BACKGROUND Oral consumption of synthetic folic acid can prevent neural tube defects (NTDs), which are some of the most severe congenital anomalies. The prevalence of NTDs in Ukraine and other countries of the former U.S.S.R. has not been well studied. We determined the prevalence of NTD-affected pregnancies in Northwestern Ukraine as background for policy decisions related to flour fortificatio...

Background The paper presents the results of community consultations about the health needs and healthcare experiences of the population of Ukraine. The objective of community consultations is to engage a community in which a research project is studying, and to gauge feedback, criticism and suggestions. It is designed to seek advice or information from participants directly affected by the stu...

Vasyl M. FEDORCHUK † and Volodymyr I. FEDORCHUK ‡ † Pedagogical Academy, Institute of Mathematics, Podchora̧żych 2, 30-084 Kraków, Poland; Pidstryhach Institute of Applied Problems of Mechanics and Mathematics of NAS of Ukraine, 3b Naukova Str., 79601 Lviv, Ukraine E-mail: [email protected] ‡ Franko Lviv National University, 1 Universytets’ka Str., 79000 Lviv, Ukraine E-mail: fedorchukv@ukr...

P.I.Neyezhmakov – PhD, 1 Deputy General Director on scientific work of National Scientific Center “Institute of Metrology”( Kharkiv, Ukraine), Head of COOMET Secretariat (Euro-Asian cooperation of national metrological institutions) S.I.Zub – senior scientist of NSC “Institute of Metrology”, Kharkiv, Ukraine S.S.Zub – PhD, doctoral candidate of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

D. Ivaneyko, J. Ilnytskyi, B. Berche, Yu. Holovatch 1 Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 79005 Lviv, Ukraine 2 Institute for Condensed Matter Physics, National Acad. Sci. of Ukraine, 79011 Lviv, Ukraine 3 Laboratoire de Physique des Matériaux, Université Henri Poincaré 1, 54506 Vandœuvre les Nancy Cedex, France 4 Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 4040 Lin...

1 УДК 530.1, 001.6 Olesya Mryglod, Yurij Holovatch 1 Institute of Computer Sciences and Information Technologies, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 12 S. Bandery Str., Lviv, 79013, UKRAINE 2 Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the NAS of Ukraine, 1 Svientsitskii Str., 79011 Lviv, UKRAINE 3 Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, 69 Altenbergerstr., 4040 Lin...

Introduction To develop and implement an effective program of rabies eradication in Ukraine in 2008 was founded the unique collection of samples of pathological materials confirmed as positive in rabies at the regional veterinary laboratories of Ukraine. The collection is constantly updated and to present moment it includes 1389 samples from all regions of Ukraine, selected from 17 animal speci...

1 Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK [email protected] 2 Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany 3 Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 79005 Lviv, Ukraine 4 Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 79011 Lviv, Ukraine 5 Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johannes...

P. Dorenbos, T. Shalapska, G. Stryganyuk, A Gektin, A. Voloshinovskii 1 Faculty of Applied Sciences, Delft University of Technology, Mekelweg 15, 2629 JB Delft, Netherlands. 2 Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Physics Department, 8 Kyryla i Mefodiya Str., 79005 Lviv, Ukraine. 3 Institute for Scintillation Materials, NAS of Ukraine, 60 Lenin ave., 61001 Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Dated: November ...

1 Applied Mathematics Research Centre, Coventry University, Coventry CV1 5FB, UK [email protected] 2 Physikalisches Institut, Universität Freiburg, 79104 Freiburg, Germany 3 Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, 79005 Lviv, Ukraine 4 Institute for Condensed Matter Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 79011 Lviv, Ukraine 5 Institut für Theoretische Physik, Johannes...