Assessing mammography film-reader performance (2008)
Wilkinson, LS, Taylor, P, Potts, H
No abstract available.
Background: There are two competing methods for improving the accuracy of a radiologist interpreting screening mammograms: computer aids (CAD) or independent second reading. Methods: Bibliographic...
Paternal skeletal size predicts intrauterine bone mineral accrual (2008)
Harvey, N.C., Javaid, M.K., Poole, J.R., Taylor, P., Robinson, S.M., Inskip, H.M., ...
BACKGROUND: We have previously demonstrated that maternal body build and lifestyle factors predict neonatal bone mineral accrual. However, the paternal determinants of neonatal bone mass are not...
Rationale and Objectives Studies of radiologic error reveal high levels of variation between radiologists. Although it is known that experts outperform novices, we have only limited knowledge about...
EXtreme ecosystem studies in the deep OCEan : Technological Developments (2007)
SARRADIN, Pierre-Marie, SARRAZIN, Jozee, ALLAIS, Anne-Gaelle, ALMEIDA, D, BRANDOU, Vincent, BOETIUS, A, ...
EXOCET/D was a three-year project that started in 2004 and that was funded by the European Commission (STREP, FP6-GOCE-CT-2003-505342). The general objective of this project was to develop, implement...
A Borthwick, Dr Qiuhua Liang, P Taylor
Passive and active tracers are used to examine particle mixing and reactive front dynamics in an open shallow flow of water past a circular cylinder. A quadtree grid based Godunov-type shallow water...
Rationale and Objectives Studies of radiologic error reveal high levels of variation between radiologists. Although it is known that experts outperform novices, we have only limited knowledge about...
Ethics. The ISSCR guidelines for human embryonic stem cell research (2007)
Daley, G. Q., Ahrlund Richter, L., Auerbach, J. M., Benvenisty, N., Charo, R. A., Chen, G., ...
Munro, J., Palmada, M., Russell, A., Taylor, P., Heir, B., McKay, J., ...
Copper induced oxidation of serotonin: analysis of products and toxicity (2007)
Jones, C., Underwood, C., Coulson, E., Taylor, P.
Serotonin is a major neurotransmitter that controls many functions, ranging from mood and behaviour through to sleep and motor functions. The non-enzymatic oxidation of serotonin is of significant...
Prison privatisation in Scotland (2007)
The Scottish Parliament recently considered proposals, which, if implemented, would lead to a considerable expansion of prison privatization. Both the Scottish Prison Service and the Scottish...
Harvey, N.C., Martin, R., Javaid, M.K, Swaminathan, R., Taylor, P., Poole, J.R., ...
Aims: Evidence suggests that intrauterine bone mineral accrual predicts osteoporosis risk in later life, and that maternal 25(OH)- vitamin D status in pregnancy is a determinant of neonatal bone...
Single-Column Model Intercomparison for a Stably Stratified Atmospheric Boundary Layer (2006)
Cuxart, J., Holtslag, A.A.M., Beare, R.J., Bazile, E., Beljaars, A., Cheng, A., ...
The parameterization of the stably stratified atmospheric boundary layer is a difficult issue, having a significant impact on medium-range weather forecasts and climate integrations. To pursue this...
A Markov analysis of social learning and adaptation (2006)
Wheeler, S., Bean, Nigel Geoffrey, Gaffney, Janice Margaret, Taylor, P.
The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com
Valle, A, OConnor, DT, Taylor, P, Zhu, G, Montgomery, GW, Slagboom, PE, ...
Background: Plasma cholinesterase activity is known to be correlated with plasma triglycerides, HDL- and LDL-cholesterol, and other features of the metabolic syndrome. A role in triglyceride...
This paper locates the emergence of call centres within the broader political economy. We demonstrate how British Gas responded to privatisation, restrictive regulation and the need to deliver...
Khoo, L.A.L., Taylor, P., Given-Wilson, R.M.
Purpose: To evaluate prospectively the recall and cancer detection rates with and without computer-aided detection (CAD) in the United Kingdom National Health Service Breast Screening Programme....
Taylor, P., Champness, J., Given-Wilson, R., Johnston, K., Potts, H.
Objectives: To determine the value of computer-aided detection (CAD) for breast cancer screening. Design: Two sets of mammograms with known outcomes were used in two studies. Participants in both...
Chaotic mixing in a basin due to a sinusoidal wind field (2005)
A Borthwick, Dr Qiuhua Liang, P Taylor
This paper presents a novel numerical study of wind-induced mixing in a circular shallow lake. The wind-induced hydrodynamic field is first predicted by a Godunov-type shallow water equation solver...
Climate change and a European low-carbon energy system (2005)
Jol, A., Eerens, H., Saunders, P., Barkman, A., Isoard, S., Mourelatou, A., ...
India calling to the far away towns: the call centre labour process and globalization (2005)
In recent years prominent companies have migrated call centre services to India provoking much-publicized fears for the future of UK employment. This article challenges the widely-held assumption...
Assessing the impact of CAD on the sensitivity and specificity of film readers (2004)
Taylor, P., Given-Wilson, R., Champness, J., Potts, H.W.W., Johnston, K.
AIM: To assess the impact of computer-aided detection (CAD) prompts on film readers' sensitivity and specificity. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Thirty-five readers read 120 films, including 44 cancers, 40 of...
Alberdi, E., Taylor, P., Lee, R.
Objectives: To study how professional radiologists describe, interpret and make decisions about microcalcifications in mammograms. The purpose was to develop a model of the radiologists’ decision...
Call centre offshoring to India: the revenge of history? (2004)
It is now widely acknowledged that the spectacular growth of call centres, since the early 1990s, represents one of the most significant developments in the changing structure of service employment...
Reproducibility of prompts in computer-aided detection (CAD) of breast cancer (2003)
Taylor, C.G., Champness, J., Reddy, M., Taylor, P., Potts, H.W.W., Given-Wilson, R.
AIM: We evaluated the reproducibility of prompts using the R2 ImageChecker M2000 computer-aided detection (CAD) system. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty selected two-view mammograms of women with breast...
An evaluation of CAD for mammography in the context of a multiprofessional screening service. (2003)
Taylor, P., Champness, J., Potts, H., Given-Wilson, R., Johnston, K.
Visuomotor priming by pictures of hand postures: perspective matters. (2003)
Vogt, S. R., Hopkins, B., Taylor, P.
Observing hand postures interacts with the preparation of similar actions. This may be due to motor encoding of the observed displays and/or to enhanced visual processing induced by motor planning....
The CHIME graduate programme in health informatics (2003)
Murphy, J., Taylor, P., Darlison, M.W., Ingram, D.
In 1999 University College London inaugurated a programme of graduate part-time Health Informatics courses to support the UK National Health Service’s Information for Health strategy. The programme...
Subterranean worksick blues: Humour as subversion in two call centres (2003)
This article engages in debates stimulated by previous work published in Organization Studies, and more widely, on the purpose and effects of workers' humour and joking practices. The authors...
A unique working environment - health, sickness and absence management in UK call centres (2003)
Taylor, P., Baldry, C.J., Ellis, V., Bain, P.M.
This article fills an important gap in our knowledge of call centres by focusing specifically on occupational ill-health. We document the recent emergence of health and safety concerns, assess the...
Structure of Ocr from bacteriophage T7 a protein that mimics B-form DNA (2002)
Walkinshaw, MD, Taylor, P, Sturrock, SS, Atanasiu, C, Berge, T, Henderson, RM, ...
The massive rise in UK call centre employment in recent years has been closely related to developments in the finance sector. This paper analyses these developments in order to contextualise the...
Work organisation, control and the experience of work in call centres (2002)
Taylor, P., Hyman, J.D., Mulvey, G., Bain, P.M.
Despite the integration of telephone and VDU technologies, call centres are not uniform in terms of work organization. It is suggested that diversity can best be understood by reference to a range of...
Taylorism, targets and the pursuit of quantity and quality by call centre management (2002)
Bain, P.M., Watson, A.C., Mulvey, G., Taylor, P., Gall, G.
The paper locates the rise of the call centre within the context of the development of Taylorist methods and technological change in office work in general. Managerial utilisation of targets to...
Evaluating a telemedicine system to assist in the management of dermatology referrals (2001)
Taylor, P., Goldsmith, P., Murray, K., Harris, D., Barkley, A.
Background Teledermatology systems fall into two categories: live video or store-and-forward. In the former, video-conferencing equipment is used to connect a patient with a remote consultant. This...
Evaluating a telemedicine system to assist in the management of dermatology referrals (2001)
Taylor, P., Goldsmith, P., Harris, D., Barkley, A., Murray, K.
Background: Teledermatology systems fall into two categories: live video or store-and-forward. In the former, video-conferencing equipment is used to connect a patient with a remote consultant. This...
Two structures of cyclophilin 40: Folding and fidelity in the TPR domains (2001)
Taylor, P, Dornan, J, Carrello, A, Minchin, RF, Ratajczak, T, Walkinshaw, MD
Background: The large immunophilin family consists of domains of cyclophilin or FK506 binding protein linked to a tetratricopeptide (TPR) domain. They are intimately associated with steroid receptor...
Two Structures of Cyclophilin 40 Folding and Fidelity in the TPR Domains. (2001)
Taylor, P., Dornan, J., Carrello, A., Minchin, R. F., Ratajczak, T., Walkinshaw, D.
This seminal paper was the first to describe the 3D structure of the chaperone protein cylophilin 40, which has an important role in estrogen receptor signalling. It completes an important series of...
Background. A retrospective analysis was performed on adult renal transplant recipients to evaluate the relationship between tacrolimus trough concentrations and the development of rejection in the...
Trade unions, workers' rights and the 'frontier of control' in UK call centres (2001)
In developing a model of call centre diversity, spanning the dimensions of quantity and quality, the article develops a critique of aspects of Frenkel et al.'s recent study of 'front line' work....
Seizing the time? Union recruitment potential in Scottish call centres (2001)
Examines the potential of Trade Union membership in Scottish call centres.
Review of rising from the ashes? Labor in the age of 'global' capitalism (2001)
Book review of Rising from the ashes? Labor in the age of global capitalism. The book provides sharp analysis of the current issues being debated by labor scholars and activists. Topics covered...
From Taylorism to Ms Taylor: the transformation of the accounting craft (2000)
The history of professionally qualified accountants and their regulatory processes command considerable attention in the academic accounting literature. In contrast, "non-qualified", clerical...
Dornan, A, Taylor, P, Carrello, A, Minchin, RF, Ratajczak, T, Walkinshaw, MD
The purification and crystallization of two different crystal forms of the two-domain protein bovine cyclophilin 40 is reported. Tetragonal crystals grown in methyl pentanediol belong to space group...
Unusual causes of calf swelling--1. Unusual presentation of a tibial artery false aneurysm.
Rowe, P., Taylor, P., Franklin, A., McColl, I., Missen, A., Spencer, J.
Peripheral aneurysms of the leg are rare, and nearly always involve the popliteal artery. We describe the unusual presentation of a swollen leg caused by a large false aneurysm of a branch of the...
Telemedicine in the NHS for the millennium and beyond.
Wallace, S., Wyatt, J., Taylor, P.
This article defines telemedicine, discusses evidence of its effectiveness, looks at its advantages and disadvantages (and barriers to implementation), and considers its role in the NHS for the...
Alberdi, E., Taylor, P., Lee, R., Fox, J., Sordo, M., Todd-Pokropek, A.
CADMIUM II is a system for the interpretation of mammograms. A novel aspect of the system is that it combines symbolic reasoning with image processing, in contrast with most other approaches, which...