Albert Camus’s The Plague is one of the great works of literature of the twentieth century. It is a well-crafted novel with a universal message, applicable across time and cultures. The plot centers on an outbreak of plague in Oran, a coastal town in Algeria, and chronicles the manner in which the lives of the town’s citizenry are changed as a result, as well as the varying reactions of certain...

Little attention has been paid to the impact of vertical canopy position on leaf spectral properties tall trees, and few studies have explored ability spectra characterize variation traits across different positions. Using a tower crane, we collected samples from three layers (lower, middle, upper) measured eight (equivalent water thickness, specific area, carbon content, nitrogen phosphorus ch...

Based on my revision of the types of the Neotropical genera Nyctelia Latreille, 1825 (Nycteliini), Praocis Eschscholtz, 1829 (Praocini), Scotobius Germar, 1824, and Emmallodera Blanchard, 1842 (Scotobiini), nine NEW SYNONYMIES are proposed and illustrated: Nyctelia roigi Marcuzzi, 1977 with N. quadricarinata Fairmaire, 1905; Praocis freyi Marcuzzi, 1977 with P. uretai Kulzer, 1958; Praocis larr...

Using numerical solutions of the Poisson-equation, one dimensional space charge layer (SCL) concentration profiles in CeO2 are calculated. The SCL conductivity effects of nanocrystalline CeO2 are analyzed as a function of doping content (donor doped, pure and acceptor doped ceria) and SCL potential including not only the standard Gouy-Chapman and Mott-Schottky cases, but also the more complex m...