We describe the songs and courtship displays of three closely related hummingbirds, the Peruvian Sheartail (Thaumastura cora), Oasis Hummingbird (Rhodopis vesper), and the endangered Chilean Woodstar (Eulidia yarrellii). The Peruvian Sheartail and Oasis Hummingbird sing complex multisyllabic songs, while the Chilean Woodstar’s song is monosyllabic and simple. Like North American “bee” hummingbi...

This paper presents cooperation across boundaries as co-operative measures, being goal-oriented to the economic, social, scientific, technical, environmental, cultural, and other relations, initiating deepening among territorial communities, local authorities both in Ukraine Poland. The methodological basis of study consists following approaches Euroregions: geographical, political, administrat...

Why do similar economic reforms often produce dissimilar outcomes? We examine the impact of institutional environment on reform outcomes, exploiting a particular moment of institutional change: the 2004 Orange Revolution, which resulted in a dramatic shift in the balance of power among regions in Ukraine. Using a unique panel dataset of over 7,000 Ukrainian manufacturing enterprises, we estimat...

A country-specific FRAX model has been developed for the Ukraine to replace the Austrian model hitherto used. Comparison of the Austrian and Ukrainian models indicated that the former markedly overestimated fracture probability whilst correctly stratifying risk. INTRODUCTION FRAX has been used to estimate osteoporotic fracture risk since 2009. Rather than using a surrogate model, the Austrian...

The purpose of the study was to determine main aspects simplifying conditions and creating prospects for international cooperation in terms Ukraine's participation NCTS joint transit system. Examining data State Customs Service Ukraine Statistics Ukraine, intensive work subjects regime system during period noted. Confirm need simplify movement goods, analysis growth dynamics foreign trade. Acco...

OBJECTIVE Scientific reports provide information concerning an insufficient level of physical activity of societies. The objective of the study is recognition of the level of physical activity among Ukrainian students, and factors which condition this activity: gender, place of residence, self-reported physical fitness, and the BMI. METHODS The study was conducted in 2013 among 2,125 Ukrainia...

Antimicrobials are heavily used in Chilean salmon aquaculture. We previously found significant differences in antimicrobial-resistant bacteria between sediments from an aquaculture and a non-aquaculture site. We now show that levels of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARG) are significantly higher in antimicrobial-selected marine bacteria than in unselected bacteria from these sites. While ARG i...

The article highlights the combination of translation and didactic areas aimed at study substantive application translated artistic texts in teaching scientific-theoretical activities, which will help to introduce elements an innovative approach into methodology Chinese Ukrainian secondary high schools universities. Didactic materials translations from language pupils, students everyone who is ...