Interview with Military Chaplain Maksim Strikhar, Conducted in Kyiv, Ukraine, 7 February 2019 (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...

Curvature and torsion effects in spin-current driven domain wall motion

Kostiantyn V. Yershov,1,2,* Volodymyr P. Kravchuk,1,† Denis D. Sheka,3,‡ and Yuri Gaididei1,§ 1Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03680 Kyiv, Ukraine 2National University of “Kyiv-Mohyla Academy”, 04655 Kyiv, Ukraine 3Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, 01601 Kyiv, Ukraine (Received 18 December 2015; revised manuscript received 7 F...

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...

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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...