Title Of Professor Research Articles

Tytuł profesora w pierwszych latach przemian ustrojowych Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej

The political changes initiated in 1989 affected many sectors of the state’s activity, including higher education and science. In 1990, the Sejm passed two new Laws – on Higher Education, and on Academic Degrees and Title. The former placed greater emphasis than before on the freedom to conduct scientific research. With the second act, it finally abandoned the possibility provided for by the 1965 solutions of granting two different titles of professor, i.e., associate professor and full professor, by introducing one academic title – “professor”. For the purposes of evaluating and establishing the significance of the solutions adopted by the 1990 Law, this article presents the procedure and conditions for awarding the titles of professor provided for in the 1965 Law in the wording in force prior to its repeal in 1990, as well as those introduced set out in the 2003 Law and in force until its amendment in 2011. The replacement of the two titles of professor with a single academic title did not limit the range of proposals for changes introduced at that time. In the article, particular attention is devoted to these. The main trend in research comes down to: (1) how the degree and scope of regulations adopted in 1990 differed from earlier solutions, and (2) whether, in the context of the 2003 Law they were sufficient and served the quality of academic advancements well. It is only by basing research on previous findings in this respect that conclusions could be drawn as to the legal meaning and significance of conferring the title of professor in the years 1990–2011. This approach in achieving the purpose of the discussions was also important foranother reason. It made it possible to emphasize the changes in terms of awarding the title of professor from the solutions in force during the Polish People’s Republic to the norms adopted in the initial years of the political transformation, as well as to the new regulations introduced in the more strongly established Republic of Poland. These were not the same solutions, and the Act of 1990 placed them in thegroup of liberal solutions.

The Stay and teaching activity of Władysław Kędra in Vienna (1957-1964) in the light of documents Kept at the academy of music and Performing arts, Vienna

The stay of Władysław Kędra, a charismatic virtuoso pianist representing the Columbus Gene- ration, in Vienna has so far seemed a very good and successful period in the life of this musician originating from Łódź. However, the studies conducted in the archives of the Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien, cast a new light on these eight years. The information included in previous publications about the reasons why the Polish virtuoso left for Vienna and why he returned from the capital of Austria were not confirmed when confronted with the preserved documents. Thanks to a thorough analysis of source materials, the author of the article managed not only to recreate the course of events but also to uncover extremely important facts from the professor’s life, e.g. that he had Austrian citizenship. Now there is no doubt that Władysław Kędra intended to stay there and settle in Vienna for good. The analysis of the Viennese docu- ments allows for recreating to a significant extent the way how he fought for the life he had dreamt of during the occupation of the Stalin era. From the first preserved letter to Dr Hans Sittner, President of Vienna’s Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst, of 23 May 1957, we can follow the efforts of the Polish pianist to be given a contract, i.e., contract of employment for a fixed period, which was extended for him year by year, then to have an opportunity to see his family, have independent accommodation and bring his closest relatives to Vienna, and finally, find out how he applied for citizenship and was given a permanent contract of employment, which entailed awarding him with the lifelong title of Professor by Austrian authorities. Władysław Kędra achieved his goal – he became the citizen of his new home country, gained prestige and recognition, became music professor in the city of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert... And yet, at that very moment when he had everything and fulfilled his dreams, he suddenly left Austria in unclear circumstances. What dramatic events occurred on 2 June 1964 when Prof. Kędra suddenly wrote two applications for discharge from employment – in one of them he did not justify his decision, only referring very precisely to relevant regulations, which were undoubtedly dictated to him by some official, while in the second one he gave an untrue and completely unlikely in his situation reason for his quitting? There is no trace in the documents of the events which were the cause of that sudden decision. It needs to be stressed that the present article was written exclusively based on the docu- ments (including letters) kept at the Viennese Akademie für Musik und darstellende Kunst in Władysław Kędra’s personal file. The author did not refer to his family’s recollections or to texts published previously about the pianist so as to present facts in a reliable way, and not inter- pretations of these facts.

Obituary Rudolf Alexakhin (1936–2018)

Professor Rudolf Mikhailovich Alexakhin passed away on 2 May 2017. He was born on December 15, 1936 in the city Korolev, near Moscow. In 1954, R. Alexakhin graduated from high school with a gold medal and entered Moscow University (Moscow State University). Subsequently, he defended his PhD thesis in 1963 and his dissertation for the degree of doctor of biological sciences in 1974. In 1985, the Higher Attestation Commission of the USSR awarded him the title of Professor in Radiobiology. In 1988, he was elected a member of the All-Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences. From 2014, he was an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Life path and the formation of scientific and political horizons of the scientisr-mechanic, minister of finance of the Russian empire I. A. Vyshegradsky

The article briefly describes the life path, as well as the history of the formation of the horizons of the famous Russian scientist-mechanic, professor, Minister of Finance of the Russian Empire Ivan Alekseevich Vyshnegradsky.
 By 1862, Ivan Alekseevich had already visited several European countries and received the title of professor. From the same year, Vyshnegradsky’s activity began at the St. Petersburg Practical Technological Institute, in which he lectured on mechanical theory of heat and the theory of steam engines, was appointed a member of the study committee.On his initiative, the Department of Metal and Wood Technology was restored. In 1871, a mechanical laboratory was founded at the institute for scientific research on the resistance of building materials and for hydraulics experiments.In 1875, Vyshnegradsky was appointed director of the institute, continuing his teaching activities. Among the machines he designed: an automatic press for the manufacture of prismatic powder, lifting machines, a press for testing materials, a mechanical material handler (for a river port), etc. 
 Features of economic policy of I. A. Vyshnegradsky consisted in the desire to increase the gold reserve of the empire and increase Russia's influence on the international economy and politics.For him, the most important and only task was the visible improvement of Russian finance in a short time. Favorable conditions were artificially created for heavy industry, which became a priority among the interests of the Ministry of Finance, often to the detriment of the interests of all agriculture.Under Vyshnegradsky, the export of Russian bread more than doubled. Stimulated the export of not only surplus bread, but also part of the necessary stocks of peasants. As a minister, he led the redemption of unprofitable railways, undertook control and financial (1889-1890) and tariff (1889) reforms in the railway sector.Conducted the conversion of state (external and internal) loans, which helped to reduce payments on public debt, lower interest, streamline public debt.

Galina Yakovlevna Ilyina: On the occasion of her 90th Birthday

Galina Yakovlevna Ilyina is an outstanding Russian literary critic specializing in Yugoslav literatures. A researcher of the history and typology of the literatures of the South Slavs, she devoted her whole life to their study and popularization. Thanks to her efforts, the development of the literary process of the Bulgarian, Bosnian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovenian, Croatian and Montenegrin literature has acquired a complex and systematic character in our country. Galina Yakovlevna can rightfully be considered the founder of the academic school of literary Yugoslav studies in Russia, the academic personnel trained by her are currently successfully continuing to develop the themes and problems of the literatures of the Yugoslav and post-Yugoslavian space. Galina Yakovlevna became the first Yugoslav literary critic in the Russian Federation who was awarded the academic title of Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences with the qualification Literature of the Peoples of Foreign Countries.

Боровиковський Олександр Львович (1844–1905 рр.) – український і російський правознавець, адвокат, науковець, поет

Oleksandr Lvovych Borovykovskyi (1844–1905) – a prominent Ukrainian and Russian jurisprudent, lawyer, prosecutor, judge, civilist, criminalist, senator, secret counselor, publicist, and poet. In 1866 he graduated from the Law Faculty of Kharkiv University. He started his judicial career with the service in the Kharkiv District Court, later he became a lawyer. He worked as an assistant attorney at law of the district of the St. Petersburg Court of Justice, assistant prosecutor of the Simbirsk, Samara and St. Petersburg district courts, was an honorary judge of the Verkhnedneprovsk judicial district of the Yekaterinoslav province, was a member of the Odessa Court of Justice, the honorary judge of the city of Odessa, later he was appointed assistant of the secretary of the State Council, he was the chief procurator of the Civil Cassation Department of the Governing Senate, a senator and a secret counselor. He taught civil and criminal law at the University of Novorossiysk, and had the academic title of professor. As a lawyer, he took part in the political affairs of the revolutionaries – populists – «The Process of 50» (1877) and the «Process of the 193’s» (1877–1878), he also specialized in civil cases. The main theses of the judicial reform of 1864 were highlighted in a number of practical and scientific works, the main of which are «Civil laws with explanations on decisions of the Civil Cassation Department of the Governing Senate», «The Charter of Civil Procedure», «Report of the Judge», in which he defended the publicity of the litigation and explained the meaning of its adversarial proceedings. As the poet was known under the pseudonym A. Fet and M. Valentin, he became famous for the essay «Women’s fate in malorussian songs», for his poems «From ukrainian motives», «To a judge», «To unknown God», «First blacksmith». Thanks to his literary work, there was a connection between art and law, literature and jurisprudence.

Psychiatrist and psychotherapist. An attempt to summarize work of Jerzy Witold Aleksandrowicz

Jerzy Witold Aleksandrowicz (1936-2018) was born in Krakow and in Krakow he graduated from medicine and philosophy. He completed his postgraduate training in psychiatry at the Department of Psychiatry, Medical Academy Kraków. Actually his first position was that of clinical assistant in Regional Psychiatric Hospital in Jarosław. But, he soon joined the staff of the above mentioned academic Department of Psychiatry. At this institution Aleksandrowicz worked under direction of professors Eugeniusz Brzezicki, Karol Spett, Antoni Kępiński and Adam Szymusik. All successive chairmen of psychiatry emphasized the importance of harmonious joining clinical work with research and teaching. Aleksandrowicz complied with this attitude and followed this rule through whole his professional life. He was industrious researcher eager to publish results of his studies. Completed his training in psychiatry he continued his career to get the scientific degrees of doctor of medicine, habilitated doctor of medical sciences, and finally the scientific title of professor of medical sciences.

Tytuł profesora w Polsce w latach 1920–1990. Część 1. Warunki przyznawania tytułu profesora w prawie szkół wyższych

The Polish law on schools of higher education of the past years did not provide a uniformed defi nition of the institution of the title of professor. Diff erences in its treatment generally corresponded to the legal and factual conditions in which the institutions of higher education were operating in interwar Poland in the fi rst years of the Polish People’s Republic. This was not a period of simple change. The fi rst establishments of higher education operating after 1918, and also after the end of World War II, were struggling not only with the acquisition of professors. Later years, despite the opening of new schools of higher education, did not manage to solve the problem of professorship shortages. What was more, a new threat emerged that was ideologisation of universities and scientifi c research. Gradually ideological assumptions had become the criteria of professorship selection. This state of aff airs changed only as a result of the political transformation after 1989. In the interwar Poland and the fi rst years of the Polish People’s Republic, the law provided for two titles of professor: extraordinary and ordinary. A special position was also given to honorary professors, and the award of other professorships was not an isolated act. The shortage of professorship staff was compensated by awarding titles of titular professor, contract professor and deputy professor. This solution continued to prevail in the early years of the Polish People’s Republic and changed only in 1952 when the Act of 1951 came into force. It provided for two scientifi c titles: the extraordinary professor and the ordinary professor. The Act of 1958 Act extended their number by including the titles of contract professor and deputy professor and specifi ed other conditions for awarding these titles. The article presents legal solutions of the past years not only in the scope in which they served the selection of professors’ staff and the conditions of scientifi c advancement set for them in particular years, as well as the conditions in which these advancements were possible.

Paradoks: An Innovation in Javanese Dance Choreography

Paradoks was a form of choreography that was based on Javanese choreography. This research was to develop Javanese choreography which tended to follow the pattern of court dance rules. The basic assumption of this research was Paradoks based on the Javanese choreographic form that had been through a process of development. This research was an innovation study in the Javanese choreography development. Javanese choreography had standard patterns as a form of noble dance. This meant that Javanese choreography had a high artistic level, not only from its historical factor but also because of its current position in the Palace. The problems examined in this study were: What was the form of Paradoks choreography? How was the innovation expression in the development of Javanese choreography in Paradoks dance? The specific objective to be achieved was to provide knowledge and understanding to the wider community about the pattern for forming the Paradoks choreography as an innovation in the development of Javanese choreography. The target of this research was to produce a written study on the innovation of developing the Paradoks choreography forming pattern in an internationally reputed journal. Another target was as a presentation of the research results to achieve the title of professor. This research used an artistic approach to the creation of art. Keywords: Paradoks , motion pattern, choreography DOI : 10.7176/ADS/79-06 Publication date: December 31 st 2019

Alexander Mikhailovich AMINEV – surgeon, Professor, Honored worker of science of the RSFSR (to the 115th of birthday)

Alexander Aminev was born in 1904 in the village of Pokrovsky, Artyomovsky District, Sverdlovsk Region. From 1914 to 1919, he studied at the men's gymnasium, after the second grade school. Irbitsk. In 1921, Alexander Mikhailovich entered the medical faculty of the Ural University. In 1926, he became an intern at the Proedeutic Surgery Clinic, and then Assistant of the Department of General Surgery of the Medical Faculty of Perm University. In 1935 he was awarded the academic title of candidate of medical sciences. From 1936-1937 years A.M. Aminev worked as a director of the propedeutic surgical clinic, from 1936-1938. - Secretary of the editorial staff of the Works, from 1937 - assistant professor, from 1937 to October 1938. From 1937 he began to study and develop an endoscopic method - peritoneoscopy, for the first time in the USSR Endoscopic liver biopsy, liver wound tamponade and epiploon, removal of a foreign body from the abdominal cavity and dissection of adhesions. In 1938, A.M. Astrakhan was appointed director and at the same time head of the department of faculty surgery at the Astrakhan Medical Institute. In 1940, he received the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences and the title of professor. Since the beginning of World War II, Professor A.M. Aminev was appointed part-time free surgery of the hospital department of the Astrakhan regional health department. In September 1942, he was called up to the front by an army surgeon of the 28th Combined Arms, and then the 5th Panzer Army, and went from Stalingrad to Berlin.In 1945, A.M. Aminev moved to Kuibyshev, where he became head of the department of hospital surgery, headed for almost 40 years. In 1948 he wrote the first in the country monograph on peritoneoscopy on laparoscopy. He became the author of 14 monographs and 265 scientific papers on coloproctology. In 1964 he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Scientist of the RSFSR. In 1969 "Lectures on proctology" were published, they were marked with the Prize for them. N.I. Pirogov, Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR. In the aggregate, A.M. Aminev is the author of 37 monographs and 518 scientific papers. Among his students are 112 candidates and 35 doctors of medical sciences.Alexander Mikhailovich is a member of the Board of Directors of Surgery, a member of the Board of the All-Union and All-Russian Scientific Society, a chairman of the Kuybyshev Regional Scientific Society of Surgery, an honorary member of the international community, and also a co-editor of the journal Gastroenterology, Colon and Rectum Surgery (USA), honorary member 11 scientific surgical societies of the country. He was beaten by a deputy of the regional, city and district Soviets of Workers' Deputies. A.M. Aminev was awarded the Order of Lenin (twice), the October Revolution, the Red Star, World War 1 and 2 degrees, eight medals. Alexander Mikhailovich died on February 11, 1984 and was buried in Kuibyshev, since 1991 - Samara.After the death of the scientist, his name was given. In 2007, in Samara, on Galaktionovskaya Street, where A.M. Aminev, a plaque was opened in his honor.

Mikhail Izrailevich PERELMAN - Russian and Soviet surgeon, academician of the USSR Academy of medical Sciences — RAMN
 (to the 95th of birthday)

Mikhail israelevich was born on December 20, 1924 in Minsk. He lived in the cities of Borisov, Gomel and Vitebsk. With the beginning of the war he went to the Caucasus, where in 1941 he entered the North Ossetian medical Institute (Vladikavkaz), moving to study in Novosibirsk, Yaroslavl. From 1944 to 1951 he worked as an assistant of the departments of normal anatomy, topographic anatomy and operative surgery, hospital surgery of Yaroslavl medical Institute, doctor of the regional station of sanitary aviation. In the summer of 1947 he worked in the hospitals of Kologriv, Rybinsk. From 1954 to 1955-assistant of the Department of operative surgery and topographic anatomy of the 1st Moscow medical Institute, and then associate Professor at the course of surgery of pulmonary tuberculosis at the Department of tuberculosis of the Central Institute of advanced medical. From 1958 to 1962-head of the Department of surgery of the small circle of blood circulation in the research Institute of experimental biology and medicine of the Siberian branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk), from 1963 thoracic surgery research Institute of clinical and experimental surgery of the USSR Ministry of health (now rsch RAMS), which led for 18 years. In 1964 he was awarded the title of Professor and this year he is a consultant of the 4th Main Directorate of the Ministry of health of the USSR. Since 1966-Chairman of the problem Commission "Thoracic surgery" Of the scientific Council on surgery of RAMS. From 1969 to 1991-General Secretary of the all-Union society of surgeons. Since 1971-member Of the international society of surgeons. In 1980 he was elected a corresponding member, and in 1986 academician of the Academy of medical Sciences of the USSR. In 1981, he moved to the position of head of the Department, and then Director of the Institute of Phthisiopulmonology of the Moscow medical Academy. I. M. Sechenov, became a consultant Of the Russian scientific center of surgery RAMS. M. I. Perelman author of 24 monographs and books, 32 chapters in domestic and foreign manuals and books, 35 articles in encyclopedias, 250 articles in the Central domestic and foreign journals, author or consultant of 9 scientific and educational films, was the supervisor of 68 candidate and scientific consultant in the preparation of 25 doctoral dissertations. Mikhail was the editor-in-chief of the journal "problems of tuberculosis and lung diseases", Deputy editor-in-chief of the "medical referral journal", a member of the editorial Board of the multi-volume edition of "International Trendsin" General Thoracic Surgery", magazines of" world of Surgery"," Pulmonology "and"world of Surgery". In 2013, Mikhail Perelman died and was buried at Novodevichy cemetery.

КУЗЬМА МИКОЛАЙОВИЧ ВЕКІРЧИК – ВІДОМИЙ ПЕДАГОГ, ВЧЕНИЙ, ЖУРНАЛІСТ, ГРОМАДСЬКИЙ ДІЯЧ

September 15, 2019 marks 90th birthday of Kuzma Vekirchyk – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Professor, Honorary Member of the Ukrainian Society of Plant Physiologists, a member of the Society of Microbiologists of Ukraine and the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine, a famous scientist of plant physiologist and microbiologist, educator, participant of the Second World War, whose achievements occupy a worthy place among the national scientists, who through their scientific, pedagogical and social work made a significant contribution into the development of education and science, the independence of the Ukrainian state.
 Kuzma Mykolaiovych Vekirchyk was born in the village of Zadubrivtsi, Sniatyn district, Ivano-Frankivsk region to the family of peasants.
 He began his schooling, with a break from the misery of World War II, from the Zadubrivtsi Seven-Year School, which he finished in 1947 with honours. Throughout difficult post-war years, he went on to teach villagers the literacy. Then Kuzma Vekirchyk became a student of Sniatyn Agricultural College, graduated with honors in 1952 and entered the Biology Faculty of Chernivtsi University, graduating with honors in 1957 with a major in plant physiology.
 After the university studies, he was promoted to the post of teacher of biology and chemistry at the secondary school of Zelena village, Kelmenetskyi district, Chernivtsi region, where he worked from 1957 to 1959.
 In 1959, K. M. Vekirchyk continued his scientific career, entering postgraduate studies at the Department of Plant Physiology and Microbiology, Chernivtsi University. The young scientist got engaged in the studies of foliar nutrition of plants with microelements under the supervision of the famous Ukrainian professor of plant physiologist, G. X. Molotkovskiy.
 After graduating from postgraduate studies in 1962, K. M. Vekirchyk was promoted to the post of a teacher, and from 1965 was re-elected to the post of a senior teacher of plant physiology and microbiology of the Department of Botany, Uman State Pedagogical Institute.
 On November 1, 1965 he defended his dissertation «Influence of foliar feeding with microelements on physiological and biochemical processes, growth, development and yield of cabbage» and received a scientific degree of Candidate of Biological Sciences. 
 Since December 1966 he became the Assistant Professor of the Department of Agrobiology Faculty at the Ivano-Frankivsk Pedagogical Institute.
 On September 12, 1967 he was selected for the post of a senior lecturer of the Department of Botany of Kremenets Pedagogical Institute. On July 9, 1968 he was re-elected associate professor of the Department of Botany and since January 1969 was granted a title of the Candidate of biological sciences.
 In 1969 he became the associate professor of the Department of Botany of Ternopil Pedagogical Institute (after the relocation of the Kremenets Pedagogical Institute to the town of Ternopil).
 In September 1987, for high achievements in the pedagogical and scientific fields, the publication of textbooks and books for students, he was elected to the post of professor of the Department of Botany, and on November 29, 1991 he was awarded the scientific title of professor.
 While working at the Department of Botany in Ternopil, Kuzma Mykolaiovych studied the influence of trace elements and biologically active substances on the symbiotic fixation of nitrogen, growth, development and productivity of legumes. In 1997, he began publishing a series of articles on well-known teachers of higher education in Ternopil and amazing works of nature, in particular in the magazine «Osvityanyn» and the annual «Ternopillia». From 1996 to 2002, he was the Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the «Ukrainian Science: Past, Present, and Future».
 Kuzma Vekirchyk is the author and co-author of over 360 scientific, educational, methodological and popular scientific articles. He is the author of textbooks and books: «Microbiology» (1973), «Microbiology: laboratory work» (1976), «Plant physiology: practicum» (1984), «Microbiology with the basics of virology» (1987, 2001), «Workshop on microbiology» (2001), «Poisonous Medicinal Plants: a handbook» (1999), programs in plant physiology, microbiology with the basics of virology for students of higher education institutions of Ukraine (1993), etc.
 K. M. Vekirchyk spent his entire life conducting extensive public, educational and patriotic work. He was a sincere, intelligent, decent, humble, kind and selfless person.
 K. M. Vekirchyk died on November 3, 2009 and rests in the native village of Zadubrivtsi, Sniatyn district, Ivano-Frankivsk region, near the chapel, which he restored at his own expense.
 The memory of Kuzma Mykolaiovych as a man of high moral values, an outstanding scientist, teacher, journalist, public figure will forever remain in the hearts of his colleagues and students.

Perfil del docente en Bibliotecología en tres universidades de Buenos Aires

La presente investigación se desarrolló debido a la ausencia de publicaciones sobre el perfil del docente universitario de Bibliotecología y Ciencia de la Información en la Argentina. El objetivo buscado es no solo tener un panorama actual sobre la situación de los profesores en la universidad sino, además, conocer las características de los nuevos horizontes laborales, como así también identificar los problemas y las oportunidades. El análisis se llevó a cabo sobre la población docente de las tres instituciones que otorgan el título de Profesorado en Bibliotecología en Argentina: la Universidad de Buenos Aires, la Universidad Nacional de La Plata y la Universidad Nacional de Mar del Plata. Como resultado se advirtieron un conjunto de características compartidas por los docentes de las tres universidades, lo que evidencia la existencia de un perfil común.

З ВІДДАНІСТЮ СВОЇЙ СПРАВІ, З ЛЮБОВ’Ю ДО ЛЮДЕЙ ТА З ІСКРОЮ ДОБРА У СЕРЦІ

З ВІДДАНІСТЮ СВОЇЙ СПРАВІ, З ЛЮБОВ’Ю ДО ЛЮДЕЙ ТА З ІСКРОЮ ДОБРА У СЕРЦІ

МОЙ ПУТЬ В БОЛЬШУЮ НАУКУ

The article is a summary of Alexey Stakhov scientific way, who in 1961 graduated from Radio Engineering Faculty Kharkiv Aviation Institute with honors and became the first graduate of the faculty who in 1972, at the age of 32, defended his doctoral thesis on the specialty “computer engineering” and in 1974 received academic title of professor in the department of information-measuring systems (Taganrog Radio Engineering Institute).From 1961 to 1963 he worked as an engineer at the famous space company “Design Bureau of Electrical Instrument Engineering” (now the firm “Khartron”). From 1963 to 1966 he studied in the graduate school of the Technical Cybernetics Department of the Kharkiv Institute of Radio Electronics under the supervision of Professor Alexander A. Volkov.In 1971, in connection with the completion of his doctoral thesis, Alexey Stakhov was elected to the post of the Head of Information-Measuring Technology Department of Taganrog Radio Engineering Institute (1971-1977).Alexey Stakhov became the first Soviet professor who in early 1976 was selected by the USSR Ministry of Education for a 2-month work at Vienna Technical University.At the final stage of his stay in Austria, A. P. Stakhov delivered the extensive lecture “Algorithmic Measurement Theory and the Foundations of Computer Arithmetic” at the joint meeting of Computer and Cybernetic Societies of Austria. With this lecture, international recognition of the Stakhov’s scientific direction began.The USSR Ambassador to Austria, Mikhail Efremov, sent the extensive letter to the USSR State Committee on Science and Technology with a proposal to patent Prof. Stakhov’s inventions abroad. The results of the patenting exceeded all expectations. The 65 patents, granted by the patent offices of the USA, Japan, England, France, Germany, Canada, and other countries protect the priority of the scientific direction, created by A.P. Stakhov.In more detail with the scientific achievements of Prof. A.P. Stakhov can be found by reading his biographical article in English Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexey_Stakhov and its page in google citation https://scholar.google.com.ua/citations?user=oDcIzrUAAAAJ&hl=uk.

Gender Imbalance at Academic Plastic Surgery Meetings.

Participation in scientific meetings yields multiple benefits, yet participation opportunities may not be equally afforded to men and women. The authors' primary goal was to evaluate the representation of men and women at five major academic plastic surgery meetings in 2017. Secondarily, the authors used bibliometric data to compare academic productivity between male and female physician invited speakers or moderators. The authors compiled information regarding male and female invited speakers from meeting programs. Bibliometric data (h-index, m-value) and metrics of academic productivity (numbers of career publications, publications in 2015 to 2016, career peer-reviewed publications, first and senior author publications) for invited speakers were extracted from Scopus and analyzed. There were 282 academic physician invited speakers at the five 2017 meetings. Women constituted 14.5 percent. Univariate analysis showed no differences in h-index, m-value, or numbers of total career publications or first and last author publications at the assistant and associate professor ranks, but higher values for men at the professor level. A model of academic rank based on bibliometric and demographic variables showed male gender significantly associated with increased probability of holding a professor title, even when controlling for academic achievement markers (OR, 2.17; 95 percent CI, 1.61 to 2.92). Although the impact of women's published work was no different than that of men among junior and midcareer faculty, women constitute a minority of invited speakers at academic plastic surgery meetings. Sponsorship is imperative for achieving gender balance within plastic surgery and to ultimately create more diverse and effective teams to improve patient care.

Joseph Edward MURRAY - American surgeon-transplant surgeon, academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States (to the 100th of birthday)

Joseph Murray was born in 1919 in the USA. He graduated from the College of the Holy Cross and Harvard University Medical School. He developed his own method of kidney transplantation, proposed to reduce the risk of immune rejection of the organ by performing closely related transplants. In 1954, D. Murray completed the first successful kidney transplant in the world from a twin brother, in 1959 from an unrelated donor, in 1962 from a deceased donor. In 1971, Murray returned to the study of plastic surgery, being the chief plastic surgeon at the Children's Hospital of Boston from 1972 to 1985. In 1986, he left the surgical practice, having the honorary title of professor at Harvard University Medical School. In 1990, Joseph Murray, along with Edward Thomas was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine. In the same year, Joseph Murray was admitted to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, in 1993 - the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. Joseph Edward Murray died in 2012 in the city of Boston.

К 90-летию со дня рождения профессора А.Л. Гущи

In the article devoted to the 90th anniversary of the birth of Professor, Honored Scientist of the RSFSR Anatoly Leonovich Gushcha, he briefly describes the main stages of his life and work, achievements and contribution to the development of the Department of Hospital Surgery of the Ryazan Medical Institute and surgery in general. Under his leadership, the department actively developed the issues of endoscopic diagnostics and surgery, x-ray studies, extracorporeal methods of detoxification, treatment of purulent-destructive diseases, the use of low-intensity laser radiation and other advanced technologies in surgery. Reconstructive operations on the biliary tract, pancreas, esophagus, gastric passage, stomach and many others were improved. Also, the professor was engaged in educational activities and wrote a number of methodical manuals on all program questions of surgery, as well as over 180 scientific papers. Under the guidance of the professor eight doctoral and 15 candidate dissertations were prepared. Five of his students have the title of professor. Anatoly Leonovich conducted a great deal of public work. For 10 years he headed the department of postgraduate and residency, he was the chairman of the board of the Regional Society of Surgeons, a board member of the All-Russian and All-Union Society of Surgeons. He was awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, the Order of Friendship, the badges of the Honored Health Career and the Higher School of the USSR, the diploma of the Ryazan Regional Executive Committee and the Minister of Health of the USSR in 1997 he was awarded the honorary title «Honored Worker of Science of the Russian Federation». His work left a mark not only in the history of surgery, but also in the memory of his students and many grateful patients.

The Scholarly Output of Faculty in Family Medicine Departments.

While prior efforts have assessed the scope of family medicine research, the methods have differed, and the efforts have not been routinely repeated. The purpose of this analysis was to quantify publications, journals, citations, and funding of US family medicine faculty and identify factors associated with these outcomes. We identified faculty in US departments of family medicine through website searches and performed a cross-sectional study. We included 2015 publications in peer-reviewed journals indexed in Web of Science (a database that aggregates a wide range of catalogs). We calculated descriptive statistics assessing the publications, journals, and citations for family medicine faculty. We conducted bivariate analyses by department region, department size, public/private status, faculty title, and faculty degree. We identified 6,738 faculty at 134 departments, with 15% of faculty having any publications. Family medicine faculty published 3,002 times (mean of 2.9 among those with any publications). The mean number of publications was highest for faculty in departments in the West (3.7), in the third quartile for size (3.6), with a professor title (4.0), and with combined MD or DO/PhD degrees (4.3). Faculty published 84% of the time in non-family medicine journals and were cited 13,548 times. Faculty listed federal funding for over half (52%) of the times they published. Publications from family medicine faculty are not concentrated in family medicine journals and are being referenced by others. These figures are larger than prior estimates and should be tracked over time.

European experience in human resource management in higher education institutions

The article examines the experience of the academic staff management as the main force for the implementation of the educational process in higher educational institutions of European countries. Comparative analysis of the key aspects of human resources management in universities of Europe, personnel selection, recruitment, employment and professional development has been made. The purpose of thestudy is to familiarize with the experience of the academic staff formation ways, which are involved inthe educational process, the requirements for the academic staff, their pedagogical load, weekly workinghours, selecting process of them and organization of the training programs, working conditions inEuropean universities. During the research, the authors used common scientific methods and techniqueslike analysis, synthesis, comparison, and generalization of data with corresponding conclusions. Accordingto the results of the study the practice of human resources management experience has differencebetween the countries of Europe due to the different level of socio-economic development of the country,financial capabilities of each University, and the mechanisms for the implementation of strategicplans. For example, Austrian universities select academic staff for vacancies in lower-level positions onan open basis, for associate-level positions on the basis of career growth, and University professors onthe basis of a combination of these two factors. In some countries of the European Union, in particularNorway, Switzerland, Greece, Hungary, Slovenia, academic staff of higher education institutions arerecognized as public servants by law, and this makes it possible to optimally address the issues of theirlong-term employment, favorable working conditions and wages. In Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakiaand Hungary, the title of professor is appointed by the head of the country, while the Italian Ministry ofEducation, University and Research bases on a competitive evaluation committee decision. The practicalsignificance of the study is that in the context of the Bologna process the successful experience andthe best models of European country universities on the academic staff management can be applied inthe higher education institutions of Kazakhstan taking into account the national characteristics of thecountry. It has positive effect on increasing competitiveness of the economy by training a high qualified,smart, and talent professionals.