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NIST Pubs

Security Guidance for First Responder Mobile and Wearable Devices

July 20, 2022

Author(s)

Gema Howell, Kevin Gerard Brady, Don Harriss, Scott Ledgerwood

Public safety officials utilizing the forthcoming public safety broadband networks will have access to devices, such as mobile devices, tablets and wearables...

Tensile Tests at 77 K and 4 K on 316L Stainless Steel Welded Plates

July 19, 2022

Author(s)

Dash Weeks, Nicholas Derimow, Jake Benzing

Based on the collaborative framework established between ASME, NASA, and NIST, quasi-static tensile tests were performed in liquid nitrogen (77 K) and liquid...

Forensic Iris: A Review, 2022

July 18, 2022

Author(s)

James Matey, George W. Quinn, Patrick Grother

John Daugman correctly summarized the state of forensic iris recognition circa 2006 for the book Forensic Human Identification: an Introduction [1]: Iris...

Letter Report to U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission: CONTAM Simulations of Extended Generator Run Time Supplementing NIST Technical Note 2202

July 18, 2022

Author(s)

Steven Emmerich, Brian Polidoro

The purpose of this report is to document additional simulations that staff of the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) performed, at the...

Data assimilation in 2D nonlinear advection diffusion equations, using an explicit stabilized leapfrog scheme run backward in time.

July 12, 2022

Author(s)

Alfred S. Carasso

With an artificial example of a 2D nonlinear advection diffusion equation on the unit square this paper considers the data assimilation problem of finding...

Status Report on the Third Round of the NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standardization Process

July 5, 2022

Author(s)

Gorjan Alagic, David Cooper, Quynh Dang, Thinh Dang, John M. Kelsey, Jacob Lichtinger, Yi-Kai Liu, Carl A. Miller, Dustin Moody, Rene Peralta, Ray Perlner, Angela Robinson, Daniel Smith-Tone, Daniel Apon

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is in the process of selecting public-key cryptographic algorithms through a public, competition-like process...

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Sample Integrity Confirmation

June 30, 2022

Author(s)

David L. Duewer, Jeanice Brown Thomas, Stephen Young

From 1984 to 2017, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program (MMQAP) coordinated a series...

State-of-the-art Review on Measurement of Pressure Losses of Fluid Flow through Pipe Fittings

June 30, 2022

Author(s)

Lingnan Lin, Marylia Duarte Batista, Natascha S. Milesi-Ferretti

This report presents a state-of-the-art review of the measurement of pressure loss of pipe fittings. The mechanisms of pressure loss in pipes and fittings are...

Report of the 105th & 106th National Conference on Weights and Measures

June 30, 2022

Author(s)

Shelby Bowers, Yvonne Branden, Tina G. Butcher, Richard A. Harshman, Gloria Diane Lee, David Sefcik, Lisa Warfield

The 105th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held virtually July 12 - 16, 2020. The 106th Annual Meeting of the...

An International Standard Formulation for trans-1-Chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-ene [R1233zd(E)] Covering Temperatures from the Triple-point Temperature to 450 K and Pressures up to 100 MPa

June 25, 2022

Author(s)

Ryo Akasaka, Eric W. Lemmon

A new Helmholtz energy equation of state is presented for trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoroprop-1-ene [R1233zd(E)], which is expressed with temperature and density...

Automated Secure Configuration Guidance from the macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP)

June 24, 2022

Author(s)

Mark Trapnell, Eric Trapnell, Murugiah Souppaya, Bob Gendler, Karen Scarfone

The macOS Security Compliance Project (mSCP) provides resources that system administrators, security professionals, security policy authors, information...

Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Framework for Operational Technology (OT)

June 22, 2022

Author(s)

Eran Salfati, Michael Pease

This document provides a new Incident Handling framework dedicated to Operational Technology. This framework expands the traditional technical steps by giving...

Smart Cities and Communities: A Key Performance Indicators Framework

June 14, 2022

Author(s)

David A. Wollman, Edward Griffor, Chris Greer, Michael Dunaway, Martin Serrano, Martin Burns, Sokwoo Rhee

This publication presents research findings and scientific work that advance the development and progression of smart city and community measurement methodology...

Spreadsheet-Based Software for the Analysis of Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Data Sets in Accordance with ASTM E1921-21

June 14, 2022

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon

NIST has developed a user-friendly spreadsheet-based software package for the Master Curve analysis of fracture toughness tests performed in the ductile-to...

Ordered t-way Combinations for Testing State-based Systems

June 13, 2022

Author(s)

D. Richard Kuhn, M S Raunak, Raghu N. Kacker

Fault detection often depends on the specific order of inputs that establish states which eventually lead to a failure. However, beyond basic structural...

Specification for Interoperability Testing of Contactless Fingerprint Acquisition Devices

June 8, 2022

Author(s)

John M. Libert, Shahram Orandi, Bruce Bandini, Kenneth Ko, Craig I. Watson, Christopher Stafford, Matthew E. Staymates, John Grantham

This guidance specifies a protocol and associated metrics for the evaluation of contactless fingerprint acquisition device, and their interoperability with...

Influence of Side-Groove Depth and Heat Treatment on Super-High Energy Charpy Specimens of 9310 Steel

June 8, 2022

Author(s)

Enrico Lucon

NIST provides certified reference Charpy specimens to companies and laboratories around the world for the indirect verification of impact machines in accordance...

Certification of Standard Reference Material® 114r Portland Cement Fineness

June 6, 2022

Author(s)

Eduarda Votri, Blaza Toman, Paul E. Stutzman

The SRM 114 series for portland cement fineness has been provided by NIST since 1934 for use in calibrating instruments for measuring fineness characteristics...

Initial Summary Analysis of Responses to the Request for Information Evaluating and Improving Cybersecurity Resources: The Cybersecurity Framework and Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management

June 3, 2022

Author(s)

Cherilyn Pascoe

On February 22, 2022, NIST issued a public Request for Information (RFI), "Evaluating and Improving NIST Cybersecurity Resources: The Cybersecurity Framework...

A Simple Correlation for Horizontal Micro-Fin Tube Convective Boiling with Example Calculation

June 3, 2022

Author(s)

Mark A. Kedzierski, Lingnan Lin

Reference Material 8376 Microbial Pathogen DNA Standards for Detection and Identification

June 1, 2022

Author(s)

Jason Kralj, Dieter Tourlousse, Monique Hunter, Erica Romsos, Blaza Toman, Peter Vallone, Scott Jackson

Reference Material (RM) 8376 is intended for NGS-based measurements quantitative to the chromosome. A unit of RM 8376 consists of 20 components (A-T, 19...

Fire Resilience of a Steel-Concrete Composite Floor System: Full-Scale Experimental Evaluation for Influence of Slab Reinforcement (Test #2)

June 1, 2022

Author(s)

Lisa Choe, Matthew Hoehler, Matthew Bundy, Rodney A. Bryant, Brian Story, Anthony R. Chakalis, Artur A. Chernovsky, Selvarajah Ramesh, Xu Dai

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is currently conducting a series of large compartment fire tests to investigate the behavior and fire-induced...

Agile Robotic Planning with Gwendolen

May 31, 2022

Author(s)

John L. Michaloski, Craig I. Schlenoff, Rafael Cardoso, Michael Fisher

The future of robotics foresees autonomous behavior that can complete tasks intelligently, with a focus on adaptability, flexibility, and versatility. In such...

Implementing NIST Infiltration Correlations

May 27, 2022

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...

Blockchain for Access Control Systems

May 26, 2022

Author(s)

Vincent C. Hu

The rapid development and wide application of distributed network systems have made network security – especially access control and data privacy – ever more...

A Framework to Evaluate the Cost-Effectiveness of Recovery-Based Design

May 24, 2022

Author(s)

Juan Fung, Yating Zhang, Katherine Johnson, Dustin Cook, Siamak Sattar

Modern building codes and standards are generally focused on safeguarding public health and safety by ensuring buildings meet life safety performance objectives...

A Data Structure for Integrity Protection with Erasure Capability

May 20, 2022

Author(s)

D. Richard Kuhn

This document describes a data structure, referred to as a data block matrix, that supports the ongoing addition of hash-linked records while also allowing for...

CMVP Approved Security Functions: CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759

May 20, 2022

Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer, Alexander Calis

The approved security functions listed in this publication replace the ones listed in ISO/IEC 19790 Annex C and ISO/IEC 24759 6.15, within the context of the...

CMVP Approved Sensitive Security Parameter Generation and Establishment Methods: CMVP Validation Authority Updates to ISO/IEC 24759

May 20, 2022

Author(s)

Kim B. Schaffer, Alexander Calis

The approved sensitive security parameter generation and establishment methods listed in this publication replace the ones listed in ISO/IEC 19790 Annex D and...

Economic Evaluation Engine (E3) Technical Manual

May 19, 2022

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, David Webb, Luke Donmoyer, Jae Young Kim

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