D. Lindquist H. Madduri C. J. Paul B. Rajaraman In this paper we describe the IBM Service Management (ISM) architecture, a serviceoriented architecture designed to automate and simplify the management of business services. We describe the four major components of ISM: portal-based user interfaces, a process layer that includes the process runtime and service management solutions, an information...

Many information systems development companies are facing the question on how to apply agile methods in information systems maintenance (ISM). Performing correction of software defects in ISM inevitably degenerates program structure. On the other hand, agile methods provide refactoring to improve program structure without changing its behavior. This paper builds an optimal control model to bala...

There is a strong connection between the formation of a disk galaxy and the properties of the interstellar medium (ISM). Theoretical work has typically either focused on the cosmological buildup of a galaxy with a relatively crude model for the gas physics, or examined local processes in the ISM and ignored the global evolution of the galaxy itself. Here, I briefly review what has been learned ...

I discuss the properties of gas-rich forming galaxies. I particularly emphasize the latest results on Lyα emission that are relevant to the search of distant young galaxies. The interdependance of the Lyα escape with the properties of the ISM in starburst galaxies is outlined. A new model from G. Tenorio-Tagle and his collaborators explain Lyα profiles in starburst galaxies from the hydrodynami...

In this study, I systematically investigate the evolving contributions and gaps that exist in the international strategic management (ISM) literature. The research I present here reviews leading international business and strategic management journals from 1991 through 2000. The research investigates the topics that have been examined in ISM research, theoretical perspectives employed, outlets ...

This paper overall aims to encourage researchers and managers to consider the role of human resource management (HRM) in the field of information security management (ISM) more seriously. This paper suggests that with more strategically active role of HRM through a combination of selection, training, and pay practices, organizations not only can manage people issues in ISM particularly security...

We have used archival ROSAT data to present X-ray images of thirty-one supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We have classified these remnants according to their X-ray morphologies, into the categories of Shell-Type, Diffuse Face, Centrally Brightened, Point-Source Dominated, and Irregular. We suggest possible causes of the X-ray emission for each category, and for indi...

To study the evolution of high-mass cores, we have searched for evidence of collapse motions in a large sample of starless cores in the Orion molecular cloud. We used the Caltech Submillimeter Observatory telescope to obtain spectra of the optically thin (HCO ) and optically thick (HCO ) high-density tracer molecules in 27 cores with masses 11 M . The redand blue-asymmetries seen in the line pr...

We investigate the ability of high resolution X-ray spectroscopy to directly probe the grain composition of the interstellar medium. Using iron K-edge experimental data of likely ISM dust candidates taken at the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory, we explore the prospects for determining the chemical ...