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Integrating Top-down and Bottom-up Cybersecurity Guidance using XML

August 1, 2016
Author(s)
Joshua Lubell
This paper describes a markup-based approach for synthesizing disparate information sources, and then discusses a software implementation of the approach. The implementation, developed using XForms and Extensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)

New Standard Provides Framework for Smart Grid Testing and Certification

July 31, 2016
Author(s)
Cuong T. Nguyen, Khaled Masri
In May 2016, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) published a new standard, Smart Grid Interoperability Process Reference Manual, ANSI/NEMA SG-IPRM 1-2016 (IPRM). The standard codifies a 40-page publication, the Interoperability Process

Test method for measuring the electrical output of electroshock weapons

July 25, 2016
Author(s)
Nicholas G. Paulter Jr., David M. Jenkins, Norimitsu Ichikawa, Michael Leonesio
Electroshock weapons (ESWs) have become a ubiquitous component of weapons used in the arsenal of domestic law enforcement (LE) agencies and the military around the world. It is a major contributor to the escalation of force policies and procedures of many

Implementing the ISO 15746 Standard for Chemical Process Optimization

July 3, 2016
Author(s)
Guodong Shao, Peter O. Denno, Albert T. Jones, Yan Lu
Integrating advanced process control solutions with optimization (APC-O) solutions, within any factory, enables more efficient production processes. Currently, vendors who provide the software applications that implement control solutions are isolated and

A Guide to United States Furniture Compliance Requirements

June 28, 2016
Author(s)
Karen Reczek, lisa benson
This guide addresses children’s furniture, upholstered furniture and other types of furniture. This document does NOT address mattresses or other home furnishings such as carpets and rugs.

Josephson-Based Full Digital Bridge for High-Accuracy Impedance Comparisons

June 24, 2016
Author(s)
Frederic Overney, Nathan Flowers-Jacobs, Blaise Jeanneret, Alain Rufenacht, Anna Fox, Jason Underwood, Andrew D. Koffman, Samuel P. Benz
This paper describes a Josephson-based full digital impedance bridge capable of comparing any two impedances, regardless of type (R-C, R-L, or L-C), over a large frequency range. At the heart of the bridge are two Josephson arbitrary waveform synthesizer

Recommendations for Autonomous Industrial Vehicle Performance Standards

May 31, 2016
Author(s)
Roger V. Bostelman
A workshop was held at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, called: "Autonomous Industrial Vehicles: From the Laboratory to the Factory Floor." Nine research papers were presented followed by a discussion session summarized in this

National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Calibration Laboratories

May 10, 2016
Author(s)
Barbara J. Belzer, Kari K. Harper, Thomas R. Hettenhouser, Warren R. Merkel
NIST Handbook 150-2, 2016 edition, presents the technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation Program (NVLAP) Calibration Laboratories Program. The 2016 edition of NIST

INTERLABORATORY TRIAL FOR MEASUREMENT OF VITAMIN D AND 25(OH)D IN FOODS AND A DIETARY SUPPLEMENT USING LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY

April 5, 2016
Author(s)
Janet M. Roseland, Kristine Y. Patterson, Karen Andrews, Katherine M. Phillips, Melissa M. Phillips, Pamela R. Pehrsson, Guy L. Dufresne, Pavel A. Gusev, Sushma Savarala, Quynhanh V. Nguyen, Andrew J. Makowski, Guillaume P. Larouche, Stephen Wise, J. Harnly, Juhi R. Williams, Joseph M. Betz, Christine Taylor
Assessment of total vitamin D intake from foods and dietary supplements (DSs) may be incomplete if 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] intake is not included. However, 25(OH)D data for such intake assessments are lacking, no food or DS reference materials (RMs)

Report on the CCT Supplementary Comparison S1 of Infrared Spectral Normal Emittance/Emissivity

March 15, 2016
Author(s)
Leonard M. Hanssen, Boris Wilthan, Christian Monte, Joerg Hollandt, Jacques Hameury, Jean-Remy Filtz, Ferruccio Girard, Mauro Battuello, Juntaro Ishii
The National Measurement Institutes (NMIs) of the United States, Germany, France, Italy and Japan, have joined in an inter-laboratory comparison of their infrared spectral emittance scales. This action is part of a series of supplementary inter-laboratory

Current Standards Landscape for Smart Manufacturing Systems

February 23, 2016
Author(s)
Yan Lu, Katherine C. Morris, Simon P. Frechette
The future of manufacturing lies in being able to optimize the use of resources to produce high quality product and adapt quickly to changing conditions. From smaller lot sizes, to more customization, to sudden changes in supply chain; the variability that
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