David Armstrong

Acknowledgements (2009)

Brian P. Walsh, Advisors Professor, David Armstrong, Doctor Klaus Grimm

I would like to thank Professor Armstrong and Doctor Klaus Grimm for all of their time, patience, and kindness that they have so generously given to me.3 Qweak is an experiment at Jefferson Lab that...

In situ detection of pterins by SERS (2009)

Stevenson, Ross, Stokes, Robert J., MacMillan, Donna, Armstrong, David, Faulds, Karen, Wadsworth, Roger, ...

Surface enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) has been used to detect specific pterin molecules at sub-nanomolar concentrations. SERS is fast becoming a widely used technique for the sensitive and...

An implementation research agenda (2009)

Eccles, Martin P, Armstrong, David, Baker, Richard, Cleary, Kevin, Davies, Huw, Davies, Stephen, ...

Abstract In October 2006, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of England asked Professor Sir John Tooke to chair a High Level Group on Clinical Effectiveness in response to the chapter 'Waste not, want...

CMOS Image Sensors for High Speed Applications (2009)

Munir El-Desouki, M. Jamal Deen, Qiyin Fang, Louis Liu, Frances Tse, David Armstrong

Recent advances in deep submicron CMOS technologies and improved pixel designs have enabled CMOS-based imagers to surpass charge-coupled devices (CCD) imaging technology for mainstream applications....

A Radiographic Analysis Of Apical Root Resorption After Orthodontic Treatment With Straight Wire Speed And Tip-Edge Appliances (2009)

Armstrong, David

This work was digitised and made available on open access by the University of Sydney, Faculty of Dentistry and Sydney eScholarship . It may only be used for the purposes of research and study. Where...

A Radiographic Analysis Of Apical Root Resorption After Orthodontic Treatment With Straight Wire Speed And Tip-Edge Appliances (2009)

Armstrong, David

This work was digitised and made available on open access by the University of Sydney, Faculty of Dentistry and Sydney eScholarship . It may only be used for the purposes of research and study. Where...

In the psychiatrist's chair: how neurologists understand conversion disorder (2009)

Kanaan, Richard, Armstrong, David, Barnes, Philip, Wessely, Simon

Conversion disorder (‘hysteria’) was largely considered to be a neurological problem in the 19th century, but without a neuropathological explanation it was commonly assimilated with malingering....

Cardiac hypertrophy and expression of the natriuretic peptide system in genetic models of heme oxygenase-1 (2009)

ARMSTRONG, DAVID

Thesis (Master, Anatomy & Cell Biology) -- Queen's University, 2009-10-20 09:15:20.541

A Radiographic Analysis Of Apical Root Resorption After Orthodontic Treatment With Straight Wire Speed And Tip-Edge Appliances (2009)

Armstrong, David

This work was digitised and made available on open access by the University of Sydney, Faculty of Dentistry and Sydney eScholarship . It may only be used for the purposes of research and study. Where...

Abstract Team Gator Nation: Autonomous Navigation Technologies Developed to Address the Requirements of the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge (2008)

Carl Crane, David Armstrong, Antonio Arroyo, Antoin Baker, Doug Dankel, Greg Garcia, ...

This paper describes the system design developed for Team Gator Nation’s submission to the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. A hybrid Toyota Highlander has been automated and instrumented with pose...

A comparison of accuracy in bracket positioning between two techniques localizing the centre of the clinical crown and measuring the distance from the incisal edge (2007)

Armstrong, David, Shen, Gang, Petocz, Peter, Darendeliler, M. Ali

The placement of orthodontic brackets is guided either by localizing the centre of the clinical crown (CC) or by measuring the distance from incisal edge (ME). The purpose of this study was to...

Front Matter (2007)

Anderson, John, Armstrong, David, Cole, Creagh

'With this scheme, John Anderson joins a very distinguished line of philosophers who have presented us with a set of categories. We have first Plato (the doctrine of Highest Kinds in his dialogue The...

Front Matter (2007)

Anderson, John, Armstrong, David, Cole, Creagh

'With this scheme, John Anderson joins a very distinguished line of philosophers who have presented us with a set of categories. We have first Plato (the doctrine of Highest Kinds in his dialogue The...

The development of an adjustable orthodontic bracket (2007)

Armstrong, David, Theses@library.usyd.edu.au

Doctor of Philosophy

Front Matter (2007)

Anderson, John, Armstrong, David, Cole, Creagh

'With this scheme, John Anderson joins a very distinguished line of philosophers who have presented us with a set of categories. We have first Plato (the doctrine of Highest Kinds in his dialogue The...

The development of an adjustable orthodontic bracket (2007)

Armstrong, David, Theses@library.usyd.edu.au

Doctor of Philosophy

Front Matter (2007)

Anderson, John, Armstrong, David, Cole, Creagh

'With this scheme, John Anderson joins a very distinguished line of philosophers who have presented us with a set of categories. We have first Plato (the doctrine of Highest Kinds in his dialogue The...

The development of an adjustable orthodontic bracket (2007)

Armstrong, David, Theses@library.usyd.edu.au

Doctor of Philosophy

A Comparison of accuracy in bracket positioning between two techniques — localizing the centre of the clinical crown and measuring the distance from the incisal edge (2007)

Armstrong, David, Shen, Gang, Petocz, Peter, Darendeliler, M. Ali

The placement of orthodontic brackets is guided either by localizing the centre of the clinical crown (CC) or by measuring the distance from incisal edge (ME). The purpose of this study was to...

The relationship between general practice characteristics and quality of care: a national survey of quality indicators used in the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework, 2004–5 (2006)

Ashworth, Mark, Armstrong, David

Abstract Background The descriptive information now available for primary care in the UK is unique in international terms. Under the 'Quality and Outcomes Framework' (QOF), data for 147 performance...

An Investigation of the forces used by clinicians to open space with coil springs (2006)

Steinbach, Gregor, Armstrong, David, Kharbanda, Om P, Petocz, Peter, Darendeliler, M. Ali

Aims: To determine the forces applied by coil springs used to open spaces for blocked out lateral incisors, and to compare the actual forces used with clinicans’ concepts of an ‘ideal’ force....

Root resorption after orthodontic treatment (2006)

Armstrong, David, Kharbanda, Om P, Petocz, Peter, Darendeliler, M. Ali

Background: Orthodontic treatment can result in root resorption. Objective: To determine if apical root resorption is related to the type of appliance used and/or the direction and amount of tooth...

The impact of illness in patients with moderate to severe gastro-esophageal reflux disease (2005)

El-Dika, Samer, Guyatt, Gordon H, Armstrong, David, Degl'innocenti, Alessio, Wiklund, Ingela, Fallone, Carlo A, ...

Abstract Background Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease. It impairs health related quality of life (HRQL). However, the impact on utility scores and work productivity in...

The influence of demographic factors and health-related quality of life on treatment satisfaction in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease treated with esomeprazole (2005)

Degl' Innocenti, Alessio, Guyatt, Gordon H, Wiklund, Ingela, Heels-Ansdell, Diane, Armstrong, David, Fallone, Carlo A, ...

Abstract Background The correlation between treatment satisfaction and demographic characteristics, symptoms, or health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease...

Acknowledgements (2005)

Marcel Andrew Widzisz, Thomas K. Hubbard, David Armstrong, Egbert Bakker, Melissa Yin Mueller, Richard Seaford, ...

Many individuals and institutions have helped me research, formulate, and write this dissertation. I would like to thank the Classsics department at the University of Exeter for a particularly...

The influence of demographic factors and health-related quality of life on treatment satisfaction in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease treated with esomeprazole (2005)

Degl' Innocenti, Alessio, Guyatt, Gordon, Wiklund, Ingela, Heels-Ansdell, Diane, Armstrong, David, Fallone, Carlo, ...

BACKGROUND:The correlation between treatment satisfaction and demographic characteristics, symptoms, or health-related quality of life (HRQL) in patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD)...

The impact of illness in patients with moderate to severe gastro-esophageal reflux disease (2005)

El-Dika, Samer, Guyatt, Gordon, Armstrong, David, Degl'innocenti, Alessio, Wiklund, Ingela, Fallone, Carlo, ...

BACKGROUND:Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common disease. It impairs health related quality of life (HRQL). However, the impact on utility scores and work productivity in patients with...

Combinatorialism Revisited (2004)

Armstrong, David

The object of this paper is to argue once again for the combinatorial account of possibility defended in earlier work (Armstrong, 1989, 1997). But there I failed fully to realise the dialectical...

Parity Violation in High-Energy Electron Scattering: (2004)

Aimee C. E. Slaughter, Advisor Prof, David Armstrong, Prof Todd Averett, Prof Henry Krakauer, Prof Nahum Zobin

The focus of the G 0 experiment at Jefferson Lab is the contribution of the strange quark to the character of the proton. The effects of different flavors of quarks can be disentangled by comparing...

Combinatorialism Revisited (2004)

Armstrong, David

The object of this paper is to argue once again for the combinatorial account of possibility defended in earlier work (Armstrong, 1989, 1997). But there I failed fully to realise the dialectical...

Peer Certification: Techniques and Tools for Reducing System Admin Support Burdens while Improving Customer Service (2003)

Stacy Purcell, Sally Hambridge, David Armstrong, Tod Oace, Matt Baker, Jeff Sedayao

System administrators are under pressure to do more work and provide better customer service with fewer staff members. At the same time, other challenges emerge: constant interrupts, poor morale,...

Substrate utilization during exercise performed with and without glucose ingestion in female and male endurance trained athletes (2003)

Ridell, Michael C., Partington, Sara L., Stupka, Nicole, Armstrong, David, Rennie, Courtney, Tarnopolsky, Mark A.

Compared to males, females oxidize proportionately more fat and less carbohydrate during endurance exercise performed in the fasted state. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that there...

Substrate utilization during exercise performed with and without glucose ingestion in female and male endurance trained athletes (2003)

Ridell, Michael C., Partington, Sara L., Stupka, Nicole, Armstrong, David, Rennie, Courtney, Tarnopolsky, Mark A.

Compared to males, females oxidize proportionately more fat and less carbohydrate during endurance exercise performed in the fasted state. This study was designed to test the hypothesis that there...

(Honors, High Honors or Highest Honors) Advisor: Dr. Phil Kearns (2001)

Eric J. Koskinen, Dr. Richard Prosl, Dr. David Armstrong

We present a mechanism for achieving fault tolerance in distributed stateless network ser-vices. A fundamental advantage of distributed systems is the possibility of fault tolerance. Many papers...

DRAFT COPY – NOT FOR CITATION OR QUOTATION WITHOUT THE AUTHORS’ (2001)

Lawrence E. Raffalovich, Glenn D. Deane, David Armstrong, Hui-shien Tsao

Model Selection Procedures in Social Research: Monte-Carlo Simulation Results Model selection strategies play an important, if not explicit, role in quantitative research. The inferential properties...

DoD Historical Records Declassification Advisory Panel, (Sixth Session) (1999)

Goldberg, Alfred, Kloss, Cynthia, Cahn, Anne, Clarke, Jeffrey, Armstrong, David

Executive Order 12958, Classified National Security Information, requires automatic declassification of historical files over 25 years old. The Department of Defense (DoD) Historical Records...

Optimal Design of Computer Experiments for the Generation of Microsystem Macromodels Using IMSET^TM and Non-Parametric Fitting (1999)

Selden Crary, Peter Cousseau, David Armstrong, David M. Woodcock, Olivier Dubochet, Philippe Lerch, ...

We present a new and unique software program, IMSET, capable of finding optimal designs for computer experiments. A finite-element simulation of a micromachined flow sensor was used to illustrate...

Sources and implications of dissatisfaction among new GPs in the inner-city (1999)

Ashworth, Mark, Armstrong, David

Objectives. We aimed to examine the factors that were most stressful for new principals in inner-city general practice. In addition, given the concerns about retention of new principals, to ascertain...

A Dietary Strategy to Maximize Bone Mass in United States Naval Academy Midshipment (1998)

Armstrong, David

Starting with 262 subjects, 49 remained active with the study and had DEXA Data obtained. The report contains the repeated measures ANCOVA of the DEXA BMD and TBMC. There are no significant...

Objectives of genetic counselling: differing views of purchasers, providers and users (1998)

Michie, Susan, Allanson, Abi, Armstrong, David, Weinman, John, Bobrow, Martin, Marteau, Theresa M.

Background This study aimed to compare the views of purchasers, providers and users about the objectives of genetic counselling. Methods A modified Delphi technique was used, incorporating two postal...

Purity, danger and miasmata (1996)

ARMSTRONG, DAVID

This paper analyses the nineteenth-century public health regime of sanitary science in terms of the perceived dangers inherent in substances that cross socially significant boundaries. According to...

General Practitioners' Views of Clinical Guidelines for the Management of Asthma (1994)

ARMSTRONG, DAVID, FRY, JOHN, ARMSTRONG, PAULINE

Objectives—To assess the views of GPs on the value of clinical guidelines for the management of asthma. Design—Structured questionnaire survey. Setting—Bromley Health District. Subjects—All...

The developing role of the primary curriculum co-ordinator /--David Armstrong. (1992)

Armstrong, David, University College Of North Wales.--School Of Education.

Thesis (M. Ed.)--University of Wales (U.C.N.W., Bangor: Education), 1992.

Inappropriate reattendances in out-patient departments (1992)

Armstrong, David, Brown, Ken, Tatford, Patrick, Armstrong, Pauline

In an attempt to identify the number and characteristics of inappropriate reattendances at out-patient clinicś, clinic doctors and patients in two specialties throughout a health district were...

Perceptions of Psychological Problems in General Practice: A Comparison of General Practitioners and Psychiatrists (1992)

ARMSTRONG, DAVID, BIRD, JULIAN, FRY, JOHN, ARMSTRONG, PAULINE

All general practitioners and psychiatrists working in a single health district were sent a questionnaire on their perceptions of the prevalence of psychological problems among patients consulting in...

Referral to Hospital: Perceptions of Patients, General Practitioners and Consultants About Necessity and Suitability of Referral (1987)

GRACE, JOHN F, ARMSTRONG, DAVID

A sample of new referrals from general practitioners to hospital specialists was examined from the points of view of the patient, general practitioner and consultant concerned with regard to the...

Reasons for Referral to Hospital: Extent of Agreement Between the Perceptions of Patients, General Practitioners and Consultants (1986)

GRACE, JOHN F, ARMSTRONG, DAVID

A sample of referrals to hospital out-patient clinics by general practitioners was examined from the points of view of the patient, general practitioner and consultant with regard to the perceived...

Chaos. Volume 04, issue 04 (1964)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Pages 1-2 at front and 48-49 after page 8 of issue comprise a 4-page supplement titled: The scum.

Chaos. Volume 04, issue 03 (1964)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Chaos is a student-produced newspaper. It is an avenue for Monash University students to have their work published in print. Content includes any print item, such as articles, graphics or reviews.

Chaos. Volume 04, issue 02 (1964)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Chaos is a student-produced newspaper. It is an avenue for Monash University students to have their work published in print. Content includes any print item, such as articles, graphics or reviews.

Chaos. Volume 04, issue 01 (1964)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Issue is incorrectly numbered issue 2 on page 1. Page 1 after page 15 is a single page supplement titled: New Chaos. This page is deliberately printed upside down.

Chaos. Volume 04, issue 04 (1964)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Pages 1-2 at front and 48-49 after page 8 of issue comprise a 4-page supplement titled: The scum.

Chaos. Volume 04, issue 03 (1964)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Chaos is a student-produced newspaper. It is an avenue for Monash University students to have their work published in print. Content includes any print item, such as articles, graphics or reviews.

Chaos. Volume 04, issue 02 (1964)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Chaos is a student-produced newspaper. It is an avenue for Monash University students to have their work published in print. Content includes any print item, such as articles, graphics or reviews.

Chaos. Volume 04, issue 01 (1964)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Issue is incorrectly numbered issue 2 on page 1. Page 1 after page 15 is a single page supplement titled: New Chaos. This page is deliberately printed upside down.

Chaos. Volume 03, issue 11 (1963)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Pages 1-2 at front and 3-4 at back of issue comprise a 4-page supplement titled: Lysterene-TB.

Chaos. Volume 03, issue 08 (1963)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Chaos is a student-produced newspaper. It is an avenue for Monash University students to have their work published in print. Content includes any print item, such as articles, graphics or reviews.

Chaos. Volume 03, issue 07 (1963)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Chaos is a student-produced newspaper. It is an avenue for Monash University students to have their work published in print. Content includes any print item, such as articles, graphics or reviews.

Chaos. Volume 03, issue 06 (1963)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Chaos is a student-produced newspaper. It is an avenue for Monash University students to have their work published in print. Content includes any print item, such as articles, graphics or reviews.

Chaos. Volume 03, issue 11 (1963)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Pages 1-2 at front and 3-4 at back of issue comprise a 4-page supplement titled: Lysterene-TB.

Chaos. Volume 03, issue 08 (1963)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Chaos is a student-produced newspaper. It is an avenue for Monash University students to have their work published in print. Content includes any print item, such as articles, graphics or reviews.

Chaos. Volume 03, issue 07 (1963)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Chaos is a student-produced newspaper. It is an avenue for Monash University students to have their work published in print. Content includes any print item, such as articles, graphics or reviews.

Chaos. Volume 03, issue 06 (1963)

Monash University. Students' Representative Council, Armstrong, David

Chaos is a student-produced newspaper. It is an avenue for Monash University students to have their work published in print. Content includes any print item, such as articles, graphics or reviews.

General practitioners' perceptions of sharing workload in group practices: qualitative study

Branson, Ruben, Armstrong, David

Objective To explore general practitioners' beliefs and experiences of distribution of workload and teamwork between doctors in general practice.

Partnership effects in general practice: identification of clustering using intra-class correlation coefficients.

Ashworth, Mark, Armstrong, David

Although most United Kingdom general practitioners (GPs) work together in a shared professional arrangement termed 'partnership', little is known about the nature of such partnerships. We report the...

What constructs do GPs use when diagnosing psychological problems?

Armstrong, David, Earnshaw, Geoff

Background: The mismatch between general practice and psychiatric diagnosis of psychological problems has been frequently reported.

Eliciting patients' concerns: a randomised controlled trial of different approaches by the doctor

McLean, Malcolm, Armstrong, David

Background: Although a ‘patient-centred’ approach to general practice consultation is widely advocated, there is mixed evidence of its benefits.

General practitioners' perceptions of sharing workload in group practices: qualitative study

Branson, Ruben, Armstrong, David

Objective To explore general practitioners' beliefs and experiences of distribution of workload and teamwork between doctors in general practice.

Partnership effects in general practice: identification of clustering using intra-class correlation coefficients.

Ashworth, Mark, Armstrong, David

Although most United Kingdom general practitioners (GPs) work together in a shared professional arrangement termed 'partnership', little is known about the nature of such partnerships. We report the...

What constructs do GPs use when diagnosing psychological problems?

Armstrong, David, Earnshaw, Geoff

Background: The mismatch between general practice and psychiatric diagnosis of psychological problems has been frequently reported.

Eliciting patients' concerns: a randomised controlled trial of different approaches by the doctor

McLean, Malcolm, Armstrong, David

Background: Although a ‘patient-centred’ approach to general practice consultation is widely advocated, there is mixed evidence of its benefits.

Measuring general practitioner referrals: patient, workload and list size effects

Armstrong, David, Britten, Nicky, Grace, John

Individual general practitioners are known to vary widely in the number of patients they refer to hospital outpatient departments; indeed there is increasing concern that the 'high' referrers use a...

Revisions, and Quiddities

Armstrong, David

I used to think of the connection between a particular and a universal that it instantiates as a contingent one. Now I think that this is not quite right. This revision, as I now see it, is not a...

The Work Productivity and Activity Impairment Questionnaire for Patients with Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (WPAI-GERD): Responsiveness to Change and English Language Validation

Peter Wahlqvist, Gordon H. Guyatt, David Armstrong, Alessio Degl'Innocenti, Diane Heels-Ansdell, Samer El-Dika, ...

Background: A validated productivity questionnaire, the Work Productivity and Activity Impairment questionnaire for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (WPAI-GERD), exists for Swedish patients with GERD....

Value Added in Further Education and Vocational Training in Northern Ireland.

Armstrong, David, McVicar, Duncan

At the age of 16, many young people in the UK decide to leave school and enter vocational education or training, either at a Further Education (FE) college, or on a Government training scheme. In...

Hidden Male Unemployment in Northern Ireland

David Armstrong

ARMSTRONG D. (1999) Hidden male unemployment in Northern Ireland, Reg. Studies 33 , 499-511. In recent years there has been growing research evidence in the UK to suggest that official unemployment...

Model selection procedures in social research: Monte-Carlo simulation results

Lawrence Raffalovich, Glenn Deane, David Armstrong, Hui-Shien Tsao

Model selection strategies play an important, if not explicit, role in quantitative research. The inferential properties of these strategies are largely unknown, therefore, there is little basis for...

Farm Business Review - "Woodrising", Cressy, Tasmania

Henry, Robert, Henry, Kathy, Armstrong, David

The Woodrising farming business has developed from a grazing operation based on a relatively small soldier settlement block in Northern Tasmania. The expansion and diversification has entailed:...

Revisions, and Quiddities

Armstrong, David

I used to think of the connection between a particular and a universal that it instantiates as a contingent one. Now I think that this is not quite right. This revision, as I now see it, is not a...

An implementation research agenda

Eccles, Martin P, Armstrong, David, Baker, Richard, Cleary, Kevin, Davies, Huw, Davies, Stephen, ...

In October 2006, the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of England asked Professor Sir John Tooke to chair a High Level Group on Clinical Effectiveness in response to the chapter 'Waste not, want not' in...