Modern ecological crisis threatens the sustainability of human civilization. Awareness and education for probable disaster risk reduction give greater urgency to the issue of decreasing industrial failure rates associated with basic manufacturing activities and, consequently, improving the training in this area. The authors have highlighted the features of modern risk based approach in engineering training based on proximity of production entities to anthropogenic factors: allocation of risks and threats in professional and personal situations or tasks; critical analysis of any industrial process and considering its consequences; using professional and personal risk response strategies; risk-based thinking as the core professional activity. The paper considers the mechanism of risk-based thinking as a necessary part of engineering students training on the basis of diversionary analysis, and gives its algorithm adapted to their learning activities. A system of professional tasks and tools to be used in the students' future job has been developed to promote their readiness and willingness to work across trades within the sphere of their technical competency. The paper is intended for researchers, practitioners, managers of enterprises dealing with ecological and economic production activities, as well as for professional training of engineers.

The relevance of the problem is due to contradictions between the mythological prerequisites of ontology, considered as an integral part of social life, and the expansion of ideas about the myth at the beginning of the XXI century, the enrichment of knowledge about its functions, structure, and relationships with the individual psychology of human creativity. The purpose of the article is to reveal the mythological foundations of ontology, to determine the role of mythological consciousness in the development of cultural and social life, to identify certain elements of mythology and myth-making, which are actual or potential prerequisites of philosophical ontology. The leading method of studying this problem is the method of comparative-typological analysis, system-structural approach, the principles of dialectics, understood as a philosophical doctrine of the interaction of opposites, universal connection, and development, as well as the principle of unity of historical and logical. At the same time, General scientific methods of cognition were used.

The purpose of the study is to assess the impact of case studies on the effectiveness of the educational process, namely, on academic performance and the entrepreneurial success of students of economic universities. The study involved 143 fifth-year economics students studying at Moscow universities. The study participants were divided into two groups: the focus group of 73 students actively using case studies, and the comparison group of 70 participants that did not apply the method. The study period was 12 months long. The total percentage of employed students (both groups) turned out to be rather high: more than 70% of graduates started official labor activities. The use of business cases contributes to a greater demand for graduates in the labor market. The results indicate a significant correlation between the methodology under study and entrepreneurial success that manifests itself in starting one's own business demonstrating high values of χ2 = 9.970 and 8.715 (Yates' correction), p <0.05. The use of case studies in economic universities in Russia has proved a complete success in the career development of graduates in an entrepreneurial environment. The broader introduction of the method is justified and will contribute to the quality of entrepreneurship education.

In this study we aimed to determine the extent to which changes in the share of renewable energy sources, their structural complex, and the level of energy security in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia (EECCA) countries in the medium- and long-term are interconnected. The study was performed through modeling and determination of the structural characteristics of energy security in the countries. The methodology of the approach to modeling was based on solving the problem of nonlinear optimization by selecting a certain scenario. For the study, the data of EECCA countries were used. The ability of EECCA countries to benefit from long-term indirect and induced advantages of the transformation period depends on the extent to which their domestic supply chains facilitate the deployment of energy transformation and induced economic activity. This study provides an opportunity to assess the degree of influence of renewable energy sources on the level of energy security of countries in the context of energy resource diversification. The high degree of influence of renewable energy sources on energy security in the EECCA countries has been proven in the implementation of the developed scenarios for its increase. Energy security is growing. At the same time, its level depends not only on an increase in the share of renewable sources but also on the structure of energy resources complex of countries, and the development of various renewable energy sources. Therefore, today the EECCA countries are forced not only to increase the share of renewable energy sources but also to attach strategic importance to the structural content of their energy complex.

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of non-financial factors in the structure of a financial audit on its quality in energy companies. To assess the impact of the audit on performance indicators of companies under study, it is proposed to use the authors’ method by determining the length of the integrated audit vector as well as analysis of variance. The study was carried out on the basis of materials from five large energy (oil and gas) companies from different countries. Santos’ conversion of oil well pumps to solar power has clear environmental benefits. Gazprom’s social responsibility has, although stable, the lowest results. When conducting a financial audit, this component of performance does not have a significant impact. This explains the company’s focus on financial performance. The most effective corporate social responsibility is characteristic of Pioneer Natural Resources (PNR). In Gazprom and E.ON, despite the annual increase in financial indicators according to the classical audit option, the integrated audit vector has lesser value. Changes in the conditions for the formation of efficient activities of energy companies in the context of not only the financial component, but also sustainable development and social responsibility require the transformation of a financial audit in the context of its integration.

The aim of the study was to develop and test the effectiveness of an autonomous learning intelligent platform in post-secondary education. It was conducted on the basis of the Institute of Dentistry named after E.V. Borovsky in I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University (Moscow, Russia) and Humanitarian and technical academy (Kokshetau, Kazakhstan). This research involved 59 teachers and 390 students, who comprised the total sample of 449 respondents. The experiment consisted of three stages – introductory, experimental, and final. The introductory stage included the distribution of enrolled students into the experimental and control groups. Besides, at the introductory stage, the development of questionnaires directed at identifying students’ and teachers’ readiness to implement autonomous learning was performed. Apart from this, the involved educators were required to fill the learning platform with predetermined training content. The considered intelligent learning platform was developed by programmers by prior agreement with educational institutions under study. The experimental stage was aimed at introducing the designed model of autonomous learning based on the created intelligent platform. The final stage implied surveying of all study participants according to the developed questionnaires. After the introduction of the created autonomous learning model, it was revealed that 51.5% of enrolled teachers were ready for self-directed education at a high level, 20.4% – at a satisfactory level, 18.4% – at a moderate level, and 9.7% – at a low level. Among the students of Sechenov University, 21% of respondents had a high level of readiness for autonomous learning based on intelligent platforms, 27% of students had a sufficient level, 35% – moderate, and 17% – low. Among the Humanitarian and technical academy students, 29% had a high readiness for autonomous learning, 30% were ready at a sufficient level, 25% at a moderate, and 16% at a low level. This study provided an opportunity to use the developed questionnaires and the model of autonomous learning in post-secondary education for further research on the implementation of self-directed training.

<p class="0abstract">The aim of the article is to study the modern mobile learning system, to understand its advantages and disadvantages, and to determine the relationship between the concepts of digital learning. The goal of the study is to conduct an experiment on the implementation of a flexible mobile application for studying the "macroeconomics" by students of economic specialties and to compare the results obtained with the selected control group. A total of 20 sophomores (10 each from two universities: Sechenov University, Department of Economics and Management; and Azerbaijan State Economic University, Department of Economic Theory) were offered to study the course in macroeconomics using a mobile application during the semester (from September to December 2019). Students were selected from two universities for the scientific objectivity and from the second year of the bachelor's degree, since "macroeconomics" is studied in the early courses, regardless of the further, specific economic direction of the student. Students did not attend lectures and practical classes with a teacher; all training was performed with the help of an application. A control group of the same specialty and year (also 20 people) was selected to confirm or contradict the effectiveness of such a mobile application. The control group students studied "macroeconomics" in the traditional way, namely attending lectures and practical classes with a teacher, during this semester. As a result of the experiment, the study group students liked training with the application. Meanwhile, 70% of the students would not like to have such training for all disciplines, permanently. But students supported studying using a special mobile app as a supplement to the main format of teaching. During the final examination, held by the traditional method (a written exam - answers to 4 open questions and 10 multiple choice questions), the following results were obtained. Students, who were using m-learning, on average, got higher results by 0.2 points, according to the overall assessment, a 5-grade scale, and separately according to the test results more by 2 correct answers than students with the traditional education. Thus, this can be explained since students using mobile app practiced material in a form of game or case, which helped them to immerse themselves more in the problem and to assimilate the material. The results were compared with the research of other scientists.</p>

The present article describes the problems, which are connected with consequences of the ever-increasing influence of the world integration processes upon the national economies in the sphere of energy business. At the global level, this influence is evident as the dependency of governmental budgets of the oil and gas sector from commercial interests of the international corporations, which are owners of the production enterprises in the countries with developing economies. Moreover, it creates new vectors and trends of development both for entire industry and for power markets particularly. Goal of this article is to test this hypothesis on the basis of the corporate structured approach with the help of statistical and financial methods and instruments. Another goal of this article is to determine degree of influence of corporations upon national economies of developing countries in the power-generating sector. As the result, we have succeeded in improvement of the limited risk distributor, which is the model of the corporate business management. This model is topical one and it is applicable for any energy companies within corporate entities (holdings and groups of companies) in the countries with developing economies.