This paper provides a general overview of the development of program evaluation in CIS countries. We start by telling a story that describes how evaluation appeared in the scene, how it developed and who the key players were in its development. We discuss the issue of demand for and supply of evaluation services. In the conclusion, we describe our view of the stages in the emergence of evaluation in the CIS and the perspective of each. The four stages we identify are: “An External Phenomenon” (1991–1995), “Initiation” (1996–2000), “Assimilation” (2000–2004), and “Implementation” (2005 to the present).

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Results of the study of the effect of various types of plastic deformation on microstructural features and change in physical and mechanical properties of the nonstoichiometric Heusler alloy Ni_47Mn_42In_11 are shown. It was demonstrated that the deformation by rolling and upsetting leads to an increase in the microhardness and to an embrittlement of the investigated alloy. Severe plastic deformation by torsion under high pressure of 8 GPa at room temperature was found to strongly refine initially coarse grain and to contribute to the formation of a nanocrystalline structure with grain fragments up to 10 nm. In this case, the fraction of viscous constituent on the fracture and the microhardness increased, while the magnetic susceptibility decreased.

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