Critical considerations in the development of systems thinking and practice

This paper is concerned with the development of ‘Systems Thinking.’ In particular, it considers and critiques ‘traditional Systems Thinking’ within the framework of Critical Systems Thinking. Before embarking on such a venture it is necessary to derive a base context from which to develop argument and analysis. Therefore the outline of this paper is as follows: A contextual setting for Systems Thinking, Theoretical Considerations, Soft Systems Thinking and Methodology, and A Critical Systems Thinking (CST) approach. The account of the development of Systems Thinking is followed by a synopsis of a theoretical framework for Systems Thinking which will allow us to gain an understanding of contemporary views. The paper then goes on to review SSM and CST in order to provide a platform for a critique of traditional forms of Systems Thinking. The final section briefly discusses the applicability of CST to the ‘real-world’ context by outlining some current studies being undertaken by the author.     

Sister chromatid exchanges in lymphocytes of normal and alcoholic subjects.

The effects of alcohol consumption, cigarette smoking and age on sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequency in human lymphocytes were assessed by means of multiple linear regression. An increase in SCE rates was associated with alcohol consumption (p = 0.0001), smoking (p = 0.0231), and, to a small extent (p = 0.057), age. These three confounding factors explain 48% of the inter-personal variation in SCE rates among subjects studied.     

模拟线性网络支路与节点故障诊断混合方法

本文所介绍的主要方法是综合支路故障诊断法和节点故障诊断法的优点来诊断模拟线性网络的故障，避免了广义逆矩阵带来的计算复杂性和需要找出有多少个故障才能计算的麻烦。利用矩阵的初等变换公式求出诊断支路的导纳矩阵，并与标准电路中的对应的元素相比较，初步找出可能为故障的支路，然后利用矩阵运算特殊性算出元件参考数，以进一步确定真正的故障支路     

脉冲等离子体气相合成氮化硼的研究

以Ｂ２Ｏ３粉扩ＮＨ３为原料，用脉冲等离子体反应器合成ＢＮ，所得产品经Ｘ射线衍射，红外光谱分析表明，产品中除含六方氮化硼外，还含有少量立方氮化硼，生产工艺简单。