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Background. The ratio of breasted children for more than six months increased from 33 to 40% in the period from 1991 to 2019 according to the Russian Federal State Statistics Service. This number has not changed in recent 12 years and remained on the level of 39-41%. Relatively low adherence to breastfeeding may be the consequence of the lack of training of future doctors in these issues.Objective. The aim of the study was to analyse the knowledge (and its dynamics over the past decade) of medical students, interns and residents on breastfeeding support and promotion in Russian Federation.Methods. We have conducted the survey among senior students, interns, and residents in 2009-2011 and 2018-2019. 8 medical universities participated in the study in 2009-2011, and 24 medical universities and one continuing education institute — in 2018-2019. Knowledge on breastfeeding support issues was estimated according to the results of future doctors’ responses to the proposed questionnaires.Results. Sample of 2009-2011 has included 1088 students, interns, and residents, sample of 2018-2019 — 3694. There is still high level of mistakes in the breastfeedng issues due to the decline in knowledge of the WHO breastfeeding recommendations. The level of understanding of practical aspects has not changed significantly over the 10 years, and there is still a gap between theoretical knowledge and practice.Conclusion. The necessity to improve quality of future doctors training in breastfeeding issues is shown.

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The paper deals with approaches to the creation of cosmonaut training complex with remote access capability based on the modern hardware and software technologies at the Gagarin Research & Test Cosmonaut Training Center. An actual objective of providing remote access in the course of training session using video conferencing, electronic manuals and other assets as well as remote working with software of functional-modeling stands is discussed. The existing groundwork for work in this line, sugges-tions on the content of the training complex with the allocation of unified classrooms, virtual computer complex, and the data transfer system in overall structure are also given here.

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The article aims to empirically test the hypothesis on the impact of environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) practices and employees’ personal environmental concerns on the performance of Russian companies. The methodological basis is the theory of corporate social and environmental responsibility embodied in the ESG concept. Exploratory factor analysis and linear regression are used to assess individual factors of corporate responsibility and personal environmental concerns on the ability of companies to perform better, i.e. to achieve their long-term goals. The empirical basis is the survey data of 339 employees of Russian companies. The research results show that strategic aspects of environmental responsibility and corporate governance are strongly connected within a single theoretical framework, while social responsibility of companies and environmental concern can be identified as a separate area of managerial efforts. Originality of the chosen approach is related to the proposed structured questionnaire that reveals various aspects of personal environmental concern and contributes to ESG practices assessment. The conducted regression analysis has demonstrated a positive impact of ESG strategies on the performance of the Russian companies in question, showing that social responsibility plays a decisive role in the ESG formula. Environmental concerns of employees do not have a significant effect on their personal assessment of organizational performance. The authors propose that managers should implement the most relevant ESG practices discussed in this article to sustain high levels of organizational performance.

Across-the-world and domestic practices accumulate certain expertise in assessing various components of Corporate Social Responsibility. This is a reflection of established international viewpoint, that strategic HRM is impossible without investments in human capital. However certain gaps in research of the issue have predetermined the choice of goals and tasks for the current research. In particular, the unified model of the set of measures has not yet been developed. The paper concerns the issues of investments in human capital, presents social and economic criteria for evaluation of such investments. Ways to analyze composition of stakeholders are shown. Advantages of certain standardized international reporting procedures (АА 1000, GRI, SA 8000) are revealed. Thorough attention is given to evaluation of “pros’ and “contras” concerning investing in the human capital of a company. Potential risks for the company are outlined.

The article discusses the practice of implementing the business model of the circular economy in the automotive industry.