Information technology innovations: general diffusion patterns andits relationships to innovation characteristics

While many scholars of organizational innovations have examined characteristics of innovations such as relative advantage and complexity and how they facilitate the adoption of an innovation by organizations, others have used mathematical models to fit diffusion patterns. In this study, the authors attempt to integrate these two areas of inquiry and explore the possibilities to predict diffusion patterns based on characteristics of the innovation and the adopting entities. Based on a cross-sectional sample of 313 large American firms, 20 information technology (IT) innovations were examined and their diffusion patterns assessed with respect to models that espoused internal and external influence. The mixed influence model (Bass model) was chosen as a robust common representation for the set of diffusion patterns. However, the external influence as represented by the coefficient of innovation was found to be extremely small and the internal influence dominates for all innovations. The other two parameters of the model, the saturation level and the coefficient of imitation, which represents internal influence, were then used to perform a cluster analysis. Five clusters of technologies emerged, and the potential relationships between their innovation characteristics and diffusion patterns were explored. Rigorous examination of these potential relationships by future researchers may result in practical methods for predicting patterns of IT innovation diffusion based on innovation and technology characteristics     

On/off cycling under multiple stresses

The authors describe an experiment, a model, and an analytic method for on/off vs. continuous policy evaluation. The methodology was developed and verified through experimentation. An experimental life-test of small DC motors was designed and performed; it involved on/off cycling vs. continuous operation under multiple stresses. A stress-factor reliability model based on the two-parameter Weibull proportional-hazards life distribution was fitted to the data. The analysis provides an estimate of the model parameters for the life distribution of the DC motors under two operating policies, while under multiple stresses. The characteristic life was related to the explanatory covariates: voltage, on/off cycling, and load. Due to the proportional hazards (common Weibull shape) nature of the model, acceleration factors were calculated to relate the stress levels. The reliability model was extended to develop a simple rule to aid in a decision between on/off cycling and continuous-run policies (to achieve higher reliability). The proposed model (with covariates) allows a much broader approach to reliability modeling than the usual Weibull model (without covariates) because it predicts the reliability under various environmental combinations     

Preparation and characterization of rigid poly(vinyl chloride)/MMT nanocomposites. II. XRD,morphological and mechanical characteristics

A Haake torque rheometer equipped with an internal mixer is used to study the influence of the amount of sodium montmorillonite (Na⁺‐MMT) and organically modified MMT (O‐MMT) on X‐ray diffraction (XRD), morphology, and mechanical characteristics of rigid poly (vinyl chloride) (PVC)/Na⁺‐MMT and PVC/O‐MMT nanocomposites, respectively. Results of XRD and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) indicate that MMT is partially encapsulated and intercalated in the rigid PVC/Na⁺‐MMT nanocomposites. However, results of XRD and TEM show MMT is partially intercalated and exfoliated in the rigid PVC/O‐MMT nanocomposites. Tensile strength, yield strength, and elongation at break of the rigid PVC/MMT nanocomposites were improved simultaneously with adding 1–3 wt % Na⁺‐MMT or O‐MMT with respect to that of pristine PVC. However, the addition of Na⁺‐MMT or O‐MMT should be kept as not more than 3 wt % to optimize the mechanical properties and the processing stability of the rigid PVC/MMT nanocomposites. SEM micrographs of the fractured surfaces of the rigid PVC/Na⁺‐MMT and PVC/O‐MMT nanocomposites both before and after tensile tests were also illustrated and compared. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Polym Sci Part B: Polym Phys 44: 2145–2154, 2006     

三维立体成像及其应用

本文首先介绍了三种传统的主要三维立体成像方法，即透镜板三维成像方法，投影式三维显示和全息照相术，其次，重点对于采用计算机产生的三维立体景象的方法进行了综述，其中包括人们近年来研究较多的自动立体成像技术等，最后给出了三维立体成像技术在航空航天，工业，教育，医学，军事等领域的应用实例，并预测了三维立体成像技术今后的主要发展方向。     

Convergence of the fractional step Lax-Friedrichs scheme and Godunov scheme for the isentropic system of gas dynamics

A convergence theorem of the fractional step Lax-Friedrichs scheme and Godunov scheme for an inhomogeneous system of isentropic gas dynamics (1<5/3) is established by using the framework of compensated compactness. Meanwhile, a corresponding existence theorem of global solutions with large data containing the vacuum is obtained.Partially supported by U.S. NSF Grant # DMS-850403     

新显色剂对羧基苯基重氮氨基偶氮苯的合成及与镉显色反应的研究

本文报道了新色剂对羟基苯基重氮氨基偶氮苯的合成。     

傅里叶变换技术在紫外可见光谱区的应用

本文评述了傅里叶变换在紫外可见光谱区的应用，探讨了傅里叶变换在紫外可见光谱学以及信号处理两方面的内容。详细介绍了傅里叶变换在紫外可见区遇到的问题、主要优点和发展前景。     

甲烷在二元碱土金属复合体系催化剂上的氧化偶联

碱土金属氧化物或碳酸盐为多种类型甲烷氧化偶联制取C_2烃催化剂的重要组分之一.有关纯碱土金属氧化物及含氧酸盐的研究表明,这类化合物具有较强的表面碱性及高温P型半导性而对活化甲烷生成C_2烃有较高活性,关于不同碱土金属化合物之间混合形成的二元碱土金属复合体系催化剂的报导仍不多见,Aika等人曾报导用BaO与CaO或MgO混合的催化剂上在1073K时可以获得61.1%C_2烃选择性和14.2%的C_2烃收率,但BaO易在反应条件下与水反应生成Ba(OH)_2而腐蚀器壁,不利于长期操作.本文报导了一系列不同碱土金属化合物之间形成的二元碱土复合体系催化剂上甲烷氧化偶联的反应结果.结果表明,这类催化剂由于其结构稳定、活性好而值得进一步研究.     

NBR/ORGANOMODIFIED BENTONITE INTERCALATED HYBRIDS AND THEIR EFFECTS ON THE TOUGHNESS OF PVC

Hybrids of intercalative nitrile-butadiene rubber/organomodified bentonite (NBR/OMB) were prepared by thelatex intercalation technique. Investigation of their mechanical properties and the microstructore of NBR/OMB showed thatthe organomodified bentonite is an effective toughener for NBR. Transmission electronic microscopy (TEM) and X-rnydiffraction (XRD) tests showed that the NBR macromolecule could be intercalated into the galleries of bentonite.Incorporation of NBR/OMB hybrids as tougheners into poly(vinyl chloride) (PVC) results in a substantial increase in theimpact strength of PVC, but little decrease in its tensile strength and flexural strength, compared to the unmodified PVC.