Milestone In Life Research Articles

Professor Fedor Ivanovich Valker — milestones in life and work (to the 130th anniversary of his birth)

Professor Fedor Ivanovich Valker — milestones in life and work (to the 130th anniversary of his birth)

ФЕНОМЕН "ЕКОНОМІЧНОГО ДИВА" ТА ЯПОНСЬКА ЛІТЕРАТУРА 1960-х РОКІВ

This review article is intended to contribute to thorough understanding of the literary process of Japan in the 1960s against the background of rapid economic development and prosperity. Main trends in the Japanese literature of that period, namely formation of "the introverted generation" and uprise of their prose, surrealistic experiments in poetry and radical reformation of the theater, were chosen as the object of research. The subject is the experimental nature of post-occupational Japanese literature during the period of "economic miracle". The article briefly examines historical context and milestones of the literary life of Japan in the 1960s, activities of the leading prose writers, poets and playwrights of that time and analyzes impact of "the economic miracle" on their creative quest and artistic experiments. It is revealed that change of value orientations and socio-cultural paradigm caused by increase of the political consciousness during protests against the Security Treaty with the United States, consolidation of consumer society and deepening of ecological crisis due to expansion of production facilities are reflected in artistic experiments of the representatives of different literary movements and schools of the above period. The paper determines that it was the time of confrontation between supporters of the democratic and confessional literature, formation of the so-called "introverted generation" that focused on themes of mass alienation and loneliness of modern Japanese, spiritual impoverishment and pretended well-being of the nation, etc. In poetry, surrealist experiments were increasingly popular, when the author enriched the poem with surreal images and symbols, bringing up topical issues of a philosophical nature. Fundamental changes took place in the drama, thanks to which the theater became mobile and offered the audience to take an active part in the play.

Studija o nicanju trajnih zuba kod dece uzrasta od pet do deset godina koja su posetila Stomatološki fakultet u gradu Mangalore u Indiji

Teeth are biological markers of maturity, and their eruption into the oral cavity is an essential milestone in an individual's life. Multiple factors have been considered to play a role in the pattern of tooth eruption, including dental caries, fluorides and congenital conditions such as Down's syndrome. The aim of the paper was to determine the time of eruption of permanent teeth amongst children aged between five and ten years, visiting the Dental College in Mangalore. A survey was conducted among children aged between 5 to 10 years visiting A.B. Shetty Memorial Institute of Dental Sciences Deralakatte, Mangalore. Each child included in the study was screened by clinical examination for the erupted and erupting permanent teeth. A parent/guardian accompanying a child was interviewed and their data were recorded. The study revealed that the first tooth to erupt was the left mandibular first molar, with a mean age of eruption at 6.4 years. A slight early eruption of teeth was noticed in the left side of the jaw compared to the right side in the present study. The first permanent tooth to erupt in the oral cavity is the left mandibular first molar and there is a slight delay in the eruption of the maxillary lateral incisor in the study population.

Neochamanismo urbano : engaño, abuso y poder en la comunidad carare, de Betty Sánchez Sarmiento.

Esta autoetnografía aborda el proceso de emergencia, consolidación y legitimación de un liderazgo, denominado por la autora como neochamánico, así como la amplia gama de prácticas de poder que éste instauró, cooptando la fe y la confianza de aquellos que se volvieron sus seguidores y súbditos asiduos. La vivencia, por más de diez años en el seno de una comunidad neochamánica urbana, le permite a la narradora hacer un retrato estremecedor de la experiencia vivida y de la manera en que se estableció un fino andamiaje de la creencia, particularmente reglamentado y cooptado, que desembocaría en el despliegue de un régimen de violencia moral, espiritual, de género y sexual. El liderazgo enceguecedor del neochamán, mediado por plantas asociadas a rituales indígenas diversos, como el yajé, el mambe de coca y el ambil, determinaría años de vivencias hiperritualizadas. Estas experiencias, permeadas por visiones altamente estereotipadas del mundo indígena y por la omnipresencia del liderazgo neochamánico, generaron, en algunos miembros de la denominada Comunidad de Paz Carare de Pensamiento Bonito (CPCPB), consecuencias dolorosas y traumáticas. Los fenómenos descritos, a lo largo de esta narración detallada de lugares, de relaciones entre humanos, de encuentros y desencuentros entre humanos y plantas, de hitos vitales coyunturales, llevarán a la autora, en su conclusión, a asociar lo vivido con fenómenos más amplios ya conocidos de deriva sectaria.

Оlexandr Litvinov – the founder of professional jazz education in Kharkіv (milestones in life and career)

Оlexandr Litvinov – the founder of professional jazz education in Kharkіv (milestones in life and career)

Something I Should Know? The Mind of Ronan Drury

Something I Should Know? The Mind of Ronan Drury Paul Clayton-Lea ‘Love and laughter, kindness and consideration are worth everything and in the end are the only things of lasting value’.1 Until his death on 16 November 2017 at the age of ninety-three, ‘Is there something I should know?’ was often the first question on the lips of Ronan Drury following the usual warm, preliminary greeting of friends and colleagues. His amusing, yet never merely idle, curiosity was rooted in an abiding interest in and concern for his fellow human beings. Whether it was the seminary student with speech difficulties in the homiletics classroom at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth, the inconsolable parishioner who had lost a family member in tragic circumstances, the friend or colleague suffering because of addiction or disgrace, Ronan was, in the words of playwright Brendan Behan, one of life’s ‘nurses’. Using an image from one of his widely admired Good Friday Stations of the Cross delivered for decades to seminarians in Maynooth’s College Chapel, he was a Veronica figure rather than a Simon of Cyrene on life’s many roads to Calvary, impelled to action by compassion and the generous impulse rather than compelled by a sense of duty or obligation. ‘When faced with hunger, pain or need like Veronica, we must react to it, we have to be the kind of people who respond at once to the dire needs of others. Christ’s image is best seen not so much on the surface of a towel but stamped on a life’. He was blessed with a sunny disposition, accompanied by a razor sharp wit, wielded with gentleness, as illustrated for me recently by a story from someone who recalled a celebratory dinner at a newly and somewhat lavishly restored parochial house. The host led his guests around the building, enthusiastically patting himself on the back and proclaiming how he had achieved his splendidly decorative results without benefit of architects, interior design magazines or any other so-called ‘expert’ advice – to which Studies • volume 108 • number 432 474 Paul Clayton-Lea Ronan’s quietly whispered response to his dinner table companion was a mournful, mischievously muttered ‘Pity!’ For all those reasons and more it has proved difficult for those who knew him over many years, enjoyed his personality and cherished his friendship, to let him or his memory pass too hastily into the night. The Furrow One obituary, describing his death as a milestone in the intellectual life of Catholicism in Ireland, stated that ‘his blend of human, intellectual and pastoral gifts was unique’.2 It’s not too great an exaggeration to say that, for generations of Irish priests following the Second Vatican Council, Ronan’s promotion of the vision of an inclusive Catholicism preached and lived with imagination, creativity and above all charity, held great appeal for many who were seeking new ways to invigorate their faith and revitalise the institutional Church. He had assumed editorship of The Furrow, the pastoral magazine founded in 1950 by Canon J G McGarry, in 1977 when the founding editor was killed in a car crash, and continued in the role until his own death forty years later. The Irish Times obituary cited above described The Furrow as ‘almost a prefiguration of the internet: a thin, live wire, coursing with the electricity of new ideas and powered by fine and often courageous writing’. Ronan’s teaching and preaching were buttressed by the steady stream of theological, intellectual and spiritual insights and ideas emerging from many of the finest minds at work in the Catholic world and beyond which frequently reached The Furrow office. It should go without saying that his mindset was perfectly attuned with the renewal and reforms of the Council and the ambition of Saint Pope John XXIII to open the windows and allow fresh air and sunshine breathe new life into the Church, an institution which, for all its global achievements in education, social justice, healthcare and pastoral zeal, appeared moribund or irrelevant to growing numbers of its own members, as well as to a fast changing and newly interconnected world, where such concepts as ‘free love’, civil...

Predictors of early life milestones: Results from the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort

BackgroundPre- and postnatal factors have been found to be predictors of age at attaining milestones in infancy; however, the degree to which such factors are predictors of milestones in the subsequent years is less investigated. The aim was to conduct a systematic evaluation of a broad range of possible predictors of milestone attainment during the second and third years to identify factors that explain significant inter-individual variance.MethodsMothers of 4009 children from the Copenhagen Perinatal Cohort (1959–61) were interviewed by a physician about 20 developmental milestones at a three-year examination. Milestones were related to: Language, Walking, Eating, Dressing, Social interaction, and Toilet training. Information on possible predictors was collected during pregnancy and at a 1- and 3-year follow-up.ResultsSeveral pre- and postnatal factors were significantly associated with the timing of milestone attainment; especially parental social status, paternal age, sex, gestational age, birth weight, birth length, weight increase in the first year of life, and motor development during the first year of life. The significant predictors explained 16.2% of the variance in the Overall mean of milestones and 20.3% of the variance in milestones related to Walking. The most influential individual factor for the timing of milestone attainment was previous motor development during the first year of life. Additionally, sex was an important factor as girls were generally faster at attaining milestones. Parental social status was a consistent, but relatively week predictor.ConclusionA notable amount of variance in the timing of milestones during the first three years of life can be explained by perinatal and early postnatal factors. The study provides evidence of developmental continuity as the main predictor of milestones in the second and third years was the speed of development during the first year.

The life and work of professor Livery Osipovich Darkshevich (1858–1925). (to the 160th anniversary since the birth of)

The main milestones of the life and work of L.O. Darkshevich. It is noted that the work of a professor on the study of the pathology of muscles and peripheral nerves is of great interest. As early as 1903, in a German manual on pathological anatomy of the nervous system, Liverius Osipovich wrote a chapter on the pathological anatomy of muscles. We emphasize that later they wrote several articles on cerebral and arthropathic amiotrophies. Studying the question of the so-called retrograde degeneration of nerves, he pointed to the development of degenerative changes not only in the peripheral, but also in the central segment of the nerve, which is of great interest for clarifying the spread of the process. The article notes that Liveriy Osipovich Darkshevich considered the creation of a manual on nervous diseases as the greatest debt of his life, which was the testament of his late teacher — Professor A.Ya. Kozhevnikov, who had not managed to do this. Well aware of the conditioned reflex principles of the central nervous system, Liverii Osipovich attached special importance to the cerebral cortex as a body of mental activity. He pointed out that normal mental activity is formed under the influence of incessantly arriving stimuli of the external world, which, having reached the cerebral cortex and entering our consciousness, give rise to representations, the appearance of which in turn gives rise to the manifestation of active cortical activity-the emergence of volitional impulses. Liverii Osipovich was an ardent supporter of active disease therapy and was often an innovator in this field.

BORIS FEDOROVICH ZERNETSKY (TO THE 90-TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH)

Boris Fedorovich Zernetsky, a well-known researcher in Ukraine and abroad, who has earned fame for his scientific work in the field of the geology of the oceans and seas, namely in several of its areas in which he is the founder and co-author. In our scientific work we set a goal – on the historical slice of Boris Fedorovich’s biobibliographic life milestones, to trace his contribution to the formation and development of the geology of the oceans and seas of the Ukrainian SSR (Ukraine). Materials for this publication were compiled in the scientific library of the Institute of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and others, which became the main source of information. Various publications about scholars during the time of the USSR and independent Ukraine were also used (1968 – 2007). When writing the article, the problem-chronological and comparative-historical research methods were used; this made it possible to examine the scientific-creative way of B. F. Zernetsky in chronological order. An overview of scientific and pedagogical creativity of the scientist suggests that Boris Fedorovich Zernetsky duly represents the geological science of our state in the world arena. This activity suggests that he occupies a prominent position among leading specialists in the field of geology of oceans and seas in Ukraine and abroad.

Patient-Centered Insights on Treatment Decision Making and Living with Acute Myeloid Leukemia and Other Hematologic Cancers.

Expectations relating to treatment and survival, and factors influencing treatment decisions are not well understood in adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia. This study analyzed combined findings from a targeted literature review with patient-reported information shared on YouTube to further understand patient perspectives in hematologic cancers and, in particular, acute myeloid leukemia. The targeted literature review included articles concerning patient (aged ≥ 18 years) experiences or perspectives in acute myeloid leukemia or other hematologic cancers. YouTube video selection criteria included patients (aged ≥ 60 years) with self-reported acute myeloid leukemia. In total, 26 articles (13 acute myeloid leukemia–specific and 14 other hematologic cancers, with one relevant to both populations) and 28 videos pertaining to ten unique patients/caregivers were identified. Key concepts reported by patients included the perceived value of survival for achieving personal and/or life milestones, the emotional/psychological distress of their diagnosis, and the uncertainties about life expectancy/prognosis. Effective therapies that could potentially delay progression and extend life were of great importance to patients; however, these were considered in terms of quality-of-life impact and disruption to daily life. Many patients expressed concerns regarding the lack of treatment options, the possibility of side effects, and how their diagnosis and treatment would affect relationships, daily lives, and ability to complete certain tasks. Both data sources yielded valuable and rich information on the patient experience and perceptions of hematologic cancers, in particular for acute myeloid leukemia, and its treatments. Further understanding of these insights could aid discussions between clinicians, patients, and their caregivers regarding treatment decisions, highlight outcomes of importance to patients in clinical studies, and ultimately, inform patient-focused drug development and evaluation.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1007/s40271-019-00384-9) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

The Reflection of the Ideas of Ziya Gyokalp in the Theory and Practice of Kemalism

Introduction. The article is devoted to reflecting the ideas of Turkish philosopher, sociologist, culture expert Ziya Gyokalp in the concepts of Kemalism, to the problem of reasonable mutual influence of the East and West, to the attempts of the first President of the Republic of Turkey Mustafa Kemal Atatyurk to introduce turkish society in the Westernized civilization in the 1920–1930s. The first Turkish president interpreted the ideas of Ziya Gyokalp, who fought for the synthesis of national traditions and European civilization achievements. The president defined such milestones in the political life of Turkey as europeanization, nationalism, laicism, etatism, revolutionism, nationality, republicanism. The article shows the struggle of westernists and traditionists; calls of nationalists to preserve national traditions, study the history of Muslim peoples and state institutions to make their adapting to new conditions of life in modernity easier. Only the balance between traditionalism and modernism can correspond to the realities of a particular society and era, while the westerners called for the transfer of European values to the national soil. Methods. The historical-typological and historical-system research methods used in the article allowed to analyze the typology and transformation of Turkish culture in the first two decades of the republic’s existence. Analysis. The article shows the struggle of Westerners and Traditionalists, the appeals of nationalists to preserve national traditions, to study the history of Muslim peoples and state institutions in order to adapt them for modern life more easily, because only the relationship between traditionalism and modernism can correspond to the realities of a particular society and to the modern epoch, while Westerners wanted to bind European values and national soil. Results. The article draws the conclusion that fundamental principles of Kemalism were formulated by M.K. Atatyurk and implemented by him and his supporters not immediately, but step by step, beginning with 1918. The ideology of Kemalism is in tune with the ideas of Ziya Gyokalp to a great extent. The paper emphasizes that during the decades since the first attempts to modernize Turkey the state has taken unprecedented steps to import Western culture. Undoubtedly, transformations in Turkish society in the field of government, culture, and everyday life were of progressive importance. It contributed to national strengthening of Turkey and its transition from feudal to bourgeois forms of social life.

MASLAHAH AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH LEGAL ISTINBAT, (STUDY OF AL-JUWAYNI THOUGHT IN THE BOOK OF AL-BURHAN FI PROPOSED AL-FIQH)

Maslahah in al-Juwayni's thinking is not a source of law, but it is an indicator in determining the existence of a law. Basically, maslahah which is the basis and purpose of the establishment of sharia, in the view of al-Juwayni, concerns all universal human needs that can guarantee the maintenance and uphold of human life's milestones. This is al-Juwayni's formulation includes four things, namely guaranteed the maintenance of religion, soul, honor (ancestry), and human property. Then in making istinbat a law, especially related to cases that have not been regulated by the legal status, it must refer to the five categories of maslahah as formulated by al-Juwayni. These five categories are the basis and purpose of the making and determination of the law found in the text.

Life and scientific creativity of professor A.E. Prozorov (to the 130 anniversary since birth)

The main milestones of life and scientific activity of professor A.E. Prozorov are provided. It is noted that Alexander Evgrafovich organized the first X-ray radiotherapeutic office at Gynecologic institute. From 1918 to 1924 served in the Red Army as the radiologist in various military institutions. It is shown that since 1925 until the end of life directed radiological office of the Central scientific research institute of tuberculosis M3 of the USSR. That circumstance that Prozorov along with 1926 for 1940 managed radiological office of hospital of S.P. Botkin is analyzed; in 1947-1949 headed department of a radiology of the 2nd MMI. A.E. Prozorov published more than 60 scientific works, including the monograph “Radiodiagnosis of a Pulmonary Tuberculosis” (1940), long time serving as one of the main guides to this question. A.E. Prozorov showed that the essential value in development of tubercular process has aggravation of the calmed-down tuberculous focuses (rein-fekt). It is noted that he paid attention to possibility of an atelectasis at tubercular bronchadenites. Its researches in the field of studying of the normal pulmonary drawing and roots of lungs and also descriptions of versions of the pulmonary drawing played a significant role for specification of early radiological manifestations of tuberculosis and other pulmonary diseases. A.E. Prozorov offered a method of the sliding mark for specification of localization of pleurisy, paid attention to a phenomenon of shift and change of a form of a shadow of an exudate at pleurisy in connection with breath phases. A number of works devoted to nonspecific diseases of lungs.

Academician S.R. Mirotvortsev (1878 - 1949) – the Clinical Physician, the Teacher, the Urologist Innovator (to the 140 anniversary since birth)

The main milestones of life and S.R. Mirotvortsev’s creativity are given in article. The little-known facts from the biography of professor are noted. Rewarding with two gold medals for student’s works is analyzed: «Vessels and nerves of sinews of foot of the person» (in common with the student V.P. Vorobyov) and «Dislocations of bones of a wrist». It is noted that during the Russian-Japanese war spent 11 months in the besieged Port Arthur and remained with the wounded who were taken prisoner to Japanese there. From 1905 to 1914 worked in VMA at first under the leadership of professor S.P. Fedorov, then the assistant for professor V.A. Oppel. It is shown that since 1914 until the end of life worked in Saratov, occupying department of the general surgery, and since 1920 — faculty surgical clinic. From 1922 to 1928 the rector of the Saratov university. In the period of the Great Patriotic War was the chief surgeon of Saratov and the Saratov region. S.R. Mirotvortsev published about 150 scientific works on questions of clinical and field surgery. In work it is analyzed that he in 1908 offered original operation of change of ureters in a rectum, having defended the doctoral dissertation (1909) on this subject. It is noted that the broad popularity was gained by its researches about malignant new growths, in particular sarcomas of tubular bones. It developed methods of unilateral switching off of a large intestine, plasticity of a firm meninx the sealing gland, processing’s of burn wounds potassium permanganate solution. S.R. Mirotvortsev suggested to use haemostatic properties of a catgut for a local stop of bleedings from parenchymatous bodies and sine of a firm meninx. From numerous works on field surgery detailed statistical development of 180 thousand cases of a gunshot wound is especially valuable during World War I of 1914 — 1918. It is noted that the department of faculty surgery of the Saratov medical institute and the street in Saratov is called by the name of S.R. Mirotvortsev. It is awarded with awards of the Labour Red Banner, the Red Star and medals.

Association of twins' sex discordance and age at menarche.

Age at menarche (AAM) is the point in development when the female starts her first menstrual period and is one of the first milestones in female reproductive life. A combination of genetic and environmental factors plays a role in the timing of female's age at menarche. This study's purpose was to investigate the association between the biological sex of the co-twin and the age at menarche experienced by the female twin. Females from pairs of female-female twins (n = 12,176) and female-male twins (n = 2286) were collected through the Washington State Twin Registry. Environmental and genetic analyses were conducted. There was no significant difference between females with female twins and females with male twins regarding early, late or normal age at menarche (P = 0.87). However, the adjusted odds of early menarche among females with female twins were 35% lower than females with male co-twins (0.65, 95% CI 0.50-0.83). When using Falconer's formula, an estimated heritability of 0.81 was found with shared (21.8%) and non-shared (40.8%) environmental factors contributing to the age at menarche. Having a male twin during fetal life as a co-twin does not change the age of menarche in future life, although female-female twins have lower age of menarche compared to females from female-male pair. Both genetic and environmental factors determine the age of menarche.

Patterns of body mass index milestones in early life and cardiometabolic risk in early adolescence.

Few studies have examined the independent and combined relationships of body mass index (BMI) peak and rebound with adiposity, insulin resistance and metabolic risk later in life. We used data from Project Viva, a well-characterized birth cohort from Boston with repeated measures of BMI, to help fill this gap. Among 1681 children with BMI data from birth to mid childhood, we fitted individual BMI trajectories using mixed-effects models with natural cubic splines and estimated age, and magnitude of BMI, at peak (in infancy) and rebound (in early childhood). We obtained cardiometabolic measures of the children in early adolescence (median 12.9 years) and analysed their associations with the BMI parameters. After adjusting for potential confounders, age and magnitude at infancy BMI peak were associated with greater adolescent adiposity, and earlier adiposity rebound was strongly associated with greater adiposity, insulin resistance and metabolic risk score independently of BMI peak. Children with a normal timing of BMI peak plus early rebound had an adverse cardiometabolic profile, characterized by higher fat mass index {β 2.2 kg/m2 [95% confidence interval (CI) 1.6, 2.9]}, trunk fat mass index [1.1 kg/m2 (0.8, 1.5)], insulin resistance [0.2 units (0.04, 0.4)] and metabolic risk score [0.4 units (0.2, 0.5)] compared with children with a normal BMI peak and a normal rebound pattern. Children without a BMI peak (no decline in BMI after the rise in infancy) also had adverse adolescent metabolic profiles. Early age at BMI rebound is a strong risk factor for cardiometabolic risk, independent of BMI peak. Children with a normal peak-early rebound pattern, or without any BMI decline following infancy, are at greatest risk of adverse cardiometabolic profile in adolescence. Routine monitoring of BMI may help to identify children who are at greatest risk of developing an adverse cardiometabolic profile in later life and who may be targeted for preventive interventions.

The Hereditary Angioedema Triggered by Estrogen: Systematic Review

Background: Hereditary angioedema (HAE) triggered by estrogen related to women and their life milestones. Objective: This study aimed to establish a relationship between hereditary angioedema and estrogen in women at puberty, pregnancy or on contraceptives use, their mean age at onset of manifestations, age at diagnosis, and signs and symptoms associated with the precipitating factors for HAE. Data source: Systematic review of articles in English and Portuguese using the Virtual Health Library, Google Scholar, PubMed, and Springer from 2009 to 2019. The descriptors were “hereditary angioedema,” “female,” and “contraceptive”, combined by the boolean operator “AND”. Methods: Case reports and clinical studies on HAE in women were selected. The articles were selected by reading the title and abstract, followed by followed by integral reading, where theses, dissertations, book chapters, grey literature, and review articles were excluded. Information on age, number of people, symptomatology, life stages, and precipitating factors for HAE crises were collated in a table. Results: The mean age of the women was 28.63 years; no postmenopausal case related to hormone replacement therapy was observed. Pregnancy was majorly affected, followed by the phase with use of oral contraceptives, puberty, and eventually menstrual periods. The most evident signs and symptoms were facial edema, abdominal pain, and subcutaneous manifestations, with cases of airway involvement, specifically during pregnancy. Conclusion: The HAE symptoms initially appear, mostly during puberty, and worsen during the menstrual periods. The worst edemigenic attacks were noticed during pregnancy, confirming that estrogen is an important precipitating and aggravating factor triggering HAE.

Struktura imennoj gruppy v bezartiklevom jazyke [Structure of the Noun Phrase in an articleless language] by Ekaterina A. Lyutikova

Reviewed by: Struktura imennoj gruppy v bezartiklevom jazyke [Structure of the Noun Phrase in an articleless language] by Ekaterina A. Lyutikova Nerea Madariaga1 Ekaterina A. Lyutikova. Struktura imennoj gruppy v bezartiklevom jazyke [Structure of the Noun Phrase in an articleless language]. Moscow: Jazyki slavjanskoj kul'tury, 2018. 438 pp. This book represents a milestone in an academic life largely dedicated to the formal and comparative-typological study of the noun phrase in diverse natural languages. As Professor Lyutikova acknowledges in the introduction, this book is a compilation of many of the data and results of her productive and fruitful career, paying special attention to those phenomena related to the nominal domain, recently gathered together in her post-doctoral (habilitation) thesis.2 In this work, the author argues in favor of a unified micro-parametric account for the differences between NPs in languages with articles and articleless languages. More specifically, she provides arguments in favor of a lexical parametrization of the D category (cf. the Borer-Chomsky Conjecture), in the sense that articleless languages do have a real, albeit silent, D head, whereas in languages with articles D is lexically realized. Her hypothesis is grounded in certain ideas that are well-established in the field, such as the categorial status and semantic interpretation of NPs and the universality of the syntax-semantic interface (the syntactic representation of the semantic types). The book is organized according to the following structure. There is a brief introduction. Then, the main chapters of the book (chapters 1 to 4) follow, each dedicated to one "big" topic concerning the nominal domain in formal syntax. These chapters acquaint the reader with the author's arguments in favor of a unified account of D in all natural languages, despite the absence of overt articles in some of them. In addition to the partial conclusions given at [End Page 227] the end of each chapter, there is a final short conclusion at the end, followed by a list of abbreviations, references, and languages mentioned in the book. In the Introduction (9–21), the author defines two ways of examining linguistic variation, the typological and the generative frameworks, highlighting the differences between the two approaches and arguing in favor of the notion of parameter as a way to account for the linguistic diversity, restricting it at the same time. The global cross-linguistic situation and distribution of articleless languages vs. languages with articles is described, together with the most relevant hypotheses on the topic: (A) Szabolcsi's (1987) DP-hypothesis that every NP has an extended functional projection realized as D and (B) Bošković's (2008) proposal that articleless languages lack the D category and have only NP. Throughout the subsequent chapters, Lyutikova pursues the former hypothesis, showing that even articleless languages do project a DP-level the same as languages with articles. Chapter 1 (23–125) deals with the structure of DP. The author shows that certain properties of the DP-layer in languages with articles are also met in articleless languages. First she explains the arguments supporting hypothesis (B) above, based on Left Branch Extraction, semantic types, and the "adjectival" nature of potential D-elements in articleless languages and immediately rejects them in favor of her own hypothesis (A). Further, she offers extensive arguments in favor of hypothesis (A), based on the landing position of elements undergoing inversion, the interpretation of possessives according to their position, the distribution of whole DPs vs. smaller phrases (NP/QP) in articleless languages, and the "barrier" properties of DPs, as compared to "penetrability" effects of smaller NPs, in accordance with Pereltsvaig's (2006) hypothesis on Small Nominals. These effects are illustrated with data that range from island and extraction properties in Russian idioms to properties of argumental completive clauses in Ossetian, another articleless language. For example, rarer combinations of light verbs plus deverbal nouns in Russian (e.g., zaslužit′ prava 'deserve rights') behave as DPs in languages with articles, evidencing a rich functional structure in Russian nominal phrases, whereas other more frequent or natural combinations show the properties of smaller NPs (e.g., imet′ prava 'have rights'). In chapter 2 (127–92), Lyutikova offers a detailed analysis of the...

«I HAVE ALREADY BECOME A CONSCIOUS UKRAINIAN FOREVER» (DMYTRO BAGALIY – THE OUTSTANDING UKRAINIAN HISTORIAN AND PUBLIC ACTIVIST)

The article reveals the most important milestones of the life and activity of the famous Ukrainian historian and public figure D. Bagaliy. It is emphasized on his contribution to the Ukrainian national revival. The scientific heritage of D. Bahaliy is analyzed. It includes about 350 works, in particular, monographs, archaeological publications, scientific articles on the history of Ukraine, historiography, archival studies, sources of sources, etc. It was emphasized, that the center of his attention was the history of Slobidska Ukraine, its socio-economic and cultural development, the heritage of H. Skovoroda, the history of Kharkiv and Kharkiv University. D. Bahaliy is the founder and leader of the scientific school of researchers of Slobozhanschyna and Left-Bank Ukraine in Kharkiv. The active social activity of the scientist as a representative of the liberal scientific intelligentsia was determined. There is haracterized the fundamental work of D. Bahaliy «The History of Slobidska Ukraine»(1918). It is about geography, ethnography, socio-economic and political life, spiritual and material culture of Slobozhanschyna, etc. There is considered the main thesis of D. Bahaliy about the unceasing civilization development from simple to more complex forms, the leading role of the masses in history. Documentalism is an important part of the scientific works of D. Bahaliy. It is highlighted the contribution of the scientist to the development of Ukrainian regional studies. His scientific contributions are presented in this context.

Remonstrative Resignation: In honour of Anton Buteiko, a Founder of Diplomacy of Independent Ukraine

In the article, the author analyses the main milestones of life and career of a Ukrainian diplomat and politician – Anton Buteiko, one of the founders of diplomacy of in-dependent Ukraine. A native of the historical Volyn town of Staryi Chortoryisk, he became one of the founders of the foreign policy of the newly-established Ukrainian state and its devoted defender. His passionate and convincing word in defense of the Ukrainian state was heard at various international forums and high-profile negotiations. His articles were constantly published in periodicals, television and radio broadcasts, and on the Internet. In addition, he set out his views on the most acute issues of Ukraine’s foreign policy, thereby sharing insights about the progress of bilateral and multilateral negotiations. A. Buteiko insistently defended the European choice of our state and strongly opposed attempts to amend the Constitution of Ukraine propelled by the politics of patronage and partisanship of certain state leaders clinging to power. He was one of the towering figures in Ukrainian politics. The author also attempts to trace A. Buteiko’s career advancement and diplomatic activities. In the multilateral dimension, his political and diplomatic abounds with acute episodes and dramatic collisions, during which he acted solely in the interests of the Ukrainian cause, showed his innate talent, outstanding abilities, experience, knowledge and unwavering firmness in advocating his patriotic state position. He was a man of strong pro-Ukrainian beliefs, an ardent and consistent defender of Ukraine’s independence and an unequivocal supporter of its Western course and admission to the European Union and NATO. At the same time, he called for good-neighbourly, equal and mutually beneficial relations with Russia. Keywords: Ukrainian diplomacy, Ukrainian-Romanian dialogue, diplomatic mission, foreign policy.