of samples were
Verifying correctness of stated facts, rules, and term definitions for an industrial domain of work requires the contributions of experts in the domain
As the use of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and digital certificates (e.g., the use of Transport Layer Security [TLS] and Secure Sockets Layer [SSL]) for the
The Common Misuse Scoring System (CMSS) is a set of measures of the severity of software feature misuse vulnerabilities. A software feature is a functional
Marc J. Assael, I.A. Koini, K.D. Antoniadis, Marcia L. Huber, Ilmutdin M. Abdulagatov, Richard A. Perkins
This paper contains new, representative reference equations for the thermal conductivity of SF6. The equations are based in part upon a body of experimental
Small specimen test techniques become ever more popular as the need increases to characterize mechanical properties by use of the smallest possible amount of
Svetlana Z. Lowry, Matthew T. Quinn, Mala Ramaiah, David Brick, Emily S. Patterson, Jiajie Zhang, Patricia Abbott, Michael C. Gibbons
Adoption of electronic health record (EHR) systems in hospitals and physician practices is accelerating. Usability of EHRs has been identified as an important
Emile L. Morse, Mary F. Theofanos, Yee-Yin Choong, Celeste Paul, Aiping L. Zhang, Hannah Wald
This paper presents the findings of a PIV usability pilot study conducted at NIST during the summer of 2010. The study focused on factors that affected users'
Rajmohan (. Madhavan, Stephen B. Balakirsky, Craig I. Schlenoff
A seminar titled "Next Generation Packaging, Kitting, and Palletizing: Can one robot do it all?" was held on February 9th 2012 at the Material Handling Industry
Previously we quantified the chemical and mechanical deterioration of polyaramid and polybenzimidazole-based protective clothing fabrics that resulted from
Equations of state for the xylene isomers (o-xylene, m-xylene, and p-xylene) and ethylbenzene have been developed with the use of the Helmholtz energy as the
This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-146, Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations: Recommendations of
Charles R. McLean, Yung-Tsun Lee, Sanjay Jain, Charles W. Hutchings
This document provides general guidance that is designed to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Program Managers and other executives inside and