BODY MASS INDEX AND WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE IN EARLY ADULTHOOD ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THORACOLUMBAR SPINE SHAPE AT AGE 60-64: THE MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL NATIONAL SURVEY OF HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT.

This study investigated associations between measures of adiposity from age 36 and spine shape at 60-64 years.Thoracolumbar spine shape was characterised using statistical shape modelling on lateral dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry images of the spine from 1529 participants of the MRC National Survey of Health and Development, acquired at age 60-64

The article focuses on the political usages of OECD- and IEA-type studies on student achievement, and suggests that we examine in more detail how policy makers use results from international comparisons to advance fundamental school reform at national level.The author HONEY COMB categorizes three types of policy reactions to league tables: (1) scan

This international ensemble of scholars discuss Thomas Nail’s The Figure of the Migrant (Stanford UP, 2015).These scholars represent various disciplines within the academy and divergent methodologies.One thing we share in common, though, is the opinion that the migrant needs to occupy a more significant place within our political theory and polic