The Innovation Management Program (IMP) : a holistic approach to managing change in knowledge based firms

Innovation Management (IM) in most knowledge based firms is used on an adhoc basis where senior managers use this term to leverage competitive edge without understanding its true meaning and how its robust application in organisation impacts organisational performance. There have been attempts in the manufacturing industry to harness the innovative potential of the business and apprehend its use as a point of difference to improve financial and non financial outcomes. However further work is required to innovatively extrapolate the lessons learnt to introduce incremental and/or radical innovation to knowledge based firms. An international structural engineering firm has been proactive in exploring and implementing this idea and has forged an alliance with the Queensland University of Technology to start the Innovation Management Program (IMP). The aim was to develop a permanent and sustainable program with which innovation can be woven through the fabric of the organisation. There was an intention to reinforce the firms’ vision and reinvigorate ideas and create new options that help in its realisation. This paper outlines the need for innovation in knowledge based firms and how this consulting engineering firm reacted to this exigency. The development of the Innovation Management Program, its different themes (and associated projects) and how they integrate to form a holistic model is also discussed. The model is designed around the need of providing professional qualification improvement opportunities for staff, setting-up organised, structured & easily accessible knowledge repositories to capture tacit and explicit knowledge and implement efficient project management strategies with a view to enhance client satisfaction. A Delphi type workshop is used to confirm the themes and projects. Some of the individual projects and their expected outcomes are also discussed. A questionnaire and interviews were used to collect data to select appropriate candidates responsible for leading these projects. Following an in-depth analysis of preliminary research results, some recommendations on the selection process will also be presented.

Twelve : the best Of IMP's 100 Songs Project 2011

12 Original recordings curated by leading national industry figures. It’s a 12 track album full of remixed, rerecorded and rejigged tracks from the project that were shortlisted by our friends at MGM Distribution, Music Sales, and EMI Music Australia. The TWELVE album is already receiving critical acclaim from Australia's music industry.

Mastigophora and Rhizopoda found in saline lakes Weissovo and Repnoie (near Slaviansk). Selected passages describing Ochromonas species and Pedinella. [Translation of: Trudy Obshch.Ispyt.Prir.imp.khar'kov.Univ. 21 119-140, 1888]

This translation includes selected passages of a longer paper on Mastigophora and Rhizopoda found in saline lakes Weissovo and Repnoie. The translation focuses on describing taxonomy and morphology of Ochromonas species and Pedinella. Plates and figures of the original paper are not included in the translation.

An outlook of heavy ion driven plasma research at IMP-Lanzhou

Since the successful completion of the cooling storage ring (CSR) project in China at the end of 2007, high qualitative heavy ion beams with energy ranging from keV to GeV/u have been available at the Heavy Ion Research Facility at Lanzhou (HIRFL). More than 1091 GeV/u C6+particles or 108235 MeV/u Xe particles can be stored in the CSR main-ring and extracted within hundred nano-seconds during the test running,the beam parameters will be improved in the coming years so that high energy density (HED) conditions could be achieved and investigated there. Recent scientific results from the experiments relevant to plasma research on HIRFL are summarized. Dense plasma research with intense heavy ion beams of CSR is proposed here.

IMP 重离子治癌中的剂量计算方法

Basic algorithms of biological effective dose optimization and dose distribution on CT image for the heavy ion therapy project at the Institute of Modern Physics(IMP),Chinese Academy of Sciences(CAS) are reported in this paper.Firstly,biological effective dose optimization is conducted in water.According to the relationship between CT number and water equivalent path length,an integral algorithm is used to calculate the average dose within a pixel and then the dose distribution in tissue is derived.Secondly...中文文摘：针对深部肿瘤重离子治疗临床试验的需求,首先在水介质中进行生物有效剂量的优化计算,然后根据CT图像中像素CT值与水等效长度转换系数之间的关系,结合水中的深度剂量分布曲线对每个像素进行积分得到CT图像上的生物有效剂量分布。同时介绍了基于被动式束流配送系统适形照射时的剂量确定方式,并提出二维适形放疗也应使用分层照射方式以适应治疗时的不同要求。这些方法适合目前及今后在IMP进行的重离子治癌临床试验研究中治疗计划系统的需要。

Study of the aberrations of the IMP heavy ion microbeam irradiation system

A high energy heavy ion microbeam irradiation system is constructed at the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). A quadrupole focusing system, in combination with a series of slits, has been designed here. The IMP microbeam system is described in detail. The intrinsic and parasitic aberrations associated with the magnets are simulated. The ion beam optics of this microbeam system is investigated systematically. Then the optimized initial beam parameters are given for high spatial resolution and high hitting rates.

Design of the IMP microbeam irradiation system for 100 MeV/u heavy ions

Abstract A state-of-the-art high energy heavy ion microbeam irradiation system is constructed at the Institute of Modern Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. This microbeam system operates in both full current intensity mode and single ion mode. It delivers a predefined number of ions to preselected targets for research in biology and material science. The characteristic of this microbeam system is high energy and vertical irradiation. A quadrupole focusing system, in combination with a series of slits, has been designed to optimize the spatial resolution. A symmetrically achromatic system leads the beam downwards and serves simultaneously as an energy analyzer. A high gradient quadrupole triplet finally focuses a C6+ ion beam to 1 µm in the vacuum chamber within the energy range from 10 MeV/u to 100 MeV/u. In this paper, the IMP microbeam system is described in detail. A systematic investigation of the ion beam optics of this microbeam system is presented together with the associated aberrations. Comparison is made between the IMP microbeam system and the other existing systems to further discuss the performance of this microbeam. Then the optimized initial beam parameters are given for high resolution and high hitting efficiency. At last, the experiment platform is briefly introduced.

IMP重离子治癌中的剂量计算方法

针对深部肿瘤重离子治疗临床试验的需求,首先在水介质中进行生物有效剂量的优化计算,然后根据CT图像中像素CT值与水等效长度转换系数之间的关系,结合水中的深度剂量分布曲线对每个像素进行积分得到CT图像上的生物有效剂量分布。同时介绍了基于被动式束流配送系统适形照射时的剂量确定方式,并提出二维适形放疗也应使用分层照射方式以适应治疗时的不同要求。这些方法适合目前及今后在IMP进行的重离子治癌临床试验研究中治疗计划系统的需要。

一台用于IMP重离子治癌线上的电离室

介绍一种用于中国科学院近代物理研究所(IMP)重离子肿瘤治疗线上、于纵向场常压下工作的气体电离室,其灵敏面积为250mm×250mm,极间距离为10mm,电离室工作气体为P10,在85kPa下流气式工作。用75MeV/u12C离子入射,测量了电离室的坪曲线。发现电离室工作坪区900—3000V,12C的Bragg峰位于13.73mm,峰的极大值半高宽(FWHM)为0.19mm。

IMP质子治癌3D剂量探测系统

文章描述了中国科学院近代物理研究所(IMP)正在研制的IMP质子治癌装置3D剂量测量系统。该系统主要由2D剖面探测器、辐照深度和剂量探测器、射程调整器等组成。其中,多级双维位置灵敏平行板雪崩探测器(MPPAC)使用C3F8作为工作气体,工作气压为700Pa,阳极电压为+700V。对3组分α粒子测得位置分辨为0.54mm(FWHM)。

An outlook of heavy ion driven plasma research at IMP-Lanzhou

Since the successful completion of the cooling storage ring (CSR) project in China at the end of 2007, high qualitative heavy ion beams with energy ranging from keV to GeV/u have been available at the Heavy Ion Research Facility at Lanzhou (HIRFL). More than 10(9) 1 GeVlu C6+ particles or 10(8) 235 MeV/u Xe particles can be stored in the CSR main-ring and extracted within hundred nano-seconds during the test running, the beam parameters will be improved in the coming years so that high energy density (HED) conditions could be achieved and investigated there. Recent scientific results from the experiments relevant to plasma research on HIRFL are summarized. Dense plasma research with intense heavy ion beams of CSR is proposed here.

A latest developed all permanent magnet ECRIS for atomic physics research at IMP

Electron cyclotron resonance (ECR) ion sources have been used for atomic physics research for a long time. With the development of atomic physics research in the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), additional high performance experimental facilities are required. A 300 kV high voltage (HV) platform has been under construction since 2003, and an all permanent magnet ECR ion source is supposed to be put on the platform. Lanzhou all permanent magnet ECR ion source No. 2 (LAPECR2) is a latest developed all permanent magnet ECRIS. It is a 900 kg weight and circle divide 650 mm X 562 mm outer dimension (magnetic body) ion source. The injection magnetic field of the source is 1.28 T and the extraction magnetic field is 1.07 T. This source is designed to be running at 14.5 GHz. The high magnetic field inside the plasma chamber enables the source to give good performances at 14.5 GHz. LAPECR2 source is now under commissioning in IMP. In this article, the typical parameters of the source LAPECR2 are listed, and the typical results of the preliminary commissioning are presented.

Property measurement of the CsI(Tl) crystal prepared at IMP

Large-sized CsI (Tl) single crystals, similar to phi 100 mm x 350 mm, have been grown successfully, and this CsI(Tl) coupled with PD has been successfully utilized at RIBLL (the Radioactive Ion Beam Line in Lanzhou) to measure the energy of heavy ions as a stopping detector. The performances of CsI(Tl) detector coupled with PD and APD have been tested and compared, including the temperature dependence of scintillating light yield