Perceived family members' influence on introducing healthy food into the family

Family members' influence on family meal vegetable choices.

OBJECTIVE Characterize the process of family vegetable selection (especially cruciferous, deep orange, and dark green leafy vegetables); demonstrate the usefulness of Exchange Theory (how family norms and experiences interact with rewards and costs) for interpreting the data. DESIGN Eight focus groups, 2 with each segment (men/women vegetable likers/dislikers based on a screening form). Parti...

Family fun--family tragedy: ATV-related deaths involving family members.

Investigation into Family Traits Impact on Tax Non –compliance of Family Firms (Case Study of Family Firms in Tehran Province)

Tax is one of the effective factors on the decisions and strategies of companies and decision makers in small and medium-sized family firms. The theoretical foundations and empirical evidence indicate that power structures, experiences and culture of family members of these companies can be considered as factors influencing tax aggressiveness. Therefore, the main objective of this study is to e...

Structural Insights into Histone Demethylation by JMJD2 Family Members

Posttranslational modifications of histones regulate chromatin structure and gene expression. Histone demethylases, members of a newly emerging transcription-factor family, remove methyl groups from the lysine residues of the histone tails and thereby regulate the transcriptional activity of target genes. JmjC-domain-containing proteins have been predicted to be demethylases. For example, the J...

Should family physicians treat members of the same family?: NO.

In Canada, it has long been a given that physicians treat entire families. This notion is so deeply rooted in the culture of family medicine that it is part of the name of our discipline. The world in which we live has changed, however, and so have our patients and our discipline. It is high time that we asked ourselves whether a “family” practice is still a desirable practice. I will attempt t...