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NIST Pubs

Security Segmentation in a Small Manufacturing Environment

April 6, 2023

Author(s)

Michael Powell, John Hoyt, Aslam Sherule, Lynette Wilcox

Manufacturers are increasingly targeted in cyber-attacks. Small manufacturers are particularly vulnerable due to limitations in staff and resources to operate...

Specification for Certification Testing of Contactless Fingerprint Acquisition Devices, v1.0

April 4, 2023

Author(s)

Shahram Orandi, John M. Libert, John Grantham, Kenneth Ko, Bruce Bandini, Craig I. Watson

This specification builds upon the protocols and metrics established in NIST Special Publication 500-336 and defines procedures for the evaluation and...

NIST Time and Frequency Bulletin

April 4, 2023

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...

Implementing NIST Infiltration Correlations

March 31, 2023

Author(s)

Jyrteanna Teo, Lisa Ng

This tutorial is a guide on how to implement the NIST infiltration correlations (Ng et al., 2021) into EnergyPlus building energy simulation software for the US...

Humanized Monoclonal Antibody IgG1k, NISTmAb RM 8671 Summary of 5 Year Stability Verification (5YSV)

March 31, 2023

Author(s)

Katharina Yandrofski, John E. Schiel, Trina Mouchahoir, Srivalli Telikepalli, N. Alan Heckert, Dean C. Ripple, Paul C. DeRose, Karen W. Phinney, John Marino

NISTmAb RM 8671 is an IgG1κ monoclonal antibody that has been extensively characterized and released as the first of its kind biopharmaceutical reference...

Wind-driven Fire Spread to a Structure from Firewood Piles

March 30, 2023

Author(s)

Erik L. Johnsson, Kathryn Butler, Marco G. Fernandez, Shonali Nazare, Alexander Maranghides

A series of field experiments was conducted to examine the effects on fire spread toward a structure for firewood piles under conditions that may be encountered...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarker Calibration Service: NMR Measurement of Isotropic Water Diffusion Coefficient

March 30, 2023

Author(s)

Stephen E. Russek, Katy Keenan, Karl Stupic, Nikki Rentz, Michael Boss, Kevin J. Coakley, Amanda Koepke, Cassandra Stoffer

This document describes a calibration service to measure the water diffusion coefficient, or diffusivity, in reference materials and tissue mimics using nuclear...

The Language of Trustworthy AI: An In-Depth Glossary of Terms

March 29, 2023

Author(s)

Daniel Atherton, Reva Schwartz, Peter Fontana, Patrick Hall

The NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology) glossary of terms related to trustworthy and responsible artificial intelligence (AI) and machine...

Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE) VI: Mobile Track Report

March 29, 2023

Author(s)

Michael Ogata

Mobile applications are pervasive in the public and private sectors. Enterprises in these sectors should evaluate the mobile applications used within their...

A Way of Estimating the Standard Errors of Bayes Factor and Weight of Evidence – A Case Study (Theoretical Framework)

March 27, 2023

Author(s)

Jin Chu Wu, John M. Libert

The Weight of Evidence (WoE) is defined to be the logarithm of the Bayes factor (BF) with base 10, which is generally with single point hypothesis rather than...

Food Nutrition and Safety Measurements Quality Assurance Program: Exercise 1 Final Report

March 22, 2023

Author(s)

Colleen E. Bryan Sallee, Melissa M. Phillips, Charles Barber, Carolyn Burdette, Shaun Kotoski, Laura Wood

The Food Nutrition and Safety Measurements Quality Assurance Program (FNSQAP) was launched in 2021. FNSQAP was established to assist laboratories in the...

A Gray-Box Model of a Two-Stage Heat Pump for Electrical Load Forecasting in a Single-Family Residence

March 10, 2023

Author(s)

Farhad Omar

Buildings as a set of electric loads and generation resources can play an essential role in managing the stability of the power system in a smart grid...

NIST Alternatives for Resilient Communities (NIST ARC) Software Tool: Mathematical Programming Model

March 9, 2023

Author(s)

Kenneth Harrison, Tasnim Ibn Faiz, Zeinab Farahmandfar, Shane Crawford, Jarrod Loerzel

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Alternatives for Resilient Communities (NIST ARC) software is an interactive tool for developing...

Workshop on Incorporating Climate Change Data in U.S. Building Codes and Standards

March 8, 2023

Author(s)

Jason D. Averill, Therese P. McAllister, Andrew K. Persily, Scott Weaver, James Whetstone, Jiann C. Yang, Michael Kuperberg, Sumant Nigam, Alfredo Ruiz-Barradas

NIST hosted a workshop to advance the availability of climate information sought by organizations developing standards, model building codes, and voluntary...

Bitemark Analysis: A NIST Scientific Foundation Review

March 7, 2023

Author(s)

Kelly Sauerwein, John Butler, Karen Reczek, Christina Reed

Calibration Stability of Data Loggers Used for Vaccine Temperature Monitoring

March 6, 2023

Author(s)

Michal J. Chojnacky, Sam Smith, Bethany Rodman, Tobias Herman

Continuous temperature monitoring of vaccines during distribution and storage is critical to ensuring vaccination efficacy. Exposure to inappropriate storage...

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 917d D Glucose (Dextrose)

March 1, 2023

Author(s)

Michael Nelson, Brian Lang, Blaza Toman, Jerome Mulloor

Standard Reference Material (SRM) 917d D Glucose (Dextrose) is certified as a chemical substance of known high purity. It is intended for use in calibrating...

Preparation and Standardization of 229Th SRM 4328d

February 24, 2023

Author(s)

Ronald Colle, Lizbeth Laureano-Perez, Morgan DiGiorgio

The certified massic activity for 229Th in SRM 4328d was obtained by 4παβ liquid scintillation (LS) counting by comparative measurements in 2022 against SRM...

Impact of Code Complexity On Software Analysis

February 23, 2023

Author(s)

Charles D. De Oliveira, Elizabeth Fong, Paul E. Black

The Software Assurance Metrics and Tool Evaluation (SAMATE) team studied thousands of warnings from static analyzers. Tools have difficulty distinguishing...

NIST Metric Recipes

February 17, 2023

Author(s)

Elizabeth Benham, Tanna Nguyen

Cooking and baking using a kitchen scale is a fun way to build metric system abilities and apply measurement techniques. This recipe series is ideal for both...

Improved and Always Improving: Reference Formulations for Thermophysical Properties of Water

February 16, 2023

Author(s)

Allan H. Harvey, Jan Hruby, Karsten Meier

This article reviews the state of knowledge of the thermophysical properties of water in all its phases and the reference formulations that provide standardized...

A Reference Equation of State with an Associating Term for Thermodynamic Properties of Ammonia

February 15, 2023

Author(s)

Kehui Gao, Jiangtao Wu, Ian Bell, Allan H. Harvey, Eric W. Lemmon

Fluid ammonia is highly associated because of strong intermolecular hydrogen bonding. This causes different behavior of thermophysical properties from nonpolar...

PSCR Impact Assessment: 2016-2022 Executive Summary

February 14, 2023

Author(s)

Monika Bochert, Marc Leh, Danni Leicht

The purpose of this executive summary is to provide key stakeholders with relevant information about how PSCR spent Public Safety Trust Funds and the impacts of...

An Investigation of Applications of Neural Style Transfer to Forensic Footwear Comparison

February 13, 2023

Author(s)

Gregory Stock

Neural Style Transfer (NST) is an application of neural networks that allows one to create an image that has the content of one image and the style of another...

NIST Handbook 133: Checking the Net Contents of Packaged Goods (2023 Ed.)

February 13, 2023

Author(s)

Tina Butcher, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield, Elizabeth Benham, Shelby Bowers, Katrice Lippa

This handbook has been prepared as a procedural guide for the compliance testing of net content statements on packaged goods. Compliance testing of packaged...

NIST Handbook 130: Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Fuel Quality (2023 Ed.)

February 13, 2023

Author(s)

Tina Butcher, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield, Shelby Bowers, Katrice Lippa

NIST Handbook 130 includes a compilation of model laws and regulations and related interpretations and guidelines designed to encourage uniformity in adoption...

Characterization of Reference Materials 8690 to 8693

February 13, 2023

Author(s)

Jessica Reiner, Benjamin Place, N. Alan Heckert, Katherine Peter, Alix Rodowa

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Reference Materials (RMs) 8690 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in Aqueous Film-Forming...

An Automated System for Flow Characterization at Exhaust Ducts and Smokestacks

February 10, 2023

Author(s)

Rodney Bryant, Artur A. Chernovsky, Joseph A. Falco, Iosif Isaakovich Shinder

This report summarizes the design and description for an automated system of velocity traverse probes. Performance of key components of the system are also...

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 2196 Axial Resolution Standard for Optical Medical Imaging

February 7, 2023

Author(s)

Jeeseong C. Hwang, Kimberly Briggman, Nikki Rentz, Hyun-Jin Kim, David W. Allen, Lee J. Richter, Sowon Yoon, John Lu

Medical imaging devices and systems must be calibrated to ensure uniformity and reliability of test results. A standard reference material (SRM) or "phantom"...

Generator Fleet Characteristics Model

February 6, 2023

Author(s)

Cheyney O'Fallon, Avi Gopstein

This manuscript presents the Generator Fleet Characteristics Model (GFCM), a general purpose tool for the analysis of power system operations, economics, and...

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