The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors that were associated with cabinet appointment in the Howard Government 1996 – 2007. Broadly, the factors that are cited as important in cabinet appointment in general fall into two categories: the representational and the personal. The representational factors are those that are associated related to an individual’s role as a “representative”....

<p style="text-align: justify;">The current understanding of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as an alteration neurodevelopment requires deepening in the causes that originate it. This study aims to investigate relationship between presence ASD subjects aged 2-22 years and some related biological factors (sex/gender, age, body mass index). A quasi-experimental study, with a cross-sectional ...