Religious Communities and Their Employees

This article discusses the balance that must be struck, pursuant to the European Convention on Human Rights, between the right to autonomy of religious communities and the fundamental rights of the employees of such communities.A religious community can require at least some of its employees to show loyalty to the religious and moral doctrines of M

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Association of childhood BMI trajectory with post-adolescent and adult lung function is mediated by pre-adolescent DNA methylation

Abstract Background Body mass index (BMI) has been shown to be associated with lung function.Recent findings showed that DNA methylation (DNAm) variation is likely to be a consequence of changes in BMI.However, whether DNAm mediates the association of BMI with lung function is unknown.We examined the mediating role of DNAm on the association of pre

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