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NIST Pubs

Security recommendations for server-based hypervisor platforms:

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli

Guidelines for the use of PIV credentials in facility access:

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Hildegard Ferraiolo, Ketan Mehta, Nabil Ghadiali, Jason Mohler, Vincent Johnson, Steven Brady

Standard reference data workshop report:

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Debra Kaiser, Neil Alderoty, Richard Cavanagh, Barbara Guttman, Robert Hanisch, Adam Morey, Jeanita Pritchett, Yuri Ralchenko, Stacy Schuur, William Wallace

Assessing the chemical and colloidal stability of functionalized gold nanoparticles:

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Tae Joon Cho, Vincent A. Hackley

Forensic latent fingerprint preprocessing assessment:

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Paul Lee, Haiying Guan, Andrew Dienstfrey, Mary Theofanos, Brian Stanton, Matthew T Schwarz

NIST time and frequency bulletin - June:

June 1, 2018

Author(s)

Kathryn Stephenson

US Army ARDEC Joint Fuze Technology Program (JFTP) Task 2 Report: Quasi-Static Tensile Tests of Microfabricated Electrodeposited (LIGA) Ni Alloys

May 31, 2018

Author(s)

Li-Anne Liew, David T. Read, Ryan M. White, Nicholas Barbosa

The LIGA process (Lithographie, Galvanoformung, Abformung, or lithography, electrodeposition, shaping) offers the possibility of mass producing strong mesoscale...

Investigation of Residential Cooktop Ignition Prevention Technologies

May 31, 2018

Author(s)

Sung Chan Kim, Anthony Hamins, Matthew Bundy

Several international standards and regulations regarding residential cooktop ignition prevention have existed for as long as a decade. A series of cooking...

Performance Testing of Hydraulic Cements: Measuring Sulfate Resistance

May 25, 2018

Author(s)

Chiara C. Ferraris, Paul Stutzman, Max A. Peltz

The sulfate resistance of cements used in the construction industry is traditionally assessed by measuring the expansion of a prism of 280 mm (11inch) length...

Letter Report: Emission of Bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP) from Vinyl Flooring

May 24, 2018

Author(s)

Mengyan Gong, Havishk Tripathi, Dustin G. Poppendieck

Protecting Software Integrity Through Code Signing

May 23, 2018

Author(s)

David A. Cooper, Leonard Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

This bulletin summarizes the information found in the white paper Security Considerations for Code Signing, which describes features and architectural...

A Report to the President on Enhancing the Resilience of the Internet and Communications Ecosystem Against Botnets and Other Automated, Distributed Threats

May 22, 2018

Author(s)

William T. Polk

This draft report was submitted to the President by the Secretaries of Commerce and Homeland Security as required by the May 11, 2017, Executive Order...

Mobile Application Security Exercise (MASE): Final Report

May 22, 2018

Author(s)

Michael A. Ogata

Mobile applications have become an integral part in the mission of the federal government and public safety. There exist many techniques that seek to assure...

Guide to Industrial Wireless Systems Deployments

May 21, 2018

Author(s)

Richard Candell, Mohamed T. Hany, Kang B. Lee, Yongkang Liu, Jeanne T. Quimby, Catherine A. Remley

This document is intended to be a practical guide used by engineers and managers facilitating them to go through the process of defining the objectives of their...

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program: Spring and Fall 1987 Comparability Studies-Results for Round Robins IX and XI Fat-Soluble Vitamins and Carotenoids in Human Serum

May 21, 2018

Author(s)

Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer, Margaret C. Kline, Willie May, Emil Schonberger

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

Literature Review of Metal Additive Manufacturing Defects

May 17, 2018

Author(s)

Felix H. Kim, Shawn P. Moylan

Additive manufacturing (AM) is a revolutionary manufacturing technique, which is expected to reshape the future manufacturing industries. While various...

Investigations on SI-Traceable Dynamic Calibration of Instrumented Charpy Strikers

May 14, 2018

Author(s)

Akobuije D. Chijioke, Nicholas A. Vlajic, Enrico Lucon, Edward C. Mulhern

In this Technical Note, we report on investigations toward an SI-traceable dynamic calibration of instrumented Charpy strikers, performed at NIST from January...

Quick Start Guide for Populating Mobile Test Devices

May 10, 2018

Author(s)

Richard Ayers, Benjamin R. Livelsberger, Barbara Guttman

This guide provides procedures for documenting and populating various data elements typically found within the contents of a mobile device, e.g., mobile phone...

'Software Science' revisited: rationalizing Halstead's system using dimensionless units

May 9, 2018

Author(s)

David W. Flater

The set of software metrics introduced by Maurice H. Halstead in the 1970's has seen much scrutiny and not infrequent criticism. This article takes a fresh look...

Platform Firmware Resiliency Guidelines

May 4, 2018

Author(s)

Andrew R. Regenscheid

This document provides technical guidelines and recommendations supporting resiliency of platform firmware and data against potentially destructive attacks. The...

Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarker Calibration Service: Proton Spin Relaxation Times

May 3, 2018

Author(s)

Michael A. Boss, Andrew M. Dienstfrey, Zydrunas Gimbutas, Kathryn E. Keenan, Jolene D. Splett, Karl F. Stupic, Stephen E. Russek

This document describes the calibration service to measure proton spin relaxation times, T1 and T2, of materials used in phantoms (calibration artifacts) to...

Nail to Nail Fingerprint Challenge: Prize Analysis

May 3, 2018

Author(s)

Gregory Fiumara, Elham Tabassi, Patricia A. Flanagan, John D. Grantham, Kenneth Ko, Karen Marshall, Matthew Schwarz, Bryan Woodgate, Christopher Boehnen

In September 2017, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity held a fingerprint data collection as part of the Nail to Nail Fingerprint Challenge...