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First mass measurements with the NIST-4 watt balance

July 10, 2016
Author(s)
Darine El Haddad, Leon S. Chao, Frank C. Seifert, David B. Newell, Jon R. Pratt, Stephan Schlamminger
… In the past four years, we have constructed a new watt balance at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), with the goal to realize the unit of mass … of the International System of Units, expected to occur in 2018. The new watt balance has been operational since the …

Baseline Tailor User Guide

April 25, 2016
Author(s)
Joshua Lubell
… and for tailoring the National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53 Revision 4 security controls. Baseline Tailor generates output in Extensible Markup Language (XML) formats capturing a …

The Testing Program at NIST on Fibers Used in Soft Body Armor Applications

March 21, 2015
Author(s)
Walter G. McDonough, Amanda L. Forster, Jae Hyun Kim, Nathanael A. Heckert, Joy P. Dunkers, Scott A. Wight, Gale A. Holmes
… being conducted at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) on polymeric fibers used in soft body armor with a special emphasis on new fibers … used to understand potential mechanisms of degradation in these materials. … The Testing Program at NIST on Fibers Used in Soft Body Armor Applications …

Quantum Computing

January 28, 2010
Author(s)
Emanuel H. Knill
… quantum mechanics to solve previously intractable problems in physics, mathematics and cryptography. Such a quantum computer would revolutionize computing technology while teaching us about fundamental physics and …

Uncertainty in Reference Values for the Charpy V-notch Verification Program

May 1, 2005
Author(s)
Jolene D. Splett, Chih-Ming Wang
… combined standard uncertainty for reference values used in the Charpy machine verification program administered by the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The technique is compliant with the ISO GUM and … Uncertainty in Reference Values for the Charpy V-notch Verification …

Security Considerations for Voice Over IP Systems

January 1, 2005
Author(s)
David R. Kuhn, Thomas J. Walsh, S G. Fries
… superior to conventional circuit switched communication in many ways. However, a plethora of security issues are associated with still-evolving VOIP technology. This publication introduces VOIP, its security …

Government/Industry Interactions in the Global Standards System

December 11, 2003
Author(s)
Roger Marks, Robert E. Hebner
… discuss some of the approaches that governments have taken in order to modify the system for the benefit of domestic and … an effort of the U. S. National Institute of Standards and Technology to encourage voluntary consensus standards for … Government/Industry Interactions in the Global Standards System …

Automated Security Self-Evaluation Tool (ASSET)

November 1, 2002
Author(s)
Marianne M. Swanson, J Fabius, Marc Stevens, Mark McLarnon
… a system self-assessment. ASSET will assist organizations in completing the self-assessment questionnaire contained in NIST Special Publication (Special Publication) 800-26, Security Self-Assessment Guide for Information Technology Systems. An instruction manual for this software …

Towards a Traceable Nanoscale Force Standard

May 1, 2001
Author(s)
Jon R. Pratt, David B. Newell, Edwin R. Williams, Douglas T. Smith, John A. Kramar
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology has launched a five-year project to traceably link … of Units (SI) to forces between 10 -8 N and 10 -2 N. In this paper, we give a background and overview of this …

Remote Sensing Support at NIST

October 25, 2000
Author(s)
Bettye C. Johnson
… radiometry and remote sensing; remote sensing programs in the Optical Technology Division; specral radiance from NIST standards; …

Technical Digest, Symposium on Optical Fiber Measurements, 2000

September 1, 2000
Author(s)
Paul A. Williams, Gordon W. Day
… fiber geometry and chromatic dispersion mapping in fibers are some of the measurement issues in this digest of papers presented at the Symposium on … laboratories of the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, CO. Summaries of the papers presented …

Setting the Standards

February 1, 2000
Author(s)
B C. Collins, W G. Leight
… reviews the nature of the pluralistic standards system in the United States and its important relationships to … that all those concerned with standardization participate in the developmental process as a means of ensuring the introduction of the best available U.S. technology. …

Using VRML in Construction Industry Applications

February 1, 2000
Author(s)
Robert R. Lipman, K A. Reed
… using the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML97) in construction industry applications. The modeling of steel … and construction equipment as objects for inclusion in construction-site world models was studied. The ultimate … Using VRML in Construction Industry Applications …

Multi-technique reference measurement of critical dimension and shape for model validation in scanning electron microscopy

April 22, 2025
Author(s)
Wataru Yamane, Daron Westly, Glenn Holland, Yu Yamazawa, Naoto Ito, Andras Vladar, John Villarrubia
… In semiconductor device manufacturing, 3D structure measurements of newly complex … SEM (CD-SEM) measurements. Since these applications in SEM directly utilize grayscale signal intensity, accurate … to structure. However, many unsolved aspects remain in SEM models. For model validation, we measured the same …

Bilirubin measurements in neonates: uniform neonatal treatment can only be achieved by improved standardization

July 26, 2024
Author(s)
Christian Hulzebos, Johanna Camara, Miranda van Berkel, VINCENT DELATOUR, Stanley Lo, Agnes Mailloux, Marcel Schmidt, Mercy Thomas, Lindsey Mackay, Ronda Greaves
… that TSB measurements urgently require improvement in neonatal clinical chemistry. External quality assessment … from the USA or UK, often without addressing differences in the methodology of TSB measurements. In this report, we provide an overview of the current status …

Operando analysis of the positive active mass of lead batteries by neutron diffraction

January 30, 2024
Author(s)
Miguel Rodriuqez-Goemz, Javier Campo, Aloida Orera, Fernando de La Fuente, Jesus Valenciano, Holger Fricke, Yan Chen, Ke An, Daniel Hussey, Angel Larrea
… experiments with the volume-gauge technique, the in operando performance of lead cells composed of industrial … positive and negative electrodes, previously tank formed in the manufacturing plant. The cells, 6.5 cm x 11.5 cm in surface, …

Multi'omic Characterization of Human Whole Stool RGTMs

September 8, 2023
Author(s)
Amanda Bayless, Sandra Da Silva, William Davis, Abraham Kuri Cruz, Tracey Johnston, Stephanie Servetas, Paulina Piotrowski
… The gut microbiome plays a critical role in a vast and disparate set of health and disease states, … material (RM) to compare and assess reproducibility in omics-based techniques. This report shares the initial … needs within a community. This effort started in 2019 and since then, the manufacturer for the material has …
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