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This article re-orientates Denis Smalley’s work on spectromorphology and space-form through a case study of electronic dance music (EDM) on YouTube. An EDM track and its related YouTube comments are analysed concurrently in order to examine how sound-shapes and sonic spatiality are experienced in practice on the social web. Using Stephen Feld’s notion of acoustemology as a theoretical base, I argue that semantic and somantic ways of knowing through sound are thoroughly entangled. A hybrid acoustemology model is outlined, merging spectromorphology and space-form with elements of ecosemiotics and music psychology. The model is then deployed during an acoustemology of the trance/breakbeat trackFinished Symphonyby Hybrid (1999). Selected YouTube comments onFinished Symphonyuploads are coded deductively using the descriptive system of Gabrielsson and Wik (2003). A larger set of comments is subsequently collected for inductive content analysis, which highlights some wider issues relating to the words we use for music and sound. The article concludes by calling forvantage point shiftsin music research.

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Objective To study the association of changes in body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WC) with cardiovascular risk factors in late adolescence. Methods As part of a population-based cohort (EPITeen) 1574 adolescents were evaluated when they were 13 y and 17 y. We computed OR and 95% CIs using logistic regression to study the association between changes in BMI z-scores and WC from 13 to 17 years and outcomes at 17 years. The outcomes were define as high systolic blood pressure ( Introduction We compared the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and physical activity for the risk of ankle, wrist and hip fractures in a large prospective study of postmenopausal women in the UK. Methods In 1996e2001, women recruited into the Million Women Study completed a self-administered questionnaire asking about a range of health and lifestyle factors. Incident fractures were identified through self-report in a follow-up questionnaire completed on average 3.2 years after recruitment. RRs and CIs for each fracture site in women by BMI and physical activity at recruitment were calculated using Cox regression models, adjusted for socioeconomic status, and other factors. Results Among 599 648 postmenopausal women, there were 5117 ankle fractures, 8564 wrist fractures, and 753 hip fractures. When compared to lean women (BMI<20.0 kg/m