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NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program Report of Participant Results: Summer 2015 Comparability Study (Exercise 11)

September 28, 2016

Author(s)

Mary Bedner

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP) in collaboration with the

Government Data De-Identification Stakeholders Meeting June 29, 2016 Meeting Report

September 28, 2016

Author(s)

Simson L. Garfinkel

Economic Analysis of Restricting Aggregate-Surfaced Roofing Systems in Tornado Prone Areas of the U.S.

September 27, 2016

Author(s)

Joshua D. Kneifel, Marc L. Levitan, Long T. Phan, Thomas Smith, David T. Butry, Douglas S. Thomas

Interlaboratory Analytical Comparison Study of Fatty Acid Concentrations in Human Serum- Results for Exercise 03: QA16FASER03

September 27, 2016

Author(s)

Michele M. Schantz

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), at the request of the National Institute of Healths (NIHs) Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS) and

Measurement Science Roadmap for Prognostics and Health Management for Smart Manufacturing Systems

September 27, 2016

Author(s)

Joan Pellegrino, Mauricio Justiniano, Anand Raghunathan, Brian Weiss

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) hosted the Roadmapping Workshop: Measurement Science for Prognostics and Health Management of Smart

Demystifying the Internet of Things

September 26, 2016

Author(s)

Jeffrey M. Voas, Larry Feldman, Gregory A. Witte

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST SP 800-183, Networks of 'Things'. This publication offers an underlying and foundational science to

Simulation of Residential Carbon Monoxide Exposure Due to Generator Operation in Enclosed Spaces

September 23, 2016

Author(s)

Steven J. Emmerich, Brian J. Polidoro, William S. Dols

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and others are concerned about the hazard of acute carbon monoxide (CO) exposures from portable gasoline

Identifying Residential FIre Involving Upholstered Furniture within the National Fire Incident Reporting System

September 23, 2016

Author(s)

Douglas S. Thomas, David T. Butry

This Technical Note develops a method for identifying residential fire incidents, reported to the National Fire Incident Reporting System (NFIRS), with missing

Human Plasma Metabolites Measured with Different Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (LC/MS) Platforms

September 23, 2016

Author(s)

Kelly H. Telu, Xinjian Yan, William E. Wallace, Stephen Stein, Yamil Simon

Non-targeted global metabolite profiles of Standard Reference Material 1950, "Metabolites in Human Plasma," were obtained on five different liquid

Numerical Simulations of Thermoplastic Burning Rate: Effect of Property Variations and the Inferred Effective Heat of Gasification

September 21, 2016

Author(s)

Gregory T. Linteris

The mass loss rate of Poly(methyl methacrylate) exposed to known radiant fluxes is simulated with two recently-developed numerical codes, the NIST Fire Dynamics

An analysis of technologies and standards for designing smart manufacturing systems

September 20, 2016

Author(s)

Boonserm Kulvatunyou, Katherine C. Morris, Sangsu Choi, Kiwook Jung

Smart manufacturing is defined by high degrees of automation. Automation, in turn, is defined by clearly defined processes. The use of standards in this

NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program Report of Participant Results: Summer 2014 Comparability Study(Exercise 9)

September 19, 2016

Author(s)

Mary Bedner, Susan Tai

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP) in collaboration with the

NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program Report of Participant Results: Winter 2015 Comparability Study (Exercise 10)

September 19, 2016

Author(s)

Mary Bedner

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP) in collaboration with the

NIST/NIH Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program Report of Participant Results: Winter 2014 Comparability Study (Exercise 8)

September 19, 2016

Author(s)

Mary Bedner, Susan Tai

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has established a Vitamin D Metabolites Quality Assurance Program (VitDQAP) in collaboration with the

Advanced Identity Workshop on Applying Measurement Science in the Identity Ecosystem: Summary and Next Steps

September 19, 2016

Author(s)

Michael E. Garcia, Paul A. Grassi

On January 12-13, 2016 the National Institute of Standards and Technology's (NIST) Applied Cybersecurity Division (ACD) hosted the "Applying Measurement Science

NIST Electron Elastic-Scattering Cross-Section Database, Version 4.0

September 14, 2016

Author(s)

Cedric J. Powell, Aleksander Jablonski, Francesc Salvat, Angela Y. Lee

Version 4.0 of this database (SRD 64) provides values of differential elastic-scattering cross sections, total elastic-scattering cross sections, phase shifts

Microstructure Analysis for Additive Manufacturing: A Review of Existing Standards

September 14, 2016

Author(s)

Christopher U. Brown

NISTIR 8078 - Tattoo Recognition Technology - Challenge (Tatt-C) - Outcomes and Recommendations

September 8, 2016

Author(s)

Mei L. Ngan, George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother

Optical Sorting of Dielectric Spheres in a Standing Wave Calculated with Effective Velocities and Diffusion Constants

September 7, 2016

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine, John J. Curry

Recently, as part of a study of the ability of a Gaussian standing-wave interference field to sort small dielectric particles entrained in a moving fluid, we

OptSortSph: Optical Sorting in a Standing Wave Field Calculated with Effective Velocities and Diffusion Constants

September 7, 2016

Author(s)

Zachary H. Levine, John J. Curry

Recently, as part of a study of the ability of a Gaussian standing-wave interference field to sort small dielectric spheres entrained in a moving fluid, we

Energy Price Indices and Discount Factors for Life-Cycle Cost Analysis - 2016 Annual Supplement to NIST Handbook 135

September 7, 2016

Author(s)

Priya Lavappa, Joshua D. Kneifel

Trustworthy Email

September 6, 2016

Author(s)

Ramaswamy Chandramouli, Simson L. Garfinkel, J. S. Nightingale, Scott W. Rose

This document gives recommendations and guidelines for enhancing trust in email. The primary audience includes enterprise email administrators, information

NISTIR 8109 - Tattoo Recognition Technology - Best Practices (Tatt-BP) - Guidelines for Tattoo Image Collection

September 6, 2016

Author(s)

Mei L. Ngan, George W. Quinn, Patrick J. Grother

NIST Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance Program Analysis Tutorial

September 6, 2016

Author(s)

Katherine E. Sharpless, Jeanice M. Brown Thomas, David L. Duewer

Since 1984, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has coordinated what is now known as the Micronutrients Measurement Quality Assurance

Test object for accurate and reproducible measurement of the detection response of hand-worn and hand-held metal detectors

September 6, 2016

Author(s)

Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., Donald R. Larson, John A. Ely

The assessment of the detection performance of metal detectors (hand-worn, hand-held, and walk-through models) is based on the ability of the detectors to sound