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Book Chapters

Zimmet P; Kirk R; Serjeantson S; Whitehouse S; Taylor RJ, 1982, 'Diabetes in Pacific populations - genetic and social environmental interactions', in Melish JS; Hanna J; Baba S (ed.), Genetic Environmental Interaction in Diabetes Mellitus, Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, pp. 9 - 17

Zimmet P; Taylor RJ; King H, 1982, 'Diabetes in the Pacific - An epidemiological perspective', in Kobberling J; Tattersall R (ed.), The Genetics of Diabetes Mellitus, Academic Press, London, pp. 211 - 224

Taylor RJ, 1982, 'Is the role of obesity as a risk factor for diabetes overstated?', in Melish JS; Hanna J; Baba S (ed.), Genetic Environmental Interaction in Diabetes Mellitus, Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, pp. 179 - 183

Taylor RJK, 1982, 'Synthesis and biological activity of thromboxane A2 (TXA2) analogues', in Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes, Elsevier, pp. 132 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-408-10773-0.50015-2

Taylor RJK, 1982, 'Synthesis of thromboxanes', in Prostaglandins and Thromboxanes, Elsevier, pp. 90 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-408-10773-0.50012-7

Weinstein S; Sedlak-Weinstein E; Taylor RJ; Zimmet P, 1982, 'The high prevalence of impaired glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus in an isolated Polynesian population Manihiki, Cook Islands', in Melish JS; Hanna J; Baba S (ed.), Genetic Environmental Interaction in Diabetes Mellitus, Excerpta Medica, Amsterdam, pp. 88 - 94

Journal articles

Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2024, 'Ynones in dearomative spirocyclisation processes; a review', Tetrahedron Chem, 9, pp. 100055 - 100055, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tchem.2023.100055

Figueroa CA; Linhart CL; Dearie C; Fusimalohi LE; Kupu S; Morrell SL; Taylor RJ, 2023, 'Effects of inappropriate cause-of-death certification on mortality from cardiovascular disease and diabetes mellitus in Tonga', BMC Public Health, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-17294-z

Inprung N; Whitwood AC; Taylor RJK; James MJ; Unsworth WP, 2023, 'Radical Dearomatising Spirocyclisation of Benzisoxazole‐Tethered Ynones', European Journal of Organic Chemistry, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ejoc.202300603

Anwar J; Torvaldsen S; Morrell S; Taylor R, 2023, 'Maternal Mortality in a Rural District of Pakistan and Contributing Factors', Maternal and Child Health Journal, 27, pp. 902 - 915, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-022-03570-8

Badurdeen Z; Ratnatunga N; Abeysekera T; Wazil AWM; Rajakrishna PNN; Thinnarachchi JPP; Welagedera DDD; Ratnayake N; Alwis APD; Abeysundara H; Kumarasiri R; Taylor R; Nanayakkara N, 2023, 'Randomized control trial of prednisolone and doxycycline in patients with acute interstitial nephritis of unknown aetiology', TRIALS, 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13063-022-07056-4

Beetson J; Anderson P; Lin S; Williamson F; Amazan R; Boughton B; Morrell S; Taylor R; Schwartz M, 2022, 'Impact of a Community-Controlled Adult Literacy Campaign on Crime and Justice Outcomes in Remote Australian Aboriginal Communities', International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy, 11, pp. 56 - 68, http://dx.doi.org/10.5204/ijcjsd.2201

Adepoyibi T; Dixon H; Gidding H; Taylor R; Morley B, 2022, 'Trends and determinants of active school travel among Australian secondary school students: national cross-sectional data from 2009 to 2018', Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 46, pp. 800 - 806, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1753-6405.13315

Pett J; Mohamed F; Knight J; Linhart C; Osborne NJ; Taylor R, 2022, 'Two decades of chronic kidney disease of unknown aetiology (CKDu) research: Existing evidence and persistent gaps from epidemiological studies in Sri Lanka', Nephrology, 27, pp. 238 - 247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/nep.13989

Inprung N; Ho HE; Rossi-Ashton JA; Epton RG; Whitwood AC; Lynam JM; Taylor RJK; James MJ; Unsworth WP, 2022, 'Indole-ynones as Privileged Substrates for Radical Dearomatizing Spirocyclization Cascades.', Org Lett, 24, pp. 668 - 674, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.1c04098

Boughton B; Williamson F; Lin S; Taylor R; Beetson J; Bartlett B; Anderson P; Morrell S, 2022, 'Measuring adult English literacy improvements in First Nations communities in Australia', International Journal of Training Research, 20, pp. 248 - 263, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14480220.2022.2032268

Figueroa C; Linhart C; Fusimalohi L; Kupu S; Mathenge G; Morrell S; Taylor R, 2021, 'Mortality in Tonga over three triennia, 2010–2018', BMC Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-10023-w

Dearie C; Linhart C; Rafai E; Nand D; Morrell S; Taylor R, 2021, 'Trends in mortality and life expectancy in Fiji over 20 years', BMC Public Health, 21, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-021-11186-w

Lin S; Williamson F; Beetson J; Bartlett B; Boughton B; Taylor R, 2021, 'Quantifying low English literacy in Australian Aboriginal communities: a correlational study', Australian Educational Researcher, 48, pp. 267 - 280, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13384-020-00388-7

Gamlath L; Nandasena S; Silva PD; Morrell S; Linhart C; Lin S; Sharpe A; Nathan S; Taylor R, 2020, 'Community intervention for cardiovascular disease risk factors in Kalutara, Sri Lanka', BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 20, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12872-020-01427-y

Rossi-Ashton JA; Clarke AK; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2020, 'Modular Synthesis of Polycyclic Alkaloid Scaffolds via an Enantioselective Dearomative Cascade.', Org Lett, 22, pp. 1175 - 1181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.0c00053

Ho HE; Pagano A; Rossi-Ashton JA; Donald JR; Epton RG; Churchill JC; James MJ; O'Brien P; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2019, 'Visible-light-induced intramolecular charge transfer in the radical spirocyclisation of indole-tethered ynones.', Chem Sci, 11, pp. 1353 - 1360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c9sc05311e

Russell G; Lane R; Parker S; Litt J; Mazza D; Lloyd J; Zwar N; Van Driel M; Del Mar C; Smith J; Harris MF; Taylor R; Denney-Wilson E; Davies GP; Laws R; Snowdon T; Bolger-Harris H; Groombridge S; Goldstein S; Howarth T; Huang N; Wilson J, 2019, 'Preventive Evidence into Practice: What factors matter in a facilitation intervention to prevent vascular disease in family practice?', BMC Family Practice, 20, pp. 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12875-019-0995-7

Livesey G; Taylor R; Livesey HF; Buyken AE; Jenkins DJA; Augustin LSA; Sievenpiper JL; Barclay AW; Liu S; Wolever TMS; Willett WC; Brighenti F; Salvadó JS; Björck I; Rizkalla SW; Riccardi G; La Vecchia C; Ceriello A; Trichopoulou A; Poli A; Astrup A; Kendall CWC; Ha MA; Sinnott SB; Miller JCB, 2019, 'Dietary glycemic index and load and the risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review and updated meta‐analyses of prospective cohort studies', Nutrients, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11061280

Livesey G; Taylor R; Livesey HF; Buyken AE; Jenkins DJA; Augustin LSA; Sievenpiper JL; Barclay AW; Liu S; Wolever TMS; Willett WC; Brighenti F; Salas-Salvadó J; Björck I; Rizkalla SW; Riccardi G; Vecchia CL; Ceriello A; Trichopoulou A; Poli A; Astrup A; Kendall CWC; Ha MA; Baer-Sinnott S; Brand-Miller JC, 2019, 'Dietary glycemic index and load and the risk of type 2 diabetes: Assessment of causal relations', Nutrients, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu11061436

Morrell S; Taylor R; Nand D; Rao C, 2019, 'Changes in proportional mortality from diabetes and circulatory disease in Mauritius and Fiji: Possible effects of coding and certification', BMC Public Health, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-6748-7

Lin S; Rocha VM; Taylor R, 2019, 'Artefactual inflation of type 2 diabetes prevalence in WHO STEP surveys', Tropical Medicine and International Health, 24, pp. 477 - 483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13213

Morrell S; Gregory M; Sexton K; Wharton J; Sharma N; Taylor R, 2019, 'Absence of sustained breast cancer incidence inflation in a national mammography screening programme', Journal of Medical Screening, 26, pp. 26 - 34, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969141318775766

Taylor R; Gregory M; Sexton K; Wharton J; Sharma N; Amoyal G; Morrell S, 2019, 'Breast cancer mortality and screening mammography in New Zealand: Incidence-based and aggregate analyses', Journal of Medical Screening, 26, pp. 35 - 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0969141318776039

Ho HE; Stephens TC; Payne TJ; O'Brien P; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2019, 'Merging π-Acid and Pd Catalysis: Dearomatizing Spirocyclization/Cross-Coupling Cascade Reactions of Alkyne-Tethered Aromatics', ACS Catalysis, 9, pp. 504 - 510, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b03861

Liddon JTR; Rossi-Ashton JA; Clarke AK; Lynam JM; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2018, 'Divergent Reactivity of Indole-Tethered Ynones with Silver(I) and Gold(I) Catalysts: A Combined Synthetic and Computational Study', Synthesis (Germany), 50, pp. 4829 - 4836, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0037-1610181

Anwar J; Torvaldsen S; Sheikh M; Taylor R, 2018, 'Completeness of a Maternal and Perinatal Mortality Enhanced Surveillance System in Pakistan: Evidence from Capture–Recapture Methods', Maternal and Child Health Journal, 22, pp. 1743 - 1750, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-018-2571-5

Hurst TE; Gorman R; Drouhin P; Taylor RJK, 2018, 'Application of copper(II)-mediated radical cross-dehydrogenative coupling to prepare spirocyclic oxindoles and to a formal total synthesis of Satavaptan', Tetrahedron, 74, pp. 6485 - 6496, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2018.09.026

Clarke AK; Unsworth WP; Taylor RJK, 2018, 'Divergent reactivity of phenol- and anisole-tethered donor-acceptor α-diazoketones', Tetrahedron, 74, pp. 5374 - 5382, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tet.2018.02.003

Linhart C; Taylor R; Morrell S; Lin S, 2018, 'Continued increases in blood pressure over two decades in Samoa (1991–2013); around one-third of the increase explained by rising obesity levels', BMC Public Health, 18, pp. 1122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-6016-2

Clarke AK; Lynam JM; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2018, '"back-to-Front" Indole Synthesis Using Silver(I) Catalysis: Unexpected C-3 Pyrrole Activation Mode Supported by DFT', ACS Catalysis, 8, pp. 6844 - 6850, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.8b00745

Taylor R; Page A; Wodak A; Dudley M; Munot S; Morrell S, 2018, 'Confluence of suicide and drug overdose epidemics in young Australian males: Common causality?', BMC Public Health, 18, pp. 965, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5875-x

Liddon JTR; Rossi-Ashton JA; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2018, 'Dearomatizing Spiroannulation Reagents: Direct Access to Spirocycles from Indoles and Dihalides', Organic Letters, 20, pp. 3349 - 3353, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b01248

Taylor R; Lin S; Linhart C; Morrell S, 2018, 'Overview of trends in cardiovascular and diabetes risk factors in Fiji', Annals of Human Biology, 45, pp. 188 - 201, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03014460.2018.1465122

Anwar J; Torvaldsen S; Sheikh M; Taylor R, 2018, 'Under-estimation of maternal and perinatal mortality revealed by an enhanced surveillance system: Enumerating all births and deaths in Pakistan', BMC Public Health, 18, pp. 428, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-018-5363-3

Adam W; Bergauer T; Brondolin E; Dragicevic M; Friedl M; Frühwirth R; Hoch M; Hrubec J; König A; Steininger H; Treberspurg W; Waltenberger W; Alderweireldt S; Beaumont W; Janssen X; Lauwers J; Mechelen PV; Remortel NV; Spilbeeck AV; Beghin D; Brun H; Clerbaux B; Lentdecker GD; Delannoy H; Fasanella G; Favart L; Goldouzian R; Grebenyuk A; Karapostoli G; Lenzi T; Léonard A; Luetic J; Maerschalk T; Marinov A; Postiau N; Randle-Conde A; Seva T; Vanlaer P; Vannerom D; Yonamine R; Wang Q; Yang Y; Zenoni F; Zhang F; Zeid SA; Blekman F; Bruyn ID; Clercq JD; D'Hondt J; Deroover K; Lowette S; Moortgat S; Moreels L; Python Q; Skovpen K; Mulders PV; Parijs IV; Bakhshiansohi H; Bondu O; Brochet S; Bruno G; Caudron A; Delaere C; Delcourt M; Visscher SD; Francois B; Giammanco A; Jafari A; Jamoulle JC; Jeneret JDFD; Komm M; Krintiras G; Lemaitre V; Magitteri A; Mertens A; Michotte D; Musich M; Piotrzkowski K; Quertenmont L; Szilasi N; Marono MV; Wertz S; Beliy N; Caebergs T; Daubie E; Hammad GH; Härkönen J; Lampén T; Luukka P; Peltola T; Tuominen E; Tuovinen E; Eerola P; Baulieu G; Boudoul G; Caponetto L; Combaret C; Contardo D; Dupasquier T; Gallbit G, 2018, 'Test beam demonstration of silicon microstrip modules with transverse momentum discrimination for the future CMS tracking detector', Journal of Instrumentation, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-0221/13/03/P03003

Ho HE; James MJ; O'Brien P; Taylor RJK; Unsworth WP, 2018, 'Ag(I)-Catalyzed Synthesis of Azabicyclic Alkaloid Frameworks from Ketimine-Tethered Ynones: Total Synthesis of Indolizidine 209D', Organic Letters, 20, pp. 1439 - 1443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.8b00225

Kaplan KA; Hart DR; Hopkins K; Gallager S; York A; Taylor R; Sullivan PJ, 2018, 'Invasive tunicate restructures invertebrate community on fishing grounds and a large protected area on Georges Bank', Biological Invasions, 20, pp. 87 - 103, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10530-017-1517-y

Kaplan KA; Hart DR; Hopkins K; Gallager S; York A; Taylor R; Sullivan PJ, 2017, 'Evaluating the interaction of the invasive tunicate Didemnum vexillum with the Atlantic sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus on open and closed fishing grounds of Georges Bank', ICES Journal of Marine Science, 74, pp. 2470 - 2479, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/icesjms/fsx076

Morrell S; Roder D; Taylor R, 2017, 'Reply to 'Comment on 'Effect of population breast screening on breast cancer mortality up to 2005 in England and Wales: An individual-level cohort study'', British Journal of Cancer, 117, pp. e7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2017.328

Linhart C; Tukana I; Lin S; Taylor R; Morrell S; Vatucawaqa P; Magliano DJ; Zimmet P, 2017, 'Declines and plateaux in smoking prevalence over three decades in Fiji', Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 19, pp. 1315 - 1321, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ntr/ntw292

Corsenac P; Annesi-Maesano I; Hoy D; Roth A; Rouchon B; Capart I; Taylor R, 2017, 'Overweight and obesity in New Caledonian adults: Results from measured and adjusted self-reported anthropometric data', Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 133, pp. 193 - 203, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2017.06.020

Lin S; Naseri T; Linhart C; Morrell S; Taylor R; McGarvey ST; Zimmet P, 2017, 'Response to comments by Hoyer and Brinks (2017) on: ‘Diabetes incidence and projections from prevalence surveys in Samoa over 1978–2013’', International Journal of Public Health, pp. 1 - 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-017-1042-x

Donald JR; Taylor RJK; Petersen WF, 2017, 'Low-Temperature, Transition-Metal-Free Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling Protocol for the Synthesis of 3,3-Disubstituted Oxindoles', Journal of Organic Chemistry, 82, pp. 11288 - 11294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.joc.7b02085

Minnes L; Shaw DJ; Cossins BP; Donaldson PM; Greetham GM; Towrie M; Parker AW; Baker MJ; Henry AJ; Taylor RJ; Hunt NT, 2017, 'Quantifying Secondary Structure Changes in Calmodulin Using 2D-IR Spectroscopy', Analytical Chemistry, 89, pp. 10898 - 10906, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.analchem.7b02610


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