early adolescence. Building on a study of 361 children who were adopted at birth, their adoptive parents, and their biological parents, we propose to collect new data at child age 11 and 13 years in order to span the developmental transition from elementary school to middle school. Participants have previously been assessed in-person at regular intervals from infancy to age 8. In the proposed study, adopted children and their adoptive parents will be assessed at approximately age 11 (end of elementary school) and 13 (two years later, in middle school), with a peer assessment at age 13 and a biological parent assessment at child age 11. Innovations of the proposed study include the unique ability of the adoption design to disentangle the effects of genetic and environmental influencesInterview

Road safety remains elusive in Bangladesh

Published: 01:09, Sep 07,2018
| Updated: 23:06, Sep 11,2018

Hasib Mohammed Ahsan— Abdullah Apu

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology civil engineering professor and former director of BUET’s Accident Research Institute Hasib Mohammed Ahsan took time off to discuss with Manzur H Maswood, New Age staff correspondent, why road safety remains elusive in Bangladesh.

Hasib Mohammed Ahsan, known for his expertise in transport engineering, said road safety cannot be ensured in Bangladesh as mismanagement plagues traffic engineering, law enforcement and educating people about traffic discipline.Hasib said any improvement of traffic system presupposes determining how a road would be used, for fast moving vehicles, as a feeder road to connect with the highway or as a regional road.‘As different types of roads are designed to provide different types