Multidimensional profiles of parent involvement: Antecedents and impact on student engagement.

Background: Parent involvement in school is a consistent predictor of educational success. However, research has been inconsistent in addressing how parent involvement ought to be defined and measured, which has led to varied findings across schools and educational systems.

Aims: Attending to the multidimensionality of the construct, this study adopted a person-centred approach to identify subpopulations of school-based parent involvement.

[An example of migrating workers advisory services: the Turin District council project].

The regulations that govern the job admission procedure in Italy has been revised in the last 15 years in order to improve the work demand and supply meeting and this development is outlined. The reform is centered on the Employment Offices introduction: they cover the province setting up a network wich distributes various service and attends workers and companies to promote employment opportunities. The special status of the migrating workers, wich are a weaker social part compared to national workers, is stressed.

Spinal landmark depth in relation to body mass index.

Identifying spinal landmarks by palpation is a prerequisite to many manual therapy procedures. Understanding if landmark depth changes with a subject's body mass index (BMI) may help clinicians attribute importance to their palpation findings. In this study, 105 consecutive subjects were referred for lumbar magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a hospital setting.