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Figure 3. Concentration-time and alarm-time profiles of the individual detectors and the composed overall alarm profile.

Weller, G.L. and Morton, R. 2001. Fumigation with carbonyl sulfide A model for the interaction of concentration, time and temperature. J. Stored Prod. Res. 37, 389-398. 

Relating the Time-Course of Plasma Concentrations to the Time-Course of Effect A critical decision to be made after the first human study is whether the compound s speed of onset and duration of action are likely to be consistent with the desired clinical response. Speed of onset is clearly of interest for treatments which are taken intermittently for symptoms rehef, for example, acute treatments for migraine, analgesics, or antihistamines for hay fever. Duration of action phase I is particularly important when the therapeutic effect needs to be sustained continuously, such as for anticonvulsants. The first information on the probable time course of action often comes from the plasma pharmacokinetic profile. However, it has become increasingly evident that the kinetic profile alone may be misleading, with the concentration-time and the effect-time curves being substantially different. Some reasons for this, with examples, include... 

A graphic expression was developed for pinto bean and Bel tobacco exposure to ozone by Heck and Dunning. Later work with a number of plants permitted the development of a simplistic model derived as an empirical relationship between ozone concentration, time, and response this gave a reasonable interpretation of acute response up through a single 8-h exposure. It also permitted the development of a reasonable acute threshold concentration for a number of species. The equation was a variant of the O Gara equation for sulfur dioxide and is shown as... 

In this context, diffuse reflectance FTIR spectroscopy has been applied to analyze the influence of mixing variables (i.e. treatment concentration, time and temperature of mixing) on both the ultimate flller coating level and possible reaction between the treatment and flller surface [127]. 

Slater and Cerami reported the trophozoite extracts of P. falciparum could polymerize monomeric heme in a protein concentration-, time- and pH- dependent fashion. Further, this activity, attributed to a heme... 

In terms of chemical resistance, polystyrene has a high resistance to water, acids, bases, alcohols, and detergents. Chlorinated solvents will mar the surface and, in the presence of an external load or high internal stresses, will cause failure. Aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, in general, will dissolve polystyrene. Such foodstuffs as butter and coconut oil should be avoided. The chemical resistance depends upon chemical concentration, time, and stress. 

In contrast to [E]free, [E]total is observable. Eq. (2.3) is written with fCM, the Michaelis constant, instead of the equilibrium binding constant Ks unless the enzyme reaction is very fast (Section 2.3.3.) i.e., in almost all cases, fCM = Ks. In Eq. (2.3), the reaction rate is traditionally denoted by v [concentration/time] and fccat is the reaction rate constant [time4]. The equation describes a two-parameter kinetics, with a monotonically rising reaction rate with respect to substrate concentration and saturation at high substrate concentration. The maximum reaction rate at saturation is denoted by vmax, with vmax = fccat[E], The fCM value corresponds to the substrate... 

Fig. 15.2 Mean (+ SE) plasma pegfilgrastim concentration-time and ANC-time profiles in rats after subcutaneous administration of pegfilgrastim every other day for two weeks.

Fig. 15.8 Pegfilgrastim concentration-time and ANC-time profiles in patients with nonsmall cell lung cancer after single subcutaneous administration of pegfilgrastim 100 pg/kg before and after chemotherapy. Symbols represent median observed serum...

Marqueyrol and Loriette [1] investigated the process of phenol sulphonation with varying sulphuric acid concentration, time and temperature of sulphonation. Their results are presented below (Table 117). 

To render the LSV system dimensionless, the usual reference values for concentration, time and distance from the electrode are needed, as well as that for potential (2.29) (and thus, sweep rate). Both species concentrations are normalised by the initial bulk concentration of A, c, as always, and the potential to dimensionless p as in (2.29), (2.89) thus becoming... 

Everhard ME, Goodhart FW. Stability of certified dyes in tablets I—fading of FD C red No. 3 in tablets as a function of concentration, time, and light intensity. J Pharm Sci 1963 52(3) 281-283. 

Yung W, Frojmovic MM. Platelet aggr afim in laminar flow. I Adenosine diphosphate concentration, time and shear rate dependence. ThrombosRes 1982 28 361-378. 

Concentration-time and temperature-time curves calculated from the polynomial approximation are in close agreement with the simulation results from the detailed kinetic model (see Fig. 4.19). Calculation of the curves with the polynomial approximation was 11,700 times faster. This gain in computer-time is unexpectedly high, although a lO -times increase in calculation speed has been reported in another application of repromodelling [230]. 

Fig. 4.19. (a) Concentration-time and temperature-time curves for a stoichiometric mixture. Solid lines represent the solution obtained from the original detailed mechanism. The dotted lines were calculated using the three-variable repro-model. Calculation of the curves with the repro-model was 11,700 times faster (b) Concentration-time and temperature-time curves for the same initial conditions as in (a). Here the dots were calculated using the two variable repro-model, and the calculation of the curves with the repro-model was 24,000... 

The molar ratio of cationic liposome to nucleic acid determines the proportion of electrostatic neutralization, which reflects the entire surface charge and the size of resulting lipoplexes (13). Therefore, lipoplex formation should be affected by experimental variables such as nucleic acid/cationic liposome concentration, time and medium for the complexation, the number and/or order of addition steps, and the presence of serum during lipoplex formation. In this section, we will present instructions to form lipoplexes and discuss the most important aspects to be considered in siRNA- or pDNA-lipoplex formation. 

FIGURE 8.13 A four-dimensional dynamics map with axes of temperature, concentration, time, and pressure, which can be used to describe mobility transformation in nonequilibrium glassy and rubbery systems. Aw water activity RVP, relative vapour pressure. (From Slade, L. and Levin, H., Crit. Rev. Food Sci. Nulr., 30, 115, 1991.)... 

Prediction of the log reduction of an inoculated organism as a function of acid concentration, time, and temperature can also be done by a mathematical model developed for this purpose, using the second-order polynomial equation to fit the data. The following tests justified the reliability of the model the analysis of variance for the response variable indicated that the model was significant (P < 0.05 and R2 = 0.9493) and had no significant lack of fit (P > 0.05). Assumptions underlying the ANOVA test were also investigated and it was demonstrated that with the normal probability plot of residuals, plot of residuals versus estimated values for the responses, and plot of residuals versus random order of runs, that the residuals satisfied the assumptions of normality, independence, and randomness (Jimenez et al., 2005). 

Determine Exact Concentration Increase accuracy Known concentration Time and resource consuming, costly... 

The change in parameters a and b with acetate concentration was non linear and could be further analyzed using nonlinear regression to model die relationship between acetate concentration, time and absorbance. Parameter a was found to have the best fit with a second order polynomial ... 

Target tissues. Reasonable agreement was achieved between the model and experimental data for 2-butoxyacetic acid levels in the blood of rats after gavage exposure and in the urine of rats after drinking water exposure, respiratory uptake of 2-butoxyethanol, total amount metabolized, and total 2-butoxyacetic acid excreted after inhalation exposure of rats, as long as the doses were below those that caused hemolysis. In humans, reasonable agreement was achieved between the model and experimental data for respiratory uptake, the area under the curve for 2-butoxyethanol blood concentration-time, and the amount of 2-butoxyacetic acid excreted in the urine after inhalation exposure (Corley et al. 1994). 

As the sample volume through the mini-column is proportional to the sample flow rate and concentration time, the flow system should be computer-controlled. Better sensitivity is attained by increasing the sample flow rate and/or the concentration time, and the drop in sampling rate associated with longer concentration (or elution) times is minimised by the use of two sequentially operated mini-columns [237]. 

Describe how the activation energy of the reaction in Problem 32.21 could be determined by appropriate measurements of concentration, time, and temperature. 

It is important to realize that when graphs are made or numerical analysis is performed to fit data to the rate laws, the points are not without some experimental error in concentration, time, and temperature. Typically, the larger part of the error is in the analytical determination of concentration, and a smaller part is in the measurement of time. Usually, the reaction temperature does not vary enough to introduce a significant error in a given kinetic run. In some cases, such as reactions in solids, it is often difficult to determine the extent of reaction (which is analogous to concentration) with high accuracy. 

For the determination of total iron concentration (Fex). 25 mg of powdered samples were digested in a mixture of 5 ml HF, 10 ml HNO3 and 0.5 ml HCIO4 at approximately 200°C on a hot plate (Kokot et al, 1992). For the determination of reactive iron, different methods, which differ in the acids, concentrations, time and soUd/solution ratios used for extraction, have been applied by various authors. Among these methods, extractions with dithionite or HCl solutions are the most widely used. In order to compare results with observations on sediments off northern Taiwan (Huang and Lin, 1995), we have chosen cold IN HCl (16 h) extractable iron... 

This, in turn, depends upon the concentration of the solute in the solution. Hence, experimental data showing the variation of the amount and composition of solution retained in the solids as a function of the solute composition are obtained. These data should be obtained under conditions of concentrations, time, and temperature similar to those in the process for which the stage calculations are to be made. 

The immediate result of centrifugation analysis is the temporal change or spatial distribution of the particle concentration. Time and space then correspond to values of the stationary settling velocity, which can be calculated via ... 

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