1231 Subspecialties in family medicine: a question of values Dr Shadd’s argument in favour of palliative care as a subspecialty1 hinges on a tautology: that any area of medicine is either a specialty or subspecialty or not. His argument can be reduced to the following statements: • Family medicine is a specialty (as declared by the College of Family Physicians of Canada in 2007). • All specialt...

Chromobox (CBX) family proteins are canonical components in polycomb repressive complexes 1 (PRC1), with epigenetic regulatory function and transcriptionally repressing target genes via chromatin modification. A plethora of studies have highlighted the function specifications among CBX family members in various cancer, including lung cancer, colon cancer and breast cancer. Nevertheless, the fun...

Purpose This paper seeks to determine whether family ties and structure correlate with the ethical moral values that are important underpinnings of economic activities. Design/methodology/approach The analysis uses data from World Values Survey (WVS). Given multilevel nature in a cross-country setting, utilizes linear mixed-effects model maximum likelihood estimation. Findings Families strong t...