Stefan Cel Mare Research Articles

ECOSYSTEM COLLABORATION FOR CLIMATE ACTION: A CASE STUDY OF THE ILCA PROJECT

In recent years, the number of initiatives dealing with climate change has increased significantly as human activity releases more and more greenhouse gases into the environment. There is no doubt that the effects of these emissions are numerous and increasingly alarming. Against this background, this paper assumes that climate change requires the engagement of various groups of stakeholders. This engagement is referred to in this paper as ecosystem cooperation for climate action. A feature of ecosystem cooperation is the potential to create a multistakeholder network of new partnerships that can generate innovative solutions to climate change problems. This paper argues that ecosystem collaboration is particularly important for both preventing and responding to climate change. Following a theoretical explanation of the concept of ecosystem collaboration, a case study on climate change and sustainability is presented. This case study highlights best practise examples within a European project entitled “Innovation Laboratories for Climate Actions” (ILCA). Through a consortium of six universities and three research institutes from different European countries, the ILCA project aimed to engage multiple stakeholders in national, regional and local ecosystems to develop innovative solutions to tackle climate change. The project brought together businesses, public administrations, civil society and academia from each country. The findings of this paper emphasise the importance of the ILCA project in tackling climate change through ecosystem collaboration and the establishment of a ‘Climate Innovation Lab’ at the Stefan cel Mare” University in Suceava. Such a lab brings together experts from different fields such as economics, engineering and medicine to find innovative solutions to climate problems. We also emphasise the active role of innovation in helping tourism businesses to adapt to climate change. Innovation and collaboration are crucial to fostering a cooperative environment in relation to climate change mitigation.

The perception on physical activity among students

Background and Study Aim. Questionnaires are useful tools for assessing the level of physical activity in the general population due to their brevity, ease of understanding, and ease of application. The aim of our study is to subjectively assess the physical activity of participants using the self-report scale of the Godin–Shepard Leisure-Time Physical Activity Questionnaire. Material and Methods. The study involved 299 undergraduate and graduate students from Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava (Romania). In their academic activities, they typically engage in between 4 and 6 hours of practice. Additionally, many respondents participate in various physical activities, totalling another 4 to 8 hours of physical activity per week. The questionnaire consists of three questions regarding the level of physical activity (intense, moderate, low). It aims to collect data for the past 7 days for each physical activity lasting at least 15 minutes. Results. The intergroup analysis of the data showed statistical significance in the Wilcoxon rank-sum test for three out of six analyzed situations: graduate males versus graduate females, undergraduate males versus undergraduate females, and graduate males versus undergraduate males (p < 0.001). In the study, data concerning the level of physical activity among students were collected. Data analysis showed that over 80% (240 out of 299) of the respondents are moderately active or active. Statistically significant differences were observed only by study level and gender. While there was a notable difference of 10 points between males and females, it did not reach statistical significance. Conclusions. We can conclude that physical activity is an important aspect of students' daily routines. However, awareness programs are necessary to encourage them to remain physically active. These programs also promote the benefits of physical activity for physical, mental, and social well-being, as well as overall quality of life.

The Importance of Handball in the Development of High School Pupils

The aim of the research consists of identifying the opinions of pupils, parents, and teachers from high-school education institutions on the main aspects of the handball game within physical education and sports lessons and training. The present research is of ascertaining – ameliorative type, carried out on a sample of 110 people (pupils, parents, and specialized teachers) from four educational institutions in Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania: National College «Dragos Voda», Bucovina Forest College, National Military College «Stefan Cel Mare» and Technological High School no.1, between February 1, 2022, and September 1, 2022. The methods used in the research included: the analysis of the specialized literature, the diagnosis questionnaire, and the mathematical-statistical method. The main conclusions of the study refer to the benefits of the handball game, its role in the morpho-functional development of the pupils, the level of motivation of the pupils to practice this game within the physical education and sports lessons, as well as outside the hours, within the handball high school team.

Contribuția Bibliotecii „Ștefan cel Mare” din Suceava la afirmarea diversității culturale în Bucovina

The library of the “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava is a library of public law, without legal personality, subordinated to the Rectorate and the Senate of the university, being financed from the university’s budget. The main users are students and teachers, but there is also a growing number of beneficiaries in the community. Within the library there are many cultural activities with openness to the general public of Suceava: the Alma Mater Librorum International Book Fair, the symposium dedicated to the “Librarianʼs Day”, the homage meetings under the generic “The Man and the Book”, the “Mihai Eminescu” Days, the University Days, the reading campaign “I Read, therefore I Live”, “Școala altfel”, “Open Doors Days” etc. The main services offered by our Library are: development, record keeping and organization of collections, interlibrary exchange, cataloguing and indexing of collections, documentary information, designing bibliographic references, keeping and preserving collections, circulation of collection publications, public relations, and librarian loan. The dynamics of the activities of the University Library in Suceava imposed the appearance of the first issue of the libraryʼs magazine: “The contribution of the library to the affirmation of cultural diversity in the Romanian space”. Institutional partnerships are being updated and multiplying significantly from one stage of library development to another and international openness is manifested by the signing of new protocols, participation in programs such as Erasmus or “Eugène Ionesco”, and involvement in bilateral conventions of the university. The entire activity that the university library staff carries out at the highest level of professionalism and vocation is directly reflected in the quality of the activities specific to a library, to which are added the important contribution to the promotion of cultural values in local, regional, and European communities.

Formation of Patriotic Consciousness of Students of the MIA Academy “Stefan cel Mare” Through the Prism of Military Traditions

The end of the 20th century - the beginning of the 21st century is marked by a global information revolution, the product of which is the intensive embodiment of the idea of an interdependent and interconnected world or globalization. Globalization as a global process affects all spheres of public life: economy, science, culture, education, etc. An essential way of preserving the national identity of the people in the context of globalization is the formation of patriotic feelings among young students as a person’s conscious desire to act in accordance with his value orientations. One of the most effective ways of patriotic education of students of the MIA Police Academy „Stefan cel Mare” of the Republic of Moldova is the formation of patriotic consciousness on the basis of military traditions. Tradition carries on its time-tested experience, which allowed previous generations or other social groups to achieve certain progress in the past, a result which was fixed in people’s minds as something positive.

ПАМ’ЯТІ ВИДАТНОГО УЧЕНОГО-БІОЛОГА, ПРОФЕСОРА СТЕПАНА СТЕПАНОВИЧА КОСТИШИНА

On April 12, 2022, at the age of 91, the heart of the world-famous biologist, doctor of biological sciences, professor, honored worker of science and technology of Ukraine, academician of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, full member of the Academy of Engineering and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, honorary doctor Saskatchewan University of Canada. Honorary Doctor of the University of Suceava "Stefan cel Mare" (Romania), Honorary Citizen of Chernivtsi and Lock Haven (USA), ex-rector of Chernivtsi Yuriy Fedkovych National University Stepan Stepanovych Kostyshyn. Stepan Stepanovych was born on February 7, 1932 in the village of Zvynyach, Chortkiv district, Ternopil region. The development of ecology and physiology of plants both in Ukraine and abroad is closely connected with his name. The main part of Stepan Stepanovych Kostyshyn's biography is connected with Chernivtsi National University. In 1955 he graduated from the Faculty of Biology of Chernivtsi State University (CSU). From 1961 to 1964 he studied in graduate school at the Department of Plant Physiology, in 1965 he defended his dissertation and worked as a lecturer at the Faculty of Biology. From 1972 to 1987 Stepan Stepanovych Kostyshyn worked as Vice-Rector for Research. In 1985 S.S. Kostyshyn defended his doctoral dissertation, and a year later received the academic title of professor. From 1987 to 2001, Stepan Stepanovych Kostyshyn was the rector of the CSU, and then of the Chernivtsi Yuriy Fedkovych National University. For more than 30 years he headed the departments - first biochemistry, and since 2002 - ecology and biomonitoring. Under his leadership, 19 PhD and 3 doctoral dissertations were defended, more than 300 scientific articles, 3 monographs, a number of textbooks stamped by the Ministry of Education and Science were published, 6 patents and certificates for inventions were obtained. S.S. Kostyshyn was one of the founders of the All-Union “Plant Genome” School. Stepan Kostyshyn was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, the Order of Merit of the III (1997) and II (2000) degrees for his significant personal contribution to the training of highly qualified specialists, long-term fruitful research, pedagogical and organizational activities.

A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF FFT ALGORITHMS FOR CONVOLUTION CALCULATION IN NON-PERIODIC ELASTIC CONTACTS

Department of Mechanics and Technologies, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava; Integrated Center for Research, Development and Innovation in Advanced Materials, Nanotechnologies, and Distributed Systems for Fabrication and Control (MANSiD), Stefan cel Mare University, Suceava, Romania

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The ModTech Professional Association, as main organizer together with “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi and Constanta Maritime University, organized the 9th online edition of the ModTech2021 International Conference, between 23 and 26 June 2021. Other prestigious institutions, from Romania and abroad, such as the Society of Powder Technology of Japan, Silesian University of Technology of Gliwice, Poland, “Alecu Russo” University of Balti, Republic of Moldova, Technical Sciences Academy of Romania, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava and The General Association of the Engineers in Romania (AGIR) were also co-organizers. The ModTech Professional Association currently has more than 400 members from Romania and abroad and 13 branches in Australia, Greece, Spain, Malaysia, India, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Iraq, Poland, Turkey, Serbia, and Republic of Moldova.List of Images, Conference Committees are available in this pdf.

Judecătorul și fabulistul orheian Alecu Donici, precursor al etnologiei juridice românești

"Paul Valéry said about fables as follows: “Little by little those who loved or liked it, those who were able to understand it disappear. Those who demanded it, those who broke it, those who bantered it died too ... Soon, an instrument of pleasure and emotion will become a school accessory; what used to constitute the truth, what used to constitute the beauty turns into a means of constraint or into an object that arouses curiosity, but a curiosity which forces itself to be curious."" (""Oraison funèbre d´une fable"", in Variétés, apud Sanda Radian, Măștile fabulei. Etape de evoluție în literatura română (The Fable Masks. Stages of Evolution in Romanian Literature), Minerva Publishing House, Bucharest, 1983, p. 5) In a recent conference, held in Suceava[1], I expressed some regrets in relation to the absence of scientific concerns in the vast and important field of legal ethnography and ethnology in Romania, as follows: ""Legal ethnography and ethnology are not obviously, in particular, delimited in Simeon Florea Marian's grandiose work. General science was in the course of being established; it was not the time for particularistic developments. It was late when by means of another pioneering work, that of the Romanian scholar and anthropologist Romulus Vulcănescu, some issues of concern for our jurists, for law sociologists and anthropologists started to be reflected in the Romanian legal culture. Very few. Even the great ethnologist Petru Ursache acknowledged that the domain was deficient, in his very impressive creation of ethnosophy"". ⁂ As for the fable, apparently a minor literary genre, so much lamented, as we have seen above, by Paul Valéry, as an object of historical contemplation only, the intersection of the legal culture with the sapiential, moral and literary spirit of the people increases considerably; so much that it becomes a valuable scientific landmark in the emergent legal ethnology twinned with legal sociology, with legal anthropology and with legal folklore[2]. In the most serious way, even if, isn’t it true, with hilarious and caricaturizing weapons, with a playful and clever spirit, the fable decrypts a people's propensity for truth and justice or, conversely, for gregarious fatalism in relation to the vices that corrupt the nation psychologically and morally. Its role is didactic. The young jurists would become scientifically and culturally ennobled if they took over the case law, the ""cases"", from the fables ... Or if, their masters guided them towards associating the case law with the comic and fabulising spirit of the wise judge ... [1] Pagini de etnografie juridico-morală în opera fondatoare a bucovineanului polimat Simeon Florea Marian, cronicar al sufletelor românești în pragul Marii Uniri. Remarcabila lui contribuție la înfăptuirea milenarului ideal (Pages of legal-moral ethnography in the founding work of the polymath from Bucovina Simeon Florea Marian, chronicler of Romanian souls on the verge of the Great Union. His remarkable contribution to the achievement of the ideal millennial), conference held during the Scientific Session ""The contribution of the lawyers from Bucovina to the accomplishment of the Great Union"", November 28, 2018, ""Stefan cel Mare"" University from Suceava & Suceava Bar Association. The text of the conference was delivered for publication in ""Analale Muzeului Memorial Simion Florea Marian” from Suceava, under the guidance of Mrs. Aura Brădățan, 2019. [2] Romulus Vulcănescu, Etnologie juridică (Legal Ethnology), Editura Academiei, Bucharest, 1970, p. 9 : ""The following subjects deal with the study of the legal aspects of primitive and popular civilization and culture as constitutive parts of the conception about existence and the world and of the ways of normative organization of life, partially and with unequal theoretical resources: ""legal geography"", ""legal anthropology"", ""legal sociology"" and ""legal ethnology"". """

Preface

The ModTech Professional Association, as main organizer together with “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi and Constanta Maritime University, organized the 8th online edition of the ModTech2020 International Conference, between 23 and 27 June 2020. Other prestigious institutions, from Romania and abroad, such as the Society of Powder Technology of Japan, Silesian University of Technology of Gliwice, Poland, “Alecu Russo” University of Balti, Republic of Moldova, Technical Sciences Academy of Romania, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava and The General Association of the Engineers in Romania (AGIR) were also co-organizers. The ModTech Professional Association currently has more than 400 members from Romania and abroad and 12 branches in Greece, Spain, Malaysia, India, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Iraq, Poland, Turkey, Serbia, and Republic of Moldova.The ModTech2020 International Conference was virtual this year because of Covid-19: meeting restrictions (for enclosed spaces the maximum number of people who could meet was a maximum of 20 people according to the Romanian legislation adopted in emergency situations); travel restrictions (many participants from different countries had travel restrictions imposed by Romanian legislation); imposing isolation measures (after entering Romania) with all the inconveniences that arise from them, but also after returning to the country of origin, most of the time and uncertainties about the state of the pandemic have led to a reluctance by participants to leave their own country. There is a danger of blocking access to a country, of canceling the flight of some companies, etc. Continuity in the annual development of the ModTech International Conference, the wish expressed by many participants, following the consultation carried out approximately 3 months before the conference. The organizing committee respected their desire to hold the conference online, the desire justified by the following reasons:− the need to publish (disseminate) the research results within some research projects, an important stage of the annual reporting;− the annual evaluation of the teachers also follows the activity of participation in conferences, the publication in the ISI Proceedings are well rated;− career promotion also depends on the participation in international conferences (especially ISI indexed) in a given period of time; the existence of a period of interruption of participation in such conferences could diminishes the level of appreciation of the activity from this point of view;− at the start of the consultation action of the participants, were already a large number of abstracts received and accepted.List of Conference Committees are available in this PDF.

The Importance for the Pupils to Learn Survival Swimming

The purpose of this paper is to popularize survival swimming, which is currently the almost sole focus of utilitarian swimming. The survival swimming skills are reduced among the Romanian populace, even among the people in urban areas, with higher education. In rural areas, survival swimming skills tend to zero. The study has three objectives: to identify the swimming skills in a group of pupils who has started to learn how to swim in the Swimming and Physical Therapy Complex of the "Stefan cel Mare" University of Suceava; to improve their reaction ability in life-threatening drowning situations by teaching them essential swimming skills; and to increase the distance that the subjects can swim over independently by practicing survival swimming strokes.

Effect of a One-Semester Conditioning Activities on Physical Fitness of the Students

The benefits of physical activities associated with physical fitness are positive at certain levels. The aim of this research is to determine students physical fitness level by using EUROFIT test battery and as a result, to design a physical activity program that they have to carry out in their daily activities. The research subjects are students (male) from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, in a number of 20 (height 179,90±8,44 cm; weight 79,58±12,04 kg). The research was conducted in sports facilities including: sports games hall, gym, swimming pool and outdoor artificial ground. The statistical significance of 0.05 threshold in ANOVA test was obtained in two cases and concerning the correlation, in 5 out of 10 cases it indicated a very strong correlation, while in 3 cases the value indicated a strong correlation and only in 2 tests there was recorded a moderate correlation. This good level of the physical fitness is the result of practicing exercises for at least 9 hours per week, but it is needed to focus on those physical fitness components with poor results at EUROFIT tests and also to maintain the body mass index below 25. These reference values will allow comparisons between students during physical activities and provide a baseline against which progress in physical fitness among Romanian youths and students could be compared.

Effect of 12 Weeks Workout on Women’s Physical Fitness

The aim of this research is to determine the students physical fitness level by using Eurofit test battery. The research subjects are students (female) from the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava. The applied tests to the subjects are from the EUROFIT test battery. It is observed that not all fitness components have been improved in the same way. The best effect was obtained for the following components: balance test (Flamingo), static muscular strength (handgrip test), dynamic strength (sit ups), speed segmental (plate tapping) where progress was over 7%. A good progress was recorded for: running speed (10x5m shuttle run), strength endurance (bent arm hang), cardio-respiratory endurance (20m endurance shuttle run), lower limb explosive strength (standing long jump). To attract youth for practicing regular physical activity it is needed to find attractive sports or activities and motivate them to develop their physical fitness.

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The ModTech Professional Association in cooperation with “Gheorghe Asachi” Technical University of Iasi as the host institution organized the 7th edition of the ModTech2019 International Conference, in the Ramada Hotel, Iasi, Romania between 19 and 22 June 2019. Other prestigious institutions, from Romania and abroad, such as the Society of Powder Technology of Japan, the Silesian University of Technology of Gliwice, Poland, “Alecu Russo” University of Balti, the Republic of Moldova, Technical Sciences Academy of Romania, “Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati, “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava and The General Association of the Engineers in Romania (AGIR) were also at our side as co-organizers. The ModTech Professional Association currently has 351 members from Romania and abroad and 9 branches in India, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, Iraq, Poland, Turkey, Serbia, and Republic of Moldova.The participants of the 7th edition were from 23 countries such as Malaysia, Japan, India, Germany, Poland, Serbia, Republic of Moldova, Netherlands, Croatia, Romania, Mexico, Iran, Ireland, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Australia, Turkey, Iraq, Czech Republic, Greece, Russia. The ModTech2019 conference got together 151 specialists in the field of modern material manufacture and processing technologies both from Romania and from other world countries with interesting presentations about the latest information on the research topics tackled by the conference.List of Conference Committees are available in this pdf.

Quality of Public Services. Measuring Beneficiaries' Satisfaction. Case study on the Students of Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava

In today's society, quality is on top, being sought and analyzed by the individual in every element to which it relates. In this paper, quality analysis will be directed to a single institution, its services, and the way in which its quality satisfies the beneficiaries, but to see this we must first familiarize ourselves with those key words of the paper, which are the following: public service, quality, quality assurance and satisfaction of the beneficiaries.

The Role of Ludotherapy in the Case of Children with Psychomotor Disorders

This research aimed to improve some components of psychomotor by using some therapeutic play activities in Physical Education and Sports lessons. The study was conducted at the „Stefan cel Mare” Gymnasium School in Putna, on five children aged between 7 and 10 years old. This experiment took place during a school year. The research is based on the premise that play (playful activities) conceived as therapy is part of the new trend of teaching-learning methods, which aim to transform the role of the teacher and to give new possibilities to the child with certain psychomotor disorders. The results have highlighted that the application of different ludo-therapy activities in physical education and sport lessons to children without mental deficiencies, but which have different psychomotor disorders, has led to the improvement of some components of psychomotor, namely static and dinamic balance, general coordination, segmental coordination, ocular - motor coordination and spatial orientation.

Product Design, Robotics, Advanced Mechanical and Mechatronic Systems and Innovation Conference

PRASIC 2018, 8 – 9 November 2018The 10th edition of the PRASIC Conference was hosted in Brasov on 8-9 November 2018.The PRASIC‘18 Conference is dedicated to scientific research in the field of mechanics, machine elements, industrial robots, advanced mechanics and mechatronic systems, tribology, and also in education, innovation and technology transfer, industrial management, mechanics and machine history.The beginning was in 1982 under the name of PRASIC (Computer Aided Design), at the initiative of Professor Ioan Drăghici. At the beginning only the scientific researches related to Mechanisms and Machine Elements were treated, from 1996 Robotics was added, and then other scientific concerns related to them.In 2006, it was the last edition having as sections mechanisms, Machine Elements and Robotics. In 2016 PRASIC was renamed, being Product Design, Robotics, Advanced Mechanics & Mechatronic Systems, and Innovation Conference, keeping the brand PRASIC, well known in Romania and also outside, having an important history, and also keeping a high quality standard for scientific papers.At the 2018 edition, 48 papers were selected on 9 sections, with the participation of colleagues from university centers such as: Politehnica University of Bucharest, Gh. Asachi Iasi University, Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava, University Constantin Brancusi Tg. Jiu, Dunarea de Jos University of Galati, Politehnica University of Timisoara, University of Craiova, Petroleum and Gas University of Ploiesti, Technical University of Moldova Chisinau.The scientific opening of the Conference was provided by Professor Alberto Canen of Coppe University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Professor Valeriu Dulgheru of the Technical University of Moldova. Conference papers were submitted for publication at the IOP Publishing Conference Series - Materials Science and Engineering.Organizing Committee,Professor Dan SĂVESCU

Research Ethics in the Romanian Universities - About the Implementation of the University of Ştefan cel Mare From Suceava in the Program on Academic Ethics and Integrity in Research and Education

This article presents a series of scientific events carried out during 2018 within the program Exceptional ethics and academic integrity in scientific research and didactic act, implemented by: Stefan cel Mare University in Suceava, with financial support from FDI2018, Domain 5, Improving the quality of didactic activity, including respecting academic deontology and ethics, project code: CNFIS-FDI-2018-0545. We refer at the event organized by Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava (USV), Romania, in partnership with Lumen Conference Center, Lumen Publishing House, Lumen Research Center in Social and Humanistic Sciences, Lumen Consultancy and Training Center in Iasi, Romania, the International Scientific Conference Ethical Values in Education, Research and Innovation, Suceava, Romania, 19-20 October 2018, and the publication of the collective volume entitled Ethics and Integrity in Education and Research , coordinated by prof. PhD Antonio Sandu and associate prof. PhD Bogdan Popoveniuc.

Studiul limbii ucrainene la universitatea din București: istoric și perspective

The article presents an analysis of the status of the Ukrainian language studies at the University of Bucharest from a diachronic and synchronic perspective. The Romanian-Ukrainian relations (political, administrative or economic), were founded and developed on the basis and in the context of cultural relations. For more than three decades, in Romania, international scientific events have been organized by the academic institutions in the partnership with governmental and local ones in order to maintain the Romanian-Ukrainian relations. Education has always been a basic component of people’s culture, regardless of the social world order or the level of education: primary school, secondary school, high school or university, the latter being the topic of our paper. Apart from the University of Bucharest, which has a rich tradition, in Romania, the undergraduate studies of the Ukrainian language and literature together with modern language and literature study (the Romanian language and literature) are currently provided by the “Stefan cel Mare” University of Suceava, within the Department of the Romanian Language and Literature of the Faculty of Letters and Communication Sciences, as well as by the “Babeș-Bolyai” University of Cluj-Napoca, within the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures of the Faculty of Letters. Ukrainian studies at the university level in Romania have emerged since the very foundation of the Romanian philology in the 19th century, more precisely since forming the Slavic studies as a scientific discipline. Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu, one of the greatest personalities in the Romanian culture, (linguist, folklorist and philologist) played a big role in this sense, studying the way Romanian history had been reflected in the Ukrainian folklore. The Ukrainian folklore and the works of Taras Shevchenko were studied by the translator Grigore N. Lazu and the literary critic Constantin Dobrogeanu-Gherea. P. P. Panaitescu, Șt. Ciobanu, Zamfir Arbore and other researchers also wrote about the Romanian-Ukrainian literary relations. In the institutional framework, i.e. in primary schools, secondary schools, high schools and universities, the Ukrainian language and literature had been taught since 1948, after the Education Reform. The Department of Ukrainian Language and Literature of the University of Bucharest was established within the Department of Slavic Languages of the Faculty of Philology in 1952. Since founding of the Department by Professor Constantin Drapaca, such specialists as Nicolae Pavliuc, Magdalena Laszlo-Kuțiuk, Stelian Gruia, Dan Horia Mazilu, Ioan Rebușapcă, Micola Corsiuc, Roman Petrașuc, Maria Hoșciuc and Aliona Bivolaru made their contribution into promoting and increasing the prestige of the Ukrainian studies in Romania, as well as to strengthening relations between Romania and Ukraine.

POTTERY KILN OF THE END OF THE 15th — THE BEGINNING OF THE 16th CENTURY FROM THE OLD PART OF CHERNIVTSI

In 2014 the remains of a one-chamber pottery kiln were investigated on the high left bank of Ruda River in the old part of Chernivtsi. The southern part of the construction was destroyed by a landslide. Fragments of the several dozen vessels and the coin of Stefan cel Mare 1480—1504 were found in the kiln. Shapes of the nine pots and jugs were restored. The structure of the pottery kiln, the morphology of the pottery and the numismatic find allow to date the complex with the end of the 15th — the beginning of the 16th century.