Multivariate counting processes with application to repairable systems (2012)
Thesis

Survival processes and recurrent event processes are the subject of many texts. The works
of Kalbfleisch and Prentice (2002), Cook and Lawless (2008) and Aalen et al. (2008) all
provide detailed discussion of univariate event processes on which we... Read More about Multivariate counting processes with application to repairable systems.

Barriers to implementing green supply chain initiatives in road and ocean logistics (2012)
Thesis

In the year 1997, within the United Nations' building, several of the world's largest
countries chose to address the issue of climate change. For some years prior to 1997,
there were grumblings by NGOs (non-government organisations), such as
Green... Read More about Barriers to implementing green supply chain initiatives in road and ocean logistics.

Estimation of biophysical properties of woodland canopies using LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery (2012)
Thesis

Vegetation canopies represent the interface between the atmosphere and the biosphere
and play an important role in determining energy and mass exchange. Accurate
characterisation of vegetation canopy characteristics is therefore important to
under... Read More about Estimation of biophysical properties of woodland canopies using LiDAR and hyperspectral imagery.

Saxophone world premieres : research, collaboration and performance (2012)
Thesis

This DMA portfolio contains materials appertaining to the research and collaboration of
imaginative performance-based projects that have been completed whilst studying
towards a Doctor of Musical Arts at the University of Salford.
Commissioning an... Read More about Saxophone world premieres : research, collaboration and performance.

The effects of using a lateral wedge insole on knee loading during ascending and descending stairs (2012)
Thesis

Introduction: Stair climbing demands, compared to walking on level ground, a greater
range of motion in the lower extremity accompanied by about six times more load on the
knee joint. Consequently, pain while stair climbing is the first complaint i... Read More about The effects of using a lateral wedge insole on knee loading during ascending and descending stairs.

Hospitality and mood : enriching Ciborra's metaphor to understand mobile technology implementation on the police front-line (2012)
Thesis

This thesis aims to explore the role of feelings, context of work, and the technology itself in
understanding individual level responses to an organisational level IT implementation process.
Ciborra's hospitality metaphor is used as a theoretical l... Read More about Hospitality and mood : enriching Ciborra's metaphor to understand mobile technology implementation on the police front-line.

What are the personal and health care experiences of women with MS? (2012)
Thesis

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a neurological condition with current statistics highlighting
that, worldwide, women predominantly experience its impact at a rate of 4:1 (Jelinek,
2010). There are currently no medical cures for the illness and people ca... Read More about What are the personal and health care experiences of women with MS?.

An evaluative framework to measure the maturity of Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) from user perspectives (2012)
Thesis

Free/Open Source (F/OSS) refers to software that is available for free download and is
usually packaged along with its source code. The F/OSS phenomenon has gathered an
immense impetus in the past one or two decades. F/OSS differs from commercial o... Read More about An evaluative framework to measure the maturity of Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) from user perspectives.

Environmental management and corporate social responsibility in corporate organisations - an integrated management system and balanced scorecard framework for corporate sustainability (2012)
Thesis

This research investigated environmental management and corporate social responsibility
practices to identify the implementation and operational problems that organisations face in
setting up and operating their systems. The aim was to develop an i... Read More about Environmental management and corporate social responsibility in corporate organisations - an integrated management system and balanced scorecard framework for corporate sustainability.

A strategic framework for the further enhancement of the standard forms of construction contract in the Sultanate of Oman (2012)
Thesis

The Standard Forms of Contract plays a very important role in the dynamics of the
construction phase. The Standard Forms of Contract defines the roles, rights and
obligations of the contracting parties in a construction project. This study
demonst... Read More about A strategic framework for the further enhancement of the standard forms of construction contract in the Sultanate of Oman.

Blended learning in Saudi Arabia girls' secondary schools : an exploratory case study (2012)
Thesis

Blended learning (BL) has been the subject of much research recently, and the present
dissertation adds to this growing body of knowledge as the first substantial study on BL in
secondary education for girls in Saudi Arabia. Based on field work com... Read More about Blended learning in Saudi Arabia girls' secondary schools : an exploratory case study.

Human response to railway vibration in residential environments : exposure-response relationships and modifying factors (2012)
Thesis

ror understanding me wide variation in annoyance reactions, i^esuiis
investigations made on factors coming into play when considering
This thesis aims to contribute to the knowledge of human response to vibration in
residential environments and id... Read More about Human response to railway vibration in residential environments : exposure-response relationships and modifying factors.

A framework for formative assessment led learning strategies for built environment higher education (2012)
Thesis

Assessment is a powerful driver of learning and lies at the heart of the learning
experience. This research explores the nature of emerging assessment
research in Built Environment (BE) education. In HE the investigation and
exploration of assessm... Read More about A framework for formative assessment led learning strategies for built environment higher education.

The patient's experience of painful diabetic neuropathy : an empirical study (2012)
Thesis

This study explores the experience of painful diabetic neuropathy (PDN).
Although PDN has a prevalence of a third of the general diabetes population it is
often an ill considered problem. It has a poor level of recognition from the
medical establi... Read More about The patient's experience of painful diabetic neuropathy : an empirical study.

Free swimming : impact on physical activity behaviour of a borough-wide population (2012)
Thesis

Introduction:
Appropriate pricing strategies are believed to reduce economic barriers to physical activity
and enhance population-level participation.

Aim:
This thesis aimed to investigate the influence of a change in pricing strategy for swim... Read More about Free swimming : impact on physical activity behaviour of a borough-wide population.

Being believed and believing in : the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain (2012)
Thesis

Chronic back pain is an under researched area; the complexities of unseen pain in
particular, present challenges to the sociological assumptions made about the concept
of 'sickness'. The lack of Visible' signs and symptoms means that some people ar... Read More about Being believed and believing in : the impact of delegitimation on person centred care for people with chronic back pain.

Development of a framework of critical success factors (CSFs) for effective integrated design team delivery in Malaysian IBS projects (2012)
Thesis

Malaysia, like any other developing country, considers the construction industry as one of the main
contributors to its Gross Domestic Product (GDP). It is currently facing a housing shortfall crisis. Due to
the combination of infamous problems ass... Read More about Development of a framework of critical success factors (CSFs) for effective integrated design team delivery in Malaysian IBS projects.

Students academic expectations and experience during the first year of their undergraduate nursing programme (2012)
Thesis
Grant, J. (in press). Students academic expectations and experience during the first year of their undergraduate nursing programme. (Thesis). University of Salford

The thesis examines why first year nursing students leave their programme of study and the factors that influence whether they stay or leave. A descriptive, exploratory study design was undertaken using two survey instruments, the College Students Ex... Read More about Students academic expectations and experience during the first year of their undergraduate nursing programme.

Inequities in health and health care between provinces of Iran : promoting equitable health care resource allocation (2012)
Thesis
Babaie, M. Inequities in health and health care between provinces of Iran : promoting equitable health care resource allocation. (Thesis). University of Salford

Investigation of the influence of public expenditure on health lends support to the opinion that
equitable distribution of financial resources would help to reduce inequities in health. This
thesis set out to establish inequities in access to hea... Read More about Inequities in health and health care between provinces of Iran : promoting equitable health care resource allocation.

The provision of ecosystem services at the local scale along a rural-urban gradient : a case study of a typical UK metropolitan city (2012)
Thesis

The process of urbanisation has resulted in the degradation of the ecosystem services
provided by the natural environment within cities. Conserving and enhancing these
ecosystem services improves the sustainability of cities, and the health and wel... Read More about The provision of ecosystem services at the local scale along a rural-urban gradient : a case study of a typical UK metropolitan city.