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NIST Pubs

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2019: Information Technology Laboratory, Material Measurement Laboratory, & Physical Measurement Laboratory

April 8, 2022

Author(s)

Kathryn Miller

NIST is committed to the idea that results of federally funded research are a valuable national resource and a strategic asset. To the extent feasible and

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2019: Communications Technology Laboratory

April 8, 2022

Author(s)

Kathryn Miller

NIST is committed to the idea that results of federally funded research are a valuable national resource and a strategic asset. To the extent feasible and

NIST Conference Papers Fiscal Year 2019: Engineering Laboratory

April 8, 2022

Author(s)

Kathryn Miller

NIST is committed to the idea that results of federally funded research are a valuable national resource and a strategic asset. To the extent feasible and

Blockchain and Related Technologies to Support Manufacturing Supply Chain Traceability

April 7, 2022

Author(s)

Keith A. Stouffer, Joshua Lubell, Michael Pease, Evan K. Wallace

As supply chains become more complex and the origins of products become harder to discern, efforts are emerging that improve traceability of goods by exchanging

Performance Measurement of a Mobile Manipulator-on-a-Cart and Coordinate Registration Methods for Manufacturing Applications

April 6, 2022

Author(s)

Omar Aboul-Enein, Roger V. Bostelman, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Mili Shah

Mobile manipulators, which consist of a robotic manipulator arm on a vehicular base, enable more flexible and dynamic workflows in manufacturing processes by

Improving Enterprise Patching for General IT Systems: Utilizing Existing Tools and Performing Processes in Better Ways

April 6, 2022

Author(s)

Murugiah Souppaya, Alper Kerman, Karen Scarfone, Kevin Stine, Brian E. Johnson, Chris Peloquin, Vanessa Ruffin, Tyler Diamond, Mark Simos, Sean Sweeney

Despite widespread recognition that patching is effective and attackers regularly exploit unpatched software, many organizations do not adequately patch. There

Guide to Enterprise Patch Management Planning: Preventive Maintenance for Technology

April 6, 2022

Author(s)

Murugiah Souppaya, Karen Scarfone

Enterprise patch management is the process of identifying, prioritizing, acquiring, installing, and verifying the installation of patches, updates, and upgrades

Augmented Reality (AR) Usability Evaluation Framework: The Case of Public Safety Communications Research

April 5, 2022

Author(s)

Yee-Yin Choong, Kurtis Goad, Kevin C. Mangold

Augmented Reality (AR) is an enhanced version of reality created by the use of technology to overlay digital information on an image of something being viewed

Research on Estimating Peak Water Demands and Measuring Pressure Losses in Premise Plumbing Systems

April 1, 2022

Author(s)

Steven Buchberger, Tao Li, Toritseju Omaghomi, Gary Klein, William M. Healy

A protocol is described for conducting a survey to monitor instantaneous peak water use in non-residential buildings using a new wireless sensor network

Development of a Flashover Prediction Model for Compartment Fires Using Support Vector Regression

April 1, 2022

Author(s)

Wai Cheong Tam, Jun Wang, Richard D. Peacock, Paul A. Reneke, Eugene Yujun Fu, Thomas Cleary

This report provides additional technical details to an article entitled P-Flash – A Machine Learning-based Model for Flashover Prediction using Recovered

Economic Analysis of ASCE 7-22 Tornado Load Requirements

March 30, 2022

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Marc Levitan, Blake Haney, Benchmark Harris, Thomas Smith, David Butry, Patrick Crawford, Nicholas de Toledo, Douglas Thomas

Federal Cybersecurity Awareness Programs A Mixed Methods Research Study

March 25, 2022

Author(s)

Julie Haney, Jody Jacobs, Susanne M. Furman

Prior industry surveys and research studies have revealed that organizational security awareness programs may face a number of challenges, including lack of

Disinfection of Respirators with Ultraviolet Radiation

March 25, 2022

Author(s)

Dianne L. Poster, Matthew Hardwick, C Cameron Miller, Michael A. Riley, W. W. Shanaka I. Rodrigo, Andras E. Vladar, John D. Wright, Christopher D. Zangmeister, Clarence Zarobila, Jeremy Starkweather, John Wynne, Jason Yilzarde

Data for interpreting virus inactivation on N95 face filtering respirators (FFRs) by ultraviolet (UV) radiation are important in developing UV strategies for

Spreadsheet-Based Software for the Analysis of Unloading Compliance Fracture Toughness Tests in Accordance with ASTM E1820

March 25, 2022

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon

NIST has developed a user-friendly spreadsheet-based software for the analysis of elastic-plastic fracture toughness tests conducted according to ASTM E1820-20b

Gauging Difficulty of Image Segmentation

March 25, 2022

Author(s)

Marek Franaszek

Image segmentation is the first step in a complex process of object recognition. This report presents a method to gauge the difficulty of segmentation by

Indoor Carbon Dioxide Metric Analysis Tool

March 25, 2022

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily, Brian Polidoro

Indoor carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations have been used for decades to evaluate indoor air quality (IAQ) and ventilation, and more recently in discussions of

The Federal Cybersecurity Awareness Workforce: Professional Backgrounds, Knowledge, Skills, and Development Activities

March 25, 2022

Author(s)

Julie Haney, Jody Jacobs, Susanne M. Furman

Organizational security awareness programs may experience a number of challenges, including lack of funding and staff with the appropriate knowledge and skills

Approaches and Challenges of Federal Cybersecurity Awareness Programs

March 25, 2022

Author(s)

Julie Haney, Jody Jacobs, Susanne M. Furman

Organizational security awareness programs may experience a number of challenges, including lack of resources, difficulty measuring the impact of the program

Promoting Access to Voting: Recommendations for Addressing Barriers to Private and Independent Voting for People with Disabilities

March 23, 2022

Author(s)

Kerrianne Buchanan, Kevin C. Mangold, Sharon J. Laskowski, Karen Reczek

As stated in Executive Order (EO) 14019, Promoting Access to Voting, the right to vote is the foundation of American democracy. The EO further recognizes that

Certification of Standard Reference Material 3289 Multivitamin Tablets

March 18, 2022

Author(s)

Hugh Hayes, Jerome Mulloor, Michael Nelson, Kate Rimmer, Lee L. Yu, James H. Yen

Standard Reference Material® (SRM®) 3289 Multivitamin Tablets was developed as part of a collaborative effort between the National Institute for Standards and

Mixture Models for Refrigerants R-1234yf/134a, R-1234yf/1234ze(E), and R-134a/1234ze(E) and Interim Models for R-125/1234yf, R-1234ze(E)/227ea, and R-1234yf/152a

March 18, 2022

Author(s)

Ian Bell

In this work, new thermodynamic models for refrigerant mixtures are provided for the binary pairs R-1234yf/134a, R-1234yf/1234ze(E), and R-134a/1234ze(E) based

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

March 17, 2022

Author(s)

Kelsey Rodriguez

The Time and Frequency Bulletin provides information on performance of time scales and a variety of broadcasts (and related information) to users of the NIST

Protecting Information and System Integrity in Industrial Control System Environments: Cybersecurity for the Manufacturing Sector

March 16, 2022

Author(s)

Michael Powell, Michael Pease, Keith A. Stouffer, CheeYee Tang, Timothy Zimmerman, Chelsea Dean, Kangmin Zheng, John Hoyt, Mary Raguso, Joseph Brule, Aslam Sherule, Matthew Zopf

Today's manufacturing organizations rely on industrial control systems (ICS) to conduct their operations. Increasingly, ICS are facing more frequent

Towards a Standard for Identifying and Managing Bias in Artificial Intelligence

March 15, 2022

Author(s)

Reva Schwartz, Apostol Vassilev, Kristen K. Greene, Lori Perine, Andrew Burt, Patrick Hall

As individuals and communities interact in and with an environment that is increasingly virtual they are often vulnerable to the commodification of their

Assessing Enhanced Security Requirements for Controlled Unclassified Information

March 15, 2022

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Victoria Yan Pillitteri, Kelley L. Dempsey

The protection of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) in nonfederal systems and organizations is important to federal agencies and can directly impact the

Calorimetry in Computed Tomography Beams

March 10, 2022

Author(s)

Heather H. Chen-Mayer, Ronald Tosh, Fred B. Bateman, Paul Bergstrom, Brian E. Zimmerman

A portable calorimeter for direct realization of absorbed dose in medical computed tomography (CT) procedures was constructed and tested in a positron emission

A Tool to Model Virus Particle Exposure in Residences (ViPER)

March 9, 2022

Author(s)

Stephen Zimmerman, Brian Polidoro, Lisa Ng, William Stuart Dols, Steven Emmerich

Virus Particle Exposure in Residences (ViPER) is a web-based, single zone indoor air quality and ventilation analysis tool developed by the National Institute

The NIST Vacuum Double-Crystal Spectrometer: A Tool for SI-Traceable Measurement of X-Ray Emission Spectra

March 9, 2022

Author(s)

Csilla Szabo-Foster, James Cline, Albert Henins, Lawrence T. Hudson, Marcus Mendenhall

The NIST Vacuum Double-Crystal Spectrometer (VDCS) has been modernized and is now capable of recording reference-free wavelength-dispersive spectra in the 2 keV

New International Formulation for the Thermal Conductivity of Heavy Water

March 9, 2022

Author(s)

Marcia L. Huber, Richard A. Perkins, Marc Assael, Stella Monogenidou, Robert Hellmann, Jan Sengers

The International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS) has adopted a new formulation for the thermodynamic properties of heavy water. This

Implementation of DevSecOps for a Microservices-based Application with Service Mesh

March 8, 2022

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli

Cloud-native applications have evolved into a standardized architecture consisting of multiple loosely coupled components called microservices (often typically