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Certain side-chain conformations are energetically mote favorable than others. Computer programs used to model protein structures contain rotamer libraries of such favored conformations. 

Assume that this is the controlling resistance so that U=h. A kinetic model is needed for Rp and for the instantaneous values of and Iw The computer program in Appendix 13 includes values for physical properties and an expression for the polymerization kinetics. Cumulative values for the chain lengths are calculated as a function of position down the tube using... 

The complexity and importance of combustion reactions have resulted in active research in computational chemistry. It is now possible to determine reaction rate coefficients from quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics using the ideas of reaction mechanisms as discussed in Chapter 4. These rate coefficient data are then used in large computer programs that calculate reactor performance in complex chain reaction systems. These computations can sometimes be done more economically than to carry out the relevant experiments. This is especially important for reactions that may be dangerous to carry out experimentally, because no one is hurt if a computer program blows up. On the other hand, errors in calculations can lead to inaccurate predictions, which can also be dangerous. 

Consider the special case where ki = 2. Plugging into Equation (3.21) or (3.22) or a computer program based upon them leads to a division by zero. Does nature therefore forbid ki from equaling 2 in a chain of decays Nonsense One simply understands that one must redo the derivation [Equations (3.13) through (3.21)] of Equations (3.21) and (3.22) for this special case (see Problems). 

Ney, K.H. and RezzlafF, G. 1986. A computer program predicting the bitterness of peptides, especially in protein hydrolysates, based on amino acid composition and chain length (computer Q) In Shelf Life of Foods and Beverages , Proceedings of the 4th International Flavour Conference (G. Charalambous ed.), pp. 543-550. Elsevier, The Netherlands. 

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