Since their inception, one of the major conceptual bases for standards-based reforms has been the notion of alignment. In a local sense, alignment means that in order to improve student achievement and learning, school districts need to have clear standards of attainment with which their curriculum and accountability measures must align. At the state level, this notion of alignment or coherence...

This article examines the (lack of) coherence between legislative fields that govern life cycle of materials and products thus are relevant to transition towards a circular economy in EU: EU chemicals, product waste legislation. After examining notion law, it provides insight into role legislation light economy. The (possible) issues exist at interface these three by reviewing literature policy...

This article is a review of the book “Health in All Policies: Seizing opportunities, implementing policies” edited by Kimmo Leppo, Eeva Ollila, Sebastián Peña, Matthias Wismar, and Sarah Cook. This book (printed and online publication) was published by the Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Finland in 2013 (1). The book is freely available at http://www.euro.who.int/__data/assets/pd...

Abstract. Governance Assessment Frameworks allow the identification of implementation bottlenecks and they can propose answers to identified challenges. However, no assessment framework has been developed 1) understand how governance factors affect development use geospatial data (GD) 2) comparison across different contexts. Previous research proved that GD are highly interrelated. Understandin...

Introduction: To investigate the effects of predictable and unpredictable external perturbations on cortical activity in healthy young and older adults. Methods: Twenty healthy older and 19 healthy young adults were exposed to predictable and unpredictable external perturbations, and their cortical activity upon postural recovery was measured using a 32-channel quantitative encephalography. Th...