Rhetoric in the Estoria de Espanna of Alfonso el Sabio

The redactors of the two Alfonsine histories are perhaps moregrammatical than rhetorical; the free Castilian versions of their Latin originals aremore notable for their clarity than for their eloquence.The editors do, however,apply two figures of rhetoric routinely throughout Shoe Sliders their text, transitio and aetiologia.A few passages on the E

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Airport noise and wildlife conservation: What are we missing?

Noise produced by aircraft is a concern for human populations and its production is controlled by specific laws around the world.Here, we address the conflicting existence of Natural Protected Areas (PAs) of high priority conservation located within noise-impacted Autographed Hockey Jerseys areas of Brazilian airports and discuss how noise can gene

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Redescription of the giant Southeast Asian millipede Spirobolus macrurus Pocock, 1893 and its assignment to the new genus Macrurobolus gen. nov. (Diplopoda, Spirobolida, Pachybolidae)

A new genus of the millipede family BLUSH BARE PEACH #1205 Pachybolidae from Southeast Asia is described: Macrurobolus gen.nov., with Spirobolus macrurus Pocock, 1893 as type species.This latter species is DNA barcoded (COI) and redescribed based on male morphological characters, which hitherto were unknown.The new genus differs from other pachybol

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