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Introduction. The COVID-19 pandemic induced the global crisis of mortality. Delayed medical care and reduced availability under quarantine restrictions have led to an increase in mortality not only from COVID-19, but also from chronic non-communicable diseases, affecting men and women of different ages to varying degrees. The study purpose is to assess shifts in mortality age profile of population aged 20+ in Moscow during COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and methods. Official vital statistics of Rosstat, operational information from civil registration database on death causes in Moscow. Results. The gain in mortality rate caused primarily by deaths from COVID-19 interrupted in 2020 the positive demographic dynamics that had developed over the previous years. In 2021, the increase in the mortality rate continued, but the loss of life expectancy was lower due to a decrease in mortality in older ages and the return of most indicators to the level of 2019. However, from a socio-economic point of view, the situation in 2021 developed more negatively, since the age structure of life expectancy losses is younger than in 2020. Limitations. The study results are based on operational information of the Moscow civil registration office and could be used for the development of managerial decisions for Moscow only. Conclusion. Against the pandemic demographic situation in Moscow has worsened. Due to mortality gain in the Russia's capital first in the past years recorded natural population decline. © 2022 Izdatel'stvo Meditsina. All rights reserved.
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In the contemporary era, food plays a key role in balancing environmental, social, and economic balances, not only due to its primary identity as a resource that nourishes living beings and the planet but also through the processes triggered by stakeholders who act at the internal local food systems. In the latter, an orientation towards sustainability is increasingly urgently required, capable of achieving a widespread creation of shared value. In this scenario, the International Slow Food Association operates, which also, through the Terra Madre Salone del Gusto initiative, coordinates communities and events located throughout the world on the theme of "good, clean and fair" food. This article aims to analyze, through the lens of the systemic approach, the interesting and multifaceted impacts of this event, as an opportunity to disseminate and contagion of ideas, attitudes, and behaviors around the themes of sustainability and biodiversity, but also as a moment of consolidation and creation of relationships between and within local food systems and local communities. The research project presented, entitled "SEeD for Change", was coordinated by the University of Gastronomic Sciences of Pollenzo with the University of Turin and helped to focus on the actors, relationships and contexts that actually and virtually hosted the event: places in which through a common and shared language, change has been generated.
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In the context of the coronavirus pandemic, educational institutions around the world are faced with the need to quickly adapt to the distance learning format. The study aims to identify the methodological problems of using the Google Classroom platform in preparing students of Russian general education schools for the Unified State Exam in Physics in the distance format and to develop methodological recommendations for working with the platform. The article presents recommendations for the content of a course on the Google Classroom platform and analyzes the results of testing the course. Based on the results of testing at the end of the training by the developed program, the method is concluded to be effective in preparing high school students for the Unified State Exam in Physics.