Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service (OCES) has adopted a core competency model that contributes to the actualization and professional development of extension educators. Due to the flexibility of the model, the selected core competencies, intercultural competence could be achi...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14191
The current study investigates whether social justice has a positive effect on individuals of low socioeconomic status who have a high preference for the merit principle. We used the Merit Principle Scale and the Social Class Scale to assign the study’s low-socioeconomic-status p...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/11442
Objective: To study the effect of aqueous extract of dry fruits of Piper guineense on male fertility parameters of adult male Sprague Dawley rats. Materials and Methods: 30 adult male Sprague Dawley rats weighing between 120g -150g were used. They were divided into three (3) gro...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/9466
Aims: Avicennia marina (AM) is a widely distributed mangrove plant that has been used in traditional medicine for centuries for the treatment of a number of diseases. The objective of the present study was to evaluate the leaf ethyl acetate extract of AM for its cytotoxic and apo...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14181
Background: The risk of distress can persist from the time of cancer diagnosis and extends beyond the completion of treatment. The use of expressive writing could help individuals to cope with the impact of diagnosis. By doing so, expressive writing may improve their psychologica...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/14831
Aims: To determine the in vitro anti-elastase, anti-collagenase and antioxidant properties of two Asian herbs: Pueraria candollei Graham ex Benth. var. mirifica and Coccinia grandis (L.) Voigt that were selected for their anti-aging properties according to their ethnobotanical an...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14129
Aims: The magnitude of the present day hetero-sexual behaviour can be traceable to several factors ranging from the developmental increase in height, size and weight to the high libido, lopsidedness in societal values, modem technology, and individual’s psychological dispositions...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/13084
Alban Ibraliu, Antoaneta B. Trendafilova, Boban D. Anđelković, Bujar Qazimi, Dejan M. Gođevac, Dorina Shengjergji, Ela Bebeci, Gjoshe Stefkov, Gordana Zdunic, Ina I. Aneva, Ina Pasho, Jasmina Petreska-Stanoeva, Kalina I. Alipieva, Katarina Savikin, Ljuba N. Evstatieva, Nebojsa Menkovic, Marina I. Stefova, Milena Popova, Milka B. Jadranin, Milka N. Todorova, Petko Denev, Svetlana Kulevanova, Vassya S. Bankova, Vilma Gurazi & Vilma Papajani-Toska·European Journal of Medicinal Plants·2014
Background: Sideritis scardica and S. raeseri are very popular medicinal plants in Albania, Macedonia, and Bulgaria. Objective: Comparison of the phenolic, flavonoid, and diterpene contents and detailed chemical profiles, as well as data on antioxidant activity, comprising plant...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14389
Burnout is a syndrome which results from a form of chronic stress associated with the frequent interactions and close contact with others. Teaching as an interactive and stressful profession is highly prone to burnout. Plethora of studies in the realm of teacher burnout demonstra...
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Research Article10.9734/BJESBS/2015/15162
Aims: 1) To screen Tamarix aphylla for phytochemical constituents. 2) To study the anti-inflammatory effect, analgesic and antipyretic activity of the ethanolic extract of the plant, and 3) to assess membrane-stabilizing activity of the plant extract as a mode of its actions. Pla...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/13888
Aims: To assess the quality of fifteen plants in three herbal tea products (1,2 and 3) used in the Egyptian market for the alleviation of digestive tract disorders, namely; constipation, diarrhea and flatulence, respectively and evaluate antioxidant activity of the volatile oils...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/13309
Aims: To determine the anti-proliferative activity of Prunus africana, Warburgia stuhlmannii and Maytenus senegalensis in breast and colon cancer cell lines and to assess their toxicity levels based on responses against Vero cells and the Swiss albino mice. Study Design: Experim...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/14081
Aims: The present study was aimed at establishing the phytochemical contents and hypolipidemic potentials of the methanolic extract of Aframomum melegueta seed in rats. Study Design: Phytochemical constituent, serum lipid profile and relative organ weight. Place and Duration of S...
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Research Article10.9734/EJMP/2015/15101
Genotyping and Nucleotide Sequences of Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone and Its Receptor Genes in Egyptian Buffalo Aim: The hypothalamic hormone, growth hormone-releasing hormone, is the principal stimulator of pituitary growth hormone (GH) synthesis and secretion. GHRH and its r...
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Research Article10.9734/BBJ/2015/11619
This study empirically explores Taiwan Supervisory mechanism affect firm performance on a data base of 537 listed firms. The regression results yielded statistically significant effects indicate more independent supervisors; less pledge and remuneration and more expertise with le...
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Research Article10.9734/BJEMT/2015/14265