Web-based systems design: a study of contemporary practices and an explanatory framework based on “method-in-action”

This paper reports the findings of a detailed study of Web-based systems design (WBSD) practices in Ireland based on data collected over a 3-year period (2002–2005), the objectives of which were to (1) contribute towards a richer understanding of the current “real-world” context of WBSD by characterising the profile of a typical project (team size, timeframe, nature of requirements, etc.) and identifying the key challenges, constraints, and imperatives (i.e. “mediating factors”) faced by Web-based system designers, and (2) understand how those contextual parameters and mediating factors influence the activity of WBSD as regards the selection and enactment of whatever design practices are therefore engaged (i.e. the use of methods, procedures, etc.). Data was gathered through a survey which yielded 165 usable responses, and later through a series of semi-structured qualitative interviews. Using grounded theory, an explanatory conceptual framework is derived, based on an extension of the “method-in-action” model, the application of which to WBSD has not been previously investigated in depth. It is proposed that this framework of WBSD issues is valuable in a number of ways to educators, researchers, practitioners, and method engineers.     

The prospects of non-volatile phase-change RAM

Phase-change read-and-write memory (PRAM) is a promising memory that can solve the problems of conventional memory—scalability, read/write speed, and reliability. We will review the opportunities and technical challenges of PRAM. The most important challenge of PRAM is the reduction of the writing current. Various approaches to reduce the writing current will be reviewed and the prospects of PRAM are discussed.     

溶剂萃取分离锂同位素研究Ⅱ.苏丹Ⅰ-中性配位体协萃体系萃取分离锂同位素效应探讨

文章讨论了苏丹I-中性配位体协萃体系萃取分离锂同位素中螯合剂和协萃剂的结构效应。为了获得高的同位素分离效应,螯合剂必须是弱酸性的(PK_α>11),具有强的分子内氢键及易于形成六元螯合环。协萃剂结构不仅要求无空间位阻,而且具有强的配位基。α随配位基的碱性增大而相应提高。萃取络合物中螯合环的增多亦有利于体系α的提高。此外本文还讨论了一些萃取体系的同位素富集方向和萃锂体系用于分离同位素的前景。     

新理念催生新结构——IMTS2006观后感之三

自上世纪90年代以来,机床出现了许多新结构,其中绝大多数没有知识产权问题,也即没有专利的约束。在需要时,任何人均可采用。每一种结构均来自     

确定异常高压气藏地质储量和可采储量的新方法

基于文献[1]的定容，封闭，异常高压气藏的物质平衡方程式，提出了确定异常高压气藏原始地质储量，可采储量和采收率的新方法，通过实例的应用和对比表明，提供的新方法是适用的有效的。     

混合结构楼房爆破拆除倒塌范围的确定

通过对混合结构楼房爆破倾倒过程特点的分析,提出了楼房在倾倒过程中的运动计算模型,并应用体积平衡原理,得到这类楼房爆破爆堆参数计算公式,用该公式计算的结果与实例中爆堆实测数据相比较,相对误差不超过11%.