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Calorimetry in Computed Tomography Beams

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)

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...

A Peg-in-Hole Test and Analysis Method for Exoskeleton Evaluation

Author(s)
Ann Virts, Roger V. Bostelman, Soocheol Yoon, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Mili Shah
Work-place MusculoSkeletal Disorders (WMSD) continue to be the most significant source of industrial work force injuries. Exoskeletons are emerging as personal...

Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Plastics: A Review

Author(s)
Paul Rikhter, Ilayda Dinc, Yirui Zhang, Ted Jiang, Bobby Miyashiro, Shelby Walsh, Ruoyu Wang, Yvonne Dinh, Sangwon Suh, Joshua D. Kneifel
Global production and consumption of plastics and its deposition in the environment are growing rapidly, while their life-cycle impacts to the environment are...

WUI Structure/Parcel/Community Fire Hazard Mitigation Methodology

Author(s)
Alexander Maranghides, Eric Link, Shonali Nazare, Steven Hawks, Jim McDougald, Stephen Quarles, Daniel Gorham
In the last twenty years, wildland-urban interface (WUI) fires have been growing in severity and size. The structures destroyed by WUI fires have devastated...

Toward a New Primary Standardization of Radionuclide Massic Activity Using Microcalorimetry and Quantitative Milligram-Scale Samples

Author(s)
Ryan P. Fitzgerald, Bradley Alpert, Dan Becker, Denis E. Bergeron, Richard Essex, Kelsey Morgan, Svetlana Nour, Galen O'Neil, Dan Schmidt, Gordon A. Shaw, Daniel Swetz, R. Michael Verkouteren, Daikang Yan
We present a new paradigm for the primary standardization of radionuclide activity per mass of solution (Bq/g). Two key enabling capabilities are 4π decay...

Smart Cities and Communities: A Key Performance Indicators Framework

Author(s)
Martin Serrano, Edward Griffor, David A. Wollman, Michael Dunaway, Martin Burns, Sokwoo Rhee, Chris Greer
This publication presents research findings and scientific work that advance the development and progression of smart city and community measurement methodology...

Ransomware Risk Management: A Cybersecurity Framework Profile

Author(s)
Bill Fisher, Murugiah Souppaya, William Barker, Karen Scarfone
Ransomware is a type of malicious attack where attackers encrypt an organization's data and demand payment to restore access. In some instances, attackers may...

Securing Telehealth Remote Patient Monitoring Ecosystem

Author(s)
Jennifer Cawthra, Nakia R. Grayson, Ronald Pulivarti, Bronwyn J. Hodges, Jason Kuruvilla, Kevin Littlefield, Julie Snyder, Sue Shuqiu Wang, Ryan Williams, Kangmin Zheng
Increasingly, healthcare delivery organizations (HDOs) are relying on telehealth and remote patient monitoring (RPM) capabilities to treat patients at home. RPM...

Results from a Black-Box Study for Digital Examiners

Author(s)
Barbara Guttman, Mary T. Laamanen, Craig Russell, James Darnell, Chris Atha
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted a black-box study in conjunction with a scientific foundation review documented in NISTIR...

Certification of NIST Gas Mixture Standard Reference Materials

Author(s)
Christina Cecelski, Kimberly Harris, Cassie Goodman, William A. Kimes, Philip Liu, Walter R. Miller Jr., Jennifer Carney
The Gas Sensing Metrology Group at NIST provides accurate, stable gaseous standards for use in various types of emissions testing and environmental monitoring...

Prioritizing Cybersecurity Risk for Enterprise Risk Management

Author(s)
Stephen Quinn, Matthew Barrett, Greg Witte, Robert Gardner, Nahla Ivy
This document is the second in a series that supplements NIST Interagency/Internal Report (NISTIR) 8286, Integrating Cybersecurity and Enterprise Risk...
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