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VMX-rootkit : implementing malware with hardware virtual machine extensions (2008)
Thesis
Esoul, O. VMX-rootkit : implementing malware with hardware virtual machine extensions. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Stealth Malware (Rootkit) is a malicious software used by attack-
ers who wish to run their code on a compromised computer with-
out being detected. Over the years, rootkits have targeted differ-
ent operating systems and have used different te... Read More about VMX-rootkit : implementing malware with hardware virtual machine extensions.

An exploratory analysis of low-income women consumers and their consumption of 'low involvement' grocery products (2008)
Thesis
Gbadamosi, A. An exploratory analysis of low-income women consumers and their consumption of 'low involvement' grocery products. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

In view of the diversity that exists among consumers, this study argues the importance
of focusing on just one sub-group of consumers. Therefore, the study aims to explore
the attitudes, motivations, and purchase behaviour of low-income women consu... Read More about An exploratory analysis of low-income women consumers and their consumption of 'low involvement' grocery products.

Construction client and innovation : effect of client characteristics (2008)
Thesis
Kulatunga, K. Construction client and innovation : effect of client characteristics. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

Clients or users of products, processes or services are being identified as potential
sources of innovation in research conducted in construction sector and other sectors
such as aviation and management consultancy. The recent literature has emphas... Read More about Construction client and innovation : effect of client characteristics.

The value of feasibility studies in corporate reputation management : an exploratory investigation (2008)
Thesis

Normally, feasibility studies would be commissioned for industrial projects to assess
the worth of undertaking them, in terms of their content, timing, costs, and internal
and external stakeholder and environmental influences. The study concentrate... Read More about The value of feasibility studies in corporate reputation management : an exploratory investigation.

Risk, culture, and organization : a study of injury among construction workers (2008)
Thesis
Maguire, K. Risk, culture, and organization : a study of injury among construction workers. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

National statistics reveal that construction workers are at greater risk of fatal
injury than most other workers in Great Britain. Using cultural and
organisational theories and carrying out qualitative studies, the thesis
attempts to understand w... Read More about Risk, culture, and organization : a study of injury among construction workers.

A case study investigation into an implementation of a techno-driven knowledge management initiative (2008)
Thesis
McWhinnie, D. A case study investigation into an implementation of a techno-driven knowledge management initiative. (Thesis). Salford : University of Salford

This thesis reports on an action research study within a global manufacturing
organisation based in the UK and USA, henceforth referred to as XYZ Limited.
The study explores how this organisation undertook an improvement programme
based on the... Read More about A case study investigation into an implementation of a techno-driven knowledge management initiative.

Change management : an integrative approach (2008)
Thesis

This thesis explores the nature of organisational change and proposes that the
majority of change programmes are unsuccessful due to their interventionist
orientation. The inherent complexity of organisational change is such that the
change ne... Read More about Change management : an integrative approach.

Accessibility to historic and listed public buildings : the development control process in England and Wales (2008)
Thesis

In this policy-relevant thesis, the findings also revealed implications in conservation
practice. Conservation importance takes precedence over the importance of
Accessibility in the regulative framework of development control process, although... Read More about Accessibility to historic and listed public buildings : the development control process in England and Wales.

Cycle of conflict: A decade of strife in English professional rugby (2008)
Journal Article
Williams, P. (2008). Cycle of conflict: A decade of strife in English professional rugby. International Journal of the History of Sport, 25(4), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523360701701689

Rugby union was the last major international sport to embrace open professionalism. In the years leading up to the abandonment of the amateur principle by the sport’s world governing body, the (English) Rugby Football Union’s rearguard action on both... Read More about Cycle of conflict: A decade of strife in English professional rugby.

A neo-institutional economic critique of the system for allocating urban land and development rights in Nigeria (2008)
Journal Article
Egbu, A., Olomolaiye, P., & Gameson, R. (2008). A neo-institutional economic critique of the system for allocating urban land and development rights in Nigeria. Habitat International, 32, 121-135. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.habitatint.2007.08.003

Governments in sub-Saharan Africa have relied on received colonial land use planning institutions to manage and
control the form of their cities. The approach adopted has involved the nationalisation of land and development rights
and extensive app... Read More about A neo-institutional economic critique of the system for allocating urban land and development rights in Nigeria.

Re-documenting Home and Managing Long term Conditions: the Social Organisation of Space and Place (2008)
Book Chapter
Fairhurst, E. (2008). Re-documenting Home and Managing Long term Conditions: the Social Organisation of Space and Place. In M. Presho (Ed.), Managing Long Term Conditions: A Social Model for Community Practice (179-195). Wiley-Blackwell

An autoethnographic exploration of an occupation: Doing a PhD (2008)
Journal Article
Taylor, J. (2008). An autoethnographic exploration of an occupation: Doing a PhD. British Journal of Occupational Therapy, 71(5), 176-184

The systematic and detailed study of occupations is challenging to
occupational therapists, who would wish to understand better their meanings
and therapeutic value. Such a study must attempt to capture the complexities
of occupational form and pe... Read More about An autoethnographic exploration of an occupation: Doing a PhD.

Occupational engagement, emotion and morality (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Taylor, J. (2008, January). Occupational engagement, emotion and morality. Poster presented at 8th European Congress of Occupational Therapy, Hamburg

The narratives that people told about their leisure activities were analysed. Indicators of high emotion, and 'caring' were explored in order to better understand moral values associated with leisure.

Being occupied, being moral and making the world a better place (2008)
Presentation / Conference
Taylor, J. (2008, January). Being occupied, being moral and making the world a better place. Poster presented at 32nd Annual Meeting of the College of Occupational Therapists,, Harrogate

The narratives that people told about their leisure occupations were analysed in order to better understand the relationships between the individual, his or her leisure occupations and the impacts on social and physical environments. Some people demo... Read More about Being occupied, being moral and making the world a better place.

Evaluation of the Blackpool Springboard Project (2008)
Report
Ravey, M., Murphy, M., Long, T., Fallon, D., & Livesley, J. (2008). Evaluation of the Blackpool Springboard Project

The porin and the permeating antibiotic: A selective diffusion barrier in gram-negative bacteria (2008)
Journal Article
Pages, J., James, C., & Winterhalter, M. (2008). The porin and the permeating antibiotic: A selective diffusion barrier in gram-negative bacteria. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 6, 893-903. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1994

Gram-negative bacteria are responsible for a large proportion of antibiotic resistant bacterial diseases. These bacteria have a complex cell envelope that comprises an outer membrane and an inner membrane that delimit the periplasm. The outer membran... Read More about The porin and the permeating antibiotic: A selective diffusion barrier in gram-negative bacteria.

A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (309-337). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch008

Information technology (IT) deeply influences the way we live, our assumptions, aspirations, expectations, habits -- our very life-and-world-views (LWVs). It has become an environment in which we live and work, a kind of ecology in which modern life... Read More about A framework for understanding Information Technology as ecology.

Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (62-118). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch003

Chapter 3: This chapter explains some portions of Dooyeweerd’s positive philosophy which author has found useful in understanding IS. It covers Dooyeweerd’s theory of modal spheres (aspects), his theory of things, his theory of knowing, experience an... Read More about Some portions of Dooyeweerd's positive philosophy.

A framework for understanding human use of computers (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding human use of computers. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (120-173). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch004

Chapter 4: This chapter seeks to open it up further and explore how Dooyeweerd’s philosophy can be used to understand human use of computers (HUC) by exposing some of the challenges and issues therein and enable us to formulate a framework for unders... Read More about A framework for understanding human use of computers.

A framework for understanding the nature of computers and information (2008)
Book Chapter
Basden, A. (2008). A framework for understanding the nature of computers and information. In A. Basden (Ed.), Philosophical Frameworks for Understanding Information Systems (174-223). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59904-036-3.ch005

Chapter 5: "What is a computer?" and "What is information?" are questions that the reflective user will sometimes ponder. These questions do not refer to what the computer means to us, subjectively (or intersubjectively) nor as enabling particular ap... Read More about A framework for understanding the nature of computers and information.