Mathematical and Numerical Treatment

The transfer of the agent through the polymer linen is expressed by the one-dimensional equation of diffusion with constant diffusivity  

On the other surface of the linen, there is no transfer of the agent  

The rate of consumption of the agent by the microorganisms in the food is given by  

When a reaction takes place, the amount of the agent located in the food Y is given by the relationship  

The kinetics of release of the agent out of the linen, controlled either by diffusion through the thickness of the linen or by the convection at the linen-food interface, is expressed by the following relationship  

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J-M. Vergnaud and I-D. Rosea, Assessing Bioavailability of Drug Delivery Systems Mathematical and Numerical Treatment, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, 2005, Chapter 4, section 4.1 and Chapter 10. 

In this section, it is summarized the new and faster way (mathematical formulation and numerical treatment), which is widely explained in Moura Droguett (2009), for solving CTNHSMP. The approach involves transition frequency densities and general quadrature methods in order to tackle the problem and as an attempt to reduce the inherent computational cost that is present in the solution of CTNHSMP through the -method. 

Fig. 5(d) summarizes how the 2N—method reaches MC results as M increases. These results provide a illustrated validation, in terms of accuracy, of the mathematical formulation and numerical treatment given and developed by Moura Droguett (2009). 

This situation motivated the development of a more efficient formulation for CTNHSMP that had less computational effort, and kept the accmacy in relation to the available methods in the related literature, that is, MC simulation and the -approach. In fact, the mathematical formulation and numerical treatment developed in Moura Droguett (2009) and scrutinized here consist of casting the coupled integral equations into an initial value problem involving transition... 

Moura, M. C. Droguett, E. L. 2009. Mathematical formulation and numerical treatment based on transition frequency densities and quadrature methods for non-homogeneous semi-Markov processes. Reliability Engineering System Safety, 94(2) 342-349. 

In the abovementioned studies on the fracture processes, there are several somewhat controversial assumptions and hypotheses. For the rather complicated structure of the composite materials on the micro-level, their homogeneity and isotropy is assumed on the macro-level. On the basis of simplifying assumptions, the structural and mathematical models are constructed to enable analytical and numerical treatment of cracking processes and to formulate problems which may be solved without much difficulty and expense in order to ... 

The CFD-DEM approach has been well developed and documented (for example, see Feng and Yu, 2004 Tsuji et al., 1992, 1993 Xu and Yu, 1997, 1998 Zhou et al., 2010a). It has been widely used as reviewed by Zhu et al. (2007, 2008). It should however be noted that different formulations can be implemented in numerical simulations. Corresponding to those used in the two-fluid model, Zhou et al. (2010a) demonstrated that there are three sets of formulations an original format (set I) and subsequent derivations of set II and set III. Sets I and II are essentially the same, with small differences resulting from different mathematical or numerical treatments of a few terms in the original equation. Set III is however a simplified... 

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If quantum theory is to be used as a chemical tool, on the same kind of basis as, say, n.m.r. or mass spectrometry, one must be able to carry out calculations of high accuracy for quite complex molecules without excessive cost in computation time. Until recently such a goal would have seemed quite unattainable and numerous calculations of dubious value have been published on the basis that nothing better was possible. Our work has shown that this view is too pessimistic semiempirical SCF MO treatments, if properly applied, can already give results of sufficient accuracy to be of chemical value and the possibilities of further improvement seem unlimited. There can therefore be little doubt that we are on the threshold of an era where quantum chemistry will serve as a standard tool in studying the reactions and other properties of molecules, thus bringing nearer the fruition of Dirac s classic statement, that with the development of quantum theory chemistry has become an exercise in applied mathematics. 

Although the importance of a systemic perspective on metabolism has only recently attained widespread attention, a formal frameworks for systemic analysis has already been developed since the late 1960s. Biochemical Systems Theory (BST), put forward by Savageau and others [142, 144 147], seeks to provide a unified framework for the analysis of cellular reaction networks. Predating Metabolic Control Analysis, BST emphasizes three main aspects in the analysis of metabolism [319] (i) the importance of the interconnections, rather than the components, for cellular function (ii) the nonlinearity of biochemical rate equations (iii) the need for a unified mathematical treatment. Similar to MCA, the achievements associated with BST would warrant a more elaborate treatment, here we will focus on BST solely as a tool for the approximation and numerical simulation of complex biochemical reaction networks. 

In the following sections, we shah demonstrate that the observed behavior of electro-optic activity with chromophore number density can be quantitatively explained in terms of intermolecular electrostatic interactions treated within a self-consistent framework. We shall consider such interactions at various levels to provide detailed insight into the role of both electronic and nuclear (molecular shape) interactions. Treatments at several levels of mathematical sophistication will be discussed and both analytical and numerical results will be presented. The theoretical approaches presented here also provide a bridge to the fast-developing area of ferro- and antiferroelectric liquid crystals [219-222]. Let us start with the simplest description of our system possible, namely, that of the Ising model [223,224]. This model is a simple two-state representation of the to-... 

In the light of the previous discussion it is quite apparent that a detailed mathematical simulation of the combined chemical reaction and transport processes, which occur in microporous catalysts, would be highly desirable to support the exploration of the crucial parameters determining conversion and selectivity. Moreover, from the treatment of the basic types of catalyst selectivity in multiple reactions given in Section 6.2.6, it is clear that an analytical solution to this problem, if at all possible, will presumably not favor a convenient and efficient treatment of real world problems. This is because of the various assumptions and restrictions which usually have to be introduced in order to achive a complete or even an approximate solution. Hence, numerical methods are required. Concerning these, one basically has to distinguish between three fundamentally different types, namely molecular-dynamic models, stochastic models, and continuous models. 

An important extension of our large validation studies involves the use of data bases from field studies in the development of improved statistical methods for a variety of problems in quantitative applications of immunoassays. These problems include the preparation and analysis of calibration curves, treatment of "outliers" and values below detection limits, and the optimization of resource allocation in the analytical procedure. This last area is a difficult one because of the multiple level nested designs frequently used in large studies such as ours (22.). We have developed collaborations with David Rocke and Davis Bunch (statisticians and numerical analysts at Davis) in order to address these problems within the context of working assays. Hopefully we also can address the mathematical basis of using multiple immunoassays as biochemical "tasters" to approach multianalyte situations. 

It is necessary to note that (44) is an approximation, because the value of y is lower than unity. This approximation is widely used in qualitative discussions, because it permits the simple mathematical treatment of electrochemical processes with relatively small errors and with clear physical meaning. If y 1 is included in the derivation of the general polarization curve equation, simple analytical solutions are not available and numerical solutions are required. 

This paper has analyzed the main findings on the new mathematical formulation and faster numerical treatment for CTNHSMP described through either transition probabilities or transition rates. 

The conventional instrumentation for the luminescence measurements has been adequately described in numerous textbooks on the instrumental analysis and not discussed here. The special properties of lanthanide luminophores impose different requirements for the instrumentation and data treatment, and these issues are the subject of this section. The method is not yet in common use, and for this reason, the theoretical part and examples are mainly based on the unpublished, rather recent results from the authors laboratory. Proper understanding of the frequency-domain methods requires mathematics and the reader interested only in the use of the methods may skip the mathematical derivations. 

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