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Compared with the use of arbitrary grid interfaces in combination with reduced-order flow models, the porous medium approach allows one to deal with an even larger multitude of micro channels. Furthermore, for comparatively simple geometries with only a limited number of channels, it represents a simple way to provide qualitative estimates of the flow distribution. However, as a coarse-grained description it does not reach the level of accuracy as reduced-order models. Compared with the macromodel approach as propagated by Commenge et al, the porous medium approach has a broader scope of applicability and can also be applied when recirculation zones appear in the flow distribution chamber. However, the macromodel approach is computationally less expensive and can ideally be used for optimization studies. 

Kinetic mechanisms involving multiple reactions are by far more frequently encountered than single reactions. In the simplest cases, this leads to reaction schemes in series (at least one component acts as a reactant in one reaction and as a product in another, as in (2.7)-(2.8)), or in parallel (at least one component acts as a reactant or as a product in more than one reaction), or to a combination series-parallel. More complex systems can have up to hundreds or even thousands of intermediates and possible reactions, as in the case of biological processes [12], or of free-radical reactions (combustion [16], polymerization [4]), and simple reaction pathways cannot always be recognized. In these cases, the true reaction mechanism mostly remains an ideal matter of principle that can be only approximated by reduced kinetic models. Moreover, the values of the relevant kinetic parameters are mostly unknown or, at best, very uncertain. 

To avoid solving Equation (3) for each of the ten species present, the partial-equilibrium/ combined flux technique described by Gallagher et aL (25) is used to reduce the model to a set of seven differential and three algebraic equations. The algebraic equations describe the three (equilibrium) protonation reactions. The differential equations describe the conservation of the seven invariants, where an invariant is a linear combination of species that are independent of the equilibrium reactions (25). The invariants used here are (S), (M+), (X ), (H++AH+AHS+AHS2), (A+AH), (AS+AHS), and (AS2+AHS2). The first three are species which do not participate in equilibrium reactions. The fourth encompasses all protonated species, and each of the final three includes the protonated and nonprotonated forms of the carrier or of a complex. 

When the uncertainty in the parameter values becomes too large, the analyst should consider reducing the model. The correlation matrix between parameters can be useful in selecting the parameters that can be removed to make the model smaller. There are statistical criteria that can be used to select the better model. These include the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) value and the F-test. The AIC value is calculated using the WSS, the number of parameters in the model, and the number of data points. The model with the lower AIC values is usually selected as the better model. The statistical F-test involves the calculation of an F value from the WSS and degrees of freedom from two analyses. The calculated F value is compared with the tabled values and a decision can be made whether the more complex model provides a significant improvement in the fit to the data. The analyst using a combination of subjective and objective criteria can make an educated decision about the best model. 

GM (1,1) model based on ARIMA residual error correction is established and the combined model takes advantages of the two kinds of mathematical model, gray forecast model and ARIMA model. Compared with simply using the grey forecasting model, it could improve the prediction accuracy of gas concentration and reduce the relative prediction error. 

These deviations were first explained by the presence of a compact, ion-free layer at the interface this is known as the modified Verwey-Niessen model. Obviously, the presence of an ion-free layer can only reduce the capacity, so the theory had to be modified further. For a few systems a consistent interpretation of the experimental capacity was achieved [78-80] by combining this model with the soolled modified Poisson-Boltzmann (MPB) theory [81], which attempts to correct the GC theory by accounting for the finite size of the ions and for image effects, while the solvent is still treated as a dielectric continuum. The combined model has an adjustable parameter, so it is difficult to judge whether the agreement with experimental data is significant. The existence... 

In addition, FE simulation is applied to determine load-adapted tool layouts by modeling the die insert and the prestressing system. This helps to enhance tool life and to reduce tool failure by overload and fatigue. Especially in 2D axially symmetric FE models, a combined modeling of workpiece and tool, including the prestressing... 

Shape optimization of microfluidic structures is a challenging problem, where MOR is strongly desired to reduce the computational complexity during iterations. Utilization of reduced order models for shape optimization in microfluidic devices has been explored recently. Antil et al. [15] combined the POD and the balanced truncation MOR methods for shape optimization of capillary barriers in a network of microchannels. Ooi [9] developed a computationally efficient SVM surrogate model for optimization of a bioMEM microfluidic weir to enhance particle trapping. 

S-Adenosyl-L-methionine (50 mg/kg given i.p.ever day for 3 days 1 h before ischaemia/reper-fusion) in a combined model of permanent focal ischaemia and global reperfusion in the rat brain reduced the production of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances after induction with ferrous salt as an indicator of brain lipid peroxidation (Villalobos et al. 2000). Total glutathione production was increased. These changes were accompanied by an increase in mitochondrial capacity to reduce tet-raphenyl tetrazolium. 

This work investigates the use of reduced order models of reactive absorption processes. Orthogonal collocation (OC), finite difference (FD) and orthogonal collocation on finite elements (OCFE) are compared. All three methods are able to accurately describe the steady state behaviour, but they predict different dynamics. In particular, the OC dynamic models show large unrealistic oscillations. Balanced truncation, residualization and optimal Hankel singular value approximation are applied to linearized models. Results show that a combination of OCFE, linearization and balanced - residualization is efficient in terms of model size and accuracy. 

Initially, the combined model was huge, containing more than 1.2 million non-zero terms in its matrix of variables. To allow the model to run in a reasonable amount of time on a Pentium III computer, we made some simplifications. In the reduced model, the four catalyst bed models are still fully rigorous. However, the hydrogen furnaces are represented with a heat-exchanger model, quench valves are modeled with mixers, a component splitter model is used for the wash-water system, and a group of component splitters is used for the fractionation section. These changes reduce the number of equations and non-zeros to 130,000 and 680,000 respectively. Despite these simplifications, the slimmed-down model remains, in our collective opinion, a useful tool for offline what-if studies and for economic comparisons of different process options. 

Photoinduced dynamics in extended molecular systems often fall into a short-time regime where inertial, coherent effects dominate and the many-particle dissipative dynamics has not yet set in. This generally precludes the use of standard system-bath approaches and necessitates an explicit dynamical treatment of the combined subsystem-plus-environment supermolecular system. The powerful QM/MM based simulation techniques that have been developed over recent years for the explicit simulation of photochemical processes in chromophore-solvent and chromophore-protein complexes, as well as extended systems like semiconducting polymers and various types of molecular aggregates have made great strides in this direction [19-21,54]. Even so, the need for complementary reduced-dimensional models and dynamical interpretations persists. In the present contribution, we have presented such a complementary perspective. 

A wide range of contexts in which substracturing is used in finite element modeling is reviewed. The motivations for substmcturing include desire to reduce the model size, desire to combine experimental and numerical modeling... 

The proposed methods which combine optimization and simulation models significantly reduce the modeling time, improve the modeling perfomance, and solve problems for which other methods are either ineffectual or inexistent. 

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