School of Science, Engineering & Environment

Project performance diagnostics : a model for assessing construction project performance in Nigeria (2017)
Thesis
Bello, W. (in press). Project performance diagnostics : a model for assessing construction project performance in Nigeria. (Thesis). University of Salford

Construction Projects are notorious for demonstrating poor performance and under achievement as usually indicated by project objectives. Project managers in the construction industry are faced with many research suggestions in literatures to improve... Read More about Project performance diagnostics : a model for assessing construction project performance in Nigeria.

Effect of halite (NaCl) on sandstone permeability and well injectivity during CO2 storage in saline aquifers (2017)
Thesis
Beinashor, R. Effect of halite (NaCl) on sandstone permeability and well injectivity during CO2 storage in saline aquifers. (Thesis). University of Salford

Carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) is one of the widely discussed options for decreasing CO2 emissions. This method requires the techniques for capturing purification of anthropogenic CO2 from fossil-fuel power plants, subsequent compression an... Read More about Effect of halite (NaCl) on sandstone permeability and well injectivity during CO2 storage in saline aquifers.

The relevance of project management best practice and its application in the UK construction industry (2017)
Thesis
McCann, A. The relevance of project management best practice and its application in the UK construction industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

Professional project management associations have produced practice standards that may be used by practitioners, professional services firms and clients. This research was undertaken to explore the relevance of these professional project management p... Read More about The relevance of project management best practice and its application in the UK construction industry.

Critical success factors and contractual risks for Private Finance 2 (PF2) projects implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM) (2017)
Thesis
Abdullah Habib, S. Critical success factors and contractual risks for Private Finance 2 (PF2) projects implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM). (Thesis). University of Salford

Private Finance 2 (PF2) projects involved multiple stakeholders engaged in various contract structures, and numerous stages from initiation to operation in lengthy contract duration. Such situation cause complexity to PF2 projects, which may expose t... Read More about Critical success factors and contractual risks for Private Finance 2 (PF2) projects implementing Building Information Modelling (BIM).

Evaluation of disaster response management in Iraq resulting from terrorism (2017)
Thesis
Al-Dahash, H. Evaluation of disaster response management in Iraq resulting from terrorism. (Thesis). The University of Salford

Since 2003, Iraq has been experiencing an unprecedented series of disasters; both human made and natural, and this has given rise to increased attention by policymakers to the country's arrangements for disaster management. Disaster response, which r... Read More about Evaluation of disaster response management in Iraq resulting from terrorism.

Low oil-water ratio invert emulsion mud for unconventional shale reservoirs (2017)
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Egejuru, P. Low oil-water ratio invert emulsion mud for unconventional shale reservoirs. (Thesis). University of Salford

Due to stringent environmental regulations on the disposal and management of the traditional diesel oil-based mud used for drilling difficult formations such as shale, there is the necessity to develop an environmentally friendly drilling mud. Vegeta... Read More about Low oil-water ratio invert emulsion mud for unconventional shale reservoirs.

Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-10 concentrations as predictors of patient outcome following major traumatic injury (2017)
Thesis
Jones, M. Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-10 concentrations as predictors of patient outcome following major traumatic injury. (Dissertation). University of Salford

Trauma is one of the main causes of death worldwide, accounting for 4.8 million deaths per year. This death rate has led to trauma being classed as the top cause of death for males, aged between fifteen and twenty-nine. More recently, however, the... Read More about Interleukin-6 and Interleukin-10 concentrations as predictors of patient outcome following major traumatic injury.

Assessment of the effect of climate change in anticipated water resources availability in arid climate zones (2017)
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Mohammed, R. Assessment of the effect of climate change in anticipated water resources availability in arid climate zones. (Thesis). University of Salford

Climate change impact and drought phenomena linked with anthropogenic pressure have become a growing concern for water resource managers and policy makers, particularly in arid and semi-arid regions. This research proposes generic methodologies to ev... Read More about Assessment of the effect of climate change in anticipated water resources availability in arid climate zones.

Overlapped speech and music segmentation using singular spectrum analysis and random forests (2017)
Thesis
Mohammed, D. Overlapped speech and music segmentation using singular spectrum analysis and random forests. (Thesis). Salford University

Recent years have seen ever-increasing volumes of digital media archives and an enormous amount of user-contributed content. As demand for indexing and searching these resources has increased, and new technologies such as multimedia content managemen... Read More about Overlapped speech and music segmentation using singular spectrum analysis and random forests.

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