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NIST Pubs

NIST Test Personal Identity Verification (PIV) Cards:

July 1, 2012

Author(s)

David A. Cooper

Interlaboratory Comparison Study to Support the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Description and Results for QA11Blood01- PAHs, PAH Metabolites, and DOSS in Solution and Blood:

July 1, 2012

Author(s)

John R. Kucklick, Michele M. Schantz

A Restricted English for Constructing Ontologies (RECON):

July 1, 2012

Author(s)

Edward Barkmeyer, Andreas Mattas

The Common Misuse Scoring System (CMSS): Metrics for Software Feature Misuse Vulnerabilities:

July 1, 2012

Author(s)

Elizabeth LeMay, Karen Scarfone, Peter Mell

Miniaturized Charpy Specimens for the Indirect Verification of Small-Scale Charpy Machines: Initial Qualification Phase

July 1, 2012

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon

Small specimen test techniques become ever more popular as the need increases to characterize mechanical properties by use of the smallest possible amount of...

(NISTIR 7865) A Human Factors Guide to Enhance EHR Usability of Critical User Interactions when Supporting Pediatric Patient Care

June 28, 2012

Author(s)

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...

Usability of PIV Smartcards for Logical Access

June 28, 2012

Author(s)

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'...

Next Generation Packaging, Kitting, and Palletizing: Can one robot do it all?

June 28, 2012

Author(s)

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...

Accelerated Weathering of Firefighter Protective Clothing: Delineating the Impact of Thermal, Moisture, and Ultraviolet Light Exposures

June 27, 2012

Author(s)

Rick D. Davis, Shonali Nazare, Joannie W. Chin

Previously we quantified the chemical and mechanical deterioration of polyaramid and polybenzimidazole-based protective clothing fabrics that resulted from...

Thermodynamic Properties of o-Xylene, m-Xylene, p-Xylene, and Ethylbenzene

June 27, 2012

Author(s)

Eric W. Lemmon, Yong Zhou, Jiangtao Wu

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...

Cloud Computing: A Review of Features, Benefits, and Risks, and Recommendations for Secure, Efficient Implementations

June 27, 2012

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-146, Cloud Computing Synopsis and Recommendations: Recommendations of...

June 2012 Errata to Structural Fire Response and Probable Collapse Sequence of World Trade Center Building 7 (NIST NCSTAR 1-9)

June 27, 2012

Author(s)

Therese P. McAllister

SEE FULL ERRATA LIST: http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=901225. Bearing seat dimensions for girder at Column 79. Pg 482, Analytical...

Preparation of Nanoparticle Dispersions from Powdered Material Using Ultrasonic Disruption

June 19, 2012

Author(s)

Julian S. Taurozzi, Vincent A. Hackley, Mark R. Wiesner

Reporting Guidelines for the Preparation of Aqueous Nanoparticle Dispersions from Dry Materials

June 19, 2012

Author(s)

Julian S. Taurozzi, Vincent A. Hackley, Mark R. Wiesner

Preparation of a Nanoscale TiO2 Aqueous Dispersion for Toxicological or Environmental Testing

June 19, 2012

Author(s)

Julian S. Taurozzi, Vincent A. Hackley, Mark R. Wiesner

Technical Guidance for Archiving and Configuration Management of Homeland Security Simulation Applications

June 19, 2012

Author(s)

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...

Preparation of Nanoscale TiO2 Dispersions in Biological Test Media for Toxicological Assessment

June 19, 2012

Author(s)

Julian S. Taurozzi, Vincent A. Hackley, Mark R. Wiesner

Preparation of Nanoscale TiO2 Dispersions in an Environmental Matrix for Eco-Toxicological Assessment

June 19, 2012

Author(s)

Julian S. Taurozzi, Vincent A. Hackley, Mark R. Wiesner

Guide to Bluetooth Security

June 11, 2012

Author(s)

John Padgette, Lidong Chen, Karen Scarfone

[Superseded by SP 800-121 Rev. 2 (May 2017): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication- search.cfm?pub_id=922974] Bluetooth is an open standard for short-range...

Certification of SRM 2492: Bingham Paste Mixture for Rheological Measurements

June 7, 2012

Author(s)

Chiara F. Ferraris, Paul E. Stutzman, William F. Guthrie

Rheological measurements are often performed using a rotational rheometer. In this type of rheometer, the tested fluid is sheared between two surfaces, one of...

Guideline for the Implementation of Coexistence for Broadband Power Line Communication Standards

June 6, 2012

Author(s)

David H. Su, Stefano Galli

Power Line Communication (PLC) systems provide a bi-directional communication platform capable of delivering data for a variety of Smart Grid applications such...

Organonhalogen Contaminants and Mercury in Beluga Whale Tissues Banked by the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project

June 6, 2012

Author(s)

Jessica Reiner, Jennifer Hoguet, Jennifer Lynch, John Kucklick, Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Clay Davis, Amanda Moors, Rebecca Pugh, Paul R. Becker

Guidelines for NIST Staff Participating in Documentary Standards Developing Organizations Activities

June 6, 2012

Author(s)

Nathalie M. Rioux, Erik Puskar, Mary J. DiBernardo

These guidelines were prepared by Standards Services of the Standards Coordination Office (SCO), the NIST organization that coordinates the formulation and...

The Benefits of U.S.-European Security Standardization

June 6, 2012

Author(s)

Erik Puskar

This paper briefly characterizes the benefits of collaboration, focusing on the innovations and efficiencies that standardization entails. EU-U.S. standization...

ELFT-EFS Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies: Extended Feature Sets [Evaluation #2]

June 4, 2012

Author(s)

Michael D. Indovina, Vladimir N. Dvornychenko, R. A. Hicklin, G I. Kiebuzinski

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Evaluation of Latent Fingerprint Technologies - Extended Feature Sets (ELFT-EFS) consists of multiple...