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Detection of Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus equinus in dogs and epidemiology of canine echinococcosis in the UK
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Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus equinus in dogs and epidemiology of canine echinococcosis in the UK. (Thesis). University of Salford

Echinococcus granulosus is a canid cestode species that causes hydatid disease or cystic
echinococcosis (CE) in domestic animals or humans. Echinococcus equinus formerly
recognised as the ‘horse strain’ (E.granulosus genotype G4) is not known to be... Read More about Detection of Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus equinus in dogs and epidemiology of canine echinococcosis in the UK.

Development of a framework for partnering through aligning organizational cultures in the Malaysian construction industry
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Abdul Nifa, F. Development of a framework for partnering through aligning organizational cultures in the Malaysian construction industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

In line with the main awareness of partnering in solving the many issues within the global construction industry, the Malaysian government has call upon the local industry to embrace and adapt partnering practices in their project delivery. Although... Read More about Development of a framework for partnering through aligning organizational cultures in the Malaysian construction industry.

A framework for implementing social computing in higher education in the gulf states
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Hussein, K. A framework for implementing social computing in higher education in the gulf states. (Thesis). University of Salford

This study sets out to develop a framework for implementing social computing (SC) tools in higher education (HE) to enhance both the teaching and learning processes, with a particular focus on HE institutions in the Gulf States. Among other things, i... Read More about A framework for implementing social computing in higher education in the gulf states.

Building evaluation capacity in to a large public sector emergency service : an action research study
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Koljonen, H. Building evaluation capacity in to a large public sector emergency service : an action research study. (Thesis). University of Salford

This action research study investigated the feasibility of building evaluation capacity into the design process of Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service’s (GMFRS) community initiatives. GMFRS runs over 400 community initiatives every year and an... Read More about Building evaluation capacity in to a large public sector emergency service : an action research study.

Application of mobile and internet technologies for the investigation of human relationships with soundscapes
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Mydlarz, C. Application of mobile and internet technologies for the investigation of human relationships with soundscapes. (Thesis). The University of Salford

This thesis presents a methodology for soundscape research, utilising consumer mobile and internet technologies. This has been used to gather objective environmental data, as well as subjective data from participants in-situ. A total of 323 untrained... Read More about Application of mobile and internet technologies for the investigation of human relationships with soundscapes.

Organisational readiness to implement building information modelling : a framework for design consultants in Malysia
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Haron, A. Organisational readiness to implement building information modelling : a framework for design consultants in Malysia. (Thesis). University of Salford

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is defined as an approach to building design and construction through modelling technology, associated sets of processes and people to produce, communicate and analyse building information models. The implementat... Read More about Organisational readiness to implement building information modelling : a framework for design consultants in Malysia.

City centres : understanding the travel behaviour of residents and the implications for sustainable travel
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Asad, F. City centres : understanding the travel behaviour of residents and the implications for sustainable travel. (Thesis). University of Salford

The study aims to understand the city centre living characteristics from a sustainable travel behaviour perspective. Three datasets have been utilised; the UK Trip Rate and Information Computer System (TRICS), the Scottish Household Survey and an ori... Read More about City centres : understanding the travel behaviour of residents and the implications for sustainable travel.

Information Technology Business Value Model for Engineering and Construction Industry
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Kassim, Y. Information Technology Business Value Model for Engineering and Construction Industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

The idea that the deployment and strategic utilization of information technology (IT) resources as factors of production can be used by organisations to improve performances has been around for many decades. The contributions of the IT resources in i... Read More about Information Technology Business Value Model for Engineering and Construction Industry.

Cost-sensitive decision tree learning using a multi-armed bandit framework
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Lomax, S. Cost-sensitive decision tree learning using a multi-armed bandit framework. (Thesis). University of Salford

Decision tree learning is one of the main methods of learning from data. It has been applied to a variety of different domains over the past three decades. In the real world, accuracy is not enough; there are costs involved, those of obtaining the da... Read More about Cost-sensitive decision tree learning using a multi-armed bandit framework.

Evidence and design : an investigation of the use of evidence in the design of healthcare environments
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Codinhoto, R. Evidence and design : an investigation of the use of evidence in the design of healthcare environments. (Thesis). The University of Salford

In construction many problems exist that lead to poor quality of the built environment, for example, lack of integration between service and facility design and poor requirements management. Aiming to mitigate these problems, academics and practition... Read More about Evidence and design : an investigation of the use of evidence in the design of healthcare environments.

An investigation into the development of an effective benefits realisation process for healthcare infrastructure projects
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Sapountzis, S. An investigation into the development of an effective benefits realisation process for healthcare infrastructure projects. (Thesis). University of Salford

Traditionally, healthcare infrastructure programmes and projects determine their level of success mainly against cost, quality and time of delivery, and not on the degree to which benefits or impacts are delivered. Too often people have assumed that... Read More about An investigation into the development of an effective benefits realisation process for healthcare infrastructure projects.

Leadership practices to address cultural and behavioural challenges in construction partnering projects
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Thurairajah, N. Leadership practices to address cultural and behavioural challenges in construction partnering projects. (Thesis). The University of Salford

Partnering and related forms of collaboration have been seen as a way of tackling fragmentation and lack of integration that have bedevilled attempts to improve project performance over the years. Despite the amount of interest shown in partnering, a... Read More about Leadership practices to address cultural and behavioural challenges in construction partnering projects.

Field and laboratory studies into the human response to groundborne vibration : exposure-response relationships, perceptual dimensions, and models of annoyance
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Woodcock, J. Field and laboratory studies into the human response to groundborne vibration : exposure-response relationships, perceptual dimensions, and models of annoyance. (Thesis). University of Salford

With proposed increases in both freight and passenger railway in the United Kingdom and the European Union and the building of new high speed lines, there has been an increase in interest in recent years in the human response to vibration in resident... Read More about Field and laboratory studies into the human response to groundborne vibration : exposure-response relationships, perceptual dimensions, and models of annoyance.

Improving the integration of building design and facilities management
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Bu Jawdeh, H. Improving the integration of building design and facilities management. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis investigates the relationship between facilities management (FM) and design on construction projects in the Middle East region. Input provided by facilities management, the party responsible for developing and maintaining a facility suppo... Read More about Improving the integration of building design and facilities management.

Improving the performance of video based reconstruction and validating it within a Telepresence context
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Duckworth, T. Improving the performance of video based reconstruction and validating it within a Telepresence context. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis investigates visual, spatial and temporal qualities of video based reconstruction with respect to telepresence. State of the art was improved and validated through a new parallelisation of an established algorithm; a tool that allows visi... Read More about Improving the performance of video based reconstruction and validating it within a Telepresence context.

Immunodiagnosis of human and canine echinococcosis and community studies in northwestern China
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Feng, X. Immunodiagnosis of human and canine echinococcosis and community studies in northwestern China. (Thesis). University of Salford

Echinococcosis is highly endemic in northwestern China. In order to improve sero-testing in support of community screening and for hospital use, a dot immunogold filtration assay (DIGFA) for rapid serodiagnosis of human CE and AE was developed. DIGFA... Read More about Immunodiagnosis of human and canine echinococcosis and community studies in northwestern China.