An implementation roadmap for knowledge sharing for small and micro companies (SMC) in Ireland (2012)
Thesis

Knowledge is the prime source of competitive advantage among small and micro
construction consultancy companies (SMCCC) in Ireland today. The context and
structure of the thesis is presented and explained. The literature review will discuss how a... Read More about An implementation roadmap for knowledge sharing for small and micro companies (SMC) in Ireland.

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.

Investigating the use of omega three fish oils as protective agents against cytokine-induced skeletal muscle damage (2012)
Thesis

Introduction
Muscle injury and disease impacts on the lives of adults and children, contributing to
severe morbidity and increased mortality e.g. Muscular dystrophy affects over 70,000
people UK wide (Muscular Dystrophy UK). Treatment of muscle di... Read More about Investigating the use of omega three fish oils as protective agents against cytokine-induced skeletal muscle damage.

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.

An ethnographic study of infection prevention and control practices in a mental health trust (2012)
Thesis

Health care associated infections are high on the National Health Service agenda
due to associated increased morbidity and mortality rates and subsequently
added pressure of reductionist performance targets. Failure to meet these results
in financ... Read More about An ethnographic study of infection prevention and control practices in a mental health trust.

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.

A new swarm optimal collective searching behaviour framework using decision-making under risk (2012)
Thesis

Swarm Intelligence (SI) is a recent computational intelligence technique which mimics
and makes use of the collective behaviour of flocks of birds or schools of fish for
solving search and optimization problems. There are several decision-making mo... Read More about A new swarm optimal collective searching behaviour framework using decision-making under risk.

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.

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.

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?.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.