[Regional differentiation of demographic dynamics in Russia and the role of healthcare].

The article examines the role of the processes of natural and migration movement of the population in changing the total population of the regions of Russia for more than two decades of the XXI century. Six possible combinations of these processes are proposed, which result in either an overall increase in the population or a reduction. During the period under review, various scenarios in a number of regions had fairly stable trends - a constant decline in the population or a stable increase in it.

[The demographic aging of population: regional trends in Russia].

The article considers evolution of research and views on challenges and menaces of demographic aging process in the works of national and foreign scientists. The characteristics of this process in regions of the Russian Federation consist in special diversity of social economic, climatic, geographical and mental conditions in which demographic processes proceed. This determined availability of various types and stages of demographic aging in regions of the Russian Federation as well as opportunities to temper negative consequences of this process.

KNOWLEDGE RELATED TO THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (SARS-COV-2) AMONG GEORGIAN POPULATION.

Georgia confirmed its first case of SARS-COV-2 infection on February 26, 2020. Despite the government's proactive measures during the early stages of the epidemic, number of new infections of SARS-COV-2 is increasing and by March 31, a total of 110 cases have been reported. Limited understanding about epidemics can lead to panic and disrupt public health efforts to contain transmission.

Hominin occupations at the Dmanisi site, Georgia, Southern Caucasus: raw materials and technical behaviours of Europe's first hominins.

Dmanisi is the oldest site outside of Africa that records unquestioned hominin occupations as well as the dispersal of hominins in Europe and Asia. The site has yielded large numbers of artefacts from several periods of hominin occupation. This analysis of Dmanisi stone tool technology includes a review of all the pieces recovered during the last 15 years of excavations.

[Efficiency of treatment methods of the patients with small-cell lung carcinoma].

With the use of multivariational statistical analysis of 185 patients with small cell lung carcinoma has been established that median survival (in months), and 1-year and 3-year survival rates (in percentage) of the patients are 9.4+/-2.6, 41.