Doctor of Medical Science, Professor, Honoured Scientist of Ukraine Sukmansky Oleh Ivanovych (to his 90th birthday)

Doctor of Medical Science, Professor, Honoured Scientist of Ukraine Sukmansky Oleh Ivanovych(to his 90th birthday)

Samuel P. Huntington, Brazilian ‘Decompression’ and Democracy

The Harvard political science professor Samuel P. Huntington (1927–2008) made visits to Brazil in 1972 and 1974 to advise the government about ‘decompression’ or regime liberalisation. The literature on Brazil's dictatorship references these visits as having had a major causal impact. This article argues that his influence on Brazilian regime change is greatly exaggerated. It also argues that Huntington, who became a leading theorist of democratisation, had an interest in and commitment to democracy that was more recent and circumstantial than is often thought. This helps to explain the current period of democratic ‘deconsolidation’ associated with the rise of authoritarian national populism in Brazil.

A life dedicated to dental science. Professor Makeev Valentin Fedorovich - 80.

This year, the dental community had a great honor to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the outstanding personality of Ukrainian dentistry — doctor, scientist, organizer of the medical industry, teacher Valentin Fedorovich Makeev. Valentin Fedorovich – representative of the first graduation of the Faculty of Dentistry of the Lviv State Medical Institute in 1963. During his many years of scientific activity, Professor V.F. Professor V. F. Makeev is the author of over 400 scientific and scientific-methodical works, incl. 16 monographs, 25 copyright certificates and 23 patents of Ukraine, 3 methodological recommendations and 15 innovations were published in the sectoral register of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine for practical health care, as well as a dictionary of dental terminology. Professor VF Makeev trained 2 doctors of medical sciences, 35 candidates of medical sciences, 35 masters of medicine in the specialty “orthopedic dentistry”.

Interim Pastoral Skills as a Resource for Library Leadership Transitions

David E. Cox, a veteran pastoral minister specializing in interim ministry and who is now a library leader, and Carisse M. Berryhill, a library science professor, explore how skills used by interim pastors can be applied by interim leaders or new directors to successfully lead libraries making the transition to new leadership. Cox recommends using a system-based strategy that moves through five steps: coming to terms with history, discovering a new identity, allowing for needed leadership change, reaffirming community with stakeholders, and commitment to new directions in programs and services.

FARABI - THINKER-MATHEMATICIAN, NATURALIST, TEACHER IN MODERN EDUCATION

This year, the 1150th anniversary of the great scientist Abu Nasir al-Farabi is widely celebrated. In this regard, it is necessary to especially note the merits of the outstanding researcher of the history and pedagogy of Muslim East science, Professor Audanbek Kubessov, who restored the true image of the great scientist as a thinker-mathematician, naturalist and teacher. His special contribution to science as a scientist is directly related to the study of the research works of the great scientist Abu Nasir al-Farabi. A. Kubesov researched the rich scientific heritage of al-Farabi and published more than two hundred scientific, popular and science and other works, translations from the Arabic language of the great scientist. Our current duty is to use and promote the rich heritage of our ancestor al-Farabi in teaching and educating the youth.

Historical development path of the Laboratory of biochemistry of adaptation and ontogenesis of animals

The article presents a historical development path of the Laboratory of biochemistry of adaptation and ontogenesis of animals which began with the founding of the Ukrainian Research Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry of Farm Animals in 1960. At the beginning of its existence laboratory was called “The laboratory of higher nervous activity” and was headed by associate professor Dr. I. A. Medyanyk. Since 1962 it was called “The laboratory of neurohumoral regulation” and was headed by Dr. of science, Professor E. M. Berkovych. Since 1963 the laboratory was headed by Dr. of science, Professor Z. P. Skorodynsky. Since 1972 the laboratory was headed by Dr. M. D Hanin, since 1980 — Professor V. M. Holovach, since 1988 — academician of NAAS, Professor V. V. Snitynsky. In 1994 the laboratory was renamed into the laboratory of endocrine regulation. Since 2011 until now the laboratory is called “The laboratory of biochemistry of adaptation and ontogenesis of animals”. From 2011 to 2013 duties of the laboratory head were performed by Dr. O. M. Buchko. From 2013 until now the head of the laboratory is Dr. of science, senior researcher R. Ya. Iskra.

Computer Science Meets Education: Natural Language Processing for Automatic Grading of Open-Ended Questions in eBooks

We investigated how Natural Language Processing (NLP) algorithms could automatically grade answers to open-ended inference questions in web-based eBooks. This is a component of research on making reading more motivating to children and to increasing their comprehension. We obtained and graded a set of answers to open-ended questions embedded in a fiction novel written in English. Computer science students used a subset of the graded answers to develop algorithms designed to grade new answers to the questions. The algorithms utilized the story text, existing graded answers for a given question and publicly accessible databases in grading new responses. A computer science professor used another subset of the graded answers to evaluate the students’ NLP algorithms and to select the best algorithm. The results showed that the best algorithm correctly graded approximately 85% of the real-world answers as correct, partly correct, or wrong. The best NLP algorithm was trained with questions and graded answers from a series of new text narratives in another language, Slovenian. The resulting NLP algorithm model was successfully used in fourth-grade language arts classes for providing feedback to student answers on open-ended questions in eBooks.

Volodymyr Andriyovych Motornyi: stokes to the portrait of the teacher

Background: Volodymyr Andriyovych Motornyi (1929–2015) is an outstanding Ukrainian Slavist, literary critic, culturologist, university lecturer, translator, diplomat, public figure. The scientific and pedagogical activity of the professor of the Department of Slavonic Philology at the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv is well known in the Slavic world. One of the most prominent representatives of Lviv Slavic studies, an active organiser of science, Professor Volodymyr Motornyi was a famous representative of Bohemistics. Along with Professor Kostiantyn Trofymovych, he launched the Ukrainian scientific school of Sorbian studies, actively studied and popularised the literature and culture of various Slavic nations. One can hardly overestimate his contribution to the development of Ukrainian science being a talented teacher who educated many generations of young Slavists, was a co-organiser of the Lviv International Slavic Colloquia, as well as numerous scientific and cultural events. Despite the existence of articles and reviews dedicated to Volodymyr Motornyi, the figure of the Professor deserves more detailed coverage and promotion of his creative heritage. Purpose: The article aims to introduce readers to a sort of the portrait of Professor Motornyi as a teacher and scholar; and given the scale of the scholar and the breadth of his interests, the authors have chosen the path of presentation of just a few aspects of his work. A special place is given to the combination of objective and subjective presentation of the Professor: the facts of the biography of the scholar are supplemented by the memories of the colleagues and students. Results: The article outlines the basic touches to the portrait of Professor Volodymyr Andriyovych Motornyi, a remarkable Ukrainian scholar, one of the most prominent representatives of Lviv Slavic studies. The key dates of the biography are given, the main directions of scientific, pedagogical, and creative activity of the Slavist are analysed. Memoirs of the colleagues – well-known scholars, former students and followers of the Professor – are an important element of the article. The article is currently the most complete and comprehensive presentation of the figure of the outstanding Ukrainian scholar, educator, organiser of science, intellectual and Teacher. Key words: Volodymyr Andriiovych Motorny, Slavic studies, literary studies, bohemian studies, sorabistics, pedagogical activity.