The process always follows the same pattern ... Mau finds a nice metaphor from the world of medicine for his thesis that the East will remain different in the long term: ossification. This phenomenon ...

Ossification: The process by which bone tissue is formed, which can be used to assess skeletal maturity and age. Epiphysis: The end part of a long bone, which is initially separated from the main ...

Osteochondrosis of the primary ossification center (Köhler's disease ... this condition seems to be self-limited with a benign course; long-term follow-up, however, is certainly warranted.