Implications for the origin of GRB 070201 from LIGO observations (2008)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, ...
We analyzed the available LIGO data coincident with GRB 070201, a short-duration, hard-spectrum gamma-ray burst (GRB) whose electromagnetically determined sky position is coincident with the spiral...
Astrophysically triggered searches for gravitational waves: status and prospects (2008)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, Allen, G., ...
In gravitational-wave detection, special emphasis is put onto searches that focus on cosmic events detected by other types of astrophysical observatories. The astrophysical triggers, e. g. from...
A joint search for gravitational wave bursts with AURIGA and LIGO (2008)
Baggio, L., Bignotto, M., Bonaldi, M., Cerdonio, M., De Rosa, M., Falferi, P., ...
The first simultaneous operation of the AURIGA detector(63) and the LIGO observatory(64) was an opportunity to explore real data, joint analysis methods between two very different types of...
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, ...
We present the results of a search for short-duration gravitational-wave bursts associated with 39 gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) detected by gamma-ray satellite experiments during LIGO's S2, S3, and S4...
Search for gravitational waves from binary inspirals in S3 and S4 LIGO data (2008)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, ...
We report on a search for gravitational waves from the coalescence of compact binaries during the third and fourth LIGO science runs. The search focused on gravitational waves generated during the...
All-sky search for periodic gravitational waves in LIGO S4 data (2008)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, ...
We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range 50-1000 Hz and with the frequency's time derivative in the range -1 x 10(-8) Hz s(-1) to...
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, ...
We report on the methods and results of the first dedicated search for gravitational waves emitted during the inspiral of compact binaries with spinning component bodies. We analyze 788 hours of data...
dc readout experiment at the Caltech 40m prototype interferometer (2008)
Ward, R. L., Adhikari, R., Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Barron, D., Bork, Rolf, ...
The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) operates a 40m prototype interferometer on the Caltech campus. The primary mission of the prototype is to serve as an experimental...
Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO data from the fourth science run (2007)
Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Agresti, J, Ajith, P, Allen, B, ...
The fourth science run of the LIGO and GEO 600 gravitational-wave detectors, carried out in early 2005, collected data with significantly lower noise than previous science runs. We report on a search...
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., Allen, Bruce, ...
Data from the LIGO Livingston interferometer and the ALLEGRO resonant bar detector, taken during LIGO's fourth science run, were examined for cross-correlations indicative of a stochastic...
Page, A., Begg, S., Taylor, R., Lopez, A.
Objective To investigate the effect of immigration on life expectancy in Australia for the period from 1981 to 2003, and to compare life expectancy of the Australian-born population with that of...
Taylor, R., Najafi, F., Dobson, A.
Background To calculate a pooled estimate of relative risk (RR) of lung cancer associated with exposure to passive smoking in never smoking women exposed to smoking spouses. This study is an updated...
Brotherton, J., Taylor, R., Ivanov, O., Tewson, R., Page, A.
Objectives: To develop a suitable instrument for measuring client satisfaction in the BreastScreen New South Wales (NSW) program and to use the instrument to measure client satisfaction. Method: The...
Further Increases in Rural Suicide in Young Australian Adults: Secular Trends, 1979-2003 (2007)
Page, A., Morrell, S., Taylor, R., Dudley, M., Carter, G.
This study investigates changes in Australian urban-rural suicide differentials over time in the context of overall declines in (male) suicide in the late 1990s, and determines the extent to which...
Brotherton, J., Taylor, R., Ivanov, O., Tewson, R., Page, A.
Objectives: To develop a suitable instrument for measuring client satisfaction in the BreastScreen New South Wales (NSW) program and to use the instrument to measure client satisfaction. Method: The...
Differential mortality in Iran (2007)
Khosravi, A., Taylor, R., Naghavi, M., Lopez, A. D.
Background Among the available data provided by health information systems, data on mortality are commonly used not only as health indicators but also as socioeconomic development indices....
Search for gravitational-wave bursts in LIGO's third science run (2006)
Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Agresti, J, Ajith, P, Allen, B, ...
We report on a search for gravitational-wave bursts in data from the three LIGO interferometric detectors during their third science run. The search targets sub-second bursts in the frequency range...
Chiu, C., Morrell, S., Page, A., Rickard, M., Brassil, A., Taylor, R.
To analyse breast cancer incidence trends in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, in relation to population-based mammography screening targeting women aged 50 to 69 years. Trends in age-specific...
Rickard, M., Taylor, R., Page, A., Estoesta, J.
This study investigates the relationship between the number of screening mammograms read by radiologists and the screening breast cancer detection rate. Cancer detection rates for incident screens...
Cunningham, AL, Taylor, R, Taylor, J, Marks, C, Shaw, J, Mindel, A
Background: Studies demonstrating previous herpes simplex virus (HSV) type 2 infection as a risk factor for HIV transmission, and the development of a HSV vaccine candidate, have emphasised the need...
A risk index for early node-negative breast cancer (2006)
Boyages, J, Taylor, R, Chua, B, Ung, O, Bilous, M, Salisbury, E, ...
Background: This study compared the application of the St Gallen 2001 classification with a risk index developed at the New South Wales Breast Cancer Institute (BCI Index) for women with...
Page, A., Morrell, S., Chiu, C., Taylor, R., Tewson, R.
Objectives: To determine the effectiveness of three recruitment strategies to encourage women to attend for an initial mammography screen, and to compare results with similar service studies....
Evaluation of the healthy village program in Kapit district, Sarawak, Malaysia (2006)
Kiyu, A, Steinkuehler, AA, Hashim, J, Hall, J, Lee, PFS, Taylor, R
Sarawak, Malaysia has a large population of ethnic minorities who live in longhouses in remote rural areas where poverty, non-communicable diseases, accidents and injuries, environmental hazards and...
Reliability and validity of arm volume measurements for assessment of lymphedema (2006)
Taylor, R, Jayasinghe, UW, Koelmeyer, L, Ung, O, Boyages, J
Background and Purpose. Arm lymphedema following breast cancer In this study, we assessed the surgery is a continuing problem. reliability and validity of circumferential measurements and water...
Divergent trends in suicide by socio-economic status in Australia (2006)
Page, A, Morrell, S, Taylor, R, Carter, G, Dudley, M
Objectives This study investigated secular trends in socio-economic status (SES) differentials in Australian suicide (1979-2003), which includes overall declines in male suicide from 1998. Method...
Contemporary patterns of pacific island mortality (2005)
Taylor, R., Bampton, D., Lopez, A. D.
Background The Pacific Island countries are at different stages of the demographic and epidemiological transitions. The availability of accurate and current mortality data is of vital importance for...
Morrell, S., Taylor, R., Zeckendorf, S., Niciak, A., Wain, G., Ross, J.
Objective: To evaluate a direct mail-out campaign to increase Pap screening rates in women who have not had a test in 48 months. Methods: Ninety thousand under-screened women were randomised to be...
Background. Breast cancer accounts for the largest proportion of female cancer deaths and new cases in New South Wales (NSW). Biennial screening is recommended for women aged 50-69 years. Objectives...
Social and psychiatric influences on urban-rural differentials in Australian suicide (2005)
Taylor, R., Page, A., Morrell, S., Harrison, J., Carter, G.
The purpose of this study was to investigate urban-rural differentials in Australian suicide rates, and to examine influences that previously have remained largely speculative. Suicide rates for...
Mental health and socio-economic variations in Australian suicide (2005)
Taylor, R., Page, A., Morrell, S., Harrison, J., Carter, G.
This paper investigates the relationship between suicide rates and prevalence of mental disorder and suicide attempts, across socio-economic status (SES) groups based on area of residence. Australian...
Weight loss during prolonged lactation in rural Bangladeshi mothers (2005)
To determine the duration of lactation which is associated with weight loss in rural Bangladeshi mothers and also to determine the relationship with consumption patterns of principal food items, a...
Page, A., Morrell, S., Tewson, R., Taylor, R., Brassil, A.
Objectives: To evaluate the effect of a radio and newspaper campaign encouraging Italian-speaking women aged 50-69 years to attend a population-based mammography screening program. Methods: A series...
HRT and breast cancer: Impact on population risk and incidence (2005)
Coombes, NJ, Taylor, R, Wilcken, N, Boyages, J
This study has calculated the potential impact of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on breast cancer incidence in Australia and has estimated how changes in prescribing HRT to women could affect this...
Morrell, S, Taylor, R, Wain, G
Objectives To determine the risk of a histological diagnosis of cervical cancer following a given Pop test result and for a given history of Pap test results in a screened population across the full...
Hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer risk in California (2005)
Coombs, NJ, Taylor, R, Wilcken, N, Fiorica, J, Boyages, J
Numerous studies have documented increased breast cancer risks with hormone replacement therapy (HRT), but these do not give a woman her specific absolute risk for the remainder of her life. This...
Moreira, C., Svoboda, K., Poulos, A., Taylor, R., Page, A., Rickard, M.
Objective: To compare the reliability and validity of two classification systems used to evaluate the quality of mammograms: PGMI ('perfect', 'good', 'moderate' and 'inadequate') and EAR...
Is age at diagnosis an independent prognostic factor for survival following breast cancer? (2005)
Jayasinghe, UW, Taylor, R, Boyages, J
Background: Previous studies of patients with breast cancer have examined age at diagnosis as a prognostic factor for survival with contradictory results. The current study examines the effect of age...
Upper limits on the strength of periodic gravitational waves from PSR J1939+2134 (2004)
Allen, B, Woan, G, Abbott, B, Abbott, R, Adhikari, R, Allen, B, ...
The first science run of the LIGO and GEO gravitational wave detectors presented the opportunity to test methods of searching for gravitational waves from known pulsars. Here we present new direct...
Abbott, B., Abbott, F., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...
Data collected by the GEO 600 and LIGO interferometric gravitational wave detectors during their first observational science run were searched for continuous gravitational waves from the pulsar J1939...
Analysis of first LIGO science data for stochastic gravitational waves (2004)
Abbott, B., Abbott, F., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...
We present the analysis of between 50 and 100 h of coincident interferometric strain data used to search for and establish an upper limit on a stochastic background of gravitational radiation. These...
First upper limits from LIGO on gravitational wave bursts (2004)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...
We report on a search for gravitational wave bursts using data from the first science run of the Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) detectors. Our search focuses on bursts...
LIGO: S1 Science Results and Plans Beyond (2004)
Abbott, B., Abbott, F., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...
Strain, Kenneth A., Allen, Bruce, Aufmuth, Peter, Aulbert, Carsten, Babak, S., Balasubramanian, R., ...
The GEO 600 laser interferometer with 600m armlength is part of a worldwide network of gravitational wave detectors. GEO 600 is unique in having advanced multiple pendulum suspensions with a...
Mammography screening and breast cancer mortality in New South Wales, Australia (2004)
Taylor, R, Morrell, S, Estoesta, J, Brassil, A
Objective: To investigate the relationship between utilisation of service mammography screening and breast cancer mortality in New South Wales (NSW) women. Setting: Population-based biennial...
Rob, MI, Westbrook, JI, Taylor, R, Rushworth, RL
Objectives: To examine the association between introduction of paediatric ear, nose and throat (ENT) surgery guidelines and population procedure rates. To determine changes in children's risk of...
Socio-economic differentials in mental disorders and suicide attempts in Australia (2004)
Taylor, R, Page, A, Morrell, S., Carter, G, Harrison, J
Background Responses to mental disorders usually focus on treatment; socio-economic conditions are less likely to be considered. Aims To examine social determinants of mental disorders and attempted...
Taylor, R., Page, A., Bampton, D., Estoesta, J., Rickard, M.
Objective: To compare interval cancers in the 40-49 year age group with other age groups in New South Wales and with published trials and service studies. Setting: New South Wales data were derived...
Analysis of LIGO data for gravitational waves from binary neutron stars (2004)
Abbott, B., Abbott, F., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Allen, Bruce, Amin, R., ...
We report on a search for gravitational waves from coalescing compact binary systems in the Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds. The analysis uses data taken by two of the three LIGO interferometers...
square Access to basic health services was affirmed as a fundamental human right in the Declaration of Alma-Ata in 1978. square The model formally adopted for providing healthcare services was...
Long-term survival of women with breast cancer in New South Wales (2003)
Taylor, R, Davis, P, Boyages, J
Several long-term studies of breast cancer survival have shown continued excess mortality from breast cancer up to 20-40 years following treatment. The purpose of this report was to investigate...
Screening for leprosy in immigrants - a decision analysis model (2003)
Taylor, R, King, K, Vodicka, P, Hall, J, Evans, D
Almost all leprosy cases reported in industrialized countries occur amongst immigrants or refugees from developing countries where leprosy continues to be an important health issue. Screening for...
Taylor, R., Ivanov, O., Page, A., Brotherton, J., Achat, H., Close, G.
Objective: To identify among self-reported current screeners: (1) predictors of never attendance at BreastScreen NSW (BSNSW); (2) predictors of late or lapsed attendance to BSNSW (attendance to...
Birth cohort effects in New South Wales suicide, 1865-1998. (2002)
Morrell, S., Page, A., Taylor, R.
Objective: To examine birth cohort effects in New South Wales (NSW) suicide data (1865-1998). Method: Aggregate suicide data were examined after controlling for age and period using descriptive...
Taylor, R, Supramaniam, R, Rickard, M, Estoesta, J, Moreira, C
Objective: To present information on 1st year interval breast cancer from the New South Wales mammographic screening programme and to compare with published results from trials and services. Setting:...
Early cervical cancer rescreening (2002)
Morrell, S, Mamoon, H, OCallaghan, J, Taylor, R, Ross, J, Wain, G
Introduction: The extent of early cervical rescreening, defined as rescreening earlier than the recommended interval for a given initial test result, is difficult to determine mainly because the...