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Automatic Classification, Detection and Segmentation of Breast Arterial Calcification on Digital Mammography Images Using Deep Learning (2025)
Thesis

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of premature death in the United Kingdom with one type, coronary artery disease, killing more than twice as many women as breast cancer. Conventional CVD risk factors have been shown to have less accu... Read More about Automatic Classification, Detection and Segmentation of Breast Arterial Calcification on Digital Mammography Images Using Deep Learning.

Digital twins in Lean strategic facility management in the UK healthcare sector: A proposed framework to enabling Lean strategic facility management in healthcare operations in the UK (2025)
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The healthcare sector in the United Kingdom (UK) faces significant challenges in managing its vast estate efficiently and effectively. With rising costs, a substantial maintenance backlog, and increasing patient expectations, there is an urgent need... Read More about Digital twins in Lean strategic facility management in the UK healthcare sector: A proposed framework to enabling Lean strategic facility management in healthcare operations in the UK.

2D Modelling Of Sediment Dynamics In High Energy Gravel Bed Rivers And Climate Impacted Glacier Fed River Basins (2025)
Thesis

This thesis sets out a novel method of 2D sediment modelling in high energy mountain systems. A new combined methodology using lidar, drone and dGPS survey along with HEC-RAS 2D river simulation has been developed. This methodology has been validated... Read More about 2D Modelling Of Sediment Dynamics In High Energy Gravel Bed Rivers And Climate Impacted Glacier Fed River Basins.

Evaluating Tender Using Sustainable Products Model in Goods Procurement: A case of the electricity distributor in Ghana. (2025)
Thesis

Sustainability challenges confronting developing countries are numerous and substantial and appear to be exacerbating overtime. Sustainable Public Procurement could be of significant strategic importance to developing countries such as Ghana who spen... Read More about Evaluating Tender Using Sustainable Products Model in Goods Procurement: A case of the electricity distributor in Ghana..

Hidden voices and deep meaning: An ethnography to reveal and render explicit health care assistants, porters and domestics experience and role in the social organisation of end of life care (2025)
Thesis

Encounters with patients who are approaching end of life or dying can affect all staff. Yet health care support staff are rarely mentioned or included in service evaluation or research studies, with their roles often not easily visible, largely happe... Read More about Hidden voices and deep meaning: An ethnography to reveal and render explicit health care assistants, porters and domestics experience and role in the social organisation of end of life care.

An investigation into the effects of external factors on employee engagement in the Nigerian hotel sector (a study of selected hotels) (2025)
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This study investigates the extent to which government policies and labour union activities affect employee engagement from the perspective of front-line employees in the Nigerian hotel sector. The research employed a qualitative case study methodolo... Read More about An investigation into the effects of external factors on employee engagement in the Nigerian hotel sector (a study of selected hotels).

Infrastructure Delivery System for Affordable Housing Policy Implementation In The South-South Region Of Nigeria (2025)
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This thesis explores the infrastructure delivery systems (IDS) for affordable housing policy implementation in Nigeria's South-South region. The study aims to develop a comprehensive framework to guide policymakers and address the challenges and barr... Read More about Infrastructure Delivery System for Affordable Housing Policy Implementation In The South-South Region Of Nigeria.

Carbon Nanomaterials Applied in Cementitious Composites- A focus on mechanical properties and dispersion techniques (2025)
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Cementitious composites are integral to civil engineering applications, yet they are subject to limitations such as nanoscale cracking. To address these challenges, this doctoral research investigates the use of Graphene Nanoplatelets (GNPs), a cost-... Read More about Carbon Nanomaterials Applied in Cementitious Composites- A focus on mechanical properties and dispersion techniques.

The Association of Urban Greenspace Characteristics with Tick Densities and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in Scotland (2025)
Thesis

Ticks are an ecosystem disservice in urban greenspaces, with the potential to transmit diseases. The characteristics of an urban greenspace can impact the hazard of ticks and tick-borne pathogens both within a greenspace and in the surrounding area.... Read More about The Association of Urban Greenspace Characteristics with Tick Densities and Borrelia burgdorferi prevalence in Scotland.

Investigating the use of t-lymphocyte and cytokine biomarkers to predict clinical outcomes of major trauma patients (2024)
Thesis
Edirisinghe, N. Investigating the use of t-lymphocyte and cytokine biomarkers to predict clinical outcomes of major trauma patients. (Thesis). University of Salford

Trauma remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally with a significant burden across the globe irrespective of socio-economic levels. In the UK, major trauma (MT) as a result of motor vehicle accidents is the leading cause of death in... Read More about Investigating the use of t-lymphocyte and cytokine biomarkers to predict clinical outcomes of major trauma patients.