JAJA WACHUKWU, 1918-1996: THE FIRST NIGERIAN MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO NIGERIA’S FOREIGN POLICY by ATAH PINE

“…Thus, as a foreign affairs minister, Nigerian foreign policy was characterized by a focus on Africa as a regional power and by attachment to several fundamental principles: African unity and Afrocentrism; capability to exercise hegemonic influence in the region: peaceful settlement of disputes; non-alignment and non-intentional interference in the internal affairs of other nations; and regional economic cooperation and development. …”
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AN EXAMINATION OF THE IMPACT OF NATIONAL DEFENCE STRATEGY ON THE WAR AGAINST INSURGENCY IN NIGERIA. A STUDY OF IGABI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA IN KADUNA STATE. 2016– 2023 by MOHAMMED KABEER GARBA, PROFESSOR USMAN Muhammed

“…The expanded and worrisome attacks by armed insurgent groups within Nigeria cannot be unconnected to uncoordinated national intelligence sharing by authorised agencies, lack of sophistication in security infrastructure, shortage in manpower, advanced information and technological backwardness. …”
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FIRST RECORD OF RED ALGAE POLYSIPHONIA SUBTILISSIMA (MONTAGNE, 1840) (FAMILY: RHODOMELACEAE) COLLECTED FROM KARACHI COAST PAKISTAN (NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA). by Quratulan Ahmed, Qadeer Mohammad Ali, Fikrat. M. Hassan, Ateeqa Baloch, Shumaila Mubarak, Iqra Shaikh

“…Polysiphonia is a filamentous heterotrichous red algae, characterized by its branching structures and attachment mechanisms. P. subtilissima is notable for its broad salinity tolerance and wide distribution across marine and freshwater ecosystems. …”
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Nutritional support in early phases of acute pancreatitis: fashionable trend and essential reality by Ye. Ye. Achkasov, A. V. Pugayev, G. V. Dyatchina, V. I. Posudnevsky, Zh. G. Nabiyeva, P. V. Melnikov

“…To establish a true role of early enteric feeding in AP treatment, it is necessary to continue monitoring of primary attacks, preventing its relapses, and to study effect of different types of enteric feeds on the level of APUD system hormones, that regulate pancreatic secretion.Conclusion. …”
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Papaya Mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) by Alison Walker, Marjorie Hoy, Dale Meyerdirk

“… The papaya mealybug, Paracoccus marginatus Williams and Granara de Willink, is a small hemipteran that attacks several genera of host plants, including economically important tropical fruits and ornamentals. …”
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Experience of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy for those with mild traumatic brain injury (ACTion mTBI): A qualitative descriptive study. by Josh W Faulkner, Jason Chua, Amabelle Voice-Powell, Deborah L Snell, Maree Roche, John Moffat, Suzanne Barker-Collo, Alice Theadom

“…There were two overarching themes 1) attacking the concussion from a different direction and 2) positive impact on recovery which depicted participants' overall experiences of the intervention. …”
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Effects of Pimobendan on Prolonging Time to Rehospitalization or Frequency of Rehospitalization in Patients with Heart Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using a Medical Adminis... by Kazuhisa Kodama, Tatsunori Murata, Naoki Dohi, Masaaki Nakano, Toshiaki Yokoi, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Koichi Nakao

“…**Background:** As approximately 24% of patients with chronic heart failure are rehospitalized within 1 year and heart failure is aggravated by repeated hospitalizations, greater importance was attached to the prevention of hospitalization. **Objective:** The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of pimobendan on rehospitalization of patients with advanced heart failure using a Japanese medical administrative database. …”
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Spanish Moss, Ball Moss, and Lichens - Harmless Epiphytes by Joe Sewards, Sydney Park Brown

“…People unfamiliar with epiphytes sometimes worry that they may cause injuries to the plants they perch in. Epiphytes do attach themselves to plants, but they do not harm the plants, unlike mistletoe, a plant parasite. …”
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Why is Your Cup of Coffee so Expensive? Because of a Tiny Bark Beetle! by Jiri Hulcr

“… Sometimes an insect pest attacking crops in places as far away as Indonesia or Ethiopia can be very important to us here in Florida. …”
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Apple Maggot, Apple Maggot Fly, Rhagoletis pomonella (Walsh) (Insecta: Diptera: Tephritidae) by Howard V. Weems, Jr., Thomas R. Fasulo

“…Thin skinned sweet and subacid varieties are most susceptible, but acid varieties may be attacked. Plum, pear, and cherries also serve as hosts, but usually the apple maggot is not a serious pest of these fruits. …”
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Validation of a Life Experience Scale of Older Adults from community clubs by María Elena Flores Villavicencio, Verónica Rodríguez Sánchez, José Raúl Robles Bañuelos

“…Objective: to validate a life experience scale in older adults who attend community clubs attached to the Metropolitan Center for the Elderly (CEMAN) in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. …”
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Addressing Sexual Violence: The Reality and Strategies of Female Ojek (Motorbike Ride Service) Drivers in Banyumas Regency by Noer Anissa Rakhmawati, Soetji Lestari, Tyas Retno Wulan

“…However, in the field, there are quite a few who experience sexual violence, including touching drivers’ body parts, sexual chats, invitations to perform sexual acts, and attaching male vital parts to female online motorcycle taxi drivers. …”
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Integrated Strategies for Controlling Flower Thrips in Southern Highbush Blueberries by Oscar E. Liburd, H. Alejandro Arevalo

“…Flower thrips are among the most important insect pests that attack early-season blueberries. This document is IPM-140, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, UF/IFAS Extension. …”
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Study of Biofouling on Fly ash – Bottom ash (FABA) Media Subtract by Selvia Mila, Saptarini Dian

“…Biofouling is the process of attachment and growth of organisms on the surface of living and non-living objects. …”
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The Virtual Meets the Real in Sports World: Is There a Circular Effect Between Traditional Sports and eSports Fan Identification? by Andre Ferreira Gavinho Cardoso, Victor Manoel Cunha de Almeida

“…This study was designed to investigate the influence of eSports fan identification on traditional sports teams and vice-versa, specifically in cases where there is an intersection of soccer teams and the eSports world. The Points of Attachment Index was applied with the theoretical background used mainly being the Social Identity Theory (Tajfel & Turner, 1979). …”
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Transformer-based malware detection using process resource utilization metrics by Dimosthenis Natsos, Andreas L. Symeonidis

“…Malware detection has long relied on signature-based methods limited in detecting zero-day malware attacks. Although efficient, these approaches are vulnerable to obfuscation and evasion techniques. …”
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Influenza A virus hemagglutinin: from classical fusion inhibitors to proteolysis targeting chimera-based strategies in antiviral drug discovery by Francisco Javier Hermoso-Pinilla, Aitor Valdivia, María-José Camarasa, Tiziana Ginex, Francisco Javier Luque

“…The influenza virus glycoprotein hemagglutinin (HA) participates in critical steps of the attachment of viral particles to the host cell membrane receptor and membrane fusion. …”
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Southern Green Stink Bug, Nezara viridula (Linnaeus) (Insecta: Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) by Jason M. Squitier

“…It describes this shield-shaped polyphagous feeder that attacks many important food crops — distribution, description, life cycle, damage action threshold, and management. …”
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Stink Bugs in Florida Rice by Ron Cherry

“…The stink bug complex attacking Florida rice is the most diversified and unique stink bug complex in US rice production. …”
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N.P. VAN WYK LOUW AS SATIRIKUS by HP van Coller

“…The definition of satire proposed in this article is that satire is an implied or explicit attack on a satirical object, but also with the suggestion at least of an explicit satirical norm. …”
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