[Homeostatic indices in persons subjected to ionizing radiation exposure].

Over the period of 1986-1990 a comprehensive evaluation was carried out in a series of a 5578 subjects exposed to ionizing radiation because of Chernobyl NPP breakdown, using hematologic, immunologic and biochemical methods of investigation. The above series included liquidators of aftermath of the accident, residents of Pripyat' and Kiev. Changes were revealed in all the parameters studied.

[Efficacy of the use of a stabilized alpha2-macroglobulin concentrate in experimental burns].

The effectiveness of the use of a stabilized composition of alpha 2-macroglobulin concentrate obtained from fraction III of plasma proteins according to Cohn in burn disease in the experiment on guinea pigs was studied. Under the influence of intraabdominal administration for 4 days of alpha 2-macroglobulin concentrate with a stabilizer, healing of the burn wounds, normalization of a state of the animals occurred 2 times more rapidly than in control ones, activity of acid proteinases restored by day 5 (in control--by day 14) due to increase in activity of proteolytic enzyme inhibitors.

[Ukrainian immigration in Canada: some aspects of socio-demographic integration].

The author examines social and demographic characteristics of Ukrainians living in Canada, with a focus on acculturation levels and trends. "Among the indices which confirm the notion that members of the group have integrated themselves into the social-demographic structure of Canadian society, the author notices: dispersive settlement (in all the provinces and territories of the country), urbanisation which recently has surpassed the Canadian average; an increase in the number of persons born in Canada (87.5%); a growing similarity between the employment structure of the able-bodied population and the employment structure typical for Canada as a whole; growth of the incomes of Ukrainian families;.