Balance INDEX

Distribution Balance Index Sets, Variables and Constraints... 

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The nitrogen balance index (NBI) is used to evaluate the amount of protein used by the body in comparison with the amount of protein supplied from daily food intake [105]. The body is in the state of nitrogen (or protein) equilibrium when the intake and usage of protein is equal. The body has a positive nitrogen balance wheu the intake of protein is greater than that expended by the body. In this case, the body can build and develop new tissue. Since the body does not store protein, the overconsumption of protein can result in the excess amount to be converted into fat and stored as adipose tissue. The body has a negative nitrogen balance when the intake of protein is less than that expended by the body. In this case, protein intake is less than required, aud the body cannot maintain or build new tissues. 

Nitrogen balance index— This method is similar to the... 

Slope ratio method— This is a modification of the nitrogen balance index wherein various levels of protein are fed adlibitum to growing animals. Then growth rate and protein intake are plotted on a graph, and the slope of this line is taken as the measure of protein quality. 

K Factor is an index designed to balance density and boiling point such that it relates solely to hydrogen content of the hydrocarbon. 

Being applied for the relaxation of populations (k = 0), this equality expresses the demands of the detailed balance principle. This is simply a generalization of Eq. (4.25), which establishes the well-known relation between rates of excitation and deactivation for the rotational spectrum. It is much more important that equality (5.21) holds not only for k = 0 but also for k = 1 when it deals with relaxation of angular momentum J and the elements should not be attributed any obvious physical sense. The non-triviality of this generalization is emphasized by the fact that it is impossible to extend it to the elements of the four-index... 

The vessels were indexed by the subscript "j" (j = 0 refers to the reactor and j from 1 to 4 to the UF cells) and oligomers were lumped in two categories "P" (Permeated) and "R" (Rejected). Let label "in" species entering a cell and "out" those leaving it. Instantaneous mass-balance in the stream leaving a cell and feeding the following one is ... 

Yield and other mass-related metrics such as atom economy, reaction mass efficiency and mass intensity have been examined by Constable et al with regard to their significance concerning greenness and costs. The importance of using a (product) concentration term, which can be mass intensity or mass index, is additionally emphasized by Laird et al This is in compliance with Winterton, who in his twelve more green chemistry principles demands the establishment of full mass balances. 

The biocatalytic reduction step B in synthetic route B demands more raw materials (mass index S , see equation (5.1)) and generates more waste (environmental factor , see equation (5.2)) as compared to reduction step C (Figure 5.1). Solvents used to perform the extraction of the product from the aqueous phase in reduction step B are denoted as auxiliaries in Figure 5.1. These solvents and the aqueous phase dominate the mass balances as well as the environmental scores in Figure 5.2 (M4, M8). 

Inputs and outputs assessed in mass balancing are shown in Figure 5.3. The software EATOS was used to calculate all mass balances of processes. Outputs of EATOS are the mass index (equation (5.1), mass of raw material per mass of product output), and the environmental factor (equation (5.2), mass of waste output per mass of product output). EATOS also allows the calculation of cost indices (e.g., reference [15]) (equation (5.3), cost of raw material per mass of product output). 

A major difference in the evaluation of the two approaches concerns catalyst synthesis. Whereas catalyst production is integrated in the biocatalytic procedure (Scheme 5.4) and thus also contained in the cost index and the environmental factor, it is not considered in the chemical catalytic approach. A more realistic approach is to include the synthesis of the Jacobsen catalyst (Scheme 5.5) in the mass balance. In Figure 5.8, resources used for catalyst production are separately indicated ( Further Syntheses ). For the biocatalytic procedure, water dominates the environmental factor. The environmental factor increases for the chemical procedure, whereas the cost index, when representing only the raw material costs, declines if the (salen)Mn-catalyst is assumed to be synthesized and not bought. 

The body s normal daily sodium requirement is 1.0 to 1.5 mEq/kg (80 to 130 mEq, which is 80 to 130 mmol) to maintain a normal serum sodium concentration of 136 to 145 mEq/L (136 to 145 mmol/L).15 Sodium is the predominant cation of the ECF and largely determines ECF volume. Sodium is also the primary factor in establishing the osmotic pressure relationship between the ICF and ECF. All body fluids are in osmotic equilibrium and changes in serum sodium concentration are associated with shifts of water into and out of body fluid compartments. When sodium is added to the intravascular fluid compartment, fluid is pulled intravascularly from the interstitial fluid and the ICF until osmotic balance is restored. As such, a patient s measured sodium level should not be viewed as an index of sodium need because this parameter reflects the balance between total body sodium content and TBW. Disturbances in the sodium level most often represent disturbances of TBW. Sodium imbalances cannot be properly assessed without first assessing the body fluid status. 

J. Bjerrum (1926) first developed the theory of ion association. He introduced the concept of a certain critical distance between the cation and the anion at which the electrostatic attractive force is balanced by the mean force corresponding to thermal motion. The energy of the ion is at a minimum at this distance. The method of calculation is analogous to that of Debye and Hiickel in the theory of activity coefficients (see Section 1.3.1). The probability Pt dr has to be found for the ith ion species to be present in a volume element in the shape of a spherical shell with thickness dr at a sufficiently small distance r from the central ion (index k). 

Effects on Other Neurological End Points in Adults. Recent studies have provided evidence that exposure to lead affects postural balance. For example, Chia et al. (1996b) evaluated the possible association between postural sway parameters and current PbB concentration, cumulative PbB at different years of exposure, and an index of total cumulative exposure to lead in a group of 60 workers ... 

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