Game, set and message by Charl Durand Charl Durand

“…I remember my grandfather sitting on the stoep, a map of the playing field drawn on a large sheet of paper on his lap, plotting team moves, attacks, defences and scores, as Gerhard's staccato commentary poured through the speakers of an old Grundig medium wave receiver next to him; definitely a case of what Marshall Mcluhan would call 'a very cool medium'. …”
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Residential child care and the psychodynamic approach; is it time to try again? by Charles Sharpe

“…These expressions coming as they do from the individual’s unresolved infantile inner conflicts were, according to Freud, manifested in behaviours or defences which were socially harmful to the individual. …”

MalAware: A tabletop exercise for malware security awareness education and incident response training by Giddeon Angafor, Iryna Yevseyeva, Leandros Maglaras

“…It enables staff to leverage scenario-based and simulated security breach examples, including role-play, to establish appropriate malware defences. MalAware’s practical hands-on exercises can assist trainees in gaining essential malware and other threat mitigation skills, helping to protect the security and privacy of IoTs.…”
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Monosodium glutamate (MSG) exposure induced oxidative stress and disrupted testicular hormonal regulation, exacerbating reproductive dysfunction in male WISTAR rats by Adesua Emmanuel Ogunmokunwa, Babatunde Oluwaseun Ibitoye

“…Conversely, the activities of antioxidant enzymes (SOD, CAT, GSH, GPx) were significantly diminished, reflecting impaired antioxidant defences. Conclusion: Chronic MSG exposure disrupts hormonal regulation and induces oxidative stress in a dose-dependent manner, potentially impairing male reproductive health. …”
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Le réseau hydraulique à Pompéi (Italie) de l’époque des Samnites à Auguste (fin ive-fin ier s. av. J.-C.) by Federico Giletti

“…While it is true that the decision to install chambered cisterns to regulate the slope of the hillside may have served to enlarge the building spaces, it is equally plausible that their purpose was also to provide the city wall defences with water reserves to supply the militia in case of siege or fire, in accordance with a common practice in ancient urban design.The military value of some of these cisterns, however, lost its significance after the establishment of the colony, as did walled fortifications. …”
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