This article reflects upon the nature of ornamentation and how it applies within my recent works, Passacaglia (2021), Tor (2022), Fourteen transcriptions from across the plane (plain) (2023), and Through Gates Unseen (2023). I express ornamentation as a multifaceted set of activities which include the figurative, behavioural, layered and architectural. These components broadly move from the smallest sound unit to that of macro-level concerns. I argue that this behavioural aspect of ornamentation is exemplified by states of transition, density, kinetic energy, articulation and the organic. Here, ornamentation is used to distort and destabilise, as a vehicle for modulation, and as a framework for exploratory play between global and local-level details.

In this article, we report new marine reservoir age correction (ΔR) values from the Marine20 calibration for the Penghu Islands in the Taiwan Strait over the past 6700 cal BP, derived from 14C and U-Th ages of Holocene corals. Since secondary calcite from diagenetic processes can influence coral 14C ages, we developed a pretreatment protocol that ensures low calcite content (<1%, 0.8±0.2%) using a combination of thorough physical cleaning and repeated XRD measurements. We compare our new measurements with published ΔR values from the region, recalculated to conform to the Marine20 dataset. The results show larger temporal variation (∼300 yr) in ΔR from 5500 to 6700 cal BP for the Penghu Islands and ∼400 yr variability at several SCS sites from 5500 to 8200 cal BP. Relatively smaller ΔR variability is observed from 0–5500 cal BP: ∼220 yr in the Penghu Islands and ∼320 yr for South China Sea sites. The weighted mean ΔR value of –155±59 14C yr for the past 5500 cal BP is determined as the marine reservoir age correction around Taiwan and northeastern SCS, and this value is consistent with modern values inherited from the North Equatorial Current, the upstream source of the Kuroshio Current that feeds the northeastern SCS and the Taiwan Strait.

This study identifies, introduces and joins up the long lives of the geographically dispersed fragments that exist of the famed and fabled Stone of Scone/Destiny, used in inauguration and coronation of Scottish, English and British monarchs since medieval times. Based on an interdisciplinary approach that combines material culture studies and ethnographic methods, it characterises the networks in which the fragments have lived and considers what work these fragments were and are doing. It asks what difference fragmentation and the existence of fragments makes to our contemporary understanding of the meaning, values and significance of the Stone. The Stone and its considerable fragmentation evoke specific procedural and curatorial issues that invite wider reflection on the nature and role of fragments, and about private collections and their afterlives. Through the life of pieces, the study suggests, we can better understand what role social value could and should be playing in our museum and heritage practices.

The present study addressed the influence of lithological variability on hydrothermal alteration processes in the Çubuk region of Ankara, recognized globally for its agate occurrences. The objective was to clarify how differing host rocks, tuff and ignimbrite in Karadana, and perlitic units in Yukarıemirler, affect secondary mineral formation and alteration pathways. A combination of mineralogical (X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, field-emission scanning electron microscopy) and geochemical (energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, whole-rock geochemistry, δ18O–δD) methods was utilized to characterize alteration assemblages and fluid conditions. The alteration sequence progressed through five stages, beginning with unaltered volcanic rocks. In the second stage, smectite-group clays, particularly montmorillonite, were formed under mildly alkaline and low-temperature conditions (pH 7.5–9.0; T 43–50°C). This initial clay formation was followed by zeolitization along two distinct pathways: clinoptilolite crystallized (K-rich, Si/Al ~4.2) in the Karadana tuff–ignimbrite units, while heulandite formed (Ca-rich, Si/Al ~2.7) in the perlitic host rocks of Yukarıemirler. These variations are attributed to differences in host-rock composition, permeability, and hydrothermal fluid chemistry. In more advanced stages, mordenite and chabazite precipitated under progressively higher pH and temperature conditions (pH 9.5–10.0; T 70–80°C). In the final stage, opal–quartz formed due to silica supersaturation triggered by a drop in pH, despite rising temperatures (pH ~8.5–9.0; T ~250°C). The paragenetic sequence confirms that clay mineral formation preceded zeolitization in both zones. Variations in zeolite types reflect strong lithological and hydrochemical controls, as well as the origin of the hydrothermal fluids; clinoptilolite formation in Karadana is associated with Na- and K-rich supergene fluids, while Ca-rich hypogene fluids promoted heulandite precipitation in Yukarıemirler. This study presents the first detailed paragenetic model for zeolite–clay alteration in the Çubuk volcanic system and offers new insights into post-caldera hydrothermal evolution in Central Anatolia.

In this paper, we present two corpus-based case studies which cast doubt on the postulation of a distinction between complements and modifiers in pre-head position in the English noun phrase. Based on examples such as medical student, the paper focuses on ordering patterns as an easily observable criterion, rather than more difficult or less reliable criteria such as anaphoric replacement or stress patterns. The conclusion is that the pre-head dependents treated as complements in, for example, the Cambridge Grammar of the English Language (Huddleston & Pullum et al. 2002), should rather be treated as type-dependents. This conclusion, at least as far as ordering patterns are concerned, is in line with the postulation of a “classifier” function in approaches to English noun phrases such as Feist (2009).

Patient interviews suggest there is a difference in surgical drain management after hospital discharge among patients who developed surgical site infection (SSI) compared to those without an SSI. Based on our findings, postoperative drain care instruction was revised with the goal of improving compliance with management of this device.

Although the relevance of the dynamic nature of teams has generated a thriving literature, contributions have originated from a variety of disciplines. This situation has hindered scholarly understanding and collaboration. To assess the state of the dynamic teams’ field in an unbiased and comprehensive way, a literature review relying upon bibliometric techniques combined with content analysis was conducted. Considering all disciplines that have examined the subject, this study aimed at defining its knowledge structure, identifying its main research lines, methods, and key theoretical framework. Results revealed eight research lines. Teams/teamwork, membership change, performance, dynamic team, and membership change were found as the motor themes. In turn, decentralised control, access control, multi-robot system, and distributed system were found as themes that are either emerging or disappearing. The latter themes, related to the engineering and computing fields, are emerging and are likely to become central and developed. Future research lines are suggested.

This article explores the potential of large language models (LLMs), particularly through the use of contextualized word embeddings, to trace the evolution of scientific concepts. It thus aims to extend the potential of LLMs, currently transforming much of humanities research, to the specialized field of history and philosophy of science. Using the concept of the virtual particle – a fundamental idea in understanding elementary particle interactions – as a case study, we domain-adapted a pretrained Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers model on nearly a century of Physical Review publications. By employing semantic change detection techniques, we examined shifts in the meaning and usage of the term “virtual.” Our analysis reveals that the dominant meaning of “virtual” stabilized after the 1950s, aligning with the formalization of the virtual particle concept, while the polysemy of “virtual” continued to grow. Augmenting these findings with dependency parsing and qualitative analysis, we identify pivotal historical transitions in the term’s usage. In a broader methodological discussion, we address challenges such as the complex relationship between words and concepts, the influence of historical and linguistic biases in datasets, and the exclusion of mathematical formulas from text-based approaches.

This article examines how post-Soviet Azerbaijani literature redefined creative and narrative forms, challenging Soviet literary norms through experimentation and new modes of characterization. Following independence in 1991, Azerbaijani literature moved from the transitional, trauma-marked works of the 1990s to the pluralism and experimentation of the 2000s and, after 2020, toward a discourse of triumph. Writers such as Aziza Jafarzadeh, Huseyn Ibrahimov, Elchin Afandiyev, Anar, and Afag Masud employ non-linear structures, allegory, symbolism, and introspection to transform inherited Soviet forms into vehicles of cultural resistance. Drawing on postcolonial theory (Bakhtin, Bhabha, Spivak, and Annus) and close textual readings, this article situates Azerbaijani literature within broader Eurasian and postcolonial frameworks, demonstrating how creative characterization fosters new expressions of identity, memory, and cultural reimagining.

The Shast-Sheshi festival is held annually in the village of Siān, beginning on the sixty-sixth day after Nowruz. This timing matches the ancient Khordadgan festival, celebrated on the sixth day of the month of Khordad, dedicated to the Zoroastrian goddess Khordad. The central rite of Shast-Sheshi was immersion in the now-dry Shāh Chashme spring. Other rites include visits to nearby sacred sites linked to Khordad, the female guardian of water. The festival, drawing thousands from nearby settlements, lasts ten days and features a seasonal fair. Although centered at a Shia shrine complex, it remains a largely secular event. Jarquyeh uniquely preserves this ancient Iranian tradition and shows how forgotten myth can resurface in an unexpected place and time.