University of Salford

About: University of Salford is a education organization based out in Salford, Manchester, United Kingdom. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 13049 authors who have published 22957 publications receiving 537330 citations. The organization is also known as: University of Salford Manchester & The University of Salford Manchester.

Planning For Claims: An Ethnography of Industry Culture

Abstract: Claims by contractors for additional payments have been identified by commentators as a major source of difficulty in the industry. Ethnographic research with industry members reveals some key features of planning practices that underlie such events. Claims are sometimes planned at tender stage and sometimes during the course of a project. One practice at tender stage is a pricing technique that minimizes the tender price while maximizing the out‐turn cost of a contract by exploiting mistakes in the bill of quantities. Another is the programming of work to maximize its vulnerability to delay. More reactive techniques may be employed during the course of the project, often to make up for an unanticipated increase in costs. These and other similar practices may be reported as features of an integrated culture, defined in such a way as to encompass activity and reject Cartesian dualism. The unique adequacy requirements of methods are suitable criteria for the evaluation of such reports. The claims culture ar...

Field trial of the coproantigen-based diagnosis of Taenia solium taeniasis by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Abstract: A microplate-type enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of Taenia species antigen in human feces was tested in field studies undertaken in two Guatemalan communities. The test was based on immunoglobulin G antibodies from a rabbit hyperimmunized to Taenia solium proglottides. Comparison was made with microscopy and patient interviews as a means of diagnosis. The coproantigen test result was positive in 79 of the 1,582 fecal samples examined. Parasitologic confirmation was made in 55 of these cases. The coproantigen test was the most sensitive technique used, detecting 2.6 times as many confirmed cases of taeniasis as microscopy, which diagnosed 21 cases. Only one case was detected by interviewing. Microscopy revealed on false-negative coproantigen result. Mass treatment of the population did not result in the detection of any additional cases. Twelve coproantigen-positive results were categorized as unconfirmed and an additional 12 as putative false-positive results, giving an overall specificity of 99.2% for the coproantigen test. Of the 34 taeniid tapeworms identified to the species level, all were T. solium. The practicalities of the use of such a test in epidemiologic studies on human taeniasis are discussed.

Absorption of sound by porous layers with embedded periodic arrays of resonant inclusions.

Abstract: The aim of this work is to design a layer of porous material with a high value of the absorption coefficient in a wide range of frequencies. It is shown that low frequency performance can be significantly improved by embedding periodically arranged resonant inclusions (slotted cylinders) into the porous matrix. The dissipation of the acoustic energy in a porous material due to viscous and thermal losses inside the pores is enhanced by the low frequency resonances of the inclusions and energy trapping between the inclusion and the rigid backing. A parametric study is performed in order to determine the influence of the geometry and the arrangement of the inclusions embedded in a porous layer on the absorption coefficient. The experiments confirm that low frequency absorption coefficient of a composite material is significantly higher than that of the porous layer without the inclusions.

Why divide consumer and organizational buyer behaviour

Abstract: The implicit distinction in the buyer behaviour literature between the contexts of consumer markets and organizational markets has lead to a bifurcated approach to the development of buyer behaviour theory. While useful, even necessary, for teaching and planning purposes, this distinction is inhibiting the development of a generic theory of buyer behaviour and should be questioned. Once the weaknesses of distinguishing so fundamentally between organizations and individuals in terms of their buying behaviour are clarified, a number of key concepts in organizational buyer behaviour clearly require rethinking. More comprehensive empirical research is needed to develop a rigorous theory of buyer behaviour capable of generic application, with appropriate contextual adjustment. The paper explores these issues and suggests some possible conceptual starting points for an integrated classification of buyer behaviour.

Muco‐cutaneous retinoid‐effects and facial erythema related to the novel triazole antifungal agent voriconazole

Abstract: Voriconazole is a new azole antifungal drug with activity against a wide range of systemic fungal pathogens, including Aspergillus spp. Five patients with chronic invasive aspergillosis were treated for 12-58 weeks with voriconazole, 200 mg twice daily and developed facial erythema and cheilitis. One who received 58 weeks of therapy also developed discoid lupus erythematosus-like lesions on both sides of her neck. Both erythema and cheilitis resolved after discontinuation of voriconazole. Serum retinoids were elevated in the three patients in whom they were measured. Voriconazole has the potential for retinoid-like side-effects and facial erythema.