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These conjugated polymer particles are desirable for a number of reasons.
In addition to the use of bare PCL polymer and blends with other polymers, a large number of block copolymers have been developed for the delivery of chemotherapeutic agents, genes and molecular-targeted drugs, and the total number of associations is still growing [34].
β-Glucans are derived from various natural sources, such as microbes and some cereal grains (oat and barley), and are abundantly distributed in the cell walls of fungi and yeast, which differ from each other by the linkages between glucose units [43]. β-Glucan is water insoluble because of extensive intra- and intermolecular hydrogen bonds; however, it is quickly solubilized in dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), formic acid and alkaline solutions, as in NaOH [44], when the triple helix structure is unstructured to form single strands [45].
CR3 is a PRR that recognizes a large number of ligands, including β-glucan.

Introduction Starting from the pioneering works of Georgiy Kurdyumov and coauthors [1,2], dedicated to the investigation of the mechanism, thermodynamics, kinetics and specifics of the martensitic transformations (MT), the number of structural studies of these transformations is constantly growing.
At the same time, during the last 20 years the number of publications dedicated to high temperature MT and SME is growing [18-20].
In B19` structure the number of the nearest Cu atoms equals to 2 and they are situated much nearer than Zr atoms.
Thus, precisely the interaction of atoms with a large number of valence d-electrons is the driving force behind the transformation of B2 structure.
Another important attractive feature of ZrCu-based alloys is the fact that they are so-called linear intermetallic compounds, just like the binary ZrCu and precipitation of intermetallic phases on grain boundaries (like in Ti-Ni-Zr and Ti-Ni-Hf) is less probable if one can maintain quasibinary stoichiometry.

Different numbers of fringes in the left and right sides relative to the hole indicates the presence of gradient of residual stresses over the surface (Fig.1.b).
Thus, the use of the proposed techniques for the stress gradient analyses enabled to clarify the data about distribution of residual stresses and to identify a number of the important features.

The theoretical basis for development of general calculated methods of PDs was analytical thermodynamics as binary for as multi-component systems, which also permitted analysis of the behavior of thermodynamic properties at grain boundaries and in multiphase fields of PDs.
development and applications of the thermodynamic theory of phase diagrams of multi-components systems progresses in four directions. 1) Construction of models for different phases (melts, disordered solutions, ordering solutions, multi-sub-lattice chemical compounds, stratifying melts and solid solutions and so on) and derivation of explicit and implicit relationships between thermodynamic properties as function of composition, temperature and pressure and kinds of phase diagrams on one hand and values of model parameters, on the other hand; 2) Development of general calculation methods for phase diagrams of multi-component systems, applicable a wide class of models, taking into account the Gibbs energies of the different phases, assigned explicitly and implicitly by their arguments; 3) After thermodynamically stable phase diagrams of multi-component systems were constructed, analysis of the behavior and calculation of the functions of thermodynamic properties at grain
The special interest presents creation it is enough general methods and computer programs, which enabled to conduct the calculation 1) in broad spectrum of the models, 2) for large number of the competitive phases, considered simultaneously, 3) mode, greatly drawn near to autonomous (without intermediate participation in calculation of the specialist).
We shall note that total number variables for Gibbs free energy of two-phase of the open binary system equals 6 (variables αα BA nn , , ββ BA nn , , as well as variables T and p).
In purposes of the reduction of the number independent variable we shall go from consideration open two-phase system to consideration to closed two-phase system.

A new generation of engineered nanomaterials (grain size <100 nm) has been in development - if not already commercially available - for the last twenty years.
The huge number of mosaic tesserae is due to a quasi industrial production of glass ingots during Roman times.
This decreases the number of Si-O bridges and the connectivity of the network, i.e. modifies the glass nanostructure and associated properties such as the melting temperature, viscosity, thermal expansion….
The number of studied samples remains limited: for instance no real data are available by TEM for Cassius purple glaze and for red flambé potteries.

To understand the annealing mechanism a number of models were proposed [40, 64, 70 – 74].
In many experiments, a sample containing defects is gradually heated at a constant rate, and a physical property, P, related to the number of defects is observed during the annealing.
It is beyond the scope of this review to discuss all those attempts made by a number of geochronologists.
The time precision, however, may in fact be important in short-term experiments due to the time necessary for reaching the thermal equilibrium within the zircon grains.

More effective thermal effects of ultrasound as compared with common heating methods is due to the fact that the ultrasonic vibration energy is absorbed mainly in the crystal structure irregularities (dislocations, grain boundaries and interphase, point defects, etc.), while the absorbed thermal energy is distributed evenly throughout the volume.
The system can be described by the following set of equations: ; , ; (1) , ; , , , where T1 and T2 – temperature of the rod and the concentrator, respectively; T0 – the initial temperature of the rod; – the temperature coefficients of conductivity; а1,2 – heat conductivity; с1,2 – specific heat; r1,2 – densities; – the deformation amplitude at the antinode; – the amplitude of displacement at the free end of the rod; – the oscillation frequency; – the modulus of elasticity; Q-1 – internal friction, – the sample length; – displacement relative to the beginning of the sample; t – time of ultrasonic influence, temperature conductivity; – wave number.

The formation of crystalline HA was shown to reinforce the CPC inter-phases, suggesting that BSA acts as a promoter of calcium phosphate crystal growth when bound to the surface of CPC grains [51].
Cell viability in all constructs was consistently above 85 %, and the cell number was statistically unchanged after 7 days.

Number of layers are defined according to the bare load [85].
It also depends upon the brittle fracture characteristics and grain structure of work material. 9.