[Zn(BDC)(H2O)2]n: a novel blue luminescent coordination polymer constructed from BDC-bridged 1-D chains via interchain hydrogen bonds (BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate)

A novel coordination polymer [Zn(BDC)(H₂O)₂]_n 1 (where BDC = 1,4-benzenedicarboxylate), has been synthesized and characterized by X-ray diffraction. 1 crystallizes in the monoclinic space group C2/c, a=15.09(2) Å, b=5.058(7) Å, c=12.196(16) Å, β=103.62(2)°, , Z=4. The most striking feature of 1 is that it consists of a high-dimensional network structure constructed from BDC-bridged 1-D chains via interchain hydrogen bonds. The coordination sphere of the zinc(II) ion is a distorted tetrahedron completed by four oxygen atoms from two water molecules and two BDC ligands. BDC adopts the bis-monodentated (syn–anti) coordination mode linking two adjacent zinc(II) ions. 1 shows strong blue photoluminescence as the result of the fluorescence from the intraligand emission excited state.     

电子封装用环氧树脂的增韧和提高耐热性研究

用α,ω 二氯聚二甲基硅氧烷(DPS)或α 氯聚二甲基硅氧烷(CPS)来改性普通双酚A环氧树脂(BPAER)和四溴双酚A环氧树脂(TBBPAER),目标是制备出一系列可用于电子封装的高韧性高耐热性的环氧基料。通过对固化物的冲击强度、拉伸强度、断裂伸长率和玻璃化转变温度(Tg)以及断裂面形态的测定,探讨了改性方法、有机硅组成与含量等对材料性能的影响。结果表明,当m(BPAER)∶m(DPS)=100∶10时,树脂固化物的冲击强度达到30 5kJ/m2,拉伸强度达46 95MPa,断裂伸长率达到60 23%,Tg达到141 3℃;分别比未改性BPAER提高了19 7kJ/m2,1 69MPa,54 29%以及5 9℃。而当m(TBBPAER)∶m(CPS)=100∶10时,固化物的冲击强度达到17 2kJ/m2,拉伸强度达39 89MPa,断裂伸长率达到5 60%,Tg达到147 0℃;分别比未改性TBBPAER提高了12 8kJ/m2,28 26MPa,4 29%以及7 9℃。     

An empirical investigation of Technology Readiness among medical staff based in Greek hospitals

Technology readiness (TR) represents an individual’s mental readiness to accept new technologies. Although the TR scale has been used in many studies, its application in the healthcare context is limited. This paper focuses on identifying the TR profiles of medical staff and to model preference TR variations with respect to computer use, computer knowledge and computer feature demands. The study reports results from a nationwide study conducted in Greece, during a three-year period, which sampled responses from 604 physicians and nurses working in 14 Greek hospitals. Exploratory Structural Equation Modelling analysis is used in order to confirm the structure of the Technology Readiness Index. The results confirm the five groups of the TR taxonomy. Statistical differences were found between classes in information and communication technology (ICT) knowledge, ICT feature demands, hours of use per week as well as ICT use performance, but not in the general use of ICT. The results facilitate comprehension of the factors, which influence the use of ICT by medical staff and, in addition, they convey important policy and managerial implications. In conclusion, medical staff should be treated according to its TR taxonomy classes in order to expedite the acceptance and use of an ICT system.     

光化学固定法表面改性医用高分子材料研究进展

综述了光化学固定法表面改性医用高分子材料方面的研究进展,介绍了光化学固定法的原理和优点。     

The longitudinal impact of enterprise system users’ pre-adoption expectations and organizational support on post-adoption proficient usage

Although enterprise systems (ES) are ubiquitous, many firms report less than stellar payoffs from these costly investments, with underutilization often attributed to failures in the implementation process. Unfortunately, research has not provided sufficient insights into these failures, in part because it has focused on actual usage, as opposed to proficient usage, as the benchmark for successful implementation. Moreover, research has not generally examined how the adoption process unfolds over time, thus overlooking potential underlying mechanisms that may help explain how adopters achieve proficiency. To begin addressing these shortcomings, we study how adopters’ pre-adoption expectations, enacted over time, can influence their post-adoption proficiency, by shaping how and why they spend time using the system during the adoption period. We analyzed time-lagged survey data from 153 financial analysts, required to adopt new ES-based software, at a multinational bank. We found that adopters who hold pre-adoption expectations reflecting greater internal and external motives to adopt the system as well as systematically integrate it into their work routines are more apt to use the system in ways that enhance their cumulative knowledge of it, and subsequently develop higher levels of proficiency post-adoption. Moreover, greater organizational support enhanced the impact of adopters’ expectations on proficiency, except when their actual use is low in which case organizational support had an adverse effect.     

IT capability and organizational performance: the roles of business process agility and environmental factors

The business value of information technology (IT) has been one of the top concerns of both practitioners and scholars for decades. Numerous studies have documented the positive effects of IT capability on organizational performance but our knowledge of the processes through which such gains are achieved remains limited due to a lack of focus on the business environment. Such a linkage therefore remains the subject of debate in the information systems literature. In this study, we fill this gap by investigating the mediating role of business process agility and the moderating roles of environmental factors. On the basis of matched survey data obtained from 214 IT and business executives from manufacturing firms in China, our analyses show that even though firm-wide IT capability presents the characteristics of rarity, appropriability, non-reproducibility, and non-substitutability, its impact on organizational performance is fully mediated by business process agility. Our results also show that the impact of the environment is multifaceted and nuanced. In particular, environmental hostility weakens the effect of IT capability on business process agility, while environmental complexity strengthens it. The theoretical and practical implications of this study, and its limitations, are also discussed.     

Integrated clinical pathway management for medical quality improvement – based on a semiotically inspired systems architecture

Clinical pathway is an approach to standardise care processes to support the implementations of clinical guidelines and protocols. It is designed to support the management of treatment processes including clinical and non-clinical activities, resources and also financial aspects. It provides detailed guidance for each stage in the management of a patient with the aim of improving the continuity and coordination of care across different disciplines and sectors. However, in the practical treatment process, the lack of knowledge sharing and information accuracy of paper-based clinical pathways burden health-care staff with a large amount of paper work. This will often result in medical errors, inefficient treatment process and thus poor quality medical services. This paper first presents a theoretical underpinning and a co-design research methodology for integrated pathway management by drawing input from organisational semiotics. An approach to integrated clinical pathway management is then proposed, which aims to embed pathway knowledge into treatment processes and existing hospital information systems. The capability of this approach has been demonstrated through the case study in one of the largest hospitals in China. The outcome reveals that medical quality can be improved significantly by the classified clinical pathway knowledge and seamless integration with hospital information systems.     

基于拉普拉斯方向的差值线性判别分析

标准的LDA方法通常有3个问题:1)为了确保类内散度矩阵的非奇异性,必须首先通过PCA进行维数约简,这限制了对更多维数空间的使用;2)当每人只有单个训练样本时,类内散度矩阵必然奇异,此时LDA无法工作;3)缺乏对像素间的局部相关性的考虑。为了解决这些问题,提出一种基于拉普拉斯方向的差值线性判别分析方法。该方法通过拉普拉斯方向实现更鲁棒的图像相异性测度,通过引入差值散度矩阵来避免类内散度矩阵的奇异性。实验结果显示,该算法对表情变化、光照改变及不同遮挡情况获得了更高的识别率,尤其针对光照变化,效果更加显著。     

Modeling of batch phenol biodegradation in internal loop airlift bioreactor with gas recirculation by Candida tropicalis

A mathematical model for simulating the dynamic behaviors of batch phenol biodegradation processes in internal loop airlift bioreactor (ILAB) with gas recirculation using free cells of the yeast Candida tropicalis was established by coupling the fluid dynamic model and the mass balance model. Based on the coupling arithmetic, the program for evaluating batch phenol biodegradation processes was achieved. The predicted results of linear liquid velocities, gas holdups, linear gas velocities, cell and phenol concentration profiles in the riser and the downcomer of the ILAB with gas recirculation agreed very well with the corresponding experimental data, and the applicability and reliability of this proposed model were validated.     

基于分布相似度迁移的关键路由设备检测

在基础设施网络(如电力网、互联网等)设施中,往往会出现关键节点,主要表现为节点流量大、在网络中位置关键等,其性能不稳定将制约网络部分区域的功能。因此从提高关键基础设施的性能和安全性的角度出发,针对关键基础设施的检测成为一个重要的研究课题。提出了一种新颖的基于分布相似度迁移的互联网关键路由设备的检测算法,其目的是自动地检测当前互联网线路中的关键路由设备。在真实环境中,不同线路中不同路由设备的行为特征由于若干客观因素(网络状态、路由设备性能等)导致其分布通常不相同。因此,所提方法主要基于路由之间的分布相似度迁移:首先在目标域(当前路由)中通过谱聚类方法自动判断出可疑的路由设备,然后通过提出的基于分布相似度迁移的分类器对上一步中检测出的可疑路由设备进行分类。在华为公司提供的真实数据集上进行的测试表明,所提方法能够有效发现线路中的关键路由设备,同时能够根据不同线路之间的分布相似度迁移来提高分类结果。