BACKGROUND Main treatable Chronic Respiratory Diseases (CRDs) like Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Bronchial Asthma (BA) and Allergic Rhinitis (AR) are underdiagnosed and undertreated worldwide. CORE study was aimed to assess the point prevalence of COPD, BA and AR in the adult population of major cities of Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries - Azerbaijan, Kazakhsta...

The rare species Lymnastis novikovi Michailov, 1998, described from the single female specimen collected in Ukraine, is redescribed on the basis of new material. We provide the illustrations of the general habitus, the median lobe and its internal sac and describe the habitat of L. novikovi, to increase information about this species. A key to European Lyinastis species is given. The current di...

K. Yu. Bliokh,* D. Yu. Frolov, and Yu. A. Kravtsov Institute of Radio Astronomy, 4 Krasnoznamyonnaya St., Kharkov 61002, Ukraine A. Usikov Institute of Radiophysics and Electronics, 12 Akademika Proskury St., Kharkov 61085, Ukraine Space Research Institute, Profsoyuznaya St. 82/34, Moscow 117997, Russia Institute of Physics, Maritime University of Szczecin, 1-2 Waly Chrobrego St., Szczecin 7050...

S.M. Soskin,a,b,c∗ P.V.E. McClintock, T.M. Fromhold, I.A. Khovanov and R. Mannella Institute of Semiconductor Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 03028 Kiev, Ukraine Abdus Salam ICTP, 34100 Trieste, Italy Physics Department, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YB, UK School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK School of Engineering, Universit...

We have identified endosymbiotic bacteria of the genus Spiroplasma in wild populations of Drosophila melanogaster from Ukraine. These bacteria were identified from two different locations, and this is the first finding of the bacteria in Ukraine. Flies from populations infected with Spiroplasma spp. did not show any signs of male killing. The results are discussed in relation to previous findin...

Jean-Guy Caputo,1,2 Yuri Gaididei,3 Volodymyr P. Kravchuk,4 Franz G. Mertens,5 and Denis D. Sheka4,* 1Laboratoire de Mathématiques, INSA de Rouen, Boîte Postale 8, 76131 Mont-Saint-Aignan Cedex, France 2Laboratoire de Physique Theorique et Modelisation, Université de Cergy-Pontoise and CNRS, Cergy-Pontoise 95011, France 3Institute for Theoretical Physics, 03143 Kiev, Ukraine 4National Taras She...

E. G. Petrov,1 V. May,2 and P. Hänggi3 1Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Metrologichna Street, 14-b, UA-03143 Kiev, Ukraine 2Institut für Physik, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Newtonstraße 15, D-12489 Berlin, Germany 3Institut für Physik, Universität Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany Received 7 October 2005; revised manuscript received 2...

During the 1990s, HIV-1 spread rapidly through drug networks in Ukraine and from there throughout the former Soviet Union. To examine the origins of this epidemic, the genetics of HIV-1 in Ukraine were studied. Proviral DNA from PBMC was extracted and PCR amplified. Part of pol and nearly full genomes of HIV-1 were sequenced and characterized. The predominant genetic form in 163 strains was sub...

Introduction Newcastle disease (ND) is the most important infectious viral disease of poultry. The world-wide economic loss from it is 2-3 billion USD per year. ND is reportable to the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). ND is caused by virulent strains of avian Paramyxoviruses belonging to type 1. Industrial poultry farming is rapidly developing in Ukraine. Ornithological fauna of Ukra...

A. I. Krivchikov,1 O. A. Korolyuk,1 I. V. Sharapova,1 J. Ll. Tamarit,2,* F. J. Bermejo,3 L. C. Pardo,2 M. Rovira-Esteva,2 M. D. Ruiz-Martin,2 A. Jezowski,4 J. Baran,4 and N. A. Davydova5 1B. Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of NAS Ukraine, 47 Lenin Avenue, Kharkov 61103, Ukraine 2Grup de Caracterització de Materials, Departament de Fı́sica i Enginyieria Nuclear, ETSEI...