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Research & Development Program for the Safety of Threatened Buildings

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
William L. Grosshandler
… A series of tragic events in the United States over the past decade, punctuated by the … dramatic events is small, the potential (or actual) losses in terms of life and property can be staggering. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) throughout its history has sought to …

Summary of NIST s Efforts to Develop Protocols for the Performance Evaluation of 3D Imaging Systems

February 19, 2017
Author(s)
Geraldine S. Cheok, Alan M. Lytle, Kamel S. Saidi
… of the effort at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to develop standard protocols for the … for performance evaluation began with a workshop at NIST in 2003. Since the 2003 workshop, three other workshops have … were to provide a forum for sharing and discussing efforts in the evaluation of 3D imaging systems and to determine the …

Ultrafast time-resolved x-ray absorption spectroscopy of ferrioxalate photolysis with a laser plasma x-ray source and microcalorimeter array

February 17, 2017
Author(s)
Galen C. O'Neil, Joel N. Ullom, Luis Miaja Avila, Young Il Joe, Joseph W. Fowler, Carl D. Reintsema, Daniel S. Swetz, Kevin L. Silverman, Daniel R. Schmidt, Bruce D. Ravel, Gene C. Hilton, William B. Doriese, Bradley K. Alpert, Ralph Jimenez
… reduce, consistent with a photoreduction mechanism in which electron transfer precedes disassociation. These … improvements expected due to continued investment in microcalorimeter technology are good reasons to expect this technique to …

The effects of the January 2016 UTC offset anomaly on GPS clocks monitored at NIST

January 31, 2017
Author(s)
Jian Yao, Michael A. Lombardi, Andrew N. Novick, Bijunath Patla, Jeffrey A. Sherman, Victor S. Zhang
… Errors in the Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) offset parameters … (GPS) satellites caused many thousands of GPS clocks to be in error by approximately -13 µs on January 25-26, 2016. The … it was detected at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). It then discusses the impact of the UTC …

Recommendation: Closed Circuit Television(CCTV) Digital Video Export Profile - Level 0

December 12, 2016
Author(s)
Michael Garris, Mary T. Laamanen, Craig S. Russell, Lawrence D. Nadel
… television (CCTV) digital video recording (DVR) systems. In summary, this profile of standards leverages the MP4 file … DVR System Clock Offset. The video output format described in this document has been developed to support law … was prepared by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the Federal Bureau …

Certification of Standard Reference Material 1878b Respirable Alpha Quartz

June 9, 2016
Author(s)
David R. Black, Marcus H. Mendenhall, Pamela S. Whitfield, Donald A. Windover, Albert Henins, James J. Filliben, James P. Cline
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certifies a suite of Standard Reference … this powder diffraction SRM. SRM 1878b is intended for use in the preparation of calibration standards for the … analyses of α-quartz by X-ray powder diffraction in accordance to National Institute for Occupational Safety …

Characterizing Uncertainty of a Formaldehyde Reference Standard

April 18, 2016
Author(s)
Dustin Poppendieck
… be made easier with low emitting building materials. Based in part on these motivations, the United States Environmental … density fiberboard, and particle board products. To assist in implementation of the proposed rule a Formaldehyde … being developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to assist implementation of this rule. The …

NIST Big Data Interoperability Framework: Volume 6, Big Data Reference Architecture

October 22, 2015
Author(s)
Wo L. Chang, Orit Levin, David Boyd, NBD-PWG NIST Big Data Public Working Group
… Data is a term used to describe the large amount of data in the networked, digitized, sensor-laden, information-driven … of data is outpacing scientific and technological advances in data analytics. To advance progress in Big Data, the NIST Big Data Public Working Group (NBD-PWG) …

A LEGO Watt Balance, An apparatus to demonstrate the definition of mass based on the new SI

October 20, 2015
Author(s)
Leon S. Chao, Stephan Schlamminger, David B. Newell, Jon R. Pratt, Georgio A. Sineriz, Frank C. Seifert, Darine El Haddad, Yusi A. Cao, Xiang Zhang
… being discussed and its implementation is expected in 2018. With the redefinition, the current base units will … constant. At the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a watt balance at the kilogram level is currently … of the LEGO watt balance with a full parts list in the Appendix. The experimental procedures and techniques …

Certification of Standard Reference Material 1976b

September 15, 2015
Author(s)
David R. Black, Donald A. Windover, Marcus H. Mendenhall, Albert Henins, James J. Filliben, James P. Cline
… The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) certifies a suite of Standard Reference … consists of a sintered alumina disc, approximately 25.6 mm in diameter by 2.2 mm in thickness, intended for use in the calibration of X-ray …

Analysis of the Second Phase of the 2013-2014 i-Vector Machine Learning Challenge

September 10, 2015
Author(s)
Desire Banse, G R. Doddington, Craig Greenberg, John M. Howard, Alvin F. Martin, Daniel Garcia-Romero, John J. Godfrey, Jaime Hernandez-Cordero, Lisa Mason, Alan McCree, Douglas A. Reynolds
… In late 2013 and 2014, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) coordinated an i-vector challenge utilizing … 13 different countries, of which 18 also participated in the first phase of the challenge. The top 10 systems …

The Redefinition of the SI: Impact on Calibration Services at NIST

June 1, 2015
Author(s)
Neil M. Zimmerman, Jon R. Pratt, Michael R. Moldover, David B. Newell, Gregory F. Strouse
… it is likely that the SI system of units will be redefied in 2018. This redefinition would fundamentally change the … of the SI, with one result being a substantial change in how mass is disseminated within national measurement … (NMI's) such as the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). However, we expect that the only impact on …

A Data-Driven Predictor of the Discharge Coefficient of Orifice Plates

April 1, 2015
Author(s)
James R. Whetstone, Antonio M. Possolo
… of an orifice plate used to measure volumetric flow rate in cylindrical pipes, as a function of the beta ratio of the … data gathered at the National Institute of Standards and Technology during the 1980s, within the scope of a … widely applicable, achieving typical relative accuracy in the range of 0.05 % to 0.2 %. …

Release of NIST Special Publication 800-52 Revision 1, Guidelines for the Selection, Configuration, and Use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) Implementations

April 29, 2014
Author(s)
Kerry A. McKay, Kim Quill, Gregory A. Witte
… focus specifically on the transport layer as described in the Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model (ISO/IEC … performed using public key certificates. SP 800-52 is used in conjunction with other NIST information technology security publications to ensure the protection and …
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