Helen Gertrude Oldham (1903–2004)

Gertrude: OO for BPR

Getrude is a business process modeling methodology centered on object orientation. The approach is bottom-up. A technique similar to use cases is the starting point of the analysis: we generate scenarios and we identify the people and their roles. OMT is then used to get a picture of the structure of the enterprise. Afterwards, we produce activity based forms to validate our model against a tim...

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Reform reform: an essay by John Oldham.

The NHS in England has undergone structural reform more times than I have changed my mobile phone. The driver is almost always political, with the government, of whichever party, reacting to public frustrations with the health and care system. These frustrations express themselves both publicly in the media and more privately in the constituency surgeries of members of parliament. Concerns ofte...

Helen Dearden and Rosemary

Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) includes the abnormal pregnancies complete (CHM) and partial hydatidiform mole (PHM) and the malignant gestational trophoblastic tumours (GTT) invasive mole (IM), choriocarcinoma, placental site trophoblastic tumour (PSTT) and epithelioid trophoblastic tumour (ETT). While many genetic studies have been performed in both CHM and PHM, similar studies of t...

A conversation with Helen Hobbs.

Helen Hobbs, an HHMI investigator, professor at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and director of the Dallas Heart Study, is best known for her research focused on identifying genetic factors that predispose people to developing metabolic disorders and heart disease. By studying outliers in the Dallas Heart Study, Hobbs (Figure 1) uncovered a genetic defect responsible for lo...