Interview with Military Chaplain Andriy Gul, Conducted in Kyiv, Ukraine, 5 November 2018 (UKR)

Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University Regional Innovations in Transition Economies (the Case of Ukraine)

Market transformation of post-socialist countries was accompanied by innovative activity slowdown against the background of considerable economic recession and further crisis. The former economic system was characterized by selective approach to the innovations. Particularly, in the former Soviet Union, including Ukraine, demand on the innovations within military-industrial complex prevailed. I...

Risk factors for poor multidrug-resistant tuberculosis treatment outcomes in Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine

BACKGROUND Ukraine is among ten countries with the highest burden of multidrug- resistant TB (MDR-TB) worldwide. Treatment success rates for MDR-TB in Ukraine remain below global success rates as reported by the World Health Organization. Few studies have evaluated predictors of poor MDR-TB outcomes in Ukraine. METHODS We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients initiated on MDR-TB trea...

Investigating The Psychometric properties of the Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom scale–interview for DSM-5 (PSS-I-5) in military personnel involved in warfare.

Interview with Walter C . Willett Conducted by Benjamin C . Williams

Walter C. Willett MD, DrPH, is Fredrick John Stare Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition and Chairman of the Department of Nutrition at Harvard School of Public Health as well as a Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. He studied food science as an undergraduate at Michigan State University, obtained a medical degree from the University of Michigan Medical School and a Doctorate in...

ACELL November 46/5

Carbajal, José M., and Richard C. Schaeffer, Jr. RhoA inactivation enhances endothelial barrier function. Am. J. Physiol. 277 (Cell Physiol. 46): C955–C964, 1999.—The modulation of endothelial barrier function is thought to be a function of contractile tension mediated by the cell cytoskeleton, which consists of actomyosin stress fibers (SF) linked to focal adhesions (FA). We tested this hypoth...