bluuebunny/crossref_metadata_2025 huggingface dataset:
Molecular dynamics simulation study on mechanical properties of Janus MoSSe monolayer
Authors: Zhang Yu-Hang , Li Xiao-Bao , Zhan Chun-Xiao , Wang Mei-Qin , Pu Yu-Xue ,   School of Civil Engineering, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009, China
Published: December 2022

This work systematically studies the mechanical responses of a novel semiconducting Janus MoSSe monolayer subjected to uniaxial tensile loadings by molecular dynamics simulations. It is found that the Janus MoSSe monolayer shows clearly anisotropic responses along armchair direction and the zigzag direction. The phase transition behavior is observed when the Janus MoSSe monolayer is under the action of tension along the zigzag direction at temperatures below 100 K, while it does not exist in any other conditions. The Young’s modulus, ultimate strength and ultimate strain decrease with temperature increasing. Particularly, the ductile-to-brittle fracture behavior is observed when uniaxial tension is applied along the zigzag direction depending on temperatures. The underline fracture mechanism is analyzed. Moreover, mechanical properties of Janus MoSSe monolayer with various grain boundaries are also carefully explored. It is found that the ultimate strength and ultimate strain depend more sensitively on narrow grains than on those wider ones. The crack is initialized near the grain boundaries and propagates along the direction almost perpendicular to the grain boundaries. The findings of this work may shed light on design and optimization of nanoscale electronic devices based on the Janus MoSSe monolayers.
Simulation of hyperfine-rotational spectrum of electromagnetic dipole transition rotation of BrF molecules
Authors: Chen Run , Shao Xu-Ping , Huang Yun-Xia , Yang Xiao-Hua ,   School of Science, Nantong University, Nantong 226019, China
Published: December 2022

The transition dipole of the hyperfine-rotation spectrum of J = 1←0 within the vibronic ground (X1Σ, v = 0) state of BrF molecule is derived, and thus, the transition selection rules are summarized as follows: ΔJ = ±1; ΔF1 = 0, ±1 and ΔF = 0, ±1, and those of ΔF1 = ΔF are intense while those of ΔF1 ≠ ΔF are weak. Some spectral lines result from both the electric dipole transition and nuclear magnetic dipole transition due to perturbations, however, the magnetic dipole transition only contributes about one-billionth in the spectral intensity. The spectral linewidth is determined to be about 18 kHz by calculating the spectral transition probability. The obtained spectral linewidth and relative intensities are consistent with the experimental results. Additionally, the hyperfine-rotation spectral positions are determined by diagonalizing the Hamiltonian matrix in the basis of |JI1F1I2F\begin{document}$\rangle $\end{document}, which is also in good agreement with the experiments within 10–8 (one-fiftieth of the spectral line width). Hence, the microwave hyperfine-rotation spectrum is simulated. In addition, we find that the nuclear spin-spin interaction not only slightly shifts the hyperfine-rotation spectral positions but also changes the sequence of the spectra. As to those unavailable constants of molecules, the fairly precise molecular constants can be achieved by quantum chemical calculation, say, by employing MOLPRO program, and then the simulated spectra can guide the spectral assignment. Besides the guidance of spectral assignment, our results are also helpful for other relevant applications such as in absolute single quantum state preparation.
Transient thermal rectification effect of one-dimensional heterostructure
Authors: Zhao Jian-Ning , Wei Dong , Lü Guo-Zheng , Wang Zi-Cheng , Liu Dong-Huan ,   Beijing Key Laboratory for Magneto-Photoelectrical Composite and Interface Science, School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China,   Computational Aerodynamics Institute, China Aerodynamics Research and Development Center, Mianyang 621000, China,   School of Advanced Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Published: December 2022

Like an electric diode, thermal diode transmits heat in a specific direction, and thermal rectification is also a fundamental phenomenon for active heat flow control. However, in practical applications, thermal rectification needs to be operated under transient conditions. In this study, transient thermal rectification ratio of a one-dimensional heterostructure is numerically investigated by using the finite element method. The effects of interface thermal resistance, interface initial gap, periodic boundary condition and geometric and material parameters on the transient thermal resistance ratio are obtained. Research indicates that the interface thermal resistance can enhance the thermal rectification effect of the system, and the introduction of the initial interface gap improves the transient thermal rectification ratio by an order of magnitude. The ability to engineer the thermal diffusivity of materials allows us to control the heat flux and improve transient thermal rectification ratio. Since interface thermal resistance can enlarge the difference in heat transfer capability between forward case and reverse case, it is reasonable to suggest that adjusting the interface thermal resistance may also enhance the thermal rectification effect, but excessive interface thermal resistance will reduce it. Under the periodic temperature boundary conditions, the larger the temperature difference in boundary fluctuation, the larger the fluctuation amplitude of the transient thermal rectification ratio is. The fluctuation frequency of thermal rectification changes with the periodic boundary frequency, which also affects the amplitude of the fluctuation. Furthermore, by adjusting the initial interface gap, the gap is closed during heat transfer and the interface thermal resistance is reduced in the forward case, while the interface gap is kept open in the reverse case, thereby improving the overall thermal rectification ratio by an order of magnitude. For different transient stages, the equivalent thermal conductivity can be changed by adjusting the material and geometrical properties to improve the thermal rectification ratio.Therefore, the proposed numerical approach and results can guide the optimal design of the transient thermal rectifier.
Optimal design of thermoelectric properties of graphene nanoribbons with 5-7 ring defects based on Bayesian algorithm
Authors: Wu Jing , Cui Chun-Feng , Ou-Yang Tao , Tang Chao ,   School of Physics and Optoelectronics, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China,   Hunan Key Laboratory for Micro-Nano Energy Materials and Device, Xiangtan University, Xiangtan 411105, China
Published: December 2022

Owing to the huge degree of freedom of structure, the optimal design of thermoelectric conversion performance of defective graphene nanoribbons is one of the difficulties in the field of materials research. In this paper, the thermoelectric properties of graphene nanoribbons with 5-7 ring defects are optimized by using non-equilibrium Green's function combined with Bayesian algorithm.The results show that the Bayesian algorithm is effective and advantageous in the search of graphene nanoribbons with 5-7 ring defects with high thermoelectric conversion efficiency. It is found that the single configuration with the best thermoelectric conversion performance can be quickly and accurately searched from 32896 candidate structures by using Bayesian algorithm. Even in the least efficient round of optimization, only 1495 candidate structures (about 4.54% of all candidate structures) need to be calculated to find the best configuration. It is also found that the thermoelectric value ZT (about 1.13) of the optimal configuration of 5-7 ring defective graphene nanoribbons (21.162 and 1.23 nm in length and width, respectively) at room temperature is nearly one order of magnitude higher than that of the perfect graphene nanoribbons (about 0.14). This is mainly due to the fact that the 5-7 ring defects effectively inhibit the electron thermal conductivity of the system, which makes the maximum balance between the weakening effect of the power factor and the inhibiting effect of the thermal conductivity (positive effect). The results of this study provide a new feasible scheme for designing and fabricating the graphene nanoribbon thermoelectric devices with excellent thermoelectric conversion efficiencies.
Deformaion Quantization with Separation of Variables for Complex Two-Dimensional Locally Symmetric Kähler Manifold
Authors: Okuda Taika , Sako Akifumi
Published: December 2022

A construction methods of noncommutative locally symmetric K\"ahler manifolds via a deformation quantization with separation of variables was proposed by Sako-Suzuki-Umetsu and Hara-Sako. This construction gives the recurrence relations to determine the star product. These recurrence relations were solved for the case of the arbitrary one-dimensional ones, $N$-dimensional complex space, complex projective space and complex hyperbolic space. For any two-dimensional case, authors found the solution of the recurrence relations. In this paper, we review the solution and make the star product for two-dimensional complex projective space as a concrete example of this solution.
La contribución de la prosodia en las ambigüedades de adjunción
Authors: Celia Teira Celia Teira , José Manuel Igoa
Published: December 2022

Las oraciones de relativo ambiguas con doble antecedente nominal han sido ampliamente estudiadas en español por cuestionar la presencia de principios universales en el procesamiento sintáctico. La investigación actual apunta a la posibilidad de una contribución temprana de la información prosódica en la desambiguación de este tipo de oraciones en tareas de producción y comprensión oral. En este trabajo, presentamos dos experimentos de comprensión de oraciones de relativo localmente ambiguas con doble antecedente nominal en español, con tareas en las que se manipularon varios correlatos acústicos de la prosodia, de suerte que esta fuera congruente o incongruente con la estructura sintáctica, al objeto de comprobar su influencia en las preferencias de adjunción de la cláusula de relativo y en los tiempos de respuesta de los participantes en dichas tareas. Asimismo, se manipularon en distintos subexperimentos los rasgos prosódicos frecuenciales (F0) y temporales (distribución de pausas) de los enunciados, a fin de comprobar la contribución de cada uno de ellos al rendimiento de los participantes. Los resultados indican un uso efectivo de la información prosódica por los oyentes en un momento relativamente temprano del procesamiento. En concreto, una prosodia congruente con la sintaxis facilita, en términos generales, las respuestas de los participantes en tareas de comprensión, si bien se han observado diferencias en el efecto de la prosodia según el tipo de adjunción requerido. Finalmente, la contribución de las claves prosódicas frecuenciales y temporales resultó ser bastante similar, con tan solo algunas diferencias puntuales.
La relación entre complejidad léxica y sintáctica en una tarea narrativa. ¿Dos caras de la misma moneda?
Authors: Berton Marco
Published: December 2022

Las principales hipótesis (la de la compensación y la de la cognición) acerca del efecto de la dificultad de la tarea en la producción lingüística, no parecen formular conjeturas específicas para los distintos aspectos incluidos bajo la denominación general de complejidad lingüística. Este trabajo investiga el efecto del grado de dificultad de una tarea narrativa en la complejidad léxica y sintáctica de textos producidos por estudiantes universitarios suecos de español como lengua extranjera (ELE). Asimismo, se pretende arrojar luz sobre la relación entre estos dos aspectos de la complejidad lingüística, para detectar posibles cambios en dicha relación ocasionados por la variación de la dificultad de la tarea. Los resultados apuntan hacia una relación positiva entre léxico y sintaxis en lo que concierne a la diversidad léxica y el grado de subordinación. En cambio, la relación entre la diversidad léxica y el grado de coordinación en los textos resulta ser negativa.
Indicative directive complements: mood and modal concord in Spanish
Authors: Faulkner Tris
Published: December 2022

Directive predicates are words with meanings that are similar to ‘order’, ‘require’, ‘recommend’, and ‘advise’. Being volitional in nature, directives are said to form part of the core group of subjunctive-taking predicates. This means that, like desiderative (e.g., querer que ‘to want that’) and purpose clauses (e.g., para que ‘so that’), they are expected to, and generally do, take the subjunctive. However, findings from the present investigation suggest that, in spite of this description, there are certain contexts in which indicative directive complements are strongly preferred. Analyses showed that indicative directive clauses are strongly preferable to subjunctive complements when the embedded verb is of the same modality type (e.g., teleological) and strength (e.g., weak necessity) as the matrix directive; i.e., when there is modal concord. In the case of subjunctive complements, they are preferable to indicative, only when there is no concord between the embedded and main directive predicates. These findings are significant, not only because directives are normatively described as requiring the subjunctive, but also because no previous studies have examined a link between mood and modal concord.
Lexical aspect in Spanish: contrasts, syntactic structures and semantic interpretations
Authors: Fábregas Antonio
Published: December 2022

The different distinctions related to lexical aspect –state, activity, accomplishments and achievements– play an important role in the grammar of Spanish, but many of the details about how these distinctions can be implemented are unclear: which features distinguish between the classes, how the classes relate to each other, what is the nature of telicity or dynamicity and how one can account for the alternations that a verb is subject to involving its aspect are some of the most important problems from this perspective. The goal of this article is to provide a sufficient empirical base to address these questions and present the current alternatives to answer them.
Review of 'Understanding and teaching reflexive sentences in Spanish'
Authors: Fábregas Antonio
Published: December 2022

This is a review of González (2022) book on SE-structures.
20 Years’ Experience in Treating Kienbock’s Disease: About 15 Cases and Review of Literature
Authors: Chalouah Badr , Mohamed Benchakroun , Kamal El mokhtari , Azzelarab Bennis , Omar Zaddoug , Ali Zine , Mansour Tanane , Salim Bouabid
Published: December 2022

Kienböck’s disease is a rare condition. It affects young adults who are mostly manual workers. Radiology allows diagnosis and classification of the disease using the Lichtman classification which will guide the therapeutic strategy. The aim of the present work is to review the clinical data, recent advances in assessment methods (MRI and arthroscopy) and our therapeutic results compared to the literature. Material and methods: This is a retrospective study of fifteen cases of Kienböck’s disease, collected in the Traumatology-Orthopaedics Department I of the Mohamed V Military Hospital in Rabat, Morocco, over a 20 years period, from 2001 to 2020. This study included 10 men and 5 women, with an average age of 29 years. All of our patients underwent plain radiographs that allowed diagnosis and staging. Only 6 patients benefited from MR imaging and none of them had cartilage arthroscopic assessment. Radial shortening osteotomy were performed for 14 patients and lunate decompression by forage for one patient with good results in 53% and 14% of poor results. Discussion: Comparing the results of our study with those of the literature, we found concordance regarding clinical, radiological and therapeutic methods. However, this study has shown insufficient use of MRI for viability evaluation of the lunate and cartilage arthroscopic assessment, due in first place to their high cost for developing countries as ours. Thus, treatment choices weren’t accurate enough, which explains our 47% poor to fair results. Conclusion: Kienböck’s disease is a rare condition that should be early diagnosed with accurate staging using recent advances in assessment methods which allows proper treatment choices to prevent its evolution toward total destruction of the wrist. However, patient’s desires and needs, surgeon’s experience and capabilities of their facilities precondition the final decision.
Metaplastic Carcinoma of the Breast, A Case Study
Authors: Al-Share Mohammad , Al-Asbahi Hanan , Al-Awabdeh Michleen , Al-Khalaileh Maysaa , Abu-Jeyyab Mohammad
Published: December 2022

Breast carcinosarcoma, metaplastic neoplasm of the breast, a rare type of breast tumors that accounts about 0.08 to 0.2 % of all breast cancers. carcinosarcoma is a mixed type of neoplastic cells. carcino related to epithelial cells origin. Sarcoma is a mesenchymal cell malignant tumor. This is a sever bad prognosis cancer. A few cases was reported about breast carcinosarcoma, here in we have a case of 58 female patient that has a late stage of breast mass that was diagnosed as a breast carcinosarcoma. In this case report we will show the presentation of the patient, discuss the risk factors and put our treatment plan.
Willingness of Syrians Who Are Learning Turkish as Second/Foreign Language in Terms of Communicating in Arabic and Turkish
Authors: Aydin Gülnur , Gürsoy İlke Altuntaş
Published: December 2022

Affective variables in the second/foreign language learning process affect success and proficiency in the target language. Being willing, one of these variables, draws attention as a factor affecting both academic and social success. The importance given to “communication” by the reference frames, programs and guidelines offered for language learning necessitates turning it into a skill. Skill can be developed to the extent of willingness. In this context, determining whether or not Turkish learners as a second/foreign language are willing to communicate or at what level they are willing will eliminate the problems by revealing the deficiencies and obstacles in communication skills. Moreover, it is of vital importance for the revision and reorganization of the language teaching process and practices. The aim of the study is to determine the level of willingness to communicate in Arabic and Turkish among Syrians learning Turkish in Turkey. A quantitative descriptive approach was adopted in the research. Among the non-random sampling methods, convenience sampling was preferred. The data were collected from 102 Syrian students, 35 females and 67 males, who were studying at university and registered with the Aydın Governorship Provincial Directorate of Migration Management. The Willingness to Communicate Inside and Outside the Classroom Scales developed in six-point Likert type, adapted by Al-Murtadha (2020) from McCroskey and Baer (1985) and Cao and Philp (2006), were used. Parametric methods were used in statistical analysis. The dependent groups t-test method was used to compare two different scale scores in a single group, and the independent groups t-test method was used to compare a single score in two different groups. As a result of the analysis; it has been determined that students’ willingness to communicate is especially high in their mother tongue, Arabic. It was determined that there was a significant difference in favor of Arabic inside and outside the classroom. There was no statistically significant difference between men and women for Turkish and Arabic.
Рожденный вулканом: новый минерал хреновит, "Природа"
Authors: Расцветаева Р.К.
Published: December 2022

Кадастр минеральных видов насчитывает около 6 тыс. представителей, и каждый год он пополняется в среднем на 50–60 новых минералов. Среди их открывателей — и российские ученые. Наиболее перспективны для открытия новых минералов на территории России — Хибинский и Ловозерский массивы Кольского п-ова, а также Камчатские вулканические регионы. В данной статье рассказывается о недавнем открытии нового минерала хреновита NaFe(AsO) — арсенатного представителя группы аллюодита из фумаролы Толбачинского вулкана.
ГРОЗИТ ЛИ РОССИИ КИТАЙСКАЯ ТЕХНОЛОГИЧЕСКАЯ ЛОВУШКА…, "Энергия: экономика, техника, экология"
Authors: Бабаев К.
Published: December 2022

Интервью доктора филологических наук, и.о. директора Института Китая и современной Азии РАН, декана Финансового университета при Правительстве РФ Кирилла БАБАЕВА
ЭНЕРГЕТИКА ОКЕАНА В СТРАНАХ ИНДО-ТИХООКЕАНСКОГО РЕГИОНА, "Энергия: экономика, техника, экология"
Authors: Горлов А.А.
Published: December 2022

В последние годы всё большее значение приобретает Индо-Тихоокеанский регион (ИТР), включающий в себя Индийский и Тихий океаны, а также все территории, архипелаги и острова, расположенные в их пределах (рис. 1). В ИТР сталкиваются экономические и геополитические интересы многих стран, прежде всего Индии, Китая, Австралии, Японии и США, так как именно здесь проходят торговые потоки между Ближним Востоком и Азией, в том числе поставка энергоносителей. Нашей стране тоже далеко не безразлично всё, что происходит в этом регионе. Как Индийский, так и Тихий океаны располагают громадными ресурсами энергии волнения, течений и тепла. Мы уже подробно останавливались на состоянии развития технологий энергетики океана в странах Европейского Союза1. Представляется важным рассмотреть эти вопросы применительно также и к ИТР.
БИФУРКАЦИЯ РАВНОВЕСИЯ МНОГОСЛОЙНЫХ МИКРОПОЛЯРНЫХ ПЛИТ С ВНУТРЕННИМИ НАПРЯЖЕНИЯМИ, "Наука юга России"
Authors: Шейдаков Д.Н. , Михайлова И.Б. , Шейдаков Н.Е.
Published: December 2022

Проблема устойчивости равновесия деформируемых тел важна как с теоретической, так и с прикладной точки зрения, так как исчерпание несущей способности и разрушение строительных и инженерных конструкций зачастую происходит именно в результате потери устойчивости под действием внешних нагрузок. Вследствие развития современных технологий и появления новых материалов достаточно большую актуальность приобретает вопрос анализа устойчивости различных составных нелинейно-упругих тел со сложной микроструктурой и внутренними напряжениями. В настоящей работе в рамках общей теории устойчивости трехмерных тел исследована проблема бифуркации равновесия прямоугольной многослойной плиты при двухосном сжатии растяжении. При этом предполагалось, что слои плиты могут быть предварительно деформированы и содержать начальные (остаточные) напряжения. Для описания поведения рассмотренных плит применялась модель микрополярной среды (континуум Коссера). Такой подход позволил подробно учесть влияние микроструктуры на потерю устойчивости. С использованием представления определяющих соотношений относительно разных отсчетных конфигураций в случае модели физически-линейного микрополярного материала получены линеаризованные уравнения равновесия, описывающие поведение составных плит с предварительно напряженными частями в возмущенном состоянии. С помощью специальной подстановки исследование устойчивости прямоугольной N-слойной микрополярной плиты сведено к решению линейной однородной краевой задачи для системы 6N обыкновенных дифференциальных уравнений. При заданных упругих параметрах материала слоев, их толщине и начальных деформациях данная краевая задача может быть достаточно легко решена численно с использованием конечно-разностного метода.
A Practical Prediction Methods of Major Earthquakes Using High-frequency Tremor Events
Authors: Fujinawa Yukio , Noda Yoichi , Miyagawa Minako , Katsuta Yoshifumi , Oosumi Isao
Published: December 2022

The earthquake prediction, one of the most efficient methods has been tried to develop based on modern scientific method this half century using seismic activity, crustal deformation, chemical anomalies without practical results except only two rare cases with the result of general pessimistic evaluation. The seismic activity has been the field of the most often approached in comparison with other phenomena. Especially foreshocks are investigated enough to provide many useful results but critical defect is unstable occurrence. On the other hands important progress is attained in the laboratory investigation of process of nucleation providing important results. However, those result cannot be confirmed by field observation just before occurrence of major earthquakes. Here we make a special seismic catalog of high frequency tremors deduced anew from continuous seismic data of just before major earthquakes using the extensive network, High-net of Japan. Analyses of catalog for three major and one a little bit smaller earthquakes show that there are three successive precursory phenomena, first at some six weeks, second at some four weeks, and finally immediately before the earthquake. And the three items of prediction, time, location and magnitude can be predicted exactly enough for actual disaster mitigation efforts at each moment of distinguishing of those precursors.
Genetic Analysis for Quantitative Characters of Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
Authors: Medhavi Vasre , Lavanya G. R.
Published: December 2022

The aim of present study was to estimate the genetic variability, genetic advance and correlation between yield and yield contributing traits along with direct and indirect effect of yield component on yield through path analysis from data collected on 20 chickpea genotypes. Seed index, seed yield per plant, harvest index, number of seeds per plant showed high genotypic and phenotypic coefficients of variation. Seed index, days to 50% pod setting, plant height, days to 50% flowering, seed yield per plant, days to maturity expressed high heritability. Whereas Harvest index showed high genetic advance. Seed index, seed yield per plant, harvest index, number of seeds per pod and plant height expressed high genetic advance as percent of mean. Seed yield per plant significantly positive correlated with harvest index and number of secondary branches per plant at genotypic and phenotypic levels. Harvest index, biological yield, days to 50% pod initiation showed high positive direct effect with seed yield per plant at genotypic and phenotypic levels. Thus, these traits are identified as the efficient and potential for the improvement of chickpea productivity in the present experimental materials.
Obesity among Adult Outpatients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Accessing Care in Bowen University Teaching Hospital (BUTH), Ogbomoso
Authors: Idowu A. E. , Amole I. O. , Durodola A. O. , Adesina S. A. , Adegoke A. O. , Akinwumi A. I. , Idowu O. A. , Awotunde O. T. , OlaOlorun A. D.
Published: December 2022

Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic disease afflicting people of all races, sex, economic and social status, and of all ages. Obesity is a major contributor to the type 2 diabetes epidemic. Obesity in persons with diabetes is associated with poorer control of blood glucose levels, blood pressure, and cholesterol, placing patients at higher risk for both cardiovascular and microvascular disease.

Aim: To determine the prevalence of obesity and the associated risk factors among diabetic patients in Bowen University Teaching Hospital (BUTH), Ogbomoso.

Materials and Methods: The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study. The data collection lasted 4 months between March and June 2018. A pretested questionnaire was used to collect data on socio-demographic characteristics and medical history of participants. We measured and recorded blood pressure, weight and height of each of the participants. The data collected were analyzed using SPSS for Windows version 20 statistical software package. The association between categorical variables were tested using Chi-square. Data presentation was done using tables, frequencies and percentages.

Results: Two hundred and seventy-five participants were recruited for this study. Their age ranges from 28 years to 85 years with the mean age of 59.07±11.82 years. Obesity was found in 29.8% of the study participants.  Obesity was found to be associated with age group, sex, marital status, educational level, duration of diagnosis of diabetes and hypertension. The association was statistically significant.

Conclusion: The prevalence of obesity in type 2 diabetes was high in this study and was associated with age group, sex, marital status, educational level, duration of diagnosis of diabetes and level of blood pressure.  There is a need to intensify effort to control obesity and achieve optimal blood pressure control among diabetic patients and prevent complications from ensuing.
Antimicrobial Activity of P-113 against Bacterial Flora of the Human Oral Cavity
Authors: Wei Yu-Shan , Chang Yi-Ru , Cheng Wen-Chi , Chou Hsiu-Chuan , Lin Guan-Yu , Tsai Yi-Ting , Liao En-Chi , Chen Hsin-Yi , Wang Yi- Shiuan , Chan Hong-Lin
Published: December 2022

Periodontitis is a chronic disease associated with dental biofilm formation by bacteria. The primary clinical signs include plaque formation, gingivitis, gingival bleeding, and attachment loss. P-113, a 12-amino acid antimicrobial peptide, is derived from Histatin 5 (Hst5) secreted by the human parotid and submandibular salivary glands and has been reported to reduce plaque formation, gingivitis, and gingival bleeding. This study aimed to investigate the effect of P-113 on periodontal disease-associated bacteria and the relative abundance of bacteria using real-time polymerase chain reaction (real-time PCR) and Matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS). Saliva samples were collected from participants for analyses. Real-time PCR results showed significant changes in the abundance of the periodontal disease-associated bacteria, Fusobacterium nucleatum and Tannerella forsythia, after the use of the P-113 mouthwash. After culturing in an anaerobic environment, MALDI-TOF MS analysis was performed. The results showed that the relative abundance of Streptococcus mitis decreased and that of beneficial Streptococcus salivarius increased after the use of the P-113 mouthwash. These results indicate the potential of P-113 mouthwash as a treatment that can influence the proportion of pathogens and probiotics to establish equilibrium in the salivary environment.
Anniversary meeting
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Published: December 2022

At this Anniversary meeting, several Fellows and Five Honorary Fellows were elected. Obituaries were then read for some of the Fellows who died during the previous session. The Annual report on the visitors to the Society's museum and the number of items donated during the previous session was then read.

 

Meeting notes for 14 December, 1885 are appended.
Anniversary meeting
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Published: December 2022

At the Anniversary meeting, new Fellows were elected and then obituaries for some notable Fellows, deceased in the previous year, were read. The Annual report on the number of visitors and donations to the Society's museum was then presented.

 

Meeting notes for 13 December, 1886 are appended.
Meeting notes
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Meeting notes for 14 February 1887.
Meeting notes
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Meeting notes for 9 May 1887.
Preliminaries
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Front matter for Volume 21

Table of contents 

List of illustrations

Office-bearers 1886-7

Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland 

List of the Fellows November 1887

List of Honorary members November 1886 (this is likely a mis-print of 1887)

List of the Lady Associates November 1886 (this is likely a mis-print of 1887)
Meeting notes
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Meeting notes for 26 March 1888.
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Meeting notes for 23 January 1888.
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Meeting notes for 11 March 1889.
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Meeting notes for 13 May 1889.
Anniversary meeting
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A list of newly elected Fellows and another list of recently deceased Fellows were read. The Annual report on the number of visitors, purchases and donations to the Society's museum was presented.

 

Meeting notes for 8 December 1890 are appended.
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Meeting notes for 9 February 1891.
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Meeting notes for 12 January 1891.
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Meeting notes for 14 March 1892.
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Meeting notes for 8 February 1892.
Preliminaries
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Front matter for Volume 26

Table of contents 

List of illustrations

Office-bearers 1891-2

Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

List of the Fellows November 1892

List of Honorary members November 1892

List of the Lady Associates November 1892
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Meeting notes for 13 February 1893.
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Meeting notes for 8 January 1894.
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Meeting notes for 11 January 1897.
Anniversary meeting
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At the Anniversary meeting new Fellows were elected, including five new Honorary Fellows. A list of deceased Fellows was presented and the Annual report on the number of visitors and additions to the Society's museum.

 

Meeting notes for 13 December, 1897 are appended.
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Meeting notes for 11 April 1898.
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Meeting notes for 10 January 1898 and 14 February 1898.

[The journal notes that an 'Account of the excavation of the Roman station at Ardoch, Perthshire', will be printed later in the Proceedings.]
Preliminaries
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Front matter for Volume 33

Table of contents 

List of illustrations

Office-bearers 1898-9

Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

List of the Fellows November 1899

List of Honorary members November 1899

List of the Lady Associates November 1899

List of Societies, Institutions, &c., Exchanging publications
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Meeting notes for 8 January 1900.
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Meeting notes for 12 February 1900. Before the meeting began, a brief obituary was read for the Society's president, the Marquess of Lothian, and Dr James Macdonald both of whom had died since the Jannuary meeting.
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Meeting notes for 13 May 1901.
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Meeting notes for 14 January 1901.
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Meeting notes for 10 March 1902.
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Meeting notes for 12 January 1903.
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Meeting notes for 8 February 1904.
Preliminaries
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Front matter for Volume 38

Table of contents

List of illustrations

Office-bearers 1903-4

Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

List of the Fellows November 1904

List of Corresponding members (elected since 1851)

List of Honorary members November 1904

List of the Lady Associates November 1904

List of Societies, Institutions, &c., Exchanging publications
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Meeting notes for 9 January 1905.
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Meeting notes for 9 March 1908.
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Meeting notes for 8 March 1909.
Notes on Recumbent Monumental Slabs incised with a peculiar form of Cross at Coldingham and elsewhere in Scotland
Authors: Thomson Andrew
Published: December 2022

Recumbent slabs or grave-covers, sculptured or incised with crosses of various forms, and other designs, were a common style of sepulchral monument in Scotland from the twelfth and thirteenth centuries till the period of the Reformation. Usually the plain form of incised cross has all its members rectangular in outline, but there is another form in which the extremities of the arms and summit are not rectangular, but cut off obliquely. These are the subject of the article. Several have been found in the priory of Coldingham. Wherever it is possible to fix a date for such crosses it may presumably be given as that of the sixteenth century. Other examples are known from Pluscardyn, Greenlaw, Criech, Balmerino and Tranent.
Some Old Crosses and Unlettered Sepulchral Monuments in Aberdeenshire
Authors: Ritchie James
Published: December 2022

In some of the old churchyards in Aberdeenshire there are to be seen stones of small size on which are inscribed crosses of somewhat unusual shape and archaic design. They are few in number and generally seen as insignificant. Four examples from Dyce, four from St Medan's churchyard, two of the latter being recumbent, two from Inverurie, two from Monymusk, one from Tullich and one from Logie coldstone are described.
Anniversary meeting
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The usual business was conducted at the Anniversary meeting, including the election of new Fellows and the presentation of a list of deceased Fellows. Other reports presented included: A report on the number of Fellows on the Society’s Roll A report on the progress of the Society’s forthcoming publicationsReports into excavations undertaken by the Society during the previous sessionA note on the Rhind Lectureship from the previous sessionA report on the number of items added to the Society’s museum
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Meeting notes for 11 March 1912.
Loch-in-Dorb, an Ancient Royal Fortress
Authors: Cumming A D
Published: December 2022

The castle is built on an island which is thought to be artificial. It was probably originally a crannog which later became the stronghold of the Comyns. Edward I stayed there whilst fighting against the Scots. The castle bears a strong resemblance to the mediaeval military fortresses in England and Wales and may have had extensive additions made under the orders of Edward, between the close of 1303 and the beginning of 1306. Its history is in many ways unique. So far as is known it never sheltered a ruling sovereign of Scotland, although members of the Royal house were its repeated possessors.
Excavation of a Galleried Structure at Langwell, Caithness
Authors: Curle Alexander O
Published: December 2022

Before excavation the main features of the structure could be made out, consisting of a circular enclosure like a hut circle, with a curved oblong chamber adjoining, within which there protruded, from a mass of huge stones thickly covered with moss and grass, five upright pillars, three along one side, and two on the other, while a sixth lay displaced towards the inner end. Artefacts included a rotary quern, a saddle quern, a fragment of slag, a few animal bones and some charcoal.
Some Shetland brochs and standing stones
Authors: Stout Elizabeth
Published: December 2022

Standing stones, or the remains of them, are to be found in almost every parish. The majority are roughly fashioned into a sort of slab, although some of them exhibit no distinct formation of this kind. Their number is uncertain and they occur on hills and in valleys. Descriptions and sketches of a number of individual stones are provided along with some local traditions linked to them. There are approximately eighty brochs in Shetland, a small number of which have been excavated. The morphological characteristics of a selection of brochs are described and illustrated.
Notice of an Undescribed Slab sculptured with Celtic Ornament, and some Churchyard Monuments at Girvan, Ayrshire
Authors: Morris James A
Published: December 2022

During landscaping, besides certain interesting tombstones of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, three mediaeval slabs were uncovered, as well as the upper middle\r\nportion of a Celtic Cross comprising the shaft with part of the original head. Such crosses are uncommon in the south-west of Scotland.
Further Notes on the Artificial Islands in the Highland Area
Authors: Blundell F Odo
Published: December 2022

The survey includes islands, partly or wholly natural, when an artificial causeway proved that they had at some time been adapted for habitation. Many of the islands, or crannogs are small in size with a tendency to sink below the surface, and all employ wood foundations to a lesser or greater degree. All the known examples across the Highlands are described.
Note on a Celtic Cross-Slab and Two Fragments recently found at St Andrews
Authors: Fleming D Hay
Published: December 2022

A complete recumbent slab with a cross upon it was discovered at the cathedral. It shows no trace of decoration, but there is a semicircular cusp in each of the four angles. For the size of the cross the limbs are very broad. There is no ornamentation of any kind either on the reverse or sides. One corner had been broken off, but is now attached again by copper dowels. The slab had apparently been utilised by the builders of the chancel of the church in the thirteenth century. The lower part of a cross-slab close to the Whyte Melville tomb had been utilised by the builders of the wall in the first quarter of the sixteenth century. The shaft of the cross is plain on the obverse and reverse save for the narrow border lines, but on both there is a rich panel on either side of the shaft. A fragment found in the enclosing wall of the infant school had been part of a Celtic cross slab, having sculptured panels both on the obverse and reverse, but on neither is a complete panel left. One has had an effective angular fret pattern, the other an interlaced pattern, which is much wasted.
Notes on Excavations at Dundargue Castle, Aberdeenshire, and on a Stone Circle and Grave at New Deer, Aberdeenshire
Authors: Beveridge W
Published: December 2022

Dundargue Castle sits on a rocky promontory and is thought to date from at least the 14th century. Excavation confirmed the existence of a triple rampart and triple ditch which probably predate the stone buildings within. Artefacts included a coin of Edward I and post-medieval tokens. Pottery sherds from a minimum of fourteen or fifteen vessels are 14th century in date. The stone circle was broken up during the first half of the 18th century. Ploughing in the vicinity revealed flints and a stone axe. Four pits containing cremated bone were excavated. A stone-lined oval grave contained 'some bone' and one of the stones was cup marked.
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Meeting notes for 9 February 1914.
The Churches and Churchyard Memorials of St Helens on The Lea and Cockburnspath
Authors: Reid Alan
Published: December 2022

A description of the ruined church of St Helen's is presented. Memorials surviving in the graveyard include a medieval cross slab, a coped grave-cover decorated with a man on horseback, a portion of a hog-backed grave cover and four tapering grave covers. The church at Cockburnspath is better preserved. A hand bell or 'deid-bell' is preserved in the manse. Notable memorials in the graveyard include one to a blacksmith.
Ruthven Barracks, in Badenoch
Authors: Meyer-Griffith W
Published: December 2022

The ruins of Ruthven Barracks consist of two blocks of buildings with an open space\r\nbetween them, possibly once walled in. The barracks were built by General Wade in 1737 on the site of an old castle which was once the residence of the Wolf of Badenoch. The ruins are described and illustrated in detail. The absence of any sort of gun emplacement proves that Ruthven was essentially a barracks rather than a fort. It was captured and partly destroyed by the Jacobites just before the battle of Culloden in 1746.
Account of the Excavation of Two Bronze-Age Cairns in the Parish of Foulden; and of the discovery of a Cist containing a Food-Vessel Urn, and Fragments of a Beaker, at Edington Mill, Chirnside, both in the County of Berwick
Authors: Craw John Hewat
Published: December 2022

Cairn 1 consisted of three concentric circles of stone. Three cists and two pits were contained within the inner circle. The north cist contained a Food Vessel, four flint implements, charcoal and partially cremated bone. The south cist contained a Food Vessel, a flint knife and some charcoal. A third smaller cist was robbed during the excavation. A pit to the west of the south cist contained a human femur and some charcoal. A second pit contained charcoal and hazelnuts. A greenstone axe-hammer was found within the body of the cairn. Cairn 2 was circular and comprised earth and stones. A central cist with a D-shaped stone structure around it contained a pottery sherd, charcoal and eight flint flakes. A nearby cist discovered in 1885 contained the bones of a young adult. A further pair of cists had been disturbed by ploughing and only charcoal and three pieces of flint were found. The report includes an account of the bones and previous discoveries in the vicinity. A cist at Edington Mill was originally surrounded by a cairn of which only traces remained. It contained a Food Vessel, part of a probable drinking vessel, charcoal, a few fragments of skull and some teeth.
Notices of the discovery of a Hoard of Rapier-shaped Blades of Bronze at Drumcoltran, in the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, and of a Viking Sword at Torbeckhill, near Ecclefechan
Authors: Curle Alexander O
Published: December 2022

Three surviving items from a hoard discovered in 1837 are described. They are slender tapering blades with a fine green patina and measure 20, 18.2 and 14 inches. Each has a marked midrib with flutings along the sides. The bases were notched rather than perforated for the rivets. An iron double-edged sword was found in a quarry. The tip is missing and the surviving length is 2 feet 6 inches. The pommel is trilobite and rests on a forked plate acting as an upper guard.
Notes on a Collection of Polishers and other Objects found on the Site of the Roman Fort at Newstead, Melrose
Authors: Corrie John
Published: December 2022

On the basis of the fact that only two burials were encountered during excavation it is argued that a cemetery must exist on the outskirts of the fort. With this in mind a systematic search recovered a collection of objects which included twenty three burnishers or polishers, fourteen gaming pieces, ten fragments of beads, a portion of a glass armlet and a brooch.
Dissent and Protest
Authors: Fleming D Hay
Published: December 2022

A transcription of Dr David Hay Fleming's Dissent and Protest following the vote on whether the Society's museum should be opened to the public on Sundays. Dr Fleming lists the religious, practical and financial objections to the decision.
Preliminaries
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Front matter for Volume 48

Table of contents

List of illustrations

Office-bearers 1913-4

Laws of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland

List of the Fellows November 1914

List of Corresponding members 1914

List of Honorary members November 1914

List of the Lady Associates November 1914

Societies, Institutions, &c., Exchanging publications
The Celtic Numerals of Strathclyde
Authors: MacRitchie David
Published: December 2022

A series of Cymric numerals, from 1 to 20, is still in use in various districts of Strathclyde at the present day. Evidence proved that this Cymric system of enumeration was regularly used by the shepherds of Yorkshire, Westmorland, and\r\nCumberland, in telling off their sheep by scores, and that it was also in use, in the same region, among old women when counting the stitches of their knitting. The conclusion generally arrived at was that this was the remains of an ancient British speech, substantially the same as modern Welsh, although differing from that form of Cymric in certain details.
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Meeting notes for 10 May 1915.
Notes on a Collection of Coining Instruments in the National Museum of Antiquities, Edinburgh
Authors: Hocking W J
Published: December 2022

This collection includes a coinage die of the fourteenth century, a medal die of the\r\nsixteenth century, and a considerable number of both coinage and medal dies of the seventeenth century. The collection contains in all 163 matrices, puncheons, and dies which can be divided into those for coins, medals, tradesmen's tokens and sundry small punches.