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Karen Armstrong

Senior Researcher, Lincoln University, NZ
Verified email at lincoln.ac.nz
Cited by 5076

Screening for breast cancer

JG Elmore, K Armstrong, CD Lehman, SW Fletcher - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextBreast cancer screening in community practices may be different from that in
randomized controlled trials. New screening modalities are becoming available …

INVASIVE PHYTOPHAGOUS PESTS ARISING THROUGH A RECENT TROPICAL EVOLUTIONARY RADIATION: The Bactrocera dorsalis Complex of Fruit Flies

AR Clarke, KF Armstrong, AE Carmichael… - Annu. Rev …, 2005 - annualreviews.org
▪ Abstract The Bactrocera dorsalis complex of tropical fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae:
Dacinae) contains 75 described species, largely endemic to Southeast Asia. Within the …

DNA barcodes for biosecurity: invasive species identification

KF Armstrong, SL Ball - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2005 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Biosecurity encompasses protecting against any risk through 'biological harm', not least
being the economic impact from the spread of pest insects. Molecular diagnostic tools …

[HTML][HTML] SARS-CoV-2 viral load is associated with increased disease severity and mortality

J Fajnzylber, J Regan, K Coxen, H Corry… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The relationship between SARS-CoV-2 viral load and risk of disease progression remains
largely undefined in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Here, we quantify SARS-CoV-2 …

[BOOK][B] A history of God: The 4,000-year quest of Judaism, Christianity and Islam

K Armstrong - 2011 - books.google.com
Why does God exist? How have the three dominant monotheistic religions—Judaism,
Christianity, and Islam—shaped and altered the conception of God? How have these …

Stimulus onset quenches neural variability: a widespread cortical phenomenon

MM Churchland, BM Yu, JP Cunningham… - Nature …, 2010 - nature.com
Neural responses are typically characterized by computing the mean firing rate, but
response variability can exist across trials. Many studies have examined the effect of a …

Selective gating of visual signals by microstimulation of frontal cortex

T Moore, KM Armstrong - Nature, 2003 - nature.com
Several decades of psychophysical and neurophysiological studies have established that
visual signals are enhanced at the locus of attention,,,,. What remains a mystery is the …

[BOOK][B] The battle for God: A history of fundamentalism

K Armstrong - 2001 - books.google.com
In the late twentieth century, fundamentalism has emerged as one of the most powerful
forces at work in the world, contesting the dominance of modern secular values and …

[BOOK][B] Islam: A short history

K Armstrong - 2007 - books.google.com
No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the
popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government …

[BOOK][B] A short history of myth

K Armstrong - 2008 - books.google.com
As long as we have been human, we have been mythmakers. In A Short History of Myth,
Karen Armstrong holds up the mirror of mythology to show us the history of ourselves, and …