Shevchenko Scientific Society Research Articles

Ukrainian Language and Physics: a Brief Historical Retrospective (to the 150th Anniversary of the Shevchenko Scientific Society)

The history of Ukrainian language as a tool for publishing results of physical research and popularizing physics has been considered. Most important articles on physics that appeared in Ukrainian in 1877–1940 have been analyzed. Special impact was made on the publications of the non-governmental Shevchenko Scientific Society, which acted in Lviv in 1892–1939 as the first Ukrainian national academy of sciences. It is demonstrated that the main goal of the authors of those articles was not to disseminate the obtained results within the international community of physicists but to raise the status of the Ukrainian language, which was officially prohibited in the Russian empire by the acts dated 1863 and 1876, up to the status of the well developed European language by enabling its functioning in the hitherto closed spheres. The prospects of applying the Ukrainian language for publishing the results of physical research and popularizing physics nowadays have been discussed.

Representation of Fiction of the Late 19th - Early 20th Centuries in the Publications of Shevchenko Scientific Society (Based on the Digital Collection of Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv)

Representation of Fiction of the Late 19th - Early 20th Centuries in the Publications of Shevchenko Scientific Society (Based on the Digital Collection of Vasyl Stefanyk National Scientific Library of Ukraine in Lviv)

Микола Лисенко в інтелектуальних комунікаціях Наукового товариства імені Шевченка

The article reflects the cooperation of the outstanding Ukrainian composer M. Lysenko with the Shevchenko Scientific Society (SSS) in Lviv. The study aims is to try to determine the nature and essence of the composer’s intellectual communications within an academic institution. The research methodology built on the principles of historicism, system and comprehensiveness. Comparative, problem-chronological, historical-typological, logical, structural-systemic, analytical and generalizing methods used. The scientific novelty of the article consists in the integral reproduction of the page of M. Lysenko’s intellectual biography, connected with his musicological activity as part of the Ethnographic Commission of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Conclusions. An important aspect of the composer's intellectual biography was his collaboration with the National Academy of Music in Lviv (1873 – 1912). The communication, based on the commonality of scientific research interests and worldviews, maintained an ideological connection with the interpersonal connections of M. Lysenko within the framework of the predecessor of the academic institution – the Shevchenko Literary Society. The intensity and dynamism of scientific interaction was strengthened by the negative manifestations of the cultural and national policy of the Russian tsar, censorship restrictions of Ukrainian life in Trans-Dnieper Ukraine in the second half of the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. The meaningful content of the composer's cooperation with the National Academy of Music was his activity as part of the Society's Ethnographic Commission, publishing and organizational contacts, direct participation in information practices, scientific, cultural, educational projects of the institution. M. Lysenko participated in writing textbooks for Ukrainian schools in Galicia, reviewing the works of young composers, organizing ethnographic field research, anniversary and commemorative events. The significant role of the educational activity of the artist in the formation of a positive cultural image of Ukraine at the international level.

Publications of the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society as Historical Sources of Research on the Book Heritage of Ukraine

Objective. The purpose of the article is to study the history of the multidisciplinary publishing business of the fundamental Ukrainian organization of the 19th century – the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society. The object is the scientific book heritage of the Society for 150 years, which is a powerful potential of the educational process and patriotic education of young people. Methods. In accordance with the tasks set, analytical and synthetic, systemic and structural, comparative and statistical methods of scientific research are developed and used. This article analyses the collections of rare and valuable editions of the scientific library of the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University (DNU), namely, the collection of publications of the second half of the 19th and early 20th centuries of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Results. The research analyzes the entire collection of scientific works of the Scientific Society of the 19th and early 21st centuries, which is kept in the Oles Honchar Dnipro National University library. The editions of the 19th and early 20th centuries and a book collection of the Canadian branch of the National Academy of Sciences of the second half of the 20th century are valuable in terms of content. Special attention is paid to the study of sources on the history of Ukraine as records of the national book heritage. A selection of modern publications of the Society by subject is highlighted. Conclusions. One of the important activities of a scientific library is the disclosure and dissemination of information space regarding its collections. The book Heritage of the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society is a unique primary source for studying the history of the formation of the national identity of Ukrainians.

MORAL AND ETHICAL COMPONENT OF SCIENCE IN TIMES OF WAR

MORAL AND ETHICAL COMPONENT OF SCIENCE IN TIMES OF WAR

IN MEMORY OF PROFESSOR YAREMA TOMASHEVSKYI – SCIENTIST, DOCTOR AND TEACHER

We are deeply saddened to inform that on August 12, Yarema Illich Tomashevskyi, a distinguished professor of the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, passed away at the age of 94.
 Professor Tomashevskyi was born on December 3, 1929, in the village of Stetseva in Pokuttia area. In 1953, he graduated with honors from Lviv Medical Institute and then studied in the clinical residency program for internal medicine from 1953 to 1955. In the following three years, he chaired the therapeutic departments of Kamianka-Buzka District Hospital and the 4th Hospital in Lviv. In 1958, he commenced employment as an assistant at Lviv Medical Institute and was subsequently promoted to Associate Professor of therapeutic departments. He started and chaired the Department of Endocrinology and Clinical Pharmacology, where he worked for 44 years, from 1978 to 2022. Yarema Illich created and developed the Lviv endocrinological school, the regional endocrinological dispensary, and headed the regional association of endocrinologists. He was a member of the Ukrainian Scientific Society of Endocrinologists.
 Professor Tomashevskyi’s scientific and research endeavors are centered around the issues of cardiology, rheumatology, gastroenterology, balneotherapy, clinical vitaminology, and endocrinology. He deemed the prevention of diseases to be of paramount significance. He founded the Academy of Preventive Medicine at the Shevchenko Scientific Society. He has worked on programs aimed at preventing iodine deficiency disorders and early diagnosis of diabetes, which he diligently implemented in practice. Professor Tomashevskyi is the author and co-author of over 350 publications, including seven monographs and textbooks and many methodological recommendations. Under his leadership, two doctoral and 15 candidate theses were successfully defended.
 The professor’s professional activities included membership in the Ukrainian Medical Association, the European Association for the Study of Diabetes, and editorial boards of the journals “Endocrinology” and “International Endocrinology Journal.” He also contributed to the compilation of scientific works “The Phenomenon of Human. Healthy lifestyle,” “Medical Collection of The Shevchenko Scientific Society.” He was a full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society and headed the Medical Commission of the SSS for several years. He was respected and known in the medical scientific community of Ukraine. In 1985, Yarema Illich was awarded the badge “Excellence in Healthcare.”
 Professor Yarema Tomashevskyi was an excellent teacher and lecturer, a highly qualified doctor who was loved and respected by students, colleagues, and patients. He was a respected citizen. The professor led a respectable life full of tireless work and care. His favorite sayings from the ancient sacraments, which he steadfastly adhered to, were: “Rush to do good, as human life is fleeting; do everything in moderation; and never express anger.” He was always cheerful, smiling, and friendly.
 Eternal and bright be his memory!
 
 Chairman of the Medical Commission
 of Shevchenko Scientific Society,
 Doctor of Medicine, Professor Valentyna Chopyak

I INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC AND PRACTICAL CONFERENCE “DOCTORS AND NURSING – MEDICAL FRONT IN UKRAINE AND THE WORLD”

On May 11–12, 2023, the I International Scientific Practical Conference “Doctors and Nursing – Medical Front in Ukraine and the World” took place in Lutsk, Ukraine. The conference was dedicated to the 150th anniversary of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (SSS).
 The conference was organized by the Municipal Institution of Higher Education Volyn Medical Institute of Volyn Region Council, in collaboration with Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, I.Y. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University, Vilnius University (Lithuania), Higher Private Educational Institution Lviv Medical University, the Shevchenko Scientific Society, and Health Tech Without Borders (Switzerland, USA). The conference was held with the support of the State Institution “Center for Nursing Development of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine”. Partners in conference organization also included Volyn Orthodox Theological Academy, Maastricht University (the Netherlands), Volyn Region Emergency Medical Center and Disaster Medicine Municipal Enterprise, German-Ukrainian Association of Nurses, NeanderklinikHarzwald (Germany), “Myloserdia” Association of Volyn Nurses PO and Lviv Association of Allergists, Immunologists, and Rehabilitologists Charitable Organization.
 During the course of the event, a total of over 100 speeches were delivered by medical scientists and practicing physicians, as well as researchers in diverse disciplines from Ukraine, the United States, Great Britain, Poland, Lithuania, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland. Workshops were conducted on relevant issues in medical practice in times of war.
 A total of approximately 1100 individuals participated in the conference, comprising physicians from diverse disciplines and nurses, emergency medical professionals and disaster medicine specialists, scientific and pedagogical personnel, employees of the State Emergency Service, physical rehabilitation specialists, psychologists, representatives of the clergy and public organizations, and young scientists.
 A new interdisciplinary format of scientific dialogue has been started between representatives of medical and nursing specialities, the education sector, psychologists, and clergy. It helps find ways to address relevant issues in the medical sector in complex conditions of the present day.

7TH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM “SMART LION”. REHABILITATION IN UKRAINE, SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The seventh international symposium, SMART LION, was held on September 26, 2023. It was to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Shevchenko Scientific Society and the 125th anniversary of the Medical Commission. The topics concerned the challenges our country faces today. Organizers of SMART LION 2023 are Professors Valentyna Chopyak, Oksana Zayachkivska, and Vassyl Lonchyna. They managed to gather almost two hundred participants offline and over a thousand guests online.
 Olena Lazareva, Vira Rokoshevska, Oleh Bilianskyi, Oksana Hdyria, and Oleh Fitkalo delivered their reports on the development of rehabilitation in Ukraine and its main avenues.
 The emergence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a critical challenge for contemporary Ukraine and has long been a significant obstacle for global medicine. That is the reason why Oleh Berezyuk, Head of the Mental Health Service of the UNBROKEN National Rehabilitation Center, brought up the matter of difficulties in correctly diagnosing and treating PTSD in the context of a multidisciplinary hospital, while Professor Valentyna Chopyak and MD Svitlana Zubchenko focused the attention of attendees on PTSD immune-rehabilitation.
 During the concluding block of the symposium, which focused on the contemporary interpretation of physical therapy and occupational therapy, as well as interprofessional education, communication, and cooperation, attendees were afforded the chance to listen to highly intriguing reports presented by Renata Roman (Canada), Ellen Godwin (USA), Karl J. Sandin (USA), David Omut (USA), and Oksana Zayachkivska (Ukraine, USA).
 The scientific event concluded with a round table on the future of physical therapy and rehabilitation in Ukraine, with its outcomes leading to the resolution of the seventh international symposium, SMART LION 2023.

Archaeology of the Shevchenko Scientific Society Written by Light: the Lviv Collection of Photo Negatives of the Interwar Period

Archaeology of the Shevchenko Scientific Society Written by Light: the Lviv Collection of Photo Negatives of the Interwar Period

Institutional Anniversaries in the Light of the History of the Shevchenko Scientific Society

Institutional Anniversaries in the Light of the History of the Shevchenko Scientific Society

Socio-Political Aspect of Activity of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (Late of the Nineteenth - First Third of the Twentieth Centuries)

Socio-Political Aspect of Activity of the Shevchenko Scientific Society (Late of the Nineteenth - First Third of the Twentieth Centuries)

Життя в науці і для науки (пам’яті Р. С. Федорука)

The article shows the life and scientific career of the famous physiologist, scientist, doctor of veterinary sciences, professor, corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences Rostyslav Fedoruk. It describes the scientific, pedagogical, organizational and public activities of the professor. The results of fundamental research and applied developments obtained by R. Fedoruk during the performance of tasks that were part of the scientific programs of the NAAS and the Scientific and Methodological Center “Animal Physiology” are presented. The main results of the theoretical and applied research conducted under the leadership of R. Fedoruk regarding the influence of new effective feed additives and biologically active substances tested and implemented in production, in particular in cattle breeding, sheep breeding, rabbit breeding, poultry farming and beekeeping, and proposals and methods about their use are substantiated. Rostyslav Fedoruk is the author of more than 500 scientific works, including monographs, textbooks, reference books, etc. For a long time he was the deputy editor-in-chief and a member of the editorial boards of numerous scientific publications, a member of the Ukrainian Biochemical and Physiological Societies, the T. Shevchenko Scientific Society. Since 2015, he has been elected vice-president of the Ukrainian Physiological Society named after P. Kostyuk. The scientific activity of R. Fedoruk and his students is devoted to studying the processes of adaptation in animals to agroecological conditions of keeping, elucidating the physiological and biochemical mechanisms of the influence of biologically active additives on the main and intermediate exchanges, the reproductive function and productivity of farm animals, and the assessment of the biological value of animal husbandry products. During the period of persistent creative and scientific-pedagogical activity, R. Fedoruk gained a strong authority as a scientist and enjoyed deep respect among his colleagues, influenced the formation of Ukrainian agricultural science and formed his scientific school of researchers.

TO THE BRIGHT MEMORY OF A SCIENTIST, TEACHER, ORGANIZER OF SCIENCE AND EDUCATION OREST ILLIAROVYCH MATKOVSKYI (November 17, 1929 – March 23, 2023)

The article is dedicated to Orest Illiarovych Matkovskyi, an outstanding mineralogist, doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences, professor, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine, vice-president of the Ukrainian Mineralogical Society, full member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, Honored Professor of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, consulting professor of the Department of Mineralogy, Petrography and Geochemistry of the Faculty of Geology of the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv. The article highlights the main facts of the biography of O.I. Matkovskyi, his scientific and pedagogical activity, organizational activity. important scientific publications.

IN MEMORY OF OREST ILLYAROVICH MATKOVSKY (17.11.1929–23.03.2023)

This article is dedicated to highlighting the life and scientific heritage of the outstanding Ukrainian scientist Orest Ilyarovych Matkovskyi, doctor of geological and mineralogical sciences, professor, long-term head of the department of mineralogy and dean of the geological faculty of Ivan Franko Lviv National University, honored professor of Ivan Franko LNU, laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in in the field of science and technology, academician of the Academy of Sciences of the Higher School of Ukraine, vice-president of the Ukrainian Mineralogical Society and part-time head of the Lviv branch, active member and chairman of the geological commission of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Professor Matkovsky made a great contribution to the development of the scientific field of mineralogy in Ukraine. He is one of the discoverers of more than ten minerals previously unknown in Ukraine and scientific developments that contributed to the discovery of two gold deposits in the Ukrainian Carpathians. His range of interests was extremely wide. This is reflected in his scientific works, of which there are more than 570 (16 monographs, 3 textbooks, 2 teaching aids, 4 lecture courses, 2 dictionaries, 3 reference and informational and 2 literary and journalistic publications, hundreds of articles on mineralogy and related sciences, many of which published abroad, a number of reviews, essays on the history of science), and in 16 scientific and scientific-production reports. For many years, Orest Illyarovych was associated with Odesa mineralogists, primarily from Odesa National University named after I. I. Mechnikova. Therefore, for many of us, Orest Illyarovych was not only a teacher, but also a close friend, with whom a significant part of life is connected. He will forever remain in the hearts of his colleagues, friends, students and everyone he knew.

UKRAINE AND THE WORLD IN CONDITIONS OF WAR: THE ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC, PROFESSION AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS

UKRAINE AND THE WORLD IN CONDITIONS OF WAR: THE ROLE OF SCIENTIFIC, PROFESSION AND PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS

NEW CONCEPTUAL IDEAS IN THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE SHEVCHENKO SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. MEDICAL SCIENCES (DEDICATED TO THE 125TH ANNIVERSARY SINCE ITS FOUNDATION)

2023 marks the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the Medical Commission of the Shevchenko Scientific Society’s publication, whose successor today is the journal Proceedings of the Shevchenko Scientific Society. Medical Sciences (Medical Sciences, ISSN 2708-8634; eISSN 2708–8642). Dr Eugen Ozarkevych, the founder and later the Chair of the Shevchenko Scientific Society’s Medical Commission in Lviv, initiated the publication of the scientific and practical journal “Medical Collection” («Лікарський збірник») in 1898. The journal’s primary purpose was to promulgate scientific achievements in the field of medicine in Ukrainian and to create Ukrainian medical terminology. This format allowed the reader to review scientific achievements in fundamental and clinical medicine, current medical problems, and new methods to in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of various diseases. Ukrainian professional medical terminology was presented in this journal for the first time. Throughout its existence, this oldest medical journal, Medical Sciences, remains faithful to its historical multidisciplinary orientation. During the information and Russian war on the territory of Ukraine, Medical Sciences serves as a national heritage of Ukraine. It is recognized by international partners and indexed in scientometric bibliographic databases such as Scopus, Copernicus, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and Google Scholar. As an Open Access Journal, it is read in 155 countries of the world.

Catalogue of specimens of Felidae family (Mammalia, Carnivora) specimens deposited in the State Museum of Natural History NASU, Lviv, Ukraine

Currently, modern cats (Felidae) are divided into 8 lineages (phylogenetic lines), which include 14 genera and approximately 40 modern species (Загороднюк та ін., 2022). The cat collection of the State Museum of Natural History NASU, like all vertebrate collections, has a regional character, therefore it is represented by only two species: European wildcat – Felis silvestris Schreber, 1775 and Eurasian lynx – Lynx lynx (Linnaeus, 1758). The collection has been filled since the foundation of the Didushytskyi Museum, the heir of which is a modern museum, that is, from the middle of the 19th century. According to the method of making, the collection consists of stuffed animals (25), skulls (10) and skins (2). It consists of 37 samples (20 of European wildcat and 17 Eurasian lynx). Earlier in the collection there were 13 more samples, which were lost for various reasons or transferred to other collections (5 stuffed Eurasian lynx and European wildcat, and 3 skulls of Eurasian lynx). In the archive of the Museum preserved acts of transfer of exhibits to the Institute of Zoology NASU and Kyiv zoological museum and Uzhhorod University, where among others there are Felidae, however, we failed to find these samples in the mentioned museums. One Eurasian lynx was transferred to the museum of Grodno city (Belarus) in 1924. The oldest exhibit is Eurasian lynx skull, dated of 1857, the youngest – European wildcat skin dated of 2013. The main number of samples, almost 40%, collected from 1880 to 1889. The largest number of exhibits (4) arrived during 1880. All samples collected in the Carpathians and Ciscarpathians (14 – Lvivska oblast, 11 – Ivano-Frankivska oblast, 1 – Ternopilska oblast of Ukraine and 3 – form South-Eastern Poland) and one Eurasian lynx collected in Polissia region. The main ways of income – gifts to the founder of the museum Volodymyr Didushytskyi from his friends and acquaintances, some samples were purchased. Three samples (stuffed Eurasian lynx, stuffed animal and two skulls of a European wildcat) came from the Natural History Museum (disbanded in 1940) of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in Lviv. Scientific analysis of the State Museum of Natural History NASU cat collection was not carried out, indirectly the collection is mentioned in the guidebooks by the museum (Dzieduszycki, 1895; Guidebook, 1957; State, 1982) and K.A. Tatarynov monograph (Татаринов, 1973).

ZYNOVIY BYCHKO ABOUT THE UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE

This article discusses the problems raised in the aphorisms of Zynoviy Bychko who is an Ukrainian dialectologist, linguist, professor of Lviv Ivan Franko National University, member of the Ukrainian National Union of Journalists, member of the Shevchenko Scientific Society, member of UIA. He identifies the main means of imagery, focuses on the vitality of the Ukrainian language, which the scientist has repeatedly violated. Analysis of the material was carried out by a descriptive method using elements of analysis of scientific sources.
 The authors emphasize that Zynoviy Bychko’s aphorisms are primarily educational in nature. Taking care of the accessibility, general understanding and imagery of his catchphrases, the author often resorts to the use of transparent analogies that help to comprehend the essence of such difficult concepts as language, word, genetic code. He compares language with an icon, space, galaxy, building structures, works of art, women's jewelries, the human nerve, concrete and abstract concepts, which helps to show the complexity and simplicity of speech. The author endows the lexemes of the language and the word with numerous epithets, creates a phytocharter of the Ukrainian alphabet, which convinces of the beauty and richness of the Ukrainian language.
 Zynoviy Bychko, taking care of the vitality of speech, with vivid examples shows the antiquity of archetypal symbols, the beauty of the poetic word and the perniciousness of speech, distorted by surzhyk and slang, barbarisms. Based on the research of geneticists, physicians, convinces of the harmfulness to the moral and physical health of a person of the negative energy that obscene vocabulary produces.
 The issues of purity, aesthetics, ecology of personality speech are urgent problems, they should be solved professionally and persistently, despite the resistance of opponents. The prosperity of the language, the expansion of its information space is a question of the Ukrainian survival in Ukraine, it is a question of state independence and individual freedom.

PETRO YATSYK − ENTREPRENEUR, PHILANTHROPIST, STATESMAN

Abstract. This article aims to popularize the ideas and practices of social responsibility of business, whose representatives are guided by the social values of culture, education, science as the main factors in the development of a strong democratic state. Petro Yatsyk, a Canadian entrepreneur of Ukrainian origin, is an example of such a representative. The article reflects the most important projects of scientific, economic and socio-cultural significance, the initiative and financing of which was joined by Petro Yatsik. According to researchers, Petro Yatsyk has funded projects aimed at developing Ukrainian institutions in the world and other charitable purposes in the amount of more than $30 million. Among them are the «Encyclopedia of Ukrainian Studies», created under the auspices of the Taras Shevchenko Scientific Society, the Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University (USA), Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, the International Ukrainian Language Competition (now the Petro Yatsyk Competition), the “History of Ukraine-Rus” by Mykhaylo Hrushevsʹkyy translated into English, other monographs on history, economics, political science, medicine, ethnography. Petro Yatsyk was awarded the President of Ukraine and other state awards for personal merits in building a sovereign democratic state, developing the economy, science, culture, active charitable and civic activities. Keywords: Petro Yatsyk, entrepreneurship, social values, philanthropy, Ukrainian studies, Ukrainian Research Institute at Harvard University, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies at the University of Alberta, Ukraine.

Epistolary of M. Demkovych-Dobriansky and V. Kubiyovych as source for émigré Shevchenko Scientific Society work research

Epistolary of M. Demkovych-Dobriansky and V. Kubiyovych as source for émigré Shevchenko Scientific Society work research