CBCU Research

Publications and software

Published papers

 

  • Shand, B. and Rashbass, J..: Middleware Support for Monitoring: Privacy and Audit in Healthcare Applications. CoopIS (Cooperative Information Systems) International Conference 2006, In Proceedings of OTM Workshops (1) 2006: 3-4
  • Shand, B. and Rashbass, J..: Traceability and Timeliness in Messaging Middleware. RDDS 2006, In Proceedings of OTM Workshops (2) 2006: 1551-1554
  • Shand, B. and Rashbass, J.. (Nov 2005) Protecting Privacy in Tabular Healthcare Data: Explicit Uncertainty for Disclosure Control. Workshop on Privacy in the Electronic Society (WPES), Alexandria, VA, USA, November 2005
  • Bamford, W.M., Rogers, N., Kassam, M., Rashbass, J. and Furness, P.N. (2003) The development and evaluation of the UK national telepathology network. Histopathology 42, 110–120
  • Ercole, A., Whittlestone, K.D., Melvin, D.G. and Rashbass, J. (2002) Collusion detection in multiple choice examinations. Medical Education 36, 166–172
  • Hayman, A.R., Bune, A.J., Bradley, J.R., Rashbass, J. and Cox, T.M. (2000) Osteoclastic tartrate-resistant acid phosphatase (Acp 5): its localization to dendritic cells and diverse murine tissues. J. Histochem. Cytochem. 4, 219–228
  • Vawer, A. and Rashbass, J. (1997) The Biological Toolbox. A computer program for simulating basic biological and pathological processes.Comput. Method. Program. Biomed. 52, 203–211
  • Rashbass, J. and Vawer, A. (1996) A networked computer program for managing a national external quality assurance scheme in cytopathology. Cytopathol. 7, 377–385
  • Rashbass, J., Stekel, D. and Williams, E.D. (1996) The use of a computer model to simulate epithelial pathologies. J. Pathol. 173, 393–399
  • Rashbass, J. (1996) Modelling tissues on the computer. Trends Cell Biol. 6, 280–281
  • Stekel, D., Rashbass, J. and Williams, E.D. (1995) A computer model of epithelial growth and differentiation. J. Theoret. Biol. 175, 283–293
  • Rashbass, J., Taylor, M. and Gurdon, J.B. (1992) The DNA-binding protein E12 co-operates in the activation of muscle specific gene expression in Xenopus embryos. EMBO J. 11, 2981–2990
  • Rashbass, J. (1991) The use of Xenopus laevis oocytes as a transcription assay, PhD thesis. University of Cambridge (Supervised by J.B. Gurdon)
  • Rashbass, J. (1984) The origin of the taste buds of the rabbit foliate papillae.J. Physiol. 353, 32P

Books, invited articles, reviews and abstracts

 

  • Godward, S. and Rashbass, J. (2004) Cancer in the East of England – Report for the Eastern Region Public Health Observatory

  • Tranberg, H. and Rashbass, J. (2004) Medical Records, Use and Abuse. Radcliffe Medical Publishing
  • Tranberg, H., Rous, B.A. and Rashbass, J. (2003) Legal and ethical issues in the use of anonymous images in Pathology Teaching and Research. Histopathology 42, 104–110
  • Rous, B.A. and Rashbass, J. (2002) What Can Internet Technology Add to Pathology Education? Histopathology 41 S2, 216–221.
  • Rogers, N., Furness, P. and Rashbass, J. (2001) Development of a low-cost telepathology network in the UK National Health Service. J. Telemed. Telecare 7, 121–123
  • Rashbass, J. (2001) The Impact of New Technology on how we Teach and Learn, Chapter 7, pp. 77–88 Learning 2010, Learning and Skills Development Agency, London ISBN 1 853386063
  • Furness, P. and Rashbass, J. (2000) The virtual double-headed microscope: telepathology for all? Histopathology 36, 182–183
  • Rashbass, J. (2000) Will technology kill the healthcare library? Health Library Review 17, 51–55
  • Rashbass, J. (2000) The Future Impact of Information Technology on Histopathology. Histopathology 36, 1–7
  • Rashbass, J. (1999) The Internet and Histopathology. Recent Adv. Histopathol. 18, 241–253
  • Rashbass, J. (1998) Facing up to the year 2000 computer bug. J. Clin. Path. 51, 177 (Leader)
  • Rashbass, J. (1998) Why use the Internet to teach pathology? J. Clin. Path. 51, 179–182
  • Roberts, F.W. and Rashbass, J. (1997) Personal references. Mol. Med. Today, 3, 52–53
  • Rashbass, J. (1996) The Lancet guide to the Internet. Lancet, 348 suppl.
  • Rashbass, J. (1996) Trends guide to the Internet, Elsevier Trends Journals
  • Rashbass, J. (1996) Molecular biology and the Internet. Clin. Mol. Path. 49, 96–99 (Leader)
  • Rashbass, J. (1995) Pathology and the World Wide Web. Bull. Roy. Coll. Pathol. 92, 19–20
  • Rashbass, J. (1995) Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man. Trends Genet. 11, 291–292
  • Rashbass, J. (1995) The web goes MOO. Mol Med Today. 1, 114–117

Software

 

  • Boston, I., Frances Jones, R., Danson, S., Doyle, E. and Rashbass, J. (2004) Modernisation of the Eastern Cancer Registry Database
  • Boston, I., Younger, N., Danson, S. and Rashbass, J. (2004) Scripts to transform diverse datasources into XML structured messages for the cancer registry minimum data set.
  • Shand, B. and Rashbass, J. (2004) Rules Engine v1. A message-passing rules engine for health care applications, with token monitoring support. Java, Jython
  • Shand, B. and Rashbass, J. (2004) Uncertainty Suppressor. A filter for suppressing disclosive information in statistical data releases. Python
  • Al-Rawi, R., Phillips, G., Norman, J. and Rashbass, J. (2002) Ophthalmic Pathology Service System – Provides an environment where ophthalmic pathologists can manage specimens, write reports and share information across the National Ophthalmic Pathology Service. ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, SQL, SQL Server T-SQL, XML, XSLT, Borland Delphi Microsoft Windows 2000 Server, Microsoft IIS 5.5, Microsoft SQL Server
  • Francis-Jones, R. and Rashbass, J. (2002) BNF Web Service – Provides XML-marked-up BNF information in response to a SOAP request. Java, XML, SQL, Oracle Java Virtual Machine v1.3 and above
  • Phillips, G. and Rashbass, J. (2001) CamP11B – A new version of the pkcs#11 security module for use with the second-generation University smartcard. Delphi Windows
  • Hunter, A., Phillips, G., Danson, S. and Rashbass, J. (2001) Universal Smartcard Driver – Communicating with both microprocessor and memory type smartcards through the same reader in the MS Windows environment. C Windows NT, 2000
  • Phillips, G. and Rashbass, J. (2001) Card Office Programs – A suite of programs to initialize the Cambridge University smartcard. Delphi Windows
  • Phillips, G. and Rashbass, J. (2001) Smartcard Keyboard Mimic – Simple method for upgrading legacy systems to use the Cambridge University smartcard. Delphi Windows NT, 2000
  • Smith, G.D. and Rashbass, J. (2001) Automatic Smartcard Initializer – Automatically initializes University smartcards for use on the Clinical Intranet and Resource Café Network. Delphi Object Pascal Windows NT, 2000
  • Morgan, H., Phillips, G. and Rashbass, J. (2001) Embedded System Manager for the Cambridge University Card – A secure system for the development and remote management of distributed applications on embedded Java machines. Java, C# Embedded JDK 1.1 [client], MS Windows [server]
  • Monaghan, J., Phillips, G. and Rashbass, J. (2001) Java APIs for the Cambridge University Card – A set of Java classes for using features of IBM MFC-series smartcards in general, and the Cambridge University Card in particular. A demonstration application showing how the APIs might be used to implement a stored-value electronic payment system. Java 1.1 Windows, Linux, Embedded Java [e.g. Dallas Semiconductors 'TINI' Board]
  • Jones, N., Richardson, M., Norman, J. and Rashbass, J. (2001) Tracking System for Pharmacy Intranet – Tracks prescriptions for Addenbrooke’s In-patient Pharmacy to gather performance statistics and to inform wards when prescriptions are ready. ASP VBScript, SQL Windows, IIS, SQL Server
  • Francis-Jones, R., Leslie, M., Norman, J. and Rashbass, J. (2001) BNF Interactions Editor – Edits and publishes BNF interactions information for BNF book and electronic products. Java, XML, SQL Java Virtual Machine v1.3 and above
  • Phillips, G., Francis-Jones, R., Badhan, D., Norman, J. and Rashbass, J. (2001) Encrypted BNF – A version of the BNF for the distribution on CD-ROM. Delphi Windows
  • Francis-Jones, R., Smith, G.D., Badhan, D., Leslie, M., Norman, J. and Rashbass, J. (2000) WeBNF / WeBNF Local Formulary Editor – Browser-accessible British National Formulary with local formulary editor for creating and managing customized views of the BNF data. Delphi, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Installshield Windows 2000 / NT
  • Smith, G.D. and Rashbass, J. (2000) CBCU Gina2. Smart card controlled Windows NT/2K Login. Delphi Win NT / Win 2K
  • Phillips, G., Basman, A. and Rashbass, J. (2000) smart card pkcs#11 module. smart cards for internet security. Object Pascal ( Delphi) Windows
  • Smith, G.D. and Rashbass, J. (2000) Sentinel. Smartcard controlled access to remote data resources. Delphi Win 95/98/NT2K
  • Smith, G.D. and Rashbass, J. (2000) Sentinel Card Writer. Utility to Read, Write and Encrypt data for CBCU issue Smartcards. Delphi Win 95/98/NT/2K
  • Rogers, N. and Rashbass, J. (2000) Telepathology resource deliver module. Pathology. VBScript, ASP, HTML WWW
  • Phillips, G. and Rashbass, J. (1999) Smartcard Issuing. A secure Certificate Authority and card personalization suite. Delphi Windows NT
  • Phillips, G. and Rashbass, J. (1999) Web Permissions. Internet Access Control. C, C++, Delphi Windows NT
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1999) JavaEM. Java implementation of the Expectation Maximisation (EM) Algorithim. Java Unix, Win32, MacOS 8.x
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1999) JavaMatrix. Generic class for representing and manipulating Matricies. Java Unix, Win32, MacOS 8.x
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1999) JavaMLP. Multi-Layer Perceptron Library. Java 1.1.8 – Win32, Unix, MacOS8.0
  • Casson, S. and Rashbass, J. (1999) UMLS Java Query Engine. Unified Medical Language System Query Engine. JAVA (1.1)
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1999) JavaMLPViz. Visualisation Package for MLP Networks. Java Win32, Unix, MacOS8.0
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1999) JavaStats. Java class library for statistical pattern recognition. Java Unix, Win32, MacOS 8.x
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1999) Leukaemia CDA. Clinical decision support aid for leukaemia. Java Win32, Unix, MacOS8.0
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1999) Leukaemia Feature Detetors. Utility software for the training of Neurocomputing feature detectors. Java, Shell Script Unix
  • Francis-Jones, R., Smith, G.D. and Rashbass, J.(1999) WeBNF. Web browser display of British National Formulary data. Delphi Wintel
  • Ubaydli, M. and Rashbass, J.(1999) Medical Knowledge-base. An automatically cross-linked database of diseases and their clinical features. JAVA Windows
  • Casson, S. and Rashbass, J. (1999) Mobile History Tablet. Patient Data-Capture using Hand-held Computers. JAVA (1.1) All (see above)
  • Francis-Jones, R. and Rashbass, J. (1999) Pathology Results Via SMS. Querying databases using SMS Mobile Originating Text Messages. Visual Basic Windows
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1998) Case-Spider. Web Robot for Medical Case Discovery. C, Bourne Shell, awk, grep Unix
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1998) FCSview. Flow Cytometry data analysis package. Java Unix, Win32, MacOS 8.x
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1998) JavaFCS. Java classes for reading and manipulating Flow Cytometry FCS data files. Java Unix, Win32, MacOS 8.x
  • Francis-Jones, R., Smith, G.D. and Rashbass, J. (1998) Local Formulary Editor. Local Formulary Database Manager. Delphi Win 95/NT
  • Vawer, A. and Rashbass, J. (1997) Biological Toolbox. A web-based simulation environment for morphological modelling in cell biology. Perl C++ WWW
  • Melvin, D. and Rashbass, J. (1998) MeSH Parser. Utilities for parsing MeSH flat file format. Bourne shell / awk All UNIX platforms
  • Smith, G.D., Rowsell, T. and Rashbass, J. (1997) Smartcard Gina. Network logon and authentication control. C Windows NT