R. Johnston – författare

This volume contains the papers presented at the 7th International Conference on Object Oriented Information Systems - OOIS 2001. The conference was hosted by the University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada on 27 - 29 August 2001. The theme of OOIS1 was Object-Oriented and Web-Based Frameworks for Information Systems. The papers published in this volume highlight the contributions of leading researchers and practitioners in the field of Object Technology and Information Systems. The topics covered include: OO foundations, OO modeling and analysis, OOIS processes, XML-based IS, OO-based reuse, OO frameworks, OO and web testing, Use case for requirement analysis, OO CASE tools, OO virtual environments and real-time systems, IT process assessment and improvement, Industrial experience and case studies, Web-based IS, Component-based OOIS, Software engineering metrics and analysis, Production line and requirements engineering, GRIDs: the next generation technologies for the Internet, E-Business Enterprise Frameworks, and Perspectives on future development.

This book is a logical consequence of a book published in 1965 under the title Immigrants Assimilation - A Study of Polish People in Western Australia. In the original study, adult Polish immigrants were asked, amongst other things, about their attitudes to their children's assimilation to the culture of the Australian society. Needless to say, some parents were eager for their children to remain Polish, whilst others express­ ed a desire for them to become Australians. Naturally, it seem­ ed practical to investigate the children's attitudes to their own assimilation. The present study is therefore mainly concerned with these attitudes. Much has been written about second generation immigrants and a lot has been of a speculative nature, since nobody has yet gone into the homes of immigrants and asked them and their children about the way they feel regarding a culture which is new to them. The present study is unique in this sense because it fills a vital gap by studying assimilation of two generations of immigrants belonging to the same family. Second generation immigrants have occupied the attention of many writers in the sociological and psychological litera­ ture. Vital social phenomena such as delinquency, mental breakdowns, and marginality have been ascribed to the second generation immigrants on account of their status as midway people between two cultural milieus. Some of these phenome­ It is generally accepted that na are traced in the present study.