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Canine echinococcosis in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan
Thesis
van Kesteren, F. Canine echinococcosis in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan. (Thesis). University of Salford

Echinococcosis is a serious and often fatal zoonotic disease caused by parasites in the genus Echinococcus. Echinococcus spp. cycle between intermediate and final hosts, and it is the accidental ingestion of eggs in faeces of final hosts (usually can... Read More about Canine echinococcosis in the Alay Valley, southern Kyrgyzstan.

The impact of a school-based, nurse-delivered asthma health education programme on quality of life, knowledge and attitudes of Saudi children with asthma
Thesis
Alreshidi, N. The impact of a school-based, nurse-delivered asthma health education programme on quality of life, knowledge and attitudes of Saudi children with asthma. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background
In Saudi Arabia, more than 2 million people complain of asthma: 13% being aged 6-10 years. This makes asthma one of the most common illnesses among children in Saudi Arabia. Little has been explored about children’s ability to learn more... Read More about The impact of a school-based, nurse-delivered asthma health education programme on quality of life, knowledge and attitudes of Saudi children with asthma.

Developing a building construction associated social cost estimation system for Turkish construction industry
Thesis
Celik, T. Developing a building construction associated social cost estimation system for Turkish construction industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

Purpose - Construction projects, especially in the urban areas, generate serious environmental nuisances for the adjacent residents. Construction causative adverse impacts on the neighbouring communities are known as the social costs. The amount of... Read More about Developing a building construction associated social cost estimation system for Turkish construction industry.

Mitigation of gas and vapour cloud explosions using fine water sprays
Thesis
Johnston, S. Mitigation of gas and vapour cloud explosions using fine water sprays. (Thesis). University of Salford

For the past fifty years or so, there has been a great deal of interest in the use of water based explosion suppression systems, designed to mitigate or reduce the impact of thermal explosions and their consequential overpressures, which may be as hi... Read More about Mitigation of gas and vapour cloud explosions using fine water sprays.

Future spatial audio : Subjective evaluation of 3D surround systems
Thesis
Power, P. Future spatial audio : Subjective evaluation of 3D surround systems. (Thesis). University of Salford

Current surround systems are being developed to include height channels to provide the listener with a 3D listening experience. It is not well understood the impact the height channels will have on the listening experience and aspects associated with... Read More about Future spatial audio : Subjective evaluation of 3D surround systems.

Evaluation of local governments capacity in the maintenance of post-disaster road reconstruction assets
Thesis
Hayat, E. Evaluation of local governments capacity in the maintenance of post-disaster road reconstruction assets. (Thesis). University of Salford

Road infrastructures play an important role in the economic improvement of the community in the surrounding area. The better speed, flexibility, and accessibility to reach virtually all points are the distinct features that road infrastructure offers... Read More about Evaluation of local governments capacity in the maintenance of post-disaster road reconstruction assets.

Increasing organ donation in the North West South Asian community through targeted education
Thesis
Pradeep, A. Increasing organ donation in the North West South Asian community through targeted education. (Thesis). University of Salford

Organ donation continues to be low among ethnic minorities especially within the South Asian community, with a disproportionate number of South Asian people waiting for transplants because suitable matches are often found between people of same ethni... Read More about Increasing organ donation in the North West South Asian community through targeted education.

The role of the free-response receiver operating characteristic method for dose and image quality optimisation
Thesis
Thompson, J. The role of the free-response receiver operating characteristic method for dose and image quality optimisation. (Thesis). University of Salford

This thesis describes the value of the free-response receiver operating characteristic (FROC) paradigm for dose and image quality optimisation in a niche area of imaging. The empirical works discussed in this thesis focus on the diagnostic value of t... Read More about The role of the free-response receiver operating characteristic method for dose and image quality optimisation.

Child-parent shifting and shared decision-making for asthma management
Thesis
Garnett, V. Child-parent shifting and shared decision-making for asthma management. (Thesis). University of Salford

Abstract
Introduction
Asthma is the most common long-term illness in children and for the majority of these children asthma continues into adult life. Therefore, developing good decision-making skills at a young age could optimise long-term health... Read More about Child-parent shifting and shared decision-making for asthma management.

Enhancing self-efficacy and pelvic floor muscle exercise adherence through sEMG biofeedback : a randomised study
Thesis
Hallam, S. Enhancing self-efficacy and pelvic floor muscle exercise adherence through sEMG biofeedback : a randomised study. (Thesis). University of Salford

Background Pelvic floor muscle exercises are a recommended first-line
treatment for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women (NICE, 2006). Poor
adherence to pelvic floor muscle exercises (PFME) is a recognised problem
which has the potential to... Read More about Enhancing self-efficacy and pelvic floor muscle exercise adherence through sEMG biofeedback : a randomised study.

Using visual management to improve transparency in planning and control in construction
Thesis
Brady, D. Using visual management to improve transparency in planning and control in construction. (Thesis). University of Salford

The principle of transparency is rarely evident on construction sites. Current practice shows that instability in the execution phase is common, where activities, assumed to be feasible, have be rescheduled initiating a chain of further readjustment... Read More about Using visual management to improve transparency in planning and control in construction.

TransForming Practice’: understanding trans people’s experience of domestic abuse and social care agencies.
Thesis

This thesis presents an account of trans people’s perspectives and experiences of domestic abuse, their social care needs and whether these are addressed by social care agencies. To enhance an analysis of social care intervention, the views of domest... Read More about TransForming Practice’: understanding trans people’s experience of domestic abuse and social care agencies..

Descaling of petroleum production tubing utilising aerated high pressure flat fan water sprays
Thesis
Abbas, A. Descaling of petroleum production tubing utilising aerated high pressure flat fan water sprays. (Thesis). University of Salford

Recent attempts to utilise solid particles in combination with high pressure water sprays has caused environmental and safety concern, in cleaning mineral and organic scale inside the Oil and Gas Production Tubing. To increase cleaning performance on... Read More about Descaling of petroleum production tubing utilising aerated high pressure flat fan water sprays.

Social work in a multilingual world : interpreter-mediated encounters
Thesis
Lucas, S. Social work in a multilingual world : interpreter-mediated encounters. (Thesis). University of Salford

In the diverse linguistic landscape of England, it is not uncommon for social workers to work with families who possess varying degrees of English language proficiency. Within such families children may speak multiple languages, and have greater Engl... Read More about Social work in a multilingual world : interpreter-mediated encounters.

Defining hate
Thesis
Baghdadi, A. Defining hate. (Dissertation). University of Salford

This study explores how a sample of British Muslims in contemporary society
experience and define “hate” and “hate crime”. The research was conducted in
Northwest England utilising a qualitative phenomenological methodological
approach. Semi-st... Read More about Defining hate.

Evidence and design : an investigation of the use of evidence in the design of healthcare environments
Thesis
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.

A viable infrastructure delivery systems model for achieving socio-economic benefits in the Nigerian oil and gas industry
Thesis
Awuzie, B. O. A viable infrastructure delivery systems model for achieving socio-economic benefits in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. (Thesis). University of Salford

In apparent realisation of the place of procurement in driving the implementation of socio-economic policies, successive governments across the globe are increasingly demanding more from suppliers as it pertains to the delivery of socio-economic bene... Read More about A viable infrastructure delivery systems model for achieving socio-economic benefits in the Nigerian oil and gas industry.