Lagundi or Vitex negundo is a large shrub native to the Philippines which has been used as a traditional herbal medicine for centuries. Research on lagundi conducted by the Philippine Department of Health has suggested that the plant has a number of practical uses‚ and the use of lagundi is actively promoted by the government as a result. Outside of the Philippines‚ preparations of lagundi are sometimes available at stores which supply herbal medicines‚ or through practitioners of herbal and alternative
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1.) Traditional Chinese Medicine is one of the oldest medical systems in the world and is based on the philosophy of the principles of holistic medicine. The goal of TCM and each of the treatments is to integrate the mind‚ body‚ and spirit in order to prevent illness and promote ultimate wellness. 2.) The roots of TCM extend back to antiquity‚ originating with the study of the healing properties of plants and flowers. Sheng Nung played a crucial role in the discovery and and recording of certain
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damaged by human activity and organic resource consumption‚ which has caused a great loss of biodiversity. If strong efforts are not made to restore and sustain conditions‚ our ecosystem will be destine for collapse. It is imperative that we use TEK (traditional ecological knowledge) as a source of environmental ethics to conserve the earth’s habitats and restore our ecosystem “TEK has a strong potential to contribute to more effective and sustainable approaches to forest management in particular
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Introduction Over the last 40 years‚ organization development has been widely applied in organizations settings across the world since it emanated from United States (Rees‚ 2008) and has progressed from a limited conceptual and practice base into a comprehensive‚ global approach to organizational improvement (Glassman and Cummings‚1991)‚ so it seems that understanding organization development’s content and its relations to organizations has become more and more critical for OD professions. Therefore
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organisational contexts‚ Journal of Management Development‚ 20 (1)‚ 55 - 68. Retrieved 14 April 2013 from http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=880423 Lamond.(2003). Back to the future: Lessons from the past for a new management era. Management Theory and Practice: Moving to a New Era (1998) Griffin‚ Gerry. Melbourne: Macmillan. Lamond. (2003). Henri Mintzberg vs Henri Fayol; Of lighthouses‚Cubists and the Emperor’s new clothes. Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship‚ 8 (4)‚ 5. Mugg
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Chapter 8 Traditional Media Channels CHAPTER OVERVIEW This chapter is devoted to explaining the nature of the advertising media selection. The topics to be covered include: • The media strategy • Media planning processes and the roles of the media planner and buyer • Advertising objectives • Media choices based on the advantages and disadvantages of each medium • Media selection in business-to-business and international settings
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QST : Examine the Social relevance of legal research ? What type of research do you advocate to bring about law reforms ? ANS : Law‚ as mentioned earlier‚ does not operate in a vacuum. It operates in a complex ‘social setting’. It reflects social attitudes and behavior. It also seeks to mould and control social attitudes and behavior of people to ensure that they flow the expected channel. However‚ social values and attitudes‚ existing as well as expected‚ keep on changing. It makes the law to
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For a comprehensive review of the evolution of CSR as an academic discipline see Archie B. Carroll‚ “Corporate Social Responsibility: Evolution of a Definitional Construct‚” Business and Society‚ Vol. 38‚ No. 3‚ September 1999‚ pp. 268–295. Also‚ traditional textbooks elaborate on these issues: see James E. Post et al.‚ Business and Society: Corporate Strategy‚ Public Policy‚ Ethics‚ 10th edition‚ McGraw-Hill‚ 2002. Finally‚ William C. Frederick‚ Corporation Be Good! The Story of Corporate Social Responsibility
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Coursework Assignment Number 1 The Gordon Model is particularly useful since it includes the ability to price in the growth rate of dividends over the long term. It is important to remember that the price result of the Constant Dividend Growth Model assumes that the growth rate of the dividends over time will remain constant. This is a difficult assumption to accept in real life conditions‚ but knowing that the result is dependent on the growth rate allows us to conduct sensitivity analysis to
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The Harp The harping tradition in Ireland flourished from medieval times until the seventeenth century. It was fostered and developed among the powerful and wealthy Irish and Anglo-Irish families. Harpers were employed along with poets and orators‚ known as reacoirs‚ to provide entertainment for the families. As the families acted as patrons to the harpers‚ they would often have solo pieces‚ known as planxties‚ written in their honour by their harper. One famous song is Planxty Kelly. The occupation
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