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Here, index i and parameter are substituted for by index a and parame ter Ao(, which is always allowed for monomolecular processes. Thus, the functional O derivative with respect to thermodynamic rush of an inter mediate is proportional to the rate of this intermediate concentration changes everywhere, even far from thermodynamic equihbrium. For this reason, in the state stationary with respect to the intermediate concentra tion, this derivative turns zero (cf the case of the Rayleigh Onsager functional). 

I ve already answered this but I suppose the only bit to add is how I ll choose what to read once I have got hold of the books on the reading list for this course. I shall be really careful to check the index because once I just went for the chapter that looked as if it was the most relevant. I missed another reaUy important part of the book because I was in a rush, and couldn t be bothered to go and plough through the index and look up aU the references for the subject I was writing the essay about. Because of that I missed an important bit in my essay and got a really bad mark for it. It meant that I missed out a whole lot of important ideas because they were not in the chapter I had been looking at. I think it s reaUy important to look at the index carefuUy and not just look at the titles of the chapters in books. 

Rush, R. D., contrib. 1986. The Building Systems Integration Handbook. New York John Wiley Sons, Includes bibliographies and index. An important source for students in the field. 

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